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Private Notions and Public Laws.

chance, to kill all the white people down south, do you, women and children?"

"Look yere, my chile, you doesn't understand culled folks. We aint gwang to fight anybody, unless they fight us. You doesn't 'spose I is gwang to kill a little baby or a woman; I is'nt much educated,

Governor Bramlette, of Kentucky, at one time had actually gone so far as to prepare a proclamation calling on the people of that State to resist by force the negro enrollment. This was before his visit to Washington, and he was only dissuaded from issuing the document through the ap- but I knows de Lor' is above all; and I peals of Rev. Dr. Breckinridge. General knows right from wrong-aint gwang to Grant treated the matter in his accustom-do nuffin to displease de Lor.' I'm gwang ed cool and soldierly way. When the to fight Jeff Davis and his rebels, and I General was at Louisville, he said, in re-feel as if I could kill ebery one on 'm. I ply to a distinguished Union man who could bite Jeff. Davis to def. I tell you I asked him what he would do if Bramlette could lib a week without eating nothing, if and others "made trouble about the en- that could only gib me a chance to smash rollment?" "Do?"-looking at his in- the rebels. I tell you, I don't intend to terrogator a moment with stern surprise- hab much mercy on 'em, nohow." "My God, Sir! what have I to do with their notions about slaves? This is a law of Congress. It shall be executed, if I have to bring up the entire army from Chattanooga. Tell them so."

"Suppose a rebel surrendered to you; what would you do then-—would you kill him?"

"I tell you what I'd do under them ar kind of a circumstance. I'd say, look here, Mister Rebel, I'se got you in my power, and could smash you, but I aint gwang to do it; but I'm gwang to tuk you A stalwart specimen of colored human-prisoner-and off I'll tote him; you betity, just enlisted for the war, and incased ter believe it."

Hercules-Africanus going to the War.

in a military uniform,-a perfect Hercules

in
-was accosted by a gentle-
appearance,
man who happened in his way, and the
following conversation took place :

"Where did you come from?"

War's doings to One Family. There arrived, one day, at the sanitary rooms, a woman with the remains of her son, who had served in the army three

"Lycoming county, sah," replied the years, and who, had he lived a few months

candidate for military honors.

"What business did you follow?"

"I am a raftsman."

"Then you are used to pretty hard work?"

"De Lor' knows I is."

"Do you
feel anxious to go South?"
"De Lor' knows I does."
"Do you ever expect to come back?"
"No, sah; 'xpect to be killed."

longer, would have been sixteen years of

age.

The circumstances of this case show the doings of war in one family.

In August, 1861, being then twelve years old, James Henry enlisted as drummer in the Seventeenth New Hampshire regiment, where he served fourteen months. He then re-enlisted, and served nine months in the Nineteenth New Hampshire regiment; and again, in January, 1864, enlisted for three years in the First Maine Heavy Artillery. He died in March, at Fort Sumner Hospital. The mother stated that this boy, who was evidently her pet-her Benjamin-had been "Well, you don't intend, if you have the the first of the family to enlist; shortly

"You know the rebels will have no mercy on you if they take you a prisoner." "Aint gwang to be tuk prisoner-am gwang to fight till de bressed life falls out o'me."

