Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-09
Asa AND EKLUBs sEEgEz SIGHTS AT
FHGGs HUEEGas
10 XII

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Have you been to Vieksburg Vicksburg,
where the small boys do not sell newspapers;
where the houses are tsstefnlly and artfsically
ventilated with cannon balls; where the women
and children 60 a shopping whilst the ventlla
ting process is working; where the - house
dispen5es fsre SO ezqaisitely and Internally mean
that II an Alb general should take Up his quar-
ters in it he would evacuata or staTve in four
days and half Webbing smal-sizsd Con-
federste cypbar-which the Yankees sigh for
doioTousiy and dailyi where cur troops " are
always enjoying ths very best Of spirits and
meanest o. whekyi where q mysterious plan
constantly being perfected which win turn up.
sids-dowu and plsy special aud everlasting
smash with al Yankee aTmies, after the out-of
IS made that win leave little Viek il the woods
VielsbuTg-where the canaon-eaPpsd hills late
II trembled with thuudsr, jast because q double.
breasted steamboat loaded with cotton, passed
down the river, las # many q boat, witsa sim
liar cargo. hadn't done tie sams taing in the
&c weak, piping times of several years agO)
Have you been there
Asa Hsrtz has.
Got special permit from uncle J. C. and
climbed aI1yward to the highest practicable ele-
vation Saw Yicksburg above, Viclzaburg be-
low, Vicksburg across the river, aud Vicksburg.
Tried 70 get wow of the canal diggers on tue
other side. Hszy weather-pr5spses dim ana
murky, and as uacsTtsia as the authority Of q
provost marshal. Told Klubs II was bad 90
Klubs suggested that a gass-of the right
sort-would aid vision, annihilats distance, and
give disdnctnsss Of feature to far-off objects
Sent him for one and got il. Elevated it to ths
forsy-ffth angle and then looked Improvements
-peTeeptible imp1ovement-butn not sufficient for
the purpose. KIuba thought a stronger glass
nigh. do the business. Told him TO get
stronger one. Rubbed the bottom Of It with
solution Of seventeen cents worth Of brown SUI
gar, elevated it as before aad then looked again
First rate. Mist cleared away. Saw the army
plainly. Lesksd like a rail fenee standing on
uncle Gid's side Of diseh.
Effects Of ths glsss considerably weakened
By use Got another and rubbod the bottom Of
It with solution as before. Obs wonderfully
improved. Looked again and could distinguish
the officers from the men. They were evidently
engaged in little game. Spades were trumps.
Told Klubs Of it and BE became agiteled Klubs
got glass for himself and looked. He grew
ealmer sfterward, and got another glass. An
other glass made il all clear to K, ard he conf-
5entially and confidently assured ms It was all
right that the only thing our folks wanted was
that the enemy would zig a new channel for tie /
river. It would drop them sll into nice Httlo
rap which we had fixed up for them. when
hey are al bsgged-ssid Klubs--don't you
zee tho cut off viii be useful to us for steam
boats that are running On time ~ Agreed /
With lNabs (knowing thai he was one Of the !
Official circle - and WIS posted relative to sll 1
he Plans and got another glass. Klubs pro
7osed another sreng glass and we beth locked /
Trough it. Wonderful change Rail fence
near the ditch had changed te two rail fences 1
he ditch to two bitches. Two gunboats in each 4
Itch. Rail fence dissolved. broke up into In
liyidual rsils-each rail OF its own hook, rail /
ng at every other rail Knew something was /
wrong, Klubs got smother glass and locked /
again. Went into spasnodic laughter. swore
il was all right-that the army had become de- !
rails wouldn't tight and wouldn't
dig-and the very prince Of rail maulers couldn's
make them 90 it.
The last glass Klubs looked through was
vidently too strong. Il affected his brain.
Asa Hartz grew alaymed-especslly when bis
rght-boweT began to vent his JOY in loud lan- I
yusge Of equivocal rnenning Hurrah for JEFF
Lincoln Hurah fc1 the Festhern Consud-
eraey! Hurrah for tie Hon. Simon YaIlsn-
dighamt He couldn't buy old G. j Cameron to
vote Psnnsy ylvania Boyer into the Jackson city
council Huush for Abe Stephens Hurrsh
for the zsmption bill and the sprsem court
Something else. in which The only words dis
were :. WhisHiDg Dick, ended bis
huuahs, and Kiubs, NY bower, sunk victim
to the too powerful influence Of the glasses he
had looked through.
Turned sorrowiully from the spot and lett him
there Net 3 sergeant OF ths Lspstons RangeTs,
who asked If I was q non-combataEt. Told him
yes. BE was glad TO inset me; ne was promul-
ssting an order. Al the women, children,
non combatants and partisan rangers, mHst i'm /
move back fifty miles into the woods
-ous Of dapEeI-shere is going 20 be Hgbt in
he neighborhood Of Yicksburg in less than
,sven aonfhs. ASA HARTZ.
Jackson, Fsbruary, 1858