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VOL. 2. PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1851. NO *5
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p?&rhY~a
PASSING A WAV.
I asked the st nr.4 In tho pomp of ujght,
(Hiding its blackneas with crowns of light,
Bright with beanty rincl girt with jjower,
Whether eternity were not their dower?
And dirgo-liko mlisie stole from thoif ftphbres,
bearing the message to mortal ears?
"Wo have no light thai, hath not boon given,
We have no strength buts(*n shall bo riven,
Wo hnvo no power wheVein man'may trust,
jjiKc mm,we arc 11111154 ot tnno multilist;
And the legend wo blazon with beam and ray,
Ami the song of our silence, is passing away.
"Wo shall fade in our beauty, tho fair and bright,
Likfl lamps that have served for a festal night;
And shall fall from our spheres, tho old and tho
strong,
Like rose loavosswept by tho breeze along;
Though worshiped as gods in tho olden day,
W~ I? ?:i : - -1
.. v Sim i vi; ??!?* iv tuim ui raui, away.
From the stars of heaven to the flowers of earth,
From the pageant of power and tlio voice of mirth,
From tlio mists of morn on the mountain's brow,
From childhood's song nnd affection's vow,
From all save that o'or which bouI boars sway,
llreallica but <>i\o record?"Passing away."
"Passing awnyl" sing the bro? s i nnd the rill
Aa they pass on their course by yule ami by hill;
Through the varying scenes of each earthly clime,
Tin (lie lesson of nature, the voice of time,
And man at last, like his fathers gray,,
Writes on his own dust?Pacing away.
If you transpose what ladies wear?Vkii ,
Twill plainly show what had folks are-?Vim;,
Again, if you transpose the tame,
You'll sec an ancient HeWcw*naine?LKvr,
Change it again, and,it will show
What all on earth desi re' t o"(id?Livf.
1~I?
< inuciwvinu iiio ivuui ) lliuro,
Whntbftd men do yon'U then explore?Evil,
THY WILL BE DONE.
Thy will be. done. Although we now
Reccivo the c'"" itiining'of thy'roll,
Under its' weight ,vc erdmly how;
Tench to breathe onr solemn vow,
And pray----'Thy wilt bp done, 0 pod!"
TllV Will 1>A dnflA. ft na nil
Tho thorny paths ofytfee to*hu?,
T?ach uh to hood our maker's call,1
Ami prostruto nt thy fopt to
vlt.il oror prny, -'Thy tvil^ he dono."
Thy -will l>? done. "Whate'cr hctUio, 1
Our transient courso beneath tlio stin,
May wo vriAfi childlike faith cohflda .
In thy protection, true'ami tried,
An*} hginhly pray, "Thy will bo1 done."
i , Miii,!1
Tti* Kcfsn's#
l a tale founded ox fact'. fl
Capt. Potter, of Newport, R. 1.,
waB a wealthy and amiable gentleman,
whose family consisted of his
wife, the pattern of yirtue, and one
daughter, w)k> though yomig; fcxMbitedtha
beauty of W mother, and
the vivacity of her fAtherl Ashe
was expcnenced ill the lutsiness of a
sea Oaptititi, he wn$.6ffarfrd tH^'ffoW
mand a Vofl'sdfHpromised ;
Krc*t advantage, arid vvjtb great i$Jucfo'neo
left his wjfeantl child to try
liis fate on that element whose composure
lures to the gates of u??rophelic
destruction;
Hie voyage completed, Capt. Pottei'.^temiined
to renounce tho faith*
lcsrt deep forever, for the quiet of his
owh fireside. Provides to liisdejmr
JHNttt IOOK a ftoiii ri!)-. trom ?h.gcr
of liis Wife, and placed on his
own, saving, 'H&odld this reUltn not
on the &an\e hand, you may ?'o?t assured
that I am among the nricoftmed
' d? Jrof tli?"4i&imP- Alas! Mis.
