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Life In Memphis

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Parent Issue
Day
10
Month
February
Year
1865
Copyright
Public Domain
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Mempíiis Texjí. Hospital Pixckxet, f Febritary Isi, tín4 Mr. Editor : - To-dav is a lowery, glouuiy, disagreeable day, and thu iuuiales oí tlio kospital geaerally, are obügïd to keep in-doors oa account oí delioatí healtfa ; but your ooprespontí,ent, Iiaving passod tho ncc. ssary exanunatioü, was pronounced convalosceut, and forttiwitli placed in tlie oonvulescunl ward. 1 11 thís ward we do juut about as we picase, and go and come as t suita our couviuiieiico. " Thie soote me," as Artomus Wai-d would say. These convuleaccnt wards aro great instLtulious. They aru tillod with a cUca of meu who have recovercd from bickness to a groat extcnt, and who are ouly kept herc to recover etrengtk; wkea tiaa is acconiplislied Ihey aro itniuediately shipped te the gunboivts. l'hia wnrd, I No, 80, is the ÜKcüest one in t.be inatitution. Songs ar-e saiig and stories told, from early moni 'till de'.vy evo. Somo of tho most ridiuülous fish stories that v?ere ever conoooted, are relatod hare. " Private Miles O'Heilly's amg aro warbled with au eloganee and easo that would do honor to oiJor beads at the " biz." Sood, however, we &b;ill bid farewell to the jovial compauioua iu whose pres ence wc; have erjoyetl so inany happy hours, and take passage ou board a boat, for a trip of seven inontbs duration, at the expiratiou of whioh we hopo to be a citizeü- a being who has a rtght to speak, Ihink, and act for htmself. We are iiot deprived of these God given privileges here, iu the hospital, but when we step aboard a boat, we letive behind all these, aud trot arouud at the will of an offioer, and woe to liim who dUubeys " Sir OracleV' command. To raany of your readers, gunboating on the Mississippi líivcr muy soem a dflightful way of' passing a year or so iu the servioo of fjnole Sam ; but a few mouths or so of practical experience will satisfy all sueh "fiifalutin" notions, and make 011e sigh for a transfer to soiec other branch of the service. By these re rnarka your readers ïnay. infer that Ltiii' iudividuul is gelting somewhat tired of tha service, or else got wofully hum b'.igged at the outset. Neither are true. He was aware that Inirdships had to be uudured, and privations suffarod, before he eulisted; couscqüently !)e is aot dis appointed, yet had ho the thiüg to do over again, he would entor som e other arm of the service. Monday is a big day in Memphis - not on account of business traasactioua, as all the shops are closed - but in a Military point óf view. Eight regimeofts of Militia were roviewed last M on day, by Major General Dana and staiï. . ïhe regiments formed in lifie ou Main street, with the three colored iinui ts on the lelt, and extended ncarly the wholo length of tiro town. Many belonging to tbo Miiitia havo never Laudlud a uiusket until witliiü a few inoiitbs past, yet their inavctiing and counter-iuarching would have done credit to vetoran troops. O:i these occasions the sido -walts are lined with peoplo cf every grade aud complexión. The gnily dressed bello, in her satin gown, looks at the " horwid cweaturcs,1' and witnders f hat it all niuiins ; four ear oíd coutrabundá guze in wouder at the immense .throng, and crow lustily for "Fadder Linkum ;" dirty-faeed uews-boyh, casting sly gluices toward the " poor little nigs," hoist thcm in the ditch, and anuuunce the fa 11 in woolj the swaggoring planter, with bis broad rim hat, looks soirowful and sad. Soon the bands commuuoo to play, and General and staff rush hurriedly by the length of the line, the review is over, and the several regiments maroh to their respective armones. Sueh are Mouany afternoons in Meraphi. Momphis has many buautiful bloeks, but tliey all seem to be taken possession of by the government, and are used either lor hoHpitiils or store houses " Confiacated" property we auppose, and from this we conclude that most, if not all of her wealthy c.itizens, were rabid secessionista. 'l'here in one ornament to the city that tht) government canuot well uso for "mil itary purposs" - we speak of CourtSquare. This is a beau tifully laid out park in tbo centre of tho city, with a greater variety of trees than can be found in very few parks in tte country. The trees are full of squirrels, and you need only a handful of uuts to command a regiment around you. 80 tamo are they that they crawl into your pookets, on your hat, and play hideand go-week on your coat tui!. In toe centre of the park, endosed by an iron-feuce aud thrifty hedge, is a uionument ereeted to tho meraory of I Jackso. This monument is of tlie ' finest marble, the pedestal being about five feet hijrli, nu the top of whioji is the bust of Jaokson, life size. Numerous nseriptions are carved upon the pedestal, but (Hii'y öhê M tht'in attracted our attentie)!) particularly. It was tbis : "The Federal Uuion ; it must and shail be preserved," but sotae ruthless hand liad triedlo erase "The Federal Union'' from tbo marble-slab, and pausing, no doubt, for fi time to chat with some associate, the waruing voico of Jackson thundered in their oarH, "I5y the eternal you had better qttft." Thinking we havo taxed your readers' patieuce quite sufficient, and thnt we liear a response somothiug similai' to Jacksom's ruinbliuc; in our ears, we only add, good day. Yours, &c ,

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