The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-11-12

stars were worlds like-lhis. Perhaps the,
may have sighed sentimeniaiIy a, The folly
OF the nusquiloes and bugs which were al,
iracled around The fires 10 gel their pre,.y
little wings scorcbed,andiose their prseioas
lives; orthey may have talked of .rue
love- and plighied their vows, 'fof augh, we
know. tlgw ZEE A M
Old Captain Peablcssom and his pipe,
during the whiIe,were the centle Of q circle
- ngnoI lron' oi The house. fS who had gathered
around the worthy mans arw chair 10 lis.
ten TO his twice told tales of .hair breadth
'Scapes'' of The battles and sieges he had
passed,--for you must know, a,he Captain
was not summer soldier, and sun shine
pa'rlo';' he had burned guppowder in de-
lence of.bs beloved country,
+ Al The especial request of Squire Tomp.
kins' The Captain narrated the, perilous ad-
ventures Of Newnan's lilile bong among the
SemmoIes.d' How Bold Newman, and his
men lised'on alligator flesh and patched
corn, and marched bare.iooted through
saw palmetto; how they met bowIegs and
his warriors near Pains prairie, and what
fighi,ng was ,htre. The amusing inciden,
ofBlh Gone and eierrspin raised Shouts
Of iaugliier among the Young Brood who
had focked around to hear Of the wars = .
Bill, (the Camden Bard, peace 10 his
ashes, as The. Captain famI iaiy called him
was sitting one day against ti,e logs Of The
breast-work,dtmking soup out Of "a terfapin
sheil, l,lwhen random shot fran The enemy
broke'ihs shell and sp,l. his soup, whereup.
on he raised his head over the breast work
and sung out--.Ob, you buggerl eyoul
couldn'rdo that again If you tried forty
tines Then the Captain. after repeated
opportunities, laid1doynghis pipe, cleared
his throat, aud slngsG &ssss Jass 81 saa a<*irzsa
NV e marched on TO our ne xt station,asse
The lngenseon before did h,de, 10 ,sa7ad
They shot &killed BoldNewnan's nigger,
And two other white men by his slde.'
The remainder Of the epic we have forgot,
len. .t
After calling ou, for a chunk of fre,and
felIg hing his pipe, he dashed al once over
nlo Alabama, IN General Floyd's amy,
aud fought the batles of Cslabee and Olas,
see over again in detail. The ,arlllsly from
BALDWIN county blazed away and made the
little boys aforesaid think they ,eouId, hear
thunder almost, aud the rifles from Putnam,
made Their patriotic young splrts long TO
revenge that gallant corps. Aud The Squire
was astonished at the narrow. escape hls,
friend had of falling into The. hands of
Wea!herlord and his savages, when he was
miraculously rescued by rimpooches Bar
nald, The 'Uchee chief. . .,
At This s,ags Of affairs, Floyd (not The
General, but The ambassador) rode up,wllh
! mysterious look on his copnlenance.' The
iancers left off in the middle Of set, and
assembled around the messenger, 10 hear
he news of the parson. The, old aides
crowded up 100, and The Captain and The
Squire were eager TO hear. Blu, Floyd ieh
he importance OF his situation, and was in
no hurry 10 dives, himself Of The momenla-
" dignity.
We'll as | rode down to Boggy Gut, l
saw '' WY q ''
who cares what the devil you saw,
exclaimed The impatient Captain; tell us II
lie Parson is coming first, aud you may
AXE all night 10 tell the balance. if you like
afterwards
Il saw, continued Floyd pernnaciously,
We'll, my dear, what did you see, said
'lrs. Peablossom,
4 saw that somebody had fooken away
ONE OF the rails ON The crossway. or they
lad washed away or somehow
Did any body ever hear the like said
he Captain.
'Aad SO got down said Floyd. and
united some more, and fixed over lie bog
y place
Here Polly laid her hand on his arm, and
eques.ed, with beseechIpg look, 10 know
the Psrson was on the way