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u 9 a stout, hearty plate of soup, William !’ said 8
’ -rimson-faced man, with nn ahdominable periphery like
j.giohc. As he gave this order for his second plate of
* lie shoved into the waiter’s hand, open to receive the
J * o f gentleman who had as yet secured nothing, his own
l' 1 'I all( j bftde him make haste. Ignorant of ‘dinner etiquett,’
Fanny Kemble styles it, a dozen of those around us had at
e commenced on the solids; which of course made the
° nC t work like beavers to finish their soup ; and some of these
| ,1,0 end of the table, who, having but just received the
>,l liquid, were still sipping after their luckier Inends
,i jo favored head of the table had concluded, were
nonished of the necessity of making haste, by the removal
U s their plates by the impatient waiters. Waiters are sys
-0 lic People should be more simultaneous in eating soup,
i pul te man swallows his, scalding hot, that he may keep
‘ with his more fortunate neighbor.
‘Here! here ! you rascal, bring back my soup! bawled
a man with a thin vinegar aspect* His plate had suffered
°H efion. The Waiter feigned not to hear. The wrinkles on
X ‘pungent face visibly sharpened. That look would have
•■d on entire dairy. In a voice thin and as sharp as his
futures he exclaimedt ‘Here! here! you unmannerly Irish
,cape-goat! (ah! you hear at last, do you?) bring back my
mi ! u * the ruiea ’ sir_r; 1 can,t d ° sir * r! But
here's a beautiful arrangement!’ replied the Irishman, passing
a bill ot fare. . •■,,/> . ,
4 ])__,) vou and your rules, and your bill of fare, in a mess!
I want my soup, yuu Irish blackguaid!
• Can’t do it, Sir-r; the rules must be obsarved. Can t give
ve anv more soup, Sir-r; the mates is on Sir-r; them must be
- ni ' t . them’s*the rule Sir-r; and the waiter ran to answer
to n call further up the table. ...... .
Thc cJiscomfitted man swore as terribly as it he had formed
one of the celebrated army in Flanders. ‘Pretty hotel,
1V Excellent regulations! Polite servants! Must eat
.. ~Vt, must I ? I’ll see ’em hanged first! Here, you chow
(jer-head, bring back my
• Green peas,gen’lmeu —green peas! 1 squeaked a bean-pole
waiter, with a ness like a sausage, and little twinkling eyes.
\ dozen hands grabbed convulsively at the dish. Green peas
were a great rarity; a fact sufficiently evinced by the compla
int air of the servant, as he announced them. A dish of
~r av y and a bottle of catsup were upset in the scuffle, much
l 0 the annoyance of the sour man, in whose lap a greater
p al tof the first sought a depot. ‘ Vou have got your soup, 1
iind, ShT said-a wag, opposite, at which every body laughed,
and one individual, at an untimely moment, when his mouth
was full of Scotch ale, whereby a great gurgling and splutter
in” ensued, ending by a general spirt upon the 4 fixms ’ of all
who were near linn ; a most impart nl division, for all received
a portion. As soon as he could muke himself heard above
the discord, the person to whom the w ag’s remark had been
addressed, answered, with much asperity, ‘That’s Irish wit,
Is’pose; I hate Irish!’
. iVus. waiter!’ ‘waiter, peas!’ ‘Pens! pens! pens!’ ex
claimed a bundl ed voices in a breath. Reasonable souls!—
They look to be all helped at once!
‘Puss those peas?’ raid a score of impatient voices to the
gentleman with the crimson face, who in the scuflie had suc
ceeded in securing the dish to himself.
‘Hu, ha! he spluttered, complacently, with his mouth half
full of Gaboon, ‘ 1 huv’nt eat any of these ’ere for a long
while P
4 They lock very fine!’ said the next but one adjoining, in a
maimer that implied a strong desire to ascertain whether they
d:d not taste respectably.
