Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1856-03-26
..... For the Standard.
No. q

LETTER FROM PINEBUR MoCCAsIN.
MoccAsrNvILLE, N. c., March IA, 1856.
Mr.. Printurs Of the Standard:
promst to give you sum account of how | vas
fooled into the Know-nuthn' concern but tell you
l shall make jest short work Off can, for it's
an onagreeable subject to me- We don't none of us
like to be fooled don't like to tell of it nuth
err; but then a sensible man will always prefer to
tell sich things himself ruther than have sumbOdy
else tell OH him.
Well, one dark night Bob Mullins, Ned Davo!t,
Jim Scogles and a whole lot of felers cum to my
hotel, and after talkin round while asked me if
didn't want to 60 and hunt for "S Sam" "Sam
who?" ses I, "for I'm not in the habit of night
huntin, and don't like to keep late hours" This
the filSt time, old as ain had ever hearn Of
this poor, miserable humbug. modern Sam. Ned
begun to talk nifty fast: he sed Sam whole
soled Dimcrat-that he the embodymcnt of
new order started by Gncral Jackson and its chief
object was to secure Free Suffrage. Thinks ], "lf
Gueral jackson started it, it's good and if it goes
for Free Suffrage. why. I'm with it." Ned l
takin. and he rolled lies by the bushel but
| was onsuspectin', and so I was betrayed.
Mr.: Printurs, b'lieve all men is fools sumtimes,
and specially honest men. l was nifty nigh one
that night. To make long story short, I sot off
with the crowd to hunt for Sam" l didn't have
seconds of thought about me. for if had, Imout
known that neither Gineral jackson nor Free Suf
frage gwine to have any thing to do with what
wouldn't bear daylight. But I'll 60 on, for if
keep explainn I'll be too long. tho it's nifty aggra
vatin to he fooled. I'd ruther be cussed right out
yes, I'd ruther be knocked down.
We'll. they carried me round or corners, then
along fense, then took the woods, then through
thicket along branch. then up hollcr and across
hill, and finally the order was given to Z" "hat!"-
We all stopt except Ned. He went forard, and in 3
or mints he cum back, and ses he, "liocum-po-
cum, l,a,4, star, dagger, 1924, skibbc. dibIle,
Samy-devil," or sum sch words. Scs |, Ned,
rp n rnnHf fNn rO0pa Ri uh
percd to me to hush and perceed. In mint more
! seed kind Of gnmerin' that looked like
shine in fog. We halted agin, and sumbody be-
gun to rattle away sumthn, but he talked so fast
l couldn't hear a word he Sed. Ned then Sed, "The
candidit has answered all the qucshtuns-all right"
Now, 1 hadn't scd word but sumhow it struck me
that was the candidt and that was bcin' fooled.
Thinks !, "Fm in for it, and Ill see 'em out"
felt sumbody holt of my arms, and forard
went right into that foggy moonshine. l knowed
whar was now-we was all in pit about a mile
from Moccasiuvillc-a pit that had been dug by
sum gold miners tryin to strike vain. A little to-
Ter candle stuck in horn lantern all the light
We had could discern that there 20 or 25
forms in the pit. Sumbody begun to swar in.
l only heard, You solemnly swar," and then it
was " diabc- dible-m-m mum mum" so fast
couldn't understand word, and in course made
no reply. Then ses he, "Aow me to congratulate
You, brother Pinebur. You member Ofa
new party, and have sworn to support it. You
Know -nuthn', and" don't know what else he
gwine to say, for now discovered it was Joe
Smthers talkin to me, and ses |. "Joc Smithers,
you shant brother me, for you're a mean rascal
and liar to boot, and in spite of myself my fist
took him side of the head and he laid down. Sew
cral Of them begun to tell me that Joe was Presi-
dent of the council. 'Thats enuf for me-" ses ],
" for nuthins good that he manages" Then thar
was gineral contushun squallin.' bawn, and every
sort of noise. Sum fool proposed to tie me till /
promist not to tell any thing had seed. Ses l, II
anita in 1urE hp huf I
enuif," and with that | reached out my hand and
that feller laid down with his President. l scaled
the banks Of the pit, give 'em all partin' blessin,
and went home.
felt mad aud mean, and don't know whether
felt madder than mean or meancr than mad didn't
feel like was fit to see my wife, so [ got old
blanket and Law before the fire. didnt sleep, and
I'm macard talked aloud. for if ldl did cusSn',
for kept thinkin wicked words in spite of me-
For about week was GRIM and sour Bob, Ned,
Joe and all the rascals kept out of my sight. for If
they vas Know-nuth:ns they krowed what
good for them. At last told my wife all about it,
and then | told others, and it wasn't long before
ki -nuthinS was Scace about here. Out OF 90
thoy had here, there ant hut 10 left, and Joe
Smithers is the bell wcther yet, aud he's nifty nigh
as good as any of them.
I've hearn u tale Of an Irishman who was in ship
with pile Of sri"dstones. We'll. storm up, the
ship got TO ron and the grindstones turnin' with
the IriShman among them, and next day when it
the grindstones they found lot of shillaahs into
which he had been manufactured Jest so turned
the internal Know -nuthins about here aginst the
grndStoneS of TRUTH till all that is left Of them is
mass Of lies, decepshun and rascaty, mixed with q
considerable quantity of abolishunism.
But cnuf for the present expect to receive the
Standard Tomorrow, and then III write agin.
Yourn till deth
PINEBUR M0CCASIN.
P. S. Jim Scoggles ses that feller's name is Major
Andrew Jackson Mcdonald, and that he is a cousin
of the old GineraTs, and grandson of the McDon-
aid that stold the old torys horse. I'll git it all
Ginerals blood in him. I'm gwine over to Tennysee
to him. for he's a connectin' link between great
man and a mean party, and if don't kill him Bar.
shall have chance to restore his fortune, for
I'll cage him and send him on. p. NJ.
MR.. CLINGMAN'S ADDRESS.
The "Washington Union" of Saturday last con.
tajns letter from Mr. Clpoman to his constituents