Washington telegraph., 1849-10-31
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IMPORTANT ARRIVAL.

| 7I IMPORTANT ARRIVAL
Major Noah's Sunday Times announced
the arrival from California of its highly
edifying and facetious correspondent, the
"Disbanded Volunteer" There can be
no mistake, for the evidence that the
news is true, sufficiently appears in a
communication that is just published in
the Times by that renowned and most
veracious individual. the volunteer him.
self. We subjoin it. and commend its
perusal to all who are disposed to indulge
in hearty laugh:
AsTuR HOUSE. Sept 90, l649
Eddyt~rs Of the Sunday Times
Here I am, rite side up. ] arroved at
Moo Orleens in the Falcon, but beiu in
no purtickler hurry to go North. I got on
train, and so didn't start for sum days.
I hadn't ment to say nutLin about my
welth thar, hut bein in Ticker when my
draughts was honnored, it leeked out and
cirklated all throo the city. never see
cleverer fellers than them Moo Orleensers.
The young bloods introdoosed me to their
female ackwaintenses who welkimmed
me as wimmilf Sum say Don't take
no wife to Californy." I say do. Them
lnjun wimmin is shiftless creeturs, an il
you hire one to keep your things decent.
she only loafs around while you're hard
at work. pick in hand, putin in for the
yeller boys. To be sboore there amt no
tether beds thar except the bed of Fether
river. and the wife of your buzzum would
have to sleep on bufylow robe. but she
woodent mind the skin, with a luvin
husband to share it with her
"The world was sad, the gardiny yarbs run wild,
And man, oueasy, sthed till ~u,nmun smiled
Droppin this subieck, mus, say few
words about Californy, which was what
l was drivin at when missed stays and
got among the pettycoats.
Jest before left San Francisco. fifteen
or sixteen fellers was tried for theving,
rape, and other burglaries They say the
lor's rayther dilantory in the States, but
it was nifty expedishus thar. Thar warnt
no challenges of joorers. perumtory nor
extrumpery, and the arguments of coun-
sci was brief, bein all for the persecution.
One chap. Moo York lawyer, peared
for the prIsunners, and told the court he
wanted to take sum RECEPTIONS; but the
Judge said he woodent allow no Moo
York shyster to take RECEPTIONS to his
decishuns, and Immediately nocked him
down. When he riz up. he axed the
Judge if he ment to hold the scales of
justis even; but the Judge said he was
darned fool TO expect it when the waite
of testimoney was all on one side. The
shyster then guv in, and the joory havin
stated that they'd all formed an opinyun
afore they cum into court. konvicted the
prisunners withou, examinin emmy wit.
nesses.
Then cum the sentenses. The wust
of the offenders, at the rekwest of the
joory, was sentensed to be hung in the
presence of the court; for, as thar's no
Jail in San Francisco, an reprieves is
again the law, the foreman of the joory
alters hangs the convicks himself. to
satisfy his fellow joofers an prevent ak.
idents. The prisunners that was only
convicted of bein rowdies was sentenced
to be transported to the United States
and turned loose in Filadelfy. Judgin
from the purlice reports in the Fifadel.y
papers, l presoom they're thar now.
] dou't know as shood cum hum
II w ~ SUN, UuI tuc GOuytuf OF tue
Atty Californy. darn him, printed wun Of
my letters as peared in your paper, and,
though sum larfed, others sed it was an
insultin burlesk. knew storm was
bruin, and heerin that public conven-
shun was to be held in the plaza, and
that the chairman had ordered a rale, a
barril of tar, aud piller case full o.
fethers TO be sent to the place Of meetin,
got bills for my dust, and went on board
trainshunt vessel, which, after tejus
mage, landed me at Pannyma. l was dis
appinted in not findin the female con-
sinement you was to send on, but hope
the goods is Oh hand here and ready for
delivery.
On Monday shall call a. the offs and
heer all purticklers.
Next week meme to rite piece for
the yuse OF emmygran:s, an callit "Advice
to Green Miners" You can publish the
same if it suites the Times
Yours, A DIsBANDED VOLUNTEER.