The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-02-23
Do.sTt,Xs uuAGs from DAMPuooL

/ NJ mind !, much relieved. have heard
! from DamLh03l-!gJm the original DAM
rhool, of whom have for some time past
I !gsttrack. have had nv fears that he had
/ been elected President, and was the IndIvid-
/ url who aas been boss Of the country at
/ Washington under the name Of James Bn-
chanan. James has done 50 many things to
warrant the belief that he il my old friend
under fegned name, that have often
/ tremblel IN nv editorial boots at the thought
/ that | had been instrumental IN bringing
him before the public. / cannot say that
James himself has done much of anything
to relieve himself from suspicion; but
/ have had heavy load taken from my nina
/ BY the receipt OF document which sets the
whole matter ut rest. James Buchanan Is
not DamrhOol--th that Is, not The Damphool;
hs il, have no doubt, nearly related to the
family, and doubtless could ''read his title
clear back to the great progenItor OF al
tpnmpho0ls, n gentleman OF the name,
think. of AGdm. who lived in the town OF
Paradise, county and State to the dcponent
unknown.
But the great Damphool is in Charleston,
| South Carolina. lie Is n soldier there; ne
is serving in the trenches, or the batteries,
or in whatever other place South carolina
puts her chosen sons. lie has many re!a-
lives there in fact, believe every man in
! South Carolina is connected with the pam
phool family, by blood or marriage. low
ever, | will lie: the letter OF my iEen1 tell
his story; ~ VOC,
! ANY DEAR OLp DoEsTECks; Did you
think | was lost? Did you think was
PLAYED out? Had you any Wild Idea thae
was gone whore glory waits me! don
suppose you'd have frotted much ABOUT IT,
for there are plenty Of "a lett Inc bah-
phools are we'll represented III me country ;
nm dancer that the race will speedily become
extinct. But here am serving South Gar
DINA. aud getting ready TO hSht my o,a
Incl, Samuel, or any other man. South
Carolina is all right; Seath ,hroliha eau
whip Uncle SAM she isn't afraid to try
E,r1,nd SINGLE handed i, in fact, there is no
doubt that, if she thought proper, she conia
manage Russia with her artillery, anu HaA
ont Austria with her Dragons, at the same
,,r,s MAT her infantry were engaged 10 Civ
I,nr Eorland and France copaTtnersaip
drubbIng.
as for YOU Nnrthcrners, why, you don
ko,y what we intend to do; but Eve no OBJ
lection 10 telling YOU so much OF our plans
H%,swill Give YOU a slight Insight into our IN
Itaptinns. After We have taken possession
tof WASHINGTON, and buried the batch OF
Wide. Awakes we shall have TO slaughter
there. then We shall step alongto Baltimore
I.,d pbIaarlphia. and take those little
places. When we have burned the PIE OF o,
WIDE. Awakes and Republican that we sha,'
kill there. we shall run up to New hofN'
and help ourselves to sweet-meats.
No shan't burn much Of the town, as
rno1 many Of us think Of remaining theF'
am making il our residence during tue yes
law fever season at the South. ficsens ma
promised me a choice of mansions IN ii'a
Avenue, in consideration Of certain services
Il have rendered. pickens asked my aasiet
, absut how to dispose of the WIDE Awake
we shall baYc to pu, to sleep and the repu',
thcans We shall kill. Pickens has resolved
, to make pretty clean work with al YOU
Sortherners. We shall kill about ao,VVS
men the first day and as our men viii mos
likely be tired out with their days business
thew won, want to 20 TO work to bury yos
. all: and I'm afraid that TO burn sHeh
! large pile Of vou would make the ar w
; pleasant to the ladies. So | proposea -
Piekeus to have 10, Of ships ready p'i'
our dead enemies aboard. take them ea
: about - miles to sea, and sink them. PICK
ems liked the notion: and, in return LOT NJ
ingenious proposal. he has promfsea sa'
the choice OF hoases in the city. maven
) exactly decided about it yet; but sha.' u'
: SO tonight. Most Of oar other fellows nav
! already selected their houses, and fie.ens
= private secretaries are making eu' III
I deeds.
: "Thsre is n good deal Of gambling aoa
among the chaps for these 6ue pieces OF Gu
: y,bls property. know one feiiow-baP'"
. bv uame-who had a deed of the nous
built By SassapaviIla Townsend, on 70
fifth Avenue; be was playing poker .as
might: il was big game: all the ieilos
were rich aud things were lively. The gam
!. -. .;,;nr RanIin had three kInZS And