Gen. Meigs Lifts A Joke

-During i the dark days uf the siege, when food and forage wero scarce, and the ghastly corpses and bluached skeletous of starved niuies lioed the thorougbfares hereabou.ts, Gen. Grant and Quartermaster General Meigs arrived in Cliattanooga. Taking an ajring on hoaseback one aftcrnoon, they passed the carcass of a huge mule lying by the roadside', whoso " ill-savor went up " beforo and around them. The hero of Vicksburg removed bis briar root from hïs lips, and reuaarked sorrowfully, " Ah, General, there lies a dcad soldior of the Quarterniaster's llepart ment." '' Yes, General," replied the Quartermaster General, iu subd'ued ton es, 'in him you sec the 'ruling passion strong in death' exemplified, for the old veteran has already assumed the offensive,"