And if no Marshal's baton Private Smith in his knapsack bears, At least in the War, the chance of the star With his General he shares.
Captain Bruce led off by telling the following Irish story: "Once upon a time, an Irishman, who rejoiced in the possession of a fine mare and a colt, wished to cross the Mississippi river at Baton Rouge with them.
One beautiful Sabbath morning I stood on the levee at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and counted twenty-seven sugar-houses in full blast.
State institution for insane at Jackson; for deaf mutes and blind, Baton Rouge.
From Trinity down to Baton Rouge, a distance of 900 miles, the houses are constructed in such a manner as to be secured against accidents; the foundations are stumps of trees, or low brick pillars, four feet high.
At Baton Rouge, the high lands take on a sudden a south-eastern direction, while the river turns to the south-west, thus leaving the waters to form the eastern swamps of Louisiana.
The eagle to the left is holding a baton in its claws, and the one to the right a globe with a cross above it.
Field-Marshal's baton on his right thigh, and mounted on a grey pony.
The conductor of an orchestra has a baton for the purpose of directing the performers as to time, &c.
The said criminal did a little hard swearing, which called the long unused baton into active service.
When the lawyer returned with his hard-ridden steed, he found Mr. Bangs mounted, with a baton by his side and a carbine slung behind him.
You've heard Napoleon or somebody else say that every soldier of France carries a marshal's baton in his knapsack?
Mr. Rigby took a grey blanket out to the stables, and lay down near his prisoners, with baton and pistol close at hand.
Jourdan's Marshal's baton was taken, and was sent by Wellington to the Prince Regent, who acknowledged it by conferring on the victor the title of Field-Marshal.
I require my whole time for my further works, which must go on incessantly--consequently I have resolved to keep at a distance all the delights of conductorship, and to give the baton a rest equally with the piano.
The conductor, startled, stood with raised baton like a petrified conjurer, although the singer had some time before snapped short her long trill and had arisen angrily from the table.
He that will to Cupar maun to Cupar,"--and he slid his enigmatical ring from one end of the baton to the other, being the appropriate symbol of his having been forcibly interrupted in the discharge of his duty.
Every French soldier was said to carry the field-marshal's batonin his knapsack.
Every Irish peasant who crosses the Atlantic has his marshal's baton in his knotted handkerchief on the end of his blackthorn.
But the enemy still holds the river from Vicksburg to Baton Rouge, navigating it with his boats, and the possession of it enables him to connect his communications and routes of supply, east and west.
To follow up this success, Van Dorn sent General Breckenridge with a division against Baton Rouge, the highest point on the river above New Orleans then held by the Federals, and the Arkansas was to descend to coöperate in the attack.
In the time of the great Napoleon every conscript carried the baton of a marshal in his knapsack; and in our happy land every rogue may be said to have an appointment to office in his pocket.
My operations on the Lafourche had induced the enemy to withdraw from Baton Rouge, fifteen miles below, and one or two heavy guns were already mounted at Port Hudson.
The Governor declined to use his authority to purchase arms, assured as he was on all sides that there was no danger of war, and that the United States arsenal at Baton Rouge, completely in our power, would furnish more than we could need.
Sooner or later, the bishops will use your sceptre for a baton by means of which to drive peoples and kings as may suit themselves.
After bombarding the forts for six days, he cut the chains, ran by the forts, defeated the fleet, and went up to New Orleans, and later took Baton Rouge and Natchez.
Spain, having received the Floridas back from Great Britain by a treaty of 1783, held the forts at Memphis, Baton Rouge, and Vicksburg, and much of what is now Alabama and Mississippi.
Colbert was right," thought D'Artagnan; "for me the baton of a marechal of France will cost the lives of my two friends.
The boss is solid with the bunch up to Baton Rouge, and they'll take care of everybody.
There are three men in Baton Rouge who know the truth, and three persons in this room.
I believe that Judge Forester of this city is at present consulting with the governor at Baton Rouge on political matters.
Fred Triddelfitz struck the crook-stick he had intended to use as his marshal's baton on the ground before them, and said that they were not worth all the trouble he was taking with them.
