The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-02-23

Drank with nine cheers and three tigers.
Music by the band--"I.a Brindisi,"
from Lucrecia. We began to get pretty
warm and jolly, and my friend seemed
ldisposed to be musical. He went to
hunming Yankee Doodle, but I in
formed him that ii was rank treason to
sing that song in the Confederacy. He
said he thought Confederate times were
over. / said 40 they were every place
but here, but that we never surrendered;
we twas took ~ and therefore was not
legally bound like their folks up in the
mountains, who threw up the sponge.
Well, then he said he'd change the
tune, and he struck up the Bonnie
Blue Flag but / told him that that
was ranker treason still. "Well, what
can fellow sing?' he asked pettishly.
Sing not at all, my kind and genial
friend; but drink, drink, and make all
the noise you can. Here, waiter
waiter! more wine, mo- wine; and we
won't 90 home till morning. Chronicle,
old fellow, don't you feel sober and full
of patriotism? don't you think Pm
sober? can't you swear I'm sober? yol,
know | am; never was more so; 50
here's your very good health; and may
you be hanged may you be hanged,
sir. - Want to quarrel with you.n No
| don't; but say (hicl, say, II (hic) you
say what's odds, what / say what you
say, what ! say (hic), what anybody
else says; but you thic) tell falsehood,
sir; false.
+ Here the manuscript becomes per-
fectly incoherent and unintelligible, and
we can make nothing more of it !; but
the following seems to be more to the
ipoint.l
This morning I woke, feeling very
uncomfortable +; my head was muggy;
soggy; everything but right; and the
wife of my bosom, with her transcend.
ant babes was not by my side---the
thirteen inn0cents and one at the breast.
There were iron bars in the windows.
Horrible thought! My blood runs cold.
| have murdered poor Barnacle, that
Hover OF chivalry and foretoplight of
the press! Madness! oh hevings,
have | slain that exemplary person
Header ana you ever murder a man ?
Yes, l know you did. Well, then. YOU
can form some adequate conception of
the feelings experienced when heard
the key crankingly turn in the rusty
lock; and that dark, tall, but humane
and serene man, Mr.. Joynes entered. /
saw Mt once that all was up. "What. SO
soon; has my hour come is the scaffoId
erected the rope prepared lead on, sir.
Pm ready! Heartless monster! am in.
nocent, l am NADIA ha I'll rend
these bars asunder; avaunt ill-omened
lailor, begone, I'll have none of thee,
ma ma = Come, come, youngster,i
don't take on SO it'll be only about five
dollars. Then he's not dead. Thanks
cruel jailor, thou bringst me back to
life again. l do not love life. but
then my babes and little ones, YOU
know; and life is sweet even
to poor devil of journalist.
We'll come and see His Honor, "What.
must be dragged before court like a
ieion, and be Gagged in the dock, pilloried
before the public, with the vile common
herd-niggers and all?" "It Is 80 writ
in our laws, and our laws are founded
on custom, and custom cannot change,
you KNOW" II don't know any such a
thing sir, and all have to say is that
us very vile custom, and one more
honored in the breach than the observ-
ance, that pillories a gentleman. and
Virginian, in misfortune, with com mon
knaves. But lead on, and I'll follow
aye, to DEATH" We enter the court and
behold his honor, enthroned like Jupi-
ter on Olympus, with an eye like Mars,
to threaten and command. appeared
before the great bar with solemnity Cf
feeling becoming the magnificent occas-
ION. His Honor looked up. He started.
He rubbed his eyes; and having been to
see the Governor at Peppers the night
before, he appeared to feel that he was
not quite certain of his sight, SO he took
his green specks off his venerable and
noble Roman nose, and carefully rubbed
them for the space of five minutes, by
Shrewsbury clock, and having readiusf.
ed them, spread both hands out on the
table, to serve as props, and leaning for
ward, closely and calmly peered into
my face for five minutes more. by the
same venerable time-pieee, while. all
the while a silence most profound rejpped
throughout the antique halls of Justice.
Apparently satisfied with his SCRUTINY.
he threw himself back in his chair. and
throwing aloft his hands, in accents do
lorous but melodious, exclaimed, "My
God, is this your / must confess
this was somewhat startling, and
was really not quite certain of nv own
Identity, but was soon treasured. for
after pausing long enough to give full
weight to his explanatory exordium. he
continued: "You, the bright promise of
the future-the budding flower of our
iondly cherished hopes; you, with such
tfansplendent genius, such brilliant
talents, such grasping intellect and ali
comprehending mind-the rose and ex-
pectancy of the fair state of Virginia
you confined in dungeon, and arraign-
ed before nay august tribunal eyes, it
IS /; what's the damages in your hotel
l never dispute my landlords bills.n
Five dollars" he said with the utmost
sang froid. IT was exborbitant, but then
I've paid more for worse lodgings.
And now, Mr. Post, send around the v
| aud redeem the unfortunate pledge of
your affections; for, would you. believe
it, I'm dead broke. That distinguished
individual was not what he seemed. He
was no editor, after all but one of
our vile aud infesting garroters. He
took me in and "donen for me. and got
all his lager at our expense, and YOUR
fifty-doilar bill to boot recoliect, the
fifty was yours, not mine. He must have
garroted as, for the police found me
lying i'm the marsh with my heal buried
in water up to my knees. and h....
drowned. So send the little an,a,'..t
around quickly, and relieve your foriorn
and ill-used, but still devoted "
RELIABLE Boy.
And this comes of putting our faith in
reliable gentlemen" Well. we'll 70
deem him; but, in the language of
othello, Never more be officer 90
mine.u Vi