, 1864-07-27
AiIifage1 arit,nne.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 81, 1864.
cAPTAIN sEmmEs, c. 5. 4. n.


Jrsz 10, 1864.
Ont Of Chezbour. hsrbos one clcar
Sunday morning the cavalier
Captain Sem1nes, with hlg cap n-eock.
GaiIy along the rebel came
Under the flag OF tic CrosB Of eh3me:
Knight Of lhc handcuff and bloody lash. :
lie twisted The point OF his red moustache,
And gnore, il Englieh, not over nice,
To sink CUR Yankee ecum In t1ice,
OF burn orr ehip, as The thing might he,
Where thc eyea Of cherbo2rg al should sec.
x, "Hetgh.ho! You aon't fay solm
Scm1nee hns been wolf Of the deep
For 1napy day to harmless sheep;
Sh,ps he ST. scntt Leg es aud 1ooeed and burned -.
AID I'll bis pu1der, botds ard gold
81 ltf, for htE Galrc n1cnd 10 hold
4 little ever prudent Was ue
Fora cavalier Of high degree:
And Raphael semres dnn't sound indeed,
hut ~ the b:ood ia his sisna was bsuc,
Hcieh.hol the Lord doth know
We are but dirt, and our bIoodts so-so.
What will the doughty Captain do,
with bis nria - SIP. his BRUSH crsw,
~ LIE gurpers. aeancd in the "Excesient,"
The ~ Guns big cousin Blake'y sent.
What wil he do with The whole parades
Up 70 the top Of his cllns Grspaud
Lad claulbefed to ece the Sunday snow;
s3oa5 @ 70 ID Psae and On p 3a~aras IT tse Tied spat
Aud right across the bold Captain's Wny
The Kenrssrce stesTed in hes "a, array.
That craft 10 6pliuters before We co.
ssmncs had beard, with bis lip a*cqn.
In Chertcutg, that some northern Churl
Waited the mob e ucgro-beatera. =.
shop.EsepinE. PED pedaans, VULGAR ss kuavea'
a'sdea;h 'swounds 'ods 6odktns i ua, what
then. -.
vii tsey dare to aeht Elth eealsmen.
With which 1ilted st Sulphur springst
Or troop Of Horse ma11uesi q course
oq'1Re 1his sse@ed soe9 % ~ sboW a9TS'
Our hero'a spirits were running low.
And se1nmcs. who followed Ill hat dew,
Followed, .elaaps By come mistake,
e a 5 Is9Fea o9 from
And GET starry ensign }eared above,
Coocd low, nnu the sunshine Of Gods day
Like an open blessing on 1t 1ay;
So NC felt our hiendless ship would fight
Full under the great Dlsposer's sight.
He!eh-hoi tits we1l 10 know
Who .ooks on the deeds done here belon.
ser:mes led the waltz and struck the tune;
Stofs At the sea and 8t The moon =
The sSasnlpg, Tasten cavalier
Scattering around him fsr aid near.
The -avirg Yankees eguandetcd not
Al ounce d powder or ponnd Of shot.
Then ont they bnrat ]lEc the mouths Of hell.
Terrible, hoHib @! how thes tore
The Ala6ama, until the gore .,......,
The dying sroaned and The wounded screamed!
"Hcish-ho!'f eaid Semnies. 4!es's show
TEt Yankees tie heels VIC boast Of q"
Seven ,fnce in that deadly ronnd
q ed the tllps to tne tanuon's sound.
The vuLure, through the Emoae and din,
Saw The eagles circles narrowing in;
And every timc her pivots roased
The fa1a bomb.shclls ca ne straight aboard.
His powder vas wei, bis Britons qusiled:
and In his coprse, like warning hand.
Stretched forth the ing Of his outraged land.
In vain he hofsted his sails to fee;
For each tool he sailcd. biz foe satlc1 three.
Heieh-hoi why here's blowl''
Said 6emnes, Al he hauled bis aag he,Ew.
Well was it for the cavalier
That brother Bull IVES lying near.
The vesrel with hauchty curl
Turned up her nose, and In the whltl
OF the white sea, eteru foremost. tore
AZ II IN scorn Of the crew ehe bore.
Then The thrifty BHson launched bis bost.
TO pick up au.ht that might be adoat.
Ard nnonget other less precious spoil,
F1shed ewordless Semmca from hts watery coil:
s'lisde me! ~ tbs gallant cried IN alright;
N'LOFEF f6e up ffDm Tue 4AuEee'8 s1n4ts
HelEh-ho! shey laid him IoE,
With bit Of sail to hide his voc.
Safely they bore the chief aboard,
Leaving bthlnd his fame and sword:
and then the Ueerhound stale away,
Leet Winslow'e guns might have say;
Landed him In Southampton toEu,
| = here heroes like hipl have had renown,
| E,et since Lawrence, Perry and hull
| TOOK bold Of the horns OF great John Ball.
| Had been WinsloW, I e1y to you,
AZ the eea Ia green, the sEy Is blue,
! Through the Deelbouud I'd have sent shot,
| And Jihn might have liked the thing OF not.
I Hti. h'ho! come coon or elow,
| In the cid VIC ere bound to baye blow.
| What said the Frenchman from his bill
| Alter the cannon shots were sti1l:
! What ssid The Btilon f1om his deck
| Gazing down on the sunGcn wreck:
! Something wae said Of guns Hze rnortafe.
| And something OF smooth ~borcs al close quartert
| hahn atmor furnished a Totd or TWO;
| hut the end Of all Ens both looked blue
| They sighed again o'cr the *'Gfcat Contention"
I Tut nevtr htufed Ut "interyvntlon."
| One Thing they wilhed. which they dared not sa1
| "'u tic h.ilt had but gone thu other Wayi
| TciEh ho! / told you 70!
| ~' fsrr TanEFn