Washington telegraph., 1851-06-11
o11TZ AND THE DARKIES.


,,h witchcraft and roguery. What a
w r.no of jugglery there is in the very
'"a '",unciation: presto change-magical
POJ in themselves are no more ldenti-
with miraculous deeds, than that OF
nvu p,,,0 He is the prince of conjurors, and
ps ~" 70 his wonderful dexterity of leger-
auu .in the most remarkable power of
human voice known as ventriloqulsm.
Ine Iw:,a is an arrant joker, and loves to car
p an, oractical.piece of fun. For some
Haks past he has been frightening the
.-er men of Philadelphia, by causing
h'a a;- dead poultry and dressed pigs TO
'nu u. oil sorts of stuff and make formal
TAN nnnIaiuts to the untimely end to which
I0 Sar had been brought. One butcher,
se'sr sHt, throwing half a dozen turkeys into
a. '4o street. because they would gohble,
'no0ob wv they were as dead as door nail.
'" oaluted with a tremendous grun;,
s.om Young pig that he was offering for
.aIs all clean and dressed for the table.
Tr;rbtened half out of his wits, the mar
-, man fairly "cut stick" nor would
hs come back until piggy had been re-
moved. Dr.
Ji1. was to disturb negro meeting,
wears ago in Belkuap street, Boston.
ma story is not generally known, as it
would perhaps have led to some personal
,ronbIe TO hun had it been known or re-
norted TO the aLthorltles.
All Rostou knows, or has heard of the
zorro preacher, Father Snowden, vino
held forth to his "cuIlered breIderen," in
BsIkuap street for so many years. 1t was
o,,iet summers afternoon, when the
house was pretty well filled, there being
a revival of religion going on among the
.oemmen of color. when Blitz with
some other white persons (albeit himself
;s as dark as a muIatto. and has curly
hair to booN entered the house. 1t was
warm weather, and consequently the
oflnvia was not little offensive to senses
noIite; but things went on nice enough,
until the minister had got warmed up III
his subject, and was using words almost
too long for common sized dictionary,
when Bltz thought it was about time TO
do something.
"And the Lord spake unto Moses
"Bow VOW vow. came apparently from
behind the speaker.
The congregation looked each other in
the face with couutenances dGrEe/ than
ever while the minister after lookltg un-
der his feet and behind himself seemed
~ come 10 the conclusion that the noise
had proceeded from the street, and so he
commenced again:
"And :hc Lord spake unto Noses"
"Staud from under" cried a voice. ap-
pareutly from the top of the house.
The startled congre2atlo rolled up the
big whites OF their eyes IN amazement,
while the minister threw suddenly to one
side, expecting something was coming
down. But after a moments pause all
seemed quiet. and so Mr.. Snowden re-
sumeG:
"And the Lord said unto Moses"
"Alnt you ashamed of yourself::-take
your hands off of me" said voice pro-
ceedng apparently from a very Eeat
muaItu gill, who sat in the front pew,
and upon whom, all eyes were now turn
ed.
"I didn't touch yer" said the man
next to her, in amazement.
Some smiled aud said, "Sam Johnson
ought to be ashamed of himself, to act so
in meeting," and the minister trowned |
upon him in manner that would have
ihawed snow bail outright, after which |
Mr. Snowden attempted once more TO re-
sumo his remarks.
"And the Lord said unto Moses"
"WeIl, what did he say" came seem-
mgIy from the lips of an attentive listen
erin the side aisle.
The minister was astonished. He !
looked at the man as tho his bodness had
electrified him, while some of the congre-
CATION began to think that under the cif-
cumstaIces the enquiry was very natu-
raj and appropriate one. AS TO the min
lster himself he was little vexed now,
and repeated with emphasis:
"Ant the Lord said unto Moses"
"tlre. fire" roared a voice which
seemed TO come from the entrance of the
honse with startling earneStneS.
This was too much TO bear iamely.-
Even the minister rushed to the door,
and the affrightened women screamed
like mad, as they hudded and pushed
each other out of the pews and down
the aisles. Bonnets suffered some on
the occasion, and when they all got out,
they looked up 10 the top of the meeting
house, patiently to see the flames burst
through the slate roof.
And there Bltz left them standing,
their eyes rolling heavenward, and Par
son Snowden in br0Wn study
OUGHT BLANKS TO BE CoUNTED?-Three
United States Senators have recently
been elected through the use of blank
votes. In Florida. David Levy Yulee.
1O1 H the last six years Senator from