The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-09-03
The ith of July at SaItillO.
BY CAPTAIN TOXIN,

/ The glorious It'll of July was gloriously
kept up. The day opened with a national
salute, and al O'Clock p. NJ, we sat down
to spread out given at the "Great West
ern's' by Mr.. Speyer, very gentlemanly
and eminent chihuahua merchant and ira
der. Most Of the officers of the army were
| present. The vandS We're very amiablc,
and were speedily washed down with fluids
sufficient to float a seventy four: after which
| the serious business Of the evening cOmmen-
ced.
Gen. Wool proposed-''My gallant com
panions IN arms at Buena VISTA" and left
the room with his Aid, Capt. Chapman.
Mr.. Collins, of Chihuahua, gaye-'.Gen-
erals Taylor and Wool, our veteran COM
mandcrS in the battle of Buena Nista-how
generous and noble the feeling that prompt
ed them each to relinquiSh to the other the
credit, honorand glory of that great victory"
Major Washington gave-"'fhe Presi-
| dent Of the United States" There were
many other t0aSts, complimentary to the
| different arms of the service. The mirth
and fun grew fast and furious"
! Captain Donaldson proposed THE mem
DRY of the brave who fell at Cerro Gordo."
This brought from under Mrs. Bourdette's
mahogany, or may be it was pine. the legs
of Capt. Dcas, of the Artillery, and he said
-"Gentlcmcn, believe Pm the only indi-
vidual in the room who had the luck to be
present on that glorious occasion. and |
| therefore conceive it to be my melancholy
| duty. as was one Of the poor fellows whose
hcalthS you have Just drunk .The devil,
You weren 'Memory, old boy Fine hole
| you made in that roast pigr yes. for
] ,rl,g-, ~ ", L.. ,n
! DRY. it's all the same in the long run: only,
don't interrupt me, or III never get through.
Some of you were kind enough to deliver
/ yourselves in very fatterng terms with re-
/ gard 10 the conduct Of the Artillery at Ger
/ 70 Gurdo. Gentlemen, to give the devil his
due. the Engineer Corpse deserves most of
the credlt-they made the roads for us. aud
we had nothing to do but to march through.
and you know the result; and talking of
that corpse, must speak of foul wrong
done one Of It's most ornamental aud valua-
bic members: mean this gentleman sitting
beside me or, as the French say, d0S-a doc
| Hes picture. amt he. hobnObbing with
! Lieut.. BuloMy and he's so mudCSt-boys.
| look, even at this slight allusion to him. his
countcnance, so lately beaming with intel
! lIgence and champagne. has become SutiuS-
ed with bushes, even TO the tips Of his ros-
I cate. Aurora colorcd whisk ers-don't laugh.
! boyS-hc is victimzed In Gen. Woors
report his gallant bearing is duly noticed ::
the General, no doubt, spelt his name cor
rectly, but the printers. or the printers dew
/ lis. have played the devil with il: they have
called him Lieut.. Renham, boys,
In the despatch, knew man whose loss
Was printed Hrore, although his name was
crosse
There's fame for and he wounded,
too! As the press has wrongcd him, may
be it'll right him. And now, as it's coming
on to rain, boys, I'll just give you-'Thc
Engineers"
This brought ont Lieut.. Bcnham, who're
piled very neatly. in the name of the corps.
and then obSelvcd--"My friend. Of the Ar
tiilcry. riS-d-,iS here Il cote, coie. man 4
well, a rte, then. My friend. say, has
been pleased 10 compliment my countc-
nance; but, il mine beam with intelligence
and champagne, his is lighted up with be-
ncyolcncc and sherry. He has spoken in
very handsome manner of the corpse to
which. ! am proud TO say. am an honor
Eli, old fellow ] that is, boys, You know
mean, TO which have the honor to belong
Like him, must yield part of the credit
of Cerro GOrdo 10 another arm OF the service
the QuartcrmaStcr's-l TO which my friend
here had the pleasure Of belonging at that
timc). That branch furnished the axes.
spades, and grindStOnes, to MAKE the roads (;
and we all know the QuartennaSters do all
the Gr-ing, digging and grinding of the ar
my"
Mr.. Collins, Of the QuartcnnaSter's Dc
partmCnt. being again called on. gave
our Military icGdrmy at West Point
The present war with Mexico has proved
the extent of its usefulness. and abundantly
demonstrated the importance of its future
continuance and support by the General
Government.
Capt. Davis, \. Q. NJ, toast-The Great
UCSGR-waS swallowed as Jonah swal-
lowed the whale. Lieut.. Buford. ofthc Ora
goons. sang: "lhe Hunters of Kentucky -
and Capt. Howard gave: "lhc Jolly little
flea that bit Adam on the back, and set one
half the world kiSSin' on the other halC''
/ What happened afterwards, don't cx-
actly rccollcct, for somehow we began to
get obnubilated. No accident occurred to
mar, &c., except that the church, or o mad
bull, or some othcrpublic animal. ran against
one of the party, aud bunged up his sinister
eye; the dexter one was dcXtcrouS enough
TO keep out of the way; and six or eight of
us woke up next morning, fast asleep on top
of pile of wet grass. which some charta-
bic individual had thrown over us to keen
us from catching cold.