after, his father enlisted, served a year in He was a man of somewhere about fifty the Tenth Maine regiment, and died at years of age, was dressed in the longLynchburg. In the same month of the tailed, high-collared coat of the last cenfather's death, another son enlisted, in the tury, and, by way of jewelry, carried a Seventeenth Maine regiment, was in bat-'gem' of blackthorn, about the size of a tle at Gettysburg, and was never heard stick of cord-wood, in his right hand. His from again. occupation seemed to consist in addressDuring the same year, too, the third ing to every comer, the one question: and last son enlisted in the Eleventh "Do yez think it's fair?" On an answer United States regulars, was wounded in given in the affirmative he would eye his the head at Gettysburg, discharged for shillalah most affectionately, and respond, permanent disability, becoming imbecile "Yiz, I think it's fair." A conversation in consequence of his wound. The care with him proved that his anxiety arose of the mother, and of an infirm grand- from the fact that he had three sons, all parent, and of an imbecile brother, had liable to the draft, and he was concerned fallen upon the little drummer-boy. Being that they should have fair play. When small of stature, besides his extreme his own town was being drawn, he stood youth, he could not earn a man's wages, all alert, listening to the names as they and therefore proposed re-enlisting. His were read out, and on the list being commother had her forebodings, and remon- pleted, with a wave of his shillalah and a strated; but he reminded her of his for- pigeon-wing that would have done credit mer good fortune, of the bounty money, to a younger man— -"Hurroo!" exclaimed of a time when the war should be over, he, "I know its fair; divil a Macarthy drawn and every thing be all right. at-all-at-all; sure, I know its fair!"

Happy to Make General Gordon's Acquaint

ance.

She consented. He served two months, and here were his ashes! The mother behaved with Roman firmness. She General Gordon was a strict disciplinawould not say that she regretted giving up rian, who would never have any words her all to the war: "The country needed with a private; and hence a joke. One them, and it was only right that they day, one of the 107th New York Volunshould go," was the patriotic language of teers got ahead of the brigade, when the this American mother. Drawing nearer General halted him and ordered him back. the fire, she remarked, "I feel chilly; I The soldier stopped, turned around, stared sat at the end of the car last night, for the at General Gordon, and replied, "Who are sake of bringing home Jimmy's drum; I you?" "I am General Gordon." "Ah, did not like to take so much room by the General, I am very happy to make your stove." Ah, that little lone home in acquaintance!" was the complacent anMaine, with nothing left in it so dear as swer. A roar of laughter burst from the Jimmy's silent drum! How many such General's staff. desolate homes in the land!

Branding Deserters at Castle Thunder.

"Divil a Macarthy drawn at-all-at-all." Branding deserters, as performed at CasThe editor of the Oshkosh Northwest- tle Thunder, in Richmond, must be set ern attended the drawing of the names for down as decidedly one of the most beauthe draft in that district. While watching tiful of rebel military practices, and as the progress of the draft, as one by one humane as beautiful. The culprit was the names of the honored conscripts were fastened to a large table, with his face announced, he was much amused by the downward, and a large "D" scarred upon evolutions of a tall, stalwart son of Erin. his posteriors. A plain bar of iron, about

an inch in diameter, narrowed down a lit- buy a suit of boys' clothes. She bought tle at the point, was heated to incandes- and donned them, and as soon as she had cence, and then used as a sign-painter done so, started for St. Louis. Here she would use a brush in lettering, only in a put up at the Everett House, registering very slow and bungling manner. A greasy her name as Wm. Ross. In the morning smoke with a sickly stench arose during she took the cars for Benton Barracks, the performance of the operation, accom- and was there proposing to enlist, when, panied with crackling sounds, and the failing to carry out her disguise to the regroans of the victim as the hot iron sank quisite degree of nicety, she was detected. deep into the flesh. On pretense of rendering the mark of disgrace plain and indelible, but in reality to torture the unfortunate culprit, the hot iron was drawn many times through the wound, making it larger and deeper, until the victim, unable to endure the excruciation longer, would however, to commend her to the attention faint, and be carried away. The opera- of the Union Aid Society, and, greatly to tion was always performed by old Pard, the executioner of Kellogg, the greatest demon in human form outside of Pluto's realms.

Lizzie was a young lady of about twenty summers, tall, fine-looking, intelligent, animated in conversation, and expressed a strong desire to shoulder a musket and do with it what she could for the glorious cause of the Union. It was concluded,

her disappointment, Lizzie was denied the satisfaction of engaging in her country's cause in the way she had marked out. A fine specimen of a whole-hearted, finely formed, patriotic, Western girl, was handsome Miss Lizzie.