Very, vary” replied the fat man, ns he scooped nine
{eutlis of all there were in the dish on his own plate. Sun
dry eyes glanced pitchforks at him. They were evidently
Astonished. They should not have been. The gentleman
came from a western pork growing district. Ho fattened his
own swine. 1 I’m special fond of peas! ’ said he, half in en
thusiasm at bis own appetite, and half as a short of an apology*.
4 ,Split me, if I shouldn’t think so! ” exclaimed the wag.
•Well, it's nothing strange !’ snapped out Vinegar, taking
the part of the obese, and chuckling at the discomfiture ot
the others. -
4 Some people will ent, until, being unable to help them-
Kilves, we shall bo compelled to help them out of their seat! ’
exclaimed one of the disappointed, giving the fat man a look
that whs not to bo misconstrued.
I looked about me for some peas but saw none. As I was
scrutinizing, iny eyes encountered the rueful and bewildered
free of a modest young man, with an empty plate. In all
probabil.ty, he had never dined before in a hotel; at least
the diffident maimer with which he received the inattention
paid to his modest requests, seemed to say as much. A con
stunt fear, too, lest he should not behave quite, like the rast, ;ip
jieared tohaunt him; and the longer lie was neglected, the
more he appeared embarrassed. Poor fellow! He had not
yet received a mouthful to eat. What a bore is modesty l
brass is emphatically, au accomplishment. The young man
looked very ridiculously for the jack of it; and 1 pitied him.
‘Waiter!” said I, winking pecuiary to an Adonis with
squint eyes, and a mouth like a codiish. Ho sprang to my
fide. The Wink liad touched his feelings. 1 knew it would.
A waiter's heart is open to a wink, when words are useless.
‘Get me some peas, and fresh salmon, on a clean plate.’
Ihj fellow's eyes concentrated into their deepest squint,
as he looked inquiringly, first iuto my face, and then at the
space between my thumb and fore-huger. Apparently not
seeing what he had expected, his sprigbly, lieiptuJ manner
died away very suddenly, and his answer, as he stared me
chanically up tlie table was unqualifiedly brief
‘Guess there ain't any here ; don't see any.*
I pointed to my thumb and fore-finger. A quarter dollar
filled the space so lately vacant.
‘ yon see any now / ’
i’he mouth opened wide, and assumed an amiable grin, and
or 1 eyes an extra squint, and for half a ipmute glanced scru
tiaiziiigly around the la )le.
1 1 tlnnk I does! ’ said he. His sight was completely re
stored.
‘1 thought you would,’said 1. dropping the coin into his
Jil, y P'dm. What wonders the ‘root of all evil’ can uc
‘cniplisk. It makes the best vegetable pills in the world, and
uiiiy be used with equally astonishing success iu nil climates,
lie le, you squint eyed rascal! ’ roared out Vinegar, who
the last ten miuutes had been unceasingly cursing every
, v l '^ in hiring, *1 saw you take tnut bribe! Bring
l a( - ° r I’ll expose you. Pretty joke! Have to pay
li i 11.I l . luv bitant charge for dinner, and then pay, beside, a
Huthorn-jawed waiters for helping you to h!
n ; nn , | SU T UUt treatment, and those who will, are
Til nr hi; .a V VU , n 1 ® taud lt - Hi make them change fheir tone.
