The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-12-06
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De ociGl stdtenent Oh .uE.us lgaosO Ldte Serutea-
Gntftn do A6rtc0n Bef00ds, wneSr NtogdA-dedA
General HuHtdh.
Ill glib you de Vartiklahs OBJ de late en-.
gsgeESent cts aA- African Brigade.
Ebery body knows de Federal General
Huntan. He's a Niggah dear General way
down in Dixie, and berry earnest man.
Well, Niggah dear General Huntah got
up what de white folks call Brigade Oh
African descent, but it done gone now.
1t isn't no whar. It's all cut TO pieces.
But de lust ting was TO make de e.ossifers,
nm applied for de Jiggndier. And what
de debbillaiion do you tink de General
saidY He said, 'MiSlah Snow, you can't
hab dat offs. De prcSSnre's too strong.
Caesar has got de skatiffrratrs, and he's
Jigsadier.' We'll, says !, you jest go
ahead, and glib datiAfEi. cIS-S5Aa,. JeSt-
you-do-it. Go accordin to de pressure
and dc skatigerates. Glib de offs to
Ca>ar Jest-you-do it! Make him
dc Spriggadier, and you'll sect
See what!' says General IIuntah.
Jest 60 accordin to the pressure and
de skatiferatcs and yor'N see" sAy$, !,
berry digniticd.
Says he, 'Mistah Snow, yon must tell
me what de dibbillation you mean
WELL says !, 4 can dam soon tell you
what | ;nean,' says Caesar hasn't got
the scrugence! He won't stand fab, sab,
dat's what mean. But glib dat offs TO
Caesar, accortiin to de pressure, and make
dis child de Major
Cant make you de Major, Mistah
Snow, says General Iuntah; de press
ure's too strong. ScipiO's got dc skatif-
ferates. ScipiO's de Major
Well, says !, you jest go ahead, nc-
cordin TO de pressure an skatiffcrates, an
make Scipio de Majah, an you'll see.'
What de debbillation do you mean 2
says he.
I'm tell you what mean, says !, dam
quick. Scip hash got dc widgance. He
can't stand de tiah, sab. OATS so.'
Says General Huntah, says h", 'Mistah
Snow, dar's one offs ! can glib yOu.-
Rastus Rosemary wants it; but Mistah
Rosemary hasn't got no pressure and no
Skatitteaates,' says he, and dat otis Ill
glib to you sartin, says he, and dsts dc
Scrutenant.'
And so took de Scrutemant. And den
we had to git de volunteers. Dcttah be-
licve We had time getten EN-. Darkies
all Skedaddled when da hecrd wot was up,
Wen de orders from Headquarters come,
dey showed dare hindquarters dam faS
Nebber saw so many niggah'S backs in
all my born days. Didn't see nUtIin bu,
backs for two weeks Debbillation. Says
!, I'm fterd de popelation'S ruined 60
nolEin but backs-yuh !! yah! yah!
But we cotch en- easy and no mistake
We jcS let em run. De faster dey run dt
otter dey got, and de better dc scent
OATS how we followed EN-. Dc scent wax
so strong, we jes got to de startin place
and took hold Of it like string, and fol
lowed it right up, and dc darkey was al
ways at tudder end. And den we fotch
him back and made him volunteer. Deb
billaton! what's de Use ob draft? Ju.
make em volunteer. OATS how.
And when we had em all volunteered
we had free fOusand.
But the Jiggadier had TO resign de fust
day. His heels was so dam long anC
sharp dey spurred dc hoss into cavOlun
and he lrowed General C9sah fohteer
times. So dc General head got sore, anc
&c made his assignment. And dc Majat
likewise make al assignment too, de snin'
dag, aud de reason for dc assignment o
Maah Scipio was dat he didn't hab ne
quintance wild dc hosS. lie said he wa.
Intimately quanted wild de mule, but d.
dam red tape would'n allow dc mule to bC
rid, and SO tbc Majah ahj gated.
DE dangerous command revolvcd on d.
Undersigned, as Scrutenant, and | had ;
debbil of mind to make consignment
de same day but dc old Niggah -dea
said if designed Ec would shoot me
and 50 l volunteered to command d.
troops.
tried to line EN-, but dat ebolutior
couldn't be effected. DE occasion was
dar Shins bowed en- out OBJ line; anC
when said, right face, de heels got tan
glei and dey fel. down bypontoonS. Bn
de old Niggah-dear sent ON de Ilempfelc
rifles and cbery soldier Shouldered hi'
gun, and ranmed down cartrige. Der
| drawed en- all up in battle array, ant
said, make ready and dey make reddied
and den said, take aim and dey take
aimed; and den said, 'FIAI" Gosha
nifty! When dey tiahed de whole reg
mcnt was cut to pieces in a mint. ID,
guns went of, and den fifteen hundred
sojcrs fell down, done gone, mOrtally
wounded. De occasion was dis, deg
couldn't stand dc iiah! Dc noise stunned
EN-, and de smoke fossecated EN-, and Sc
dey fell. And de udder niteen hundrct
took dc camp dySentery right oK Deb
bil!ation! De field ob dar operations was
drefful.
Well, de next day dc old Niggah dcal
he come down and glib us all an cher
lastin furbclow, and took away de com
mission ob de Scrutenant, who was d.
last Snrvivin OSSiier.
In concludin desc remarks, l beg t
make dc official scatemeDt, dat de cuHet
man is not tit for q Soldier-Fust: Becaus
his shin is so bowed that he cannot b,
lined; in de Fif place, because his heel
is so long, dat dey are liable to tangle ant
upset de whole company; Secondly, be
cause de cullud man is subject to the dyS
entery in de dread hour ob battle; and il
the Elebenth and last place. because d
hoganization ob de cullud individual i
SO berry delicate dat he can't stan d
smell ob gunpowdah, and de confusion ol
de atmostere.
JULIUS SNOW,
Late Scrutenant Commanding.