The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-10-22
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K EO XII K:sskNf
THURSDAY, OCTOBER e.



After dying and bleedin, for nv com
Try weeks and seven days, Ole Crissi
an Mergeocy was dsclaIed licks out .
pennsylvania, and We was mustered an,
peppered cut Of the service. ~
Heeslyed lets Of hard servics, IN
hard crackers while We was defendin' on,
harthstones. A few?v An We iexpe.
rienced some ov the post frlghtfulcharees
durin' this "crooel Rebellion" to us a in
tirely raw Trace. The charge ov B ,ker',
Light Brigade into the Valley of Ds.h
and Tennysun's Black Regiment at Por,
Hudson, was nothin' compared to it
Hardly
II was charge made BY the Harris.
burg copperheads.
ley charged US 10 cents for glass nv
water to quench our thirstl Putty hefte.
4 want it? Rather. -
"hiie | was bsey dyin' for my country,
captoored cussed Reb. kourt mar.
sneiied INN, an found him guilty of ea
son and secesh in the LIST degree. laid
sleep two mites with my eyes opin,
thinkin OF punishment severe ensff for
MS high crimes. At larst idee struck
me. Attic the verdict | was about tn
pronouns unto hin was hsvvy, yet | de-
termlned put it in execootion, as warn.
IN TO all other traitors.
visited the Rebs prison. which was .
big hogshed, an addresst him in tho
Bung Hole.
''Prepare !" sedI, In low gutteral tones
"Must | die 2" seq he; eme so youpa
and drty!"
Not sdie," sell. ~ hev more ter.
rlble fate In store for you. The sen,ens
OF this Cort is, that you be taken out Of
'h's hogshead an transported To-
Now York Cityl" he interrupted, in
voice OF anguish. "Ohl don't say
New York City %
Those is the very spot" SEE L
"among Seymour's Frens.''
~, send ne to--to-to-enneywh
amongst the Cannibles an Gorrillers but
don't Danish me from home, frens. ar
nothin TO etc, to mingle with the Pee
phi ov New York. Oh !spare me spare
mel
lis cries were pitilul. but coodn't
spare him. Not spare. The ediekt
had gone 4th, when the undersigned
makes up his mind to do thing, there is
nothing in the Confederacy kin turn him
out IRON it--unless it be 25 dollars in
gold, an that's as skurce an ar,akil in
Sscesh as loyalty is in the comprehend
party.
Come out an prepare to mosey,"
SCI
The chap didn't answer, an peepin' in
the bung hole, | saw he had fainted.-
The sentens was erooel, an me tender
hart wa. on the pint ov relentin,' when
L thort 1t was my dooty TO make exam
pie of him. | soused buckets ov water
into his prison, on him, which revived him
few.
"W hat makes you so 10th to soeheate
with your trens?' | arskt.
IL admit, : SCI he, 'that they air dom
all for the Confederate caws we could
wish. but We wood rayther hev sioh frens
at distance oh! spare-kll mel"
He was led away by disorderly sar-
gint an lth corporil, the very picter
OF despare.
Thus wood sarve all trayturs
he other day cum in coulaek with
New York Peas msn-one ov Sey-
mour's trens. lie was swearin, tearin,
low looking cuss, like all Peas men.
"lf SOU don't fork over those watch"
sea he, maxim a grab at my time, Re Pc
ter. "l'll swat you on the earl
"lN give you this seq l, pintin' re-
volver at his head.
81 was only goaking," see he, "tha.'s
our countersgn. an L thort you was one
ov w.. What do you think about the
draft p
"WaIl,' see |, 81 think it ort to be
pushed on with much energy an vigory."
81 guess they won't push it on to me
much. I'm exempt"
s.iou air, sex |. "What's the mat.
ter"
Why" seq he. ~ belong to the Pea.
Party. | caved in the beds of 10 mig
gers, hel 2 Burn the Orphan Asylum,
an stole things generilly, | guess that
exempts me-
cShouldn't wonder if it did," SEE /. l
meaut it would exempt him from decent
society.
EFF you warns to BEGUN shinin' lite
in the Pease Party" be sed, .an' have
Gov. Seymour call you his friend, you
smash 10 the beds ov niggers, burn Or.
flo Assylumns, butcher Union men, an
XIII 2. 5 Slgers, Fernandy Wud an the
the World thinks so z.
"Do all Peas men amoos tharselfs 10
those stile?" | asks.
"Well, ser he, 50 they wood eff they
had chance, and wasn't too cowardly p
II think 90 too"
Not feelin' inclined 2 becum Pease
man, or any other kind ov muderar,
left The "Shinin' Lite"
kin sknrsely m Ike it appear my in
telhg-nt mind that the back boan 81 the
rebellion air completely broken, but
think severil ov it's ribs have bin kaved
IN lately. I'll bet harf ov nv pile they
hev. An I'll bet I'm A. WARD, il.