The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-12
PAPER PUBLISHED DURING SIEGE
YANKEES STARVED vICKsBuRG. BUT THE DAILY CITIZEN
USED VAIL PAPER.

length. and Of the width Of ordinary
wallpaper. the white side or back OF
1t contains four columns OF closely
printed matter. Though a little yell
low now with age. 1t is in good pres
ervatton otherwise, and the pattern OF
the wallpaper on the other side. done
In white and gold, IL still quite fresh
In appearance. Judging from the de-
sign and quality Of the paper. 1t had
not originally been a cheap wallpa-
per.
Though the paper bears the ornin-
ous date I'd July. 1GS3-the beginning
OF he end-no trace Of what a for
lorn hope 1t must then have been IL
to be found In the reading matter.
On the contrary. one gathers that all
is going we'll with the southern ar
mics. News Of a beiated date was still
dribbling In. a laudatory account Of
General Lees successful campaign In
Virginia being prominently set forth.
and a short leader thereon. Jocular
references IRE made to the strained
resources OF the commissariat depart.
ment. and to the untimely end which
had overtaken several tabbies in the
town.
From the following paragraph. 1t is
evident that the rumors of Grant
having boosted OF his intention to
dine In V~icksburg on 4th July had
reached the Vicksburgians:
ION dit that the great Ulysses-the
Yankee generalissimo surnamed
Grant-has expressed his intention Of
and celebrating the Fourth of July by
a grand dinner. and SO forth. When
asked if he would invite General 10
Johnston to join he said, NO. for fear
there will be a row at the table,
Ulysses must get into the city before
ne dimes in 1t. The way to cook q
rabbit is first to catch the rabbit.
etc."
The allusion to General Johnston
1.-THE same whom Grant put out of ac-
ton at Jackson) has reference to the
to come to the rescue Of Nicksburg.
General Pemberton had no wish to
share the possible honor of defeating
| Grant: and the latter. knowing this.
had solved the matter in his own
way.
The newspaper. as I nave said. Is
dated July 2. This was a Thursday.
The last paragraph of all. containing
about a dozen lines, conveys to us
more by what it leaves unsaid than
by what it actually does say. a vivid
picture of the march Of events. It
runs as follows:
"July 4. 1868.
"Note-Two days bring about great
changes. The banner Of the union
floats over Vicksburg. General Grant
has caught the rabbit he has dined
in Vicksburg, and he did bring his
dinner with him. The Citizen lives
to see it. For the last time 1t ap-
. pears on wall paper. No more will 1t
imagine the luxury Of mule meat and
fricasseed kitten-urge southern war
riors to such diet nevermore. This
is the last wallpaper edition. and is,
excepting this note, from the types
as we found them. It will be valua.
BILE hereafter as a curiosity"
1t a the fortune Of war. The
Daily Citizen had been caught red
handed; but to no one Of the van.
pushed would the c%onquerors more
readily accord the honors Of wal
than to this Vicksburg editor who
had shown such ingenuity and deter
mination to run his paper amid such
circumstances and against such odds
as we fancy few editors would con-
template with eq~uaninity., :
With the fall Of yifksburg, and the
opening Of the Mississippi came the
turning point Of the war, for it cut
the confederacy in. two. and gave the
north an advantage which 1t never
afterwards lost. =.