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BENJAMIN P.POOBE.
|(^Fpr T«rm», &c-•« I»« P»S'-
GILES MITCHELL,
Af TOIBRT AT—** fWf.l
Jefferson. Jaekton CK Ga.
LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL.
A TRIP TO ENGLAND IN 18*rv33.
MANCHESTER. .; ^ ; , *1-
While Rt Minchciter we witnessed
r ceremony as norcl as pleasing—an
Isrealitish Wedding. The parties were
of wealthy families, and the Synagogue
was filled to «#verflowing. When we en
tered, the Rabbi was occupied in writing'
the marriage contract on a parchment.
Having concluded it, he handed it to
others present to read, and then to %lhe
bridegroom, who, aftei apparrcutly well
considering the contents, which' .were
written in Hebrew language, signed the
same, as also did two _ witnesses. This
being duly executed, the bridegroom
was conducted from the room again, the
bride being all the time invisible. ' A
canopy was then erected, being sup
ported by four persons offailb, and so
lemn strains of music announced the
approach of tbo bridgegroom. The
reverend officiate having placed him
self beneath the canopy, the bridegroom
was introduced, supported on both aifoa
by two male friends.
Again the sound of music proclaimed
the approach of the bride, who was sim
ilarly supported, bnt by two ladies.
The bridal dress was strictly scriptural;
the maiden was attired in pure white,
covered with a veil, as in Geuesis xxiv,
65. The music having ceased, the bride,
still supported as before, was thrice led
round her future husband. We believe
this emanates from the marriage of Ja
cob and Leah—Jacob having bis bride
veiled, married Leah instead of Rachel,
Gen. xxix, 26. For this reason the
bridegroom has an opportunity of^J*
cerunning from the gait or figure of his,
intended wife, os he has no opportunity
of leading her countenance through^he
folds of her veil. Having thus circled
round him, she was placed on the light
aide of bet future lord.
The priest proceeded then to pro
nounce a blessing upon all present,
holding at the time a glass of win® in
his hand, which, after the conclusion: of
a prayer, was handed by a friend to, the
happy couple, in token of peace wiih all
the world; they having sipped the fame,
modestly returned it. Tho reverend
and venerable rabbi then proceeded to
rea<I aloud the document twfore descri
bed, and then a second glass warfil’ed,
and a prayer offered up fo~ tlie future
grace of the new couple, and a second
glass was lasted l»y both the young peo
ple in token of consent to each other.
Then followed a solemn silence;
tnentof suspense; the ring was to be
placed on the brides linger. The fair
hand was extended (as ive thought)-ra-
tber willingly, and the ring lieing han
ded to the rabbi, he first exhibited it.to
goons, whose' bugles' and kettle drums
give riutiodst soul-stiiring music. Hi*
you vjsit a public edifice, a sentinel is at
the door.. Is there-a public meeting, a^
corporal's guard is sent to keep, order.
Iii short, go where you may, you. are
constantly reminded that you are in a
land where the bay net, instead of the
ballot box controls, public opinion.
The uniforms, generally of scarlet and.
gold, are splendid, the troops well dis
ciplined—and it was a sou ice of pride
to think that such men as there were re
pulsed by our raw. militia. R* ’
first love and last lqve.
When I wm it
1 loved • youth whose eyes were dark.
And raven b,ack hi» hair.
My hole hyart w*oi fit a pat, .
Whene’er be.pSaacd me bjr.j
And if He looked afuther maids,
M sit the down and afcfc. -
Mosiewrasin bis a&rerr voice.
As be would softly t?U, '
How dearer far itaae life andJfctl,
He loved liw own jEsielle,
And aa he trembling told bis lore.
I blushed, and mine confotsed;
And then-yes, I ihought and felt
That rissT love was the best.
uou m ■ - ~ - ; . v i R.isd*Island and New armma;
others, and then examined it to lumselt. j where Yankees think a» hops are found;
He .hen gave it ....he bridegroom, who j Wh. re h«,-pudd.»g.d...l..ndt ii
Thus time sped on: i
Their fplendorso’e
gy fancy changed-
Two Jaughing eyes of bl«
My first love’s voice ussweetness lost.
His eyes roe ihouglil. grew^dim.
a UCII ,|neu-vi-“-t J 1 **' , ,
M, bocy ch.apd-1 de.ri. k.*«d
THE WHITE HORSEMAN.
