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Col. Yell's First Court.
íoutfifiÉTóif *tk<h.
í 'Whén Col. Archibald Yell, afterwards
filled at *he battle, of ^Buéiia Vista, had
.taken his seat for the' first time on ,tl^a
benoh, the -ífikft «case oh tlie docket was
plaintiff stood reato. ItVas
case ¿htahfed been in litigation five years.
the defénd¿ní, and
jséi^fcedlinM\ev«ba flog tone: .*Our
tritnesses are áBsén*, and therefore I de-
' ■'* c~1 - cenÜBÜed Until the,
- jj|N- ^ 'j
e affidavit be filed, ior 'not till
^then canl enteitaftl ainotipn f«*r continu-
. . iiivol-
'Untartty raised his üuge tfwortl "cane.
-, "-Not at all," replied the Judge with his
T blandest smiles, Mbüt the ftrtv requires that
; the justifying a continuance must
'appear áferecord, and the court Jias no
cjK>wer to^ifcul a law, nor any wish to see
!it tó ¿tilleds
The J udge's caito and wssiness-like tone
and manner, dblj served to irritate the?
Tjully, and he Vetbttéd, shaking the sword
cane in the dirécíiÓta of tire bench:
"Wbatever'be U}é Tawj I, for one, will
not learn it from the llps'ofan upstart
and coward."
'demagogue ■ ■
Judge Yell's blue dyes lightning,
'but he' Otily túrnéd to tWCtóík j$ñd said :
^Clerk, you will enter a fine of iBfty dol
Jars agáinst Gen.Smoot,asTsee him nam
Id ón my docket, forgtofe contétojit "of
'court, and be fofcvyótt4*sue an immediate-
execution."
He had 'htthlly' communicated the order,
rhen&léu. ^fe^óót Vas Ttótín rashing to
swdíd'Sáne, all
í wrath
%afd biqa Brándishi
i "writhing
arpie. *Every g]:ance was
iteBfetáfe of the Júd|^ for
all tii¿hécl*to'knp'to^hdw 3>ejWhld break
the coming of Éce*duelÍ8t's fieKcé aísáült.
But none, ?^^/¿dhld^étécUhe slight-
0 in n'rs appearance. His cheek
iter red nór frióte, Ütfr ;!fc liérve
íédinbie; Hrscáím eye^ürveyed.
the
frw*..
r'still, %iih
inted iron in his ífthid.
scrutinfaürifr tfeq éffervi
'tjovélthtxwYé.
fe litüelrtmóf
^8tn00t áfcódbded the "plátfortn,, tftíd íirime-
'diatéíy tflHíéd a ¿remen doiis blow at ¿he
tbehe&d of lhis Vóe, At¡ that dIow, 'fire
hundred hearts «hllááeféd^d tabre than
a dtíztfn Vcüétí?"khrtéfcéd^ au ^cpécting to,
see the victim's skull shivered io atetas.
'ThejreneóU sstbnishment may be cdticeiy-
n th^rbifltéíd thetjtfle iron staiff
i a quick.curve, as the great cane
O" Wife—'4 Won't you, Charlej, really ?
\^pnt' you take me to the country this summer V
cKarley—No, my dear, I can't afford to Jh|s
summer—but I will tell you what l«will do; I'll
have Ac gaij and Crotón cut «SF, and we'll fleep
in the back attic, which will be just as nice."
¡f3* There is a lady on the hill so kind-hearted
Iftat'she will not treat upon the birds pictured
on the caipet. ^ .
Er**I ' B¿fd a cottage urchin,
in the neighborhood of Buffalo, N. Y., to a Yan-
kee pedlar, **do|H whistle that do^ away.^ '* He
j'wftjt no'tise, ttoÍioW —lie's too homely." 41 Yes,
(but he saves a heap of work." " How ? " "Why
^e li^u. (he piates and dishes clean, so that we is
'mighty ^ehcafte about parlin' with him just now;
oúr new<'d¿g ain't got use to mustard yet."
ID""Sure, an' it wasn't poverty that drove
me from the ould counthry," said Mike the other
day, "for-my father had twenty-one yoke of
oxen an* a cow, ¿n' they gave milk all the year
round !n
07 A smart chap once borrowed a dictionary,
and upon bek%'faeked how he liked it, replied :
" Oh, very well. All the objection I have to it
is, it doesn't dwell long on one subject." They
speak of him fot the Senate.
cr " 'Tis strange," muttered a young man, as
he staggered home from a slipper pkrty, " Jiow
evil communications corrupt good manners. I've
been&nrounded by tumblers all the evening, and
now I'm a tumbler myself."
