Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-06-06
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9fs77lf-sa lisit! s. of2a4ny sapS Been com
mimi -. q. sr 81 u;,eaog Us woald ever
have been alive oa. OF thei it5ree; but whether
It wss o.sing 70 fright, o. % excessive smoke
caused by SO many pieces Of artillary, arri9s
we did. On the platforms, toe, our work Was
not quite 50 difficult as might be irtagined-
Killing these fellows was Sheer Dutcher-, IS
soon IS re appeared, they ii turned aud TED,
!,el-e.-skeIter, and the reader may judge Of
their Courage BY the fact that out ofabout 100
men killed by as. only forty had wounds in
front, the rest being 6syoneted Is they ran.
And bey yona all ether pieces of goodforhine
was the.eeTy Yestins oat Of the tigres, Which
was tlle 8ey1..sr res5lt = Bpurnonyilie, :hr Sec
ohd conlrnalldaat Of the fort ] lad observed
.his man (eo.!spicuous fer tsj-c0iored scarf
he wore upon er5ry one Of the walls as we
among the i8gitives. lie haa AL me ksyS of
the gates; an5iH bis treraer, as he oFozsi. the
nens eerie portal, left tiio T-fiqis bunch in tie
door, which I seized when tie anirn3ls were
overcome RaHty Gess then opened them one
byione, our troops entered, and the Victorious
standard Of my countryy fosted o. The walls Of
.Anyghur! u 5--.e a-7T ei #rt9 I.H.f
When the general, accompanied by his staff,
entered the last line of foififcstiohsy the brave
old man raised me fsom the dead ,rhinocero5
on-.yhich I was seated, and Issessei mc tc his
breast. Bat the exciteT1t mt ,yIi oli had berne
me through the fatigues and perils of that
fearful day failed all Of q s4ldcn, and .sept
like child upon MS sheall ler.----~-- SEQ af4
Promotion in ohr army, goes uniuckily by
seniority; nor is it in the power Of the general
in-chiefto advance Caesar, Z he finds him ~
the capacity Of a subalte-n: my reward for the
above exploit was, therefore, not very rich--
His cxceHency had favorite horn snufi-box
ffor though exalted in station he was in his
habits most simple: OF this, BAD about quar-
ter of al ounce of mig h-dried Welsh, which he
always took, he made me present, saying, in
front Of the line, ssAccept this, Mr.. Gahagan,
as token of respect from the first, to the
bravest officer in the army ii % aoilalaT ST
Calculating the snuff to be worth a halfpen-
ny, l should say that fourpence was about the
value of this gift; but it has at least this good
effect-it serves to convince, anv person who
doubts my story, that the facts are really true.
I have left at the Office of my publisher, along
with the extract from the Bengal HurAarls and
any BODY may exauliae both s'y applying in tl-e
coanting-house Of Mr.. Cdnninghaln.% : That
once popular xprcssion, OF proyerb, Are yop
mp 10 snuff arose out Of the above circum-
stances for the officers OF my corps, none OF
whom5 except myself, had yeutared on the
Rtorming party, used to twit me about this
modest reward for my iabors. NeYer, smiad
when they want to storm fort .ago;a.I
shall know. better. si!gs sidt ri
Wen, Immediately after the capture Of this
important fortress, Perron. who bad been the
life and soul of seindiah's army, came in 70 US,
vita his family and treasure, and was passed
Sfhe major certainly e5ersa 20 leave az cid
saut-box u Iii, CnRuiag hans oilee bat itseon-
fsined no extract fro4n 6 newspaper aid d0es MOI
ga,'fr pEoye that he killed seTos. Spd stor7ned