Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-12-25
aLrrERAruRE M LETTERS,

The Richmond Wing publishes the fol-
lowing letter ito eolored member of the
Convention in that city, which he mad
vertently dropped, and was picked up in
Capitol Square, few days ago:
"MY DEAR OLE MAN-You'll no that
brudder Robin Jones rites this but die
tsies it. Sistnr Pheby An and Mahaly is
very jelus jest becase you is at Richmun
on the convention and thur husbands is
Citing of timber. Eve hearn il sed that
you all Is Citing 50 scents day and sta
in beutifnl parlur in chears like dey had
at de great house in dey ole white folks
time, and dat you hav desk fore you jest
like de white members. Now ole man You
knows ] would like most powerful to cum
and see you and look at you becase ] knows
YOU looks as big as anybody thar, jest ike
YOU yoost TO be when you was gineral at
de Gavin shuckin. But den dat Black Silk
dres whar bought Cd han in June Par
time jest fore Miss Sally war married amt
ftten to war mp in Richmun among the let
chop ladies of de cultured 'ciety. Dey all
tells me, now dat you's CRATE man and
conEeniioner, / must be mo Pertikiller and
talk mo properer. thinks so too, and you
don't kno how proud de ole woman was
when You tux her to de poles on lection
day Just to sho her what de ole
man conld do. | now says larf and
harf and karnt and sharnt, and makes
de chiilern call me Mar and YOU Par and
it sounds SO big folks like. But sumtimes,
ole man, dey karnt hep from saying mam-
my and daddy like de chillern of common
cawnfeld cultured folks. / don't let EN- 80
ciate wild any of dat Glars now you may
blieve. Brudder Peleg Jones, dat sweet
taken preacher frum de norf, who speaks
SO butiful, preeched larst Sunday, and he
said as the Queen She Bee, a black lady,
cum out Of Ethyopy to teach King Solo-
nun wisdum, even so have de cullered
peopul cum from Afriky to teach de white
peopul of Ameriky knowledge and scents.
At de clos of his surnon he handed roun
de hat and put in de quarter note got
for a settin of de ole Speckle hens eggs.
He is SIGH butiful talker and buses white
folks so | couldn't help it. tell you was
pipin mad tother day when brndder Peleg
was to see me and Ben cum runnin in and
sed, nanny, may Pete and me sop de
skillet, insted ofsayin, Mar, pies marin gin
us sum bred and butter wild zarves on it.
Brudder Ben Washenton says whar
Brudder Sandy Brown told him at Sister
Peggys funeral that you war paying %
scents cherry day for bode in Richmun.
Now | can send you sum turnups and
greens and SIGH, and You Jest git sum odder
member TO put in sum middlin; YOU kin
save at leest ten cent of dat cherry day, ole
man, to hep buy July An de Peanner whar
you promised her fore you went TO Rich.
mum. All de folks is gettin tired of waitin
for de land and wants you to cum Chrismus
and tell EN- when dey will gitit. Brudder
Robin says he knose dey will git it fore
time to sede spring oats. He says he's
gwine up to Brander, whar he yoost to live
and git 40 acres of 10 groun, and none of
20 fores truck. He says he specs you'll git
hundred for your shar, but Pm feard all
de good land will be picked out fore you
git yOurn, as all of EN- down here is a Sc
.lectin thern. Our Betsey's chile is smart,
but not very forred it has not got a tooth
| and kannot set alone. | have had no new.
ralgy since larst week, and hope these few
lines may fine you in de enjoyment of de
same blessin.
l sign myself ycurn till deth, 20 fectionit
wife, SARAY AN.
July An wants you TO bring her water
| fowl to ware on the back Of her he'd. Brud-
der Sandy Brown thinks, ole man, YOU
ought TO ride and tie, and give sum of de
| odder brudders chance in de convention
arter Chrismus. | don't know so much
bout dat, when You is getting so cents a
day, and dat amt picked up in de rode
every day-you kno faint, ole man. July
Ans schulz missis, Brudder Peleg's dawter
frum de norf is gwine to sci al de gals al
Chrismus her pictur, jest for dolur a
piece, and she wants you most monstus bad
TO send her de munney to git wun.
Agin, your fectionit wife.
/ SApAV Az