Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-20
Strategy Order-straIezy 8l
BY oRPHEUs c. KERR.

Correspondents Of the Sunday Mercury
The high-minded and chivslrous Confederacy
having refused to consider Itself worsted in our
recent great strategic victory near Paris, my
boy, it only remained for the general Of the mack
erel brigade to commence undermining the Con
federacY, after the manner of civil engineer;
and when last / visited the lines, found select
assortment Of mackeTels engaged in the bslmy
summer pastime Of digging holes, and dying
natural deaths in them.
There was one chap with sn illuminated nose,
who attracted my particular attention by land
ing spadeful Of sacred soil very neatly in my
bosom, and says / 70 him;
"Wen, my gallant sexton, how do the obss-
quies progresEl"
Beautiful, says he, pausing long enough to
take powder which the surgeon had left with
him. We've Just struck large vein Of typhoid
fever, and them Peninsula veterans, whichfyoU
see in them holes y0nder, are already delirioUs
whit. Really" says the chap, with an air of
quiet sujoymsnt, as he climbed into the hospital
litter, Just sent after bim-"reslly, there's
smart chance Of pushing on our eemetery to
Richmond before the roads become impossible
again"
was looking after him, as the bearers carried
him of, my boy, when I saw Captain William
Brown ambling leisurely toward me on his ge-
ometricsl steed, Euclid, alternately peTusing a
paper which he held in his right hand and dis
cussing canteen in his left. The counten8uce
Of the warrior was thoughtful and his shovel
swung istlessly against the chargers flank
How now, my jack OF .spades!" says l
sportively.
"Ah :" says William, slowly descending from
the roof Of his stallion, and suffering the latter
to lean against tree, 'hsre is new prOclsma-
ton for the moral Tefreshment of the United
States Of America. Read this impartial edick,
says William impTessively, "and you viii find it
worthy Of the "Unisn track society"
I sook the official parchment, my boy, and
found inscribed upon It the following affecting
GENERAL ORDER.
WHEREAS, The United States of America now
finds himself engaged in an unnatural struggle
with the celebrated Southern Confederaey for
the Union which our forefathers planted; and
It being our object to show the world that cur
intentions are honorable if is hereby ordered,
that the maekeral brigade do take possession of
all guns, pistols, and hoWitzers previously fred
at them by persons now in arms against this
government, keeping strict account of said wea-
pons, in order that their owners may be duly
and amic2bly paid for them hereafter 1t is
further ordered that persons Of mackeral de-
SCENT occupying the cultivated grounds Of the
aforesaid Southern Confederacy, shall keep strict
account Of the time spent upon the same, ia or
der that reasonable rent may be paid for the
the same as soon as the United States Of America
shall resume specie payment.
By order Of the General Of the Mackeral Brig
sde
GREEN SEAL YTSTAeE OF I776.
Having perused the document with much
attention, handed il back to William, and
said
"In purity Of moral tone, my hero, that paper
is worthy the descendants Of l776."
"I776 :" says William, reheetively. Ahp
says William, it takes strategy to revive recol
lectiops Of those days. We have at least seven |
teen hundred and seventy sick ones in our new
hospital already. Come with me-" says VII |
liam, genisIly, and we viii survey the interior
aspect of Strategy Hall.
Strategy Hail. my boy, is fine airy hospital |
eItemporiEed from 8 barn, on the estate Of a |
prominent Southern Union man, now cOmman- /
ding a regiment Of Confederseies. The house |
itself would have been taken, as it has soms- |
what more roof than tho barn, and little more
shade; but when the general Of the maCkerel |
brigade learned that Washington had once
thought of taking a second-mortgage on it, he |
gave orders that no mackerel should 60 within !
half mile Of the front door.
On entering Strategy Hall, beheld scene |
calculated to elevate sickness into virtue, and |
shed immortal lEstre upon the kind-hearted wo-
meA Of America. Comfortably stretched upon 1
rails taken from Confederate fences, AID OF /
which q strict account had been kept, with s |
view of future compensation, where whole |
section Of the mackerel brigade, in tho full /
enjoyment Of strategic health. Over each |
chaps head hung bis shovel, and shingle in
scIibed with bis name and address. Thus, the |
shingle nearest me read Spoony Bill, Hose /
Co. I23, New York Fire Department"
And woman-lovely woman was there, sd- |
ministsring hot drinks to the feveTed head, /
bathing with ice water the brow of those shiv- /
ering with the cruel aeue, pouring Tieh Cruel
over the chin and neck of the nervous sufferer,
and resd V good books to the raving and de-
liTiOus. \ was with species Of holy awe that
beheld OIL Of these human angels stand hot
coffee pot ~ the upturned face Of one invalid,
while she hAs-ay few to fill the right ear OF
more urgent sufferer with cologne water. And
theH to see her softly place one of the portable
furnaces upon a very sick mackerefs stomach,
while she warmed the water with which his be-
loved head was presently to be shaved and to
see her bending over to ask one Of the more
dangerously i'll ones if be would not like nice
tat piece Of fresh pork, while the other end of
her crinoline was scraping the head Of the mack
erel on the opposite rail
Oh womsui IN our hours Of ease
Uncertain, coy, and hard TO please,
And variable a. the shade
BY the light quivering aspen made
when pain and anguish wiring the brow,
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