The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-04-29

Correspondence Of the N. Y. Sunday Mercury.
Another Letter from Orpheus G..
.. Kerr.
DulIness at Washington STRATEGY cf the
Gen. Of the Ndcierel Brigade.

The good society here, my boy, which
consists principally Of N. p. Willis, is in
deep affection at the departure Of SO many
shoulder straps for Manassas, and will 60
into hasty decline il few foreign Counts
do not arrive by next steamer. Private
.,ters from Europe, say that the barber
shop business on the continent, is too good
this season to permit many distinguished
Dukes to visit America now, though the
fact that few of the French Nobility have
recently discharged their coachmen, may
lead us to hope for few Orleans Counts
during the summer.
The most interesting natural curiosity
h,re, next to Secretary Wells beard, is the
office of the Secretary OF the Interior. Gov
cred with spider. webs, and clothed in the
dust Of ages, my boy, sit the Secretary and
his clerks, like SO many respectable mum.
mics in neglected pyramid. The Depart.
ment Of the Interior, my boy, is in humor-
Gus condition; the sales Of public lands for
the past year, amount to about 10 st.illings,
| the buyer being conservative Dutchman,
from New Jersey, who hasn't heard abou,
the war yet. .-.s= .. aa.E .- 49,
These things weigh upon my spirit, and
| was glad to order up my gothic stallion
Pegasus, the other day, and rattle down &c
Manassas once more.
Upon reaching that celebrated field O
Mars, my boy, found the General of tn.
MackereI Brigade, in his tent, surrounded
by, telcgrapbic instruments and railroad
maps, while Comic Section WAS drawn ur
in line outside. s- .. .-sa .s =
| You appear to he much absorbed. nv
venerable Spartan says | to the General
as handled the diaphanous vessel he was
using, as an act drop in the theatre o
war.
The General frowned like an obdurat.
parent refusing to let his only daugh,e
marry a coal HEAVIER, and says he:
"Fm absorbed in strategy. Eightee,
months ago. was informed by contra
band that sixty thousand unnatural rebel
We're entrenched somewhere near here, an,
having returned the contraband to his mas
ter, to be Immediately shot, l resolved t,
overwhelm the rebels by strategy. Thun
der ~ says the General, persp'ring like
pitcher Of icc-water in June. ''if there i
any thing equal to diplomacy. it's strategy
Aud now," says the General, sternly, 1T
my duty to order you TO write nothin
about this to the papers. You write abou
my movements; the papers publish it, an
are sent here; my Adiutaat takes the pa
pers to The rebels. and so, you see, my plan
are all known. have no choice but I
suppress. you. -.....l, ..... ,........r.. -. 81
1 But" says |, you might more surel
keep the news from the rebels by arrcstin
the Adjutant." as ss
Thunder" says the Gcn,r,l, II neve
thought Of that before" ~ =
Great men, my boy, are never so grea
but that they can profit occasionally, by
suggestion from the humblest Of the sp,
cies. | once knew 4 very great man VIII
went home in shower, and was horritie
at discovering that he could not get hi
umbrella through the front door. He wa
very great man. understood Sanscrit
made speeches that nobody could undc,
J stand, and had relatives in Beacon Stree
Boston. There he stood in the rain, IN
boy, pushing his umbrella this way, an
that way, turning it this way and that WAY
\ turningit edegeways and sideways, holdiu
it at acute angles and obtuse angles; b,
: still it wouldn't 90 through the door
anything like it. By and by, there can
along chap Of humbls attainmsnts VII
sung out: # 'a. aoE nj .u~@
r what's the matter, old three and 81.
! pence y a&"" *@
l. The great man turned pantingly roun
: and says he: -...... ~. +. ~, .s..
"Ah, my friend, cannot get my uu
bre!la into the house. I've been trying {;
half an hour TO wedge it through the dool
> but can't get it through, and know n
: how to act" ~ fstn.f.
! The humble chap stood under the G,
light, my boy, and by the CLEANS theree
his mouth could be seen to pucker loaie
: ishly. .-...... ..... ...s,.s.,.''
" Hev you tried the experiment Of shutti,
UP that air umbrella ?" says he. .r-
The great man gave start, and 81.
he: E s.t1
"Per Jovem! didn't think to do that
=. Aud he shut his umbrella and went
p peacefully. s1'o7". -' #..I
'r The Comic Section was to make its gre
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