Litchfield enquirer., 1861-02-28

}, CONN, THURSDAY, IF places. When we have burned the pile of Wide Awakes and Republicans that we shall kill there we shall run to New York and help ourselves to l sweet-meats
 1 "We shan't burn much of the town, as good many of us think of remaining there and making it our residence during the yellow-fever season at the South. Pickens has promised me my choice of mansions in Fifth avenue, in consider ation of certain service have rendered Pickens asked my advice about how to dispose of the Wide Awakes we shall have to put to sleep and the Republicans we shall kill. Pickens has re- solved to make pretty clean work with you all Northerners. We shall kill about 3OO0O men the first day and as our men will most likely be tired out with their days business, they won't want to go to work to bury you all. and Pm afraid to burn such large pile of you would make the air unpleasant to the ladies. So Iproposed to Pickens to have lot of ships ready, pile our dead enemies aboard, take. them out about twen- ty-five miles to sea, and sink them Pickens lik- l ed the motion and, in return for my ingenious proposal, he has promised me the choice of houses in the city. haven't exactly decided about it | yet; but l shall do so tonight Most of our
  and Pickens' private secretaries are making out the deeds. #s zs sszsa "There is good deal of gambling done a. mong the chaps for these fine pieces of eligible property know one fellow-Baplin by name who had deed of the house built by Sarsa- parilla Townsend, on the Fifth Avenue he was playing poker last night it was big game all the fellows were rich, and things were lively The game got exciting. Raplin had three kings and pair of aces he got wild, and offered to bet anything and everything; one of the tables, to whom Pickens had apportioned the Penni- man property on Madison Square, put that pro perty up Squiggs bet Tiffanys establishment Jenker anted the Astor House. This was just what Bapln wanted he had been lucky the day before, and a pocketful of New Y York deeds, so he went in strong he bet the Custom House and eight fine residences in West Fourteenth street better; Jenker came to time, and put up Ball X Black s jewelry concern, and three wholesale dry goods houses in Warren street; Squiggs match ed 1t, with Stuart's steam candy establishment the Herald office, and couple of schooners, then he went the St. Nicholas hotel better. Bap. lin came up with Gunther's great fur house, and four large jelewery concerns in Maiden Lane Jenks replied with the Atlantic dock property and the third avenue railroad, and wanted to go Tyine's church, the Chemical Bank and the Union
 
 and demanded sight for his pile. He had it and that's all the good it did him. His kings and aces were nowhere, for Jenker had flush, and little Squiggs raked the pot with four nine spots.
 Such scenes are common. 1 dare say the whole of Manhattan Island has changed hands a dozen times over. Pickens' deeds are consider ed perfectly good and sound
 T have not ganlbled much in that sort of property but, as we have concluded to save all the women, have speculated some in pretty girls. have already won forty-nine girls under sixteen, and eightythree young ladies under twentytwo- -half of them blondes, half brunnetts. all to be plump, have fine teeth, and to be good singers am fond of music; these are all to be delivered to me on or befnre the 1th of March.
 We are going to take some of your promi- nent Abolitonists and antSouthern men alive, and have little fun with them afterward Pick ems, when he found he was getting short of mon ey. sold privilege of slaughter at q large preE- uin-these are orders enttling the holders to certain of the prisoners, to dispose of as he shall choose. These orders are also gambled for very extensively. The privilege of slaughter bear ing Greeley's nas.e was sold, originally for S400 and was afterwards lost in euclre. then lost a. gain in poker, being won by a fellow on three queens, who holds the order now. He says he is going to skin Greeley alive in front of the City Hall, on some Sunday morning in March. Bets are made that Greeley dies before he's half skir- ned; but the fellow who owns him-who has great deal of practce-says he can skin him so expeditiously that Horace will hold out and hol- Ter to the last shred of hide.
 "Beecher was won by man who swore he'd drown him like dog this fellow, however, bet him on horse race, and Henry Ward was saved from watery grave by an Alabamian, who has invited all his friends to see him burn Beecher alive, amid the ruins of the Plymouth Church.
 ou see, old Doesticks, we've got things all fixed. The privilege of killing you was sold to Georgian, who said he was going to cut your heart out and give it to his cat however, 1 coaxed him to play social game of euchre, and won you on lone hand; you are now mine, and don't think III kill you for old times sake.
 When our army gets into the New England States we shall make clean sweep kill every body. We have contracted with a Bell-Everstt Yankee to bury the folks he's going to use em for manure and is bound by his contract to put them three feet under So you perceive that Pickens and the rest of US have got the pro- gramme all male out.
 Y CUTS, etc., as of old,
 A. DAMPHooL."
 Besides this letter, there was, in the same en- yelope, another, written in pencil, which ran as follows:
 DEAR DoEsTIcKs :-The other letter was written fer the committee to see; this is for your private eye.
 T want to get away i; want to come to New York /; have been pressed into this service I've got the rheumatism sleeping out doors my back aches from the musket drill, and my feet are blistered from constant marching. Can't you do something for me? haven't got nary red Pickens assessed it all out of me- and all the rest of us. Try and help me, there's a dear boy DAMpHoo1."
 l have no reason to doubt the authenticity of the first one of my letters. It was evidently written by the original South Carolina Dam- phool. have my doubt about the last one, as don't believe m,y Damphool would want to leave the South that's the very place for him all his friends are there, and there should he re- main in the midst thereof. If hear more, | will communicate.
 Skeptically, DoEsT1cks, P. B.
 The following is from the Raleigh IN. .CA od of tho f