I„i; ; h tlle lan( U°rd. Hi blow his hotel to the devil. I’ll,
vonr rJ I “ ave ,r, y 5 0U P ! Here you laughing Hyena, with
T 1 d l r °* d r ,s ’ brin S my soup ! ’
u-iik m * 11 tested servant brought me the pens and salmon,
ith great alacrity and looked as if he would like to have the
r er a B ,m repeated ’ but 1 had no farther use for him, and
Hn j 1 , C 0 f u P on his enthusiasm. He was a philosepher |
t W *uT . leHd stude °t of human nature. He'undei stood
cold look, as readily as he had done the wink, and, to
mt!V Weßtern P llrase > quickly ‘ absquatulated.’ Helping
. elf to a portion of the viands which 1 had been so fortu
obtain, I passed the remainder to my modest neigh
lle appeared very grateful, bnt was two much embar-
to thank me. Having helped himself to salmon, bo
proceeding leisurely, (lest he should seem indecorous,)
. • n,IP s °me poas, when the dish was unceremoniously
; v pd. and carried to the obese, who had bribed the waiter
mod 1 s j? ! . din 2 1° execute the manoeuvre. . Whereupon my
di , friend looked very blank, and Vinegar took occaston to
“ arcaßti cally upon the expense of feeding pigs in the
’ ln “’lnch the fat man, unsophisticated, and seeing no
allusion, coincided with fervor. He had swine to sell, and
crying up the expense of fattening them, would tend to in
crease their value in the market. And here ensued a confab
between the wag and the obese, in which the latter was made
the unwitting butt of a thousand and one small shafts, touch
ing his professional and personal affinities.
‘ Clear the tables P sang out the authoritative voice of one
decked in a short white apron, who brundised, in a masterly
manner, a huge carving knife and fork. This was no les9 “a
personage than the head waiter or ‘butler,’ as lie directed his
fellow-servants to style him. He knew the responsibility of
his situation, and filled it with great dignity. His own talents
had raised him, step by step, from the comparatively low office
of a knife-scourer and cook’s errand boy, to the high stand
which, knife in hand, he now occupied. His histoiy is an ex
cellent illustration of the old maxim, that ‘talent, like water,
will find its level.’ I could dwell upon the hopes and aspira
rations of the lowly knife-scourer: his surcharged bosom over
flowing in the lonely watches of the night, as he plied his rag
and‘rotten stone ; ; his longings for the birth of porter; the
attainment of his wish; his enthusiasm upon his first debut
with Day-atid-Martin ; his still craving ambition ; in short his
whole rise and progress, and final attainment to that pinnacle
of usefulness, the situatien of head-waiter.
My modest neighbor, supposing that the last-named order
was intended as nn insinuation that the guests had ate enough
rose and walked elf. Opon reaching the door, and turning
round, he seemed to perceive his mistake, and that the order
was but for the clearance of the meats, to make room for the
pastry*; but, ashamed to expose his ignorance of ‘etiquette,’
by returning to the table, he left the room, hoping, I doubt
not from the bottom of liis soul, that those he had left behind
him would ascribe his withdrawal to surfeit rather than igno
rance. He plobably adjourned to a neighboring eating house,
to eppease his tantalized appetite.
‘ What pudding is this, waiter?’ said a gentleman opposite.
‘lt's a pud-ding, Sir-r,’ was the satisfactory reply.
‘We know it is a pudding, but what kind of a pudding is it?
Find out what pudding it is.’
‘That’s aisily done !’ said he, os with the*utmost sang froid
he perforated the crust of the doubtful dish with lus dirty
thumb. ‘Sure gintlemon, it’s a rice !
‘ You ignorant apel—don’t you know better than that? —
Aou ought to be linched !’ .
‘He would be, if he was in our parts 1’ said the tat gentle
man, swallowing a glass of champuigne, which he had taken
uninvited, from my bottle.
‘Look here, cabbage-head !* said vinegar, tweaking the of
fender’s ear; ‘bring me my soup!’
I left the table, it was my last hotel dinner. m
CITY ITEMS*
The German band will give a concert at the
Armory Hall, This Evening, commencing at half
after 8 o’clock.
The steamboat General Clinch and the steam
ship Cherokee unfortunately came into collision
on Saturday evening last, a little below the wrecks.
The Clinch had hei mast taken out by the bow
sprit of the Cherokee and one of her guards cut
in nearly to the hull, while the cut-water ol the
Cherokee was forced off by the shock. We are
pleased to learn that thc damage was notserieus.
[Savanna h Rcpublica n .
