Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-06
VOL. XIV, NO 81


while Il is before me to describe the recent sue
eessful reconnaissance ofthe Anatomical CsTsl
~, whose horses remind me Of the celebrated
War-hOFse described by JOB, inasmueh as i i
believed shaf The far-fsmed patience Of that scgfF
taral patriarch would have stood q very. .pcCE
chance with them.
The Grim o.d Fighting Cox, she new gene
raj Of The Maekerel Brigade. having learned
from the New York daily papers of the week pre-
vicus, that 9 few hundred thousand freshly
drafted Confederaciss were MISSING themselves
on his right, resolved 70 order q triumphant 70
i eonn0issanes by the Anatomical Cavalry and
I the Orange County HoEitzsTs for the purpose
/ Of discovering Whether the war was actually
7 going on yet.
/ As the slssds Of the eavslry were widely dis
( perssd through the various gravel meadows
around The Msekarsl camp my boy, snd had
! grown somewhat Wild from long disuse, I was
somewhat p1zzled 70 knew how they could az
be caught quickly enough, and says I 70 Cap
tain VILLAIN Brown, who vas 70 command the
combined expedition;
Tell ne, ny Pyiadiss. how win you msnage
20 organize The equestrian homework without
losing ton mary hours 2"
All ~ says William, briskly replacing the
cork in his eanteen, and Startling bis geometri-
cal s.sed, Euclid, from q soft d0zs, we must
make use Of our knowledge of natural history,
which is the animal kingdom Observe ths de-
vice used by the scientific United States Of
America"
looked. my boy, and beheld select compa-
ny Of Joyous Ma karsls hosting a huge board
70 the p of a lofty pole, which must have been
visible for a mile distant. The hoard simply
bore, in large letters, the simple words;
"THE OATS HAYE CogE,
and scarcely had is reached the TOP Of TIE Bo'e.
when the anatomical stss5s cane pouring into
the camp with frantic speed, and from every DE-
Tectian.
All " says Villain, thoughEully. how
powerful is inssink, even in a dumb animal
once had 3 dog" says William refsctivel7.
50 whose iBstink was 30 powerful. that 70 stop his
barking It was only necessary to show him a
g00d-sizsd piece Of bark Hs felt" says Viz
liam, explaiaingly, that it was 3 larger bark
than his, and it made him silent
Truly, my boy, there is often a marvellous
similarity between Instinct and reason. tho
former serving as he foundation of tbe later
and not untreqaentlY being entirely destitute Of
q superstFucturs in military men.
The Cavairy sud HowItzers having been ar
ranged IN such order that each supported the
Other, and prospect Of s0me esrnare sun.
ported them both, the word was given TO si-
vance, and the warIike pageant swept EDWARD
very much gs we read in the Telisbl5 morning
journals / was proceeding at the head IF the
esvslesds, with William, pleasantly discussing
with him the propusty Of digging a canal tO
Richmond, and using the Cavalry on the tow
psth, when there rode forth nom tbs cover Of q
wood near st baud horssman, whose stately
bearing and dishsveied hat announced Captain
Munchausen Of the celebrated Southern Con-
fedsTscy. He waved bis sword courfsously o
William, and says he:
90 You bring your hor5es to measure sabres
with US, prssumeln
William ratified bis good sword Eseal-bar in
its scsbbsrd, and says be- grimly; We arc
met together for that purpose
Captain Munehausen smiled 51pereili0usly.
and says he; " Is this intended By yOm van
dals to be what you ean = brilliant cavalry
dash p
William waved his hand majesiieally, and says
he;
Thst is the exciting phrase
s. Ehen," says Munchausen, with unseemly
leYity Of tone, " can tell you, before You 20
any farther, that you are ont Of ammunition "
Here Captain Samyuls Ss-milh, of the How
iizsrs, who had come up while the talking was
going on, suddenly slapped bis knee, and says
he:
That's so. knew I had f07g5ttsn some
thing in this here expedition, and il the snamu-
milton"
So We all went back 70 camp, Captain Nun
ehausen being too much demoralizad by tia bad
example TO follow rs.
Our latest cavalry dssbes, my boy, being re-
duced to their simplest meaning, signify de-
vised charges of csTalry, which are based uuon
charges of artillery, which hevs forgo.tan 70
bring any charge with them.
Yours, retsatingiy,
ORpHETTC n TrERR