Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-28
ECCENTRICIT1Es OF WAR POETRY

HSSON AnASA41LO Oc Wdh 1OCAn FUNNY, CURIOUS AND NoxDEscR1pr ExPREs- SONS OF RHYTHMIcAL PATRIOTISM. When correspondents and editors get through with subject, the poets and wits take it up. The amount of literature that has been evoked by the events of this war, is enough to appal any unfortunate collector of scraps who attempts to preserve it or classify it. We propose to give the reader glimpse of some of the queerest things that have been written in eccentric expression of different phases of sentiment. , Some of the epigrams that have found their way into print are worth preserving. TO SOUTH CAROLINA. Carolina, sister, pray come back: Scorn not our flag. nor lightly talk of wars, Lest Uncle Sam, once fairly on your track, Should make you feet the stripes and see
 the stars'
 REBEL RLEETNEss. " Not half the soldiers on the rebel side Can spell their names, if grave report we
 heed; Yet southern learning has been much belied If be true that 'he who rsns may read !'' And again: <" The rebels at Richmond were boastiag last
 week
 That the fopsr of their army our borders
 would seek; And egad if we judge them, while seeing
 them fly, All that -four (now just 1o1tsd) appears to
 be-sryP'
 COMMODORE FoorR. While the country rang with praises of Com medore Foote, the wits proposed classical motto for him:
 NuIIa vestsgia rstrorsum:
 No Foote steps backwards" Foote was an accommodating name for puns, and it was well improved " What need have we now for gun or sabre, The recreant rebels to slash or to shoot. When at Henry, and at Donelson, Abe makes
 them caper, By simply applying toe of his Foote'" Again:
 " The rebels say, in a boasting way,
 They'll every inch of ground dispute; brag indeed we'll better heed,
 Whenever they withstand one Foote."
 FLOYD. " The thief is 8 coward, by Natures law, Who betrays the state to no one is true; And the brave foe at Fort Donelson saw Their light t-fngered Floyd was lightfoot-
 ed to?' And again:
 "A double thief and traitor he,
 Whose heart is so unlike a mana As first to rob the Treasury,
 Then stcai away from koscsrans " o most puissant General Pillow. Just hang that gun upon q willow, Or else prepare yourself instead To be Pillow without head"
 GOVERNOR MAoovrlN. " Bsrish Magotin,
 You traltorouS rufian,
 I'm sure tho community think that you
 ought,
 With kickn' and eufiR,'
 Laid flat ns a mutia,
 To have good stutfiu
 Of powder and shot,"
 GOVERNOR WISH. ' The rebels mourn a sad defeat, That might have been completer For Burnside, though he had a fleet, Must yield to Wise as fsster." A eouplet slightly changed will show Why Burnside lost his boastful foe :: He that is Riss can run away, And live to fight another day."
 THE TWO p's.
 Says the Battery to the Bayonet
 With derisivs irony, '' Slimmest of all the blades I've met
 Do you think yon can carry moi" Says the Bayonet to the Battery,
 "Square up with your elbow joint, And you'll fad that however slim be lalways carry my Point"
 POOR JOHNNY BULL.
 No wonder the Britishers jaw,
 Now their sad case is laid bare; If they don't get their cotton raw,
 They won't get their bsefsteaks rare.
 THE DRAFT. " Old Abes Q magician, whose talent extends Fen to making an army of Shakers; For his late drafting order has made troops
 of Friends,
 In fact filled the city with Quaksrsp"
 HOME GUARD SONG. lam son of mas and I've listed for the wars Ju tu0 blueW0kk Qub68rS an OmCer am I've boldly drawn my scabbard and I've
 thrown away my sword, And I'll bleed for my country like black
 berry pie!"
 COTTON. Jeff. Davis boasts that Cotton's king Upon his thrones SO written But he'll soon find, when on his swing, That Hemp is king of Cotton"
 THE BLACK WATCH. Whether Greeley is going to be made Brigadier Of Colored Brigade, worries Bennett, 'tis
 clear; Maybe Bennett will try, if the Tribune-man
 fails; Herald leaders, we know. can best handle 61aek
 n,gles!''
 HILARIOUS PArRIorIsM. A national hymn, said to have been written by national her, commences as follows: o, Hale Columbus! take my bunnit, reckon now you've bin and dun it!