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FROM THE MACON TELEGKAPH-
To Kuzzen S. Swain Swilley. of Man
new ell lciunty , neve the Kurt
Horse , Gorgia.
Augarst the 12ve, 1000, 800 <§‘29.
Veer Kuzzen Sins i rote 2 yu be
4, i hav maid a purty gude speckle ashun
in hying <§* sellin Landd. I hav bin in’
over the Stait to bute, & hav sean moar
kurius thinggs than yu iverheed on in ol
Mannerwefl & Tatnail 2 gether. 1 toaid
yu afore how Gude Strong stuck it to 1
Ward for plaen farrar—& how tha sarved
the niggers for breakm in to peoples hous
en—also what a Rump us the Grand*
Gury is makin with the Gals down by the
Brigs —But i was afeard to stay long
about Makuin case of the news about the
Ir jaiiSj and as i was ago n toaids Klintum
gut again Charley u houl
piirsil ol fellers over tork me, a hut railing
like oil creashuo —now says i here cums
the injanv, if they doant i wish 1 may be
split,—and i rode oft'as hard as i culd
but tha war only kandidates, and tha
stopt & gut half a pint, then tha foliowd
on to the next store, whonpin & hoi loin
like so many ciivles, then tV. oli gut down
jfgin and maid me drink til i thorl i shuld
die, if tha did at i wish inay he split—
but i rode oft’ # left era & when i cum to
Klintum, ihad got a feller uuder the pump,
and I axd 1 what they were aduing, and
they said they were a cooling of him, for
he was drunk—ses I, this is purty doings,
yon first get uni and unk then you pumd
water on em to cool em! So says 1 let
him alone —they all tookd up with stonish-
Hient, and they says, whare in Heel did
you come from? Bay 9 1, I ui from Man*
nerwell kounty—im nefew to toe guv
ennor. Then they oil fell a tailing and
cried cut hoorah for Piny woods, <§* they
axd me to tak a drink with them and
made me ride up to a store, for l wiu;d*nt <
get off. and w! ilst wun man went in to
git some whiskey another held the br.die,
and when he brot out the liker and 1 put
out my hand to take it. spang! down cu <
a phlour barel on my hed Coin the cham
ber winder, and they oil hu;rard, & j
hors tok a skare and un with ine foraj
mile afore l cuid git the dearnd thing off',
if he diilent 1 wish 1 may be split.
The next p ! ace i cum to they call
h'ellsbuio, and sue enuf, thort i the m
ians are here now, for 1 n* ver heard sich ‘
a screamin alter since the Lord maid me,
and twas all about a nasty nigger woman
w*.u tf.ev said had been a stealing and
they tied her up to a tree and wtnpt her
to make her confess, but she wouidnl tor
a gud wile, then she confesl, aid the tyiu
hussy said I was the man wat pot her up
to it, then they took alter me, but l re
membered the phlour barel <§ r(/ de away
as fast as l ould.- And I never stopt til
1 cum to Monty Sally and then 1 heerd
such a shooting and cracking 1 was
feerard to go along, for ses i the injatis
sure enough are here now, hut wheu.il
cum to find out twas only the boy s up in
the China trees shuting the berries with
their pop guns, if it wasnt i wish i may be
split. . . .
So 1 kept along and nothing moar hap
pened till I cum to Madason, so cdld case
the folks are al mad, i stopt at the sine
cf the Camel, but i never slep a wiuk
for tha war blawin horns, <§* betirt fryin
pans ol mte, & sum war runen a bul by j
the tail, & sum war riden on aa old ram.