Old

Eager to be a Soldier: Handsome Lizzie. The hospital matron at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, one day had the routine Had to Acknowledge the Breed. of her official duties varied by detecting An old farmer from the West, who the form of a young lady in the habili- knew President Lincoln in by-gone times, ments of a young man, the wearer of called one day to pay his respects at the which was an applicant for enlistment. Presidential mansion. Slapping the Chief She was sent to the office of the Depart- Magistrate upon the back, he exclaimed, ment Provost-Marshal, where she declined "Well, old hoss, how are you?" to make any statement as to her name, Abe, being thoroughly democratic in his history, etc. At length, however, she ideas, and withal relishing a joke, respondconcluded to tell her story. Her proper ed: "So I'm an old hoss, am I? What name was Lizzie Cook, and her home lay kind of a hoss, pray?" “Why, an old in Aponoose county, Iowa. Her father draft-hoss, to be sure," was the rejoinder. was in the First Missouri State Militia, and Old Abe had to acknowledge the breed. met his death in a skirmish at Walnut Creek, Linn county, Mo. Her brother held the position of sergeant in the Fifth

Unquestionably a Hard Case.

The following inarticulate certificate got Kansas. A desire to reach him, and a a man a discharge from the draft at Loudisgust at the monotony of woman's life, isville. As he could not step squarely, with a wish to serve her country, led her he took the oblique. Puffiness ought to to determine to assume male attire and have excused him alone. But to the docvolunteer as a soldier. ument—a model of its kind, as will be

had one

She accordingly left her home and pro-seen: ceeded to Keokuk, where she worked as "I hereby certify that house servant for a family needing such of his feet caught in the cylinder of a help, till she had earned money enough to threshing machine on the 4th of last Sep

tember, and severely injured, particularly | connected with the Ohio regiments raised the metatarsophalongial articulation of the at the commencement of the war contained great toe and a spot on the dorsum of the sixteen brothers by the name of Finch, resfoot-perhaps the articulation of the cu- idents of Dayton, Ohio. They were born baid bone with the scaphoid slightly inter- in Durkheim, Germany, the family numrupted. I have examined the foot lately, bering in all nineteen children-sixteen and have no doubt of the truth of his being boys, all of whom enlisted as soldiers statement when he says he can not step for the defence of their adopted country, in squarely on his foot on account of not be- the regiment named above. Their parents ing able to bear his weight on the ball of had taken up their residence in New York, the great toe in walking. There also re- and their children obtained leave to visit mains a puffiness in the region of the in- them in Philadelphia. Such an instance step. He has hemorrhoids." as this is certainly without a parallel in the annals of war.

Poor fellow!

Regimental Clothes-washer for the Sixteenth Illinois.

He who gives a little spice to the ordinary flatness of camp life loses no friends. Acting upon this idea, a clever joke was perpetrated one dull day, at the expense of Lieutenant C., of the Sixteenth Illinois regiment, and a company of recently arrived recruits.

The raw recruits, some twenty in number, in a short time after their arrival, wished their linen washed, and made inquiry of a veteran comrade as to the location of the quarters of the washerwoman. "We don't keep any washerwoman here," was the reply, "but there is a fellow up in that tent (pointing to Lieutenant C.'s,) who washes for the regiment."

Fiction left in the Shade-the Corporal of the
Tenth Connecticut.

There was in the Second Connecticut regiment, before Richmond, a Corporal, the story of whose life outdid romance itself, and even left fiction in the shade. Seven years previously and more he enlisted into the British army in York. His first night as a recruit he passed with a fellow German, who had also just enlisted, and the two talked together as countrymen thus situated would be likely to. The next day they left for London, and there they were separated. Time passed on. This soldier was ordered to India. He was nearly five years in service. Receiving his discharge, he returned to England, shipped on a vesAway to their quarters went the boys, sel for Norway, was, later, on a Norwegian gathered up their linen, and in a body re- vessel, and in that was shipwrecked on the paired to the tent of the Lieutenant, who coast of Sweden; barely escaping with his unfortunately was not in. The unclean life, he went to Wales; again, he was on articles were left on his cot, with the a Prussian vessel; he visited Constantinonames of the owners attached to each bun-ple, Odessa, and the West Indies. dle. Whether Lieutenant C. washed the clothes or returned them to their owners, is a question by no means so difficult of an answer as 'Who struck Billy Patterson?'

