Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-02-08

proportions, anu comprenehsiFe ioye OF
country, that he would tender himself 10 the
Governor of the Commonwealth, as a whole
company, officers, privaies and all, Of
which ae was Captain No. |, Of Company
No. o.
fancy can now see the gentleman
standing on the summit Of some mighty
mountain in Cambria, robed cap-a-ple in
the soldiers garb, swelling with patriotic
indignation, at the boldness of Mexican
braggadocia, his face rosy as summers
pepper, and suffused with a compound of
tears and other mucilaginous Liquids, bid
ding rapid adieu TO the cliffs and quag-
lnires, the toads, frogs and snakes, OF his
own, bis darling Cambsie. Behold him
tearing himself from the scenes of his child
! hood aud marching with hurried steps to the
feld of slaughter. Company No. 2, COM
manded by Captain No. l, is now in the
plains of Mexico. "his hears Is in the fray
and eager for the fight" The music Of the
fife and drum are lost in the hoarse thuD-
der of the cannon's roar, the beams Of heav-
en- are partially obseured by the dust and
smoke of battle, when the gallant Captain
No. l, ofCompany No. .. is seen emerged
from the shantee or ehapparel.
Around his head he wears wrath of
shamrock, over his back is spanned coat
| of scarlet, significant Of lis murderous iu-
tentions, his breeches woven to the leg, as
though the flesh had been melted and run
into them, on either shoulder floats mack
erel, in his left hand he carries briek-bat
and in his right, fourlshes the mighty shil-
laleh. Thus armed and equipped, strad-
died upon mule, gnrgeously caparisOned,
he enters the arens and looks fercely
forth for the mighty Santa Anna him
self.
"Hsads up, Captain 10. /, ettinfiOp
Conpany No. 2, count Of in sectioas Of
four, and narct at wtailiag disfanes for
.sertsen. BsAouid TINT tubberty spqlpeen
Santa .9nna and FOLLOW YOUR GISRAL,'
and darting for his rival, Ikea true khieh,
Of the olden, time. be strikes the shield Of
the mighty chief. The astonished blow
ers Of the Mexican General recoilA at the
fearless courage Of the stranger soldier
..Git out Of ny rood, .Nisther Santq .4nna
or RI be the dith Of ye,,' shouts Captain No.
|, of Company ,. .'Sir I'm the dpcindeat
Of Teddy O'Toole. / wos Lorne in tie town
Of Limmerick, IN the county Of Tipperary,
| am the representative iom Cambria county
and The right arm Of the Dimicrafic parry
Of Pennsylvania. Ivs tarnpilIed tAous-
and miles 10 see goa, and Jy the undfcaysd
shsas Of 81. Patrick and the stratpbswy bps
Of Kate Killarney, but III be the ditA Of
ye,' and suiting the action to the word, he
rushed headlong against his antagonist
1t was asfearful and might yattack. 1t
combined the enthusiasts energyof Fall
staff, the serene judgment of Quixotte, and
the skill and strategy of an animated, liv-
ing blood and bones, Jack O,Clubs. Sir
it was irresistible, it staggered the plu,ned
warriors of the South, and hoth riders fell
to the earth. 1t was dreadful and most
intensely exciting moment.
The palfrey of the gentleman was seen
darting across the plain, bis darling shill a.
leh was flying through the air, like the
stick of a rocket, and last, though not least,
the unmen ntionables of the gallant, though
unfortunate Captain No, /, of Company No.
2, were rent asunder, and like Cardi-
nal Wolsey, be was left "naked with his
enemies"
Sir, misfortune commands our pity and
respect, aud We here drop the curtain
mentioning, however, that the latest ae-
counts from tie seat of war, represent the
Captain as being totally bewildered, and
running to and fro, like the sffrighted sons
of Jerusalem, and e1elaiming in imitation
of the duke of York, at the battle of Bos-
worth, ga horse, horse, my !aurets, Vy
military laurels for horse, but if you're
got no horse, I'll swop 'cm for MY Jack
.9ss.'
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