*ml i thort the old Sarpint himself had
luse, & next morning the whol Curt
hotts WOB chock ful ol ol sorts of beasts &
Varmints, if it wan‘t i wish i may bo split
—-Hays i,i‘m not long for this place—so
j gut my hors and went to Adieus, e.nd
then i thot oil the people in the woild
hd mm there, for I never *eed so many
folks in all my life—says I now what the
Bit km is to pay here? and they toaid me
| the people had all com- there for K.un-
I mince mint. So says iMI jist stop a lit
I I'e and see what it all means, and i put up
Warrenton, kept*. in?er 18; 11.
my hossat Likens s a purty clever sort of
a man, who had a plenty of good eating
(but darn bad coffee) —and won day 1
heard the bell ring, and then al! the peo
ple went as fast as they culd up toards
the grate brick house, and I says I II see
what they are all alter, and 1 went along
with the rest, and we ol went into a sort
of metin house, there i seed all the people
setting round, and a great high place like
a table—thinks 1 vvliats that for, when
purty soon out comes a boy with home
spun does on just like mine, and he
waulked rite up on the table what they
called a stage, and then he commenced
tan Iking abd hauling in a sort of language
l couhi'nt understand, but I spose twas
in Cherokee and that tw’as about th*
Injun war. Arter he was done up
cums another, and he tak‘d a beep a
bout Anty Tarriffand Uncle Sam, and Ins
other relations—then a feller come out
and dubbled up his fist and lookd in a ter
rible passion, case somebody they called
State Wright had bnen imposed upon—
whether twas any of Tom Wright
faimiey or not I dont know, but 1 thort
he vas right to take his part—one feller
what wore a ruffle shirt and a pretty face
and a gould brest pin, had a great deal t<
say about the wimmin—he called em
heavens lastest gift o’man—and said they
war stairs of the night and gums of the
morning—and a great deal more was sed,
which L cant ren ember half on.
When I went bak to the tavern, I
heard a parcel ofem a talking b gether in
a corner pretty low, but when 1 beat deni
say somethin about the Guvenir 1 thort 1
had a rite to know what it was; and l
9tept up to them, ami one big bellied axed
another, tall feller with a red eye where
the Guvernir, was, — I told um the Guver
nir was at home a clearing his new
ground, and that he had no cashun to go
to any sicn a place*—then one man w ith
a skinny nose spok up quite peart, and
said I knew nothin at all about the mat
ter- l told him that was a purty story to
tell me, that the Guvernir was my un
cle and that I reckoned 1 know‘d sumthin
bmt his affairs- Then said a man in
whii-kers, you and better go to the cork ass
with us, % give us yure advice, says l if
11 do 1 wish may be split, for 1 thort again
iof thort again of the phlour barel. But
afterwards 1 a*ked a gray headed old
man in specs what was meant by Cork
ass? says he its a machine that makes
guvenners, Corngrasmen, and Legisla
tes, hows that says I, it must be a great
invention, (for I thort he lied all the
t. ; me) says he, w henever an office is va
cant, this machine is put in motion, and a
kandidate is immediately ground out!
every way qualified—says I i‘m not to
be humbugd in that way, Iff am I wish X
may be split says I, dont the voice of
the people declare whoa the tlttingest
perso tor offi e, and then dont the peo
ple elect him? (for Id heard uncle Steve
<mvernorol Mannerwell taulk about these
things, afore) says he its all a mistake--
the voice of the people is nothing more
th;in the voice of the Coik ass, the peo
ple know nothing about it until the cork
assdesides it foi them -Says 1 to him a
gin its a great invention, if it ant I wish
T may be *p!it, it‘ll save a heap of lec*
‘tioneeiin.
I mu‘*nt forget to tell you about the
ioominasliun winch took place one nigh,
at the Cowlfgs—l thort the day of gugs
mint had come, and that every star m the
sky had got together in a heep it tuk at
least a hundred and fifty candles, and it
made the darndest light evei l seed in all
my bom days—and there war all the gals
a lo king on and their eyes shone a hun
dred times brighter ‘han the loominashon,
and their white feathers nodding tike pine
l trees in a l un ictne, if they didnt 1 wish 1
mav be split. Whilst i was lukin at the
loominashun and the pretty gals, who do
von think I seed?—why, as tru a* l‘m
alive it was Hilly Morgan, what used to
keep a ‘tore down in Darien—and * says
holla brother jubilo, Jubdan, Jubilurn,
I where now did yu cum fron.?-~theri he
frowned at me and maidjas tho he didnt
jno me —says i give us the grip; dont yu
kno ll* n Skreamer the magistrate what
I committed yu to Jail once in Manerwell
I Kounty Tor forgery! eh?—then he began
to kno me—and says i dont recollect iiow
j the jailor let you nutcase yu give him a
grip —says he, keep dark, tliats nothin to
j vvliats happened to me since—savs 1
wh v. what has happened since? says lie
how! dont you kno?dont yu tak the noos
papers? says I, nti. Says he, youre a fool.
