Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-03-19
THE LATE CRATE saUELcH.

THE LATE CRATE saUELcH.
correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.l
RI have made my mind to open UP a corrys
,ondents with you for all whom it may con-
ssrn have selected you because l once know
ad one Of you. which it was not the old man,
who,vas before my time, thow | once heerd
him make good speach for Thig speach;
hit it was young one which L saw down
oonth during the war. And IL tell you why
Tma writing-its all because Of the tu:eS.
For you know the times is very unsertaln now,
and it is hard to keep up with EN-, and So we
ont here in the country I don't mean Con
sresses country, which some call the country
at large, but the country live in, which is the
nine forist Of Fairfax county, near Birthstone
tayern)-weIl, We like to git your paper to see
1hets what, and you like to hear from us. to
know what we think Of it, and how we feel
about it and that's why 1 m writing,
And this reminds me that your paper comes
7ery irregular lately | was askln some frens
about it, and Phil OsEium sed he rcconed the
males was deranged, but old Dir. Dabbs sed it
vas only the postmaster. But Jack AnapeS,
who is particular friend Of mine, about whom
more anon after awhile, said Bill Massy
would Mt let your paper come regular because
he's Rad. But that can't be so, because |
never see his name to no committys, nor me-
moryals, nor Ferrit meetings, nor nothin of the
kind, and it amt no use to try and fool me on
him. RAIDS that ain in on all them sorts of
things ain t no RAIDS at all-cording to my ype
Fence.
Of course you ought to know who | am be-
fore maxim barging with me, and I II tell you
don't perfess to be much OF a scolar and yon
wont find no great book -larnin in my letters.
1ru was Comisery in the G. s. A. (which
indignantly scorn the importation Of being
Quatermaster) )-and | still hold on tn my COM
misshun, waiting for the next war But it
didn't take much to make Confederate Com
iserv, for it vas mighty little We had to com-
isery with, and besides have fell in with some
Feds with pison- oak leaves on their sholdcrs,
that didn't know so dam much either. But |
ain no sardeen anyhow; I've got good rlow
horse sense about some things, and some Of
ibe cutest nabors in the world, and with their
assistents I'll keep you we'll posted on the sent
iments Of the people. TIN sorry | had to Use
that word "cute'--i!s g kind OF 4 Yankee
word, but no other langwige is got such
word, bacause nc other people resembles an
KEGS.
Well, | will now proseed to the subjec! OF
this letter, which you no doubt see from the
heddin is the late squelch, meanin the, squelch
in pollytics, which has been the best lectur to
the Southern people on the subjeck OF oJJycrt-,
htr and naanyal lnbatr they hav had since Ge1t
Davises proclymashun agin grinding seed: corn,
which is lessin hope they'll improve. | once
heerd Of man out West who jumpt on shore,
TUX drink, stold q watch, got arrested, tryed,
con7ikted and hogd for Il, put on his Shert,
tux another drink and jumpt on bord agin,
while the boat he was travlin on was laying at
the warf lettin off steem ; and it seems to NE
our people have done purity neer as many and
similar things in the last two weeks while
Congress has been BLOWN off steem.
ln fact, haven't xperients two weaks so
prolyphic of changes since the death OF Old
Stonewall-God bless his gloryous memory
Just think of it Two Eeaks ago about every
other man in Fairfax county land spose she's
a fair spesimen of The baants) was a candate
for the Legislatur-and nol0 whar is the Legls-
latur? Exc ansers, Busted ali to t1lnter5
tell you its fact Thar was about twenty
caudates out and hatchiny at the rate Of three
or fou: per dyem. ,Firs, Senterville1 had jest
made lump business of it, because she sutterd
30 much in the war, and SO everybody thar
vas runnin, kept won-eycd man, who couldn't
see it In that lite Then thar was old Majer
Wilyums, and Col. Bawl, (so-called, } and Jim
saukstur, and I did hear that the old Lone
stGr," alyass Daniel Lewis, the present incubus,
!Dr. Dabbs told me that's the word-l thought
twas incumbant, but be says not, and as some
Of the Ianks sto:d my dicshonary durin the
aelo on the streott of his last speach-and Old
Norris was also runnin, and my frcnd Jack
had | SCHs
'hlRkin OF it myself
Well, while we was al rniuuvering to see
Who could git the nomynat;on, for we begin to
see We must have County Convenshur, here
comes MIR. S. S. Sheabarker's Bill (the Dr.,
:esl ought to say his a0ill like a 1ifal shell
Into the sububs of Quartermaster train, and
Such cuttin loose of mules, aud taEin to the
woods never see beat in all my campalnln
eSperents. Well, its q i'll wind that don't blow
pooody no good, and this here bill has sertlny
saved good deelof ridin about the country,
suda good deel Of neglect of business, and a
SSoa deel of useless spendin Of money in bad
SGESey, and good deel of cussin after the
sscseun, when so many people would hay been
.mell, thow this cut most OF the canda:es Oft,
"ui 1nar was enuff to quarrel about yet. Some
so5 Mad becaus they was disfranchySed, and
sssa We ouehtnt to vote for en2body VINO was in
aver OF Convelshur-otherss sed visa versa,
AUG Jack Anapes, who was q constihle wonce,
an ano 50 ruled out, got very mad, and sed we
uusn6t to do nothin, and that man who would
RUE fqf Convenshun was dam 8ubmisShun-
81; Jack had previnsly called me that once
TTIIl!ore, and sed he was 8 sesesshionist per Sc
LUIS Was before the war, and yet Jack stayd at
1Ioile, and l ht through it all, in that most ar
THaous H'us branch of the servis, the Comisery;s
Ibspal5tmant Is was telling the Or. this, and
y. ns. SEQ per Sc ment to, himseJ, which l don't
ps ms'end to no much about. Well this made
~ ms rather shy of Jacks opinyuns, 30 [ sed
SSslm S,e we had been in two much hurray wonce
tsa tys,.0lc, and Wede better keep cool, and watch
"ecat jump this time.
abn1 bmo 50 it proved, for the question Of Conven-
RSua RS9a vas soon settled by the Supplementary
sl Iand General s,ofeel's muskits. But that
.ssnt oil. Even nv friend the DE- uat LAST ca7cd