Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1863-02-06

COMEDY IN BATTLR.-It Is singular that, In
the midst of a bloody battle, men will often
exhibit humor that is very excellent. Danger,
death, and all the horrors of war cannot check
the exhibition OF the ludlCrous. A correspond
ent of the Tribune gives some incidents of the
battle of stones river:
The humOrism OF battle saturates you after
carnage is ended. The richest of the drollery
and fun is not printable. But we can roar
over IL In bvouac. Suppose we have a chap
ter of incidents. One Of the good things was
Irish, of course. An Irish rebel of the First
Louisiana, who had charged too far into our
front, was coming out OF the fight a captive,
with broken arm. A surgeon had dressed Ii
temporarily. "You an Irishman and a REBEL"
quoth |, "what are you fighting us for %
"sure, your honor" swiftly Tetorted Pat, can
did you ever hear nv the likes of an army, an
there wasn't Irishmen in itF' "But, Pat
nterposed Father Trecy, "you were forced
into the seryice.'' eyer riyerence," replied
Pat, respectfully saluting, 81 went into It with
good will. The boys was all goin'; there was
a foIght, an sure Patrick wasn't the man to
lit inny man go furninst him." Pat was an
ncorngibls, and we let him go.
A cluster OF mangled fellows were huddled
about field hospital waiting surgical attention.
A big brawny trooper with a bullet In his lefl
leg and another in his right arm, hobbled up,
holding his wounded arm in his left hand;
"By Cd, Doctor" said he, with much less
piety than pain, "the id Rebs came pretty
near hittin' me-" Another fellow, blowing
blood copiously from his nose-the point Of
which had been shot Oh-as whale spouts sea-
water interpOsedi "The Odd Tascals "-Bput-
ter" come id near "-anotheT blow and
sputter-" IniSSin' me-"
Col. Granville Moody of the Seventy fourth
Ohio is a famous Methodist preacher from Gin
cinnRu. He 10 something over fifty, l "reckon,
six feet two or three inches, of impsklng pres
ence, with fine face and prodigious vocal
range. Several anecdotes fhim are well au-
the1ticRted. Gen. Negley once merrlly accused
him of using hetOrodeX eXplectlves In the ar
dor of conflict. SIS 1t fact, Colonel" he
asked, 'that you told the boys to give 'em
help" "Now," replied the Colonel, reproach-
fully, "there's some more of the boys mischief.
/ told them TO give the rebels Hail Columbia, ;
and guess they have perverted my language"
The pArBon, however, explained with sly
twinkle In the corner Of his eye, which len me
In considerable doubt.
An Irish soldier being hit, turned 10 his OH
Ger pAthetically complaining, Lieutenant,
shure an Pm hitr' "WhAt the d. are you
doing there then7" responded the Lieutenant,
taking Pat by the collar and ejecting him from
the ranks. SECT out of that and give better
man your place"
Lleut Willie Porter, of the Generals stat, a
promising youth Of eighteen or nineteen sum
mers, amused us by his sang .frOid. When he
mounted in the morning he filled the Generals
haversack with luncheon, and threw 1t over his
own shoulder. During the day a shell exploded
in the midst of the staff. a fragment Of II
struck between Porter's side and the hRyerBRck
bruislng him severely and tearing open the
hAversack. The luncheon tumbled to the
| ground. "There," said Porter, with a droll
| grimmace, unmlndful of his own narrSw ss
cape "all the dinners gone"