The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1863-02-14

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Col. Granville Moody of the 74th Ohio is Z
famous Methodist preacher from Cincinnati
He 10 something over fifty, Il s'reckon''-s
feet two or three inches, ofimp6sing presence,
with fine genial face and prodigious vocal
range. The reverend Colonel, who proved him.
self fighting parson Of the first water, was
hit four times, and will carry the signature ot
battle when he goes back to the altar. His
benevolence justifes his military Aock in the
Indulgence Of sly humor at his expense, but he
never permits them to disturb his equanimity.
Several battle anecdotes Of him are well su-
thenticated. Not long ago Gen Negley mere
ly accused him Of using heterodox expletives
in the srdor of conflict. "Isit fact, Colonel" =
inquired the General. "that you told the boys
to give 'em hell!'" @'.Now," replied the Co
lionel, reproachfully. "there's some more of the
boys mischief. told them to give the rebels
Hail Columbia and they have perverted my
Ilangusge."3 The parson, however, explsined
with sly twinkle in the corner of his eye,
which left me in considerable doubt. ias
You probably know that our Western cir.
cult preachers are Stentors When other par.
sons are emphatic, they roar in the fervor Of
exhortation, especially when they bulge upon
you with big "Amen." You must imagine
this fact TO appreciate the story. The Colonel's
mind was saturated with piety and fight. He
had already had one bout with the rebels, and
did give them "Hail Columbia" They were
renewing the attack. The Colonel braced him
self for the shock. Seeing his line in fine or
der, he thought he would exhort them briefly.
The rebels were coming swiftly. Glancing
first at the foe, then at the lads he said quiet
~, "Now, my boys, fight for your country and
your God" and, raising his voice to thunder
tones; he beloved in the same breath, "AIM
LOWn. Says one of his gallant fellows,
fancied for an instant that it was frenzied
ejaculation from the profoundest depths of
the "Amen Corner" any day now you may
hear the lads of the 74th roaring, eight for
your country anu your God--aim low!
An Irish soldier being hit, turned to his off,
Ger pstbetically complaining, {. Lieutenant,
shure an I'm hit!'s ''What the ID are you
doing there then?" responded the Lieutenant,
taking Pat by the collar and ejecting him from
the ranks. sect out Of that and give better
man your place" u-J 4s go.
The General Commanding displayed a dis
tressing, faculty for keeping in hot places. AT
ter several casualties in the staff, and while mis-.
siles were flying about apromiscuously, one of
bis aids modestly asked him, "Do you think it
right to expose your life so, sir?" The General
replied by dashing into hotter place to correct
an alignment and regulate battery which was
fling rather recklessly. He was suddenly check
ed by regiment drawn across the field. Tie
men were prone on their bellies, and several
rebel batteries were finging shot and she'll all
thoun Tho
opportunity to make speech to them. AL
though fine talker, he is not a finished orator.
But he jerks out sentences that are not easily
misunderstood. The battlefield, the orator,
and the audience presented singular spectacle.
When the General addressed the men, each ele-
waited his head from the ground, turning his face
toward the commander. "Men," said he, ''do
you want to know how to be safe If you. do,
shoot low Fire at their shiDs But do you
want to know how to be safest of all !? III tell
you. Give them a blizzard right at their ships
at short range, and then let them have the bayo.
net, i say The General thinks "blizzsrd" at
short range very good thing. ,o -ss, +
Lieut. Willie Porler, of the Generals staff, a
promising youth of eighteen or nineteen sum
mers, amused us by his sang froid. When be
mounted in the morning he filled the Generals
haversack with luncheon, and threw it over his
own shoulder During the day a shell exploded
in the midst Of the staff A fragment of it
struck between Porter's side and the haversack.
bruising him severely and tearing open the hav.
ersack. The luncheon tumbled to the ground
There" said Porter, with droll grimace, un-
mindful of his own narrow escape, call the din.
ner's gone."
The rebel cavalry having played havoc with
our trains from Nashville, subsistence in some
of the brigades became scarce. We bad cap
tured some hundreds of prisoners on Wednes-
day. Thursday morning they were hungry
The captiyes we're Dotifed that they must eat
corn, and it was furnished accordingly. The reb-
els accepted it good naturedly, saying they were
''d--d sorry sow that our fellers cut up your
(Union) trains" Some of our men even were
glad to get parched corr, and some of Rousseaus
command carved steaks from horses slain in the
battle, and after broiling them on the Goals, ate
them spprovingly -. .-1
Z A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE PorAro.-There has
been introduced into Belgium, through the
meane of q distinguished member of the Bel
gium Society Of Agriculture, q new kind Of es-
culent root. substitute for the potato which is
remarkable for possessing the triple advant tages
Of flavor, abundance and facility of preserva
ton. An English journal says that it is varie.
ty Of the plant called chardon, which is sort
Of thistle, and if 90 it can claim no kindred with
the potato All the thistles and their congeners
have tap roots, but from the description given
Of this, We infer that it produces tabers like the
potato. oi.t moil etma 1as sdl
! The blossom 10 of pale violet color, and does
not fructify. A field of one acre of third class
quality, lightly ,manured, produced $4,000 kilo.
grammees Of uniformly sound roots. The crop
was dug out on the 18th of October last, and its