But says i, wli.il has happened? Says he,
I*ve bin kiten nupt!— says i whats that?—
>ays he, ive been stule and caried oft'—
first they put me in a maggazine —then
they put me in the noospapers—and now
theyve got mein a book: here it is, 9ajs
he, and he pulled one out of his bosom dp
showed it to me—and says he, that not
all, ive had my throat cut from ear to eat,
you may see the scar yet- —ive had my
lung tore out by the roots —ive had inv
vitals tore out, here he opened his shu t
and showed me his body all shrunk upjist
like a dried cowcumberive been drowned
a cable’s length from (the shore—Says I, 1
never heard a word on*t. Says he,
hai tyuheeard neither about the Edge
feel Goas ? says I kno, I dont take any
noospaper, says he again youre a fool,
you'll never kno no thing; why in Heel
dont you taik a noospaper? Says i are you
the gost? say she that* tellin. I now be
gat? tobh’ve he was the devil, and whilsti
was lookin for his tail and his cloven feet,
he vanished in a jiffy, if he didnt i wish I
may be split.
As i was goin down from the Chap-hill
my to lodging, 1 heeard som body callin
Major Ben, Major Ben, <§* t luked round,
& who shuld it be but our old bend sqire
Bob Bumpass tlit lawyer- so when he come
up to me he says, Maj> r Ben, amt you go
in to the Boll? aye to be sure say* i if its
a punch boll you mean—then he laid, no
says he, its where they fiddle and d.mce
and so forth—says i if thats the sport i‘m
amongst ye. So oft’we went, it a rainin
Katty racks oil the tune: and purty sun,
in cums a hoid parcel of wimmin, dripui
like drowned kittens, w ith their faces ol
washd in streaks, some with roses on their
beds and some with nite caps on, whu 1
spose merit to stay al nite; and there was
2 or 3 ole niggers stuk upon a table with
broken fiddlers and tin pans <o pay for
em, but they couldnt play but 1 tune, if
they could i wish I may be split. Eurty
soon tha commenced, the old nigger what
playd the fiddle singin out bawl <§* say
awl! part nees round! cr/9s on ol 4s!
chair say four! pound-a maid all! all de
mens in de corner /- Wid de partners!
none of which i culd underran, nor tha
neither, for some run this way, and
some run that, pulling <§* hawiiri
the gals about like old nick - think* i
ther‘s dancing for yu! its wurs than havin
a phlour barrel over mi earsr if it amt i
wish i may be split—so i left em to get
out of the snare as well as the culd, and
went hom. Anout midnite, in comes
Bob, as mad as a stud hors*-wel ses i. 1
hoap yuve had dancin anus at the Boll?
says he dam the Kommince mint Boll!
why ges i thar wer plenty of gals, <§• gud
moosic, <§* polite manner wasmt thm ? ses
he again dam the Koin mints ment Boll!
Why ses i couldnt yu git no supper, nor
nothin tu drink? ses he agin dam the Boll!
<§*dam the Kom mints mi t! Sf dam the
hool on ein, if he didn‘t i wish i may be
split; Sf then he went oph, and that* the
last ive seen on him.