BV A SOLDIER OF THE REVI LITIO.N.
The heavy tramp of the regulars as
the solid columns . moved .amid the
darkness towards Concrinf, was heard
with indignation by the waking inhabi
tants of the country. The hardy yeo
man; as he leaped'from his pallet and
glared through• tjie .window at the
passing show, was at firitl at a loss to
conjecture on what errand these well-,
trained'warriors had been srint; but
instantly recollecting that there was a
depository of arms and provisf ns at
Gmicord, which the Americans had.
lately collected together, he made
no doubt that this strong detachment
of the British army had been commis
sioned to. take possession of them.—
There was something provokingly
cruel in the eyes of the Americans, in
thus depriving them of ilte very hum
ble means of defence \yhich they had 1
been able to procure ;'and although
they did not immediately form the re
solution of drawing the blood of those
incendiaries, yet the murmur of disap-
prohation ran from liuuse to house,
until the whole of the surrounding
country had l>een aroused from' their
pillows, and anxiously awaited the
arms-'and disperse. Tli&. Americans
were* dot fast in acknowledging the
authority of tbeepauietted caitiff, and,
in an instant, a shower of British balls
cut 'dowu nearly half of the little
company and put the rest to flight,—
Captain Roe was among the slain.—
The women and children of Lexington
fled from their.houses over the lulls,
filling the air . with their screams.—
There was an old man by the name
of Hezekiah Wyman, the window of
whose house overlooked the ground
wherethese murders weie committed;
and no sooner did ho sec his brave
countrymen fall, than lie inwardly
demoted himself to revenge the unhal
lowed slaughter.
•Wife,* said he,‘it-there not an old
guribarrel somewhere in the garret V
‘I believe there was,' said she ; ‘but
prav wliat do you want with it?’
•1 should like to see if it is fit for ser
vice,* replied he, ‘if I am not mistaken
it is £ood enough to drill ahcle through
•Mercy on tn£, husband ! are you
going mad ? An old man like you—
sixty years last November—to talk of
going to war! 1 should think you had
enough fighting the British already.
There lies poor Capt. Roe and his
result of their movements. It was in I men bleeding on the grass before,your
— my uncle,) becVt
•: ‘-Y-no.4.
paragraph pops upon
Myaecond »hou*ht could awretlt teD,
My second inoujiu coomiwr*..
•fhai I was wonder’nrtu fair,
Thai Cupid revelled in my cyea,
And wanioned in my boir.
And soft we vow. d our little hearts
- Should own no other ftwet.
And then—then IwMVcry mire
. That SECOND love wm beat.
But eh," ala*! another change
‘Wm o’er my fancy throw n;
The light locks of my second love
No more in .plendor snoue.
* I worahsbipptd at another ahnne.
•Jt ' Blue eyc» had bad their day;
I loved—Oh yer.l d. arly loved
Twoaparkling eye* of gray.
And, aoTieVlhan from brown or bin
The look on me il*ey com;
And we each vowed to never chan
Cut love while hfe.ahould
Hi* love-tale like a seraph’* tong,
r did f«U
And then—.»li then 1 had
TatRolove
i but of all.
)LOUbt
Then did my fancy, fickled jade!—
For year* her wsiitt’ring beep,
And many a double vow wm breathe
Of Fosaiou pure and deep;
Till Reason came ioFanc>*s aid,
And this truth did impart.
If ih u a looting wou.d know—
Seek, seek a kindrtd h* art.
I nought and found a warm, kind hearO
That can each change defy:
No more tbere’a magic in a form,
Or hwtrt in an eye.
They p«** *like oulieeded on.
And change hassunk lores?—
CONNECTICUT,;
What land ia ihstao nicely bound.
By Massachusetts nnd the Bound,
, Road-Island and New York around;
placed if upon the fore finger of the what land i* that, when G< orge the King
rich, hand of hi* bride,, pronouncing the • «d f '?« 1 **
Whose son* did Yankee Doodle ring?
Connecticut.
What hind i« that, where fo'ks are said.
To be so *cnipul*iu.*ly bred.
,, ^ ^ steady habited;
Where hearty g rl* and boya are led,
Wiih pumpkin pics and gingerbread?
Connecticut. -
What' land ia. that where old time* walks
In steady pace o’er maple blocks;
, Forsake* hi* *la» fr wooden «**<•; ■ '
Where bead* too high will meet with knock*;
. And land were more if fewer r«ck»?
