Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-12-17
SIEGE OF MONTEREY.
ORIGINALITY OLD DAN EMIT.

Upon de 'Hio bluff, dar's whar used to lib,
A short account OBJ sogerin, I'm now groine to
glib
On dc Mississippi rbbcr in de State oh Alabam,
listed in de army far to sarye my Uncle Sam.
CHoRUs-
Den list an go to Texico an show UNI how to
fight,
De Yankee boys dc goes ahead for eb'ryting
OATS right.
Ebry mornin early dey took me out to drill,
Berry soon dey larnt me how de Mexicans 10 kill
Tbe an 1ngin rubber gun wild double breasted
trigger,
l nebber seen Mexican could fight like niggar
Old Taylor am de greatest man dat cher dey did
see,
Dey say him Rough an Ready from de elbow
to de knee;
De order come from Washington dat must e
wild him,
Bekase he want dis nggers mouth to stow de pri.
soners in.
Way down in Mexico where chapperal does grow
Dey're raising OBJ row dar, Tde hab for you tc
De Mexicans upon de grour, tink dey'd better
scoot,
Or send for dis old niger for settle de dispute.
ribbed at Matamoras it was early in de morn,
Ue sojers sed | come in time jis to git horn;
But when start for Monterey de Mexicans deg
run.
Dey saw de banjo stickin out-dey tink do deb
| bic come.
Twas on sorter kinder windy, rainy, cloud,
| day,
| We ribbed wild de army ut de town oh Monterey
Worth he march aroun dc town-de Mexicans t
bodder,
While Taylor he fotch up de rear, to 'sarve den
out deyre fodder
Ampudia sed VIC had nc right to come an took d
soil,
IN tried to 'suadc old Taylor it did not agree wi
'Hoyle;'
But wild dat sort OBJ taukin Gen. Taylor soon &C
sick,
Bekasc he don't bcleab in Hoyle-,cidouthe TAXI
de hick.
De 'Mericans upon de groun, Ampudia sed wa
'f1u,'
'Oh hush p SGD Rough ar Rcady-dat tale WI
nebber do;
Attic you hab got ten to one, dc Yankees mel
her quail,
;. An if YOU does mt left de town, I'll ride yc on
rail
/ Ampuda he got mad an old Taylor he did gr
SEE he III bet lick yc bad before yc does bcgir
When dey look roun for dcyre heads-dey foul
um both missin,
For 'Pudia bite of Taylor's-an Taylor swaller
hissIn.
De cannon gin to roar and de banjo gin to SCUM
brace my back agin tree-my heel stuck in
ground;
I wasted all my powder-den shoot de old ba
: 10,
You orter seen dis niggar when he charged
ranchcro.
Ampuda's curage gin to fail, so he 'jrawed
his horn,'
corn
kec Doodle,
Den played upon dc banjo-Hail CoIumby on
bugle.
CHEESE VS.. CANNON S1IoT.-The grea
est ammunition that we have heard Of lat
ly, was used by the celebrated Com. Co
Of the Montevidian navy, who, in an Ell
+ gagement with Admiral Brown of the Blu
nos Ayrean service, fred every shot fro
his lockers.
'What shall we do, sir ? asked his fir
t Lieutenant; we've not a single shot
5 board round, grape, canister and doubl
headed, are all gone
, Powder gone, ell 2 asked Coe.
mo. sir; got lots of that yet
c I'VE had darn'd hard cheesc-a rour
, Dutch one, for desert at dinner to-day, {
:. you remember it ? said Coe.
S i ought to; broke the carving-kn
: il trying to cut it, SIR
! Are there any more aboard 2
about two dozen we took 'em fro
i a droger.'
t will they 60 into the Is Founders ?
. by thunder, Commodore, but that
e the idea. I'll try EN- cried the first In
+ And in few minutes the fire of the 0
c Santa Maria, Goes ship which h
,, ceased entirely, was re-opencd, and Adm
S raj Brown found more shot flying over
head. Directly one Of them struck |
;, ;, mainmast, and as it did so, shattered a
$ flew in every direction.
S What the devil is that which the Ell
my is fringe asked Brown, but nobo'
z could tell.
r. Directly another one came in through
d port and killed two men who were stan
e ing near him; aud then striking the opT
, site bulwarks, burst into flinders.
:, BY Jove, this is too much this is sor
l. new tangled paixhan or other don't Ii
d 'em at all 2 cried Brown, and then
" four or five more of them came slap throu
r his sails, he gave the order TO fill ava
e and actually backed out of the fight,
n n ceiving parting broadside of Dutch cht
- ses.
& This is an actual fact, our informant "
the first lieutenant of Goes ship.
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