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Correspondence Of the Nashville Union-l
BaDoEPoET, Ala, May 9Th, 1864
I'm tired-very tired, and weary, and
wet The mysteries Of life are often n
greater burden to the soul than the
realities. Have you ever been soNTeigh-
ed down with troublous thoughts and
wearisome action as to wish yoursel
never born2 Have the vicissitudes Of
existence so weighed and oppressed
your soul that, like the man Of u, you
were tempted to reproach your Creator
for bringing or permitting you into the
world2 II would seem that the Great
Giver of Goodness and Justice has not
been fair and even-handed in their
distribution The virtuoUs and brave
and good and noble are usually unfor
tunate, while persons possessing oppo-
site vices are made the recipients OF
favor, riches, greatness. The obscene
humbug who vends his GREATNESS" in
the public mart is petted, patted and
patronized, while modest worth perish
es silently in neglect Humbug sits
highly enthroned on the seat Of exiled
Truth, while Cant and shameless Hy-
pocrisy trample upon Honor and
Honesty.
All, ha must arrest my pen, lest in
drifting into the sea of philosophy ]
como Extensively in contact with the
Spirit Of the Age. We live in the
midst of Nineteenth Century civiliza-
ton
'Whan we fight ike devils for ooacliatioa,
And hate each other for the Tore Of Godm
Well, we (the 14th Mich. Vet Vol }
have reached thus far toward our des-
tination-" the front. A telegram
halted US here to help guard and de-
fend this great depot of army stores
and supplies. Your correspondent was
peculiarly and pecuniarly unfortunate
in losing all his blankets, cot, etc, sub
sequent to his leaving -, and if
ever honest mortal suffered for want of
both for the last two cold, rainy and
stormy nights, he did have been en-
joying literal cold comfort" The
country is barren of everything good;
the man who would come here for
amusement would go to hell for recrea-
ton land / suppose a great many
of my comrades are like me-have
never done aught against humanity
that l should be visited with the ven
geance Of the elements and the dis
pleasure of the clerk Of the weather;
and it pains my soul (and my aforesaid
comrades too, have no doubt, to re-
feet that while l am thus suffering
for my country" graceless scoundrels
in the North are snugly profting by
my country and our misfortunes They
are securely ensconced tonight, enjoy
ing the luxuries of in-gotten wealth,
coined and wrung from the hearts
blood of the brave and good who have
persisted to CRAFTY their venal ambition
and hate They told me, who has
fought, and hungered, and thirsted for
thirteen dollars a month, (when I was
at home on furlough) that I rorkcf for
pay, and couldn't see why | should
grumble at being equalized with the
negro. Another party of them called
me Lincoln hireling. Both fac
tons are equally dishonest, and l could
laugh in my misery tonight were they
forced to share my bed. But it cant
be did" they can spare three hundred
dollars and defy Stanton.
once thought that the greatest mis-
fortune that could befal man was TO
be made Member of Congress OF
Brigadier General, but the saddening
experience of the last two rainy days
and nights has changed my opinion.
While one is permitted to take his
glass of whiskey while himself or his
credit stands, the other has many and
efficient aids and orderlies to rig" his
wall tent when night comes or rain
threatens Both can forage in res
pectable neighborhoods, while a loaded
rifle in the hands of a sentry
warns my approach thst my life would
be in jeopardy did endeavor 10 make
the friendly acquaintance of the kitch-
en- wench
But have been thus far the arbiter
of my own .destinies, and must thank
my i'll temper for being in the army.
Had taken a grandmother advice TO
marry rich widow, the relict of de-
funct tishmonger, would to-day be a
respectable member of society, exempt
ed from the draft and perhaps an Al
derman. ], unfortunate dog that am,
through a prejudice engendered in my
childhood against the sex because Of q
snuffy old school-msrm, resolved TO
spite wonankind and never get married.
l am here now, and the miseries of mar
ried life can be no greater than those
endured in the army by
LANCE COEPORA-
At London theatre lately, duringa
ghost scene, spectral carpenter with
shirt sleeves and paper cap, made his