Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-10-27
Fun i'm the Army.


EThe Fairfax correspondent Of the Charles
ton s-Courier" writing on the 18th instant,
/ says !; Aa s.E<t
Speaking OF Bourbon. it is positively dis
| tressIng to one with a sympafhfzing nature,
to see the straits TO which the soldiers are
occasionally reduced By the want Of their ac-
lscuslomed stimuli. Liquor Of any kind is
rarit y, and he more difficult it is to obtain
the greater is its abuse. Spectators among
/ the soldiers are selling rif=d stuff which is
! a cross between sheet lightning and North
Carolina turpentine, at three dollars quart
while the Provost Marshal has confiseated a
lot which. at auction, would not bring fifteen
gallon. Now and then some sharp ca ptain
while foraging, secures enough to last himself
aud comrades one drink around, but this ia
the exception and not the rule. Even private
packages are not exempt from examination,
and the presence OF half dozen stTaws from
the creyice of a box il evidence On which Of
fetal wedge or axe is brought into reeuisition
to discover the liquid iniquity. Smuggling is
therefore again coming into vogue. Several
days ago, terrible rumpus was created in
OF the camps, by the development of
twenty or thirty men so intoxicated as to be
unable to engage in the evening drill.cT An
examination was at once set on foot 20 ascer-
tain where the liquor had been obtained, but
without success. The next day another par
ty we're also drunk, and for nearly week
the occurrence was repeated, in spite of the
utmost vigilance. Finally, one of the delin-
quents, royalty happy Irishman, was
brought TO headquarters, where the perplexed
officers were holding consultation over the
strange proceedings. s7emse5
s.The top o. the mornin' to yez gintle-
men, -
.Silencer, Numbered the Colonel--'.You're
drunk, SIR .@E
-Dhrunk, is it shure; begorra, its only de-
lighted that am to receive letter from me
swatebeart.' -...---.,
Tell me where you got your liquor, in
staDtiy, sir"
whisky dye name, Kern'l-I haV mt had
a sn,ilf of the crayther for the lasht six
Wakes -, sslsFs-ss- sz4--.---
At this juncture one of the officers called
attention to a little stream that was trickliug
down the Paddy'S. ear.
tsWhatis that?s demanded the Colonel.
Nike slipped his band up to The Delinquent
auricular, and drawing his finger across his
mouth to taste the drop be now felt, an ex-
preston OF comic guiltiness took possession
of bis face, as il he bad discovered something
going wrong, and he replied, a.f
by the powers, kefn'l, but lis warrum
day L behave I'm prespiring. "
Take off yonr cap, sir"
f'That l will, sur, TO any gintleman like yer
honor.
Mikes head was as wet as a soaked dish
rag; aud il was now observed that his cap.
usually so pliable, was stiff and unru1y with
some suspicious contents.
''Hiud it TO me, sir.
..Indade Kern;l, but its nothing but me
handkerchief"
He had to pass it over, however, and much
10 the modification of Pat, the officers drew
forth an object which at first puzzled the Gre
duliIy of every person present, and which
would be an equal puzzle to your best guess.
1t was about eighteen inches of the entrails
of an OK, dried and prepared for this novel
use, filled with pint or two of "torch-light
procession. y and tied at both ends. Unior-
tunately for Mike. one OF these had become
loose, and his extraordinary "prespiration,"
led to the long sought discovery The ':milk
in the cocoa nut" of the regiment being
thus accounted for, the delinquent was dis
missed for extra duty, and to give the Colo
mel aud his brother inqulsitors an opPortuni-
ty to let out the broad OUTLAWS" which had
been accommodating during the strange eX-
animation. Others of these intestinal ar
rangements were subsequently found. and |
need not add that no further trouble has
ben experienced there from surreptitious
drinks.
Not long ago we had a creased pig race;
the porker to be the prize of any man who
caught him by his slippery caiida, but unfor-
tunately the appendage came off and the
game was blocked"
Then there are sack races, blindfold at
tempts to stick hot poker in certain tar
get, with any quantity of immense practical
Jokes. .
You see, therefore, that ouF men will not
all die from inanition. Fun, life aud jollity
are written in every camp, and no one could
pass by at certain hours, when the mercury
of happiness is at fever heat. without feeling
satisfied of the supreme content OF othe army.