'to* An IfteHtaafi being told that the price of
bread ¿ad fallen, exclaimed: " This is the'first
time, be jabbers, that I ever rejoiced at the fall
of my best faterid." *
ffT t^iat iB'the 'Hraerence íietwcen a candle
in iÜe Bfámlñoth cave and a dance íñ a public
house ? The one is a taper m a caverh &nd xao
other is a caper in a tavern.
ID" A-professional brother of Bostón, lias for-
warded the ÍTersey City " Retired physician,
whose sait'ds of life have nearly run out," a cask
of 'fitie 'íiéíádh éknd lfó nsii¿p!y the v&cuúm.
^j* Tlíe "'e^e óf tlie law" has bécbmesq weak
; from flie w^nt'Óf proper practice in the different
_ cóurfa.'mat uu*^irninrr tn advertise Cor a ptipil
curve,as tbe great
fell M
distance of twenty Yéet
' fléw frdta "SmOot s fingers, and fell with a
tothedii
Vild
jüt ére it tyas lpoised for the des-
ttfrafe bturifce, tfhfe ffttle h'on "staff cut an
oiher cWve, "tód ^eijóMe knife foIloVed
the sVoté 'cáne. Ée the'n hasttiy tifeb a
taVoMóg b^tol, but before he hád tirne to
louch the his ferm irtó sttíck pow-
for the $i%t litoé, ¿id judge Yell
Nti^tible eásotion. He stá^ped
átfortn shook beneÉth
. trumpet tones: " Mr.
lot tíüs hi&sn% featte
, ail á foul disgrace
io thé bálv ' Mr Sheriff, take the prisoner
to jail!" .
The tattér officer >prabg to 'óbey the
tnandáte, acct immediately i scene of con*
fusion tJjtók pfafce Which fro peri can describe.
Tbe bfeVte and iriVrrriidott 'friends bf feeri.
iSmoot gathered aroúÜd 'fó 'óbstWct ,th'e
Sheriff, While many of the citizens lent
their aid to ibstafto the aüthórity "óf the
teourt. .
Menace , sckeátíis arid horrid curies, the
nngroftof impending ariü crossing steel,
alserriateririe* of rage ana ^áih, ill coih-
fasingled With the awfUt- eirilosi'ori of lire;
^rms, btehded together h Vlvia iÜei of
randetótthiüto.
But throrighoUt all the teiüpectoris strife,
two indiuidtttus itti^ht be observed as lead-
ere 6t tt)é Vrhirlwl&d arid rjd&S df the
storttt. The t^ew Judge Used his little iroB
icy, cripfiliDg liinbs
i, iffiitátífig th¿ clemency bf
frifehd, disdaining the use of
dr pistW-, áctuálly trampled and
wri all Óbjíbeltióri, róáring ai
¡every ftirtoris Wo^—" this is like tray to
préisHrS OrdfeV lh fcblírt^'—á sentiment he
acconi(hihied WlUi Wild peals ot larichter.
in less tbtri tWo triffiuleS the pdrtf of the
Judge tnbttfthfetfi Itrid the ifliaiie at tfeh.
Smobt lúterM ft dlstótious defeát,.ina thé
bully himiel^ Wiibortl a^áy to prison.
1 wa é* Vebut of Arbhlbaia Téfl
unir íSentitral
Laugh and grow fat."
A Ocnlliiie Hoop Ileitt.
k few <íáys sifcce ori^ of our .city bel
was passing through FourtJi streetkispor
by a gallant, when, to her great annoyam
her crinoline began , tp exhibijt as man]
crotchets as she had eyer had,in alj lipr life
Her dress -would not mo,ve . gracefully,
indeed,at all. Something must be,, d
dedly wrong, and was.. One pi the, ,gen
lady's hoops had broken, "and, íbéíng
metal, fettered her movements completely]
She cotild, not Walk. Her gallant offer
to do anything. She declared he could
nothing.
The trea^efphs hoop, to her infinite
horror coiling about ene of her deli-
cate limbs, just where ah embroide^-gaiv
ter contained her silken hose. Closer and^'
closer the wire wrapped itself, asiif it were
enamored of wljat it to^ch^. The lady
'(Qptili^'hGt stir, (l>rit trembling between fear
and expectation stietchptl out her. dainty
kiddedhánjb,¡íhjploringly, and said: " O
dear, Svbat fihall I do ?"
