The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1863-12-09
LETTERS EG0a mlJaR lAcE DaNsIyG
sEcoAD sralas-No. III.
WAsRlNaroN Nov. 10 is

WAsaNoroS Nov. 10, Isea.
10 The E3iters Of he Du5ook
SURs Ill / ein't been bizzy since writ
you last Than never man was. Besides,
I've had considerabnl twing Of my old
iuemy, the rheumatic. This ere Washing-
ton atmoslere is terribul en- the constitushin.
The Kernel, TOO, was nigh about down sick
one day but we both tuk good, old-fash.
ioned wiskeysling, ofihe very best Old Rye,
and went 10 bed on ii. The next moruin
we 10th feit lust rate. The Kernel keeps
as good wiskey rs ever goi enyvhere.
We have been very hard al work on the
messige, and such tine as we have had
Of il you. never did see. Siantin don'l know
how meny sojeTs he has got ia ibe field
nor how maay have been killed or woun-
ded. Grandfather Welles can't tell how
many gunbotes he's got, an as for Chase.
he don't purend 10 even guess for GER
tsinty, how many greenbacks there are
ahote or how big the public debt is. The
Kernel sed he couldn't even lay the founda-
shin limbers of his messige until be had
some fgsers abont the debt to begin on.
So told him would go over ard see
Chase an have talk with him. Tux my
slate under my arm and started. Soon as
went in Chase tux me by the hand an sed
he was rale down rite glad TO see me.
telled him what wanted, an be sed he
would soon have it ready for me, but Jest
then be asked me 10 go up stairs an see The
macheeHery an prinlin presses, and so on,
that he had got TO make money He sed
the worst OF il was that The machenes was
constantly geltin out OF order, and be
wanted 10 know if [ understood any thing
about sich affairs. lelled him there warnt
nothing from squirrel traps to dog churns
and thrashiAg macheenes, that didn'tknow
from stem TO starn. Then be sed | was
jest the chap he wanted So went with
him, and 1 was perfectly lhundersiruck
when saw all the riggin, and fxins, aud
belts, and shafts, and puleys, and machen-
es all runnin and whizzin, and buzzin, as
fast as they could 60. Ses the Secketary.
''this here machene runs to pay of GineraI
Grants troops. This one runs to pay off
Gineral Meade's troops This one runs for
Gineral Banks. This one is now bizzy for
General Burnside, and here is this ere one
completely broken down. 1t is Gineral
Gillmore's maehene !" ''Wal," ses | "6Ir.
Seckelary, do you have machene forevery
Gineral and every army 2" Eyes, ses he,
tabont that" "Wal " ses I, "wha, do
you do about the contractors ?n "Oh,o ses
he, u aiu't showed you them yet. That's
in another room Ses he, 'come along
with me" So follered. and we went of
inio another room. II was nigh about Ten
tines as big as the frs, one, and there were
hundreds OF presses runnin' as last as they
could so. "There," ses he, ''if these here
macheues were 10 stop one day, il would
set all Wall street into a panic. Sometimes
when the belts give out or The bolts break,
or the coal gits short or paper don't git in
in time, there is 3 good deal Of ironbl, bat
I've got it SO fixed now, that keep 'em
putty well supplied" Ses /, ''Air Seckeia-
~, who is your engineer 2" oval" ses
he, @he's a good irusty man" s'Bat," ses
1, suppose ne SnoHiQ oust yoEf piers,
what would Wall street dothen 2" "Wal,n
ses he, | never thought of that, but guess
there amt eny Danger" "Wai" ses l.
s'sleam Is mighty onsariin. Old Aunt
Keziaih Wiggleion up in Maine, used 10
say that the only sale way 10 run steam
boat was TO take the bilers out, and my
opinion is, that government run by steam
will bust np one of these days" Chase
didn't seem to hike this last remark nucn,
bet he didn'tsay anything We cum down
stairs putty soon after, and feller with
brown linen coat on, nigh aboulall over ink,
brought hulI LOT OF papers covered over
with fggers, and sed tia, MIR, Linkin could
find oui all he wanted TO from them. |