The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-05-30
LETTER FROM MAJOR JONES.
PINEvILLL,
To Col. Hainleiter,


DEAR SIR-If the
world was to come to a eend now, if all
creation was to burst up, as old Miller wants
it to, and the Wings and Lokyfokys was all
to be fried up into one eturnal stew,I wouldn't
die without n consolation, as the old wo-
man said-l've seed and shuck hands with
Mr.. Clay! But spose you would like 10
hear all about it, specially as he didn't come
to your town. go
Well, the fact is, 1 was in a perfect swiy-
it ever since MIR. Clay arIiv in Georgia for
fear | mought'nt git a chance to see him
Mary wasn't well enough to go with me, and
ali of 'em was posed to my leavin home
But Mary's a right clever gall after all, and
after l reasoned the pint with her, and swa-
ded her a little, she gin her consent, provid-
I'M would promise TO 60 rite strate. down to
Augusty, and come right back without GO
ing to no partys or balls or any such doins.
l don't know whether she was more fraid OF
my morals or the charms of them Augusty
gals, but she was monstrous pertikiler about
my mixin with 'em much. Be that as il
mought, she han't got nothin to fear from
them nor no other gails-though Tween you
and me, there is some monstrous gaily look
in creaturs in Augusty.
But to proceed-the gals had my Sunday
fxins all done up and ready for me by Mon
day mornin, and l sot out for Augusty
bright and early. AT first | was monstrous
fraid [ mought lose the way, but fore | goi
in fifty miles of the city, all | had TODD was
Jest to foller the crowd. 1t seemed like
the whole country was all movin to one pint
all gwine TO see Mr.. Clay. arriv in the CT
ty bout noon on Tuesday, and sch a sigh
l never expected TO see agin.-Men anC
wimmin, gals and boys, niggers and all, wa:
dressed within an inch of their lives, anc
runnin through the streets in crowds lookiT
u for Mr.. Clay. Banners was flynn, horse.
were rearin, carriages were, whirlin, niger!
hollerin and children squalling in every di
~rection. My horse was worse scared thai
l was, and what upon yearth to do with hin
| didn't know. | couldn't see swinging
signs, and one house looked Jest as mucl
like a tavern as the rest. The only chanc,
was TO inquire-so [ axed the fust goo'
looking man | seed whar the tavern was.
Ses he, "What house do you want to sto-
at?''
aThe tavern" SEES I. =.
aWelr' says he, "ther,s several tavern's
but | reckon they're all full by this time
you better put your horse in a livery stabl
and look for a house afterwards
Emmy ways ses /, $50 [ can get a chanc
TO see Mr.. Clay.a eli
The man pinted me to a stable whar
left my horse, and the next thing | done wa
TO ak when MIR. Clay would be in town.
The gentleman pulled out his watch, an
SEES he, "AIr. Clay viii be in the city il 'bou
headquarters of a ower.n
"WelI," ses l. Sinister, do tell me whar1
can see him."
- ale is to be received at the City Hall,
ses he. pinting down to a thunderin graf
big blldin, with a woman standin on the to
off holdin a new fashioned pair of stillyard
in her hand4"he will be conducted rite thu
as soon as he rives in rown." !"
{ aThank you sir" says |, and away | spl
for the City Hall.
When / got thar, may be Their wasn't
crowd of people on the benches, and all
the lot, and on the fences and every wha
as far as I could see and hear-so / crowc
ed in among 'em till | got rite up to a ire
in font Of the portico whar they said M
CLAW was gwine TO stand. The crowd look
ed monstrous anxious, jest like they wa
dreadful hungary and was waiting for the.
dinners. The sun was monstrous hot, an
The calls begun TO git terrible tired holdi
their p~arasols over their faces; and kept a
the time akin the gentlemen what time 1t wa'
Rimeby, who-o-o-o, went the cannon-ot
he's comin2' ses the gaIls-hurra?" shoute