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The Daily Dispatch: October 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], The story of Billy Mulligan. (search)
The story of Billy Mulligan. --Billy Mulligan was a broth of a boy in Killarney, and could toss off his poteen and whirl his shillalah aid the best ov the bog. When the war in America broke out, says Billy, says he, "it's a hero and a patriot IBilly Mulligan was a broth of a boy in Killarney, and could toss off his poteen and whirl his shillalah aid the best ov the bog. When the war in America broke out, says Billy, says he, "it's a hero and a patriot I'll be, begorras," and so he borrows from one and anither and starts across the blisses old ocean, and av a fine morning puts himself right afore old King Lincoln, as bowled as a lion. "It's meself," says Billy, "which will crack the crowns of thoseveling to Missouri as fast as steam could take him, and a Colonel's commission in his pocket. "Billy," says the King to Mulligan "don't write, but put it through — put it through." "Begorra," says Billy, "it's meself that won't write, for divil a lend army, and sent every ragamuffin of 'em home with a foot-mark in the rear; but Billy himself, and all his staff, they shut up in a black hole, where he now lies, wid plenty of water, but no whiskey at all; and this is the story of Billy Mulligan.
The Daily Dispatch: October 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], The story of Billy Mulligan. (search)
of the Farmers' Bank, at Lexington, Mo., the St. Louis Republican is authorized to state, by a gentleman who was a witness of the transaction, that, after the surrender of the Federal troops at Lexington, the money committed to the charge of Col. Mulligan, in the entrenchments, was taken by Gen. Price and Col. Mulligan, conveyed by their orders to the Bank, and there in their presence counted. The whole sum, coin and bank notes, was $960,000, and this sum, except $15,000, in three packages ofCol. Mulligan, conveyed by their orders to the Bank, and there in their presence counted. The whole sum, coin and bank notes, was $960,000, and this sum, except $15,000, in three packages of $5,000 each, was received.--The fifteen thousand dollars in notes, it is conjectured, was stolen by Federal troops about the time of the surrender, and when a less strict guard was kept. This idea is strengthened by a report from Quincy that the soldiers, or some of them, were well supplied with Farmers' Bank notes, and were offering them at a discount. However this may be, the main fact of the deposit of all the funds in bank settles the question of the soundness of that institution, and al
The Daily Dispatch: October 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], Terms of the Dispatch. (search)
tion in vast numbers on Georgetown, Jefferson City, and St. Louis, and they feel confident of their ability to take them. The report of the removal of Gen. Fremont created intense indignation among the Union men and great rejoicing among Secessionists. A gentleman who visited Benton barracks this afternoon reports the greatest excitement among the troops amounting almost to mutiny. Gen. McKinstry has been ordered to the department of Cumberland in Kentucky. Dr. White, of Mulligan's brigade, brings information from Lexington, Mo., up to Monday night. Gen. Price had left Lexington, Mo., and his main body was moving Southward to effect a junction with Gen. McCulloch, and give Gen. Fremont a battle. Gen. Price anticipates an easy victory over Gen. Fremont. The Confederates will then move to St. Louis, where 24,000 Secessionists will rise and welcome the Confederates with arms in their hands. Louisville, Oct. 4. --Special appeals have been, and continue t