Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-12-19
Correspondence of the Times.

My DEAR SIR:-I regret to inform you that
duties requiring my personal attention, will call
me from the city for some weeks, during which
time new found friend of mine will undertake
to advise you of the doings here. requested
him to furnish few items for you occasionally,
and | suppose you will have to accept them in
anv form he may choose to send them. They will
probably be in the shape of his own Impressions
and experience. l will simply add that he is
native of Danbury, COnnecticut,-a stranger in
the CITY, and a seeker after the elephant He
will probably tell you how we became acquainted.
Trusting that you will find his favors acceptable,
remain, truly yours,
GOTHAM.
MlsrUR EDTUR THAT chap has axed me tew
du his ritein, and tellcd him l wood, but what
on airth Pm agoin tn rite about, is morn l know.
haint been down tu York but three days, and
reckon l shell stay about a month CT l can only
sell the critters brought down tu pay expenses.
Creation! what place this is. Its funny folks
look at me so, Jest as if was the Presydent.
reckon they never seed one Jest like me afore.
had great time the fust day arrove. l come
down by them cars that swindled Schuyler SO, and
had MT MORN got my foot on the stuns, when a
hull lot o. fellers, wanted to take my portmantle,
and carry it fur me. telled them felt obliged,
but | calated l would MT trouble 'em. There
want much int so it did MT cripple me to cart it.
| ax'd one of the fellows if he was experienced
in the city? He want as perlte as when ne
wanted tn carry my furntur, and said ne oid nj
know. | guessed he was stranger, so l ax'd
another chap if he could pint me out the way TO
Mr.. Sammises. MIR. Sammis married stephen
Bilet's darter Suze-and Suze and used to set
up together afore Sammis came courtn' on her.
He did MT cut me out though-no sir. l SEED now
the bull bucked, and when found out Suze liked
him. Jest gin her rite up, but it want cuttin'
ON me out. Sammis ax'd me tn his house when
| came down;-ths chap tu said he did MT know,
and | spoke to three or four about it, but the
hull on 'cm didn't know, and so jest expressed
myself, by saying that did mt believe that there
was one on 'em but what was Know Nothin'-
and-creation-.
GA Know Nothin' is it?'' said one big fellow
with short breeches and big coat, twirlin' q big
stick under nv nose, ssLook at me shllale! By
the powers if we're afther blaguardin' gintleman
wild the durty appelashun of a Know Nothin',
down goes ye're shanty in Whit of my dudeen !!
Whoop!'
sWall now look herev' says !, ssef you don't
put down that lumber, you won't know nothin'
long"
"You tam" ripped out another fellow, whose
principal weight he seemed to keep behind him,
"Vot does you means by tell desc mems dat dey
ish Know Notings. De AMERICANS ish Know No
tngs, and dinks somedinks, dat if you speaks
in dose, say dat"
'Pm thinkin' ye'le better speer till ye're ekils,
an ma till ye're speriors, ye must ken that ne'er
a canny Scots chiel wal be takin' an insult fra
the likes o. We. The hule toun's aleeve with the
fou' cry o. Know Nothin' an mony's the BARN
that's game hame fort"
"Ah! oui re Frenchman have hear re CRY,
from one cornar of re cittey to re ozzer, from ze
Battery to Trinity Church, all re time-every lee
tie minute-know Nossing-Know Messing re-
sound. Be gar do think zat re exile from his
native land is nevar to be cvilze in re grand Re-
public, while it am reproach Eat you be Scotsman,
Paddy, Dush, or native of Belle France! Com
panions! Charge! Vive la contest! Smash him
head!''
Creations broad expanse! The hull lot of
them chaps jumped on me, and put darkness over
my windows in plaguey short time. l could MT
darn'd bit, but l felt the more fur bein'
blind. Old Mesten's ram used to butt me like
smoke when was boy, but 'twan't nuthin' to
the exercise went thro' here. cal'late pd been
bruised and dug at about enuff when 1 open'd my
eyes about hairs breadth and seed the hull on
'em in the arms OF their friends-chaps that had
| brass stars on their coats-who took them Of