'"aiw : ' '
l f<
saw others blythc it only reminded
[Mf M aeff
lier of her own sadness ; and while
others were enjoying the reciprocity
of conjugal society, it pointed her to
the loneliness of her own heart.?
While other children were happy in
the smiles of their parents, her angelic
little Mary would climb upon her
knee and with accents that rend a
mother's heart, enquire if her father
would not return. But month after
month rolled away; season after season
rolled their tiresome wheels
along, until fourteen years had been
added to the congregated centuries
of the past; yet no tidings of Capt.
Potter; no, not even a probable conjecture,
concerning the dark mystery
of his fate.
Time, that changes all things, had
worn away the acutcness of Mrs.
Potter's grief, which was far more intense
than it would have been had
she wept at his grave, and known
that his Inst moments had boon soothed
by affection. As this last voyage
seemed to be near to the unknown
coast, she Was called the widow
Potter. Having a country seat ol
great value, her hand was sought by
many, and its often rejected, until n
bachelor who had resisted the charms
of womankind for a quarter' of a con
lury, was smitten with the loveliness
of this worthy matron, or with the
comliness of her possessions. She
at length consented that her name
might bo changed to Morane; the
bridal dav was annoinfnrl. ilm nr.
u rr "1 **,v 11'
rangements were made (o greet (lie
coming period with festivity and
riiirth. The gossips began to br
more loquacious than usual; even
ihe phlegmatic began to surmise thai
something unusual was about to be
done at the mansion of the widow.
Late in the afternoon bf a cold
stormy day in November, a pennyless
beggar called at a neighboring
house and inquired whether the Widow
Potter lived in this part of the
city. His appearance denoted ex
treme poverty; his emaciated form
was reduced to a skeleton; deep furrows
were drawn in his cheeks, and
his frame seemed to be stiffened in
every joint by disease or hardships
Yet there was something in his eye
which told he was born to a bettei
forinnn. nni/4 Kio
- vv, alio UUUIUIUNL^
"at the very next door, and to-night
she is to he married."
"Is to ho married," said the beggar.
"How lonnr has her husband beer
deadp
"These many long years; he vvonl
off to sefi and na? not been hoard oi
sin^e"
now lias she sustained hersell
since hoir husband's death?"
"She has an unblemished character-*
"Has she any children if"
"One daughter only, a tipe young
l^idy." ' /
l\T must see her before she is mar
ried; 1 have communications of import
a nre."
So saying, he hurried as fast as his
leeble limbs would allow to the splendid
dwelling of the widow. The
maid being summoned, and seeing
him before her, was about to closc
f he door against him, but the sti anget
interrupted her by saying:
' Madnm, may a beggar be permitted
to see the widow Potter?'"
, "YVo expect company to-night
therefore vou must loavn immpdintA.
uThe widow Potter T must see.'
The maid who would have beer
glad to dismiss her unsightly guest
began to be somewhat angry and
passionately exclaimed :
uBegQue; we can't hear you now.1
But the man vyas still inorcimpor
ttinate, and rightly thinking he was
noi iiKci v to gain admittance without
making known his errand, ac&j&ed
the maid still more earnestly,
"Womrn, 1 have some tiding* pi
verv groat importance to cOftirnunicativ
tCL mistress 6f' this mansion,
whirl^frre given to mo in trust by
Captain Pottdr, jthe former proprietor
of this place.'V; v ; r? ?
At the tfieritioWof this ho waspe*mitted
to enter. The lady, who was
soon to be Mrs.. Movant;, was informed
tbat ji rude beggar Had uomn irti
porwuu i:uoniKuiQ? tor Her, and desired
to see her? whereupon she rose
to irteet him; hut Morar.e who could
not boar to hayjfflKZiiramqftd Urido
absent for a rnOfwmt, seNQQiistrated.
