The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-02-18

corre.p ondence ofthe Courier.

diiierence Is Virgil was. in an epic moo
while am SIMPLY garrulous. E.Hulieres OR
unique cdno, shall be the burden of nv song
for | prefer to sing of the women and inc
of Huntsville, than Of 1.-The arms and me
who first came to the Trojan shore"
Taking It for granted that you know q
our present whereabouts, and how, when AM
by what way we came here, will proceed
to give you little history Of the conduct
appearance and feelings of the citizens o
huntsville the secesh ones mean. 10
10 The opportunities Inowrtave of scanning
the inside workings and feelings Of Secessi,
are much better than have had before.,s
am now detached from my Regiment and
my business combining me in the city,
board andledge here !; q ,am sleeping on ;
feather bed and eating at regular table
with knife and fork aud have withal nice
white earthen plate every meal; yoil mus,
excuse this DEPRESSION. for | could mt help it,
My, tandlortless,I can't call her ahostess'is
a bitter blatant secesh She is more; she
Is both oil and ,foolishi,a,d. however harsh
..he conclusion NAV seem, can't help it..
she is an Sold fool" m sfaeaag. taf
Now Ihavs introduced her TO YOU SIN cha
racter'--just step in with me to dinner and
| will intr Oduce her toayou Gin person r.
l"Mrs. X. this is Mr.. NJ a yankee Editor
4 have brought home to dine with me."-
mr. N with nod Of the head ami eve
ing yen sharply) After dishing ynuy on |
your quantum of dessicated vegetable SOM
which by the way she obtained from our
Commssary She says 81 fnuIn .aai ri
"Weli Mr., N what do you think OF
our Town |" Excrse me forimy7ill manners
hut must interrupt. you in your answer for
I have something rich fear .ni aslj n9
+ II "Mrs. Il, those fellows who refused to
take the oath were sent through the lines
this morning" Eactrra tss.oF .a#n-
"What, they didn't send Dr. b of,
and his wife not expected to live ~ adj
'"Yes, they sent him off. and his wife can
not be so bad as was represented, for she al
vised him to GO rather than take tho oath y
daa't know" and then for mo-
merit she does the duties Of the hostess. -
"a Now il Won wish tn see n live secesh, look
on her. She is tall, slender and of the reg
Mar southern cadaverous cut Tn her eye,
if you can carch it. you will see twentv-onc
dancing devils. She sits uneasiIv in her
seat. and, IN her eff ,rt to appear calm, tips
over her glass Of water By the accident she
is apparently cooled and again opens
conversation. E7 ~ -at. h a7s
captain, could von take An oath to sup
port the Southern Confederacy ?" ~ a
s'No madam" ''af.rrs. ai .aas
90 ''But supnosing we should make vou."gg
~ "Tndeed, should hardly think that a sup
possible case" and there passes another in
terval, during which we take more soup fa
snow, when YOU make MS take your oath
do you think itwould be- wrong if we should
take it with mental reservation ?" sash.
"You mean, take it with the intention of
not keeping it ?"T9a 1.~n7 aasa. 5sy boss
b ."Yes." eiEaaso- 3.#5 Glot,aa -a .3a.'st
o ''Tf you can satisfy vour. conscience that
his would be right. on that score have no
thing to say, but let me advise you that this
would he a DANGEROUS business. should it
come to the knowledge of Government off.
Gals, rynu know the punishment woald be
death. We do not require your people to
take the OATH We do, however, offer you
the alternative-eiher take the oath or 90
within your own lines. If you stay here we
must feed yon, and we cannot feed and fight
you at the Same time" are ta. haIm 81
ooh well ] really don't know; / wish
these troubles could he settled"
And so it ends and we will take our hats
and leave. .ra2ars .t8.a-a nf-e
This is the character Of spceSh w,man
a secesh man is different He has the
same venom in his heart. bnt he is. moral
ly, a sneak and coward. IF the men
wonld stalk" like the women. we could
soon handle them. we could Gull the bad
from the good and leave a loyal country be
hind US. Nevertheless. there are, now.
bright hopes for the future. The current OF
public feeling il turning The addresses of
z. II. Ewing and d. G. Humphrey are do
ing incalcnlable good they are being circn-
lated by thousands. These with the Presi-
dents amnesty Proclamation" will hasten
the return of both Tennessee and Alabama,
to the Union. d. q. Humphrey says
''when there is such q preponderating phys
calforce against us, what is the use of con-
tending longer; let us now consult our in.
terests and not our pride" This is his idea,
but not his language. Itis sensible and
may God speed the time when this shall be
the controlling sentiment among the masses
Of the Southern sConfederacy. f- fe
Enclosed, ! send you Circular Of the
;"Huntsville Female College," Publish il
and let the people of Iowa see what it costs
to bny knowledgs in Dixie. They say
"current fnnds." In secesh funds--whick
they, az well as we call ''uucurrent''--th.
Primary Department would stand $4,000
$l3 us. is equivalent to $65 G.. S. A. ever
according to the reckoning of these head SO
cesh Devils. T. p,
.Is.9 ag,-vrte.t $780, 18th Iowa.
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