Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-04-02
Private and Confidential

IflFdte anu OOnIluenIlai
Knowing the deep interest now fel, by
the conductors Of all public journals. in
whatever afds to the sum of our knowledge
o. an;hrufelogy, have thought proper TO
write this private and confidential letter,
in the hope that its contents may sugzes,
something not without value, to be worked
up by tie editor TO suit his own fancy, and
the tastes Of his readers. would not for
the world have it published. 1t is "a. word
in thine ear" Ir. Editor; tell it not in
Gath" nor publish it in the streets Of
Washington. Wh9 knows what "rose and
fair expectancy" Of political preferment it
might nip in the tu1, should my name ever
become known as its author! Who knows
what lir. Buchanan might think Of it, when
soEle OF my friends ask oF me snug pllce
under the general government,
have lately become acquainted = ith tvo
unheard of phenomena-one physica, anolh-
or psychica!-bJth connected with recent
political event.
The morning after read the decision in
Dred Scot;'s case, ! was astonished and
mortified to find a very decided kink in MY
hair What were my sensations at this
horrible discovery! Each particular hair
lid stand on end" but, horror of horrors!
each was Enthusiastically curling as it rose
In short, Mr. Editor, have nsver been able
to comb my HAIR straight since read that
confounded decision. have been afraid to
consult any learned physician; for, if |
should select Democrat, he would send me
to conVenture or the lunatic asylum; while.
on the other hand, it / should impart nv
secret to a Black Republican. he would in
stuntly take me ms to make me a woolly
head OF the Monroe kind, and should fad
myself in danger OF voting to give Gumbo a
ba lot TO v1te at the next elention in Ohio
! have tha6 describ d one of the phenom-
enl above referred to, as it became kn, wa
to me BY sad ani secret experience. The
other depends en- the veraciry of friend
who related it to me.
Ny friend is Ike myself decided Demo
crat. He had indeed, something like the
visitation known as the nightmare, after
reading Buchanan's Inaugural; and he re-
SciACH oOhAO VI 'uC PiCuiOllOiS Hul lihuc
that gentleman's administration
with feeling something like sickness of
the stomach. a sort Of moral gastric der
angemeni still affected HIM when hs read
the Dred Scott decision; hence, doubtless
the dream he had that night. My friend
dreamed that he had won an elephant by
successful chance in raffis. He is inclined
toSthink this was partly due to ha"ing read
late number of Yankee Notions For, in
his dream, the dreadful beast luomed horri-
b!y before him, and he wished IN bis soul he
had won something smaller. What, then,
was his delight TO see the elephant Ia
ding, vanishing into thin airl But as!
were the elephant bad stood a moment be-
fore, he row behed Chief Justice Taney
reading that dreadful decesion! My friend
groaned. Instantly the Chief Justice show
e his ivory, and threatened with his probo-
scis. In paroxysm of terror, my friend
awoke, but he has not vet recovered. |
Dear Mr. Editor, what d, these things
portend! Have we Democrats won an eIr-
phant at III. late rattle!