Jler gallant knew there was rio time to
belost-r-a crowd would soon gather—des
perate diseases require desperate remedies.
He lifted the lovely girl, therefore, in his
arms, an^ placing her upon a stone stej
proceeded as deliberatelv as possible I
remove the hoop.
".What are you going to do,?
" Remove the hoop, if possible."
«Well •"
«.Well,—r-"
" Quick, tlieri.,>
" I begin." , v
And the lavérider-cploré^ gaiter, qui
like Blanche Amoiy's, was visible, and tí
dé'.iciorisíy turned aBcle, and the beautiful
swell of her faultless—jstopkiuers, and— *
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removed.
Many roses
bloomed again, as she went home upon the
arm of her escort, through the gay street
arid the golden sunshine, and of what botfe
most thought, there was a profound and
solemn silence..
Miss ^—^ Ht has been observed, has not
tlie oldest and most powerful
oii the bloody «re of Buena
Áti 'English 'paper states that Yankee
steamers are so light, that on the western riven
they say they can jump cv¿r a sand bar, float
easily on wet grass, and are obliged to lie at
anchor when there is a heavy dew.
Jj'Brown is a married man. A few days:
since he thought of makin^a trip to Paris. One
óf his friendsineetiü^ him in the street, inquired,
" Well, Brown, my boy, when are \'6a off? "
"To-morrow." "Db you take your wife with
y¿u?" "No ! lt'is a voykgeof pleasure."
O* The man who wrestled with adversity
wore'tfut fes silk stockings and got worsted.
(CP Why should a little boy be careful to
watch the conduct of his papa's sister ? because
'the feible says, "Consí&sr the ways of the attnt
(aht) arid be wise."
D* GTirls should never object to
'by printers. T|iey should make evu'rv allowance
fcrT the Wsbs. Keep this in mind.
£T A teacher asked alright little girl, " tvhat
'coUntry is opposite td ús ón ¿he globe ? " " Don't
^now, sir," was the reply. " Weil, riow," pur-
stfed fije 'tááche'r, "if I were to bore a hole thro'
the earth and were to go iñ ¿t|this end, where
would k cotóe out ?" •' t)u| of 'the hole air !"
'exclaimed the little girl with an air óf tnunVrh,
itf" A wsig proposes to publf^i a new paper
lo be called the 'Cbrntft, w?t& an original Tale
eveVy week.
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IT " I understand yoU are in the milk business,
Bonei." M Yes, Sam," said he, " I'sc now in de
ttilk business—fust rate business—pays well."
" Glad to hear it, ¿ones.'* "But a feller met
me Uie -udder day, and says, " you orter shingle
dem cows od yéurn!" "Shingle your cows!
Why, wot in de world did ¥ie ax you to shingle
de cows for?" Bones took along breath, and
cfestóiig a sly glance at Sam, replied, " to keep
the water from running in the milk ! "
fcj* Woitta'ri ft t lite Ivy—the more you are
ruined the closer she sticks to you. A vile old
bachelolr adds: " Ivy is like woman—the iiccer
die clings to you the more you are ruined. Poor
rule that won't work both ways." Knock that
bachelor down!
ÚJ" The quesííori Wis aske'd by a hospital phy-
sician, " How many deaths ? " •• Ninn." " Why,
I ordered medicine for ten." " Yes, fcút one did
not take it."
ttJ" Self love makes us Mistake our theories
for oar principles.
tT Fowip—" WKy ¿ñu íiab your hair pairtpd
in die middle, you Bweli nigger ? " Cuff—" Be.
kase it's <3e fashun wid all what respects "dem-
ftelvbs, ybii bald headed embodiment ob blackin'
yod'. Bdt Wliit is the ililterence between yopr
háir ina nffie Porñp ?' "Ciibs It up." «• My
hair iijiatted in the middle, and you'n is ÓB-pár-
íed!" Aití't feoiiiebody got a brass button to
give Cuff?
ÍT TMere is á yonüg lady Tn óüT neighborhood
áo triodést, that she had a yóiirig rilan turned out
of doors lor saying the wind Had sH!flcd !
(gjr To ievive a drowned Englishman, put a
broiling bcef-rteak under his nose.
Vriendship.
Friendship—the. phrase familiar serins,
And yet how-few deserve the naine.
