The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-24

u
ed this noble work Of Christian benevo-
lence, when the missionary came tearing
in, aud says, cts all over they're all
dead; the last child starved 90 death
half an hour ago. The respectable chap
stared at him aghast, and says he, Did
you tell them so have faith?" The mis-
siOnary cracked a peanut, and says he
"Verily, did; but they said they
couldn't have faith on empty stom-
achs." The respectable chap p0Hdered
awhile, and says he, at they didn't have
faith, my frens the whole matter is cx-
planned. We, at least, have done our
duty We have prayed Tor them, frens
we have prayed for them" And the
brethren won't homo 10 their dinners.
Public mass-meeiings, my boy, u help
struggling country, are like prayer
meetings TO aid the starving poor; The in
tentiOn is good, but the practical benefit
resulting therefrom is not visible TO the
naked eve.
Thcrc was o large meeting at Accomac,
several new liquor shops have been OPEN
ed there recently, and the speakers were
as eloquent as il is possible for men to be
when advising other men TO do what they
don't care 20 do themselves. A chap Of
large abdominal developments was speci-
ally fervid. Says he: "Ict us show to
them as is tyrants and reyeling in the
agonies Of down trodden Europe, that
this Republic is able to put down all en-
emics whatsoever, without interfering
with any of the inalienablc rights Of
those who, though our enemies, are etill
our long lost brethren Frantic APP
plause Shall il be said that twenty
two millions Of IeOple cannot put down
eight millions without iniuring those
eight millions? Shrieks of appreciation,
and cries of chats SOL" No! q thou
sand times no! We fight, not 10 injure
! the South, not TO interfere with them,
which is our own flesh and blood, but TO
sustain the Constitution rendered sacred
| by revolutionary gore! Overwhelming
cnthusiasm.l The creatures which is
/ trying TO break up this here benilicent
| Government, ask us what we are fighting
| for, then? Grievous beings! what n qucs
ton is thsl Do they not know that we are
! fighting for--that in this unhappy strug-
/ gle we-that our purpose, would say, in
prosecuting hostilities is to--is to-po
IT? OF course il is.
This speech, short, tersc, and TO The
purpose, was gloriously received by ev-
/ erybody except q fricndless chap, who
said no didn't understand the last clause;
and he was Immediately sent 10 Jail for
daring to be 50 traitorously obtuse.
Though The General Of the Mackerel
| Brigade was seated on the highest barrel
on the platform, my boy, and blew his
nose louder than any one else, he did not
wish TO be seen, nor did he intend that
The assemblage should call upon him for
the speech sticking out of his side-pock-
ct: but when the throng accidentally
found him TO be the most prominent fig
ure in sight, they thoughtlessly called
upon him to say something. The Cen
eral laid aside his fan with some embar-
rassmcnt, and said he:
my children, l love you. My chill
dren," said the General, motiOning TO his
aid to fill the tumbler again, l dare say
you expect me to say something, and
though am unprepared TO speak, there is
one thing, / will say. If anything goes
wrong in this war, nobody is 70 blame
as / alone am responsible. Bless you, my
children
As the idol of the populace finished
these touching remarks, and resumed his
tumbler and fan, there was but one senti-
ment in the whole Of that vast assem-
blagc, and democratic chap immediate.
ly went and tclegraphed TO Syracus,
that the prospects for Democratic Pres
ident in 1865 was beautiful.
The meeting might have lasted anoth.
er week, my boy, thereby rendering tht
Union cause utterly inyincible, but fo
the imprudence of an insane chap, whit
proposed that some Of the young mel
present should enlist This al-propo.
and singularly inconsistent suggestion
broke up the assemblage at once, in grea
disorder-yolu being just In
last thing that any one thought Of doing
Greatly edited and encouraged by wha
| had heard, my boy l made all hast
for Paris, where | found the Mackere
Brigade and Commodore Heads feet il
/ great excitement over the case Of an Irisl
/ gentleman who believed this to be a whit
mans war, and had started for Paris, jus
fourteen minutes after landing in thi
country, for the express pupose Of pro
testing against any labor being perform
ed by negroes, while there were whit
men TO do it. Colonel Woberi Wobinsor
/ Of the Anatomical Cavalry, quieted hiT
by saying that although a number Of ne
, groes were then engaged in diggin
, trenches, q new line Of holes in q "a
. more unhealthy place would be com
menced in the morning, and that non
but lrishmcn should be permitted TO di
them,
, On tie night previous to my arriya
my boy, while oil the mackorals weT
: watching the stars, with q view 10 pre-
5 vent any surprise from that quarter, II
; Southern Confcderacy on the other sid
t Of Duck Lake trained four large toWlin
pieces upon their peaceful camp from be
: hind a wood pile, and commenced a ferC
o ciOus aud car-splitting bombardmon
b II was some hours before our men cOul
! get into position 10 return tho Gre, 1
| Capt, Bob Shortly had forgotten whel
o they had put tho Orange County How
e tiers when last using them. The fec
e too was somewhat delayed in gettir
r into action, az Commodore Head eXpI
, rienced some difficulty in unlocking Il
b'A AHNo MHlth nc Always puts AlA ept'
% lacles and slow-match before retiring
e night, Finally, however, the hoWitze
J, were discovered behind some boards, an
the spcctaclcs and slOW-m match ".
o forthcoming, and our troops were pom
n ing hot fire across Duck Lake before u
e Confoderacy had got moro than tw,
d thirds Of the way back 10 Richmon
a Next morning, the comic section cross,
d the Lake and chased away eyegythir
d on the opposite shore, except the befor
e mentioned wood pile The latter col