Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-02-19
From the Missisnippian.
a VISION y E2ELE..
+ II II 7


Now having pail bis compliments to ne.
Old Nick bade Esw nth hand the rtGa teat -
Which doae, e't qnite geIious 10 6e3
Brave ia"kson's trophy: Be was dressed complete
In blue ! abiimants and on his back he
Had these woes roughly cha'ked The DEVILS
LAcKEE.'
Sc cTrw wd. assembled il gr< a blzaqr-
The nnters piled with nutmegs, a la wood:
one great fat fellow. keeper of tee bar.
iih !. ~ ca bis cap seemed subduf q :;
and from Appearances, cou not, saved is
lie keep from shud!erlng At the name OF D0cis
TIE shelves filed with jugs cf various szes
IT, hi what a quantity 10 eas buudered
il counting theIn aud b. N bellies bis
Own worGe, thers were ''GJ0A twentyfv LuGdred;''
But then fhe number lie matter;
Zach g was plainly labecd Clnciaaah.
ola 1ooty, ,a1ter dinner, called for pipes;
bis iarg-r rIan any other three
''Un!oI''-''i1 Piuribu4''-' Eqa,lty =
And many other little Yankee tlcks
That -eryed to show old So0ty d politics
And all are lit feet coch'd upon the table;
smoke rose in clouds,-and being myas II smoker !;
got than shattered Ierves were able
70 stand ; saw had choke
Get fresh air seeming to hinder,
l. ran and stuck nay head cut g The w iIGoW
Eeing rCy.yed, gazed-and " hat gaze!
"Bat strange prospect met nay wandering vie"
Far through the sprea ing 7ches of the plac0
Sire ched one dark mass OF ever heGyiag dtue
On ciutches' some were hobbling down The lawn,
And te" marked ncnlals, had the halter on.
One up steep helping i5ylhas
To heave that huge round rock'-reUot0e1as SEM
BE swore, nuyrah'd, and kept up such fuss
AS made all he'll TesOund | heard him Whjmper
That he'd da1n9d if that dcrsl hill in Nckshurg
Narnt mos as bad as them d-f1 nils at FCk5tufg
Now in the m ISL JoId fiery Plesathoo;
Hi rose IFS bissirg waves; ei.her shore
We're thousands, striving hard 10 ci oss each
But driven back were they foreyermore,
These shades OF those knocked only brave Lee can
knock.
Back from the south size # The Bappahaanook
Drif ing upon It's bosom deserted
The phan ON fragnants o. phenf 1n Boat;
The man{lsd wreck vas so9tte.e' . r ard nd wild. wide
Each on separate piece these letters
C-A-IR >.
Just then l heard behind IN awfll clatter,
Ard looking rouOd saw n on the fl or:
II wing inbii'ed too much Of Cincinnati
He'd given king Nick the lie al furthermore
King Nick had knocked him dow, and the co2tns-
suficed to show the warmth Ct tie discussion.
Cne whom the crowd familianly called Gao
His peaceful d i TO stop tie fight lent;
So 4. n. having taken the lie back,
The devil went with his argument;
And reader, had you only heard what did
Yes" said lis ma;e,ty 4 do protest
''ainst this my ally : latest proclaim alton
| sent him word to let the higgCr rest,
The Cussed old numbskul ! ! such degra4AtiJn
as he has brought Is to by tits defiance
OF Law, mahes ne ashamed OF &c eliIancea
The things also unwize-impoliic!
Twill bring hahn any one but me
And, faith, unless it be Yankee trick,
can't imagine what Cbject he;
If dirty su jtCis Abe had snch loa!
Ii seems he wants TO get h--Il owe flowed.
For don't you see it will make the rebels fight
The harder? ? They will seGd more Iark es here
Than know What to do with ID that ight?
To one of Abes good sense it must appear
How easier it IS (the daTned old cOdgeI ,
To accom- 1d&te a large Let Tran larger
and there's Ben Butler toe, the cock eyed beast,
Who makes On tn women'-(his highness
ceased
When began 1" May't please your royal highaess
| have word to say on the occasion;
And hope your h'gbness may no. deem it rash,
II l defend King Abrams proclamation.
But first of all, be pleased to let NE speak
on friend Butler: neOl0, can't believe
You, highness h forgotten how weak
And tailhess great, great. great grandmother Eve
Was by Your highne treated give this sa1nElo
To show your highness set US the example"
u. % t ,oe Deyi in a rage. Now Gu.
D,sn forS at %as5. he Devil Gil ha c lis d12
Ask PtoserTiDe. it. when disagree
tel@ Eer to Fort Jackson or leap 81 her
Any aou>es scorned ty N 0 10 O
Ec7; ca1 o. twist tIat little ca-e IA hist>rg
o Is .uako : seem Z = IA ef
nd al ou'lau. Ike Burlsr. is 4 n y-tery:
- ifh ali your s&IderOus spSeDhvs, eIf, :o SFF g
liver escaped your lips; no misc0ns fujnfs
Shall heap my head bur-eyed Butter s dol g.
. was surprised, not long ago, to see
In the New York Herald that the rebel press
Imputed Order % to me,
In such low thing would scorn to have share
True seduced Eve but / didn't rGUlsh h:T ~
Now, hcreupon B. II. (whose paunch had dried
Three glasses since the speech beg2D) up-rose
And once mere told his majesty be lied @.
(6ul Was mistaken, as the Scripture sto|8-)
His highness seized jus--to MAS the stroke
The dreame: jumped, and in a cold sweat, woke,
*BuIl Nelson.