The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1864-09-14

over the Navy Department, and passed the
wurd for all hans to splice the maiubrace,
\ diStingwisht humorist, who shall be
nameless, remarkt to me last Saturday,
that "Oid Welles" reminded him OF wun
of those misfortinit castaways depicted in
shipwreck books, with thar har adrift, and
Il forlorn and dishabill appearance about
thar shirt collars and the slack of thar
trowsers, but to-day the venabul mariner
hes got his foretop all ataunto, and his
| fggerhed hes lost that forlorn and dis
trackted asspeck that it he'd when Mr
barley tuck his likeness for a,frontispeact
to my "War Letters" | trust afere this
| is in prent he will hev further caws fol
rejicia. Eff Mobile is captered by Ad
miril Ferrygut, the least we kin do foi
Seckatry Welles is to reethe his pail brow
with cab bages, and transmit his name
and fame to futur ages by inscribin EN- Oh
the Oshin Sands,
The moose from the raid ridden districIs
is a trifu more hopeful to- day The reb.
els heving harvestd the crops in th<
Shenadoor Valley, aud robbed genally to
the eggatent Of thar means of transporta-
shin, Is thort to be goin lesherly hum to
organise anuther eggspidishin. Why
shoulder they? Wots to heuder 'em p
Ginral MacleIlap mought but of all the
leadin lnen in the kentry was to AK Stau-
ton to giv him an appintment, he d tell
em he put em all to Castle Thunder
iust. | suppose thar's no doubt that
Ginral Mcclellan name woulG bring fifty
thousand recruits to the Union standard
iii three wceks-and half Of EN- veterans
at that-Gut its wun of the amabul Stan
tou 5 prenceples never to be reconsiled on
ennyboly he hes abused, and 'prenceples
not men '--h0wever mutch the men may
be wanted-is the motto adopted by the
Seckatry Tor this occashin. L hev an al
teckshlnit regard for Stanton, for I'know
him to be L man OF strong attachments
OhcJ o0c no" ue Stichs U tHo w AZ DC-
partment, The President places conf
.dens IN him bekase he heshy. With
the esgssepshin OF me and his self, Mr.
Llncoln doosent like men as hev a lean
ano hungry look. He ses that Cashus as
cohsptsec agon his great predecesher, the
Ainshent olezer, was a man of spare bild
about my hett. Still he hes no mist-ust
Of me, but kwite contrarywaya, respeck.
the ground | walk on. Nevertheless he
isn't ankshua to say Anymore siabsidec
inividyals about his pusson, fer fear sun
wun OF EN-, like the 'mashiated Cashus
should proeve bed egg.
see 1t stated IN sum of the Copperhec
papers that our lllustrus Chief Matgestr tree
hes quit reiallu boss stories and lost al
relish or low comedy. Allow me to con
tfadlck this malignant faisehood, got uE
by the enemees of the Government for tn,
pupus of deieten bis elechshun. Well dt
the vile slandt rers know that his chanse.
OF suckceSs rests eenamost holy ON hi.
priestedge AS storyteller and caunon
drumist, and they want to destroy hin
aiore the people by representa- that he
gin up hoSs tork, and doosent intend t,
Indulge in riddles emmy more. So heril
sech being trooth, IN willen to be kwoli
fed tha are more ridckales things ant
creates more Iariter for than he ever dun
l hope the Republican press every wher,
will copy this statement; bekase the re
port reierd to are doSin heep of harm
Let the Comic Candidate for the fust oth
in the gilt of the people on the face of til,
airth hev justise dun him-less than tina
| m shsor no troo paytryit wishes him
j aud more II that he doosent AK.
! The time, however, is near at hand whel
! | shall hev the satisiackshin OF contrasti
this MAN OF cheerful dispersishin and opel
mater with whom it may consarn, on tn
/ Democratic side of the house. All In
[ waltiu for Is the momentuous twenty min
of August jest as sun as we know VIII,
We hev to contend agen, shall take tn
stump, aud eff | don't make sumboddy
peltry fly in the coarse OF the canvas, thel
thars more gas than eumpshin in the sill
ver-gray head OF yours alus,
A DISBANDED VOLUNTEER