Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-05-12
NUMBER Is.
Letter rrom "Jacinto to"-Interesting INTEL
ligence from Kentucky.

DEAR JOURNAL You will recolect that in
conversation with you the last time we met
in,mated my intention of returning to my ma
tive State fold Kentucky during the coming sum-
mer. Ipresume that shall have to scrawfsh +"
on that proposition. Only think Of Old Nick
the bona fide old Devil himself-stalkiug dclib-
erately and at will over fellows old stamping
ground Ny attention was called to it BY par
agraph in the Shasta Courier, but supposing it to
be first of April joke, paid attention to it
until received letter from relative confirm
atory of the fact, of which send you synop
sis. Nephew says
"We have Old Nick in our midst-the verita-
bic old chap himself looks like the Devil, but
so far has proved quite harmless smells bad,
that's all. He carries n red flag with him, on
which is inscribed Tennessee, and in arched
letters on the dart point of his tail is written-
Ded Dux.' lie was first seen near the old Gregg
plantation on the road leading from Augusta to
Germantown. Next day made his appearance in
Germantown. and left there for Brookville, the
county town of Bracken county. Stopped over
night with friend on the North Fork of Lick
ing river, anu next uay iilauc MS "pPcn"HSS -"
town. Grated to the frightened inhabitants for
two hours, in the course of which he stated that
he was in the employ of the National Johnson
party, and wished to establish Johnson Club.
He spoke next day at Cynthiana. By this time
the good people had got over their fright, aud
turned out by the score to hear what the Devil
had to say. During his harrangue the following
questions were pu. to him by committee hp-
pointed for the purpose, which elected the ac-
companyng responses:
O. Who is running the fireworks in your
absence ?
A. have leased them to the President for
| four years
! O. What does the President want with such
an establishment 2
A He desires TO make treason odous
| O. Who are to be the first victims?
A. Sumner, Wade, Forney and Old Thad.'
O. Don't you think Old Thad is a little too
smart for him p
A.. oh no but the passage of that Civil
Rights bill sumner. | offered to take the
old crazy institution off his hands at that time,
but after consultation with Uncle Billy it was
thought best to run it until the next Congress
met
| o. Have you been farther South than this p
A.-Yes, when was in the secret service
! travelled all over the South
O. Do you consider the South rcconstructedT
A Yes, the most tender stomach, even in
South Carolina, will bear up under the proposed
OATH 1t is beautifully sugar-coated-at least
that was my testimony before the Central Di-
reclory =
o. What Central Directory'
A The Opposition Line
o. Who runs that liner
A. Seward and johnson, Blair and Orr
jeff Davis would be added, but he respectfully
declines being pardoned under the Presidents
programme. jeff. prefers captivity rather than
admit himself unconscious. according to johns
sons logical ed of February speech at the White
House
That evening the Devil got slightly intoxicated
and ordered half dozen radicals for break
fast. The authorities ordered him to be quiet
under penalty of nights lodgings in the coun-
ty buildings on the classic bluffs of Stoner creek
After sending apologize notes to Metcalfe and
others, he left for Paris. There the boys drug
ged his whisky, and played pranks of nll kinds
on him. Late in the evening he teegraphed the
President - Great enthusiasm The nation hap
mr. When he got sober and found that nobody
had been happy but himself, he took the turn
pike for Crab Orchard intending to stop short
hour at the X Roads, with Brother Nasty, Of
the Church of the Moo Dispensashun.' lie sta
ted at Paris that he had a small settlement to
make with the Governor of Tennessee. II is
my impression that ne nao better let that Joo
out. The radicals here are betting two TO one
that Brownlow wears him out if he makes his
appearance in Nashville. This is the last heard
of him"
Now, Nephew sends this minus the usual iii
davit, but if there is anything the boy bankers
after, it's the truth. Takes after his Uncle, you
know JAcIsTo,
n B.-In passing Nephew's letter to the sce>
ond reading. find ! have omitted m item which
insert rerbatim -. Uncle, know you would
laugh yourself into epileptic gymnastics to hear
him talk about the sacredncss Of the consti-
tution. j.