New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-04
to the book is founded upon certain incidents oi '"9
war whereof the preface assures us that MI hN'""


Or make de red cock crow .
Th;o NJ course WAS n dreadful situation for the
lrstv captain of Shennans Bummers lie Vlidy
shmiled. and dem he madly shvore;' ana lheh no
fell into gious discussion with Won Stessehhe'
:. n.ho had theories of Gott." and who urged the
Breitmann to 20 with him to a certain church,
Colt only knows vot dngs you might
Rick COP, Oopon de way.
BEFORE an answer could be given TO this request
contraband revealed the great truth that in that tab
ernacle were hidden twenty barrels Of whisky
Breitmann set out upon his pilgrimage at once.
"wOhl auf. mine pully cafahers,
Ven ride Ia shOOrsh to-day
Each man ash hasn't cot a horse
MOost shteal Won, rite afay
Dcro's a raw, green corps from Michigan,
Nit horses on de loose;
You men ash wants some h0ofir0nS,
Look out uud Grip DER shOesF
We cannot spare the space for history OF the eApe
dition. 1t is enough TO say that while some OF the
company were getting out the whisky and others III
dulging their high-art warnings with organ-playle
and song 80,
beethoven und Mehu
Nit chOrals of Sebastian Bach,
soophme and peaudilul'-
the Rebels came down upon them and there was o
terrible fight full of crate shplendors OF de tread
full" and the enemy at last was driven away III tile
shirt of the Colorado bravo who mourned that he
COulu never 20 10 DtHNCi "'IhO"s 'N'''s
Kill man. Mr.. Leland asks
o Why moest fOrefer
PeStain mine page init goref
Rut IN tbe description of the death and burial! Of
Stossenhem. with which the ballad closes, there Is
many a touch of that genuine pathOs which Is SO
commonly associated with genuine humor.
OF fun, strictly speaking there is more in the next
poem than in the one we have just reviewed III If
narrative of The First Edition of Bretmann, show
ing How and Why it was that 1T mover Appeared
This story is substantially true one. The thousand
friends of Mr. Leland had long laughed over the
Brcitmanns Barty." before the world at large was
taken into his confidence and one of these friends
Mr. Charles Aston Bristol undertook some years ago
to have little volume of the poems privately printed
in Charleston German and Yankee type-setters got
into quarrel over some of the and the trouble
eliminated in a general fight among the printers, IN
which forms were demolished and the copy scattered
TO the winds That is the history OF the first edition.
which never appeared. HE battle was preceded by
prophetic vision which is told as a preface to the
story. As Brcitmann,-whose adventures
Ish all described so trnly
In dis tOre-lylng book
lay sleeping on his bed golden pigeon appeared TO
him with a warning that if he
should brint dc songs
Or oder dluCs OF BroitHann
Which 10 dem on belongs.
the book would De nlls-GtDOlh III pd''c' pu' NV
gallant captain was not be deferred and proceeded
to argue the point with his visitor, whereupon sud
denly,
which is very improper of cOurse,-but what an eX-
preston TO put into the month of o pigeon Well,
the prophesy came true. 1t was over the famous
story of the "Barty" that the fight began in the
Office where Carl Benson had resolved
Dat &c ballads Of der Breitmann
Should papcfcd pc una mixed,
and il was Yankee who struck the first blow
nit dc slootIn-shtick
NhercmIt he sctiIn type
Dis reused Pet weiser der Pfaelzcr.
Who quick 10 act und dlIk
He held IN hand roller
Und he dakc his broof py sltrihn
Der Mencan top Of his hct,
IND make sOOsh "a impression
Dat he left de- weller Tor deaf
we shall not follow the tide of battle ne it swept
over the room, but hoIc are a few episodes Of the
fray:
Dead.palc became dat S0udcrn brave.
lie tidn't 70 mOosh AZ yell;
Boot ne drop right onto de Yorker,
Und init Won tick bust his shell
Den out he flashed his pig stiCacr,
Und nit looks Of drementous gloom,
EOOsncd wildly into de pdtue
Bat vas ragn round dc room.
DE Yankee slilog de Proof Sheet
SO0sch an awiOol smack on lie face.
DIT he skceH righ oop IKE p0o',ku
JHta sense Ot his tSgr0c,.
Boot DcutsChCr boosted an iukkCg
On dop Of de odcr's hair,
II Wy trOO de air Ike a cOomshcll-lonn-
Mine Cots !-NOt sighdt vas deIc!
Den ofcr all &c SHAPED
NioTce ragin loose;
Fool many vightcn brnter
Got well ge-cOOked MS goose;
Pool many an nose nit listen
ween vas paddy scrouRcd;
Fool many an eye pught-elcaIDin
Vas plOOdy ont gegOuged.
"A Gypsy Ballad" will undoubtedly be appreciated
"py de enlightened poopic who are familiar nit
dis beautiful languashe witch is now so shenerally
fashionabel in literary und shpordn circles :" but for
the benefit Of the ignorant there is a translation into
the dialect generally used by the Breitmann. There
is also romantic legendary poem, "Stcnl Won
Slang and there are two short pieces. one being a
few stanzas Of advice To Friend Studying Ger
man." and the other Love Song" from which We
select the following lines:
Her heafeny foice It drn me 50,
IL really seems 20 hoOIt;
She ish de hottest auamile
Dat rooms OOpOn dc dirt
DE Te'nbOw rises ven she sings
DE SOM shine ven she dam,
De angels crow und flop der wings
Ven she goes out TO Walk
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