?Tis misapplied, except to those ,
Who in clouds or sunshine are the same;
The same when sorrows our path,
, And dim our brightest dreams qf. gfadaess;
Who sympathise in the gloomiest scenes,
And shire alike our Joy or sorrow.
' Si { .
ww^nds I've known and tested well
^ kiio c|iameleon jn their nature,
'Midst %Unny ¿penps ^darkest gloom,.,..
- The magnet pointed Friendship's nature.
^Friendship,, as true as. gold that's tried,
J* I value such^á friend so much,
In vain my philosophy may chide, ^
- The child of nature should be such.
CÍ t' .,:•«■ ' ~ •••"'' '
(Si.VB me such a friend wherein to trust,
Who, inftheir actions, self would banish ;
Take all your súmriier friendship hence,
They are but spider-web9 that vanish.
JSm
"The Disb^iidjed,Volanteer" at
a Catnp-ireettng.
The following description of a catrip-
(meeting, in Schoharie county, New York,
by " the Disbanded Volunteer," appears in
the ¡New York Sunday Timesryih\di truly
remarks that it is one of the "pisbanded's,
* palpable hits." It ^eems, rather irreve-
Tjent, to be sure, l>ut tte old fellow means
all his convert satire for fanaticism and
iypocriey, not for genuine religion:
Saint Nickalas Ho|tel, Aug. 14.
_ it , ■ aE<ldyturs of the Sunday Times: I
—the hodp Was return t yesterday from Skoharry county,
> X whftr J hey ben witnessing the extraordina-
bloomed arid died, atíl ry and frantick capers of relijin turnt out
toi grass.; In uther wurds Ive been to see
that specious of the rooral i elefapt called
a camp meeiíó. It was all ,qpo,vto me,
never having pardissipated in wun of these
preecliin and prayin bees afore. l,!.per-
soom tbar was about five hundred sinners
dri the camp ground, and meobee fifty yor
sixty saints, or less, kwartered in tents and
shánties., The sinners, as I was informed
watchmen of tl# camp, had
worn hoops siuce tfcikt half fortúnate and
half unfortunate day.
fu>tfTnr
well.
Haste often trips up its own heels: ,
Me!n often blush to hear what they are
not ashamed to act. ,.
Pride Is the flower that growis in the
deal's garden. . : ¡ k
More are drowned in the wine 'cap than
intheoceari. t
&e who buya ioo many superfluities,
rnay obliged tto sell his necessities . ,
The ieárt of the miser must "be touched
with a l\ot iron before any warmth can be
produced.. , , ... ,
It often happens that he who talks rnost
has the least brains. t •
Never patronize e spendthrift; !better let
tey gold and siiver rrist in. the
Never patronize ¿a miser ; it is just that
much taken away from the tiade.
Á Haiíí>some Cohpliment.—The tori-
don Christian Spectator says:
As a geperal rule, w,e Relieve American,
thepíogi cal writers to ,b^ better versed in*
modern taif^uag^s, apd n^ore deeply i;ead
in ancient literature,, in other t
and abler, ccolars, than tlie majority of
theological winters in this country.

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; On a ,Bender.—The New Orleans
Vrescent tells of aTennesseean on a bender
in the city. He was a wealthy old planter
from Memphis, with his pocket full of val-
uable w rocks.", Jíe paid doljaVs infl¡teád ó(f
diiries for everything he bought. He gpt
shaved and gave the barber a twenty; dol-
lar. bill \ took a drink, paid a twenty dollar
bill; bought a dime boquet, pftid a ,tWeiity
bill. In shorf, he bought nothing for less
than twenty, fifty or one hupdred . dollars.
Next day he carried a bag of silver on his
shoulder and paid it Otit by the handfulls,
regardless ot amount, to any and every-
body ; got wrothy, mad, if change was
offered him. He spludgea three days and
left for home.—Printer.
