The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-02-26
Poetry and War.

The Milwaukee Ners has found another
of TENNysoN's "Six Hundred" and
makes the following statement:
ANOTHER OF THE '!Slx HuNeRrp"-A dav
or two since we mentioned that q soldier who
was one OF the notable six hundred al
Balaklava, immortalized by Teunyson. had EN-.
iiSted IN IL connecticut regiment We have
since learned that another of the six hun
hundred Is private in the Second Wisconsin,
cavalry His name is jackson. He served in
. .ne Dr!tlsh army thirteen Years, and came TO
this country little over year AFRO and on
listed here last month.
We cannot agree with the Ners that
the six hundred were inmortalizad ty the
the rilapsodic etfusion of the. poet laureate
OF England, but believe that Balaklava
had quite a, much 10 do with it as the
rhymer. rantinss. The fact is that Ten
NYsoN i, one of the literary hams OF the
age lie Is. great only in osscurity and
struggles TO awe his readers with the
transcendental ghosts of very common
place ideas. Like LoN6FEILow and all
that school OF fersr ,'iDta, he undertakes
to pass eff verbal and metrical distortions
for genuine poetry. Unless this be true
nothing would Justify the preparation of
the following parody on his '.six hum
dred:"
CHARGE OF THE MULE BRIGADE.
II the night Of October -, last, when General
1esry avs on oil the Twelfth Corps repused the
attacking forces OF Lonsstreet at Wauhatchie,
tennessee, number of mules, affrirhted by the
noise oil battle, dashed into the camp Of HametOns
Legion causing much dsnlay among the rebels
and compelling many Of them To fall back ualcr
supposed charge of cavalry
Half mile, half mile.
Half mile onward.
Right toward the Georgia troop.
Broke the two hundred
Forward the Mule Brigade
Charge for the Rebs.' they neichetl
Straight for the Georgia troops
Broke the two hundred
'!Forward the Mule Brigade"
Was there a mule dismaycd:
Not when the long ears felt
All their ropes sundered?
Theirs not to make reply;
Theirs not to reason why;
Theirs but to make them iiy
On! to the Georgia troops
Broke the two hundred
Mules to the right of them
Mules to the left of them,
Mules behind them,
Paved, neighed and thundered
Breaking their own confines,
Breaking through Longstreet's lines.
Into the Georgia troops
StOrmcd the two hundred
Wild all their eyes did glare
.Whisked all their tails in air.
Scattering the chivary there
While all the world wondered.
Not mule back-bestraddled.
Yet how they all skedaddled;
Fled every Georgian.
Unsabred, unsaddled,
Scattered and sundered,
How they were routed there
By the two hundred.
Mules to the right of them,
Mules to the left of them,
Mules behind them,
Paved, neighed and Numbered
Followed by hOOf and head
Full many hero fled,
Fain i'm the last ditch dead,
Back from an g ASS jaw,
All that was left of them,
Left by the two hundred
When can their glory fade?
o, the wild charge they made,
All the world wondered
Honor the charge they made
Honor the Mule Brigade,
Long-eared two hundred.
The Ne,os will likely soon see some en-
erprising Wisconsin mule-driver OFFERING
or sale some of this very gallant Muje
Brigade.
PRohorED.-H. P. Gabrielson, Hospital
toward at Fort Ridgely, has been ap-
ointed' Assistant Surgeon of First Reei-
tent. His friends presented him a fine
word on his promotion.