The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-07-13
The Fortunes 81 ! Volunteer

speed. He hailed him and enquired what was the
news, and in return was told that the battles Of
Palo Alto rand Resaca de Ia Palma had beelnfought
and Won The oxen were quietly chewing their
cuds, and hefurrow was but half finished when
our hero resolved that he too would do something
Tor his country Poetry and realityare very much
iike vinegar and oil and will NOT readily combine,
and we must therefore state that the young Ken
tuckian instead Of calling out his vassals and lead,
ing them casque on head and spear in hand over
the draw-brdge that crossed the moat near his
castle walls, he very coolly uyoked his cattle.
drove them up TO the barnyard and told his daddy
that he g was off. lie said that he was going 70
Mexico for he was determined that one Of tile
family at least should get glimpse of the Halls of
the Montezumas. The old man took down rife
from pair of hooks that were fastened in the wall
and said to him, Harry, shouldered that at the
river Raisin-coms back with it, don't care how
rusty, but don't finch fire Here, wife give me
the stocking" The mother Of the young man, who
had overheard the conversation, came slowly for
ward and with tears in her eyes, put the hard
earned savings of the season into her husband
hands Harry, . said the old man, there's $50,
go and list my boy take the old white mare and
spur her up Till you GIT a steamer jump aboard
and never stop till you git to Ne,s Orleans then
land yourself on another vessel and steer away for
Mexico = give the yaller felers pills from.the iron
mouth of that old rifle, but above all things Harry
come home like man and not like a dog. or I'll
give you the 49, whaling that you ever caught
in your life" The young man knew his fathers
temper, and whilst the crystal tears coursed down
his sun-burnt cheeks, he grasped his aged parents
hand, and that unmistakeabe, unspoken, but true
thrill of affection passed through the hearts Of
BOTH 1t was sadder still to part with the mother.
even though when yet a girl she had made her
home in the g Dark and Bloody Ground, Ken
lucky She did not weep, but there was mois-
ture in her eye, and palor on her brow, that told
that the fountains of the deep affection in her
bosom were well nigh broken up. il moment more
and she had parted with her only so1--perhaps
forever! Rife in hand and saddle- bags upon his
arm, Harry jumped on the old mare and darted off
as swiftly as her aged hoofs would carry him 10 the
first steamboat landing on the river. In less than
week he was in New Orleans and an hour after
wards enrolled himselfa member Of Co. G..
Volunteers. The next day he embarked for the
Brazos, and as may well be expected, suffered con-
| siderabIy from rain, sun and sand. Orders were
given to march, and march they did until they came
to Matamoros, when they embarked on board the
g Hatchee Eagle," Captain Stevens commanding,
bound up the river for Canlargo. After weary
passage Of three days upon that beautiful river
called the Rio Grande which, by-thesbye, is so
crooked, that man who is looking from the bow
of the boat has around and fix his gaze upon
the sern-post, and then is at loss to know which
way he is travelling. II was early in the morning
the dense chaparra that skrted tie banks Of the
river yelled the scene beyond from the anxious
gaze of the traveller Cen Lamar, Col. Whiting,
| Col. BelEnap, and others, were standing upon the
upper deck 1t was indeed beautiful prospect.
The aamingoes, with their crimson plumage were
to be seen upon almost every little sel and the tall
cranes, like many white-legged ghosts, strutted
up and down the shore. Occasionally one might
see a Mexican maid descend to the rivers bank to
fill her earthenware jar with water, and then run
| away as though the "deiI was after her" All
were gazing upon the novelties with which they
were surrounded, wfensuddenly in turning bend,
the pilot pointed to a boat on the larboaFd A grey
haired officer stated that he thought that the boat
| was blown up and his opinion too true. The
steamboat rapidly approached the scene of the dis
aster, and in few moments an awful picture was
presented The Enterprise had bursfed her
boilers and wreck from stem to stern a
| hundred wounded creatures were bowling and
writing, like so many maniacs, upon the deck and
| in the chaparral. Amongst them was young man
who, by the falling of piece Of timber, had broken
! his arm Our Kentucky friend was the first to step
upon the wreck, and taking the wounded man in
his arms he brought him on board the steamboat
and nursed him as tenderly as he would have nursed
child, until they reached Reynosa. The man
who was wounded said he was very grateful and
would never forget the kindness Of the young voln
teer. Well, time passed on, and a series Of vieto-
ries that appeared like star after star in the crimson
armament of war, showed in the distance the hori
zon of peace. Harry fought from Montereyto the
City of Mexico, and it was only the other day that
he returned to New Orleans with the opinion that
he had seen sufficient of war to rest Hpon his
! for spell He had forgotten the I" Enterprise
and the stranger that he had generously attended
to. On Saturday last, whilst walking down Royal
street, Harry was hailed by person whose features
he thought he recognized. When the meeting took
place. he found out that the stranger who bad ac-
costed him was the same individual thai he had
nursed on the banks the Rio Grande. "a change
bad taken place in the fortunes of both, but the
gratitude Of the one was not forgotten Tie
stranger welcomed his humble friend with all the
warmth Of noble heart and invited him to his re-
| sidence Here he introduced him to his cousin a
beautiful young lady of about eighteen years Of age
1t didn't take long for Harry to ingradate himself
into the damsePs affections-fhey rapidly SKINNED
over the surface Of ifemhl they came % matri
mony, and in that bssful stream mutually resolved
to sink or swim. A noble steamboat went away
on Tuesday evening last, and Harry and his
betrothed were on board. The lady brings the
poor volunteer $4,000 in her own right and he
brings her manly form, an honest heart, and an
unblemished character.
A Rich CARGO OF CoPPER FROM LAKE SUPE
RIoR The propeller Goliath. Capt. Palmer, left
here on Tuesday with two hundred and sixiv-uhe
tons of copper in barrels and mass from the Cliff
Nine Of the Pttsburg and Boston Company, aud
consigned to ID. Keener, Esq, ofthe Baltimore and
from 800 to 5000 lbs.-many Of which were entire
y Of pure copper, without particle Of rock at