Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-04

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srzrEEP uErURNs To THE E.FER-
EAE CRY AND NETS HIS EkEEND p
BIG JOHN.
Ei.t1r Metropolitan Rezur5
8fr. E9tllr. Sur. 7 have not up % this
time made any remarks ia pubGk about
the trials and trioulau0ns, the losses and
crosses, the buzzards and dead hosses
seen on our journey home 20 the eternal
City. I shall not ali0od % it now only
50 remark that our cOmin hack were not
SO hssty a. our leavin. II was In the
ded Of winter, through snow and through
sieet. over creeks without bridges and
bridges without floors, through deserted
suf desolsre land where no rooster was
left 10 crow, no pig 70 sguealr no
dog 70 bark: where the ruins Of happy
homes adorned the WY, and ghosry
chimneys stood up like Shermanls senti-
uRLs Euarlin the ruins he nau ma1e.
A little one hos consern cont2ind the
hiChth Of my worldly possessions, con-
and children, and q shuck basket full of
some second Glass vittels. C0uutin our
CtF-priur there was about ten 0f Us IN
and about and around that wsgin, thus
ILlustrsrin what the poet has sed, +" One
Glorious b01- OF crowded life is worth an
are without q name, % though The glory
were hard 70 purseeVe on sich OEEashuus.
Mrs. Arp are Of the opinyun that her
postzrity were never g. hungry before IN
their LIE as on that disJressin journey,
and she once remarked that there want
nary rod Of the road that didn't hear
some CT en- s hollsrin for vitcels. Ny
Ei.e's husband is trOobled bekaus they
siut broke Of il vet, and IL do seem that
-be ucorer I cit the more devoUrIn they
bekua. all Of which wiz eeud in sum
thin OF other IL sumthin don't happen.
We finally arrived within thepTssinEts
Cf our lovely home. The doors creaked I
welcome on their hinges, the hOppin bug f.
cue-rupd On the hearth, and The whlsJ.lu .
wind was singin the same old tune /
around the bedroom corner. We were I
about ss Esppv as we had been misera- 4
h-e. sni when I remarked that Gen. I
Naudivsr, who oAkupied our house, must .
be g gentleman for not bufnin it, Mrs. 4
Arp replied
Il wonder what he done with my
s0inE masheen."
BE Glie1t cut down our shade trees, %
ssd l.
MY brroes and carpets and crockery
E-s 81 gone -ed she.
.'Ir may be possibuI, - sed L d" that the
lreuTGl-
And nay barrel Of soap" sed she.
Cd Il usv he possibul, 20 sed I, % that the
Gaurul moved of our things 70 take keer
of EN- for Us. 7 reckon wei git EN- al
back after WHILE
&" -ztsr lrbge,H said Mrs. Arp like an
ekk0. and ever since then when I all00d
% our Northern brethren she only re-
pli=s after trtIeT
Bv and bv the szatterd wanderers be
gun % drop iu under the EelcUm shades
Of or s1rr0wful city. Il we- g de-
IEh-fuI enjoyment 10 greet en- home,
and listen 70 the history Of their suffer
tlEs zud UistJrtuues. Misery loves
company. and arter the misery Is past
there power OF comfort in talkin II
over and fZin up as big tale a. any
BODY. I Wer s-autiu one day upon the
banks of the iniuu river, a wouderiu il
nv mind who would come next 10 glad
den ou- hearts, when I saw the sha3der
Of an 05iek e dsrknin the san lit bank.
Il wer not a load Of hay nor an elefant,
but shore enUf il 7yer my friend Big John,
q mJviu slowly, but surely, 10 the dug
1Al laLaaL4a NA4 aux lEiHli@AAE ---AEr LIS
bix round face sssOOu1d more latitu0d
when he saw me. and without waitin for
remarks he sung out In a voice some two
slaves deeper than the Southern Hsr-
D0uy:
There came % the beech poor exile Of Erin"
d" Make him fat said L and you'll
fl the bill" Prouder 10 see him than a
monkey show, / padded the dug out
over il double quick time and bid him
weicum ia the name Of the eternal city
and its humble Inhabitants. l soon
got him afoat in the little cgn0o
aud before 1 was aware Of il
the water was slOshing over the
gUnneis a. every wa0ble. Lay
down, my frend- y sed 7, and he laid, .
