The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-12-05


agin afterwards The next day my Judgement
marched intu the sitty and folered bravely at
respectful distance arter the other gallant
sons of Mars that was stormin the sitty. Ny
Judgement actilly KEEP poseshun Of sevral strong
hou ses that he innemy had 'bandoned, agnst
there hull army. One Of these houses We have
lived in ever sense, and expect that Mr.. Poke
will make US q present of it for our vallorable
services.
There is good many hansum wimin in this
sity, and | and t.i1ral Worth will SEQ that they
amt insulted nor skeert. ! think you had best
quit that old tent OF yourn and come and live
in the sitty afore the nights get emmy colder
I've heerd it sed that Ampudy cheated you
with them docyments that he showed you from
his Government bout peace. Them papers
was forged, Ginral, and you'll find it so tew.
You did rite not to take them louzy rascas pris-
oners ofwar. If you'd dun so, they'd filled
our Army full ofvarmin, and fine tuthed coams
is scarce in this country. You did rite to send
'om of, but hated like thunder to see them
march off with all them guns and drums and
flies and bugles beatin. Them guns will be
Pinted at you agin if you don't look out.
Lost in my Judgement, stormin the Pallis:
to-wit, namely: Zeke Tucker, vammussed-
John R. Q. Jones, get into rong road and did,
mt ketch up-Tobias Smith, vammussed-
dediah Perkins, tainted away and fell behind
rock and lay there till the battle was over
and then cum tew.
| wish, Ginral, to call your 'tention to the
extraordinary conduct of my Judgement, and as
Pm the Curnel of coarse the first honners comes
to me-this hope you won't forget. Capting
Nathan Potter, my adycong, is brave old
cock, and has dun heap toads the catterpille-
ration Of the sitty on such easy terms You've
done your duty, Gnral, and ! shall speak to
Mr.. Poke about your conduct Gen. Worth
did the thing up brown tew, didn't he.
By order of Ginra Pardon Jones'
NATHAN POTTER, Capting and A dycong
Colonel Jones 10 Pren,dent Polk.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE LIosEERs,,
Monterey, .Merico, October, 1876
t" Jeems X. Polk, our Presidentto Washington :
My dear yfrend-As good many reports is
going home about capterin this devoted city,
take my pen in hand TO du myself justice, and
TO inform you that took it myself! 1t oin't
necessary for me to prove this, for fax is stub
born thir--% fhuv~been very ts~usomfy sup
ported in this glorious achievement by Ginrul
Taylor and his army, speshly by the Cd Divi-
sion, the Ginral of which has proved himself
to be great man, and his officers is all officers
Of great Ginral Worth, or OF great worth GIN
rally, which is the same thing backwards.
feel grateful for this assistance, and hope that
none OF these gallant men will be overIooke ed
when you come to reward me. don't want
to cast nobody in the shade, but want to have
the sun of your good graces to shine putty
bright and warm on my patriotic fame. We've
had some fuss alreddy, IN the Lioneers, bout
rank. Leftencnt Zeke Tucker and Leftenent
Sinker had a fife bout that very thing, the 9TH
er day, in which Leftenent Tucker, after get
ting both eyes bunged up black and blew,
vammussed and left Mr.. Sinker victorious
put 'em both under arrest in the guard house.
Leftenent Tucker was so mad about it that he
writ me the folleri1 letter:
Guard House Of The Lioneers, Oct. |, 1916.
Curnel Jones: Sir-You are q tirant and a
id low-lived sun of gun, il you are a cur
mel, and amt afeerd to tell you so, if an, in
the guard-house. You think you're CRATE
man; jet let me tell you, sir, that other folk
has different 'pinion, and I'm one of them
You think that Mr.. Poke will make a Ginrnl
Of you, and that the people will run you for a
candidate. Jest let me tell you, sir, that I've
got an unkle in Congress, and m rite tu rim,
and ruin your prospects, sir, l demand you
to send me my blankets, and a newspaper, and
bottle Of arry-denty. What the devil did you
put Leftenent Sinker into the same room with
me for, when there was danger of my becomin
violent and DUN on him bodily harm. Sir,
you're no gentleman, and I'll give you salts
faetion-arter we go home.
ZEKE TUCKER, Left. Lioneers.
was 90 mad when red this letter that
ordered q drum-head court-marshall TO shoot
Mr.. Tucker without any necessary delay, and
then went to call to see Ginral Worth and az
his advice bout it. The Ginral axed me as
perlite as could be to sit down, and listened
tn me, and red Zeke's letter from the gard
house that ] handed to him. His face looked
ss pleasant as could be, fore he red zeke,s let
ter, but when he'd dun it, he looked at me and
his face swelled little and turned as red as a
cole Of fire. "Think,n says !, anow somebody
will ketch it,' but whether twas Zeke or me
| couldn't tell. "wsll," says I, aGinral, aini
that hard easel Instid Of cussin somebody,
as 'spected, he would, he bust rite out into
loud laf, and didn't stop for some time. "Yes,n
says he, "Curnel, il Is hard case. Do you 90
as fast as you can, and dismiss your court-mar-
shall, afore they shoot Mr.. Tucker, and I'd ad-
wise you tn riie an answer tn him, and then
have him tried tOrdin tn law.- Ivammussed
home and got down and ut as follars:
HD. QuARrERs, LIOsEERs, Oct. I, 1916.
Leftennent Zeke Tucker, SI.-You're an
imPudeni internal rascal, and il you wasn't a
leftennent and wasn't eurnel, I'd cum and
lam you like Niger. But 'tz as it 'tiz, and
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