Where maiden* neck* are whi r as *nOw,
And cheek* like r-wea red you know; ^
Where jonny-cakc* are baked from diitigb,
That land where mUk and hone? 0 .w?
Connecticut.
What land is that whence pedler* come,
A thousand miWor more from home, .
With tin, with bam wood trencher* ; .aome
Wiih patent nutmegs and new.rnpi )«:»•,
To gather up the coppers!—num. J- 1
right band ofhis britje,. pronouncing
talismanic wtmlsi “ HaWd Mosba, Veh,
Yesrear—(Anglic**, “ Thus l wed thee
according to tbo laws of lsical os by
Motes coromatidod,) left tbo ring ou the
band of tho bride. A glass was placed
on the ground, and in a moment—-crash
—the brittle vessel was shattered in a
thousand pieces by the right 'font of the
bridegrtKtm ns a token of the tmeertain-
ty of life, and that all our joys may be
shattered in a moment.
The .uJ.len change «nhe ahleronitj
to jiiy was elect ric. Ni> booiIct was the
glasa in tho dust than the miisie struck
up in lively notes; the place sounded
with the wpida “ Mezel Tout' —(joy
• f)_echo upon echo seemed tp sound
In nureats: congratulatiphs were heart
felt ; truly ezhilirating was the scene.
Th, ceil of tho brido was in a moment
respectfully removed, and she stood be
fore o. with oyes streaming, thankful
and happy, yet fearful, and smiling un Whit land is that, where lean w
Alouk^apreyer
—they were martied—all -the cerem«»-
, ay wag over. •
, The American traveller in England
is forcibly struck with the number of
> military monlhat he eyery where sees.
About every twentietb roan be tneets in
• ; • .the street is-in uniform. -Here comes
,i * Vgipoadier, » r well built man, measuring
et least siz feet, with an immense; bear
akin cap upon liis head, wbich adds two
more to his heigjta Next.iuunea con-
> pie of privates in the Infantry, short,
V thick set men,—one has a scar upon his
? Y - lace, sad a glittering, medal rtipon h s
bre^ boll, gained in some hard, fighu
mi i M
a large buildinc a few miles below
Lexington that a family, who had
been early made acquainted W’th the
approach af the British hireling*t re
sided, They were up and doing long
before tho arrival of the troods.
The girls assisted their brothers in
putting on their equipments and the
old man saddled the horses for his
sons. As these lads were about
starting for the purpose of watching
the career of the regulars when they
should arrive et Concord., a young
man rode swiftly up to the door, and
bade the volunteers "o*d morning.—
‘Copt. Roe, 1' burst from the lips of a'J
present, save one young and blooming
lass, who hung tier head aud sighed
deeply. This young man was. ap
parently, under thirty years of age ;
of middling stature, and dark eyes,
which now gleamed with fire, lie
spoke a few hasty words in an under
tone, to the armed peasant boys, to
which they replied by grasping their
fire-locks and hastily mounting their
steeds. ‘Not a word lias_ he spoken
! to me.* sighed the pensive girl. Quick
as thought* the young Captain sprang
to the ground, and giving liera hearty
embrace, promised to be with Iter in
a few boure. No answer was return
ed by the desponding fair one, but
riie clenched lier hand* raised her
pallied face to Heaven, as if engaged
in inward prayer. There she stood
in statue like siience until the sound «»1
the departing horses* hoofs had died,
away. Then turning t» her mother
who' had remained at her side, she
softly said, *1 shall never see him
morel*
‘F.wdislrgirl,* answered lhe old lady
in a tone Hint trembled while it chid,
•do you suppose that Captain R»»e in
tend* to attack the British army with
a handful ;of plough-hofa? There,
will be no figlitjug depend upon it.*
But the fiOtiiid of approaching liorse-
I men driving swiftly along the by pal hs
and the maiu road, convinced the
trembling girl, that the number was
not small who . were alrea ly up in
arms for the‘defence, of their rights,
their hearthstones, and their liberties,
What would you do with
gun ?*
The old man made no reply, but
ascended the stairs,and soon returned
with a ruscy gun-barrel in his hands.
In spite of Iris wife's incessant din, lie
went to the shop, made a stock for it,
and put it in. complete order for use.
