Washington telegraph., 1849-06-06
CAPTAIN sTICKrAND TONY.
3 A JUDGEMENT ron COSTS.
BY ). ). HOOPER. ESQ.


more than Tony. the boy of all work, for
the Captain was generally Obliged to
write areceipt for a considerable amount
across his shoulders. -
One settling afternoon, the Captain,
accompanied by Tony, was seen 'toddling
down to the old stable. with his little ac-
count book in one hand, and a small rope
in the other. After they had reached the
bar of Justice and Tony had been pro-
perly strung up the Captain proceeded
to state his accounts as follows: og h'sn
Tony DR.. .f ....'..er -...F
Sabbath, to not half blacking my boots,
&c (, five strips. t'tlDi1 ehu
Tuesday, to staying four hours at mill
longer than necessary. ten stripes.
Wednesday, to not locking the hall door
at night, fifteen strips. oiipi 81 70 a7o
Friday, to letting the horse 60 without
water, five stripes, v q ,lr ir4
Total, twenty-five stripes. .-r
Tony Cr. '''+ '' "t1
Monday, by first rate day . work in the
garden, ten stripes, r,
Balance due, fifteen stripes.
The balance being thus struck, the
Captain drew his cowhide and remarked
Now Tony, you black scamp, what
say you, you lazy villain, why shouldn't
give you fifteen lashes across your back,
as hard as / can draw?'irsuali oea si70q
Stop ole massa, said Tony; 'dar's de
work in de garden sah-dat ought to TEX
off some
You black dog? said the Captain.
llav'nt given you the proper credit OF ten
stripes. for that Come come.
please ole massa,' said Tony, rolling
his eyes about in agony of fright--'dar's
you forgot--dar's de scourin OBJ de floor
ole missus say he neber been scour as
good before.
Soho, you saucy rascal quoth the
Captain, you're bringing in more offsets
are you? Well now, there.-here the
Captain made an entry upon his book
you have credit of FIVE strips, and the
balance must be paid
Cor a nifty, massa, don't hit yet-dar's
sumpen else--oh Lord! please don't
yes sir-got um now--ketchin de white
bow and fetchm urn TO Gle missus. wat
trow rock at de young duck, bc., ,...
That's fact, said the Captain, the
outrageous young vagabond-that IS
fact, and I will give you credit OF ten
stripes for it wish you had brought him
to me-now well settle the balance"
.Bress de lord, ole massa, said Tony.
OATS ALL Tony grinrfed extrava-
gantly. al.z.dT. .-ecr. t..r.7,,
The Captain adjusted tortoise-steel
spectacles, with grea: exactness' held the
spec,acles close to his eyes, and ascer-
tained That the fact was as stated by Iony.
He was not little irritated.
You swear off the account, you internal
rascal-you swear off the account, do you?
iAll the credit is fair, ole massa, an
swered Tony. ..,.-.t -, ~
Yes, but'-said the disappointed Cap
tain. .but-but' still the Captain was
sorelv puzzled how to give Tony a few
licks sANYHOW-'but- AN idea popped
into his head--.where' my costs-you
incorrgible. abominable scoundreE You
want TO swindle me do you. out OF my
costs YOU black. deceitful rascal! And,
added Capt. Stick. chuckling as we'll at
his own ingenuity as the perfect justice
of the sentence; Il enter judgement
AGAINST YOU for costs-teh stripes-and
forthwith administered the stripes and
satisfied the judgement.
.Ki nigger,' said Tony, hi nigger.
wha, dis judgment for coss, ole massa
talk bout. Done git off bout de blackin
de boot--git off bout stayin long time at
de milan ebery ting else--but dis
Judgment for coss GIN me de debbil.-
Bress God, nigger mus keep out OBJ de old
stable, or + tell you wat, dat judgement
for coss make e back feel nifty warm for
sartn.. PVT 4'
af Botpi STROKE FOR HUSBAND A
rather singular case of forgery has Just
occurred in New Orleans. A young
French girl, who had recently arrived
with her mother from from Paris, was re-
ported to have large amount OF gold on
deposit with city banker. She was
fair, and of course had many admirers,
among them a verdant young merchant.
whom she admired. On the day following
the marriage the happy bridegroom de-
positcd with a banker note for $lO,OOO,
sipned bv one of the wealthiest merchants
in the city. This note, witch he had re-
ceived from his young and beautiful bride.
he desired TO have collected, and draft
for the. amount renlitted to him at New
York, for which destination the haPpy
couple took their departure the same
evening. The note was not discovered
to be forgery until several days after