Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-06-01
THE LOST CAUSE,
THE nAnY-EAglNG TEXANS.

THE BABN~EAs Nc TEXANS.
Most Of our readers are aCquaint-
ed with the fame Of the glorious old
Eighth Texas Cavalry, which com
menccd its military career in front
of Bowling Green, Ky. in tho army
Of tat noble patriot Albert Sydney
Johnston. 1t IL Of this command
We write.
Whilst our regiment lay at Bow
ling Green, in the early part Of the
fall oe 1851, n general order was
issued directing that no soldier
should go beyond the limits Of the
camps, without q written passport
from his commanding officer. This
order served but to develop the OK
pcdicnces Of the rangers, who were
SO accustomed to roaming at will
on the prar:cs Of the West, that it
was n little across the grain to be
thus coopcd up, and Volumes could
be written about their hair-brcadth
escapes ifJm patrols and pickcts
But this will suffice.
While one of Company D was out
rusticatIng, he all at once found
himself in the same line with that
strict disciplinarian, Gen. H, and
II collision inevitable ! Tho case
was one Of emergency, and the ian
ger acted promptly by dismounting
and seating himself on the fence,
with his face resting in both hands
to Io,k pious The General accostcd
him brusqucIy. "Your pass, sir :"
Got nary one T. replied the soldier
in Il tone half Indifferent, half mel
ancho|y.
"To what command sir, do you
belong ?" numbered the other quick
y getting into passion,
The rangers face elongated fear
fully; his voice became a. drawing
and doubtful as the choir of Il Meth
odistcamp meeting, singing "liark
from the tombs."
81 am" said he, "thc Chaplain of
the Arkansas bloody Sixthw Where
upon the General put spurs to his
horse, and dashed off, cxclaming
10 his staff Il kncy, by jovo that he
must be ono OF those id Texan
Rangers!
Company d that night had scr
vice over the remains of sundry fat
turkeys and ROSTERS.
Again when VIC wore advanced to
Glasgow, so thoroughly were the
citizens inundated by the outrage,
Gus reports in circulation against
us, that many actually abandoned
their homes, and fled to the woods,
on the appearance Of our advance
guard
Having occasion TO stop with
several of my friends, (among them
old Joe b, Of company +, y at
neat cottage not far from Glasgow,
we were received upon entering the
house by sweet little woman, who
seemed badly frightened by the
huge spurs, large hats, buckskin
pants and odd jackets worn by
some of our party. Her fist in.
quiry was, upon hearing question
asked by ono Of rs in Spanish,
whether we spoke tho Texan Ian
guago or not and upon being as
sured in the affirmative she appear
ed to realize fully her dangerous
During this time, Uncle Joe, who
wore a warm heart under his rough
exterior, was carossing one of the
fattest littlc babies | ever saw. The |
discovering the situation of
her child, asked in tremulous
voice if it was true that VIC "Tcx-
can" Rangers ate little babies.
TO our amazemcnt Uncle Joe OK.
"Oh yes, madame certain
ly. | have got one tied to my sad
die now, but the littlo devil is so
poor-confound it!-that | don't
think we can cat tat least with
any satisfaction A week ago VIC
had fine stew of babies, twins.
you know, and in splendid ordor!'
With one piercing shrek, the
mother snatchcd her infant from
him, and before we could reassure
her, vanished in the forest.
Uncle Joe, by nature a true phi