"Let him be called in," Naid be, 4tif
bo bftfl nnv mtiriv&ka Int. lta lioni' Iririrtt
T, ,wvwr*-w:? * -wf- ?
together.,* Accordingly h? was
' 1^>V^ ^ lii . \vi><
'vo suaew^Hw
cruel people inhabit those regions."
' Much have I snJ'li-iv.d i wfia
[ "?v ,ilwf i* *
once in easy circumstances, but alas! A
the elements have sported with this llu
vacilating frame." lei
"Yes* deep are the lines of hard- St)
ship which are marked in thy turrow- qu
ed cheeks." sin
The wanderer gazed at Mrs. Pot- ha
ter and wept. tei
| "Why those tears?" inquired Mrs. vc
, lJotter. tin
uAh!" rejoined the tremulous voice w<
of beggar, UI once had a daughter, a :
who might have become what she is wl
i now, but since the third birth-day E?
dawned on her cherub form these ei|
eyes have never beheld her." mi
"Come, come," ejaculated Morane th
who was anxious that the intruder es
should depart, "let us have your tale
ol secrecy." ] in!
"It shall be given to Airs. Potter pr
alone." se
"That cannot be," muttered Mo- of
ranc. H
"But 1 have made a promise." bo
"What of your promise? yo
"It is sacred as my life." a
"Well speak and depart," said Mo- lir
rane. su
The beggar, who until now, had nv
been a supplicant, assumed the atti- fri
iudc of authority?his ejre, which sa
thus far had been hrtamlcss, kindled dr
: . _r J 1 1 ' ?
I liltU (III UA|)liJ5iMUIl U1 II1U 11IOSI DO- K"
nign determination." w<
"1 have," said he, '-a revelalion en- yc
(rusted ine by Capt. Potter himself." p>
At the mention of this name, all m
was anxiety and attention?in her la
1 | perturbation the mother let fall a vol- j on
i j ume ol poems which she hold in her j pe
i hand; ihc daughter grew pale will) as
solicitude, on hearing the name of her mi
s father. to
"And sooner than betray my trust,1' a
, continued he, "this right arm shall da
perish." an
; The pathos with which ho uttered cp
this, caused the blood to chill thro' hy
s thci\* veins, and rush like a cataract tu
- nnnn linnrta.
i j Morane, finding that, remonstrance Ht
was vain, consented for them to reI
' tire.
i J The man of want having ciuieted
, ! their fears, said no harm should befall Hi
s I the lady. ca
I "There,11 said he, as he closed the co
, j door, "have you any knowledge of he
mis, presenting a goiu ring. m
"Yea>" answered Mrs. Potter, "it
is the one my husband wore away, on
i ami 1 would have given thousands to sh
see it return oh the same hand?but he
, |iow I am convinced he is among ov
f the uncounted victims that feed the tc;
monsters of the deep.1' bn
f "How long since his departure." or.
"Could you recognise him after so wi
Innrr on a^\cn?lnn?,1 '
V*M. UWU^IIVV 111
"Most certainly I could. If liis
features me so'changed, just behind w<
, the .thumb on the left wrist, hisuame 1
is inscribed in unfailing 'characters!?
in that I cannot be deceived." pc
, "Read tljaU" as. he gave her his by
Callous hand. The lady vvus jiisl yu
i able to read "David Potter," and nv
sank exhausted by her agitated feel- th
! ings. The noise of her fall brought to
Alorane into the apartment, with gn
! several of the wedding gupsls who yc
had now arrived, ffiSd beheld Mrs. Bi
Potter senaeleds upon the floor?sup- co
posing sjome violence had been done his
to her person, they ordered the sup- bti
: i nosed rnffian to leave the house im- vn
mediately, tn vain did ho protest ed
his innocence. He was forcibly fe<
dragged out. As soon as Mrs. Pot- to
i 1 ter had /recovered sufficiently to
,' speak?"merciful heaven,'1 exclaim- sa
I ed the lady, "Where is my husband? Ti
where is Captain Potter' Do I dream re
' or is it reality?" "The woman is
- mad," said ojiq^ "I^r brain is an
i craved," cried another. "It is tha M
\x/ilr! i?inm?T?n <~>f n vtwniYll!" riAtifinnofl f?i
? TV* IV/I
a third- F<
Qaptain Potter, who hail been
drftmred from' his own house, Was ap
called: back to tlio scene, irom c.o
whit'h he had been compelled, though cri
reluctantly,'- to retire. The priest, in
who bv this time had atrivoch was to
overjoyed to see his old friend, the T*
Captain. "Rftjoice^'fcaid he* "Mrs.
