Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1863-04-16
UMBER I6

-" i'fH' .. II. huGhiEf, III his lrou =
Furnace" narrative OF his experience ard
sufferings in rebeldom, gives the following
report of sermon which was delivered by
an unlettered preacher In Mississippis9 afT
"lLy Brethering and Sistern ys-I air d ig- {
noraut man, -follered the pillow all my life. D
and never rubbed agin marry college. As l
said aforc I'm ignorant; and thank God
for it. [Brother Jones responds I'arson',f
yer ought to be very thankful, fur yer very, q
ignorant Well, I'm agin all high larnt
fcllcrs what breaches grammer and Greek fur
thousand dollars a year. They breaches,
fur the money and they gifts it, and thass alE
they git They've got SO high larnt they
cont:adicts Scripter what plainly tellsus
that the sun rises and sets. They says it
don't, but that the yearth whirls round liko
clay to the SEAL What nd come of the wa
ter in the wells eff it did, Wonldent It all
spill out and leave EN- dry, and wizard We
be? | may say to them as the sarpent said
unto David, Much farming hath made thee-
mad - -- -b ,- e -~rqe~U9
"Wbon breaches never takes a tex till
| git inter the pulpit: then l breaches
plain sarment what even women can UNDER
stand. | never premedertates, but what ia
given to me in that same hour, that sez.-
Now | m a gwine tor open the Bible and tho
first verse | sees I'm a gwine to take it fer a
tex. (suiting the action to the word, he OPEN
cd the Bible and commenced reading and
spelling together,) Man IL f-e-a-r-f-u-l-l-y--
fcarfully-and w-0-n-d-e-r-fu-l.l- l-y--won.
crfully--m-a- d-c-mad-(pronounced mad.)
Well it is squar tex, but said Is gwine
to preach from it, and I'm a gwne to do It.
In the fust place I'll divide my sarmcnt into
three heads. Fust and foremost show you
that man will git mad; second, that some-
times he'l git ferfully mad. anu thirdly and
lastly, when thert's lot of things to vex and
poster him, he'll get fearfully and wonder,
fully mad. And In the application III show
you that good men sometimes gifts mad, for
the Possle David hisself, who wrote the tex.
got mad and called all mon liars and cussed
his enemies, wishen 'cm to 60 down quick
into hell and Noah he got tite and cussed
his niger boy Hrm, just like some drunken
master now cusscs his nggers. But Noah
and David repeuted. and all on US what gifts
mad must repent or the devil'll git u.s." ~
JUsr LIKE RosEcRANs.-Mr.J J. ".
has handed us letter from his brother.
| chaplain Ill the armJ vf- rtuv-ournuer-
land. who gave this interesting anccdote
of Gen Rosecrans: olt ~ ,o..s5
On Wednesday, while we were sta
toned as guard to the ford, Gen. Rose
Grams, came up to Col. Price, command
ing the brigade, and said: . -....,,,r
You're Col. Price. commanding the
second brigade, are you7 ..-. -..,-
Yes, sir.
We'll, Colonel, will you hold The
ford p '.- O. s7'o2
well, General, will if I can T''a
That won't do, sir.' said Rosecrans.
will you hold this ford q h-Hrf
I'Il die IN the attempt, responded the
cautious Colonel. s-a-
That won't do, sir. VIII you hold
this Jords' ..ra -sl1 ..assr saF
L will, said the Colonel, firmly, and
Gen. Rosecrans rode off without another
word, and left the Colonel to fulfil bis
promise. ... ...........:-.-5- -..