On Saturday last, between the hours of twelve
and one o’clock, we were visited by a dry squall
of considerable se verity. For some time slates,
shingles, and other objects less formidable, might
be seen living through the air. Several trees
were up-rooted.
During the squall the Br. ship Jane London,
lying at the wharf on Hutchinson’s Island, parted
her fasts and drifted across the river against the
ship James & Albert, breaking her bowsprit and
doing other injury, and then swung around against
the steamer J. Stone, doing her considarable
damage.
The Br. barque Bona Dea and brig Henry
Marshall both broke from their moorings, but were
brought up by the anchors without damage.- — Ibid.
Melancholly. —On Saturday afternoon, at
about G P. M., James Poince was accidentally
killed on board the steamer Chatham, by a rifle
discharged by another person, who was examining
the weapon without being aware that it was
loaded. — Ibid .
Murder. —A whiteinan named Thomas Morri
son, a. watchman in Charleston, was murdered on
Saturday night, by two negro men, and his body,
with a weight attached to it thrown into the
bay.
The Death of Gen. Gaines. —It is with much
regret that we announce the death of Gen.
Gaines, on Wednesday last, in New Orleans, of
Cholera. Ho goes down to the grave at a ripe
old a"e, having served his country long and faith
fully, yet we wish he could have fallen in some
other way than by the loathsome disease which
is now stealing over the land. This makes the
third officer of distinction who has died since the
conclusion of the war with Mexico, and the second
who has been smitten down by cholera. Kear
ney, Worth and Gaines, three brave spirits, have
all gone down. We do not know the age of Gen.
Games, but suppose he was the oldest officer in
the Army. He was certainly older than the Con
stitution of his country, or even than this Repub
lic of twenty-two millions, which he had stood
bv in infancy and was ready to defend in its
manhood. Peace to his ashes.
An Incendiary Convicted. —We learn from
the Charleston, papers, that Sutcliffe, who has
been undergoing a trial for several days under
the charge of arson, has been convicted. We
have not yet heard of the sentence, but trust it
will be such as to deter all such characters from
the perpetration of a similar crime.
Death of IVliss Edgeworth. The literary
world and a host of juvenile readers will learn
with sorrow, that the celebrated Maria Edge
worth, the once popular novelist is dead. She
died after a few hours illness, Monday, May, SI,
at Edgeworthtown, in the County of Longford,
Ireland. She in her 83d year.
PROGRESS OF THE CHOLERA.
New York, June 6, 12 o’clock M. —New cases
reported since yesterday, 39, deaths 11. June
6. new cases and 10 deaths. June 7.—26
new cases and 12 deaths. June S. —40 new cases
and 10 deaths.
Brooklyn., June 5.—4 new cases and 2 deaths.
June G.—Several new cases and 2 deaths. June
7. —1 new case, no deaths.
New Brunswick, Lewis Bergen, a German died
with it yesterday, June 4.
Newark, N. J. — The Advertiser of the 4th inst.
says: “Only 4 cases have been brought to our
knowledge since Saturday, 2 were fatal.”
Richmond, Va.—But one case reported on tho
4th inst. which proved fatal.
Nashville, Tenn.—The Union of the 2Gth ult.
says: “Since 4 o’clock yesterday there has been
2 deaths.”
Buffalo, June I.—The board reports a case of
Cholera from Cincinnati, taken from a steamboat
this day.
St. Louis, June 5.—75 deaths from Cholera
duringlbe week ending on the 4th inst.
Boston, June s.—Another case lias occurred in
our city, which has proved fatal.
*~STABBEO
The Forsyth Bee learns by letter, that Mr.
Weston, the Agent of the SableMelodists, was
stabbed a few days since by a boy in Marietta,
who was interrupting the performance by making
a noise outside, which lie attempted to suppress.
It was thought that Mr. Weston would not sur
vive, the dirk having entered his stomach. It
seems that even boys carry dirks in Marietta. It
is bad enough for men to use such weapons; but
when we see a boy with one, the best advice we
can give him, is to go to work with it and build
a gallows ; for in nine cases out of ten it will have
to be done by someone, if not by him.
