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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore)

name has been selected by our esteemed colonel, and one that will be welcomed by you all, and that is the honorable name of the gallant commander of our brigade--Colonel Hunter. Therefore, the great gun shall hereafter answer to its name, the Hunter Gun. Now, parents anxiously listen to the first lispings of the infant's lips, and the mother's heart swells with joy when she catches the first utterance of her cherished babe, in the words mamma, mamma; but here I shall guarantee to you that this promising boy will speak for the first time, in loud, clear accents, those endearing words, papa, papa, papa--patria mia, patria mia--and, in name, as in effect, he will hunt traitors from this fort, while the echo of his voice will be as sweet music, inviting the children of Columbia to share the comforts of his father's home; and thus may he soon speak to the glory of the Stars and Stripes, honor to the name that he bears, and lasting credit to the Sixty-Ninth.--Louisville Journal, June 25.

ttle more of the baptismal water than he wished. But on this occasion this noble son of a great father has his mouth open, evidently indicating that he is anxious to speak, which I have no doubt he soon will, in a thundering voice, to the joy of his friends and terror of his enemies. I need not tell you that a most appropriate name has been selected by our esteemed colonel, and one that will be welcomed by you all, and that is the honorable name of the gallant commander of our brigade--Colonel Hunter. Therefore, the great gun shall hereafter answer to its name, the Hunter Gun. Now, parents anxiously listen to the first lispings of the infant's lips, and the mother's heart swells with joy when she catches the first utterance of her cherished babe, in the words mamma, mamma; but here I shall guarantee to you that this promising boy will speak for the first time, in loud, clear accents, those endearing words, papa, papa, papa--patria mia, patria mia--and, in name, as in effect, he will

Tee Baptism of one of the Big guns of the New York Sixty-Ninth by Father Mooney.--Father Mooney, on the occasion of the baptizing of one of the big guns mounted at Fort Corcoran, made the following remarks :-- Gentlemen :--It is with more than ordinary pleasure I come forward to perform a ceremony which is not only pleasing to us all, but highly honorable — I should say a welcome prerogative to me on this auspicious occasion-and that is the christening of the noble gun on Fort Corcoran. IFather Mooney, on the occasion of the baptizing of one of the big guns mounted at Fort Corcoran, made the following remarks :-- Gentlemen :--It is with more than ordinary pleasure I come forward to perform a ceremony which is not only pleasing to us all, but highly honorable — I should say a welcome prerogative to me on this auspicious occasion-and that is the christening of the noble gun on Fort Corcoran. In the kind Providence of God it has been for me, as a priest, during the last nine years, to baptize many a fine blue-eyed babe; but never had I brought before me such a large, quiet, healthy, and promising fellow as this which is now before me. Indeed, I must remark, it has often happened, when pouring the baptismal water on the child's head, he opened his little eyes and got a little more of the baptismal water than he wished. But on this occasion this noble son of a great father has his mou