Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-06-08
Letter From New York.
New YORK, May 26lh, 1865

NEW YORK, May 18TH, 1850.
FRIEND HILDRErH - Home again
out Of Washington-ont of hell
Some Of yonr readers may think my
lauguagc violent and not HI deer
toned in piety AS the Lords prayer
hut they should remember that il il
very natural for plain men tn call
plain things Ivy plain names. Again
IL pandemOnium signifies the region OF
all that is impure. unholy and defiled
then there is religious propriety in
using this term to designate the city
OF Washington for no where else
under the vast canopy Of heaven. is
there another place where do congre.
gate such countless hnsts of thieves,
liars, blacklegs, murderrrs, assassins,
political dcsperadons. sycopl,antic OF.
ticc.serkers, fleeing government con-
tractors, sharks who rob soldiers I'll
money earned, vendors 81 rot.gut war.
ranted t" kill forty miles, women who
Haunt their robes of tender morals,
reptiles. coppcrhcads, snakes aud vag.
ahonds. AZ Ia this same Federal CAPT.
tai, Washington. .T
II. one were to take the poorest,
leanest. most fearfnlIy bone protru-
ding jackass, that survives the
swamps and marshes of southern cam.
paigns, and cover it with a coat OF
honey to attract every species Of in
sect from fly to buggard. it would be
a thing OF beanty. sweetness and love
in comparison with the demoralizcd
society of Washington. In my r..
cent visit there had the opportunity,
and improved it, TO 60 into the dark
hy.ways. and gilded halls and chan.
daliercd saloons where run riot from
morning until night, crime, vice and
wrong. assure the readers of the
Inteliigencer that my language is not
sufficiently strong to describe the cor,
ruption. rottenness and filth that arts.
es in Washington like a volume OF
stencil from carcasses of decomposing
bodies. Westward emigration goes
Query? Can there not be found in
the valley of the great Mississippi riv.
or more respectable spot for this ma,
TONS capital than Washington City
At Williard's Hotel | met thai. true,
faithful and sound man of Iowa. Hon
WIN. b Allison. Through his cnurir.
sy | obtained "A pass To stand No. 2
located directly opposite the Prrsi
dents stand. where Gen Sherman
stood on the second day of the militia
~ pageant and reviewed his army
50 y"n sac your correspondent had al
excellent position To See aud view.
Pnnc:naI to a moment. Maj. Gen.
w. L. Sherman started his army up
Pennsylvania Avenue, himself at it,
head. Has appearance was the signal
TOR one hing continued series of cheers
The people were Wild with excitement.
perfectly frantic to catch a glance at
their great military chicftain. The
General rode u dark bay horse. AZ
he rode along, he bowed his head l.,
the right and left, expressive of his
appreciation Of the great popular de-
m"nstration /; and as he passed the
different stands mothers held up their
children, mai,lens stood upon tiptoe,
and between the cheers of the men
yon could hear, That's him )" Yes,
that's the Sherman that tall man IS
Sherman" Then would arise another
volume Of cheers. with hats in the air.
haudkerchirfs waving and amid the
swelling strains Of exultant music
could he heard drafening cries from
the throngcd pavements Sherman
Sherman
Behind tie General rode his staff
aud IA small escort. Tnen came the
18TH army corps. of Tennessee. com.
manded hy Maj Gen. John A. Logan.
Then followed the l7th corps, com.
man'ied 10y Maj. Gen. +. p. Blair. The
goth aud l4th army corps, OF Georgia.
came next. commanded 10y Maj. Gen.
Ii. w. Siucum. with their different
brigades. divisions, &C., &c.
The portion of the army which ex.
cited great deal of mirth aud pleas
antry was the Bummer brigade, led
by a sable warrior on a diminutive
donkey. If military law -njoins fore.
sight in the commissary. then the "old
guards Of Napoleon could not sur
pass these chaps in culinary sagacity.
They evidently had never been disci-
plined in Mcclellan dress paradcs, for
The nextness Of uniform and cleanli.
ness of hand which characterized those
costly displays Of kid gloved general
ship were wofully absent in this bum
mer brigade. They were evidently
Inclined zonlogically. The backs OF
their mules were burdened with beard
ed goats, South Carolina lighting
cocks. S!ianghaie ro"sters, rebellious
hens. contiscated turkeys, cats held in
/" durance vile," pigs arrested arbitra-
rily without the benefit Of jury. dit.
to of dogs and cnons. aud the genus ho-
mo (colored) specimens, varying in
hue from the delicate white of the
pure Caucasian 10 polished black OF
the una.iultera,ed Ethiopian. Vi ilors.
es they had very few specimens,
probably kept tor psychological stnd-
rs. But. jim Lame what a collec.
ton of mn!-s | Tall males and small
mnles--mnles the color of mahogany
the color of a cham,inn aud
luuking as ii they fed upon The = me
fud !! could not perceive thai this
brigade kept strp tn any military
rules unless il was their observance
Of that one which says keep sharp
lonk out" But the SPOONS. sauce
pans, kettles. pots and pans. which
they had along in abundance. indica-
ted that they are posted in foraging."
The artillery brigadcs. with their
strong cannon-carriages. each one
drawn by three span Of heavy horses
was very stirring sight. and as
this part Of the machinery Of war
passed in review ! thought that for
one ! would not like to take any Of
the pills from those guns they would
operate altogether too quickly.
| suppose that by the EXPLANATIONS
Of surprise heard all around the circle,
seldom were people $" greatly disap-
pointed as the "good citizens of