W-h-e-w !
which was frq'quint. i The i^upqy^, hows-
ever, was. for the salvapbun:of th^ pápny-
Tballp of .Maddygascar^ whip, i/y literallystar-
Vin fpr Bibles'^ arid lies resentí^ _ beñ com
pelled to ete two,, m^^i^riertries. in order
parsbilly to "gratify thár pious appetights
ontil tjie arrival of Vcar^o of th^ .bred of
life. Jn co^rs.e, tinder setph sucks'nstarices
conlribushins was libfal, an^ I hope when
the savidges gets the Bibles and 1?estyments
it may dp.etn good. , M1 ,t „ ,
ru The ruí; pine starid in the senter of the
pamp was fiild doorin the hou^ofwufs^ip
with (indVwidyals iiji black.sutes, white
chokers, and strait greesy hair. All thar
A correspondent writing from Florence,
sáys Powers has completed tne lar^e bronze
figure óf the immortal Webste^ ordered
by the citizens of Bostótó.. It will soon he
sent to the city of its á¿3tiriatipb.. The
same artist 6 altó engaged upon á statute
of Wáshiri^ton, in the jdresc of \ Free-riia-
son;.and with the, insignia of
Its déstíriátíon is Richmond, Vi
the order,
irgíniá;
The Boston Heralí states that ^ <voung
and remarkably handsome lady had been
arrested in that city for obstructing the side
J too ffreat a display of crinoline,
ni
Ive dollars ánd costs,
Trie lady was fined
which she paid.
Miss Kimtíerly, the actress, is teading
"Nothing to Woár,"jri New Haven. She
read " Hiawatha" in appropriate cosfiime.
A saucy man wants to know if she does
thé same with Mr. Butler's Poem ?
■gw. «mí,
w "t , i sim-
póse, attended as a kinder rolidj is accoo-
shers to hs^iat in that myraculus operashin.
The preechere, as wus nateral, ockypide
the.best shanty on the ground; and this
hedkwarters of hplíriiss, Vas amply pur-
wislnried to, a week's sége from the euemy
and all his imps, which was nateral also,
tbe laborer tejn wurtby of his hyer. Skirm-
iriagííig with Saiti\n a^ ninety ^^egres of
Farinheatin the shade^ia^íaján wurk; and
as thár was 'four sarmants, sik two
|sarns and twenty tWo grairs gpt^off aopri
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shins into thar tents and shanties, whar
they afterwards received spirityal consola-
shin from the brethren. When they cum
ouitp/^the ^ts, they ,*was considdered as
hevin experienced relidjun, and bein in a
fair way to the new brith..
Not bein trubbled with any simptums of
the prevailiu spy-itj^L eppy<¿mi(dí,¡ Iképt
my wether eye skinned arid watched What
was agoin on along the outskearts of the
camp, as well, a^ in jthe inteeryur. , While
so doin, I seen a good many brethren
éwÉ^ijarir1^*-
th«ry SUtritim«j remaned as much as an
hournrrP yw 4 ^pe^sooiíj, , Also I wunst of
twicst lookt lifter th^ shanties wh^r young
wimmirt just^copvinced of sin was recevin
relidjus iuBtrnclipn from tlje preeghers. I
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faces
same
iered to have been sot aftqj; the
tterri-r-eye^ th rown rippards, qiouth
corners pulled down, jsijd a .¿eneral expres-
si^ná ás e^tney was orider .the g^llys, hed
hid adoo to thar friends^ arid was goin to
be turnt off in the full expec&^ishjn of, an
in brile,They dident feel that
but
way, Ime aw^r—kwite the rewarse
" ^ f no dee^etful ^
. f. i,
ellj these specijrierits of the salt of the
áirth tuk it in titrris to preech and pray and
sing, ontil they'd all had a shy at fin and
imckerty¡. Thár ^ri.ricjjiá] topics Was on-
quenchable rice and briqlstorip,, á^d the
varus modes of applyin the sanie to the
squirmin poppylashin of the lowér.rejins.
Sum was de&krib^d 88 swimmiri pri lick wid
com bus tables; suma^ fe^diri voráshisly on
red hot coles, and bein everlastinly refused
a dijnt o!r water to cppl off with; and
others ¿s being continually surrounded
with fiánjes without bein. consumed^ lile
one pf Herring's^ salamanders. All tine
time this was Éroín pn, thqpi As t Led cum
s bound to hev it-
to get relidjiri, arid wás
speshallj the wirtitriin on the frunt setes—
kept screech in ."Glory !" "H^ljlylopvkr í"
And tlie hotter the preecher heted lofat,
and the more ^rriestly ,)ie declared that
thejr were all bound in tjiát ditpc^shin the
mofe they yelled " Glory ! " M Glory í"
Art'ei-getting throb tljis interesting ^art.
of hi3|(discoarse, the minyster generally
went in for the new birth, upon.which the
feema!e8 whb bed hollered " glory'' and
" hallylpoyer'' over the fire brimstone j 'as-
sidges, began io ¿rone arid sithe, and pray
to be deliviefrep, ks,. ef they was in tbe
greatest agenuy. Sevral drapt off the
benchis and wa'a carrid in kickin convul-
in the mornin, reflectin on the mercies of
Providence, arid cqmp^riq the preepbin and
{be .prayin in Skoliarry to the manna fe
the wilderness, I cum upon a, hoard,nailed
to a tree by the rode side, hevirig this in-
skripshin': . ... r
«« T«is is tne wav to the
, !(l SCAMP MEETING."
