The national Republican., 1861-11-25
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.
From the Evening Post.
THE ADvENrURES'Oe THE c. :. A. CtMMlS-
SIDNERS.

SIBNERS.
Ys Jolly Yankee gentlemen who live at home
How little do ye think IL on the dangers of the
The winds and waves. the whales and sharks,
you've heard Of long Sgo,
But there are things much worse than these, as
presently I'll show.
II you're a true.bred Union man, go Joyful
where you please;
Beneath the glorious Stars and Stripes cross
safe thu stormy seas;
But look out for "San Jaointos" that my
catch you on your way,
II you're acting IA Commissioner for the noble
~ G. s. A.
And now you'll guess my subject. and what M
songs about;
But I'd not have put them into rhyme, II they
hadn't hrst put out;
For they put out of Charleston, when the nigh'
Aud then they pnt out ali the lights, tha, the}
might not be n mark;
And then they did put out to sea, Vhoush mere
there seems hitch,
For what could they expect TO see when the
night was black as pitchQ
But they somehow 'scaped the Union ships, arh
hoped on some ins day
To land in Europe and to blow" about the c
"a.
They safely got TO Cuba and landed in Havnun:
Described the power and glory OF New orleH'
Declared that running the blockade was thine
by no means hard,
And boasted Of the viot'ries won by their va
liant Beauresard;
Davis's skill in government could never be sur
passed
The amazing strokes Of genius BY which h"
cash amassed;
Foreign bankers would acknowledge, ere
month had passed away,
That the true fnsnoiai paradise was In the G
g A.
Some days are passed, and pleasantly, upo'
Bermudss isle,
The sun is shining bright and fair, and Mature
The b eeses waved the British Gag that autterc
DER the Trent"
And the rippies rose to lave her sides AS proudly
Mason and Slidell on her deck thought all the
Aud poked each others ribs and laughed u,
they leant against the mast:
Haven't the Yankees just been done ur.
common nicely, eh!
They've got most money, but the brains ar.
in the G. 8. Al"
You have heard the ancient proverb, and, g,
though old, It's very good,
Which hints That it's better not to crow until
you've left the wood;"
And so 1t proved with these two gents for Il
A cannon shot fell spas', across the steamer, :,
bows.
The San Jscinto came up close, and thougn
rather rude, tits true,
Good Wilkes he hailed the Trent and said, I" H.
thank you to heave to;
II you don't give up two rascals, must blow
you right away,
Mason and Sldell they're named, and they e
from the G. 8. A."
The British captain ragged and swore; but til, 1
what could he do?
1t scarcely would be worth his while to h.
blown up he knew;
Wilkes's marines, with bay'nets fixed, were
standing on the g. Trent"
So he gave up the traitors, and DER the side
they went
wilkes, having got them, wished they'd feel
pleasant and at home,
So offered his best cabins if their ladies chus"
to come;
But they shook their heads, and merely smiled
Conjugaiity 8 at a discount down in the c. S. \
They cnolly said unto their lords " Our dresses
all are new;
And though we're very sorry that your plan
are undone,
We mean to pa.s the winter in Paris and ii
london.
Stead Of boihering you, and sharing you
prison beds and letters,
Wen write each mail from Europe the mos
delightful letters;
Tell you Of all we'vo done and seen, at party
ball, or play,
To cheer your hearts, poor martyrs to COttoI
and G. s. A."
So the two vessels parted; the San Jacint
went
To unload her precious cargo, while the cap
tain OF the Trent"
Having lost (probable) douceur which hu
seemed within his grip,
We presume, for consolation, retired and too"
II nip.
The ladies talked Of The affair less with "a tea
than smile
Their lords and masters took their way to Wa
ren's Fort the while;
And gratis lodged and boarded there, they mn
think for many n day
That brains are sometimes northward found a
we'll q in the c. s. A.