The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1844-11-26

. 4u66u6y las4e 10Y W6S6tAAS sAA@b sug StosgEV~
cings oftheir convention, meeting, rally, Of
burying Hair,shOuld be given to the world
through the columns Of the /" Yazoo Dem.
OcEat," The Boys here being oil demo
cratic, and some Of them having besHsVeEy
efficient in eIectioneering and circulating
documents ia the recent contest, we felt il
our duty to comply with their request.
OwING TO the boasting and bFaggadociO
spirit evinced and exhibited by the Wings
of this place, during the past few months,
a couple Of our town lads sometime in the
middle Of October, started for the purpose Of
capturing Coon, TO the swamps in The
vicinity. After encountering numberless
and incredible hordships; after being trip
ped up by struggling viues; after wading
through quagmires which frequently sunk
them ancle>deep in its yielding bosom; afa
ter halIoaiDg on their dogs to the great and
manifest danger Of their youthful hinges
after all this, and more. they a. length sue
caaded ia. freeing up a sapGing " THAT
SAME OLD COONr' Amid the din
created by the barking Of dogs and the
croaking Of frogs, one Of the young hunters
climbed the sapliOg, and when at the top
he saw the Coon striving TO throw himself
off upon the branches Of an adioining tree;
our hunter shook the limb-down went the
Coon in less time than you could say
"Jack Robinson" and the dogs on watch
snalched him up ere one could.ulter the
word "Jerusalem!' They had the Coon
then, just as Polk has got the "embodi-
ment" now.
After procuring hickory stick, about an
inch and half in circumference, one Of
the young locofoco dis held the Coon
by the tail Just as Freelinghuy~en's name
did Clay, while the other crossed the stick
over the 'Coon's neck, as Marcellus Cas-
sius did the "oratOr's," and mounted The
stick on,aeilhar aide, aomewhat like the
'.greatest mans" freak ia letter writing,
he called for the tail, which, when he got
hold Of hegave it a jerk-and--c-r-a-c>k
= the Coon died like 'Possum. From
that scene Of savage assassination they
bore away his bruised and bitten body
leaving no marks by which the assassins
might be traced more definite in their ap-
pearance than the answer the people have
lately given in regard to the popularity Of
Mr.. Clay. Under the light and by the
guidance Of the full moon, our youngsters
wendell their way hOmeward. Arrived
there, a portion Of the night was devoted
to the dissection and removing the bowels,
/. Q. Principles" from the varment. A
barrel Of meal had been procured for the
occasion, and needle and thread soon en-
cased il his carcass something more SUBJ
stantial than the promise Of "two dollars
day and roast beef" This done our be-
Foes took themselves to bed /, and there they
lay gu day, and dreamed what Q fool Col.
Polk was, 70 run against Clay.
The night wind swept through the raised
sash, aHd ia mournful cadences threw aside
and sorroyfully played with the Adonis
curls that rested on each youthful brow.
But 10 evil by them done, marred the en-
ioYment Of then rest, and the regular hea-
wing Of their bosoms. but kept time with the
trumpet notes of their nasel oriRee-indi-
eating to an Impartial observer that they
had 40 idea Of having DE wrong 10 skin-
ming a Coon. Times swift progress, un>
needed, vas allowed to pass-night wore
on apace--laint glimmerings Of light 'gan
TO streak The eastern boundaFy-not Of
Maine--but of mans vision. Aurora. just |
after washing, was wiping herself prepar-
atory % getting up. And still our sleepeFs
slumbered on, unconscious Of Theodore
Frelinghuysen, or even Of Henry Clay!
A patlering on the floor is heard-and peep.
ing from beneath The bed quilt could be
seen one Of lhese useful adiuncls 10 The |
consumers Of good cheese. With q noises
less pit-pat il len its place Of concealmeni,
and made q cautious promenade across the
hoor. Meal, did he wanll No. For that he
passed carelessly over, But nearer ap-
prosches The place where In dead silence |
neglected, lay that asame Old CoonH-ths /
hearty and Joyous notes Of Chanticleer rose
upon The break Of day-ihe sIeepeFs sprang
from their lair-and the rat ran aWay--lo
Bis hole, We reckon. ~.@
Our youths once risen, Ike Clay and
Ffelinghuysen, il did not lake them long
70 fx lhs Coca. AZ il they went, and The
glad beams Of ca October sun threw out 10
Joyous phiz to witness lhe interesting and
imposing ceremony Of elevaling 10 BE de.i
Served add propeF station that ssame old
Coon and % give convincing proof to 81
that be bad accorded 70 him q lofty eleva-