The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-26
By GRAPEVINE AND OTHERWISE.
From Middle rennsssss.
E4MP NEkR MuRFEEEsBoRosfl
Nov. 20. 1861. n


drop in on yonn now and then, with word from
the camp, or if at leisure some wet gloomy
evening. to call and whilst chasing tie weary
hours with fits Of gossip and scandal, draw
cork, and mingIP hopes and memories
ever the pure juice of the grain. This even
Ihg is surely wet enough, aud as gloomy as
raven could have heart 10 wish. The cork is
drawn and the juice sp4rkles as brightly as Of
dbl Here's at you'll
Rumors for moments chit-chat A. as thick
b around me, as leaves from The brave old
oak, whose bare braMnJ limbs afford a break
wind to my sheet.d wigwarm. but they are
al from tie mysterious old grapevine For
several weeks our camp has presented the
fame treadmiIi routine. without a single new
feature to break its lifeIess monotony.
The only orders of any particular interest
that we have received are to cook two days
Eatious, which the boys fearing a scarcity of
generally eat before the skill
lets are cold. haven't heard joke since
the unfortunate rise Of the whiskey item in
Ithe report Of Prices Current Haunted with
STRAY memories Of the many old days. as the
wind sings its lullaby through the raggsd
tent cloth, often peer through a hole into
lie moonlight, 4e see III some restless ghost of
an old joke. is not paying solitary pilgrimage
I'D its oldhaunts, but turn in disappointment
to the consolation Of my blessed old pipe. J.
might if so disposed very briefly aud elo-
quentls say il Is profoundly onl. Now and;
then IA bsvy Of pretty girls pay us q strplling
visit, but handsome friend at my elbow
wrcathed and glFtterins with gold Iace cha inns
they come to see him. At any rttr can all
ways tell when lliey arr aboEt. by his borrow
ing my white shirt. never could persuade
any Of tie dear creatures, that am handsome.
and eoa't kiaw Why 1t is cufious. very eu-
rious. Our colonel. WHO is yoahS. Ani thinks
he is .spodlbokilig Has cut loose FROM the
t;oinsnissary Depar,msnt altogether Baskets
and pretty notes are daily occurrences around
his auaftrFh- Byron says wonea are star
5azsrs. believe tlIey are. They are per-
fettly yeracious in ti1ejr fighting propensities.
and have no nse Tor ai.elIow WHO survives tile
FIRST fight. An ugly itness-inate OF mine. SAYS
the reaspnthey are sllp pugs.acious is bec ausa
tIgey arc al under c9ssserirt age. ana ths few
.wlle sT4 not, rely upon ti.eir brs@ss- torlsAl
THE wicked <ello~. ODD biess them loy9
ifto see diem any hs~. l-a1..i sas gssi sra
.tliein an lle time. never saw pr,e "a ts4
time. blfl iaiasine l svoa'd Ike il
.TAet rr.seript IFaf Hess held a eoa,ici or MA
IA; III. i,isce few-darS ago rs HiN isli9i
III Sc.glie,I. Genl RIEnsars wfssicfe, aud al
tiEey &c solved to NAL stand lnEsis, s win.
t4rscason. ss,..cwher& in tbs SECTION. stuaisk
tat IL is Place. .as sliiulber Of iurr.ike4. from
tIqi. oFiIi country dpncentritc upp,s the rail
road at tits point. Tic rumour has at apy
rate dissipatcd mucl. Of the gloom thht was
gathering about the hear Is OF the despondil,g
and kiidIcd happy feeling OF gratifeition III
dvery quarter Of the country. The valleys
ilestIing along The IIarpeth and Cumberland
are The granaries ami lardefs OF tile Stale and
should be heidi possible. z
The news froa,.abput Nash vile. IS meagre.
From the entire field a.a unaLle to gather a
Single sheaF of interest,". The placeis besegsd
lby guerillas aud bus-whackers, rendering in
eress aud e,sress father uscertaill. Now and
then an adventuEer makes the trip. aud brings
The stereotypes) tale Of Yankee insult and OP
press on Teir he.lai IS arein continual strug
leIe bflhope and fear Rumours Of aScirograsie
move on tie pat of the Southern forces reach
.ithefn. ,alId the night Of hopelessne-s closes
t.srolsnd tlcln Again The cracking Of the ger
4alla1' guns is heard and they catch at a CLEAN
jlof lobe like the ptisoncrs Of ChnIoIl at tn,
HssrDksiing sunbeam tIlat erept through cIev
lice Of their dungeon K Cs.rihqg0 drls,sd.a esl 2
i The number Of butier-nut gentlemen ans
lburr-tailed tilleys hat tlrong the road TO Nc
I, MinnviIIe, revives many a memory torn from
Ehisfory. when a scliool-boy. of the faithful Sis
ting Jerusalem. irhdir faces eclipse Wcbste
and Cobb " sller In their definition Of devon
and funeral.
A new graveyard is the only silnile at hans
II HAT FURNISHES anvil Of their sorrow steepc'
Il cou,.tenances. Weak-eyed, rheumatic sieks
II Iversd. go.eruupelit contractor, pueuraigie, :
i niegers and the ssald-head. A marching pat
en-. medicine advertisements! Now apprs
ciate John Wesley. when he wonders that
harp of SO many. Strings, should keep in tun
50 long,
Il / met discharged soldier this morning VII
dad ingenuity enough TO find his way ihruug
the labyrintliine tecllnicalities and diiicaltie
to the paynlaster's Office, and who had aetna
!. lly drawn lis pata If the poor. fellow la
, health he deserves promotion lie was con
|, planning dat he pas denied tho bounty 81 f
|. ~ dsII,rs. He fainly imagined that tile Co
Tolerate Government spoke authoritatiyel
When It promised the bounty 70 ell soldiei
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