The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-24
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| iho July number Of The Land I've yoro
le d@dxy and SoTs Monthly, l,syo beon
! iocoifed. Tho first is filed with contribution. =,
MOST interesting character, among which wo oh
ser'e Dramatic Skotch," by PAUL IT. U.vyr.
evenings in Parliament" by Jous r. Tnospsoy.
hunlors OF tho MORGAN Raid which gives mn
oAoeiioht anocdote; '"Tho Havorsack.n wbic,, 10
unusually full in this number; s.Pcnch CuItpro -
~ non. II. W. RAvENEL, Of Aikon, 8. O.: eli
'ofiai' book notices, otc. "Tho Iayorsackr
opens with tho following oxccllent thing =
"hatefer good qualities tho Southern solliors
possessed at tho beginning Of tho war, fondness
,oi "ofk ""s not among thom. Tho ordor to in
iehch never failed to elicit growl of discomfort.
t'wns not long, however, until tho dscoyorv ,,o.
mado that "a pilo Of rcd yeaM (earth) was uoo1
thing as tho old tar-hcoI cxpressei Il wbon
ininnie ID struct tho ombankmcnt Just before him
for tinlo "spados woro trumps until Tho no,vo.
nant cSSsSah 10 pour into camp with thu indig-
modo Of warfare: NJ Idghtinq editors upon such
shovel doncras," "JoE JOINT Science" 'pck and
&C. Thon for brief period, ,,.,,-'s.tegy," &C..
chimcd in with natural indoenco, and tbH tbsS,Snls ssS
in groy, in the last days Of 81 and tho rs, do,.
OF '62, had ms great an aversion to labur an ntIo
gentlemen IN black" have in this blossed yoar,
1867, OF liberty, harmony md rcconstruc-
tion 1t was not long, however, until the
soldiers discovered that tho aforesaid fighting
eutors did not sot tho example OF sbraye
~ charging brcastworks with tho baro bosoms OF
ireemon." Thoy began TO suspect that thoro wns
n little very little humbug about those gallant
iiourishes and tho pick, shovel aud spade roso in
market rnluc Another difficulty was not long In
Hpringing up, and proved moro powerful auxiliary
to lazincss Aftor tho works had boon painfully
constructed Mt much exponse Of sweat, grumbIinp.
nnd, 1t may be, something little moro emphatic
tho boys would DO marched of, abandoning the |
fruits OF their labor, or thoy would have to fight
behind the oartl-pils OF somo follows eyon |
iazier than themselves. So It came 10 DO n |
common saying with them, eve are willing to |
dig if you'll lot US fight behind our o,on dirt"
+. II. F.. OF Gainesville, Alabama, tolls us Of a |
rather remarkable application OF this notable |
phrase. One day when the boys were bitterly
about change in thoir position, which
had thrown them behind "tho dirt" of other troops
n very hard looking specimen of rebeldom
passed aseng, who wss moro sooty, moro greasy,
moro bcgrimcd and moro dirty thnn oyon tho
lazy crowd of malcontents. Corporal DIAL.
9Th Alabama battalion, cried out, "horo,s
q fellow, who ought to be satisfied, ho flghts be-
hind his own dirt No ball can ever got through
thnt po on his facol" Aftor TINT every dirtyfacod
follow was said to fight bohind his own dirt.
The oft-told drummer talo ia also published as
follows: ga very largo citizen, with enormous
abdominal protuborance, was standing by tho
road sido watching tho march Of JOE. Jonssrog's
men, when he was suddenly surrounded by
crowd joyftlly exclniming 'we'vo found him wo'yo
ound himr The captain of tho company tried to
got his mon back in tho road, and demanded what
hey had found. The reply astonished tho fat
man. OH captain, wovo found tho man who
swallowed our bass tIrum,p