Nebraska advertiser., 1863-04-02
From the Nebraska First.

that less than two weeks ago, you haS
ice ia the river, for we have seen gar
dens made for.the last eight days. Spring
warm aud genial is now upon US, and
spring like feelings, spring spontaneous
ly from our hearts. But our stomaehs,
Oh bur poor stomachs how we remem-
Der the smoking viands al home, dressed
up by fairer hands than ours, and render
ed iptoxicalingly potent through the mys-
terious influence Of the reflected beauty
of the wilching cook.
For the life Of Inc / cannot tell the ex-
act meaning Of that last sentence; but if
yoa are not afraid or receiving sentence
for lis publication, pass ii along, and
some n may read il who VIII discover
all its latent beauty and l%rancendental
import. This town. Cape Girardeau is
Of Catholic origin having a magnificent
church building, a female seminary and
college. Protestant denominations have
not taken deep root here, and hence have
now to root for all they get. Col. Liv-
ingston, is commander Of the post, and
sends his orders posi- haste by Girls Hart
man, who is as haraSome a boy as ever
bestroEe a fiery charger. Our Adjutan,
f. j., Cfamer. is A.. A. a. Genl. And
such a jolly cordial genius is he, whether
in the camp or on the bloody battle field,
that about thirteen girls down here and
further south. regarding him as " the
veiy cream ola boy" hava thought his
name should be changed to Creamer.-
Tie commander of the provost and patrol
guard 10 that weather beaten soldier
Capt. Weatherwax, highly competent,
rusty and brave-whiIe the high officer
of bdlh guards, is Lieut.. Law. DR..
McClelland, is 10 be surgeon Of the post
hospital, DIR. Wilkinson, is assistant sur
geon, and as he is young, good looking,
and single, it is 10 be hoped hat his sue
cess will never tempt the bereaved to
10 write his name Wilkinson. A. J..
Harding Of Neh. City is the polite and
gentlemanly clerk of the headquarters,
and if he continues as he has commenced
it would be a crying SANDER to write him
down Hard or Harding.
Lieutenant Griffin of Co. C. is post
and district ordnance officer, the slrang-
est paradox Of all-the q~uietest and most
modest man, (the ladies being Judges)
keeper of the noisiest article on record
In the above you hare a fancy sketch Of
of those who hold the post, and while the
post remains solid it may be said, SUM
ted they stand, divided they faI." pas
sing now to the regiment, we will sup
Pose it about breakfast time the next day,
50 they will all havetime 10 be back from.
last nights calls aud visits and tender
partings. Well here is Col. Banner,
returning from duty at St. Louis, and his
greetings are cordial and frank from
every one, for all know, true soldier like,
ne carries his heart and his life in his.
hand. W. call him all kinds of friend
Iy social names bat never once say Fafh-
er.The MAJOR is absent where he has.
been on dutyaat Vicksburg and Arkansas
Post, and if it. is honorable to be bronzed
all over with a burning Southern sun he
is even bLacktr. II alb" flesh is grass"
them aver, without the possibility Of
successful contradiction, that the COM
4 of company A, is good hay, or in
other words, Hay-gOod. Strange that
company B. with all their good German.
pluck cannot keep themselves from being
almos; constantly in charge ofa Provost.
Company C. takes her orders from a
Major, while every other company is
merely under a captain. Ills friends
learn With pleasure HAT his health being
recovered he has. returned in fine spirits
10 Duty Company p. is blessed with
great hiisritya and s,irsI9P fun in Pots.-.
Whyyis company E. like the American
armyas d. o. in 1914 Do you giveait
up I? because at present Jackson leads it.
The healthy appearance Of the Irish
boys Of company F. may be attributed to
the fact, that while all other companies
have longed for vegetables, they have
never been without a Murphy Com
pany G.. is absent, BRYCE bqiEding, but as
the WedtAer-uares warm we anticipate
their speedy return. H. prOdical of
evergreens, trims her welleaFned %laurals
with Ipory. When / forget he name Of
The " gay and festive young Captain of
.C~ompanyL by reading lie invoice of a
milliners shop, Ribbon, calls up RibbL-
A slightly inebriated soldier passing a
sparloF window. and seeing a neat and
tidy young officer Latoling on a lady's
sofa. exclaimed Company K. forever
80 H L. I'd" A.-