He then saddledra strong white horse,
and mounted him. He gave the steed
the rein, and directed his course to
ward Concord. He met the British
troops returning; and was not long in !
perceiving that there was a wasp's
nest about then cars. ; He dashed so
jpsely upon the flank of the enemy
that his horse's -neck was -drenched
with the spouting blood of the woun
ded soldiers. Then, reigning back his
snorting Steed to reload, lie dealt a
second death with the never-failing -
bullet. The tall gaunt form of the
assailant, his gray hicks floating on the
breeze, and the ndor of liis steed dis
tinguished him from the rest of the
Americans, and the regulars gave him
the nam.*of*Ueithon the pale horse.*
A dozen bullets whizzed by his head,
when lie : made the first assault, but
undismayed, the old patriot continued
to prance his gay steed overthe heads
of the I* wit soldiers, to no his own busi
ness faithfully, in tlie belief that be
cause others did wrong in firing at him,
it would be no excuse for him »o do
wrong by sparing the hireling bullies
ota tyrauuicalgoveriiment. At length
a vigorous cliargeof the bayonet drove
the old man and the party with whom
lie was acting, far from ilie main body
of the British. Ilezekiali was also
nut of ammunition, and was compel
led to pick up some on the road, be
fore he .could* ref’rn to thu charge.—
He then came on again, and picked
offan officer.hv sending a sliigthrongh
his royal brains, before he was again
u'riveiiuff. Buteyerann anon,through
ihe smoke that Curbed about flanks nl
the detachment, could lie seen ll c
white horse of tlie veteran lor a.mo
ment—the. reporT of Ins piece was
heard, and sacred person of one of his
Majesty’s faithful subjects was sure to
measure bis length, on the rebel
called Mother Barberick, who. was at
that time digging roots in an adjoining
field.' A party of Americans' recap
tured the gallant Englishmen frofli
Mother Barberick. and placed them
in safe keeping. * The captives were
exceedingly astonished at the sudden;
iiess of tlie attack, and declared that
the Yankees-would rise uii like inus-
I iiitoes nut of a marsh and kill them,
lie chef (Taiuvre having been con-
luded. the luvrrassed soldiers were
again amazed by. the appearance of
Uezekiah, who'se white horse was
conspicuous among the now countless
assailants that sprung from every hill
and ringing dell, copse, nnd wood,
through which the bleeding regiments,
like a wounded snake, held their toil
some way. His fatal aim was taken,
and a soldier fell at every report of
his piece. Even after the worried
troops had entered Charlestown,there
was no escape forthemtrom the dead
ly bullets of the restless veteran. Tlie
appalmg whitehorse would suddenly
and unexpectecly dash out from a
break or from behind a rock, and the
whizzing of his bullet was the precur
sor of death. He followed the enemy
to their very boats and turning his
horse’s head, returned unharmed to
his home.
- ‘Where havo you been husband v
'Pickingcherries! replied Hezckiah;
but lie forgot to say that lie had first
made cherries of'the red coats, by
putting the pills into them.
reading was extensive, and in everv
depart mem ofk^owledge-i^mance's,
tales, poems; pjays, voyages,' travels;
history;*, biography,- - philosdphV—-all
arrested his. attention, arid each had
jiMtirenc^ your Honor, «
him familiar vvith the best works ot the Trim • elevating his voice'
K ind - , U i s : mind was naturally erra- ihg into an infplonhg:al’tii
tic, and Ins. desultory reading, as he» * ‘ *
throws it to the comp
serted—-and he is n*-ned' to all 'inti
and purposes,*
never devoted himsetfi to profession;
rind dipped a little into all, increased
-■w. - » ... ^
liis 'natural and meat a I way^ardriej®,*
He seldom reasoned, and wiicrilieriid,
it* was \y.Uh;an effort that was painful,
and which:cost him more trouble tha'n
it .was worth, '
olT\h»
please] yciurhonor; this is not the
wIio]c.V - - ..