I.tuk ,a quick larf, thinkin ¡to myselfj
" Thar's menny a troo word 6aid in jest."
Your§ aJIus^ t,
A Disbanded Volunteer.
Nothing to Wear.
v i
I^ewy York society yi nothing witheijl excite-
ment. It yearns daily foje ja new sensation. More
fortunate then Sir Charles Coldstream, who
looked languidly into Vesujrins^and saw'^Noth*
ing in it,1 it d^riyo^l all the integer «en^iatipn
from an nripenetrable my«tery, which eithpr has
nothing in it, or refuses lo give up wnp]tfyet; ¡ the
something in it may be. Fate for,$ long .tiine
was very indulgent this sensual,, appetite,;
crime pampered it; ajád a succession of delight-
ful inexplicabilitesdf love or marriage served to
keep it stimulated between the larger feasts of
mysterious horro^. r
Latterly, however, there was a dreadful fall-
ing off in displays of the fine art, of morder in
New York; homicides there were In plenty, but
of a vulgar: ,an^i common place character—noth?
gtrpnjfiing of a wife by jealous or
brutal husband', or -suicide of at despairing lover
or lonely, forsaken maid .by pn over-dose of
arsenic—nothing to rouse Miss Prim>or Miss Taw.
dry from her langor to pxclaim,. " Oh! wl^a^ i
núe murder that was last night, at No. — fifth
Avente!"
But, if murder, ,waa .beginning to decline in
artistic excellence by throwing off the fascinj^ting
-garb of mystery, other resources of. excitggneqt
growing out of the mysterious and tlie puzzling
were developed by way of at least partial com*
pensation. Among these, is a literary mystery
.enveloping out of the disputed autl^on^ip of a
^levervh sort of poem, entitled, "Nothing to
Wpar.", ,.,M.
. This poem was published ip .the first place
anonymously; whereupon a certain Miss Peck, a
gid just entering into hoops aqd fourteen ity—the
hopeful daugb#r of old Parson Peck, to wit—
declared that she had dropped the origyM^ man-
uscript of it if oiinibus. The paternil Peek
then entered into print to expose the literary
larceny of somebody. A certain Mr. Butler, a
highly respectable lawyer in New York, turned
out to be the somebody who was the object of the
soft impeachment, butjf^outly averred his inno.
cence an? proclaimed the original and undivided
proprietary right to the literary property. The
elder Peck, however, np to the latest intelligence,
¿tood by the claim of his daughter ,witti ill the
zeal of paternal partiality and ail the weight of
^is clerical character. At all ..this, pf course,
New York quidnuncdom, is ^.immensely puzzled
and therefore—happy„ Mr. Butísr or Miss Peck
has aUemptet^n imposition. Which is it? The
advocates of Butler contend that there is a mas-
culinity displayed in style and knowledge ^ the
world, th.4t makes it rimpopsi^e that agiftcf Miss
Peck's age and intellectual possibilities could
have produced the poem. On jbpf. olher hand,
tjie advocates of Miss Peck.( conten^ that there
is a erinolinity about in tha njjnute knowledge it
exhibits of the feipa^.^a^drobe, which, ^ ^roof
positive that uo rii^s^uline brain could have Con-
ceived and ¿o inasculine hand, ^naasisted, could
have perined it; The Quarrel is a very pretty
one as it stands. We publish" Nothing to Wear,"
that,cpr^readers.may judge fúir.themselvqi of
the merits of the controversy from the intrinsic
evidencs of the poem itself.—Delta.
A letter from, Saratoga^ says: "Of
belles there is no lack, either in number or
variety—dancing belles, flirting belles,
dumb beljes, talking bellesand u bell
wethert," we suppose.
Ij f I1! f t>- y. . 1 > . ¡i
Ike lately read. In a paper ^that a lady
of foreign residence, aa4 á .grp.st admirer
of ^pulpture, vra& repe^tly^ struck by some
statues of Amencan ^workmanship. Mrs.