Coming to New York, he was, after one or two brief voyages, led to Connecticut. Enlisting there, he joined his regiment at Gloucester Point, and was subsequently in all the battles of the army of the James. One day or night,-in the winter of 1864, Sixteen Brothers in One Regiment. while Corporal of the guard, he was callPerhaps no incident in the way of prac-ing the relief at midnight; in passing a tical family patriotism, bearing upon the tent he heard a voice, the peculiar tones war of the rebellion, was more remarkable of which attracted his special attention and than the following: One of the companies revived remembered associations of that

first night as a recruit in old York, more than seven years before. He was sure that the voice was that of his then companion, and inquiry proved him not mistaken in his belief. Strange meetingthat of these two men!

His comrade's experience had been hardly less varied than his own. After several years' service on special duty in Great Britain, he also had taken to the sea. Coming to America, the opening of the war had found him at the South, and there he joined the Confederate army. For a time he was an orderly of a well-known Confederate General, and as such he on one occasion carried messages back and forth in a battle where the Tenth Connecticut fought prominently and victoriously. Later, he escaped from Charleston to the Federal gunboats, and after various experiences at Morris Island, Hilton Head and in New York, entered the Union army as a substitute, and there he found himself in the very regiment before the pressure of whose gallant charge he had two years before fled in precipitous haste after his chivalrous and fleet-footed commander, on a battlefield in another State; and now his voice was recognized and his name was called by a fellow-countryman who had been for a single night his comrade in the long gone years in a distant land. Would it be strange if he rubbed his eyes and asked if it were all a dream?

and he drove them to town in his carriage on their way to Baltimore, after fitting them out quite liberally. He subsequently came to the city and went to Camp Birney, to get his certificates for the three hundred dollars substitute money for each slave, and to grant his obligation to free them when the State laws would allow him to do so. The slaves met him, on this visit, as affectionately and demonstratively as sons could meet a father.

Girl-Boy Drummer.

A fair and sprightly girl, of but twelve dimpled summers, and giving the name of Charles Martin, enlisted in one of the Pennsylvania regiments, in the early period of the war, as a drummer boy. She had evidently enjoyed the advantage of education, could write a good hand, and even composed very well. She made herself useful to officers of the regiment in the capacity of a clerk; and though involved in the scenes and chances of no less than five battles, she escaped unwounded and unharmed. The officers never dreamed of any hitch as to her sex. After a while, she was taken down sick with the typhoid fever, a disease then quite prevalent in Philadelphia, and was removed to Pennsylvania Hospital. It was while there that the worthy matron of the institution discovered the drummer boy, who had passed through so many fatigues, perils and rough experiences, to be no more nor

Maryland Slaveholder Driving his Slaves to less than a girl not yet in her teens.

the Recruiting Office.

Just the kind of Arms a Young Quaker
Could Bear.

When the recruiting ball for the Union ranks had been fairly set in motion in Maryland, a slaveholder in Dorchester county, in Among the drafted men who presented that State, said to his slaves one day that themselves for examination before the rethey had permission to volunteer in the cruiting Board at Providence, Rhode Island, army if they so desired. He requested was a young Quaker, whose conscientious them, however, when they had made up regard for his faith would not allow him to their minds really to go, to inform him, and send a substitute, or purchase a discharge, as they had driven him many a time to or take any personal part in bearing arms Cambridge, he would himself drive them in himself. But he proved a clear case of his carriage hither on that important mis- exemption from military duty under the sion. Sure enough they heeded his request, law, as made and provided, and was dis

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