•Go on, Trim,’said rny uncle feeh
llesaid hiinself.iiipne,
ofdiis speeches in the Senate; of tlie'
United Stales, ‘that he had a defect,
whether of education or nature vvas
immaterial, perhaps proceeding from
Uitli-—a defect which had, disabled
him, from'ltis.first entrance into pub
lic life torihe present hour, from ma
king what is called a regular speech
The defect was doubtless both from
education andqature; education migiU
have in some tneasui^s,carrectedlhe
tendencies of his ifa(ure; hut 4|»cre Was
perhaps an idiosyncracy in the consti
tution of the man which compelled
him to be meteoric anderraticin mind,
as well as temper. He said tlutt‘ridi
cule was the keenest weapon in the
whole parliamentary armory,’ and he
learned ail ilie-tricks of fence with it.
and never played with foils. He
seems to have had more admiration
mgly^ jya.'iL’
‘The' printer sometimes: (pursued
the Corporal) hits upon a pitree that
pleasesdiiiiF mightily, arid he thiriks it
cannot but go down. with his 'subscri
bers ; hut alas, sir, who. can calculator
the humap mind f Ho iriserta.it and •
it is all over with him. They forgive
others, hut they cannot forgive a prin
ter. . He htui a host to print, for, and
every- one sets, up' for a crif»c, . Tjt® ; *'
-- i^ibi
pretty:Miss, exclaims, why donH he v Y
give. ?us more poetry, marriages and
TOq . tnots ?—away wrih. these stale. .
places.. The politician claps Vs specs '
o'ri : ?ils nose; $nd mns if hver in search
qf a 'violent' snyective; he finds none i
he 'lakes; his specs off^Tolds - them,
stick them in his pocket, declaring the
paper good for nothing but. to hurp,
" r one thinks ii
So" it goes. Every oriejihinks iiow^iivV.''
to be printed expressly ’lor hiinself; aa } * >
he is ri subscriber; and; after all this
y would you believe it, air, • 1
The two feinatessiiraiikinto the house ; ground. Thus did- Ilezi kiah and his
oppressed by feelings, strange and
new.: - - . • v ; :.' v: v *;‘ '
The young men,, with Capt. Roc at
their head, drove off toward Lexing
ton, and halted at a i»arn on the roati
] side at a distance of t\io; miles from
that village. ' Here were ^assembled
rieighlior* continue to liarrrass the re
treating foe, : until Earl l*ercey ap
peared with a thousan I fi*esh troops
from Boston. The two detachments
of the British iverri now two thousand
strong; and-kept off the Americans,
with their artillery, while they- took a
about forty youths, whose, lack of i hasty meal. No sooner had they
equipments, and uiimilitary bearing J again commenced their march than
Whatlaiid jsikat whew pareon* U\e
Whew men bear a>«pel and hebeve;
Whew bumWaainiirtsaMk repneva
Where women way at h-im* and weave.
Nor ead without their hostand’ leave?
„ - strain burats upon <Mir eani. rJt is the
Mrl uf the bag p’>P«. and-th, gallant
i- Wh» fought» gallwlj,-™,;*.
- • continent, march by, .clad in the tarr
puia.wuhhia .p4 phii.bcg. An
->occ th.; wh^l .ou, line, ao.l on lo
'p cause; we discovered the
►ding the forces here,
d by a troop of Dra-
f Whew <^»celfish’dferKnledoer, . ...
And never fearrid the deuc%from ace; .
Whew grand-mother this night ray* grace ?
Connecticut.
What land ia that, whenwebehot^;^-
Arid all |ta history nam'd, .
And all about the land w told ;
We Eke most thing*, but some
Ajre,gentle leader that is old.
Connecticut.
Kiclard Umgkion —The liienda of the late ed
itor of the Boston Adas have resolved to erect n
moauinent to hi* riiemoiy, in Mount Anbnrn.
Texas Loan!—'The New Orleans Bulletin of
ThnndMMr. ri-W, b*". 1 *™ . 5 h°*" » !f‘“ r
rsdaysay* ...
iram Cut Bee. the Texan 5'^.
ington, April 25th. from wh*n - we make ihe fol-
lowing extract t *• Gen. Ha.milton will be in New
York in Jarie. arid I will accompany him in;No-
niuun’ to Texas. ’ The It tin will be «ut in May,
but will not be available, before Ju.y. Gen H.
hat met-witb unparalleled success.”
_ TUderiw^rifeWy?
fbr.lhe Mttleraent of Egypt and Syria, bM been
signed by France. . .
was*;compensated by .sturdy ; Innbs,
hard embrowned visages, and sinewy
arms.
•Now my dear, fellows,' said Roe,
in a hasty* but not agitated tone, ‘we
are strong enough .ter march. We
shall be joined by uthersL The Cam
bridge boys - are wide. awake, and
have goitQ lo Concord already.; and
I have seen some old men galloping
qut to enjoy, the morning air. ' rr "
country 4s rising all arouud us.'
