The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1852-10-23
From the National Intellgsncer.l
Letse~ from ;.aJSr $ acik Downing.
DuwNIXGvILLE. STATE OF MAINE,|
Saturday, 81 pr. Is, Ioo2.

Mr.. Gals IL Seaton:-My dear old friends,
| wish nd better news to wrlte to you.
Pm D. sky afraid Giuerai Scott Is coming IN.
And, AFTER ali, | dvn't know why | should
feel go Inu n AFRAID o. 1t, especially on my
own accoUnt, or | don't spose he's very
badmsn Bat leei bad for Uncle Jushu,.
/ Ills whole leart is byuna up IN the post office
anu ii he should lose it, I'm AFRAID it would
almost DC the death oi INN. He's mad it
more than ~ enty years, and he's more iond
OF it because it was give To h m by dear
GineraI -ckson. H. owes it now like
oi h $ own amiy. and | think 1t would be
alb tne haruSst of the family Tor hl.i
! To pat VITA, udless It's Aunt heZiah. III
I he should iusc airy one Oh 'eih that is, Aunt
kez all or the post Office, l knoa IL wouid
break his heart. And tnats what makes Inc
Ieei SD qad al the turn things has To Ok down
| hi, Way in laV0r vi Ginerai ScJtt. l. a
way could be ,ontrived 10 keep Uncle Joshua
! in tine post Ufti-e, [ wculdn care snap
I il inerdl ) OFT dld come In. And 1 guess
I there's 4 good zeal the same sor' OF feel
in auohgst Il g0od many oi the Deiocracy.
i'n just ai.e you sample ri 1t.
Inere's Cousin SARGENT joel, he cant
/ ii, t without ~ r4hlGg Tor somebody as mdca
as Two or thr,'e times day. He got into
! he habit Vt i. IN Ola lis. ory's time; ana he
! couL.'ni never leave OF since. Two or
tarec weeks ago Uncl. Joshua anu was
/ Ill the BARI, planning a lttie about getting
OFT tne Voters to lne elc. lion, wIen all ~
once We he I'D some Oody back u the barn
hJlier Nth al his Msnt, +" tu.rah tor
Gineral Scott" w, both siaried and
run arOuud the corner oi tn barn as fast
10 Ne could, ana WhJ should We see there
but Cousin S-rg, nj joel, standing Oh - slump
So III. ing his MT ali al me, ana hoiering II
III vtry op a. lis voice, 'iiurrAh Tor Gincral
&c IT," Uncle Joshua looked rs Cross Us
tbuader, md Cousin joel colorei
lit, 4 SON he see Us; Du. he swung
as hat again, and sung cut once more,
".lIrsai Iur Gineral Scoil, anu | uon care
~HO IA airs, ~"
WHAT'S t.ut you say! said Uacle Joshua.
II 5. hu rIa ior Uineral Scott, and |
d~n', cafe VIII IA ~rs it, says Cousin joel,
utaAg on nIs lat ana in 'lnl o.. III stu np.
Nv eli tls L. Il pretty pa &c oi business"
/ sal. Un~ie JJsiud. set ing su Ia Example
u. tbs ~ II I5nUOrs. There's many d ord
.. oke Jest tnat turnc~ into t'ar.'esi before
It's one Nth; and You ought to pe Careful
low on so su, hurrals p OH. Ii you 1nc.
< IA. $ arteu there's no knoa in WhAf ell
U III end ont.
IL d,n't Gre whal'ell be the end on"
sdld '.u.si joel.
"Wh o /, whal 60 II tneanrs id Uncle
JusAu-, =. YOU are < lng 10 IA n hig say
81, a.iJ rL US ~ ,Ou uuC o. The s,nao
al enc, anu be done vita II. | Want u
.i4in r,eh u and down answer, ar you
gong Ior De .eral Pierce ur U %
II srose ! sAul,' SAID Cousin 10 /.
"il!cn, ~by IN the name common sens
don't you hurrah Tor him!" sail Uncle
Jshua, anu ny and q et up SOM entnusi-
,s.n. fIu olgn II Do ashIai'dto tlrOw
your iurfs!is am.y On 'tothcr sIdc.'
mon Un~l~ Joshua, In tell yon what
us, s"iu Sifgcnt joel, strais ntening Inn
zen u Jest n uscL To at The Ia -,
coup ny IN Nui tJdtiun imcs, says At,
III. "A you "aat IT'S, Uncle Joshua, Pm
A,,iIng - vie 10: Gsh;sal III zee d le.p
you keep the post Uih Z, and | mean -:
Dut YOU nceu'nt ask me " nusrah Tor him,
r can't sta.d no such tom ooiery as that.
I've trl,d II, ANA It WON'T 20 no aow. 1t
makes IA ieel so mucn iia, d glng sinai
potato, and lew in bill. But when
get lat huLgy for d hurrdh, give il 10
uiherai Scott, au. find there's rcIreshmen at
auI nOdrlshHi ii IN II so:no tn Dg Ike real
mt; 1t Ia aaes the leei as il USED To when
W. -in the IOuuss, c"eefs .or Ginsrdl jack |
son.
Uhcle 10 hua turned away, looking rather
down III tie mouth, and SAYING, ''he didn't
know vi the world was Coming to-
Is near as 1 can find out, IN eres great
many ID mocrdts in this Sat, md other
places too, tnat's in tn same fix as Cousin
Sargent Joel Downing; they've tried to hrr-
r.h .or GiGerdl Pierce, and can't. Over to
the ralsin Of Squire Zones arm, 'tother day,
arter they ali LOT through, S lure Jones, who |
Is great Democrat, called out, snow let
US give thr cheer, for Gineral Pierce"
A. qick as look they all swung their hats.
ana about three quarters OF EN- sung out
as LOUD aa thy could holler, .hurrah .or
Glnsrai Cass.' "A, that Squire Jones flew
INTO Il rage, and told EN- they wos traitors to
the party, ana no tue Democr twould hur
rih tor anybody but Gneral Pierce That
touched the tandcr OF the rest of en- and
about twenty swung their hats and cried out
Justify, 'hdrrah Tor Gineral Scott and
asked Squire Jones fine liked that any bet
t r.
These things has kept Uncle Joshua very
uneasy along back, and before our Stat.
e'cc,on, which come along last Monday he
p 4" u "''' 'uS iiid liz aunt 10 Oelter yet.
we've oeen IN gate a state OF combube-d-
ton ali the week, trying TO find out how
the elections gone, but it's hard sum
to work out. w Mt over this morning to
help Uncle Joshu., ii cure up. He was sett-
ng 10 the tab with his ,pectacies On, and
the pIp-rs sprtaI Ill uni him, ind pen
III his hand. aud dark scoXl Oh MS brow.
lie was thinking hard he didn't seem
t know when I'm in. Says Auni Keziah,
says III, I'm DIR, d ful 81 yoa have come
Ia, MJor; your Uacle vii make himself
81 work. :. over them ii CURES