Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-06-06
CEEARFfELD NESDAY. JUNE 6. 1866.

E-S.DAY -..: !. JUNE 6. 1865.
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a PEER Iyros 81 s1y--seoaSg egsz GA sJ ss'i
sERyI9Es OF THE knNE0Ntss1AR IRREGCLARs.
Ttez3 Q1z1s5s, ~ pa, Sep. Is. 1885.
I have. Dcen here Tor soDle. moths aloug
with my yotlaE friend Cabrera; and in the ilur-
~ ana bnstle Of war-daily 6p gaprd and in
the batteries for sixteen hours out OF the twen-
ty-four. with severe wounds, and seven musk
es-baIls in my body-it may De imagined th9t
have had little {iine to think about the pub
lication Of my memoirs. Inter qrmg sileatigg-
es-in the midst Of fighting be hanged to wri-
ing as The poet says; and never would have
bothered myself with pen, had rot common
gratitude melted me to throw of a few pages.
The pnblsher and editor of ..The New Month
| ly Magazine little know what services has
been done to mehy that miscellany.
| Along with Oral'S troops, who have Of late
been beieaguering this place, there asayoung
afilesan gentleman, Mr. Toone O'Conner EN-
NETT Fitzgerald sheeny. by name, law stu
dent, and member of Gray's Inn, and what
he called Bay .4h Of Trinity College Dublin.
! Mr.. Sbeeny was with the Quee,l's people not
/ in military capacity, bnt as representative Of
IN English Journal, to wficir, for 4 tri9i8g
weaEly retaJitcrati5a, lie D@@ ia til t.al.i ot
/ rlns'ni.tipg Gec0qpt5 Qfthe mQY4mentsQ Of he
! e4liaer4atsl aGd his oHn 9giajo4 Of the poli-
/ ses Of Spain. ReceiFi9gs f2r tl,is discharge
Hne .propriet9g4toG iaajaara7llia question. lac
lgas enableds as f7Eeel aseagcelY sat, TO Hlaks,
! slc3s a.s.iow in 0raais camp as only 4 Christi
- general oGiaer, OF at the very least a colo
agl Of Re ginleats can afford to beep aap.s 81
/ In the famous sorti w!iItIl wc made upon the
twenty -t4ira, Isvyss of course aiaong the fore
alost 81 the Tssles, and fonhJ tn! seiat, efter h
good deal 5f sf3iie heeri}g (which II would re
al disagreaaJla as useless to q escrbe here, jll
lc eourt of a small .ln oF TodeStas iel lia.l
/ beca ia1de tie hs3dauarfeEs OF several q1ts,li-
/ ite oficerS daring t4e seige. The pesastgQ OF
/ tanal5a5 ot Tue ina had been despatched b5-Iay
! prare chspel-cAuriess VITA his line fligiiiy OF
shillIyn--the officers qpartered IN tbe Podesta
/ had OF -courscsbolled; but-oae man renlaincd,
aR& my fellows We're on the point ofleutting
+ h!nl into ten thoas5nd pieces with their h0fa-
shios. when / arrived in tho ro6rn time enough
4 10 prevent the atssrophe. Seeing beforeine
an in6fvfti,sl in costGlas Of civifin-aei iyiiita
list. lialf-hltt satin ccos5t. 1hroidere5 with
4 b9gterfies and otller Qu4dgupcds, a sretn coat
and brass buttons aud pair Of Llus plaid
4 trousers IrFFogniscd at cyee eopntrynaq,
and interp6sea lp.saycd his life.
+ Ia.ap asqaized trogEq ta2 unhappy young
man was saying all that he,cqaId 70 induce the
| chapel.chuTies TO give up their intention OF
/ slaugIitering him but it is very little likely
that his protsstations uiouid have had any ef-
feet upon them d I'd no5 apfeared in the room,
and sho1ted to Tie rafiafs Is hold' '5ltcir hand.
Seeing general officer b5fore them 4 hare
/ the Eon6r 10 hold that rank in The servica Of
his Catholic Majesty, and moreover one six
/ feet -four in height, ana armed with that terri
/ bic cabst'tl4 s'gord, 50 called, because it is
! five feet long) TAieh is SO well kRowR. among
the Spapis- ag4.csE7s2eiqg, say this iisiire,
the fellows Notwithstanding, s.QlioscssPo d
buccD, ',a3sz5.rosy;' and 20 on, clearly proving
(bg: tc ir words d at they would, if they d&r-
/ ed have iihniolste1 ftfe victim wloTa 1Lh6d
thus rescued from tl1airfiy. F7ililis4' ont
/ cd I, hearing them grumble, 'eaway quit the
apartment y -1a5 man, sulkfly sheatiing his
soInbrero, obaycd, a6d quilted the caliiraafllll.
1t vas then. tbat .nr. Sheeny detailed 70 ne
/ the particulars 70 winch haTe briefly 2dyeTt-
ed; and, intqrlaing me at the SANG time, ta2t
he had family in England who would tesl q
bligesl to me f9r 5s release, and that his most
intimate friend tlle English afllbas sad0r agoud
anove heaven and earth tOsrevenge his fall siIt
4 directed my attention to p6rtmantau passa-
bly, we'll filed, syhich,he hopea1woud satisfy
the eupidity of my troops said, though with
much regres, that must subject his person to
/ search; and hence arose the circumstance
which has called for what fear YOU VIII con
slider somewhat tedious explanation. found
upon Mr.. Sheeny''s person three soxereigns in
English money (Which have to this day )and
,singuarly enough copy of s.The New Month
lv Magazine''a for March, which contained my
article. 1t was a toss-up whether should let
the poor young man be shot or no. but this lit
| tie circumstance saved his life. The gratified
vanity of authorship induced. me to aacept his
portnlanteau and valuables, and to9alle~ the
poor wretch to go free. put the Magazine in
my coat pocket, and left him and the podesta
a..s s. To be Co4tiRpea, -s,, +; .sf+..r
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How do.you get along with your arith-
metic ~ asked a father of his little boy.
sI've ciphered through addition, partition,
subtraction, distractIonJabo nation justiica-
tion .laliucination, darnati6n. amputation, ere
/ alton and adoption He'd do for an engi-