The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-07-19

8 she has set it out to cool near where
y little boy shot one of your vaudals this
morning, she is afraid it might be taken by
your thieving mudsills when they come
after the body. /, therefore, demand a
guard for my premises in the name of the
Constitution of our forefathers."
Here Captain Bob Shorty stepped forward,
and says he
"What does the Constitution say about
custard pie, Mr.. Davis 2?
The aged chap spat at him, and says he:
" claim protection under that clause
which refers to the pursuit of happiness
Custard pies" says he, reasoningly, "are
included in the pursuit of happiness"
"That's very true" said the general,
looking kindly over his fan at the venera-
BILE petitioner. "Let guard be detailed to
protect this good old mans premises. We
are fighting for the Constitution, not against
it."
guard YVES detailed, my boy, with or
ders to make no resistance if they were fred
upon occasionally from the windows of the
house; and then Captain William Brown
pushed forward with what was left of COM
pany 8, to engage the Confederacy of Duck
Lake, supported by the Orange County
Howitzers, headed by the band, who play ed
patriotic airs soon as he could shake the
crumbs out of his key bugle, the cavalcade
advanced to the edge of the lake and OPEN
ed heavy salute of round shot and mus
kerry on the atmosphere whilst Commo-
dOre Head kept up hot fire on the horizon
with his iron-plated feet aud swivel gun.
Only awaiting to finish a game of base
ball, in which they had been engaged, four
regiments of Confederacies ut whom this
deadly assault was directed, threw ASIDE
bats and ball dresses, put on their nnif1r us.
lsl,.. ,y,slxo 49, 49,,
an iron shower in all directions Greatly
demoraIized by this unseemly occurrence, a
file of Mac kerels under Sergeant OPake
Immediately Il rev down their muskets and
kuapsacks, emptied their pockets upon the
ground, piled their neck ties n heap, and
were making a rapid retrogade movement,
when William suddenly threw himself in
their path, and says lie:
Where are you going to, my fearless
saglets2"
"Hem !" says the sergeant, with much
French in his manner, "we thought of Wis
iting the great exhibition in London"
"Ah !" says William understandingly.-
"You have acquired French in one easy
lesson, and"
Here an orderly rode up with an order
for the Mackeres to fall back from the
edge of the lake Immediately, leaving their
artillery, bayoEets, havelocks and baggage
behind them and William was obliged to
conduct the movement, which was a part
of the great strategcaI scheme of the gem
eral of the Mackerel Brigade. AS we re-
treated back Into Paris, my boy, we were
Joined by the Comic Section, and shortly
after by the Anatomical Cavalry, both Of
which had succeeded in leaving all their
accoutrements on the field.
AS we ali rushed together before head
quarters in perfect order, and while the
Confederacy was eating some provisions
which we had RETAINED from bringing off
the late scene of conflict, the general of the
Mackerel Brigade came from under tree.
where he had been tanning himself and
says he:
amy children, we have whipped them at
all points, and The day is ours"