New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-30
THE KNICkFRROCKER,

THE KNICkERBoCKER.
The April rumber opens with tragco comico BAL
ad the neverto be forgotten exploits OF Capt Jona-
ban Davis who slew some bakers dozen of Cahtor-
Dia banditt with his own hand aud left the field with
wenty eight buletho in his hat and clothes. is
written By Frederick S. Cozzens, who is usually on
BAND when anything awful or funny is going on.
The opening stsnzs shows, comparatively, what man
DER of n an is the redCu,able Captain
All the heroes that ever were born,
Native or foreign, be srded or snorn,
From the days of Homer To Omer Pasha,
Who mauled and maltreated the troops of the Gar
And drove the rowdy Muscovite back,
Fin and Livonian, Pole aud Z Jssack
From gray Ltdoga to green Ukraine
Ard other parts OF the Russian domain,
" it'll an ntnetion exceedingly PLAN,
That they better cut, aid not come again:
All the heroes of olden inc,
Who have iingled alike in arm)r snd rhyme,
Hercules, Hector, Quibtius Cur'ius,
Pompey, ard Pegasus-ridl0g Per-eus,
Brsye B,yard, ano the brave Roland
Men who never fight turned backs on
Charles, the Swede and the Spartan band,
Coriolsnus. and Gene raj Jackson,
Richard the Third and Marcus Brutus,
And others, whose names won't rhyme 70. SUIT us,
Must certainly sink in the din profound,
When Captain Dsviss story gets round
The scere of the hord ARRAY is or,ught before the
minds eye q, plain rs preaching in few graphic
li1es.
Bn.w 20 the land where the sinking sun
Where the course 81 E hoR tbs aay IS dome
Ard The play cor cluje with the fifth act drop
Where. wonderful spectacle band :, band
The oldest ard youngest nations stand
Where yellow Aria, witbered and dry,
Hers Young America sharp snd sorry,
With thumb in his vest, and a qlzzic4l leer
Sing out, old Foeie, come over here!
Know ye the land of mines and vines.
OF moDstrOus turpips md gisns pines
OF moDstrous profits and quick declines,
Ard Rowland and Aspnwslrs steamship lines
Know &c the lar d so TondrouJ fair
Fame has blown Oh his golden ouge,
From Batrery.place 10 Union square,
Over the Park and down Med ,uga;
Hitler and thiiher, and everywhere,
In Every city its name is known;
There is not grizzly Wall street bear
That does not shrink when the blast is blown
There Dives sits On golden throne,
With Lazarus holding bis shield before
Charged with heart OF surlferous stone
And pick.sx and spade on q field of or.
Krow ye the land that looks on Ind
There only you'll zee psci6c sailor,
Its song has been sung by Jenny Lind,
And the words were furnished by Bayard Taylor.
Seward stretches valley there
Seldom frequened by men or women;
Its rocks are hung with the prickly pear,
And the golden balls of the Wild persimmon;
Covered with Tickets, are everywhere;
There S nothing at all in the place - attract US,
Except some grotesqne kinds Of cactus;
GlitteriDg beetles with golden wings
Roy al lizards With golden rings,
And gorgeous species of poisonous snake,
Tha. lets you know when h@ means to battle,
BY giving his tail a rousiDg shake,
To which is attached a muiiled rattle.
The combat soon begins to thicken.
On they come, with thunderous shont
That made The rocky canon ring:
(' Canon in Spanish, means tube or spout
Gorge. or hollow, or some such thing.)
On they come, with thunderous noise
Captain Davis said calmly Boys,
I've been a waiting to see them chaps;"
And v it'll that he examined his pistol caps
Then a long, deep breath he drew,
Put in his cheek tremendous chew
Stripped of his waistcoat and coat, and threw
Them down, and was ready to die or do.
Had Bry snts belligerent Skill
Would MT make this bloody fight
Or Alfred Tenny sons crimson quill,
What thunderrg g, laundering lines 4 write
j d batter, ard hack, and cut. and stab,
And gouge, and throttle, and cure, and jab
I d wade to my ears in Oaths and slaughter,
Pour out blood like brandy and water;
Hit EN- again if they asked for quarter,
And clincb, and wreste, and yell and bite.
But never could WELD carDverous pen
Like either of those intellectual men.
love peaceful, pastoral scene,
With drowsy mountains, and meadows green,
Covered with dalses, grass, and clover,
Notified with DOrset or South down sheep
Better than fields with red turf over,
And men piled up in Waterl, heap.
But notwithstanding. my fate cries out:
I" Put Captain Davis in song and story!
That children hereafter may read about
His deeds in the Rocky Canon foray!"
james Mcdonald. of Alabama,
Fell at the feet Of Doctor Sparks;
Doctor" said lie, " / m as dead as q hammer,
And you have a couple OF bullet marks.
This" he gssped, sis the end Of life."
Yes" said Sparks, 4" tbs nightly solver
Excuse me momept-just bold my knife,
And | II bit that brigsnd with my Colts revolver"
II en- through the valley the contest rang,
Pistols rattle srd carbnes bang;
Horrible, terrible, ffighuul, dire,
Flashed from the vapor the foo. pads fire,
Frequent az when in g suliry night
TwDkles meadow with iosect light;
But deaolier far, as the Doctor found,
When, crack ball through his frontal bone
Laic him fiat CD his back on the hard fought ground,
And lef. Captain Davis to 60 it alone!
We recommend those who wish for an account of
be sequel to read the "pome self, which is as
ood in its kind as the " Bunkum Flag Staff "a
iambe in October - gives pleasant description of
three days tour in The yellow valley of the Con-
eciicut. by Boston contributor. "weehawken
Ianor, 1.-TWO Wise Men Of Gotham " Shekerly, |
be O1fsrd Soldier" belong to the class Of papers
hat make magazines popular. For the latest jokes
( the season, see Editors Table, Samuel
Question
VERY Low WATER IN THE RIVER The water in
be Hudson River between this city and Hu ison, was