Potter, thy husband wa? dead and is de
alive?was lost and is found." fir*
Captain Potter now requested all if
to bo seated, rftlat he might make sh<
known to them tho story of his alh> fri<
sence. rYou behold in ma the same
Captain Potter, who has been an uti- m
willing exile from his heme fbij/our'
topii vpni-f.. T w:? Anntnrp.fi bv nn ci.l
Algei-ino pirate ship near Malta, ai*<] iov
compelled to serve tin > 1 <,(>>
; Oh! how h;ml I- ' **"v itudu H*
uobplo whoso teuderefit mercies are ou
cruel- I "Wtus fprceH' (o Vft^ior at the Kn
>' m'i\ mywtamfs werfc imjn^ably me
oMichacU' I sip-li<'d fo*klwMV?to- coafc My
(j amVwAmovc ifty ill support ubloi load. Uj(j
<vg^ | ,, 4iw8 KlO-il '{t&y#)
year seemed an age, so tardy did j
i wheels of time move along. At '
igth by a treaty with the United
utes, the Dey of Algiers was roired
to release all the American
tves. Being set at liberty, 1 emi
l /* . ?
men ior mis country, we encoun ed
a furious gale, which drove tho
ssel on a desert Island* Here all
3 crew perished eifceept foUr, who
ji c taken 111 by ?*i mercliant ship in
j.'ate of insensibility. The vessel
lich rescued us was hound to 1 he
ist Indies. On her return lo Livpool,
1 was pressed on board a
M'Of war, and compelled to servo
reo years before 1 could make my
cape.
"From the moment 1 learned this
tended marriage, I resolved tosurise
you in the manner you have
en?you saw me weep at the sight
my Mary?they were tears of joy.
aving suffered incredible hardsluDs,
tli by sea and land, J stand before
hi in these tattered garments with
broken constitution, rendered inm
by intense bodily exercise and
(Turing, yet rejoicing that 1 am peritted
to stanu among my former
ends in the land of the free* And,"
id the storm beaten mariner, adessirfg
his wife, "if you prefer this
ntleinan, whom you were about (o
r>(l. Jill kImil l)f? rurlw if imi>
- - - J***.
>ur former husband, he will be hapr
in your phoice." "Let rae have
y former betrothed," said the allied
lady. Poor Morane sat like
ie stupitied, and attempted to apar
indifferent, but retired as soon
the forms ol ceremony would perit.
His career was short, he came
the grave a wretched inebriate in
few short years. On the following
,y Captain Potter invited his friends
id neighbors to meet him at Ins
uutry-seat. The scene was of
ely interest, and the Captain reined
home with this salutory lesn
indelibly stamped upon his mind,
;vcr lo forget those in adversity.
nmiolplt's Duel witlilllay.
The night before tlio duel, Mr.
indolph sent for mo. I found him,
1m, but in a singularly kind and
nfiding mood. lie told me that
had something on his mind to tell
c. lie then remarked.
"Hamilton, I have to receive, withit
returning, Clay's fire; nothing
all induce me to harm a hair ef his
_ 1 . Y *11 . ?
au; i win not make his Wile a widv,
or his children orphans. Their
ars would be shed over his grave;
it when the soil of Virginia rests
i my bosom, there is not in this
ide world one individual to pay his
butc upon mine.1
His eyes filled, arid, resting his head
a remained some moments silent,
rcj lied.
