The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-07-22
WHITE HANDKERCHIEF.
THE VIRTUE Of 4 sHAKr rRou !

A party from one of The volunteer reei
men,s, shortly alter the landing of the ar
my at Vera Cruz, was sent cut IN search 0
cattle, but instead Of finding the Office, 0
their pursuit, they came across a body o
The enemy much superior 10 numbers Il
their own. For soma time they debated
whether they had better retreat into caml
and report their discovery, or give them
The beet night they could. The party was
about equally divided as to the best course
to pursue Some were for fighting as long
as they could, whlic others coutcnded that
4 was not bravery 70 unnecessarily attack
a superior force. A length one Of them
who had not said anything previously, but
had been busy examining his gun aud am.
muniIion, to zee II they we're all right,
stepped up aud eald-" Boys, don't you re.
collect, as We were coming away from
home, them ere ladies' what were shaking
thetr "Ll'e haudkerchiels OF Ia. said the,
hoped we'd never turn our backs TO the
enemy-and NC all sad we'd die frat?
Wei, ~ ny opinion In not aeon' 10
show he white feather after that. dd'nt
cone rom running stock except II was
after the enemy not before him-and
dads not goin' to see my name in the news
papers for takln' the back track | come
Ill tho way 90, ha.s eA@N--,l.;- 80 ,h~
hfsI she" I've had, and I'm gon' to take
enc chance, certain. Here goes for VIC
tory ard beef; il you 20 for to back out
and no beef. you'd better move your boots
as soon as possible" SO saving, he started
of in he direction the Mexcaus were fi,sl
seen. HIS remarks operated Ike an cleo.
TIC shock on his conrs des, aud hey fol.
lowed, They had not proceeded far be
tore they found their foes sharp skirm.
ish ensucd-lhe bulls flew BY them, vhiz
Eng, as they passed through the alr--the
hhl!e party, except one, who never stopped
rpnnng unuI be got into camp, fought gal
lanlly aod drove oil the MeNcars. After
4 short continuation Of their search, they
found cattle, killed hem, and brought what
beef they could carry into the camp. As
soon as they had laid down their loads.
search was made for the fellow who had
iett his asso lates IN the fight and retreated
luiO (dNV' Ile was luuUu IN MS tent,
brought out before The company, called :"
coward, "a tunanay," etc, ETC., and BY
The COMPANY pronounced to be unf, for
beef hunter"
The poor fellow hung his head, seemed
much mortified, and ior some time very
quietl' listened 10 their denunc,alsons but
At length, slowly ralslng his head, aud with
difficulty Of U,Iemnce SAID" Well, nov.
fellows, did | ever set myself up as a fight.
log man ? did | ever say was a brave
man ? aud did ever see them ere gals IN
town shake their white haudkerchie's ~
/ Inquiry vas made among the whole com.
pany, but no one could be found who ever
heard the reIreatug hero say that he was
a brave man, fighting man, or that he
had seen the ladies shake their white hand
kercme,s. So II vas generally agreed,
that as he had laid no clam to any oil these
merits, he had q right to runaway, aud no
one had right to say any thing about 1t.
Accordingly he was lei of, much 10 his
sauslactlon.-N, q. Della.