The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-06-02

boys are bothering me, and that will ac-
count for all the scratches and mistakes.
We gave one fellow fifty lashes this NOR.
ming forslealing-he was greaser; and
m going out now To look for another,
who cheated me out of 81. If | catch
him, III break half the bones in his body,
as cerrain as The Lord made small apples.
We have just buried the murdered Vir.
ginians; their names are Peck and Huri.
lf he not much mistaken our people
mean to immediate hecatomb to their
names. A Hecatomb used to he 100 OK.
en-. from Hecatos 1907 and Bous a OK, J
but the modern Ancients, (when beef
grew scarce. J Interpreted il into Hecaios.
(l00.) Tomhos. Il foot. J making aItogeth-
err 25 cattle; thereby whipping the Devil
round the stump aud cheating 'Jove high
laundering out" If the smuke and in
ceuse offs beeves
In this isolated place, I have no news.
and must make up this letter by joke
or Two. Gen. Urea. they say,) is com
ing down on us. and is within me days
march, with 10 900 men; and as the fight
ing must be done from house to house,
1--WE are about 30O,) well have "bloody
polteful" times.
caagh 1t. Coleman. Va. Reg't. in a
beautiful fix, making an unique tableau,
composed ofhmselfau calfand cow,
and little girl. The cow was spanked
by the hind legs, the calf engrossed TWO
tits, (have tits two rs or lhereD The
Lord help me. I'm forgetting how to
spell. Coleman had one and the girl had
The other, and both were milking into one
pot, except the calf, who was milking in
to his own, and Coleman's mustache was
saturated wiIhih milk and looked like
Il fresh Aeak of snow. should have
wished dagnerreotype of the group, ia-
ken by Mr.. Maguire, and for the trouble
oftaking ii, | should willingly have given
him my note, payable 81 days after
convenience. Coleman asked me what
his friends at home would think if they
saw him? Please ask them.
There's "A true joke about Major Ben
McCnlloch: The day after the battle of
Bnema Vista, | went into Snltilln with him,
and stopped at the Great Wesiern's;I was
then Orderly Sergeant of his company,
and had on the frnck coat | wore when
Captain, with the straps however taken
oa. We asked the Great Western fo:
supper; the Major had not ball dress on;
she told me | could have it, but as to the
Major, she kept no home here for team
sler's, although he might eat after the
gentlemen got through | roared and
laughed, and the Major was leaving when
Col. May came in. and invited him To
supper. Master Ben declined, and the
madame asked Col, May who he was.
On learning that it was Major Ben ofthe
Rangers, she run out brought him hack
gave him supper, charged him nothing
opened monte bank aud took SIS of
him. Next morning caught Ben adjust.
ing shawl round her shoulders. Ben's
sly one.
This is perhaps the last time you'll ev-
er hear from me. as Gen. Urea is close
bv according to Mexican accounts; and
ifhe attacks US | shall. as matter OF
course, be in the thick of it, and don't
intend To he made prisoner of, because
I've served so long IN horseback, that it
would he mighty inconvenienl to circum.
perambulte on foot. through all the
country between here and Mexico, and
he displayed like wild beast. instead o.
the quiet bashful christian am.
Yous. G. H. T.
P. S.--The lady says she'll have me
i'll get baptised by priest and become
a Legitimate good Catholic. Idon'i like
the idea of abjuring the triAe of religion
my mother taught me. and ifthe lady per
siSt. III grow desperate. go out and turn
regular Turk. aud then l can marry eve
ry budy, (wot's wiling.) G. H. T.