New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-28

fur 81" odd
The low vugarity Of the women diagustso me- ' Tor
it seemed to have the effect on tne The last
he turned his back to her when she nlho ta sbe
remark. Not appearing TO notioe LIS i"''i'''
said. after moment: , A.. s,ooI;o, bis
81 cay, Ginral! what bout 'ue' '''"''"
meas 2" ~. ,oo,, fo- brv;np
ny wss -, ,earoes reckon he Is in jail yet
| 81 W. 7 haor5 nv thet--thet . how L treed I'M.
crn,J ans;n-nieh on ter ms--he seed ~ IN tne
,synr know'd i'm by tn Bonaparty' "heh IL
be be msuled T. ,,anood IN ff q
Iashes week ago.. , II.
o. II II do i'm good; I'd given i'm more n het
He war alters up ter dealin' with nigs."
The road, when we started was in very bad con-
ditjon and as proceeded it grew gradually worse
ill in the vicinity Of the runs where we tnen were,
| Il had become almost impossible. we frequently
tnrned off into the woods aud open fields TO AVOID
tLe worst naces but even there the Joltng OF the
| coach was 80 violent that momentsrily expected
our lady" passenger would roll OIL into the mud
Seeing that che was in absolute oanger; ana Deihg
also Willing to dispense with her refined society,
| finally said:
Would you not prefer an inside seat y
| "Yas. l would: but | hant tn money fur T.
The axed 80 like durnaton for totem me In thar,
couldn I stan it, nohow."
"what fare did she pay, driver = asked OF the
Jehu.
" Half price," >,
"That 5 enough FOR seventy miles over road
ike this. Let her get inside
"Karnt, stranger; 'tan't lowed (drot your dirty
Il hide-you, Jake-g'up D the old man would raise
lar wha 'bout-g' lang ye lazy criIter music Of
I done thet."
{" How much more do you want 7" inquired.
"The whole iigur tg up thar, g lang, ye durnstion
brute; nary red less"
Won shall moisten up at the doctors" said Preston
oval, Squire ld-n yer rotten picrurl, eff yN says
tibet lwhoa-whoa, thar, ye ALFRED rackabones-
whoa y, it g trade"
= The stage halted, and the woman got inside.
We arrived at Kinston about an hour after noon,
aud after meager meal at the doctor's' that
gentleman eked out q dull practice among his neigh
bors by sharp practice on bis guests again mount
ed the stage. We had proceeded to within eighteen
miles Of Newbern, when suddenly az the Squire and
81 were lighting our second sfter-dinner cigars,
u ker-chunk" Went one Of the forward wheels and
over went the coach in twinkIng. / saved my
sef by clngug 10 the seat, but Preston was not 20
fortunate. Inc first saw Of him lie was immersed
. in poe,,-of water some ten feet distant. Luckily
the ground was soft and be escaped personal inju
w: but when he to bis feet, his coat Ike Jo-
1 seph's was many colors, dull cayeyred predomi-
G mating.
3 /, was fortunate for the cay-eatng feminine that
a her conversation had disgusted us. Had she re-
msined oulside abe might have sighed for her a" DO
naparty" in tho tofrid region of which she bad
e spoken. -.
ii
! end after an hours exercise with rails and sapngs
we succeeded in prying tbs wheels out OF the mre
Then the driver discovered that one OF the horses
Il had lost its shoes and insisted on having them re
. tween two relay houses" and the Jetu decided
n on taking the shosess horse back 10 the sSon we
had passed. AS he was unharnessing the animal,
Q said to him:
\ "You say there is a blacksmith at each station
e why not 20 to the ahead 1t will save time"
a. "The boy at Toms store g run of. Thar ant
). nary q mig thar to bold the critters huff"
nj "Cannot the blacksmith do that himsehi lnever
heard of its taking two men 10 shoe one horse "
D. "Wall, it do, stranger. reckon ys never done
,e tibet sort O. bisness"
d. "But can't you do itT
AZ 4" / do IL My business ar drvn' HOSES, not
m Shoein' on EN-. When takes ter tibet III let ye
es knowP'
"a He bad by that time taken of The harness, and
1. was preparing to mount the animal.
d :" Ye hold 'emi reckon ye will I'd ike ter
a see man NV yer cloth a-holdn' critters fut |
; Hal hsP' Then throwing his leg over the horses
/. bare back, he added: We doant come it over
trav'lers thet way, IN this deestrict--ws doan't
E We use EN- like folks-we do. Ye can bet yer pile
on thet"
; Preston, who had been quietly enjoying the dia-
f ogue, as the driver rode away, raid to NE:
al knew you wouldn't make anything out Of him.
y Come let us walk on; little exercise, after our
warm work. will do us good
Leaving the other passengers to awaitth motions
Of the driver the blacksmith, and the black huff"
holder, we trudged on through the mud and ia
! about two hours reached the next station.
This place exhibited some of the peculiar
characteristics of Carolinian life in strong colOrs
E The authors sketch Of it will interest our
readers.
The reader will find the spot which bear, the dig.
niied cognomen Of Toms Store" if be looks on
the map of North Carolina II is there destitute OF
7 name, but Is plainly designated by the circular
character which is applied by geograpberg to vii
lagos. 1t is situated on e small tributary of the
twenty feet wide and forty feet long, divided into
two apartments, and built Of pine slabs. One half
of it, at the date Of my visit, was sparse
ly occupied with drygoods, groceries, fshhookt,
Jews harpe, while the other was densely crowded
with logwood, "dog-leg," strycbnine, juniper
berries, New-England rum, and cistein water, all
mixed together. The latter region was the more pop
nlous neighborhood and was absolutely packed with
thirsty natives imbibng certain fluids known at the
South as ct blue ruin" "bust-head,' "red-eye,"
8 "taDgle-foot," rihe.whisky," and "dsvips dye"
at the rate OF "bit glass and Of four bits for
" IS much as man could tote"
) / was introduced by the Squire to Tom hirself,
the illustrous founder Of the village. He was q
stout, bloated specimen Of humanity, with red,
pimpled face, long grizzly beard, small infamed
eyes. and nose that might have been mis- AIKEN for
peeled beet. His whole appearance showed that
be was an ha6itne Of the more fashionable quarter
Of bis village (the groggery and liberal imbiber OF
his own compounds. lie Informed me that be did
&c right smart" business; bought drygoodsn york"
"sperrets" in lilo, and rum in Bostin and he add
ed; stranger never keeps mono but tn clar juice,
III raal, genuwino critter id ct do. Come,
| take drink"
| declined. when bystander, who seemed TO
| know-he could scarcely keep his feet-overheaTing