Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-07-02


combined in a Recruiting Captain
Tor -gId Rough and Ready'a'' Army /
.-Avenging Davy Crockstt's Death,
and adding 851, ,598 square Miles to
I-usIe SANS Territory.
By EDwARD PAySoN HALL.
Fss- tAs SsntiHsl.
One evening early in May, 1916, /
nv father returned from the postoffice
in Monroe, Ga, to our residence in
the suburbs, holding in his hand an
open newspaper, and said to my moth
u in Al unusually animated tons:-
"Marv. here IS ysry exciting news. A
commander of the United States forces
in the southwest, called General Iay-
lor, together with his comparatively
snail army, has been surrounded bv
yss. horde Of those miserable Mexi-
cans. = party Of IS of his scouts un-
der Captain Thornton have all been
ac.uaIls killed or taken prisoners; and
the paper say. great uneasiness IS fell.
a. the peril 10 which General I2yIors
tr.3us are now exposed.
There and then it was that my boy
ISL sars heard, as . novel wonder, the
ksY-nate Of the greet Mexican WAT.
Fresh and warm in the memories and
IN the hear5-throbs Of that adult gen
s-s-lau wsre the triumphant Texan
struggles for independence and the
Unsettled condition Of boundaries re-
suitiug taeretr9m, as vel as a manly
ANTICIPATION Of final, settling strug-
E.e ot Ear greater magnitude. As q
child Iav t8yorite book had been The
Autobiography Of DavY Crocsett; and
frgn Il | had itnbibesI that glowing
admiration and sympathy for the
honor Ehf, "go-aaead aJive, Hber-
f=-.CriaC backwoods Loonidas which
ia uaru.ai never falls to excite
heartily hated "OId Santa Anna and
the wlole tribe Of dirt-sating dastarls
who first pretended TO honorablv take
as prisoners, and then 50 treacher0usly
murdered Crockett and his compan-
ions after their gallant, world-renowa-
si defence of the Alamo. [ complete
" conceded in the opinion of a high
apiritsd old Grand [ ncls of mine who
yFas IN the habit Of impulsiYelv declar-
Jag that Gen. Sam Houston ought to
Lave been cashiered for letting Old
Santa Anna" go scot-frce, when lie
took him prisoner ut the battle of San
.J2cinto-he ought to have hung the
ul3 rascal higher than Haman =
But the next news from that Gen
erAl. who was now building up fans
at the rate Of forty million feet per
day. ana who curtly told Generals
AmpudiA and Artists that he never
4 a I, ,-iy,
tories Of the Sth and 9Th Of NAV, Palo
Alto and Kcgaca de Ia Palma, and the
death Of brave Major Rin9oId. Con-
Eress Immediately voted the money re-
4uirsd for the prosecution Of the war,
aud volunteers sprang to arms from
al parts Of tho South, The huge
wzYs of the war-feyer swelied and
rose with the lsugthening days and
hsztsd tsrnl toward the summer soils
cics. By the 4th Of july II had reach
81 is climax.
On tho morning Of that noYer-to-bo-
1ursoftsn daY We boys of the Male
academy. having been drilling with
sucks. moving g-scythes, old muskets
amt horse pistols for week or two
previously, fell in CON foot) and
proudly marched IN the rear of Capt.
Clzrke'g newly-formed company Of
eav4lrvmen, from their arnory to the
tourt-fIouse, keeping time with heart
haat and foot-step to the music of 81
little drummer and fifer Of 1912, who
were imported all the way from At
lants and were on hand early for the
0ccssiou and rs our rank and file he
roically sTayad thro' the cloud Of dust
at the horsenen's heels, we sang our
e7en rythmieaf rhapsody prepared for
the pomp aud circumstance Of the
timeE:
Shout. The Glorious Fourth has soma!
Peal tho fife and roll the drum
Raise ths flag Of tais great nation
Oa pole high as ersatiou
Boom the Zig guns. fire ths crackers
BET your six pencs, with good hackers
At the Frostoun barbecue air,
c4n sat sk much as you. sir
BiII and Suze have CONS 10 town, air.
lie IN tights, sha in green gown, sir
Apple pies .Ed postum sRaps, SIR
Buttsred buckwheat. honsyed Gaps, sir;
Ginger cakes and prime hard cidevi
Granny Suooks Is most beside her
Self with joy at silver money
ksttIing IN hsr pockets funny,
From the sale Of csks and HAEon,
At the kind gate Of her wagon
Fall in now, and let us march, SIR,
BraYe - Caesar, stiff az starch, sir,
Keeping quick step In their rsArs, s.T,
With the FrogtoWn volunteers, air
Down with all the blarsted MexicaHs
tilsam the lone star Of the Texicansi
List. voice comes from tie dead, sir:
"surs you're right? Then go ahead, SRI
Shout! The Glorious Fourth has ceme!
Peal the fife and roll the drum
Round and round the @libertypole
III front of the Court-House we march
Ell, till the horsemen we're .huadled so
close the noses Of their steeds almost
touched each others posteriors, and
the boys looked like the rim around
an equine circus.
''Halt y
The sweating mass OF men, boys and.
horses camo to AZ explosive stand
still.
Ready
Every man drew from the holsters
son either side of his saslJle 8 psir Of
horse-pistoIs; and tic old fint locks
clicked.
Aim =,
Gpin the az; eztsndsd e right