Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-12-12

@IfI be not ashamed Of my soldiers, sound eurnet
change Il hundred and sy soldiers tire. hsndsd and odd
pounds. press me none bu, god hsu'ehOders yeomens
asked twice the bans such oonnoy Of warm slaves,
"A had lief hear the devil drum such fear re ort
ofa csser worse than a,trucs owl or hurt Wild duck
pressed such and butter with in their
bellies bigger than pos heads and they have bought out
their aud my whole charge consists Of
copora eutena gentlemen Of companies slaves ragged
:, Lazarus in the painted CLOTH where the suoas dogs lex
ed his and such indeed soldiers die.
reyolted iapsers sna osier trade fallen the csuEsrs ef
calm world and long ten times honorable
rooms that have bought their services ths You
would think that had hundred aud fifty attered prodgas
lately from swine keeping from eating draft and huk
mad fellow net ON the wsy and told me had unloadea
ell the gbbe and pressed the dead bodies No eye hath
such IN march throu h Coventry with them
that's fat Nay aud the vass march wide bewxt the les
a II hey gy,e. ind ed had the Of them
cut OF prison There's but shirt and half in all my compa-
nv the half shirt Napkin tackled tsgeher and
thrown over shoulders k healds without .esyes
and the Shirt The truth stolen from hois Saint Al
bsn or the red inn keeper or DaiDy. But that's all
one they'll hnd linen enough ou every hedge
The above motto, which is Falstaf's elegant de-
scription Of his men, with slight alteration.
would do very well to describe that portion Of the
grand army about to fight the Butch in that ssHeI-
cf-a HILL the Hildebarreck. Although no orders
were received from Albany for the troops 10
"march" in steamboats, yesterday morning; and
although they would ell Of them have been doing
much better by being at home, working at their
business, and earning something towards paying
their tailors' bills, yet the forty fifty Generals,
the hundred and twenty Colonies and Majors, and
the numberless Captains and other officers were
determined 10 have parade 10 show of their good
clothes.
Accordingly, yesterday morning, soon after
breakfast all sorts and kinds Of looking characters
In military attire seen running through the
streets a. though the sheriff was nj their heels
Little fat men, horseback, with high cooked hats
and feathers and big breeches bedizcned with gold
lace, were seen riding up aud down Broadway on
borrowed horses, which acted az though they had
pepper under th cir tails Seine of the valient RI
ders eemed sstonished to find the mseIyes on sucb
spirited horses, and some of the horses dou btIes,
were equally sstonished 10 find themselves under
such ridiculous riders. Somewhere about the
stroke 81 high noon, the soldiers began 10 muster
pretty thick in the park at this period, number
Of pale faced, thin voung gentlemen dressed 10 blue
and gold who looked half dead with fearing they
should fall from their hsrss, rode up and down the
PARK walks, to the great dismay Of the apple women
and little boys, the bodily peril Of several decrepid
men, and amid the hsoting, shouting, and laughing
81 the crowd.
Soon afer this, several Of the conpanses were
ordered to fall is iasscsd Of which, some fell out