"My dear friend;" (for ours was a
?> i-: '* ? * *
'awuiifuus ineud.snip, nequcatneu
our mothers) "1 deeply regret tlmt
>u have mentioned this subject 10
3; for you call upon me to go to
e hold and see you shot down, or
assume the responsibility, in rend
to your own life, in sustaining
>ur determination to throw it away,
jt on this subject, a man's own
nscience and his own bosom are
j best monitors. 1 will not advise,
k umiui mi. tutiiiiv'd^ mm uii|jro
kod personal insult you have offerMr
Clay, ( cannot dissuade. I
?1 hound, however, to communicate
Coi. Tatnall your decision.'"
He begged me not to do so, nnd
id "ho was very much afraid that
ittnall would take the studs and
fuse to go out v, *h him."
I, however, sought Col. TatfnrnH,
(i we repairea anont midnight to
r. Randolph's lodgings, whom we
md reading Milton's great poem,
jrsome moments he did not permit
to say one, word. in relation to the
proacniiig duel; atnl ho at onee
mmeneed one of tho^ delightful
iticisms 011 a passage of this poot,
which he wafi so enthusiasticnjlv
indulge. After a pause* Cclonel
Ulnull remarlcod,
,;Mr. Randolph, lam foul you are
termined not to return Mr' Clay'*
3; I must say to you, my dear sir,
1 hiii onj^y u? ifu Out to iw you
>t down, you must find some other
snd.'*
Mr. Rnndolnh remarked that it
is Iris determination;
Aftor some fcoiivorsMinn oyj thfr
>jebt, I i ml need Col. Tattnall to olv
Mr. Randolph to take his own
jrau, ftq his withdrawal, as one of
fmne.6 might lead to ve?y injuris
misconstructions. At last, MrndcJuh.
smilinhr, said, .,i
W^jMnitnalQ proviso yon one I.
if I tSio devil in < lay s .
[I UKU with niata<yfpreft)ortp#'ho L
irfhs to take my life, I may c?V^e I
' mirkl. I'
V icnuvvk I know l>c mudo moroly i i
. #a ***1 *
nr wnrm?i' rr ; ;.i7?rwn * uWii?
10 propitiate the anxieties of his
friend.
Mr. Clay and himself met at four
o'ciock the succeeding evening, on
the banks of the Potomac. But he
saw."no devil in Clay's eyo," but a
man fearless, and expressing the mingled
sensibility and fVhuness which
11 1 A J I ?
oeiongeci iodine occasion.
1 shall never forget this scene as
long as I live. It has been my misfortuno
lo witness several duels, nut
1 never saw one, at least in its sequel,
so deeply affecting. The sun was
just setting behind the blue hills of
Randolph's own Virginia. Here were
two oi the most extraordinary nien
mil' rnillilrv in ifc nrrtrli<imlitir Kr.,1
J M? Itsi j/i W?i^u?ujr Iiuvi jnvr
duced, about to meet in mortal combat.
Whilst Tattnall was loading
Randolph's pistols, 1 approached my
friend, l believed, for the last time1
took his hand; there was not in its
(ouch the quivering of one pulsation.
He turned 10 me and said,
"Clay is calm, but not vindictive?
I hold my purpose, Hamilton, in any
event; remember this."
On handing him his pistol, Colonel
Tattnall sprang the hair-trigger. Mr.
Randolph said,
"TaUimil- although 1 am one of|
the best shots in Virginia with cither
a pistol orgun, yet 1 never fire with the
hair-trigger; besides, 1 have a thick
I l - l ' l ....
uucKSKin giovc on, wmcn wi!i des-1
troy tho delicacy of my touch, and j
the tagger may ily before I know
where 1 am.11
But from his great solicitude for
his friend, Tatnall insisted on hairing
the trigger. On taking their position,
the fact turned out as Randolph anticipated;
his pistol went oil' before
the word, with the muzzle down.
