The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-05-15
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fYrom the n. r. Sunday Murcury.l
From the letter Of our unsurpassed cor.
respondent, II viii bs seen that the Orange
County Howitsers, attached to the Mack
erel Brigade, have reduced Rebel and ire
constructed" him. The battle was conduc.
ted on strictly Constitutional principles, and
is said to have given great satisfaction to the
Democratic party:
FROM WASHINGTON.
EqrEoR n T.-The stirring times are come
again, the Haddest Of the yeas, and sm
beginning to believe my boy, that what is
to be viii be as what has been has. Though
still without my gothic charger RcsasHs, that
symmetrical racer having been hor owed for
wri,ing.d desk by q Secretary Of the FROM
terror, am enabled to keep up commqni.
cations with the Mackersl cergse 9amn,ss
down the river, and ten thousand Stss-Span.
gled Banners fash through my veins as |
relate the recent great artillery expedition Of
the Orange County Howitsers. h
1t seems, my boy, that an intellectqa!
member Of the MackereI Brigade got tired
Of investing Yorktown, and wandered away
in pursuit Of adventure. As he peregrins..
ted in the neighboshood ofa Rshai dqmicA
he beheld what he took for the bird Of our
country, stalking out of the barayard, and
was taking measures 10 confscate It whom
the proprietor made his appearances, and says
he; e Eea 81 h h~ aaE 9lt -
"Hessian, spare that goosen
The Mackerel chap gave tragic start,
and says he F
s.Tis the eagle would rescue, Horatio
the bird celebrated BY my brother, the Con.
gressman, in all bis sReeches.'' 7
"Welln says the foul traitor, nit Is M
doubtedly what the Congressman takes for
and Eagle, as I am aware that Congressmen
generally treat the American Eagle as II il
were goose but - that sander hsppeRs
to belong to one ofthe very First Families
Of Virginia, and cost ne foNHr shiIlipsys, i be-
came my painful duty TO resist your hahcSs
corpus act" And with that, he drove the
beautiful bid into the harnyard, and LOCKED
the gate. = ~
Fired to fury by this insult from one Of
those whom our army had come to protect,
the Mackercl chap went iMnediately back
to quarters, and appealed to his comrades
for vengeance.
That gifted officer, Samyule Sa-mith,
heard his burning words, and says he: "The
cannon Of the Union shall speak in this
matter. Let the Orange County Howetzers
get ready for action. and I will lead them
against the Rhilistines.
Instantly arose the note of dreadful prep.
Aration; the guns were mobilised, six Eng
lish gentlemen in the hosier-busincss were
invited 10 view the coming battle, and inst
as the moon rose above the trees, the artiile.
ry started for the Rebel stronghold.
Arriving before the offending house, the
Howitzers were placed in line, and al got
ready for the bombardment. It WAS just
possible. my boy, that two men might have
marched into that house and captured the
misguided Oonfsderacy without slaughter.
You may be unable to see what use there
was in bringing artillery and forming in linz
Of battle but ycu are very Ignorant, my
boy {; you know nrssthips about strategy and
war.
"soldiers," says S4myule," "remembcr
that the eyes Of the whole world are upon
you at this moment, and endeavor to hit the
house as often . possible. We win fire one
round without ball." says Samyule, to .:sea
II the powder is first-elass.R g sf7es7
Now 4 changed that while the leading-un
was going on, the gallant Lieutenant Lem.
ons got his legs wond.faIly eatAngsed IN the
lanyard Of his piece, and kept turning thee
howiser around in . manner strongly sx-
pressive Of nervous agitation. Suddenly hs
stepped across TO where Sapyqle vas stan
ding, and whispered in his ear; aas
80, Isee," says Samyqle, kindly. "yoq
were educated q Vast Roint, and want 20
kpqy which end ofth cannon ought to bs
pointed q the enemy. Well" says Sam.
yuls, instructively, ''you'd better pSiRt the
end With the hole n r." 3...si
Everything being IN readiness. my boy.
the combined battery launched its thunders
on the air, creating great sensation in the
neighboring hen-roosts, and esusin,g large
rooster to fAil from branch IN the midst ct
his rsfreshiny slumbsr. ' ). y.
.sNow, that the powder has sustained its
rsputatioa,'' says Samyuls, impres.iyel
"lat the two inch balls b hurled ss tAa
mics works"
As the house was fun ten yards q
second discharge failed to hit Il
brought the Southern Coptsdsrrcy
window in his night cap, and says
"There,s no use Of my trying
yon chaps keep making such
there" ,a-,s, sss1
sUnhappy man" says Ssm4
s!xe como here 10 reduce ypu,
en- to nothing but unconditions
The Contederacy gaped, aad
very sleepy, and can't taIk 70
I'n call over ia the morniqg.s
the vindev and went back u
was observed to steal over thS
ypls. He has peculiar oog
boy, and . frovn efIocts Il sli(