The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-08-07
AN INTERESTING WAR RELIC.
Extracts from p Paper Published In Vick.
burg During the Siege.

l
Kirby b. Pratt of St Louis Mo, now stop
ing at Borland's hotel showed us the other
day curiosity and relic IN the shape of a con.
federate newspaper, the Daily Citizen dated
| Vicksburg Miss, July 2, ls63-during the
siege of that city by Gen Grant Is is four
column half.sheet, 7x0, printed on the blank
side of piece of wallpaper, Among the artl-
| cles 1t contains the following:
We are indebted to Maj. Gillespie for steak
of confederate beef, alias mule meat. We have
tried it, and can assure our friends if rendered
necessary they need have no scruples at eat!n q
the meat. it is sweet, savory and tender, and
so long as we have mule left we are satisfied
our soldiers will be content to subsst on it,
Grants forces did a little firing on Tuesday
afternoon, but the balance of that day was
comparatively quiet. Yesterday morning they
were very still, and continued so until in the
afternoon, when they sprung mine on the left
of our centre and opened fire along the line
for some distance. We have not been able to
ascertain anything definitely as to our loss
but as our officers were on the lookout for this
move of the enemy, the expectations of the
Yankees were not realized by great deal.
COOP NEws.-In devoting u large portion
OF our space this morning to federal lntelli
gence, copied from the Memphis Bulletin, of
the 25th, it should be remembered that the
news, in the original truth, Is whitewashed by
the federal provost marshal, who desires TO
hOodwInk the poor Northern white slaves
The former editors of the Bulletin, being rath-
er Pro.SOuthern men, were arrested for speak
ing the truth when truth was unwelcome to
Yankeedom, and placed in the changing,
at Warrington, where they now are. fhls pa
per at present is in Distress and edited by q
pink -nOsed, slabslded, toad eating Yankee who
is IA lincal descendant of Judas Iscarot and a
sycophantic, bowling scoundrel unhung-Par-
son Brownlow. Yet, with such a character,
this paper cannot cloak the fact that Gen.
Robert f. Lee has given Hooker, Mllroy & Co.
one of the best and soundest whippings on re-
cord and that the "galorious Union" Is now
exceedingly weak in the knees.
On dit that the great Ulysses-the Yankee
generalissimo, surnamed Grant-has expressed
his intention of visiting Vicksburg and cele-
brating the Fourth OF July by grand dinner,
&c. When asked If he would invite Gen. Joel
Johnston to join, he said, mo, for fear there
would be a row at the table" Ulysses must
get into the city before he dimes In it. Thel
way to cock rabbit Is first to catch the rab-
bit" etc.
The Yanks outside of our city arc consider
ably on the sick list. Fever, dysentery and
disgust are their companions and Grant is
their master. The boys are deserving daily,
and are crossing the river in the region of
Warrenton, cussing Grant and the Abolitionists
generally. The boys are down upon the
earth, sick from the delvlng, the burrowlng,
the bad water and the hot weather.
NoTE.-July 4, 1SG3.-Two days bring
about great changes. The banner of the I'm
ION floats over Vlcksburg Gen. Grant has
Caught the rabbit" he has dined in Nlcks-
burg, and he did bring his dinner with him.
The citizen lives to see it. For the last time
it appears on wallpaper" No more will it
eulogize the luxury of mulemeat and frlcaseed
kitten-urge Southern warriors to such diet
nevermore. This is the last wallpaper edit
ion and is, excepting this, from the types as
we found them. 1t will be valuable hereafter
as curiosity.-Placer (Cal) Argus.