Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-09-16
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We copy the following sublime, profound,
orudite, poetic description of a nocturnal ad.
venture, from the columns Of the State Reg
ister.s Read and ponder: rs CCg
lr WAS A RAT. on FIRE !-~Whilc we Law
snooaing; at the ghostly hour OF midnight,
sending forth volumes Of sound from our So
norous nose, a scratching on q table near our
head startled the echoes Of the night Up
starting with surprise, and fear depicted in
our eyes, We landed mid way on the floor,
with a semishriek and roar. While our
lamp was dimly burning, and onr soul was
darkly yearning, as upon itself was turning,
the mystery to explore, an ominotis tail out
spreading, from a pie ofsyolumes leading,
now approaching, now reccdipg, scared us
to our spirits core! Indeed it was a horrid
sight a bodyless tail at dead of night,
wiggling in that woful plight !! II moved our
valiant soul with fright, as never moved our
soul before! "What is thise" we cried in
terror, as across the room tho mirror, which
was never caught in error, reflected back
that horrid tall "rWhat is this ?''wc cried
advancing, at the furtivc shadow glancing,
and the demon Fear was dancing on our
brow so cold and pale :. Whose tail is
this )wo brately shouted, 'as our coward
fears we secuted, determined never to be
routed by ghostly tail like that! With
stick Of massive weight, welded in that hour
of fate, down upon that form of hate, went
thundering, one huge bat Oyer went tho
table crashing, down our only lamp went
dashing, and the. oil went splashing, splash.
inc, over all the chamber floor, and hideous
form uprising, deaf to all our catechising,
and enwrapped in flames surprising, darted
for the chamber door AS out il lied into
the gloom, the world exterior to illume, il
gave yell like that Of doom, when asonics
inspire But few could tell on that dread
night, what meant that leaping bal OF Ii ght.
what meant that burning tail bedight IL ras
a rat on ,Frei I' " "'
p. s. That rat has no. made his appear
ance since. lie immersed himself in kcro.
sene oil, took fire. and is. undoubtedly con.
sumcd by this time. 1t was a clear case Of
spontaneous combustion. BY dnt Of hard
work we saved the house from burning down.
Having seen the whole conilagration, We
must admit that the most sublime spectacle
in the world is n rat ON fire
.... .r.~.l. ..1 PEACE. "a Eau >
From the Richmond Enquirer.
Save an our own terms we can accept no
peace whatever, and must fight till doomsday
rather than yield al iota Of them, and our
terms arc.
Recognition by the enemy OF the indepcn-
dsncc Of the Confederate States
Withdrawal Of the Yankee forces from
every foot Of Confederate ground, including
Kentucky and Missouri. 'E,uo0
Withdrawal of the Yankee soldiers from
Maryland untl-ihat State shall decide by
free vote whether she shall remain in the old
Union or ask admission into the Confederacy.
Consent on the part of the Federal govern
ment to give up to the. Confc,lcracy its pro-
portion Of the navy as II stood at the time of
secession, or To pay for tho sttrne pa
!. Yielding up Of all pretcnsion on the part Of
tho Federal government to that portion of tho
old Territories which lies west Of the Confvd-
crate States. @' '" '4
An equitable settlement on the basis of our
absolute independence and equal rights OF all
accounts of the public debt and public lands,
and the advantages accruing from foreign
treaties.
These provisions, We npprchend, comprise
the minimum oe what we must reunre be-
fore wo lay down our arms. That is to say,
the North must yield live nothing. Tho
NHuic VI ttiut CDunuy 10 prevent
by force the separation of the States must ba
abandoned, which will be equivalent to M
avowal that our enemies were wIong from
the first, and, of course, rs, they waged u
causelcssand wicked war upon us, they ought
in strict justice to be rcquircd, according to
usage in such cases. to reimburse to us tho
whole of our expenses and losses IN tho
course of that war. Whether this last pro-
viso is to be insisted upon or not certain We
are that we cannot have any peace ut all un-
til we Shall be in position not only to de-
mand and exuct, but also to enforce and col
leGt, treasure for our own reimbursement out
of the wealthy cities in the cnemy's country.
10 other words, unless We can destroy or
scatter their armies, and break up their gov
cr,stacnt, we can have no peace and If we do
thatrthcn we ought not only to extort from
them our own full terms and ample ackncwl-
cdgment OF their wrong, but also a handsome
indemnity for the trouble and expense caused
to us by their crime. '5.."4 ..'