"Quartring on the enemee,"--this phraze is defunkted, bekaze its contraree tu Hoyle. "War Hoops,"--jist the things fur a hot da, the injuns used tu hav them. "Corte Marshall,"--where tha tri the misdemeners out ov an ophiser, so that he'll du to promoat. "Forage Partee,"--Them who goes out to kech a hastack, and gits lost in a forage ov treeze and haint been herd from sinse. "On tu Richmond,"--that's tu sa if the kussed rebels will allow it. "Parralel lines,"--are them kind of lines that never cum together. "Militara necessita,"--ten ophisers and a gallon ov whiski to every three privates. "Onluce the dogs ov war;"--but muzzle the darn kritters; if you don't, somebody will get hurt. "War of Exterminashun,"--this fraze belongs holey tu the Kommissara Department. "Advance Gard,"--this is a gard tha hav tu hav in our army tu keep our fellers from pichin in tu the enema frontwards. "Rere Gard,"--this is a gard that hav tu keep our fellers, when tha are surrounded from pitching intu the enema backwards. "Awl quiet on the Potermuck,"--this shows what perfect subjekshun our fellers are under. IX PASHUNCE OV JOB. Evryboddy iz in the habit ov bragging on Job, and Job did hav konsiderable bile pashunce, that's a fac, but did he ever keep a distrik skule for 8 dollars a month, and borde 'round? Did he ever reap lodged oats down hill in a hot da, and hav all hiz gallus buttons bust oph at once? Did he ever hav the jumpin teethake, and be made tu tend baby while hiz wife was over tu Perkinses tu a teasquall? Did he ever git up in the morning awful dri and turf it 3 miles befoar brekfast tu git a drink, and find that the man kep a tempranse hous? Did he ever undertaik tu milk a kicking hefer with a bushy tail, in fli time, out in the lot? Did he ever sot down onto a litter ov kittens in the old rockin cheer, with hiz summer pantyloons on without saing "damnashun!" If he cud du all theze things, and praze the Lord at the same time, all i hav got tu sa, iz, _Bully for Job_! X. FRIENDLY LETTER. FRIEND ELIAS:--You ask me menny questions about the draft that bothers me. It iz curis how it duz act, but it waz jist so in scripter times, "2 wimmin waz at a mill a grinding (corn i reckon), one waz took, and t'other want took." There aint enny dout but the draft iz for 3 years, or thereabouts, but i think a person would hav a rite to sell out hiz chanse at enny time during the 3 years, or thereabouts, for a premium, provided he could show tu the government that he waz conscientzly oppozed tu hard tak and bilyus fever. Again: Aleyens aint liable for the draft, espeshila if tha cum from the city ov Ireland, and hav bin in the habit, for the laste 5 years, ov voting the democratic ticket. Againly: Widder-wimmin, and their only son iz exempt, provided the widder's husband haz alreddy sarved 2 years in the war, and iz willing tu go agin, i beleave the supreme corte haz desided this thing forever.