Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-27
LETTER RR0m ruR Army.


CAMP 9TH Mis- BAIT. SHLRPsHooTERs
NEAR DALTo-, April 25, 1864.
EDITORS APPEAL; As am In what Dickens Uonld
term Jolly mood this evening, will indite gossiping
letter to the APPELI although In These dsys Of big
wars that make ambition virtue" / could not, If
would CLEAN any those ibs Of gentesl scandal and
choice personEl items with which the "oecAsiOnAls
wont to tickle the Of eager public in days
of yore.
Our boys, veterans As they are want to
ehsngs their service from Mars to Vonns They hsSs
illustrated many bAttleields their prOwsss man
killers and they are now dssirous Of emuAting the
deeds of those "sBken knighisr to whom common re-
port ascribe great power az ladykilers When gentle
peace again niolds land the ragged rebels viii
rsverse shakspeare's Seven Agss' and from soldier
"Full of strange oashs and bearded ike the psrd,
they will gracefully subsIds into the lover,
"sisbing like furnace with q wOsful ballad
Made TO his mistress eyebrow"
and beware fair ladye, how you list to his tales Of
HArbrsadth seapes in the imminent deadly breach"
Or like the gentle DssdenOna," before you srs
aware, Cupid, with his golden shaft will pierce yOul
heart and you will "lovs him for the dangers be hai
passed" without let or hlndrsBcs.
Dryden says None but the brave deserve the fair,
but Ia If the deserving carry off al the prizes, Wha
will become Of the poor quartsrmAstersl
Promotion by seniority is the great and vsre o.
our service Many officers Of great talent arc kept
subordinate positions because, forsoOh, their imms
date superiorH, however unworthy and incompetent
persisently refuse to be killed in action die quietly
/ In an hospital, as they should Prince Eugene, o.
Savoy, who, all will allow, Is good authority on ADS
subject connected with the art Of war, says Ad
vsneemen by seniority In the public service is the mos
fruitful source of jealousy, Wfnlnez. and csbA hi
slow poison, which, by degrees. ruins armies Ans
whole States" II our Bsrnscie family could be In
ducsd to give the subject little Of ther precious time
much good would regult the country and the neces
sary reforms Would be made In shout twenty years
Minerva has not few votsriss In camp. You ofteI
see wight with puzzled air. solving the mysteries
Euclid or another elietng fG-solss" from the 81
cred Harp" or third msItsring the hieFoglyPhies
| B-ak-eFl
"SWeet are the uses Of adysFsIty :"
Who knows that this war will not Gre the soul Of
village Hsmpden," or tune the Tyre Of mute in
gorous Milton" by teaching him his s-b-e'si Thing
more straYge are dresmt of in philosophy ever.
day that we live.
A soldier Mr. Editor. cares more for the caaonS
criticism than he does for the Of the enemy
a Q reads the "AdYentureS Of claude DuvsL" or NJ,
Marflsge ana IT'S Oohaeeuencelf cAotAoO IN . sN-e~
"yaIlsr kver," with more gustO than he would To-
tered number Of the SpsetaOr dOgssrsd Rsssala'
musty with dirt and age soldiers taste is very cath
ole. he can say with Charles LSmb, "shaftssSury
not too gentesl for me, Jonathan Wild too low
he reads anything, and Is glad to have the opportunity
have noticed article accredited to che Biehnon
Whlg going the rounds OF the prsss suggesting yoea
ism as an incentive to bravery the battlefield Il
good idsa. and 1t deserves consideration The DO
who whistles In passing graveyard after nghtfa Is
better philosopher thSn those who wish to or ezps'
they could reduce fighting to the stiffness and system
machinery. Dc you know, Mr.. Editor, The ssasOn vh
our Southern yell is effective in hsttlsi There Is
strange magic In the ssand II tiHsPrla eur 0Wn hos