Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-02-14

10 set de people free -..
An massa tink it day OBJ doom,
An we OBJ jubilee.
De Lord dat heap de Red Sea waves
He JUS as strong as den;
He say de word we las night slaves;
To-day de Lords freemen.
De yam will grow, de cotton blow,
Well hab de rice an corn
-F Oh, nebber you fear, if nebber you hear
De Driver blow his horn
Ole massa on he trabbles gone
He leab de land behind
De LORDS bref blow him furder on,
Like corn-shuck in de wind.
We own de hoe, we own de plough,
We own de hands dat hold
We sell de pig, we sell de COW,
But nebber chile be sold.
De yam will grow. de cotton blow;
Well hab de rice and corn;
f. oh, nebber you fear, if nebber you hear
r De driver blow his horn!
We pray de Lord he glib US signs
Dat some day We be fee;
De Norfwind tell it to de pines,
De wild-duck to de sea
We tink it when de church bell ring,
We dream it in de dream
De rice bird mean it when he sing,
De eagle when he scream.
De yam will grow, de cotton blow,
Well hab de rice and corn:
Oh. never you fear, ifnebber you hear
De driver blow his horn
We know de promise nebber fail,
An nebber lie de word
So like de 'postles in de JAIL
We waited for de Lord
AM now he open cherry door,
And trow away de key
He tink we lub him so before,
We lub him better free.
De yam will grow, de cotton blow,
. He'll glib de rice and corn
So nebber you fear, if nebber you hear
De driver blow his horn
The installment of Fremont's Hundred
Days in Missouri contains some account of
the body guard at Springfield, prefaced by
few words on the
ORGANIZATION OF THE BODY GUARD
Among the foreign officers whom the
fame of General Fremont drew around
him was Charles Zagonyi, Hungarian
refugee, but long resident of this eoun-
try, In his boyhood Zagonyi had plunged
into the passionate unavailing struggle
which Hungary made for her liberty He
at once attracted the attention of General
BEN, and was by him placed in command
of picket company Of cavalry. In one of
the desperate engagements of the war,
Zagonyi led charge upon large artillery
force. More than half Of his men were
slain. He was wounded and taken pris-
oner Two years passed before he could
exchange an Austrian dungeon for Amer
lean exile.
4ea General Fremont welcomed Zagonyi
cordially, and authorized him to recruit a
company of horse, to act as body guard. =
Zagouyi was most scrupulous in his selec-
ton but SO ardent was the desire to serve
under the eye and near the person of the
General, that in five days after the lists
were opened. two full companies were en-
listed Soon after whole company, com
posed of the flower of the youth of Kentucky
rendered its services and requested tc
be added to the Guard Zagonyi was still
overwhelmed with applications, and be OBJ
tanned permission to recruit a fourth com
pany. The fourth company, however, die
not 90 with us into the field. The men were
clad in blue jackets trowsers and caps
They were armed with light German saber,
the best that at that time could be pro
cured, and revolvers; besides which th'
first company carried carbines. They
were mounted upon bay horses, carefully
chosen from the government stables. Ia
gonyi had but little time to instruct hi
recruits, but in less than month from
the commencement of the enlistments, th,
Body Guard was well diciplined ant
most efficient corps of cavalry. The officer
were all Americans except three Hollande
and two Hungarians, Zagonyi and Lieuten
ant Maythenyi. who came to the United
States during his boyhood.
Zagcnyi left our camp at s o'clock OF
the evening of the Oath, with abouta hun
dred and and sixty men, the remainder o
the Guard being left at headquarters un
der the command of a non-eommissione(
officer.
In Professor Agassiz's interesting pa
per on "Metbods of Study in Natural His
tory" the second of the series we find thi'
aneedote of an animal known to almost al
country boys:
s.THE HORSE HAIR.
A gentleman from Detroit has had The
kindness to send me one of these long
tbreadlike worms Gordius) found often il
brooks, and called Horse Hairs by the com
mon people When | first receives 1t, II
was eolled up in close roll at the bottom