Partington,Jpokin£ over her apectacles at
Ike, an^leysly inquired if tlie lady was
mtich Endured by the blow.
Sketchings by tue Wa
[Written for the Citizen.]
i-- l( . Columbus, Sept. 15,1857. _
Jfditors][Citizen:
Having recently made the trip from
New Orleans to vour chaiinigg vfflagt,
perhaps a few " notes by the way" may
interest your readers. „ , - . . . ,
On the 3d instant we left the " Oviatt
o«rseateitiipscawti , ^ t
road; not without «pme tiibijljftign, how-
ever, fis the moment we armed at the ferry
opposite Jackson Square, we were assailed
by a crowd of noisy darkies, pf all the
various shades, from tawny yellow to ebon
black, each vociferating for the charge of
our baggage. ^SQlect|n^g a couple, we gay©
our trunks to them, and made our way tp
the shanty on ihe wharf, where we awaited
the boat to carry us over the river to the
depot Our trunks, *nd those-of, o$er
pas^en^ers^wer^ crow^ed pell mell ón the
platform, without any shelter whatever,
and sdon a shower of rain—oh ! such a
shower !—began to fall, and in five minul
everything pervious to water was satui
We thin,k tbere is roo^ fpr improvement
in these things. The Railroad Company
ought to( provide an office on the New
Orleans side of the river where the bag-
gage could be received and checked—
where it could be taken care of, and pasr
sengers relieved from the sun^oyance of the
wharf , porters and their extortions, In a
short time the, rain ceased, the boat arrived,
everything was tumbled on board, the
whistle screamedj and pflf we weut. In a
few.minutes we landed opposite the dep<4
at l%ierá, the baggage was tumbled off
the boat and sifiidied into a baggage oar,
and th§ , j^pfrs took their way to the
depot, whereUoey got into the
cart ai!
ín
at Brashear Cit^ on
we fi)und the sUamri^pL ; , «
the ,^r rival 0^ :th^arsn, Wé have nó in-
efínation to attem^ a AneHp&yn of ^ w
country over which we passed j suffice ^ t
to say, that we were surprised to see so
much uncultivated land so near the city—
so miich that boife every appearance of
sadly imperfect, ¡cultivation. The cáne
crops near the city ww loejtíqg;
those nearer the bay loosing much better,
the cane being much larger ánd more
thrifty, Qther crops there are: corn, po-
tatoes ái&d cabbages, or, rather, qpRafds,
since a " head" could nq£ be seen, but die
" blue stems" Were a " caution.'*
At the steamer, the sam^ tuu^ig ^
smashing of baggage took place—<be same
hurry, shouting pushing, and, in general,
the same copfusion and noisp that oocurred
^ repeated, with all the
at the start!
necessary " variations." On board, we
cóuiá find no one to show us our rooms,
until, after half an hour ojr so, we came
across <the .pleasant mulatto woman who
rejoiced in the office of chambermaid.; She
showed us our room, but it was locked up,
and the Puper had tlie key. Appliei to
him for it, and was told it (.was lost, and
we must,f wait awhile,* until U could be
found, or another room oould be hed in-
stead. Finally we gpf another rtom, the
Rustle subsided, and with the usual farewell
blast of the whistle,, we steamed rapidly
and pleasantly down the bay. The (Galves-
ton is a steady, rapid sea boat, but ia badly
arranged, we .-.think, for the oomfeft, of
passengers. There is, prwtically, no ladiea*
cabin or^silwn. wh^^y cSjn sit down
and ^ale^ themwlvw comfortable—the
little crib ñt the end of the dining saloon
not being worthy of'tip nam^ The table
was well provided, and the inly objection
to it was that the meals were made an
extra charge, which beingjunosual afc.ta
South, were n&t bargained for it the tidbek
two sides to it.
of course,
, like most others, has
The ladies take the intide,
bargained
_ ..ypdaUibMty
have doiie so, as it was a swindle fn a very
office. Some refused to pay, and
small wa^, and totally unwortiby of any
respectable t steamboa^ line* _ Áhipit,
o'clock the nex| day. we go^ tq/""''11"
put oúr bsg|age, with s—- •-
porters ánd partuieÁ On
boat Eclipfei. went tip town to the Pa_—^
House, and got some good fish and venison.
The Palmetto is a very sony " institution,"
hnd we hope travelers can find