The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-07-26

Letter from Orpheus c. Kerr.
Another Story from Old Abs-Agitating the
Negro Question. So


Matters and things here are still in
strategic condition, and naught las disturb
ed our monotony for week, save story
they tell about honest Old Abe. 1t seems
that two of the conservative border STATE
chaps, who are here for the express purpose
of protesting against everything whatsoeS-
er bad a discussion about the honest ABE,
ard oae chap bel the other chap five dollars
,nat be couldn't, by auy possible means,
spesk 70 be President without hearing
sms u arecdOie. m M
s-Dan~ r. says the other chap, gleefully,
.l'i'eake that bet"
That very same night, at about Twelve
O'clock, be tore franticaliy up to-the " bite
House, and commenced Numbering at the
ooor, like King Richard at the gates of AS
Gallon. The Honest Abe stuck his night,
capped head out of the window, and says
he: @ p
ais that you, Mr.. Seward p
mo, sir u says the border State chap,
glsring up through the darkness. "Im q
messenger from the army. Another great
strategic movement has taken place, aud
our whole army have been taken prisoners
by the Southern Confrderscy. In fact
says the conservative chap, frantically,
AGAIN"
"Hemp says the honest Abe, shakipge
musquito from his night cap "this strategy
reminds me of q little story. There was
man out ID Iowa, sat down to play game
of checkers with another man, inducing his
friends around him to lend him the change
necessary for stakes. He played and he
played aud be lost the first game. Then
L. a
lost the next game His friends commenced
to grumble; but, says be: Don't you wor-
~ yourselves, boys, and I'll show you
cute move, pretty soon.' So he played,
and be played, and he lost the third game.
Don't be impatient boys says he; you'll
see that great move pretty soon, tell you
Then he played with great care, taking
long time to consider every move, aud, by
way of change, lost the fourth game. Close
attention to what he was about, aud much
minute calculation, also enabled him to lose
the fifth game. By this time his friends
had lent him all their change, and began to
think it was time for that great move of his
to come off. Have youany more chat gel
says he. why, no. says they. Then
says he, with great spirit, the time for that
move | was telling you about has come at
last As he commenced TO rise from bis
chair, instead of continuing to play, his
cleaned out friends bethought themselves to
ask him what that famous move WASH
why says he, pleasantly, it's to move off
for aslittle more change"
At the conclusion of this quaint tale, my
boy, the border State chap fed grooming to
his quarters at Wizards, stuck FIVE dol
lar Treasury note under the pillow Of the
other border State chap, and immediately
took the evening train for the West.
Such is the story they tell, my boy; but
I'm inclined to accept it merely as a work
of fiction, with truthful moral Certain
it is, that as strategy increases, small
change grows scarcer, and it is the gener-
al opinion that no small change is needed
in military matters.
In,compeny with patriotic democratic
chap who had come up from New York for
the express purpose of seeing. that the ne
groes of the Southern Confederacy were not
permitted to inform our forces of the move
ments of the enemy in contravention of the
Constitution, made q reconnaissance in
force, ON Monday, to the festive Shenan-
doah valley. On our way thither, the DEM
oeratic,cbap was greatly bitten by musqui-
tos, for which he justly blamed the black
republicans, who are trying to break up this
government and on our arrival near Win
chester, we stumbled upon phlegmatic fel-
bowman in a swalIcw-tailed coat and green
sp6ctacles, who was seated on stone, by
The roadside, reading the mImpeDding Cri-
as The demferatlc chap passed on, swear.
~ 70 lie uearest camp /; but paused be-
tar ans interesting STUDENT
sget, Old swallow tails" says I, affably
NIT are you dong in this section ~
II Il ill a.,
OF couuleuahee, aud says he: /" have com,
he,e, young man, 10 agiiate the Negro
Question 70 open African schools and
peradventure, TO 5tart "a water cure estAb
lishmens"
"What for2p saysI.
"For the love of ny species" says be
eagerly, "and for any little contract in th,
way of red breecbes and spelling books tina
may be required for the reclaimed contra
bands" -tkr NAI
To return to Western Virginia found
upon my arrival in one of the camps nea
Winchester, that the patriotic democrats
chap was making arrangements to divid
the army there into Wards, instead Of reg
iments, in order, as be said, that the return
might come in systematically.
"For instance" says be, "suppose 4 Q
in the skirmish with the Con federacy whicl
is going on just ahead of us, we should los
say ssventy.6ve votes; how much easie
1t would be to say the Fourth War
shows decrease since last year, of sevent,
FIVE Republicans than to say that such
regiment, of such a brigade, of such divi
sion, has lost 30 and so ~
l was refectiug upon this novel and ad
mirable way of putting it, my boy, whe
an orderly came tearing in, with repol
of the skirmish going on.
Hal" says the patriotic chap to hin
how does the canvass proceed 2"
We'll" says the orderly brenthlessl,
"Banks' outpost bias lost twenty votes i
the Tenth Ward by desertions, and hs
thirty double votes wounded; but thin
Banks can still keep neck aud neck wit
Mcdowell
"You do, hey2" says the patriotic cha
in great excitement. "Then McDowe
must not lend Banks a single vote. TIE
him to keep his Ward Committees und'
cover until Banks get through with b
canvass, for if be takes part in that, an
the election results in victory over th
Confederacy, Banks will get all the cred
OF II, and win she card in the next Nom