The riidC' volunteers gave * three
loud cheers; and .at-once formedriri
marching . order. The little : birad
struck out info the high road, but be-.
Jore they had reached Lexington, were
obliged to (iirn into a by-way, as tlie
rapid advance of the Britishendanger-
ed their safety. Having arrived -at
Lexington, Capt. Roe called his mctV
to a halt, and besought tlienf sooner to
sell their lives than be driven from the
position they had taken. ‘This charge
appeared to needless, as they had no
intention: of firing upon the enemy;
and it was not to be expected^that
regular troops would assault unonetid-
ing men. While this little company
was resting beltind the village cnurch.
many squads of Americans dashed^y
them, on their way to-Concord, hut
Captain Hoe maintained Ins position
with tlie.yiew oriiarrassmg the enemy
irthej ahouldefferany violence to the
village. Justas tlie morning dawned.
rben
the powerful white horse was seen
careering at full speed over the hills,
wilii the dauntless old yaukee. on his
' ...
■ ‘Hal* cried the soldiers,‘thcre comes
that old fellow again on the white
horse! L«M«kout fi»r yourselves! for
•»ne-of iis - has gM *to die, in «pite of
Fate.*: Anil one of them did die, for
>r _ Hezckiah’s aim was irue, as his prin-
* Iie cipies o! economy would, not .permit
of his v wasting p<»wder or hall.-—
Throughput tin whole of the bloody
road between I^exirigton and Cam
bridge, the fatal approaches of the
white horseman were .dreadeil by. the
trained .troops of -Britain,..and evenr
wound inflicted-hy'Hezekiaa, need
ed no repeating.'. But; on reaching
Cambridge the regulars, greatly to
their comfort, missed the old man anil
his horse. They hem-
selves, by the conjecture that, he had,
at length, paid thb forfeit of his temeri
ty, and, that his steed had gone home
with a bloodv .bridle and an empty
saddle. Not so. Iljezekiah had only
lingered for a moment to aid Ili a plot
.which had liecii laid by, Atnmi Lutter,
for taking the baggage wagons and
their guards. - Ammt had planted
about
stone wal
guards. - Atnmt nau piauicu •
t fifty old rustyVnuskcts under a t
: wall, with theirmuzzlesdirected J
-j. -.4, ihp wagons
JOHN RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE.
From a volume of Sketches now pre
paring for the press, bij the author
of Clinton Bradshaw, tyc.
1 remember hearing two anecdotes
of Randolph, which strikingly type his
character. One exhibits his cynical
rudeness and disregard for the feelings
of others—in fact a wish to wound
their feelings—and .the other his wit.
1 do not vouch for their accuracy, but
I give:them as I have frequently heard
them, as perhaps has a reader.
Once, wjten Randolph was in the
city of B he wosin thedaily habit
>f frequenting tho book store of one
>f tlie largest book sellers inthe place.
Ue made some purchases from him,
and was very curious in looking over
his hooks, &c. In the course of
Rundolpli’s visits he became very
familiar with Mr. rslhe bookseller.
and they held long chats together ]
the orator of Roanoke showing off
with great courtesy. M r. ■ -»was
quite a pompous man, and rather vain
of his acquaintance .with the lions who
used to s|op in his shop. Subsequent
ly. being in Washington with a friend,
he espied Randolph advancing to
wards him, aud told his friend that he
would introduce him to the “great
man.'* Ilia friend, however, know
ing the waywardness of Randolph,
declined. ‘Well,* said Mr. ■ —, *1
am sorry you will not lie introduced
—M go np and give him a shake of
the hand, at. any rate.* Up he walk
ed. with outstretched hand, to salute
the cynic. The aristocratic Republi
can, "(by the bye, how often your
thoroughgoing Republican is a full
bl«Mwled aristocrat in Ins private rela
tions) immediately threw liis hands
behind him, as if he could not ‘dull his
palin' it? that way, and gazed search-
inglv into the face of the astonished
bookseller. *OJi, oil*’ said he. as if
recollecting himself, ‘you are Mr. B
——. from Baltimore?.’ * Yes, sir,’
was the reply.. *A bookseller?’* ‘Yes,
sir.’agiin. ‘Ah! ,1 boughtsome books
from you ?* Yes. sir, you did.* * ‘Did
I forget to pay for them ?* ‘No, sir,
you did - not.* ‘Good morning, sir.’
