American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-10-27


rifles. &e., proceeded homewsrd and now
parade their prizes 10 The windows of bar
her shops, or in the showcases of tobsc-
conislu, labelled; "A rife t,keu by the In.
dependent Greys Of Baltimore. from the
insurgents at Harper's Ferry" and 10! they
did nut SO much as see a living specimen
Of ihe dreadful company. ! g,~
I So much for vslor and 90 much for
Buncoulbe. Doubtless all these two thon-
sand and upward Of people will reeoun:
these meritorious deeds oftheiis 10 pos,
terity and these rides. pixies and bultops
from the pants Of the insurgent forces, will
descend to ages yet unborn. as relics Of
something wonderful. Let them he weV-
er. cancel the puns of Gov. Wise. the
sheep pen allusiOn. and the answers Of old
Brown in the midst Of his, enemiea. sbeiOFs
they become too loud in their boasts.
This TecOuats the whole affair, emitting
the false alarms. the Buncombe. speeches
OF Colonels and Captains beyond mum
ber. who each elaine d the day as his own
a specimen Of which is given in the course
of CoptdiS Phillips. dancing master Of
Baltimore, who acted. when all asserene,
If he did not say: tvsi 'v a''ae
sMy soalsIn arms and eager for the fray! |"
A WAuKIEa ARSESAL.--SAndv Hook
was attacked. so Jesse Moore said and so
said the man who came seated behind him
on his horse. A company was soon raised
and Capt. PowAs loud in his denunciation
oi the writer that he would not accept a
musket. (Which by-lhs way weighed a
liltls more than the man he had pitched
upon 10 bear it) to bear him to the fight.
Himself was like the lrishman. W ho in the
midst OF GapoIeonic battle sat in bis tent
writing Alstter with a brace Of pistols in
each hand. aud a sword in the other" He
was walking arsenal. He had two horse
pistols stuck in belt, dragoon sword at
his side. q bayonet 10 the left side, rifle
in his hand with sword a'taeiied, and a
musket for som ,body in IlIe other. Mag
nanimous he that did not want the old
muskel! lie beaded his force and pro.
ceeded 20 drill il. and for IhrIe hours kept
them at exercise; saw the Marines come
back eufsing The fears OF the men that gave
them the long walk for nothing, took a
drink Of whiskey and wentto bed. ha
"B's TEIBULATIoEs." But some med.
dlers have been busy with the "B," aud
ascribiDR to gentleman ofaithe 'press
gang" who was far away from the scene
OF action those dangers that,l atone pass,
ed through. j do not lie TO spoiLa good
story that / have read. butreslly the gems
tlemen referred 10. did nothing TO outrage
the feelings Of the Virginiabs. lie did
not even so much as invade the soil OF
Virginia, nor did he come near the benefit
to be derived from''a prospect Of nature
through he mpen camera" People should
not write trash, and jonrnalists about the
seat Of government ought to be more truth
ful. an t = " 't't
But 10 quiet the anxiety Of any friends
who knew OF my whereabouts. | " III state
Just here that the whole nlFair Of the
arrest turns out 10 be very much after the
order Of milk aud wster, for those having
control OF the m,tler had no desire 10 hurt
so harmless sn Individual hs your CORES.
ponden,. l will however relate that expe-
rienee. ofcourse Wien started to this
place got ofSas quickly as possible, and
doubtless. when l arrived. after travelling
in the dusty ways for twenty-six hours. /
looked fit for allibuster. My unwasiled
face and uncombed hair, added 10 the fact
that came in the direction ofa suspected
region, caused some Of those valiant
watchers Of the night to advise me to go
to bed II was good advice, OF which in
shortti time ] availed myself; but not be.
fore l had noticed the perpetrattn Of one
Of the most brutal hutcheries upon record.
This wasthe shooting ofa wounded man
and throwing Of his b,]y through the
railroad bridge INTO the Potomac. True
he was In rebeIlion-butaS a prisoner there
was law for him as we'll az for his CO.
conspiraiors who are now in Jail. "'
Well. | went 10 bed and slept soundiy,
after couversing with an unkno IN bed
fellow for respectable time. upon the
troubles around tho house. but \ sublime
consc iousness that had done these wa
ksDed people no wrong, prevented any
disturbance o!my rest. u,5t 5n
Next morning | got up and went out in
search Of news. / found that was some>
thing like Cook in appearance. and ! learn
that many Of the slain men wore light
moustaches. sported light hair. and were
small OF stature. Well, I bad nothing to
do with the manufacture Of those parts Of
myself anu could not avoid the coincidence
so took no notice Of II. l found items
plenty. aud soon my book was nigh full
when Ihappened on volunteer corps, be.
ing armed aud equipped for the moan
tains. I innotenlly enough asked a mem
her Of the corps how many men were en-
listed IN the service, and who was Captain.
II give the conversations: si,ti
Reporter: Well, Captain, (every man
has = title in lhess parts) bow many men
90 IN your COMPANY?
ValiaulWsrriOr (indignantly:) Who are
you sirH
Reporter (mildly:) Only a newspaper
reporter. sir. Who Is your Captaini
Valiant Warrior (bOldly) You will
know that soon enough. Where do you
come from? s.a. t, 1arf
Reporter (trying 10 be bold. West.
valiant Warrior; How Ear WestY
lieporler: wAxieg wrathyl Ohlboih.
eri what's that 10 dowith IL? Who's cap
tain Of your company lam asking ques.
lions. not answering them .5}Rfim
valiant Warrior: How do know who
you are and what right have you TO eek