The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-01

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Of > pev sxpssissoe- a, e1esp g rsbsl
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Rossville road, With . white dag. They
are halted, wheeled abost, their backs to
the Fedssal liaes, their rank demanded
and messenger dispatched to headqaar-
ters, aDnouncing The arrived. and asking
II the Gag WIN be received. i disposed
10 xrsos 81 interview, Federal ollser,
Of equal rank With the bearer Of the nes-
sage, 10 ssst out. and II fortunate, yoa
him. Liest. Coleael Fuller
ton. Granger's Chief Of StaG, is the dag
officer, and yoa cannot ven get in better
As yoa ride up, Il surprises
you little to see each salute The Dag ;
surprises you more to eco that they shake
hands and smile Ike old friends: surprises
you most when q rebel officer produces .
bottle Of wine and challenges kis sss a-vii
to . stirrap-cup. The officers bearing
and receiving the message dismount,
move apart and confer. The erraud may
be- to pass = lady through our lines % sbe
North, or to propose . foar-and twenty
hours armistice, or to play : card or tive
in "the game Of Bragg" If the last, .,
wac the case just before the battle Of Ms
sion Ridge. the bearer Of the cartel u I
trifs more stiff and stately, aud the good
cheer is not Forthcoming. But usually
the little aside conference over, ths
groups meet and miugie on that hand
breadth Of neutral ground, spesd . few
moments in conversation apparently fre.
and frank, salute each other and vince
away, returning each to his own. Th,
whine Gags have hardly fickersd out o
sight, whsn. blow. great guss Lookou
may growl. and Aoccasin Point crack ,
fery whip.
While the interview continues, tn,
opposing pickets lean upon their muskes
and look 90. Dark blue clusters watch i
from the parapets of the Forts in sight
and the enemy crawl out from their rife
pits, like brown and gray rats, and lool
on, too. 1t iss grateful bresshing spell
for all colors. Col. Fullerton aad rebe
officer are talking of old days. Thel
were once neighbors and friesds in St
Louis. They belonged to = young men,
club in that city; there were thirty o
them. Among them we're Frost, nov
Major General in rebeldom, and Johv
Morgan's brains, to-wit, Basil Duke
Twenty six Of them turned traitor !; Col
Fullerton and the three other true heartet
comrades stood by the old flag. Ever
your correspondent has two classmates
over yonder on Mission Ridge one o
them Colonel from the Palmetto State
the other risen to the infamous dignit,
of a rebel General. Alas, for the dayl
that are no more
A wonderful change has been vrough
in the tone Of these bearers Of The Witt,
flag within eighteen moaths Once the
were sure and defiant; now they are des
perate and wol6sh. 1t has been Cclone
Fullerton's fortune to have large expert
ence in truce conferences, and atmost al
ways to meet friends Of "auld lang syne;
and the waning of the moon was neve
30 apparent a. the dwiadling OF thei,
hope. 10 one Of his latest interviews a
Chattanooga, rebel officer who, 4 yes,
ago, krcashed Ere and smoke a. il Jane
Watt had made him, lungs and al, ad
mitted that he believed the grand dream
of the Confederacy - power on eartt
had "goue up" but Il tell YOU" sale
he, eve mean to die hard; We shall 6eh,
it out" Flags Of truce and the barins
of hostile pickets towards each other IL
ways puzzle civilian. He cannot i'm
agine how men can stand with front e
front, that may turn upon each other an,
hour, even . the upper aad sethsr mill
stones, and grind out life and heart lik,
grain. and not bear, man to man. ID,
deadIiest hate. And yet nothing can b.
farther from the truth. Right on the ev,
Of the battle Federal pickets contentedlv
muncbed biscuit that rebel neighbors-i in
Law had tossed to them; and an exami.a
ton of many q plug Of the Indian veet
in picket's pocket would have shovr
the print of rebels teeth At one end
and s"f ankes's' 1t the other. Sss =
The small currency Of gibe and ioh,
passed az freely among them ~ it doe,
around steamboat landing in the "pipin,
times Of peace" and half fancied thst
sort Of rough, rude friendship might hay,
sprung up among some Of them. Psfhap.
! told you that, on Monday, the day 3
our reconnaissance in force, vhep IL,
Federal skirmish line moved out. ~,
rebel picksts stood leaning apou the;
guns, aud looked wonderinely unon them
and not till our advancing li.s We tippe,
with FIRE, did they seem to eet the Ia
that serious work, work with blood m,
death in it, vas actually beginning.
Now and then, little human anil
brightens wars grin visags, like ! All
OF sunshine In "a angry day. l remsm
Der one that wishI could daguersvo,vpe
The amenities Of battle are 90 fev. IL,
precious they become! Let me eive w,
that little "toach Of patars that m:k.
the whole world kim" A lev month
ago. thss3d Ohio, belonging 10 Etseichs'
command, entered town e. 49, 4.
Richuoad. prisoners 81 war. Wora a..
hmished, hearts hesvy and Lara,..sl
light, shsy were herded together, .l,k,
dumb, driven CATTLE" to wear our g,
night. A rebsl regiment, The 9th Vi,
qsisr bsing caaped near BY, many Of s.
No sanss ssrolling about to ses de Arr,
shsw q poOr, sapperless Yanksss.. IA,
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