The Arkansas advocate., 1830-12-15
From the New York Constellation. CARRYING OFF A SHERIFF

MT. Edltof-Being or late Journey from the Literary to the Commercial Empofium. was witness to an incident oi so amusing a character, that 1 must endeayor to make little bit of star ot 1t fer your Constellation. At Ded- oam, Mass. number of other passen- gers with myself had just taken the stage, the driver whereof happening to be one of those unfortunate men who cannot truly say, ''l owe no man any thing, was waited upon by one of those troublesome men called sheriff. The visit happened at a most unlueky time. for Jehu had no money in his pocket, and had just mounted his box for dog en mile drive. But the sheriff in spite oi circumstances, insisted upon it that he must either have his money CT the mans body. The passengers were inl- patient, Jehu was wrathy, and the sher- iii was positive. The driver pleaded his privilege from arrest as a carrier of Uncle Sap's mail. The officer of the law didn't care for Uncle Sam nor his mail neither; all he wanted was the mo- ney or the body; and one or the other lie was dete mined to have. Jehu swore he hadn't the money, and as for his body. 1t must go along with him to the next stage, whether or Iio.
 in this way words were banded about for some time, and neither party was drawing nearer the conclusion of lis business.
 "Come down from that box," roafed the sheriff.
 "l have got other fish to fry coolly answered the driver.
 ''I2ll help you down then,a said the sheriff.
 "Thank you, sir, said the driver, can manage my horses quite as well to sit hcre."
 ''You won't come down then, hap said the sheriff.
 "No,'' said the driver, coolly, at the same time giving his whip a preparato- " flourish, and setting his corn-ted ani- malls all agog to be going.
 The sheriff, seeing he was likely to lose his man, sprang nimbly upon the box to bring him down. it tine. same mo- ment the horses obeying the signal to start, off went the vehicle like lightning and off went the sheriff with it.
 "Stopl stopl bawled the sheriff.
 "Confound the horsesi how they go,' said Jehu, .'I can't hold them to save my life e2--at the same time cracking his whip at every step.
 The sheriff kept shouting at the top of his lungs: the driver kept cracking bis whip, and laughing in his sleeve; the horses kept going as if Old Nick had been charioteer, and tie passengers laughed aloud.
 The officer of the law finding him. selfwhirled away at the rate of twelve miles an hour, and that all his bawling n the ear Of Jeha had ne effect, com handed the passengers, in the name of the Commonwealth, to aid himin arrest ing the driver. But the passengers, not having the fear of the Commonwealth before their eyes, and having no desire to be detained on their journey, turned q deafyear to the commands of the sher- if. This was too much for the man of s.brief authority" to endure: he swore, he threatened, he commanded, he en- treated by turns, but all to no purpose.
 sDo you think" said one of the pas sengers to his neighbor, "that the sheriff has any right to arrest the carrier oi the mail in this mannerq'
 ssffiie carrier Of the mail las got the sheriff, think" returned the other; l1and he is likely to keep him, for anght I see.o