Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-11-06
LOUISVILLE JOURNAL. LIENS

ling, but the Federal feet, when thew
encounter it, will baptise it BY INNER
sion.
Gen. Beauregard proposes, in let
ter to Bragg. to call the Union men ab-
olitionists. Beauregard is great at call
ing names. He calls himself BY name
that he never got from his father or
mother.
The officers Of Brsgg's army have
reported to the Southern papers, that
they had a three days battle with
Buell.. They evidently mistoOk two
days foot.race for two days fight.
Now that Gen. Jefferson @. Davis
has been released from custody and or
dered back to service, let him do the
duty Of two heroes--himself and the
brave champion who fell by his hand.
II any Of our people deprecate the
increase Of the war debt, let them help
crush the rebellion at once and thus rem
der the increase unnecessary.
The poor fellows, who, in the draft
lottery, are drawn and sent to military
quarters, needn't think Of themselves as
drawn and quartered.
Put Gen. Pillows mind 10 one scale
and an inflated bladder In the other, and
the General will have well-balanced
mind.
Il is an old saying that "brag is a
good dog" but our people rather con-
clude that Bragg is great dog.
Charleston is getting very saucy.-
She needs some serious moniGioRs. We
must send her few Monitors.
We hear as little Of our navy now as
il it were lying quietly at the bottom Of
the ocean.
Mrs. Swisshelm says that she writes
| for her paper "on the table beside the
unwashed breahfast dishes, in the in
;erval Of making dough, moulding il in
to loaves, heating the oven, putting it
in, keeping up the FIRE. and watching
and turning the pans" We should have
guessed as much.
Many Of our army officers are IN
doubtedly political sspirants. But. TO
prove themselves fit for civil stations,
they needn't prove themselves unfit for
military ones.
Gov. Wise is still TALKING about "Old
John Brown" He hasn't got half of
old Browns sense, but, il we catch him,
he may have all Of old Browns last
sensations.
Lowell II. Rousseau has been pro-
NOTED and is now a Major General
Re has Robly won his honors, and were
there more stars 10 achieve he would
win them all
Had our armies been half so well Of
ficered as they are manned. the rebeli-
ion would have been crushed into nOth-
ing months ago.
! Why should the rebels make such an
ado about the want Of salt when they
claim to be themselves the salt Of the
earth 2
Fl vukure were to prey upon the
heart of Buckner as one did upon that
N PrOmetheus, we should pity the poor
bird.
Our Generals succped remarkably in
Withholding Information from their
friends, and letting it get to their en-
emies.
when our armies win victories, the
reputation Of our country will be at
premium, and gold will not.
40 army is a fighting machine. bns
very few engineers have the skill TO-
make the machine work well.
Secessionists and abolitionists, like
old maids and old bachelors, should be-
tied together.
A coquette sacks lovers, a rebel army
would gladly sack whole cities.
II the rebels are getting hungry,
they had better "eat humble pie"
Any man. who casts a vote in any
election with a view to encourage the
rebellion either directly or indirectly, is,
however short bis stature, head taller
than be deserves TO be. -... ,-.
A couple of Bowling Green friends
asks us to "give John Morgan fits. -
We will try to give him a nice fit before
long. What is the size Of your neck
John ! r. .7. .r... "fs
The mud is pretty much all gone
now. Let our armies move while they
have "good ground to stand on"
Every day of the delay Of our armies
takes an ounce Of blood from the nation
al life.
II the pending draft we're for FEAST
instead Of fight, how few would claim
to be considered exempts
The rebels need not suppose that
their government, simply because 1t IS
"iu fix," is q fixed fact.
A parolled rebel writes us silly let
ter, that he has 'lost one leg in the Con-
federate cause" and is "ready to lose
the other" The fellow evidently has
a wooden head, and, if he gets PAIR
of wooden legs. he would sell pretty
well in hard winter as fuel.
II the rebels get out Of corn, wheat
and rye, aud can find nothing else to
grind, let them grind their teeth.
Humphrey Marshall's Oldest SOD.
Charles, was paroled twice and has
never been either discharged from his
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