The Placer herald., 1870-05-21

ssvarey alone.
Me cousin Ulisses comes 10 me bedside
and cries livery day, and wishes he was in
my place, aud bad as many chance. to die
as bave-which is consoliDg to sick man
He says that these investigating lunatics in
Congress are going TO room everything, and
be wants to die. pointed to a bottle of
laudanum, and towld him 10 help himself,
but be said no, be bad made up bis mind to
spend his last hours on The battlefield, 10 a
suffers wagon, where the cannon doth roar,
and the colored troops could fight nobly.-
Fate has decreed," says be, ",hat am to
die with my armor on, 30 scoru your
poison. Have you any fisbkey, Terence r.
His wish bad been anticipated be Bridget,
who bad brought n dsmijohu, and after
samplirg it; me cousin towld me bis throu-
bles.
Fernandywud, Of Moo York, bad charged
Howard, me cousins friend and partner in
the brick business, aud 10 charge Of the ovid
Frademen's Bureau, wild shtaling. and me
cousin is afraid he will prove it. Fiat msks
me cousin more fearful of the result, Gineral
Howard is one Of the praying gineraIs, and
me cousin says be always has noticed this
kind always bad hand in some divilthry-
There was nothing so bad about bis furnish
ing bad brick for that Washington building,
because me cousin was interested 10 that
speculation, but that he should deliberately
make fortune out of the Frademen's Bu..
reau, and not let me cousin Ulisses have a
hand 10, WAS damnable. Me cousin bad as
soon that would be Investigated as not, but
the brick business is not OF sufficient i'm
portance to werrant the outlay. But the
worst feature Of the whole affair, Mr.. Wud
is going to employ brevst lawyer named
Bradley, moighty sharp man, indade. to
prosecute Howard. This is the greatest
piece Of strategy, entirely. and If we can't
buy Brady off BE- giving him an Office fbch
we have thried widout success so far, Misbter
Howard bad better sell out and move West
We have got to fiud another brother To-.
law somewhere. A delegation has come
here from New Orleans to make complaints
about me cousins brother -inaw, who is
Collector Of the Port there, whose name is
Casey. report has gained credence sum
bow that our family woo't shtesl, bu. this
committee from New Orleans contradict it,
Ne cousin is going TO remove him, not SO
much for stating as because it is only $75,-
900 be has taken. Such shmsl amount is
dshgrace TO the family, and the example
Of Bailey SO fresh in his memory. think
il me cousin was certain the cholera would
be prevalent 10 New Orleans, be would ap-
point me to that Office. (Misbter Pummery,
il ye would stbart a report that it was The
opinion Of eminent physicians that the raw
ages Of cholera 10 New Orleans the coming
summer would be fearful to contemplate, it
might be the names OF getting me toto a
paying Office, where even cholera would be
blessing, beside me present condition.)
The docther has come to address me
wounds wild a chase knife, so must close.
He says be is fearful that me symptoms are
betlber, but says that as far as be is con-
cerned it's no fault Of bic.
Yours in sling altogether,
bis
TERENCE ID MIGRANT.
mark.
ber
Written be BRIDeEr H McGRANr,
mark.
P. S.-The only thing remarkable about
this letlber is the signature. say, would
ye send me blonde wig, as me head is as
bald as boxing glove. Ye can take the
size of me head by fitting The wig over the
bottom Of peach basket.
-Neu York DemOcrnt