Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-08-02
coMmuH1cAI1oNs
ffTIFR FROM PINEBUR MocCAsIN.
Mooc..,sr, nI. N. G.. July 20, 1886.

81 * 81, For the Standard
LETTER FROM pINEBUR MoccAsiN.
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MoccAsrNy1LLE, N G., duly ~, iSoo.
AZ, pr;ntsfrs Of tie Standards
In INV last Tpro4niss to tel you about anew iasn.
mi Knnr.u,sthiu sinstiashun. jim Huber Is 'ne
man that told me about it, and Jake nt'ueI sss
its every word as true gospel = III ten you nv"
jun curto tell me about it, sszss !. = u, r;,.-
Oae day jim cum to Inc and ses ms NV ~,
brtlil YOU, acorrect account OF the't rascais
tryiii' 10 i,lsfiate your" Ses To be sure dia
"Wcll' sss ne. they have tnore'n one way OF In
ishatin' them. :"
axel him to tell me his experience, but he sed
it was intreiy too bad. hao 70 coax h'tn ''"e
time but at last he sea: :, 49,.
"Uncie Pincbur, I'm gwine to tell you all aoou'
it. I've felt mean ever sense jined the cuSseu con-
sarn. but was ashaineasto quit. jest kept fee''h
,nsauer and meaner and at last had to 4ult Ut ~
to sealin or else commit suicide on myself or sum
bo,ix else I teyeu they is a set Of rasca!s and
Jim cinched his fist and gritted his teeth like mao
boar. Then he continued, ''Old Peleg Rosumhoss,
ses he. kept after me and Jake Whittier to so and
look for Sam. He told us nigh on to thousan' lies
He sed could still be Dlincrats ana vote ior "o
we pleased; and that the Order wasoniy to put down
Roman Catholics and aboshunsts. At last JAKE
and prornist to go. He told to cum to the
scho,nouse on a certain night and he'd show sam
to us Cuss his Internal picter, he did show hun to
us too" and Jim gritted his teeth agn
"Jake and went to the schoolhouse at the app'nt-
ed time Jake hadn't been married but a few weeks,
and his wife didn't like his goin out OF nights; out
told her I'd take OF him and she must let MN
CO. She looked sorter sour, but Jake anu went.
/ wish she'd whipped US both and kept US at home
b'iieye the wmmIn folks is aoout right consarnln'
these societies. Sum of chem may be very good,
ba, when a man gets into one of them it seems to
give him appetite for them all and fust thing he
knows he's in some drafted mean consarn like
kaoS -nu;hin,sn. Batto perceed:
We got TO the schuobouse and Teller cum out
into the yard aud tod to wait there ninet. The
1FschoohouSe new one, two stories high, but
the chmbly hadn't been bit, the place where the
chi,ns,y was to be was nuhn' but hole. In about
five unets we taken into the schooihouse down
stars and there they blndfoided and stripped off
every thing but our shirts. Jake and l was Tor
i,ackn' out then bat they told us we had gone too
fi. 10 back out, and that we'd be shot right down
if We reSs:cd.
Then they led US up stars, and sum fellers cum
fsen' about our ankles and soon founIi out they
was twin ropes round our legs. l felt nifty quare,
but didn't say nuthin. All at onct the handker-
cheers was taken from eyes, our heels taken up
and our heads turned down; and there hung Jake
and rite over that hole left for the chmb!y
al looked round and there sot old Pcleg Rosum-
hoSs Us President with about % ellers IN the room.
Slang still there old Pclcg, for if you resist
the ropes will be cut and your brains dashed out OH
tie rocks below felt jest like l didn't have no
brains, but then didn't want my head broke. a
fe.ler stoo! close by with open nlfe to cut the
ropes whenever old P leg sed the VOID. Jake look
e.! at me and a,ked 1T JAKE. II, looked mean,
and felt lneanner. Old Peles had Little m,let in
hi- hand, and h. knocked it down on his table, and
seS he, '.Prcpa e lie hrardin' irons" Jake give
rigge and whispered "a oath TO me. | thought as
much AS he setl, but there that cussed hole I'M
der me. aid knowed was helpless But them
'bandin' ons!'-what in thunder was comm
next?
But we wasn't long left in doubt. Five six
fellers took big 10 penny nails and held them be-
tween sticks in the little lamps till they got th>m
right hot, and then they at us. They popped
tie hot nails to us in various places, and burnt
badly. We couldn't help risgin' about but old
Peeg told us if we made any fuss the ropes should
be cut. S.d he We've ali bin through the opera
sl,,,n and you're no better than the rest of s.
Jake begged them To burn him much, cause his
wife would find it out; but they t>seTed him in
divers places They blsscreG NE, too. Our eyes
was nearly Dustin ou ,n,i the ropes cutiiI'
cur legs dsirs sSiniy. After they finished hurnin
old Pceg made swar we'd never vote the Dr.
Ec,a attic trket any more, and hole pa~sel Of other
tbs aud then took Down and permitted to
put on our clothes. And then the cussed gang
round Us congratu,atin' acquaintance with
Sam! That was the meane>t thing at last, in all
their, meanness. But We had to keep silent, and
could only grit teeth to ourselves and grin and
bear their devitry."
jokn but he swars it's the truth, and ses he'll
prove it if they deny it. Now | know jim well,
and don't believe he'd tell lie; and if he has told
the truth in this instance, think the Devil ought
to resign and let old Peleg Rosunhoss have his
throne.
What wealth dus that man Stranum mean BY
writiR abolishun letter here in North Carolina:-
He ought TO be sent to Liberia. AS mean as Joe
S.nlherS is, he SEES that's mean, downright aboI-
shun black republican letter. Ned Davolt SEES he's
not g,ine tell what he thinks about it and tell
Ned he's jestabout as Stranum hisself. If
they was in South Gardner they'd both be rid out
on acorn col" and I'm not certain but Stranum
would git astraddle of smthin' of the sort I'D here
in the mountains Our foes is Northern abo.
lishunists; but our moot dangerous ones is Su,hern
traitors. An enemy in the camp can do more harm
than a hundred out of it. Bravery is of no avail
agnst treason; but when traitor is known he
ought to be deIt with self prctecshun and patri.
otism demand.
Yourn till deth,
PlNEBUR MOCCASIN,
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