The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1844-08-10

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ous departure iroi Conmbia. Afkansaa We bal
related 81 pa iho lollogipg ANY 6pethat Aas
kaOwieego 81 Gle STAPLES leliliaf q Arkansas
knowl thas ihs piinoiSal items ~ expectation
are oomprised il bel Cotton, with Der Ash an,
Cypress Eaiis. Some years since citizen ,
that State doased % Nav Orleans d very ARE.
Cypress Ran arriving opposite u one III w
cav mills there, al that iuie Just above ths eitv
he hesitated 70 selI at irst offers, entertaining
wish to testthe strength 81 the marketby law
days enquiry. The night Of tho second day
found him ia an idle and isiIass attitude resting
beneath his ''shanty,D q convenience attached
70 every raft) ROusing himself, BY al EFFORT,
from the indoent thoughts that clogged his brain,
he sailed into the city on voyage Of discoveryf
lit was about eleven O'Clock when he arrived
near the foot Of Chartres street, where carelessly
perambulatipg along, and singing an "Arkansas
catch" the chorus Of which WIS the jingle Of his
bowie-knife on its soabbard,--a Charley passing
along seized him and insisted upon escorting him
TO the ''calaboose" Our ATkansian took thisin
high dudgeon and was on the point OF exhibit
ing some show Of resistance, when the folly OF
such procedure suggested itself to his excited
mind. Cooling down bis excitement a little,
and mastering his indignation to as great an ex-
tent as he was capable Of doing, he made over
lures to the Waterman ola compromise, in the
offer Of Eve dollar bin oalIow him The privi-
lege Of returning to his boat without further mo.
lestation. The Waterman for a while demur-
red, but finally acceded, STIMULATING at the same
time that the affair should be kept secret.
On the money being paid the Charley took hie
departure, and our friend turned in the direc-
ton o. his raft. He had not proceeded far On
his way, however, before doubts arose in his mind
ia regard to the commences of the night char
acter that had ''done him'' for the v. He plod-
ded on bis way, at intervals giving vent to his
dissatisfaction BY a few suppressed oaths, until
he arrived at the conner Of Cont street, when
meeting with Kentuekian who but a few DAYS
previous had disposed OF a drove Of horses in the
city, he Immediately seized him BY the throat
and insisted upon his accompanying him to the
watch-house. The frightened Kentuokian, as
green as the Arkansian on the original rencon-
ire with the pretended Waterman, and who
in all Likelihood had often been RECALLED with tales
ofthe horrible with which the "up country" peo-
pie usually invest their narratives Of the man
ners Of the South, the knowledge in many instan-
ceS being acquired BY residence Of three days
in the Crescent City ,--made him an immediate
prefer Of five dollars to let him Off But our
Arkansian had at length got ''bite," and was
fully determined not to quit ''even on the nights
frOlic He demanded ten dollars as the price Of
Kentuck's liberation, which after a short though
minated discussion, was paid over bgOur "gal-
ant Hunter" The Arkansas veteHn quietly
'ut swiftly regained bis raft; seating himself in
is ''shantya he, by n little exertion bic mas E
ular arms, succeeded 10 crossing Insight over I.
is left leg, and applying an easy swilsing mo- !
on to the leg, be remarked with asligA show ofl.
Well! By ~, / ratherkaleulate !
lat Arkansas Is lard % headn'