New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1864-02-05
From the New York Day r" k.l
LETTER FROM MAJOR JACK DOWN
DowNINGv .I.E. NCv. 7. 1863
To the Editor of the Uobook:

~ tNS S'uNW ~ me JjuOAWh
The very next ''av after I writ w,
nv last letter, | got one from Lin. j.
telling me I must come ~ wittt1''
fail. lie said he was IN peck n
truhhil about his messige-that Cha-f
m Seward were rnllin rite IN con'rarv
direcshins. and what 20 do he diln''
know. Sol jest pack"l up nv ,hi gs
took my pipe in my mouth and my o|''
hickcry in my hama, and started. !
strapped my axe on the outside IF my
trunk, for this is the ONLY wepin, be
sides my hickery cane, that 7 ever car
rv. Going down to the ears met Dea-
con jenkins, who went on to Washing
ton, you recollect, to make the Kernel s
sier clothes an ses he. "M'jer, what
are you taking vcur axe to Washington
frT' "Wal,' ses I. ''Deac II. I cx
pect shall get awful, tarin nal with
them AboIislionis's this winter in
Washington. an there amt eny way
that KIN work off fit Of that kind
except by going out to the wood house
an chcppin wood. So I determined to
take along my axe. 1t is one the oil
Ginneral usel when he got mad an I
have always preserve | it to remember
him, ef nothing else.'
] got to Washington all safe, an vert
direct TO the White House. The fclle,
who tends the l,or didn't know me nj
first {; bat when he saw my hckerv hc
begun to "pon his eyes. I tr|l Won. SCI.
he 'You arc NJ jrr D,wninr 7 60
lirvc," howin ik" ~ srrApiui lis !. -
Of h- th"uy''' I kcoro \ f,r ,h"t. s.
I, Yes. Pm Naj jer jack Downin:, ~:
you jest tell The President, about 's
quick as time viii let yon, that I,u
here So lie run up stairs. an ] wrn'
after him, stoppin in thc room wher.
the offs seekers have to wait, to take
n good look down the Potomack to see
eff things looked natural. I hadn't
stood there more than mint when
who should cum up behind me hut
L1nkin himself. He caught right hold
Of my hand, and scs he, 'Majer, how
how are you' I'm tickled to deth to
see you;" an he kept shaki" my hands
as ef he thought it was made lethcr.-
Ses I, Kernel, do you want me to help
write your messige ?" SIS he, ,.Oi
course do, Maier." Wal, tAen," ses
J, ,please don't shake that hand env
more, for you've pretty nigh mashed
it now" Wal, ses he ,Majer, I could
mt help it, for it seems MS eff Prori-
dence sent you jest in the nick Of time.
Ses I. How is that 2 ,Wal,' ses lie.
the Catynet is i'll session, and I've jrs'
finished tcllin them one Of Ar'emus
Wards best stories. and got ,em all in
to good huMor. The messige is the
very thing they met to discuss, an
yon're cum rite in the nick OF time
hitting me, as he spoke, slap on the
back that made the cold chiIls III,
over me.
N'thi & would do hut I must "a i,
hear the dscusslin. s. | walked l..
as large as life. l knew EN- all, am
they all knew me. They pretended ''
be real glad to see me, pcrticular|y
Stan'in hut he needn't ny to deceive
ma, for under them spectacles of his
see pair Of hvena eyes. I tell VT
that that man will bear wa'chin. How
sever, I sea nothin; but after the how
lie -loos were over. laid Inv old Kicker,
on the table, took out my pipe. an wen
to smokin. The Kernel then callet
the meetln to order, an sed he wanted
short ackount Of each department. q
he could fix up his me ssise, an he a!s'
wanted the opinion Of each one as I,
what he thought ought to be done viii
the Southern States after the REBEL
yon is crushed. Fust, he called upo'
Seward.
Wal, Seward red that furrin affair
were al rite; that he has offered t
carry cut the policy Of England al
over the country. IN Get up monarch.