The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-03-04
BEL AIR. ND. FRIDAY MORNING.

did not say anything, bnb boxed kinder
cross-eyed atme. The Keia eIandsIathen
had long talk about matters andmthings,
and after taking good swig ofsoldsrya,
went to bed. That mite / hada Monder-
full dream. The next inornin, when I
went into the room where the Kernelewas,
ses he "Majer, you look oncommon lserii
Gus this mornin; what's the matter a'--
"Wal," SEES ], 81 had wonderfnl dream
last mite chat eenamost frightened me to
deth." 'eWal," SEES he, "what on earth was
it" "Wsll," seq I, eff tell you the
hull of it jest as it appeared to me you
mustn't get mad.' "Oh," ses the Kerr
mel, 81 don't keer nothin about dreams,
for [ alters interpret them by contraries."
oval" ses I, "you kin cyphcr out the
meanin of ityourself to suit yourself, but
I'll tell it to you just as it appeared to
me, and it seemed to me as plain as if it
was broad day light"
20" WAL" ses I, 81 thought I was in
grave yard, and there was great big
grave dug, large enough to hold four or
i've cofins, and while was standin there
wonderin what on earth the grave was for,
| saw big black hearse comm and Stantin
was drivin it. That kinder startled me,
but l looked again, and I see it was bein
drawn by them War Dimmycrats, Dickin-
son, Butler, Meagher, Cochrane, and the
hearse itself was marked "War Dimmy-
crazy" When Stantin druv up to the
grave ses he, my jackasses had heavy
load, but they pulled it through bravely,;
for the poor War Dimmycrats had heads
of men on the bodies Of mules. WON
dered what on earth could be in the
hearse, for it seemed to be heavily loaded.
Right behind the hearse walking along
were you and Sumner and Greeley and
Chase and Beecher and old grandfather
Wells. Pretty soon you all went to work
taken out the cofins and gettiu ready to
put them in the grave. The first one TUX
out was marked Tsabeas corpus the second
one trial by jury then 'the Union and
then the Constitution When they were
all out on the ground some dispute rig as
to which should be buried first, but Gree
ley cut it short by sayin put the Consti-
futon under, and all else follows So
Greeley got the rope uuder one end of the
coffin and Sumner under the other, and
begun to. let it down. While it was goin
down you looked kinder anxious at Chase
and SEES you, Chase, think it will stay
down" And old Greenbacks ses be NV
God, Kernel, it mast stay down or we will
all 60 up Greeley was tickled eenamost
to death, and SEES he, we shall bury it now
so that it will never be heered of agin.'-
Old Grandfather Welles, however, seemed
half frightened to death, and trsmbled
like sick dog, and SEES he 'Oh that it was
all over. Sumner was wrathy at this,
aad ses he shut up, you old fool, wait un-
til it is all under And there, too, stood
Beecher with niger baby in his arms,
looking up to heaven and praying all the
while, as follows: "Oh Lerd, not thy
will but mine be done.' Finally, all the
cofins were put in the grave and covered
up. l wondered where Seward could be
all this time, and looking up, there he was,
flynn through the air with wings, and tail,
and horns, lookin for all the world like an
evil spirit, and ses be, If. 'twere done,
when it is done, just as if he were afraid
that day Of resurrection was comm. I tell
you it made me feel sorrowful and sad,
when Isaw the old Constitution and the
Union put under the ground, out Of sight,
and when l woke up, my eyes were full
OF tears, and felt more like cryin than I
have sence [ was born.''
After / got thru, ses l, "Kernel, what
do you think of my dream P" He looked
down on the floor and then looked up,
then he looked down again and then be
looked up. Isee he was kinder worried,
SO said nothin. Finally he kicked his
slipper off and SEES he, "Majer, do you
know what good leather is p s'Wal, 'sez
l. "Kurnel, used to know .somethin
about leather" "Wal," ses he, "what
do you think of the leather in that Slip
per! Isit good +" EYES," ses +, II
think its pretty good.s "Wal," ses he,
"what kind is it?" SEES I, it's calfskin.'
aWal," ses he, "dn you tell me whether
the calf was heJer or steer ?" "No,,'
ses !, 81 can't" "Wal, "ses be, elm in
jist the fix about your dream. It. is
a good dream, but / can'ttell whetherit's
heifer or steer. But ruther reckon
its q steer"
oval" ses I, Kernel, you may think
my dream don't amount to anything, but
there are thousands Of people will see in
1.-THE fate Of their country" s
He didn't seem disposed to talk about