Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-08-08
New ORLEANS. Sept. %. l847.

| Mr.. Printer: AS have just got here and amt
never told the folks bout what I've out In tie
Mexikin country I'll begin at ons afore they charge
me with keepin back somethin from the public
! I'm Mississippi backwOodsnan, and soger
long in Kernel Davis Regiment. an helpt to ite
at Monterey an Bony Vista. Thar's whar [ seed
! the elephant what I'm going to tell abOut-nOt the
live elephant stuffed with straw but the rae Mexi-
kin elephant horns an all
You see, all at Bony Vista, long with a
hole heap of yether sodgers. Thar war Gineral
Taylor rdin' roun' talkin to the officers an;
| lOokn sort O. serious like God bless the old Gin
erals countenance-I knowd somethin COM
in for he kept goin' bout from regiment to
the yether, lookn kinder anxious. Presently seed
him maxim a Decline for Kernal. Says he
Kernel Davis, how is your men is they all fit for
sarvice kin you depind on 'em shortly q
| WHY" says our Kernal ''what's left on 'em
kin my will fife; that's what they kun here
for Look at EN-: they're all ready for it rite now.
:; Wcl' saws the general, Il think the MISSISSIPPI
pi boys kin be depinded on" says he turnin
round to us-we was all out an in arms-and
declar to you O bilin all over and to see the
General a lookin rite at incouragnly -it made
me feel jist like my dog Boss does, when he's
ter bar an me hssin' him on, an he a smel1in'
an yepin' if the solid yearth couldn't hold him.
AFTER the General went away, kernal Davis says,
says he, MY men, want you to do somethin for
Mississippi to-day, and specs it out of you Obey
my orders and follow me, an no repudiation"
/ We all hurrahd. an said we'd do it burst
Hardly had We done hoern', afore we hearn EN- a
firm.
"Forward march !" said our Kerna and off We
went twill into line with the yethers.-
Thar was the Mexikins firm at us, an fyn,
fust one way another, an then the yether way an
making more noise an smoke and beatin more
drums, with few colors than you ever hearn
tell of. began to think, then that had seen the
elephant, and so had, but hadn't seen him cl0h
We KEEP firm conference.-the, an SWARM, for
some time, twill all of sudden Kernal Davis sung
out, Heads of columns to the rite quick march -
an off we started rale dog-trot, twill we come
to smuthe place bout quarter OF a mile OFT and
thar we halted an let drive at parcel EN-
G mounted on mustangs, and powerful sight they
was must ha' been thOusan' more. We sorter
know d somthin was comm unusual, cause they
manuvered bout Thar sot kernal as il
nOthin' yearth allied him, while the bullits and
cannon balls flynn round him thick, that
you couldn't tell which way to dodge. Suddenly
s says he Now's the time for you all to show your
selves men'-an he hollered out hole heap Of or
ders. an the first thing know'd all a stand
e in like par of kumpusses stretched wide open.
d hearn somethn' comm like thunder. an looked up
. and thar KUN the Mexkns like parcel of wild In
iuns, rite strate at The kernal says he = StanC
y firm, boys-not woodland mind what sayE'-
The Mexikins sorter stopped little when they seet
e our kompuss, for they naturally knowd we'd kom
# pass 'em-down they tho, in twinkle they
Il was into U.S. just kernal sung out, 9 Fire
=" boys, and your knives on !" You amt never
seen bar fte, is you Well. bar ftn amt begur
TO Cetcn lSG let one on en- nave Ine lnSlue 0
y, my gun, which thrOwd him for good and | pickeC
. out fat fellow close BY an if didn't cut the stuff
+ fin clean out of him, wouldn't tell you Scl
= cussin an ponitataroin' you never hearn. Well, /
T. didn't last long we'd ha rid the yearth OF th
j whole on EN-. No, no, they otf--them Wha
could ride--an' the yethers the emigos us
altho I'll tell you that did sorter feel one of en
n with my bowie knife when he said g0S to me; for
. you see, amt wantin' SIGH friends an thot nlayb
he mOut fool me. In course had some more tit
T in, but what I've list told bout was the genwnt
r elephant, jist as sure as my name is RUFF SAM.
~ n. 0. Delta.
City Police, July 2l-A Cclored Bioomer.
Mary Jane Hallam bold faced mullatto girl
was found by of the police officers yesterday at
ternOon, walking with great composure along LON
bard street, in dress which attracted thrOng
" anxious spectators. Mary had gown las brie
Is as womans love-" which, in answer to the officer
interrogatiOns, she declared to be the style
and so it probably, far the gown itself wa
~ concerned. But very essential part Of the Bloom
=, er garniture namely the pantalettes, had bee
omitted. AS the gown reached but little beoY
- the knee, and Marys hose of that species com
monty called socks, which cover little more than tn
ankle pair of coal black calves rather osten
l. aousy offered to the admirng gaze of the public
r. However, portion of the crowd which followed ha
not taste enough to appreciate the symmetrical ele
- gance of Miss Mary'S lower eXtremties and CRY
derison disapprobation raised, at which Mis-
Nlarys feminine dellcacy very much shocked
Il She turned around and began to expcstulate wit
her noisy prosecutors, endeayorng to make their OF
# fuse ntellecs comprehend that live in age
reform and developement, and that she was only
T. pioneer in that march Of female progress whic
10 would soon become universal ''You needn't ye
- out at that way said she; {: for this kind
dress is a-gwne to be all the fashion amongst tn
prime quality" Some suggested that the ne,
style of costume required pair of pants to make
II complete to which Mary made answer to the efec
IS that married ladies only would equip themselve
S with that garment and that the virgins by disper
sing with it, would give expressive sign that the
l. were still in the matrimonial market. The crow
n and abusive by word and action, that the officer wa
T. obliged to interfere but before he could tn
u young lady from the hands of her tormentors he
e Bloomer gown, by much pulling and tearing was re
u duced almost to the dimensions of round a. bou
- jacket She reprimanded severely by the May
IS or, and admonshed to return to old STYLE till th
advance of science and general intelligence woul
permit her to make the desired change with cred
n and safety. Pennsyvanian.
Il jury In Jersey.
e Our neghbors on the other side of the river seer
e to entertain curious notions respecting the die
= nifty Of judicial proceedings and the Importance
that admirable contrivance Of King Alfred, the tria
y by jury. While the city Court of Camden was i
session, few days ago, case of assault and bate
ry submitted to jury of twelve competent cit
zens who retired to their in the third story
that extraordinary piece of architecture which, i
s Camden, is called the Court House" Not bein
able to agree on their verdict the Jury proceeded