Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-09
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The QuaEserzaasser's Luuaeas.
IRON DE Aasnss coniederaeyl
Horses aud wagons ana males, barrels end qusiilrs and
Axes ani shovels md tools hr ana Higg ra pd rents,
coaii and breaches sn1 shse hayer-e-a Baskets and
Sas aaa iroa and screws. PoHioons snd brisges anl
Fuei ad keitlss snd psuk aneeiopes papsr ana ink,
rliths aha.zes In lliag looks biank sad ny brain
Is TOO dizzy to ihlss
VIII there never be "a eld to this everlasting is'e3
WIN fhs tias never cone wEaa TIE ga1sT1l T0alsn
II some day you steal away. ii q saiaula ts stay.
Where ihs horses GfaF no toras, and ne oAeefs 40
pay.
Hillon-Hilisn, II. C. T. hoa bird o. q buz-
/ zard I'm poor carcass Of o cnsEtermastsT,
lean and laatem iaWcd, pretty uiEh dead ei.a
service, WesrY and worn sni Hilton Ass
come % torment me beioIs my time. Would
he pick my bones before Z an co.dl D1os he
/ wsns ne Draadsd, lita q vernon arny horse
I ~ from when be iit upon that -ht house a.
Richmond I never heard Of him mil I fszd
! ais wholesale bin oi Indictments sgains1 Qaar-
/ termasters and Comu'ssaliea. ia muss b.
/ from ATkausaw, I reckon, or some othec part
unknown by daddy sold goods on crsiis
I about forty years ago, ana Wh9l 3 cuss somer
run away he used 90 coiicil bis namo VIA '4G
I dead heads must have roasted IN them woods On
TIE othsE side Of Jordan If Hilton 81 did
/ hy from those parts, III wager q dead horse
I that he got S p3Terfuf vote rom that class who
figured on nay old daddy's books X is a bad
siga for nan TO be p.tehin' into a class Of ps0-
pie, and calling lhe Wh1e Of 'am thieves and
sandiers, just because he's heard Of g rssesl oe
two among en- might just IS wei call The
Whoie congress a fool because they've got q ]
fool among EN-. Monsieur Hilton II G. waats I
us al. removed from Office aod pa. in the ranks I
and our places supplied with ci7i,iang who srs I
over sge, and under sizs, and physical ly unable (
to 10 n5ld service wants pGasel Of si-klv tai /
low l4c5d gentlemen. who'Ve got the gout or
bind piles oT the sore back, or she oslehiu' dy5
Pepsy, or the grubbs, o. tbs Chinese diarrFse OF
the ooits, or tne BIZ saousders or tle pan5er's I
ehoHe, or the sirug halt, or ihs sssy-back. /
and 81 that sort Of thing
Here we've worked day and right. iu tie mad !
and the raini loading ard ualoa3iar pressin /
and being pressed, scoliing aa5 beng seold-d. 1
paying cut aud paying ia -1gnti1g h9rsss hunt /
ing nggefs, hunting forage and wagons, and
harness, and beet and becaa, sud d3ur, and
suppheSi run almost 90 dsath uudar the resp0u- {
sibiLity Of keeping oug corner up, feeling aI the
time Ike poor gallsT sisve, and Jet no word I
oi approval; no look Of reward; no vote of ]
thanks; no brief editorial from iha prese; no
srasu serape of praise from "P ". A." O.
7 lmpor.e,' or "Perso1ne,' or any aEray cor 1
respondent
The faes is, Mr.. Hilton, N C. sod company
haYe SET the, dogs on Us, lis good Buncombe /
home and say didn't I give them quagtsruas- /
ters and commissarias hss2@ 9" sava5 the gov /
eminent several millions Of daiIar8" Well. its 4
very strange that al the Tasca's mansgad t0 RET (
into these departments. Heap OF Lhsm 3 -rv I
before The war, who were considered gentlemen, I
and honest, have somehow or ether beer sweru,
chosen, sud selected, by somebody as 6t and 4
proper Parsens for disbursiHg officers. Bu:
Hilton q Company are after 'em, end Con-
gTess have s0rtsr compromise1 tae fuss BY in-
efeasin' our bonds to hty thausasd d]i7rs
What Humbug! What brsteai ftlmca.7
es the teller said, which in dog auu lhev ssy
signifies foolish brute Don't hey knog that
quarter Of a million passes through my hands
ia g year What's tho bond worth e I sm g.