which was al that saved Us from s
v-arrv grave. and the naborin farms from
inundalon. When safely landed found
bin Wedred in so tight that be couldn't
rise. 90 1 relieved him by prize with the
eend OF the paddle. As his foot touched
me sacred soil be gently separated his
c0uuteuance and sung with feeIn
melody,
azaus agsla-aoms sgain-frou g furriu
ne yznSs may cam and the devil too, but III
not run any mere
Reeollektin some skrsps Of blank verse
st-HIa Il lA " lLA GlELA E14AEA4lH AE--
me thou swift OF fOOt-thOu modern
A,aheI-0h tell me where Is thy chariot
and steer2 Where didst thou 90 when
I did see thee driving like Jehu as We did
ice for life ?"
HTn tel rou aI' se3 he, "I want my
friends 70 know II. I'm now 8 man Of
war. Bll. and I'm glad Of IT, I've done
f1e state sonle servis and she knows it.
I've handled guns-yes, guns-weepIns OF
dsth- I've slept on my arms since seed
gOu-nigbt after night have slept on
l1v arms. with hundreds Of deadly weep
Er- slI around me. An Bill. Patriotism
Is q big thing. When you once 6reske
the ice. great slUices Of glory as blg As
your arm WI Jest spring up Ike mush-
rooms in yCuE buzzum and make You
feel Ike tnrOwin yourself cleau away IOr
vour country. Let me sci down aDd III
tel vCU al know, Bill but a. the feiler
said In the theater, "Wheu YOU IN your
letters these Uulucky deeds relate, speak
Of me - / su-n0thing gxpariaJe nor set
down not ia malice.
" Jest 90" sed T. % eZaaktly-exasktly
20. Proseed, my hero"
"Vel you see night after you passed /
me. ny steer got away. Hang the de-
seeveu Ueastt I hunted sulartiy for him
the next m0rnin, but hunted more for
TaTds thsu backwards. LesYen my " asin
with q uidder woman, / took 10 srOot
across the country by settlement road
they called the cut off, Devil Of cut
OF Iu yFss % me. I broke down in sight
% o little log cabin, and never moved a
foot further that day. The old man nae
p chunk d q nag that worked in a slide
perswad5a him t0 haul me 10 the eend
% Jle cut OF, and know be done IL for {
lesr d eat up bis smoke house. Every
nov and then he'd look al the Old oman,
and she'd look al the smoke house and
then look al me. But that ,lidin blsness D
were The most urfullest rravellin that
ever have had Every time the D0ny'd
look back he'd stop, and when he'd start q
agiu he give such q Jerk thatIny contents 4
were iG danger. Ny holt broke on one
okksshun goiu down q bin fuU Of /
gullies. rJlld some twenty feet into I
the edge Of the woods, and cotch up agin !
an old pine stump tbat was fun Of val !
Isr jackets. Three Of the dingd things j
-f1ng me before could rise, ut got /
through the cut off sud fell DO with some Z
empty wagins that was sBmpedin my /
way.
HGitten on TO Atlanty, fool Irishman
F.oyd me right at the edge of the town l
and demanded my papers j dldent hav !
no papers. Nobody had ever aNed me
flr uapers, but ne wOuldent hear an az
sumeHt. As Quarles would say, he
Uggideut line issbue, but marched me u
an offs, and I didsnt stay there ten
Iainets. wer sent OF 70 DekaJur with
some fly conskripts who wer al IN
mournin, exsepin their clothes. never
seed sich q pftiful set In my life. 1 taikd
nila en al, and thar was nary one
Uut what had the dyspepsy OF the
sWiDny or the rumatics OF the
blind staggers or tie heaFes
or the humps or sUmthin. Well, there
want none Of US dischargd, for there was
bran new orders csllin for everybody for
thirty days % 20 70 the bitches. As 1
o1u.dent walk that fur l was ordered 70
Ander5onyile to guard the prisoners.
at tA2kon I met an Old akwaintance, who
was q powerful big officer, ana be had {
me Transferred TO bis department and put
u9s ia charge Of his ordinance. There's
where I handled guns Bill and slep on