Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-08-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

fCorrespondence Of the New Orleans Delta
LETTER FROM CAPTAIN BENDER.
Cog'n Bender has an inter riew 10Th General Tay>
Embarrassp,ents Of the old Gintai.
WAsHISGroS, August 5sn, ls49.
Mister Eddytur: lime most afeard yu'll be
nifty sorry you got me 10 rite yu bout my
travis, as the postige must cost rite smart
sum But, as I've got any hand IN, sort ov hates
to stop, spsshally as it makes feel jist as il
was talkin to yu. Yesterday was sittin Oh
the frnnt steps ov the hotel, wen who shood
cum along but Gineral Taylor. SLOWS yure
heiih, Cap'n," ses he, stoppn and shakn hands
"Middln smart" ses ], get,ln up, and be TUX of
his hat and got to iannin hisself. SEES he, line
agoin up to the Caperlol, aud mebby yude like
walk OF coorse sed yes, and of we started
The Gineral sed he was so bizzy maxim apint-
ments, that he hadent time for ne to cum and
see him, and visit suntimes be wos back on
his plantashun, or driilin or manooverin bril-
gade Of solgers. SEES he, gwen yure the he'd Of
an army yu kin do jest as you thinks best, ard
nobody amt no rite to ask important questins, or
ef yu calls counsel of war as did on the mite
ov the 9th ov May, yu kin brake it up and tell
gore ofysers wot thave cot to do. and thay must
do il. That's the way SEES he, 81 TUX the hides
of them Mexycans on The 9Th, and al Monterey
and Buny Vister; but now lis different case,
and eff | wants TO kepe good Teller in otis, won
ov my SECRETARIES Gums out and ses it cant DC So
and tells ov how much time and mummy sum fell
Ter spent 10 gel me lecled, and they Jest Iepes
me 6tin al EN- all the while. Fl Lie had
emmy idear lhare was haf SO much trubble in
bein President, Ide have bakd out ard lei EN- put
in my friend Mr.. Clay" avail" SEES |, "yu
musent mind The tEubole, ct il pays WELL" at
lakes heap Of mummy 10 liy hear" ses he, "and
ILL 49,
scripsbuns to bid churches, and missionary scis-
iys AID oil SORTS CT doius. jest as ct | vas ec,ed
TO spend NY mummy in such SOFT OF nonsense
Thares iine s'alure of Washington" .es he,
lakin of his hal and lookin up at H. "Yes," ses
|, "bul why diddent they make him with his
clothes on, and no! hay him s;andin tha:e with
a shcte RAPID round hint" "You must speek
reverenlly Of the farther Of his county," ses be;
that aint she.e, It's iosa, and is What lhay
calls he Roman CUSTOM" oval" SEES ], I'D:
like to see yu dresl up that away, ard would be
a rite smart show. like lot oi wimnin out n
a windy day." lie cidcnt say nu'hen; so scs,
General, Ice like 10 see you're stature on lo,her
side, but ef they was 10 make il twelve foot hi,
and stout 10 proportion ,hade hav 10 bring i; over
in too ships" "Never mind" SCI he, bout
SIGH nonsense, fur line agoin 10 civ yu an offs"
"Wol is ni' ses ], and leltmy hart clean up
an my thfOle, expcct,n that Mister Clayton had
lett, and was 10 take his place. why" :es he,
'thay haint had no keeper al The lie hcus up
70 Naches lur several yeres, aid I've had IN pin.
ted 10 it, and yCre commisshun will be sent out
as sune as possibel. The place is sinncure,"
ses he, "fur The lite hous is either blown down,
or sumboddy sole ii 10 bid houses with, and
lharetore nobody hainl appiyed fur The place"
Wall gev him thanks fur bein 30 obleegin, and
we walked round, and he told Inc oil abou, The
painlins 10 the Io,under, and showed me the Sen
ate Chamber and the Representatives, Hall, aud
library, and all the Golns rourd the Capperlal,
and bout dusk We ru: on, for home G3iu down
che HILL told him bout wa.tin On hat purity CUR.
home, ard he sackerca rite oIl, and sed he
hadn't no idear was haff 50 green | lride To-
gil m 10 60 in and tase sumlhin, bu! he sed
sumlhin about temperance aid Father Mathew,
and wsht me good nilc, and dd ID alcng iur the
while house. w had orr 10 hav seac ~ol fuss
tie folks at The hotel made with me, invitin me
10 drink, and the landlord cum iound 10 my cheer
a, the supper table, and hoped 1 was rcceevin
proper aiIensbun-aBd oil that sort ov thing
And won chap had jis opiud box ov sesars,
and had 10 Try them, aud the baikeeper sent NE
big jewlep and wanted my piivis piu;on on H.,
and as sumo as | sed twas the thing. dozen
chaps started 10 gel won OF The same kind
blieve III hav 10 draw my boots iIoa this
place, fur n,y trends has bin So pressing and pei
tickuar in lhare enshuns and j.wIeps, that lhaye
give me the he'd axe. III Tile yu agin when
cum 10 a slopin place.
Yare irend CAP'N BENDER.