...esses. My mess consisted of Jim Armstrong, the Orderly-sergeant; Newton Story, the Colour-sergeant, who had been overseer of Dr. Goree's plantation; Dan Goree, a boy, the son and heir of Dr. Goree; Tom Malone , a genial fellow, but up to every gambling trick, a proficient in High-low-jack, Euchre, Poker, and Old Sledge, and, when angered, given to deliver himself in very energetic language; old Slate, kno...