The moment this event took nlacn.
General Jessup, Mr. Clay's friend,
called out that ho would instantly
leave the ground with his friend if
that occurred again. Mr. Clay at
once exclaimed it was an accident,
and begged that the gentleman might
he allowed to go on. On the word
being given, Mr. Clay fired without
effect, Mr. Randolph discharging his
pistol in the air. The moment Mr. i
J .1 1,1
oiay saw tnai Mr. Kandolpli had
tlnown away his lire, with a gush of
sensibility he instantly approached
Mr. Randolph, and said with an emotion
1 can never forget,
"1 trust in God, my dear sir, you
are untouched: nfter wK?t has occurred,
I would not havo harmed
you for a thousand worlds.1?Hamilton's
Life of Randolph.
Patent Deviltry.
A new thing has lately presented
itself to public favor, which is as complete
a. specimen of patent deviltry
as human ingenuity can dov>se---an !
infernal machine, compared with
whjch, in its capacity for dealing destruction
arid denth, the device of a
Fieschi. is but a nlav fhiiur. Ifrmn.
- " x ?/ c "v'"" I
atmb of? Sifitlll CupSulo COjilpOSCci of
gum and sugar, enclosing about a
fourth of a tea-spoonful of brandy,
just about 'enough, with the excited
salivn, to make a Small toddy in the
mouth, adapted to the ambition and
cnpacity of the rising generation.
These things, it appears, sold at the
confectioneries in the large cities north
and east, and five cents worfh of thr>m !
eoiitnin about a table-spoonful of
brandy, enough t" give a boy, as an
initial operation at least, quite an experimental
notice of'a drunken spree.'
who claim the honor of this invention
we do not know, but the article
seems first to have attracted the atten
tion of a .Or. Jew. tt, ofl$ho(Je JsJand,
who has warned parents ahd the public
at large against t^iern.
Tlio intvnrlnHirth nf Silrh nn mair!
uoils enemy to the peace and w^Hfave
of ?society, at a time like the present
when live prevailing1 influence riftemperance
principles i^oxetting a Hcalf hfitf
eftect throughout the Iand> required
certainly, nn unusual share of 6flfrontery,
And mi^ht well have clrtille ged
summary ettbr'ts for the exclusion
an article of public sale. Hut it is
hardly to beexp&cted that legislators
should viol at n their consistency* artd
exclude the article of bhuidy frompublic-*&&!?&
this homeopathic from,
while using;it themn?tvs on"regular ?
principles. Hence those who would
protect their hoys, and girls too, anrainst
this sutf?r-c6atod invader, nlaV
findifTiesepsarytb rolyj mainfv, upon
personal in(lnonC<S in expelling it from
the field of trade, whereever*it nifty
110 introduced; and this can only bt?
lo bc;ir upon it i)y toitholding custom,
in other tMrvrs* in other thinj^,
from adcvh estahfohments nta many
Rllooso ito deal in this. We have not
heard that the article has mado ie.s
Elmf if may nrt\ hiit if it flops Uioiv
3cartft*lyn?y thinff that o,an rofjuird
w more determined nnuornmy or.oc f
j* rrM?1*k(Hh*llQrU /J ^H<i*t4|wv
lion for its suppression. The coasequenees'that
would ineyitaby attend
upon the general introduction and habitual
use of such confections as theae
by the youth of our community, may .
be readily imagined, but are too disastrous
to portray.?Baltimore Swu
n// in*t.
Life is a series of surprises, aod
would not be worth taking or keeping,
if it were not. God delights to
isolate us every day and hide from
us the past and the future. We
would look about us, but with grand
politeness he diaws down before us
an impenetrable screen of purest sky,
and another behind us of purest sky.
