The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-06-02
Gl,nlorous.
A Downing Letter.

of" by Benjamin Downing. in letter to his
Uncle Jack. The letter. which is taken from
Harper's Weekly, is a pretty fair imitation of
the famous Jack S correspondence with
Gales & Seaton, during the jackson Admins
tration.
Ten Major Jack Do1cning, DowningspiHe,
Downing County. Maine in care of Mr..
Harper, rhoU send ii in print.
CHARLESTON WHARF. April 30, 60.
| Dcou yeou remember. Uncle Jack, when
we all went eout fishin'. tew years ago last
July, aud got becalr' d right off agin Mount
Desart island Kinder guess veou hain't
| forgot it, and heow yeou got all ri!ed up, hav-
ing tew speak Fourth ov July address and
there we wos, fifty miles off, on the mornin'
ov the thurd. Deon't yeou remember heow
that ere old pink-starn schuner wobbled
about, 18th her sales all histed. and puff
ov wind hittin' her one side then luther
Then she'd roll-then she'd pitch-lhen
yeoud git mad, and say we'd never git tew
Portland, so yeou could reel off yeour Indc-
pendence yarn. Between yeou and |. it sort
ov seemed once as though yeou een'er most
used prolanc words, but ov course yeou didn't
deou no SIGH thing.
"Wot i'll times that got tew deou with
Charleston !' SIS veou. "A mastery sight"
SEES |; for jist as we wos then, the DINNER
Gratis is meow. Here I've bin near furtnte,
and not a chance has had tcw see my way
ahcd a boats length. The old ship CIV State
that Govurnur Morrill, always tells about has
BIN in tite place, tell yeou and the way
the gusts ov wind from the North and from
the South has made hcer sort ov keel over is
all
as much as he could deou tew keep things
goin' Gu, and mites, when he's gone tcw GUY
nur Aston house, where he's stad, | guess
he's been sort ov tucker'd eout. This here
presidin' over a Convention amt wot it's
Deergate amt much better. But I'm git
tin ahed ov my time, and will 20 back tew
the commencin' ov the beginnin'.
When | furst got tew Charleston twas all
as quiet as Sunday mornin artcr the folk IS has
got ready tew 90 tcw meetin' but the bells
hain't begun tew ring. The beds was all
made, and the vit,les was mostly cooked, and
the clerks tew the taverns had butlul day.
books all reddy to make charges in, specially
"sundreys." Cultured walurs trotted abcout
like ravn' distracted roos,urs, whlsking
little bruins tew brush sum wun with, and
everything wos like twas tcw Downgville
when yeaes wos goin' tew bring Gen raj
Jacksun THAR, but didn't. So | had the
scunur maid fast by tew hossurs, he'd and
starn, and started around tew sell nv apple
sars and cidur. The way the old place looks
I've all rcddy told ycou, and theresa good
NANNY wus places, tew, only it must be oil.
fired hot here in July. It's hot enulf meow
but they saw this ain 4 no,hp' tow comnair
Wa'al, furst cum the stcmc boats from Boz.
ton, and New York, and Phllernvdclphv.
chock full Of Dellergates, and Subs,crtites.
with other female trends. They had lots oy
lickur abord tew and brass bands that plaid
ollired nice, and they hurrarl for Douglas,
and went ashore ,jist as tho they ment tew
have him nommornated rite Of Then cum
the felurs from the Upper Mississippi ycou
know where that place is, dcon't-and they
hollurel fur Dough las, lickcrty-split. A huie
more, shud hav written Mr. Harper tew tell
ycou and the folks tew 20 in fur Douglas any
heow, but list then along cum Mr. Slydel and
Mr.. Bright, and Gen raj Cushin', an ses they,
"Wait - An wheighted.
Then cum Mistur Yaucy, with lot more
ov regular fire eaters, but mitetv rood fellcrs,
tell yeou. usin' lots of tobaccer. and talkin'
kinder wild, but kecpin' rite strate tew their
work. They took CRATE likin tew me. and
sed yeou wos conscrvytiv man. and | wos
your nephew. Ses |, II Leant nothin else"
Well, the Douglas men talk ID mighty lcoul,
and sed wot they could dew, and when the
convenshun went tew mcctin' they rush d off
at 2.40 gate, bcound to win. But Slydel
winked at Central Cushin' and he nut on thc
brakes, and then the chances got sort oy bal
lunced.
Meow, Uncle Jack, the old craft wos then
like that air scbupur we wos in off Mount
Dcsart. Deou veou s'pose | wos goin' tew
rite yeou tew 20 in wnn way or tojher. and
have veou cum eout and then have tew take
the back track Marry time. So let nm
navigate, and build their platforms. usin'
Wood or not, list as thev nirzed And tow
day, fur the fHrst time. sees dav|ite and
faint Douglas. No. Sir, The Gre.caters is
tew much fur the Little Gianturs, steamboats,,
principlcs. bands ov music and outsiIc d.llor.
cations, with New York delcrrates and their
Substitutes and other female trends,
We amt eout of the woods Wit. and if there
amt an i,rvpresserble conflict here. there
amt none no where. hut Slvdrl Soc wc,rc
bound lew win. and the Southern fro 90 t.rs
poin' cont has made en- coo y ,o,n h,r,, ond
| lose them they dcou. Who bl,i,ns ,am 2
It's sort oy thick and murpy tho vet and
I swanny, sumtimcs think if we'd Sent awl
caters CO. and 20 in for Donrlas las we'd 1 win ~
But Siydel scs no, and between yeon and |
aud tho he'd. nost If .nnu hodd, w. -,