The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-01-17

| nlm' ana, says SHe.
"You nasty thing, that's my" here
| she blushed.
At times, my boy, woman's blush is
the imperial banner of virgin modesty
thrown out to catch the breeze that wait
the sound of coming rescue, and means:
God is my defense" At other times,
it is the eloquent protest of fine intelli-
! gence which deprecates the test that
would turn all its hidden beauties to the
public eye, and means: Humility is born
Of Genius But in this case it was the
| lurid flash of anger, and meant-a petit
coat
Not wishing to further betray the re-
proachful fact that he was an unmarried
Mackerel, my boy, Sergeant O'Pake
closed the trunk with emphasis, and per-
mitted the triumphant young woman OF
America to trip it lightly to the South
The Mackerel Brigade at present con-
stitutes one CT three parallel lines, the
other two being the celebrated City of
Paris and the well known Southern Con-
federacy. Paris is the neutral one, and
may be called the line Of battle, over
which the Orange County Howitzers are
continually hurting shot at the glorious
sun. During the day, it Is much fire.
quented by Southern Confederacies, who
drink anything that will pour into a tum-
bier; and in the evening it is visited by
our indomitable troops, who go to look
at the empty bottles.
You may ask, my boy, why the Con
federacies are not routed, and Paris &C.
cupid? / answer, that the new general
of the Mackerel Brigade will not attack
an inferior force, and is waiting until
there shall be something worth killing on
the opposite side Too often did the for
mer general of the Mackerel Brigade
make the mistake this high-minded con-
duct is intended to avoid; often, after an
interval of only few months, did he lead
the majestic Mackerels ahead of him into
the field, and then hastily retire, upon
finding that the Confederacies were too
inferior i'll numbers to make their con-
quest worth while. But we shall have no
more such mistakes, for the new general
will not move against the foe until the
latter is strong enough to make carnage
desirable. Besides, the man who was to
build bridge across Duck Lake, could
not come lastweek, on account Of rain,
and there are no ferry boat running.
On Thanksgiving Day, however we
had skirmish of thrilling intensity.
The conservative Kentucky chap, my
boy, has got command of Company =,
Regiment l, and having drilled them in
swearing, to the sound Of the Emancipa-
ton Proclamation, for a whole fortnight,
he has brought them to a high state of
discipline and profanity. On Thursday
morning, just after one of our scouts lad
cleaned his speetacles, he beheld Con-
federate turkey emerge from this side OF
Paris, and proceeded to insult the United
States of America by hideous gobblings.
The alarm was at once given, and after
swearing at his men to give them conf
dence, the conservative Kentucky chap
led them forth to capture the obscene
bird. Onward pushed the specialized
veterans, with fixed bayonets, addressing
their eyes with pleasant oaths, and hoping
that they might meet Horace Greedy.
The Confederate turkey was Eating a
worm at the moment, and only paused
long enough to eye our troops with that
species of disdain which comes of South
ern birth He felt, as it were, that be
was protected by the Constitutions of our
forefathers.
The conservative Kentucky chap, be-
ing fond Of turkey for dinner himself
waved his glittering sword above his
head, and says he:
"The South has brought this upon her
self Make ready"
He was about to add "Fire p my
boy! but he had just put on his specta
cles, and sudden change came over his
Kentucky countenance. Says he:
For Heavens sake, don't fire! Val
landigham me" says he, staring RICH
over the turkey" Vallandigham me, i
l didn't come near telling them to shoot
And there's niger coming after tn,
turkeys as sure as death. Ali what al
escaped
A Mackerel chap, who had noticed hi,
staring and great agitation, approached
respectfully, and says he:
Does obstacle to victory protrude p
The Conservative Kentucky chap spa
at copy of the Tribune, which he threw
upon the groung for the purpose, AM
says he: " Notwithstanding any Procla
nations whatsoever, Kentucky is no
waging this war against the institution
+ of slavery. In the dim distance l be
hold contraband approaching the tur
key, and there must be no bombardmen
until he has returned to his rightfu
owner"
The Mackerel chap wiped his boot
with the Tribane and says he:
| do not see our brother Africa a
all"
Here the Confederate turkey, who ha
finished his worm, turned heavily ava
from the scene, and presently disappear
ed on the other side of Paris
The Kentucky chap still kept starin,
afar off, and says he: "Why can Sc
him though he appears to be at grea
distance
Now it CHANGED, my boy, that Will
the Conservative Kentucky chap wa
saying this, the Mackerel chap gazed &
him tixedly, and then says he, in ju.
astonishment: "Methinks there is oil
ject on one of the glasses of your spect;
cles, Capting"
Frantically the Kentucky chap tore o
; his spectacles, and discovered upon on
of the glasses an object indeed. 1t wa
a small picture of negro minstrel m