said the orator, lifting his cap with
offbiided dignity,and passingou. This
anecdote does not show either Ran
dolph’s goodness of head or heart, but
jt shows his character. ‘**
The otrier anecdote is asfoljows:
The Honorable Peter-———, who
was a watchmaker, and who had re
presented Bt— county for many
years, in Congress, once made a mo
tion to amend a resolution offered by
Randolph, on the subject of military
claims. Mr. Randolph rose up after
the amendment had been offered, and
drawing his watch from his fob, asked
the ’Honorable Peter what o'clock it
was. He told him. .‘Sir,* replied the
orator,‘you can mend my watch,'but
not. my motions.. , You understand
tidies', sir, but not tactics T ’
~ That, too,- was n.fine retort, when,
after he had beeit jspeaking,- several
members rose in succession and at
tacked him. ‘Sir,* said he to the
speaker,‘j am in the condition of old
.Lear-4'
; ‘The liule dogsand all.
TrayTUT«ricb, andSweeiUeart. '* > * •
• See*-tbejr bark at nie.’- p
All accounts agree in praisjng the
oratorical powers of Randolph. ’ His
manner was generally slow and im
pressive, Ins voice squeaktsh.bqt clear
and distinct, and. as far it could be
heard, wliat he said .was clearly un
derstood;. fits gesture was chiefly,
with his long and skeleton-like finger.
The impressiveness with which he
for the oratory of Chatham than that
of any other individual, if we may
judge ln»m the mariner in which
that great man is mentioned in his
speeclics. They were certainly un
like in character, very unlike. Chat:,
ham having had bad health, and it be
ing well known that he went to Parli
ament and made his best efforts when
almost sinking from sickness, Ran
dolph might have felt that, as he had
done the same thing, their characters
were assimilated, Chatham was
seized with a fainting fit when making
his last speech, and died a short time
afterwards. And probably it is not
idle speculation to say that Randolph,
with a morbid or perhaps an insane
adinirrtion of his character, wished to
sink as Chatham did.in the legislative
hall, and be borne thence to die.
(said the honest Corporal, clasping
his hands beseechingly.) would y°o
believe it, sir, there are some snbscri-
hers Who' do not hesitate. to r cheat the
printer out of his pay l Our army - >:
swore terribly in Flanders, wit they
never did any thing so bad as that!* v-«
‘Never f said uncle^Tdby, emphati- f
cally. " \ •. * V.-
STEAM GUN,
The Phi’addlphia Ledger give* •'
full and lucid' account of the; : new
steam gun, invented hy Mr. M. A.
Pe'rktns, lately exhibited: to a select
company of scientific gentlemen, in
Philadcfphia. The folio wing i? apart
iff the description from that paper ?
‘Tlie giin itself, with all the machi.
riery alriiut it, if in cotistructiori the
most simple and beautiful. ; The bar
rel is: about sit feet in length; with a
bout the
usual- f' : i.
REFINEMENT.
An exchange thus enumerates the
polished phrases which have supersed
ed ancient vulgarism.
It is astonishing how refined people
e getting in their phraseology now-
a-days.' ‘Don’t crow till you are out
of the Woods,* used to be said to a man
sanguine of success ; lie is now told
that ‘it.is unadvisahle lor a reasonable
biped to exert, his vocal powers in a
boundless contiguity of shade.’ Corn
ing out at the little end of the! hom/.is
now rendered ‘emerging from the
diminutive termination of the trumpet.*
‘Don’t count vour chickens before
they are hatched,* is changed into
‘enumerate not vour ailblscent pullets
ere they have ceased to be oviform. 1
Butter is called ‘the consolodate ex
tract of a cow.’
