The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1864-08-24

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NAYsHINAL HoTELh, WASHINGTON, J
Aug. IA.
Eddyturs Of the N. 7. Suadag Merkary:
This is a wurld of mistaken calkelashins
blited prospecks, and poppecook curry
spondents. AT. .half-pas six on. Saturday
mornin last the Army of the Potomac,
ascerdin to the bulletins, eggspeckted to
dine at Petersburg, at hafe-past eight,
it had given up the idee, sartar loosing
four Thousand men in attemptin to reach
the place of entertainment. Gould emmy
thing be more yolcanlcal then thesr Satur-
day mornin dispatches addrsst to whoom
it mought consarn. Didn't you seem to
hear the low rumble, and feel the airth
quaks, shock, and behold the mounting
of airth risina three hundred feet abuv the
level of the see !? Who could hev bleved
that setch mounting would hev brort
forth setch a mouse, espeshally when the
Rebs was tuck entirely by surprise and
never smelt rat tell the proieck was
blown by the noise of the eggspleshin.-=
When | peroozed the famming accounts
.of.the speshils, shown that hull Secssh
regiment he'd ben sent skywards and six
teen guns, lanched inter eternity, con-
cl5eded, in coarse, that the Rebel hops
was forever blasted; and when l larned,
aylittle further on, that two Of thar lines
of intrenchments he'd ben carrid, | sed to
myself sit daosent matter whether tha,
blind confdens in Lee is ,gon or not, for
faith without works kennot save em.
Ny first tlimpulls .arter gettin the good
moose throo my har,- was to make tracks
for the ,Eggseggatiye Manshin. to congrat-
ulate the Nayshin's Idle. I aew to him
wings. ofpprsenal attachment, re-
gairdless of the bragadsar ginralsa 1Guv-
erpment spies, and army, coptracters, |
ppsst on my swsyEto the pallasls ! found
him in, the ,sauktpm, pasin Il the fore with
rapid strides, and Tod marehin in .frunt
of him sipgin9 the poplar nayshinal an
them Of John Browns Body, with sperrit-
stirrin emfasiz- Ia moment we were in
each others arms. y, i, - -.
SssVictry at last, cried my illustrus friend;
but even in that moment Of eggsig htment,
and with the, tear of rapter standin in Els
eggspressiye eye, his material talents for
humor displayed itself 'Yictry p he
continued, with pleasant chuckle; N fack
d. V. reglar Mne Bun yietry
'sEnny later dispatches p sss I, inkwir-
inly. ''Ennything senst the sixteen. can
non, and the South Caroliny redgyment
cum down from the clouds, and the, Rebel
ofisir as was thrown two hundred yards
and uppards inter the air, ,allighted at
Ginal Burnside's he'd kwarters, and tuck
the oath of a legions? ?" 49,,
'Not a wurd, replied his Eggsellency,
"but-as we were then clost to thar last line,
the sinis' eouldent hev ben far distant"
f.'sIn resinin from caws to effsck, ses I,
sits allus as well to be shoor Of your eaws
afore you ventur on a loud crow. "rhar $
nanny q Slip ses ] "atwixt the cup
and the lip, and thar's been a good deal
of lip, in this war that hes. eepded in dis
appointment, Abraham !, SSH, ad-
ded, eheerfplly, "sthe accounts is in the
hyst degree encnrridging, and / ken har-
.dly beleave these confident predickshins
will sprooye a shan, Abratham." re
q ssI3ye no fears OF that" he refined; with
see in the mild carry catoors of him,
iSsleh y BLOWN up, is sale to be follerd BY
thunderen lickin." tse44. -
= Attlis pint, I tuck. up nay hat to go
but putin his back agen the dore, he re-
Invested me by our frayternal reIashins tc
stay with, Kim outil the next batch of wal
news arrove! THUS denied a negress,
consented to remain entil the result Of. til.
crysiis was sent in by ,Guverfnent opera.
tarx in hlAck and white 70 AfI
About noon page, as white as peac.
Of letterpa per, rushed inter the sanktum
With a hafe sheet of foolscap IN his hand
1t was despatch to the War Department
r tfneodent state its natter the kentry nos
it too welE Tlss ehampyun Of tn
Union, glanst over it, gritted his teeth
| land, kullapst inter the neaEdest cheer =
| never sor setch a suddent change a
cum over his visidge, eggsept in the inge
rubber faces as gou kenaltwitch inter per
tffeck bliss cs sinterenspeakabu retchadnes
with your finger and thum. als,,.,,.5
- The finger and thum of despair he'd evi
dehtly taken an ongodly pun Sathim.
v hr+er a spell she fekiSefd his eaaila
bramaaHd weswent inter coInIaitty lof th
helecnsthe late cave in at zPetersburgE
Izt ;s,,het US luck the, naked rtroeth in tn
face ses I; in all its disgpstin and DE-
morriiizfn bSaringtsa.' AY%7f e aTaH
s.spss fhes-plaItg tgsof-ondetminin the Reb'
brestwprks was good,na he remarked meu
singfy,1 But Tie manner IN witch tl
grand salt was made was shiftless."
4 How SO, my friend, 'ses f. ,ssfo
81 =; Why ses he, with "a grim smile,
'sthey oughter k3QwR That ror troops I Sc e
for the, first time inter .setch a gallin ii
was srrtip to get thar goose cooked 3..s
Az sRuts MisteEs,P s,President,nz l. Iysubjeste,
: Hthese was cullud sojers, and aecordin
ssksle resent efshaIln bulletins 4theyife Il
s3pluckiest troops we heV. : The despatch
a 4if'eeeFod this niornin described EN- as pftcl
5 in iater the Rebel collumes ike all pc
esest,'', mss 81 II = sa. s. "a
H. 1t was a negerness that was too hot
last he rejineded. HBy the way,"5
added, larfn; '.ken-you tellm why Il
letter S is Ikea shower Of grape pore
/ inter black redgyment at short range.
vi Ishuck nay canister as much as tosss
IT confident wool it, upon witch he sgi
splaned that the letter S was like a sho,
-, of ..,-o,,a ,1onrad into a hlack rpdo