Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-02-14
FROM the New York Spirit IT the Times
Letting her slide, and EfEects of the Same.

ArRkvEtL1NG sKETcH.--BY THE LITTLE 'UN.
Mr.. ,Spfkir'- Several years since, business called
me South, and during MY sojorn there bad occasion
to pass through The (so called IurpentIne District
Of North Carolina There were six of us passengers
in stagecoach that vas moving along at the rate of
about three knots an hour. one hot morning in Sep
iember within about hours ride of the place where
we expected TO take dinner; for which we were all
pretty sharp set' as our previous meal hadn't been
much 10 brag of as to quality.
was suddenly aroused out of Tie usual stage coach
doze, by hearing voice hal!Ing the driver, and the
stopping of the stage II take up two passengers The
elder whose name afterwards learned was braaiord'
large, square built man. with good naiufed'
quiet of expression. The younger man OF twenty
FIVE or thirty as TALL SLIM and rather delicate look
ing with jolly, devil may care style, and peculiar
short ierked- sort of speech, which reminded one
of the celebrated Alfred Jingle Esq of Pick ian
notoriety. This latter person (who was called by
his friend Mac,) the one who had stopped the
STAGE and whose peculiar faeon de parlee caused us
some merriment The first addressed 10 the driver
as follows
Hold up, driver-room for two-just in time--in
with you |! Let her slider-whch latter clause tal
luded 10 the graceful, gliding motion) he affixed to
all his remarks without regard to their hearing on the
subject. Both of these individuals were, thought.
slightly elerated
Il say, Brad. old fellow, hand her OUTLET her
slider
Who the female alluded to was had little time TO
conjecture for Brad thrust his hand into an inside
pocket and drew out pocket pistol OF immense
size, and Gaping the muzze, he reduced the load
considerably, and passed it TO Mac, who followed
suit and presented the a0eapon TO me. with an invita-
ton to take pull-cool you down-hot day-capnal
stuff very-let her sliden declined, however. when
he returned the pocket companion TO his friend, re-
mark1ng-
Dinner at old 'ooman's-lots O. dogs-bacon and
indigo-hominy and whiskey Let her slide"
At the mention of the fluid. the elder drew out the
pocket companon,' and come TO present arms
with the muzZe applied TO the assure in his counte-
nance. Mac (who, meanwhile, was becoming very
communicative remarkng-
High old ga--six foot eght-two hfty-fourteen
! barrel! Let her slider
To which description. the stout man said Who"
sLandlady Hoel-Dye- house-nsgers and home
spun--been there before. Let her slider
Mac received the pocket companion which he did
Justice to- and handed round. with that
it was prime suff--ake sniffter-appete for din
ner--let her slide p
In few moments more drove up to the Ho-
tel Mac and the large pattern OF small nail BRADY
amusing themselves with the pistol, with scarcely
enough remaining 10 prime with, though they were
pretty well loaded
AS we drove up TO the door, some score, at least,
of miserable looking, half dogs yelpng
ont to meet u.s. snufing and smelling about heels
as we alighted, as if it would afford them considera-
BILE qualification TO sample our underpinngs Mac
here broke out (as he histed of the crowd about
rod)-
Large assortment-constantly on hand--dozen or.
i,
, her slider
Our Iandlady was, as Mac had described, large,
powerful woman, who kept dyehouse and halt.
! way house, and some half dozen nlggers Several
pieces of cloth were hanging the fences about.
noticed, as l. with the ohers passed into the dining
room hastily scanned the table to see if any sas
ges' were there, for Macs hint seemed not an impro-
babIe idea That pie made O. Kittens may be de
licate and paatabe dish. but sasges' out of tough
dogs could not exactly sand!
But no such dish appeared al the head of the table
was large dish, containing about gallon OF sop,
or liquid greece, the top of which a few dried up
pieces of bacon were t1oatng next, large dish OF
, hominy in the middle. decided blush looking loaf
OF combread was placed. which derived its azure tints
from the blue dye used in the establishment, as the
darby cook had evidently taken her hands from one of
the dyetubs (of which there several in the room)
to the meal bag, without washing at the extreme end
was pair of miserably mean looking No. macker-
ell, done to a crisp. We were completely disguised
with the display of dinner for eight and retreateI
to the piazza, where Bradford and Mac holding
hurried consultation, in low tone They returned
the room and Brad, addressing the landlady said
. odd 'ooman ! what's the p-pr- price of dinner'
\ Fifty cens,' was the reply.
That's four d-dollars,' said Brad Now whati
you tia, take for the entire s-s-spread, fxins and
| all /?
Seven dollars was the reply.
Brad Immediately handed out very suspicious look
ing $40 on Mississippi bank, and received equal
" dubious looking SO in return, when he and Mac
> and hosting it clear of the table, Mac sung out
Now, then, here she goes-stand from under-one
. two, three Let her sl,den
: Let her slide they did, too, dishes, CLOTH blue
bread, and all, out of the window The smash was
the signal for regular stampede Of dogs. who were
. soon swallowing the eatables, and fighting among
themselves, which was pretty music, together with
the var vars of the niggers and at Mac,
the enraged landIady fastened him, and before
could prevent it, soused his head several times into
dye-tub close by, filled with blue liquid
We all made tracks for the stage, Bradford handed
the driver the remaining 80, telling him TO start the
= wagon
Mac had escaped from the grasp OF the old ooman,
and drove off. minus our dinners Mac was wip
ing his face with his handkerchief, and exclaming-
Dye is cast-dyed on the 18th nst-sudden ant
J. xpected--blue-deeply and darkly-dyed in the
wool-fast colors--warranted TO wash-iquid hair dy.
deed of darkest dye-'twere we'll done--twere done
d quicky-high old gaI-let her slide
Mac getting pathetic and patriotic 20
course owing to the liquid blue though he had jus
drained the pistol of the other liquid)
e ''Twere vain TO tell thee-a feel-friends, coun
trymen and overs--hm have offended -no. d.
d it, her-what's banshedbut set free-feler citizens
: caed tgether portant cason-- d d. dan the in
ind indigo let her slider and Mac fell over into the
Il arms of Bradford, completely done up. with liquid. He
fell into troubled sleep, and occasionally he woulc
t murmur- high old gal-d-n the indigo beautifully
- bue---deep blue sea---Let her slider
F. TERRITORY OF UTAH-Accounts from the Nor
l. mons in the Great Salt Lake Valley estimate thu
population of Utah at about $500 It was expected
that this years emigration would swell the number
to OO0O The population of Salt Lake CITY is abou