Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1894-06-23

GUS fancy Of the rude artists could sug-
gest, but the favorite pose presents him
as dashing onto the elemy's deck,
swinging over his head cutiass about
nine feet long and carrying a whole ar
senal i'll his belt, while bombs and hand
grenades are bursting al around. The
song about his famous victory Of Sept.
%, 1773. was sung in al the theaters
and popular resorts for 20 years and
had not entirely lost its hold on the
public when the civil war began. It
starts of by telling how
An American frigate, q fri-ate of fame,
With guns mounting f"riy, the Richard by
name,
Sailed to cruise in the channels Of old Eng
land with a valiant commander, Paul
Jones was his name.
Eurrah, hurrah! Our country forever, hurrail!
There are 4 stailzas, and the account
of the battle is remarkably correct. The
gem Of the collection is & combination
Of stirring poetry and hunlcr which
celebrates the destruction Of the (1uer-
riere ly the Constitution Aug. 10, 1912.
Specimen stanzas are these:
It ofttmes has been told
That lie British sraEaen bold
Could fog the tar5 oi France SO neat and
handy, Oh,
But they never found their match
Til the Yankees did them catch.
Ch, :he Yankee boys fer fighting are the dan
t.y. oil
The first hroadsidc we pour',l
Carried her nlatlmast tsg the board,
Which made this Lofty frisate look sl:'an
Gon'd OH
Then Dacrcs shook his head,
And to his officers he said,
"Lord! Ididn't think these Yankees were so
handy, oh.'
Then Dacres came or board
10 deliver up his sword,
Though loath was he to part with it, It was SO
handy, Oh.
"Oh, keep your swori," says Hall,
Fer il only makes You dj:il..'
Cheer u, and let Us have q little brandy, oh!
Naval War Records.
The Old songs stir the blood, and we
loye to think Of the golden age of the
American navy, but still it is g pleasure
to turn from them and read Of the latest
courtesies between the two great Eng
lish Speaking nations-how Captain
Miilan OF the cruiser Chicago received
the British naval dig1iit:tries Gil his
deck; how he became the lion Of the
London season; how his views were
greatly exploited IL the Pail Mall Ga
zette, and how he has been h;nqletesl
and fetel aud sought st such length
that, as he says, SIX months you'd be
too short a time for al the festivities
proposed by his hosts
Commander Rus:. has completed his
plan Of publication for the Naval War
Record, and the work Is ROY i. rapid
progress It VIII necessarily differ very
mach from tic series rcl;;t:llg the cve1't>
, Of the war on land, with which tbs
public is now familiar It has beer
thought best to divide ii into purely
Official and narrative sections. Tho tir-t
series Will contain reports, orders ailC
correspondence, both Federal and Con
fcdnrs.te, of ali naval operations (GlIina
/ the civil wa1, together with the opera
t;ons Of yCsacls which acted sing!y ei
ti,ar as cruisers or T,rivateors i'll any part
cf the world.
It was d great misfortune that t':f
Confederate naval archives were burned
when Richmond was; cyacuated, bnt il
is now believed that the loss can b
largely made up by original document:
and personal testimonies, So far as posi-
/ ble tie Federal report Of any event vii
be followed Immediately by The Confod
crate. Tho second series will begin Will
the condition, CT tho Federal navy il
April, 1854, and viii proceed historical
Il with the construction and outfit o
the navies Of both rovers, the statistical
data OF al vessels and iii ether impor