Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-04-21

| Tie Mp NIDDPlGS but you would never do for this
mother of the heroic liti'n Curry Combs y!
|. Cramming my hat far down my head as ii
would 60, | stalked ma nsticaily for b. my in the
air, my chin poitd hor zontay, aud hands clenched
and had met 'r Peter Nip Nlnnfgo, Of General
, Heltersp's staff | SHOULD have taken 1t ty its MUD
legs and beaten Its brains out against the curnstone.
> But instea} OF met'i him, enc untered he gal
liant CoioDe Butt,rz slower, with the gentle girl
leaning CD y o bad be get her
hair fixed
"And do ycu love DE so much !" she asked in a tone
which music itself
"Never mind, old fellow thought to myself as
passed tl "you'il dscover the difference if you ever
marry her AID have butk gallery to your house"
| Nj citing nv esteemed friend Won Shn iderkins who,
having just been PROMPTED sfored his three for the
first tme'he won hem we'll ard may he wear them
long we went to the Cluh, and amid the genial hos
paity W.T. and good ulers of tina restitution, | GEE SEQ
to think about the false Julana Marira Luvemel and
Major Nip Ninnego, Of Gen. Hetereplit's staff. Rem
dered desperate by The julels and my broken heart
Invited Won Shnederkins and mphibicus animal
that tailed "tloody soldiers TO dire with at that
| Frenchrans down Cont STREET We had heap
OF un cut Uf the "Gu1t,at, the Colonel called him.
and made MIN drunk that be took Won Shneider
kins' head for Satid Island lighthouse, and the last
| thing he sa4id we left him
"Hau her up when you strike four ia homs.'
What lie meant was none OF my busin S. but paying
for his dinner Was fund cut to the tune OF one hun
died end sixty five dollars. l. aving Ga boat on his
beam ends, the Cooul AID went TO the theatre to
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good oue but Van aht nyed ourselves better look
ing the ladies neoks than the stage How anna
bic III them thus to display those charms we are asha
med to ask to ste! 3. their sweet souls tn know
the Of them the love them, and
they let much possible
But why very with that nights adventure Arm
in my seaGfst friend aud staggered through the
night and h9d all he lu3 there W. and my last
IT fl 5cto1 that "tiunboat" made q natural mis- axe
when be thought the CUoneI's head was Sand island
light.
Seven o'clock next morning found ME sitting alone
bench in The public square, elbows knees, chin
resting ln my palms, sohoqzIns to the following ef-
feet
"Well I'll be ID !" (very little doubt of that if
you keep oD);"l wish this over, fellow
could get some Congress water III the morning. Even
Blue Lick is boIkaiei and feel Braxton
did when he got the reply from his gereral-his toun
datlon OF rOck-at :ulIahOma. Lost my sweetheart,
money all gone, prosplc OF thr dues aid elegant
headache. One day gOoe out Of my fifteen, ard toll
cradle heaVybday it don; think will aez for
any extension.
then drew forth what left i'll the military chest
and deployed the crumpled bills on my kree. There
ten one FIVE, three ones, and several little te
lows, besides memorandum OF articles l to pur-
chase for friends at Il o rl. This latter rose In Judg
ment like Banlue's ghost, and was at loss how to
evade that attention to it rendered impossible by the
state OF my finances Let's examine it
Mem.-Cgars ior Gen. Breckinridge'
"Tel him no arrivals from HAVANA"
=" Acknowledgement and comb ior O'Donoghue, Of
his staff -
don't know any thing be has less use for.''
d" Mem.-DCzan marbles for Major Graves"
"Let him attend worship of Sundays, instead Of
playing marbles with Coleman and Clay"
Mem.-One dcz good whskey for Major W-D,
same staff"
Refer him to General Order No. 5, prohibiting the
introduction Of spurious liquors into camp
I" Mem-Pair of spurs Tor Fred Arey."
His I'D horse is ridden to death as q humane
l.. N l can't get him any sputs.'
Tie fact u.s. found all these acquisitions were for
supe1huous artcl.s of luxury which ought not to
courage and with this reflection brilliant idea.
Twas plain could longer gtoy in Mobile, ! said
to myself
81 will return to camp, and tell the general that the
reluctance with which he granted my leave has weigh
ed on my mind so that l can stay no longer from my
command. That felt, when l saw the ideness and
dissipation of Mobile that every patriot ought to be
preparing for the next struggle and for that purpose
have returned Then Hardee will commend my zeal
| Breckenridge Will commend my zea!-Aaams will
swear the d. dest jealous officer he saw, and
| who knows ? this zeal may effect my promotion
Breckenridge is most crazy recommend me- and the
| first thing Anybody knows instead of major, even
though it be of an ipdepef1' at command will ne a.
| a-general by CD
With this philosophic r Fiction, massei my funds,
proceeded to take igbt drink aud then started for
the depot.
"Take your baggage, sir 7"
| "My baggage b>lorg to tire army OF Miss:s-
sppi.'
made the trip, and had fifty cents left to buy a
q drink Of water when / got 10 Mississippi. The gen.
way to be promotLdif my uncle gets elected to Con
| gress.
l will advise you promptly of army mov mens.-
Joseph Eggeston still expects you to spend W elk
| with him.
| Your lisspated friend,
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