Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-02-11
Military Ardor Of the Californians.

The hard-fsted miners of California are ex-
tremely desirious of assisting Uncle Sam in his
operations against the Mormons, and several
volunteer companies have already partially Or
ganized for the purpose of offering their services
to the government. The intelligence of the
burning of the supply trains by the Mormons
created much excitement among the :" roughs,"
and some of them wanted to post right off to
Salt Lake on their own hook In illustration
of this spirit, the San francisco Globe relates
the following laughable incident:
/" Immediately upon the reception of the
news, a tall but rather handsome specimen Of
the far West backwoodsman completely boiled
over with military ardor. He moved about
with restless spirit, making inquiries at every
step concerning the whereabouts Of the proper
persons to apply to for commission. and was
finally informed that Gen. Clark was the man
he was seeking. Fortunately, however, for the
General he could not be found, and our patri-
otto friend was consequently compelled to make
known his business to the first pair of epaulettes
that crossed his path This happened to be
Lieut. -, of the French man-of-war now
in our harbor. He had dressed himself to the
top of his rank, for the purpose of being pre-
sent at little reunion, and was moving quite
majestically along Montgomery street when he
was accosted by the Mormon-killing individual,
with
Kurnel, my names Jinkinks, and Pm death
on Mormons-I am. You kin bet them things
up thar (pointing to the epaulettes) that I'm
one of 'em.'
The officer drew back in amazement He
was for moment puzzled how to act; but his
good sense prevailing, he maintained pleasant
countenance and appeared curious to learn
more. He gave his ear, but said nothing. The
gentleman from Pike, all anxiety, continued:
Come old hoss, don't throw feller off cause
you're dressed in regimentals. You suit me,
you do, and tell you I'm one of EN-"
The French officer politely asked what was
desired of him.
well, Kurnell, resumed our here, all l
want is an affidavit and few muskits to go and
Jake bIlcH utrLel Odlb Ltk6 CrltUeIS. XIII 10
it quicker than a hungry niger kin swaller
slice of fat bacon
By this time the conversation had drawn to-
gether quite crowd. The member from
Pike, however, had the floor on the Mormon
trouble, and was pouring his wrath upon them
thick and fast, when he was interrupted by a
gentleman who informed him in relation to his
mistake with the French officer.
Death and destruction = he exclaimed, { its
just my luck. Uncle Sam is always hard to find
in these Mormon wars. | couldn't find him
when we cleaned em out of Missouri and H.
linois.' Then pulling his cap down tightly over
his eyes, he added, or rather shouted, Never
mind, Kurnel, no harm done, reckon. But
I'm bound to circulate among them Mormons
in this fight as sure as the Jenkins family
lives
Saying which he pushed himself as deeply as
possible into his brogans and walked off.
The French officer enjoyed the jokes as much
as any present, and is doubtless impressed more
than ever with the truth of our remark, that
ours is a great people IN time Of ,car.