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A Ridiculous Sight

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Parent Issue
Day
21
Month
November
Year
1846
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, ' speaking of the imprudent charge L ed by Gen. Butler at the batile of ' terey, after relaling how Col. Watson 1 was killed, and that Gen. Taylor had ' ordered them to retire, says : - ; " Capl. Stewart now took command ! and said, " Boys, your Col. is killed, don't run, show those d d red skins, that '' nlthough you arL ordered to retire, you intend to walk." With this he shook his fist at them and d d them "jpretty considerable." The editor calis this - " The brave conduct of Capt. Stewart." Vho has not seen this scène acted many time in his boyhood, when a little fellow ïaving run far enough from a big one to )e out of danger, has turned round and let ff his anger by shaking his fist at him ? he only diflerence between the captain nd the little boy, that we see is that the aptnin hasgot old enough to swear "prety considerable" at the same time. Surey the President should promote Capt.