Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-10-03
Army Anecdotes.

Army Anecdotes.
The Army Correspondent the New Orleans
Picayune furnishes the following interesting
anecdotes:
THE Man WAS NOT Born TO BE KILLED BY A
SHELL During the bombardment Of Fort Brown
the besieged troops were obliged to throw them
selves fat upon the ground every time shell
from the enemy was fired at them. A shell ex.
plodng among men in standing position would
be twenty times more apt to kill them than if
they were close to the ground A knot Of off.
GERS wers standing together for a moment one
day, resting and chatting, when a lookout man
gave the word 10 dodge a she'll The officers
were down in an instant, Lieut.. H. prostrating
himself face downward, and looking over his
shoulder The shell came dsxling down. close
| by them IL wonder il she'll burst" remark.
| ed the waggish H. "she's ID Of long time
| about it, any how" Hardly were the words ut.
ter ed when tremendous explosion replied to
them, and HIS head went down like lump Of lead
Pretty soon the pieces began TO fall, with q Pat.
tering sound, around them "Now we'll catch
it," remarked Il, inclining his face little up
ward, but still lying close. "There il comes "
said he, as he saw a fragment descending rapid
| ly, directly upon his back. His comrades saw
il, and thought, sure enough, that poor HIS time
had come. Twas useless 10 dodge, for he nigh,
and took it," as be remarked afterwards The
piece hit him plumb between the shoulders
"Hoo !" grunted H. and his friends sprang for
ward TO see il he was dead care you hurt, Hf
mo" said he cooily, rising and shaking his Goa
''but fellow might as well be killed as scarce
the shell having penetrated the ground in a hsr'
place, and throwing of the clods in every direc
ton. H. was sent out soon after with q part.
Of men. to clear of bushes, and performed III
dangerous duty as coolly as he received lh
bomb-shell.
MIss,Ns A REorxEsr.--When the army wa
coming out from Corpus Christi, near the CO
dorado, they began 10 meet with wild csttl'
' One day soldier made chase to q ball and b
coming excited, forgot that the animal wss b,
tween him and his regiment, and fired, missin
: his mark, aud. fortunately, the regiment at h
same time The soldier was arrested for h
y earelessness and irregular conduct, but was SOC
released. Awhile after this, our hero got into
desperate quarrel one still morning with bis be
ter.half, aud as their conversation was loud, the
-aa Irish woman--of taking q drop now al
= then, and seemed 20 be silencirg her batteTi
/" very fast, when she broke out with, 'Ah. ye
> and it's soger ye calls yerself isn't it, to.
l. sure. A nice seger, 'pon the life Of me. 20
G, that sho, at bull and missed whole regime
D. get out wild ye, and don't talk to me-
,e PRopielous.-We had yesterday upon O
Il desk. duly bottled In spirits, specimen Of u
,e caterpillar Kind that beats oil natter. II we
,e the only one, i, would be bad enough to he
such vile beast in the world but il il Or
cies, and counts ito millions. This specim
!. was brought from plantation on Johns Islar
where il has succeeded the common caterE
:. Lar, and ito finishing with the latter has spar
of the cotton crops. il 70 seven inches Io'
:, and to the eye appears II inches circumfereu
IS in the largest part. l,s sting 10 highly pois'
;x ou. in this respect, % well 40 in its horri
!. ugliness. resembling the ,atsn,uls. We b.
never set eyes on . more rsscslly looking be'
As fir % we know, IL 10 nsw plesRue
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