A lady ‘steps into a store and in
quires for ‘hose tighteners,* (garters
boic admitting a ball about
size of a rifle ball The barrel is ele
vated upon cross .trices, some three - <
feet from the floorl About six inches -}
frorii the breech there rises out of the
barrel a tube of the same sized bore j;
as the barrel, info which^^ is dropped .
any number of balls, which, by a simpl®
adjustment of the, charging cock, *•. -r
tran*rers the ball from the tube to the V-'. .
barrel singly, or allo w them to fall in :
in a continuous shower. , .,
: ‘The steam enters tlie barrel at-the
under side; an inch or so back of the f ;
point; where the: ball falls from the/ ^
tubri, and is-let into it by lhe o|iening , - v -
of a valve, by a short lever, ’How /
easy and quick this tany bo done, may, .f
lie estimated, from the fact, that it is
capable in expert hands, of being dis-^V;
charged at tlie rate of 115 times in
.minute, and wjth such force, al though -J,;
not .inorff than a third of the weiglit o^^
they used tobe.)- A bnanling school
steam thaL.it was capable qf bearing &
" ' flatten the^bwlslhin*^
as wafer as ihey struck agalrist the g
(wliipped svllabul);) failing to get which that the generator of this^ghnia capa-l||i>:;
he demands some‘sacrificed th ashed- ble of-ftirnishinga conslanlsupplycor^, ^ - •
steam for dischajging halls-at;the rate >• j
ofsi xtyper minute, andthalpne Rt»unq\* I / j ‘
■of anthracite coal' is eqiial. tq'a ppundj*^ 1
• d*l_ J* am.I *,itill rMI n o t n fil pq IT, ■
( iiidignant-WiHiam;* in vulgar parlance,
(roasted whip-poor-will.) . • Gaper
sauce’ is called •Elssler impudencc ;
and sweet potatoes ‘dulcet niurphies.*
•Raising the Qld Nick.* is more polite,
lv expressed by‘clcvatir- * L
.. v the ancient
Henry,’ or‘exclaiming the venerable
Nicholas.’ Go if Literature ! \ '
of powder, arid* will gerierafe stearns^ v
sufficient ta.diichargc four pounds of
balls. • .-t
EFFECTS OF IMAGINATION;;
An honest • New r England farmer
started one very cold .lav in winter
with liis sled and oxen into the forest,
half a mileTrom home, for. the purpose
of chopping a load <>f wood, Having
felled a tree, lie drove the' team along
side and commenced chopping it,up.
By an unlucky hithelirnught the fotce
of the axe cross hii foot with a sliding
stroke. Tne immcnse gash soalarm-
cd him as nearly deprived hint of hir.
ANECDOTE OF gen; PUTNAM.
During the French war, when tho
British commander. General Amhen
was iparchipg across xhe.cduutry to
Canada,- the artny coming. to one of
the lakes, which they were obliged to
pass, found the French had aq armed.
Ail
General
boats wei
SICU 1U(U aiijitm .
As soon am ho reached.Ilie.door-iie
called eagerly for help. -HU ten-ified
■wife and daughter '.villi much effort
lifted himr into the' liduse, as-Jie "was,
wholly unable to help himseir. saving
•his foot was nearly severed from his
leu. lie was. laid carefully - on - tlie
bc^. groahing all the while very bitier-
ly.liis wife hastily prepared dress
ing arid bandages, removed the shue
and sock, expecting.to see the despe
rate vvoold when lo ! the skin was hot
even broken'. Before going out in the
morning he had wrapped his leet
red flannel to protect them fr
mm -«*-* 11 mmm
horses, together with some soldiers,
were sent out of existence. • The party
they stood,-arid'vreving his sword
commanded them to throw down their
of soldiers who hid the; baggage iti
charge, ran to a pond and plunging
then- muskcts.mto the watew surren
dered themselves to an old
amidst alhousand it would sav.strong-
er than language, to the individual
whom he meant, -Th -u arttheman.’--
ln his choice oflanguage he wasvety
! fastidious, making
c«ld, tlie gash laid it open to vie*
bethought it'fleshgndblood.-Bi
son riatcorrectin"^henusiakP
I uuvcii, , a 'll iakel^r,’
nam,fif you’ll give me- leave. ‘Anh,, •'
ierst sniiled, and asked, bow-? - Give , - -
me,’ save Putnami'*sboetle.-(n.large- '
wooden maul orjiammer) and -some - ^
.wedgcs. nnd.'a few ;rnee - f '—> -•
choice.*' .General Ariihc
understand PiitnamVinei
armed ships with a beetle and - wed^
but thought proper'io. grant I
he required.: At nighk Put
his men, and his.bcetle and
on board, of a- boat s then,
silently ooder tne stern 1
in a inoment-drqve.his vi
little cavity between I
the stern, arid ntade l
the morning, the shi
■Main the middle of
:r sails (lultenr
.1. „ f,inresp r
; pause to select a W{prd. His -AimJiJWpw
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while preparing one s toddy.
harsh;.
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