Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-08-11
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BEFORE PETERSBURG, Va ]

MY DEAR LEADER: It seems natural to
De back again to the front. There's no fun
like fighting, after all
Mac, said Grant to me a bit ago, you
have just come from New York and you're
no fool; what do the folks up that wsy
think about this campaign? How do they
feel?' =. ;
They say, General 1 responded; that
you're doing pretty well. IF the Admipis-
tration will let You alone and YOU will onlv
stick to McClellan's original plan, as hereto.
fore, you are bourd to win .'.....-
Il bet you'll said he
But 1 continued, 'if Stanton gets a
finger in the pie, and old Welles stays asleep
l. m afraid their confidence will hardly hold
out. They're getting plaguey tired ofseeiug
indecisive and disastrous battles fou ght by
civilians hundreds of miles away from the
field" ...
SO am T. said Grant. ....-
The fact is my dear Leader, if simple
hard fighting, directed by good generalship
can end this rebellion. we have plenty of
those elements. But 1 am not altogether
sure that this end is so universally desired
as the papers pretend.
IT Grant takes Richmond in August, the
Chicago convention will nominate him in
September, and the nation will elect him in
November.
And there be those who do not consider
that deuouement so agreeable.
His other name is Old Abe Lincoln. You
have heard of him.
don't mean to say that he willfully pro.
longs this terrific aud fatal struggle, or post
pones victory which is already too costly.
But L do mean to say that wish it were
neither 10 his power nor interests to do SO.
| The question here is, who else!'
And l say, Any body elseH
| But nowadays fellow can trust no oue
politically speaking. Look at the record
of Lincoln. of Seward, of Butler, of Frem ont
OF all OF them Those who were once
white are now black. and vice versa. You
can't tell unless you bet, and when you do
bet you surely lose.
! Since the days of Washington our Pres =
idents have been deteriorating pretty stead
lily. We have got down to Old Abe now, aud
l don't know how we can get much further
unless we put George, etc. If he made as
much of a muddle of his Administration as
he does of his law suits, he would be wor-
! thy successor to Abraham in the noble line
OF decadence.
| My boys down here are quite delighted
with the news of Chase IS first sensible action.
or course l mean his resignation. Having
got the finances of the country in about as
bad pickle as is possible, aud not seeing
his way out of tho scrape through any sort
of loophole. he quietly resigns, and leaves
| his affairs to render somebody else idiotc.
But never mind. As my Orderly used to
say, NO man can call me disroyal; I'm as
royal a man as any In the army Aud so
don't meddle with politics. I never did.
I've been too we'll brought up.
Ny business is to fight, not to legislate
and which ever way the Presidential cat
may Jump, can only WELD my trusty blade
in defense of the dear Old Flag and the
glorious Union for ever!
I'm pretty good and patriotic when get
woke up.
My gallant command, the Fifty eleventh
Bounty Jumpers. fellows who fight for
something tangible, agree with me to man
We don't much care how things go so that
we can whip the rebels and confscate a
small amount of real estate.
am but rude, bluff, honest soldier and
| like Ben. Butler, know more about winning
odd pieces of property than about making
laws and law-givers.
II doesn't require much genius to be a
soldier. / could be soldier with my eyes
shu. and both hands tied. IF it weren't for
the counfounded rebel army 1 would have
taken Rich moud long ago.
But then, there's good deal in being
used to it.
General Hunter is one of the same sort
He made splendid raid the other day. He
travelled good many miles. found some
valuable things to keep, and retreated in
frst-rate order, with no loss except that oi
trains, am munition, and som 8 men.
If be keeps on thus you may expect him
in New York, soon.
Meantime me and Grant expect to date
| :oh W.
going to fight it out on this line if it takes
ell this SINNER.
And we begin to think it will.
Our appetite for fight is still good, howev.
er. Warefars is like one of Sheriff's dinner;
the more you eat the better you like it
and when you once begin you can't let ii
alone till you've had your fill.
Yesterday had great fun. Ne and my
gallant Bounty Jumpers led an attack upon
the enemy's right. I threw out skirmishei
in front until we found the rebels, who re-
gardlsss of the rules of civilized warefars
fred volley of ball cartridges upon u.s.
This so incsnssd me that ordered my mer
to charge away from them. They were
mean enough to follow and handto HAND
fight ensusd.
l performed prodigies of valor. All wa
correspondents invariably do; sometime
army officers do.
The fight went on till dinner time, and I
WHO am proverbially cool under fire, sal
down on the CORY field to dine. Passing
through garden, alitte before, 1 had pluck
, ed some fine green peas. Just as began t.
prepare them battery of thirty two pound
ers opened upon me with she'll. Without
thinking of the danger, 1 put the peas in
pile, where the deadly storm came thickes
and while lighted my fire the batter
q shelled my peas.
: This is considered one of the most thrill
= ling incidents of the war. think it would
maka a good snbieet for a noam hY Shan.