Washington telegraph., 1847-12-08
From The N. o. Delta.
NOTES FROM CAPT. TOBIN'S
KNAPSAGK.
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heard from them since. When near Mon.
elova. The Mexicans rose on them. and de.
priyel them el their horses, and most ol
taeir arms; and al last dates they were
vending their way home, lrsh.tandem,
tome leg before the other,) through the
mountains, with guerrilla party on lheir
trail. Ten men--od soldIers--deserled
the Artillery; and a hngler of the Dragons
sloped, they say, with his horse, aud the
aHIIahlc and accomplished daughter Of Don
Jesus Cabasoose, wealthy sort of halt.
nahob or s9uireen of these parts. The
young Lady is said 10 nave carried oiI'a good.
| ly number OF the Dun's douhoun's. Tho
papa is very worthy; he says when the
drOgoon spends the maneY he supposes
he'll send his daughter home, in which
case he (ihe DOM means 10 blaw her up
first aud then take her To his maternal
arms.
We have lately discovered The man that
struck Billy Patterson; II was rascally
af d." II, asVse. oaa 10 saaiar he
other junior, both alealles and hplh ofthe
same name. The old an had nothing 10
do with the business.
On Wednesday week last, yuung lle.
znose sent 10 the blacksmith shop al Bu na
Vista, and invited Raimes one oilhe smiths,
AMI Patterson wheelwrgbt, 10 game
of monte in the evening". tn, Americans
to be bankers. TIN game was played in
a earn1ed By The light oi candIe. The
I Americans were winners. Raiuas was
dealer, and in bis last, last dral. llezoose
struck him on the side Of the head with an
enormous crab apple shilIelagh. whilst Cat.
arina, another Mexican. slunca Patterson
on the crown with an axe. \ iiiw more
blows sent their sous, hope. 10 Heaven;
and the scounlfe's divided tho monsy, AMI
buried The bodies. Tie crab apple club
was found next day, with portion ol
Raimesi hair sticking 10 the blood. THE
ledio the discovery Of the ho1.es, and hr
aboFe facts scis brought Ia lighthy a eam
mlee ui investigation ordered by GrnaraI
Wool. .Ihe committee was composed Of
Mai9r Howard President. an Captains
Ruekct, llapef Napier aud Lieuis. Beu.
ham and Franklin. The mafiefers are
four ol ihem-iu irons, as principals OF
accessories. IIrzaose Is n large. G-r.
w. has swarm To hing them higher thun
llamtn suspended Naflseai N 20 d 1'd
times, when far Esther. 1alah,. daughter.
dung tle "wh.ie Tossing nl her arms,
around the iawny neck OF tho ut0rious Cy.
rus. mud persuaded the Cd qentlemen 10
Turn sheriff anl hang anu irlaW in place
o. inihgf L b.unlef. iu.l skim over tie
testament aud Nafphefsans os,ian, an
sick the sefaFs in Hshl.
HE Miss.siPpans are a grral prnp'r.
Tue ifsi regiment invenfeda Y. aud caught
the Ianeers N il, hut the SECOND bafc made
a much more imp,banl discovery iar whirl
the! mean Ia take oui psiom. Il s ms
less than plan 10 save Uncle sam tie ek
peHsc ol ioraarling any more soldiers O.
Mexico.
7 A!"ung gentleman from Nicl,.hurg ship
ped as a soldier in tue Second, aud per
formed all his duties admirably. Tie was
a 'm'ri, dapp'r liulc fellow, without bair
on h' face, in 'hc shape OF a lnausachr
orwhisscr There vas always a Joke on
bis Tongue AMI a sui,c on his ip. anil thr
msn usually relieved him iiom such hard
work as choPpiug wood etc. a., cheek.
wcnc very sm5o'h-dc was vcry haulso,ne
and biz name was Luke Surrey Bar
ring 'iae, he was the very counterpart Of
Luke Srfe, late Deputy sheriff ol New
Ofleans The BOYS called him Lucy --
Don't tell ocTe about II. or ma,bc they'll
Lucy him. Alter while Luke grew sal
low about the gills. and ki. corporation
waved roinnd as an Alderman's. Luke
was sick bis friends advised Doctor. bot
Luke said Il was a dropsy, a hereditary
complaini-his mo,hrr had Il before him.
lie became very intimate with an old Mex.
ican lag, voircss Of Lncina, and bllloned
bis jacket close up to his throat. The
jacket was pigeon.breaHed. and we found
afterwards thai Luke, by tight squeezing.
had conriycd 10 do what some say ,he On.
nipoicni hms { cant do, viz: make two
mountains without valley between ihom
lie grew sickrr-ibc hag was sent fore.
(lheY call her sage t,mmc, Mexican Tor
foolish woman) ...and Luke soon had liulc
dropsy in his arms. Mother aud baby are
as well as can be expected | dou'i know
whelherlhe boys lad or wench, but
they're going 10 christen him aGcr the Com.
mander.in.ChieG When the Mciicans
heard II, they CALCULATED "lloly Virgin. il
was hard enough TO fight the Americans
when they sen, men against us, bui when
the womrn Gomez aud bring liille soldiers
with them, we must be beaten"
TRAINS here just now like blaz,,. and
half the country is under water. was
oul snipe shooting the other day. and dis
covered an amphibious animal viz: "wol
dies on land and wont live in wafer" II
loundcrcd towards me, through the mud,
bot before reaching me, il lumbled stern
over stomach Into hole Of water "ahou,
sis ieei,' the FIRST thing il did was to curse
some, thea FIRE of both barrels, and after.
wards sing out, "Old fellow is there any
thing in your oanieenl' Alter physicing il
with aqua drdica,e. and scraping the mud