ing into 2 regular stealing busioas Is would
be plagued sight ugrs sensible IF they had
abolished ell tho bonds. snd pnt man fairly
and sqasrsiy upon bis homer a1l If he violated
his honor, or stole dollar directly or in3irectly,
why let his general hang him up at the cross
rosds where th5 army could see bin, and Iat bi-c
hang ther5 high and dry BE- 'h7 cold sul tbs vet
in the wind snd the rfiu, uat his Gesh dried up
and his shirE-taH wore out happin in the pitti-
less storm.
A44aa tai1 taI -a-e -leEal leaz1
ITS the only way don'6 y1u know it IS ? Why
in su ire gular war Ike Ibis ,there ant no system
Of checks or ounsar-chscks, o. balances. or
safeguards, that viii insure honesty iu ihssa
departments. Suppose my b.aeksulitEs work
up two thousand pounds of iron q week into
hoTse-shoes, cr0w-bsr5 and filth chains and
have EN- msde hght aud is az them ont by
number, and give myself credit for three thou
sand pounds; who's 20 know any bsttar when
aa0na ant and -1---
broke and thrown aWaY3 suppose 8 battle Is
imminent, as they say, and send f0rwavd
wagons, and ambulaneeE, and eEes and shoY-
els, and after She battle is over i enter M twice
the amount IS lost in battle end my general
thinks I'm honest, and signs lhe certificate
Talk about your bonds Why them three let-
ters l. I B will hide a multflds of sizes, nnd
cover up three months Of fraud and rasosIty
Then, there Is the goods taken from the enemy
-lesther and shoes, horses and blankets and
jeans, that come into my possession with1u
any invoices or descriptive lsi-I pick ont and
box up ard ship of to sell "OH aecOHHt Of i5h0m
Il nay e0ReeTT
Alas Mr.. Hilton, Il G 7 feer you can't fir
if up II you have got your heart set on it, yeu
are in my old lawyer friend Ha.iin's Gx. who
got his heagt set on ths bench. but, poor fellow
hu Was usveT abio 20 SET anything eI9e On enc
bench. You had just az well git sick aud quit
We don't feel like psyin' our taxes 20 pay yea
for your Wastin' our tine. Try your hand on
something you know more about and when
you've succeeded and gigen u5 evidence Of your
usefulness, just git on a stump if you please,
and ho Ter out as loud So yen can bavl here's
he Ptase to git your H0ney back Make s Big
thing of it, Dir. Hilton, when you boiler so that
We can all hear you and rejoice
But then, after Ell, we've got some comfort
Our generals appreciate Us; ths army officers
with whom we transact our business stand 81
US, and look down with eurley nossd contsmptl
on all such jscksssim. How comforting it was
to hear Gen. Polk remark the other d2y, "my
corps is ready for action; everything is eam-
plete; my QUsTtsTmasters snd eommissariss and
surgeons have been NEST diiiceut and energetic;
in fact have ceased to feel sry apprehension
about their departments" aud how c0ns0iing
to hesr other eloquent remarks from d trsfiek- .
ing Shyloek of a French GsTgan jew 81 tot /
could make some Of De m0nish here mong
desc officers, but by tam, desc quartsrmastsrs too
tam homes I do notin wild dem
Mr.. Buncombo. If you1l move 90 cur district
veil run that Shylock against you for Congress
the next term Ia the mean iiuia, II you are
determined to sell Us out as condemned proper
~ hadn't you bettaE put your notice in the
COnfedsTary, thus;
ONE THOUsANr QUARTERMAs UERs AND CON-
MfSSARIES FOR SALE
Condemned By ais Congress Of lis Coys5a,s siaiss
BUNCoAiBE ACTING As BOARD or SURVEY
HILTON, N. G. Auclioueer.
The HoRRmLE FOR NoRTHERH CoEsUsIP-
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