It lookd darnd sickly about Athens,
arid ihe water cl tastes of coper ass lime
stun, what giv me the muligrubs <§• disen
terry; 90 ses i this is no place for me and
i got my hors, and started off toards Hab
ershiri and went by the Madason Spring <§*
found nobody at home, oil the people
had gone down to the piney woods for
their health —and when I gut up into
Crainsvill l axd em if they nod any body
that wonted to by any land in such a dm
trick? then they orll bounced up and axd
if i had any to sell in that distiick? maybe
1 aint, says i; and when I told em where
my land was, one man jumped up and
offered me ten thousand dollars for it rite
down says i, im not to be cheated in
that way—i know there‘s a gould mine on
it—says he i k ll Stive yu ID thousan for it
says i not for 50 thoOsan! Arid l*ve bio
to*ee it, and there‘s a heep ol rock on it
which is all gould, and twill make oil
! mannerwill keounty lie h-And now I'm
i a goin home, Ive him all over Gorga, and
to the I uiiulah Falls, and the Mountains*
and 7 Camp-meetings—lve got a hundred
squares of land, and gould mine---tel!
Uncle Steve how de, and all the family
Y*<urs til Deth.
BfcN SKREAMER
P S. The Scentry Bank ar mitv anx
yus to git the fingeiin of n y gould; they
offered to loan me as much of their Bills
as i wanted arter tha heerd i‘d tbt a gould
mine, but ses i, i thank ye, i dont wont
yur darned stuff, ive got the ran I mettle
on my own land; thank God i can du
without your ko'mmodashtin now. Tel
uncle Steve and Kuzzen Torn, never
mind the Scenty Bank—tha slid never
want money while i hav a plenty N 11, I
hav scribed for 3 Noospapeis, i for yu 1
for uncle Steve and 1 for yur humble ser
vent, B. S.
SINGULAR AND AMUSING CASE.
A singular application to tin* civil
tribunal of the place has lately exci
ted much amusement, as well as at
tention in tho town of Dreux. A
child, named Hose Victnire Vivien,
had, it seems, been born on the 23d of
September, 1813, and was duly regig
tened, at the time, before the Mayor
of the commune of Allainvilf f as a
female infant, iri the presence of her
father and other witnesses.— From
that period to the age of 26 she has
constantly worn a girl‘s dress, and
been considered a female, nay, it is
even asserted that some two year*
since she expressed a determination
of becoming a nun, and actually pas
sed three months of her noviciate a
mong the dame Hospitalieres of Cheat
res. The death of her uncle, Denis
Vivien, however, having secured to
her a small property, her views
changed, and she began to think of
establishing herself othorwise in li'ej
but, somehow or other, the young men
of Allamville hesitat* and at espousing a
damsel of twenty six, was a rather
suspicious looking chili, and Miss
Rose Victnire Vivien remained in
single blessedness If public report
is to be believed, this order of things
was by no means satisfactory to the
young lady; she grew restless and
melancholy, fell into a fever; and went
to consult a doctor, who, to her inex
pressible surprise assured her that,
instead of being an old maid she was
neither more nr less ihmi a young
bar helor. The news al first perplexed,
then pleased her and, having commu
nicated the fact to her astonished
friends, her next step was to apply to
Ihe proper authorities, in order to
have the registry of her birth rectifi
ed. On the 13th ult. her application
came on to be heard, and ilm court
appointed three physicians (Messrs*
Marei hai, Bonateau, and Bortron) to
examine into and make a report on
the case. This was done ou the Ist
inst. when the medical board, to the
surprise of every body, pronounced
the lady to all intents and purposes a
gentleman, and a decree was, conse
quently, given in favour of her vertili
ty. The moment judgement was giv
en, we understand Monsieur Hose
Victorie Vivien walked away to tho
shop of the Sieur Chaperain, the most
fashionable tailor in all Dreux, ex
changed his petticoats for a dress
more consistent with his newly ac
quired privilege, and, aa all hopes of
a husband are now out of the question,
set off in search of a wife. It is not a
little remarkable that according to the
French journals, a similar application
was made to the same tribunal no lon
ger ago than May, 1813, in behalf ot
one Marie Marguerite Metey when
two of the very same physicians
(Messrs. Marechal and Bonrteau)
were called in, together with a third
named Andre, aud gave in a similar
’ cirtificate, it is also added, that Mr a
Mary Margaret Metey, is At this
No. 13.