The Columbian fountain., 1846-10-02
,fnfral intelligenle,
Rev. ]. 7. WARD, Assistant Editor.
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oio.- "'HocH, ~ ho hdu 10 eat live Ram
cter,', before he would starye on such fare.
his comrades chimed in with his rebellious
resolve, and all of them asked leave Of the
Captain to take short excursion for few
hours, in search of game. Leave was grant
Led, and off party started In the course
Of few hours, one came strollipg into
camp with bundle under his arm, and as
he passed the sentry on the way to their
tent, he was accosted with Ell aa2
| Joe, what luck had you p aaotaa
OH. says Joe,H only killed "gutter
snipe - ,o'fI 51 4
'Well,' says the sentry, sthat is the
largest snipe, Judging from the bundle, +
have ever seen. Let me look at bis bill.'
Joe uncovered il, and there was the snout
OF as hne ayoung pig as ever poked his
nose into a swill tub -o'' 'sA'
Both winked at each other, exchanged
quiet grins, and then the snipe was carefully
covered and carried to quarters. u
IN few moments along came another
ofthe mess, who reported that he had oplv
secured haunch Of "slow deer,ni. e..
young calf; and to wind up the captured
game Of the party, three more appeared,
carrying aquarter of "short horned elk,,
which some envious members Of other
messes declared looked as ifit might have
been the "slow deer'sn mamma!
The spoils were put together and covered
over, after which the mess went into .
councilo OF war upon how to get something
to wash down the game, and make the
whole affair comfortable one.
1 DO you think you can execute barrel
movement boys = said an Orderly belong
ing to the mess. 1ltaga5 nz ar
Y 'What is it like" was the general inquiry.
"Slmpy this" says the Sergeant; athe
Commissary General is landing Stores down
at the beach, among which is some first rate
BRANDY for the officers, and if we could
only make one Of his half-barrels keep step
in hollow square, we might easily execute
the new march ofa .barrel movement
All the mess expressed themselves ready
Tor duty instanter, and, having added few
more rank and file to the enterprise, of thew
started on commercially earnest march 10
learn the new drill. The hollow square
was admirably formed and reformed half :
dozen times before they reached the beach.
and advancing in line towards the Commis-i
sary's stores, with rapid evolution thew
formed around liquor cask, and commence
ed their march back across The island. The
drill was now full of interest-it was new
and one of the Lieutenants, attracted by
the strange man9uyring, approached them
Justas they were performing hollow square
countermarch. He observed one Of the men
carrying two muskets, and thought il queer.
but glance at the centre of the squad ex-
planned the secret A strong volunteer was
keeping the barrel rolling on the inside
they were representing square, retreatins
with stores, and it was really beautiful, the
skill with which they did it! Now the
barrel-roller would get tired, and the SQUAD
would countermarch while another took his
place again discovery would threaten,
and they would close up to receive charge
OF cavalry, and thus, moving with caution
and steadiness, they reached small sand
hill in the rear Of the camp. Now COM
menced some brilliant slow movements, all
in one spot, which were followed by the
squad forming line again and moving into
camp. AT the spot where the square broke.
a fresh hiIlcck Of sand MIGHT have been
discovered, BY those only, however, who
knew the former leveness Of the spot.
The Lieutenant, who had critically watch
ed the manauvring Of the men, conpratulat-
ed the Orderly on the perfection of their
drill. The subordinate looked him in the
eyes and knew, by the slight curl in the
muscles Of his face, that he esmoked'' the
new tactics; so, touching his cap politely,
he asked the officer if, when they cooked
their game, be would accept slice ;
''lf the cook in your mess seasons il care
fully, and It's not ovERDoNE, would Mt
mind tasting it," says the Lieutenant.
The Orderly winked, and they separated.
Il was refreshing to an old campaigner, lust
to see how "gutter snipe," "short-horned
elk" and "slow-deern were disposed of
that evening in the mess which executed
the above described strange drill; and ever
after that night ii became bye word, when
a volunteer was seen moving in zigzag
fashion, that he was practising the Legion's
new march, called "THE BARREL MOVE.