American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-07-31
The Jones and PartinEtO on COrrespond-
ence.-NO. q. 3-..


Ny DEAR PETE: Your letter ware received,
and as biziness peple ses when they rite in an
ser to Billyduse, "contents ware noted" g
Well, now, thar is something about the gin
eral stle of all of us scolers, who use to 90 to
scool to our beloved ole teecher, DR.. Pinkerd,
profeser Of larning in gineral, at the ole scool-
ouse in Owl Hollow; and says /, jest as sure as
cracked the wapher on the onvellop which
ware upon your artike to me, "this are from
one Of the Owl Hollow boys" and show nuff it
ware Well, | sot down and parused what you
had rt, and kin ist say, that it tallyed with the
flying oa-dees which is a-hying round the corr
ners of all the streets and alleys in Washington,
and, like the gost of Banker, meetin' you ut
every turn, Now Peter, / is here, and you
ant; in corse | is little better posted bout
things than you is, and 'cordinly kin breethe q
few things into your yeers casunaly, which will
sprize you more than all the wonderful newes
that you could git out of the Giptian Arkaner
at Roame, from the time that our dog Tray ware
puppy to the KILN of your alls big hog by
the itening; and b'leave me when / tell you,
that I'm jest agoing to squar myself, and as
our old swarer ses in courte here, tell the
truth, the whoale truth, and nuthin' but the
TRUTH" so help me Sambo. Well, l can't say
that regrate takin' up my 'bode here, sence
kin say, without feer of contradiction, that is
a lion 'mongst lions here, aud l reckon that
your crate ole mother and yourself would like
to heer sumthing bout the doings of us big
bugs of the 'Merikin Capital.
As thare is understandin betwiXt US bout
keepin up lettle scribbling juring the balance
of the seeson, I'll jest mension one other of
EN- in connecktion with your umble servant,
whose moddesty is right smartly shocked by
havin to put his name in here, and that one are
DR.. Tommy Corwin, Seciterry of the Treasury,
S. NJ. G. (speckalator in Mexakin clames,) he
and me bein as thick as brindel and cherry, as
Gineral jackson use to say bout Nick Biddle
and Daniel Webster. The tother evening, as |
was setting in my shanty thinkin about every
thing and every body, ! heerd a crack agin the
door, when / sed ''Cum in" Well jest then in
popped a man with overcote on with as much
gold ribbin on it as any boldly could git off of
five hundred pieces Of new arrish linuen in a
weak Ses |, Won't you rest yourself? No, sir,
ses he, I'm in the tallest kind of hurry. What
on arth is the matter2 ses |. He ansered: Sir,
the Seciterry of the Tresury is come, and wishes
you to visit his house to see him immegeately.
Ses /, ah! indeed and begin to fix TO go up to
see him. Well, arter got in the carriage the
driver driy off at rapid rate, and / sune found
myself at DR.. Corwin's doare. Immegiately
arter l got out and walked in the Reception
Room, and thar found the Seciterry n settin by
his self and lookin, as Shaikspeer ses, as if
"He never told his lls-- ,..
But let congeament, like a worm in the mud
Nav on his damaged cheak
And like Patience on horse eblock,
Sot smiling at greef"
Ses |, 'Your onner" Ses he, "Ditto"
Wen, arter took sect, he sed, "Kurnal, have
you heerd any reports about me sence left the
city for the west?" Jest about that time l
drawd newspaper out Of my omnum guthrum,
and sed, "Yes, Dr., | has, and have brung you
this wehickle of nollege (holding up the paper
he called O "basc fulmernasion" bout him, sed
he, "Kurnal, kin satisfy you or any boldly
else Of sence and reason, that am as innocent
of rascality in fxin that Gardner claUe as an
unborn baby that wont be here before the NAL
ennium. Every thing that did in the matter
was lawful and jest" Arter drawing two No.
Mixikin maushongs out Of his pocket, shaped
like sixteen-pounders, and as strong as gallon
of acca fortice, which we commenced putting,
he continued, "Now, Kurnal, | want you to
read that peece agin and tell me ef you don't
think So" / took up the paper, and arter
close zamination sed, "Well, Docter, in corse /
can't disagree with you bout any thing, for
always know you is rite in every thing you does,
Howsomever, L IL give you my opinion, which you
kin use to the best advantage; it is very lacon-
nick. Now, every boldly must agree with your
Unkle Fuller that the clame ware allowed accor-
din to law, bekase your patron, Mr.. George Law,
got it decided accordin' to what he told the
commissioners that you told him, and it we're
Jest bekase you ware 5est-in when you sed you
had nothin to do with it." Sed he, " Hum,
hum-Kurnel have you heard how things are
sellin in market this morning." Sed /, "No, sir,
haven't hearn particular" Sed he, "The
weather is very warm" Sed |, Eyes, these are
warm times" And finding that | was neglectin
my biziness little too long, | took my beever,
put it on my he'd, and bid the secretary good
morning. From sum onaccountable cause the
Garage ware not thar to take me back home,
but found the homnibuss very 'greeable
find that is sed more than spected when be-
gun. Don't fale to rite to me very sune agin.
Ef the President gose to the springs in Vir-
ginny shortly shall spect you to pay him a
visit thar, as he is anxcious to obsafve yeu.