Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-11-24

eg be bad passed--ior You mas, know
The Captain vas no. :summe solder
and sun,shins patriot bel bal burne.
4 GpnpoUder IN defence OF his teibves
Il s3uhsft.
! Atshs especial request Of SquiyS TSmp,
kinss the Captain narraied the psrilou,
I a3vtBsuFes Of Newman little bad snone
me SeninoIes. How Bold Newman
4 nod bis men lived ON alligator lesh snd
lparched corn. and marched bare boted
Through palmetto; how. thew mel
Bovlegs and bis warriors near Pain. tprai.
lfie. and what fighting was there. The
amusing Incident of Bill Cone and III ter
r5Pin shell raised shouts of daughter ahon !
the young brood, who had fiocked x5un3
% beer a The vars. Bill. {lhe .CImJta
Bard peace 10 his ashes, J as The Capgain
iamAisfly called him. was sitting one day
| sgainsithe logs Of the breast work, drink.
ing soup out Of a terrapin shelL.when a
fandom shot from the enemy b,oke the
shell and split the soup, wherespon be
lraised bis head over The breast work and
sung opt--,O Oh, you scamp, YOU eoulin'l
d. that again you tried forty tihes.'-
Then the Captain. after repea,edimpor-
lpailiess laid down bis pipe. cle+sd bis
threat. and sung, 50 ias
1--WE marched on TO our next station.
The Ipgens on before did hide,
They shot aud killed Bold Newman Niger.
Ane I've ether white men By his sid9"
The ren>inder Of the epic we have for-
! goite o. Sss 81 u n. is14
After calling out for q chunk Of ire, and
relghbng his pipe. be dashed al once
over iHso Alabama, in General Floyd :
army, and fought The ballles Of Csiebee
and Oiassee over hgain in delaiI, The
artillery IRON Baldwin county blazed
away and made The lille boys aforesaid
ihilk they could hear thauder almost.
and The rifles from p dtnaua made Their
Pa'hOlie young spirits long 10 revenge
thai gallant corps. And the Squire wal
ast9nisbef at the narrow escape his friend
hSd ofifaIling into The hands 81 Weather-
togd and his savages, when h. Was mi.
taculonslg rescued BY Timpooche Barnard,
the Uchee chief.
AT this stage Of affairs, Floyd MOT III
General. bpt the embasssdor.) rode 50
with . mysterious look on his counle.
nance. The dangers left of 10. the mid
die Of a set. and assembled aroond the
messenger. TO hear the news ar The psr.
soc. The old ladies crowded up too. and
The Captain AID The Squire were cages
10 hear. But Floyd felt The importance
| oftshs slsnation. and was 10 no hurry 10
jiTest himself Of the momentary dignity,
We'll q | rude down shs Roggy Gut.
,fWho cares whal the devil yon saw
exclaimed the impatient Captain tell is
IT The parsonis coming frs, and you may
take oil hight TO tell The balance, II YOU
] like. afterwards.'
saw continued Floyd. PeI.inacions.
lly-3
We'll, my dear, what did YOU seei'
said Mrs. Peablossom.
II saw that somebody bad toOken away
some of The rails on The crossway. or they
hadwashed away somehoR'--
Did any body ever hear the Ike 2 said
lite Csplsin.
And SO I go, down said Floyd, and
hunted some more, and fixed over the
Ibeggys place.
Here Polly laid her had on bis arm,
and requested, with beseeching look, Ia
know j the parson was on his way.
1'Ittell YOU all about itpresenily. Pol
81; she ben, wheE gotlo The run Of The
creek. hen.
n %Oh, the Devil CALCULATED Captsin Pea