Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-06
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Q.een's own"
onsua ID IN the aggregate an enot-
nous nunhy, In anticipation OF the inva.
SION OF tne PROVINCES, the hrst families Of
the Colonies prepared TO resist the savage
kernes by sending delegates Of their own
to meet them on the frontier. These scions
of Canadian gentry were kept aloof from
the vulgar horde Of volunteers. They
were organized into q regiment, which
was called "the Queens Own" They
voted themselves the special knights Of
her Majesty; and every man in the regi-
ment from Colonel down to private, ex-
pected to be knighted after the cruel wal
was over. either by the Queens own hand
or by some proxy for her Majesty. The
future knights arrayed themselves in tho
brightest scarlet that ever shone in coat or
petticoat, even of the Queens OWN. They
put on their radiant flannel, and the ladies
Of Toronto wept with pride as they Piled
their busy needles, preparing the brilliant
garments which were only appropriate as
the Queens Own. Fair hands scraped
lint fair hands slowed away with care,
in each haversack, a package OF Sozodont
for the teeth, and Of Tony Delights LUIS
trial for the hair. Of the Queens Own.
Kid gloves, properly scented, were fur
nished the men, to be used in case il
should be necessary to touch or handle
the ~unmannerly corpses of the Irish ruff
fans tina, were destined to be slaughtered
by the Queens Own. Each rife was
adorned with a favor torn from the water
fail or patent p~alpitaling bosom Of some
admiring lass. Esch neck was encircled
with an amulet of love, deemed all .sufi-
Gent by the gentle donors TO keep Irish
bullets and Irish ssbres from contact with
the persons Of the Queens Own.
When the lightning flashed the intelli-
vence ina, the terrible OfNpI had crossed
,hs Niaorrs and va in nos.es.ion Of Fort
Erie roron,o w,s erci,ed hut Toronto
f.i, s.fs The nrr ,hs, ,hs Fenisns had
cons w:. ou;ctIr tnI,ovsd hv ,hs sssur.
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'ney were viii "n.;s J" III
Sea, lama go" o., .orid
Ia W. Tan;.nS md ,Ss Iin;,sd S,s,es in
heel nn,;I the crack of doom.
Tha onssn.. Own eysn,naIlv ief. for the
from, ;n pni,m,n's newss, s,vle of ,leen.
mo csrs. md reached Ridoeway. Here
me 0nssn's Own nnn.cksd tbe,r hammers,
"a Sssstfss,sd NM ooId hsef 10. IN,
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s.a..W IT, .n.;Si,.,od ,bn h,.r.,ed
80 and ,bon nm,
,bem.elvs. in marching order. They adj.
yanced singing. as becSme men who wer,
the Queens Own. ,ha, noble anthem,
God Save the Queen" They came in
sight of some low bushes, and q Minnie ball
pierced the big drum. Another bulle,
from the same bushes demoralized the
trombone; whereupon the band was or.
derrd TO the rear, and the Queens Own,
thrown into line Of battle. were ordered to
charge. Hardly had they advanced G
dozen steps before they saw a number o.
bloody Fenians, in green shirts. and pan.
falcons Of every variety OF style, coming
towards them. The Colonel Of the Queen
Own called out to his i~ll-mannered, mot.
ley crowd to halt and let the Queens Own
charge them /; but the kernes, not under
standing the English language as spoken
in Canada BY the Queens Own people
did not halt, but ared a volley; whereupor
the Colonel (who, though his name wa,
Hooker, was not of the fighting family,
thought some arrangements had better b
made in the rear for the wounded, ant
went back there for that purpose. Tn.
Queens Own were thus brought face te
lace with a gang Of the "Hirish.' Tit
contrast was q striking one The red.
coats were in the proportion Of three to
one, and each had lust buttoned over Q
hearty breakfast. They were gorgeous in
their array and brilliant in their plumage
On the other side, the Fenians had riser
from , niub,', ,leen on the ground. and hat
tasted no food for "a hours. What was &c
be dones Were these gentlemen to sol
their clothes, and bring themselves to III,
level of the rabble that opposed them
Would it do to tell in after days, in To,
ronto. that they had actually engaged ir
personal ight with men of disreputablt
character, the scum of ciyilizativni Will,
this important matter was occupying Their
attention, the Fenians kept advancing
and firing as they advanced. One Of tht
Queens Own had fallen dead, pierced By
a F,nisn bullet; others were wounded
wbereupon the Queens Own, BY way o
showing how destructive they could hav,
nasn n w d;.nosed. Aired their rides owe,
tho hesds of ,be F.n,.ns. and then re.
,.s.,aJ III. Fsn;sn. followed Tn,
va oo.,. d;S ,hs;r hos, IN making sneed
nn, s.aSa no, sI eonsI 70 tbs lean sne
Sun.rv Fsn;,ns GoIs Hooker led IN,
go; snd Tho oneen'. Own. leayins
tneit oraa aho "ounueu eonaues on ~,
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