"You will not remember, he seems
to say, "and you will not expect."?
All good conversation, manners, and
action* come from a spontaneity
which forgots usages, and makes the
moment great, Nature hates calculators;
her methods are saltatory and
ininnlcitrn Man livoo lui r>n?
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organic movements are such; and tho
chemical and ethereal agents are undulatory
and alternate; and tho mind
goes antagonizing on, and never prospers
but Ivy fits. We thrive by casualties.
Our chief experiences have
been casual. The most attractive
class of people are Ihose who ar*?
powerful obliquely, and not by the
direct stroke: men of genius, but not
yet accrediled.
One of the Duels.?The Chronicle
of Western Literature resurrectionizes
the following capital *iory of
one Col. Wheatley. It smacks of
antiquity a little, but is none the less
rib-tickling:
"The Colonel, during a short sojourn
in Vicksburg, met there somo
hot-blooded Southerner with a spirit
as fiery as his own. They querreled
?a challenge passed and was ao?
i ceptod, and the next rising sun was
in urtinocti r\Y%r? if rinl
j vv/ it iviiyuu v/*?v) it ?v?v UK II1CU
dead bodies, drenched in blor?d, to
wash out wounded honor. Duringthe
night the Colonel said lie heard a
boat coming up the river, and it
struck him as he heard the boat puffing,
that 'prudeuce was the better
nnrl of valnr.1 Sn ItA tnnlr liic t-rnr?lr
! upon his shoulder, and stepped in
| the dead of night very quietly out of
the hotel; as he neared the boat,
whom Should he see but his antagonist,
at the boat before him, iust going:
aboard. He returned as quietly as
he had gone out, was on the ground
next morning with his sccoriti, waiting
with disappointed rage for hist
antagonist, and published him as an
absconding coward!" A,(.
"DYING GRACEFTJLLY."
Dr. Dunkin, oi the Cincinnati I\ipatch,
gives the following goodhvimored
account of his defeat at the * vt?
election in those" diggings."
" We did make some efTori^amonj
ourUerinanlellow-citrzen. Un eloc|
tionday we took our stick and visited
the German wards. Our progress
I owing to the mutual ignoranc, was
j exceedingly slow. Wc were at one
of the poils, urging 8ome,.> ery nice
doctrinal points connected with partyorganization,
when one of our German
fellow-citi*ens approached tis*
in a very exciting manner, nnd mad*a
speech. We are, unhappily, unacquainted
with the beautiful *nd clnss^
ic language in use above the canal and*
had to have the said speech translated"
when we discoverd the substance to
be a proposition to kick our editorial
self; whereupon we hastily retired*
and. devoted the balance of the day l4j
to meditation and refreshments.
* * # # ? ? ' !
"We'die easy --we'die gracefnllj*.
Like CfBsar at the foot Porojwy
wo pull..our .coat-tails oyer our head
and say lettu fyruftv which by a liberal
translation wo render, 'and you?you.
brule you."
An old acnuaintanc of ours in th?
country indulges in a very oxagaratad r .
style ofdespiipUon and illustration, v.i
his ordinary conversation. For Hi- ,t
stance vvjien cloHdnbin# tho effect of
an alteration 6f his kitchen chimney
YRhich iie had order*d hi? *?&?? to
rriake. he said that "beloro th? 'Chin>r!,)y
w.'s altrod, if flrew the wronj? \vajf
so poworiul thfil every Hoc# of wiid
geese fle\v over "the town, fpr t<ji*\
years wfts sucked down into his lire- ?
place, but since the alteration h?4 ' J
been made, draught was so. strong.
that if lin Rhnuhl hnnu nnr> ivmi nf nn
flooiytta btnef'ctKl wouid Manrlguinfiring
'ftp the' thimnet/ /" Yankefc
Ty fj H? 1 I'atUHPH wuuy ^ " ; j
navq snow in places nine ffcet (Jeep.
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