Father Mathew. —His life was insured sev
eral years since for several thousand pounds, as
security for the expenses of his temperance
movement. He received notice from the com
pany, that in going to America he would have to
pay a fine of $1,450 for the increased risk. Mr.
W. Rathbone, of Liverpool, sent the good friar
the sum of $2,400, saying that the friends ol’tem
perance should be responsible for the debts which
its apostle had contracted.
The scene at Cork upon Father Mathew’s de
parting for America, on Saturday, was most exci
ting. On the previous day the vicinity of liis
house was thronged by thousands. On Saturday
morning crowds of people assembled. There
was great wailing and lamentation among the
lower classes at-the father’s leaving them. He
sailed for New Y'ork on the 21st ult., in the packet
ship Ashburton.
“Atlanta Intelligencer.’ —Col. Hanleiter
has sold his interest in the Atlanta Miscellany to a
company of gentlemen, and.the title of the paper
has been changed as above. Dr. Baker, formerly
Editor of the Christian Index, will have the Edi
torial charge of the new paper.
Honor to the American Flag.— The Ameri
can frigrte Southampton, Capt. Lawrence, saluted
the town of Portsmouth, England, on the 15th of
May, hoisting the British ensign at the fore. The
compliment was acknowledged by hoisting the
American flag on all the public places, and mosi
of the ships and vessels in the port, and the
Mayor returned the salute from the platform
hauling down the British union, and, during the
salute, hoisting the American flag on the ancient
Debtor’s Castle, immediately in the rear of the
platform.
THE WAY TO^KbEP~Up Tn INTEREST IN
LODGE MEETINGS.
The experiment has been tried in several
Lodges in this vicinitjq with complete sucess, to
keep an interest in the weekly meetings, when the
usual business of the order was unimportant, and
readily disposed of. It is this : to introduce sui
table subjects for discussion, something after the
manner of Lyceum und Debating Societies. In
these discussions, almost every member will have
something to say, and thus confidence will be
inspired, native talent elicted, and intellectual
and moral worth be secured. We believe that
the association of Odd-Fellowship may and will
be instrumental in promoting an elevation ol
character superior to any other institution extant.
The order is still in its infancy, and has not yet
developed one half of its resourses in aid of hu
manitarian principles or enlightened progress.
One of the means to attain this great object, and
certainly one of the most feasible to extend the
limits of the Order, is an introduction to all the
Lodges of social discussions after the manner allu
ded to. We think it would be well, after having
disposed of all necessary business, to dofl the
peculiar characteristics of Odd-Fellowship, and
extend general invitations to tHe neighborhood- ol
the Lodges to attend and listen to the debates
therein conducted. This course would have a
tendency to disipate many ot the foolish preju
dices which exist against Odd-Fellowship, and to
attract the respectful regards of many worthy
young men, who might thereby be induced to be
come members and ornaments to our glorious in
stitution. The subject to which we have thus
briefly alluded, is one of importance; and we
trust it will be duly considered by the brothers,
land our suggestions be received, as they’ ate
j honestly iutended, “ for the good of the order.”
NEW MOTIVE POWER.
The London Mining Journal contains a com*
munication from Adolph Count De Wersdinsfci,
in which lie describes anew motive power sot
the propulsion of carriages on rail, and common
roads, without engines, steam, air, magnetism or
auirnal power. The subject of the patent has
the advantage of possessing greater expansive
power than steam, and being at the same time
more controlable and requiring less machinery*
It is of the nature of gun cotton, and is used by
clipping any kind of vegetable fibre for eleven oV
fifteen minutes into nitric acid, strengthened by
an admixture of an equal quantity of sulphuric
acid, then well washed with pure water, and dried
about two hours. By this process the vegeatablo
fibres become highly explosive. The gasses en
volved consits chiefly of carbonic acid and car
bonic oxide, both permanently elastic, so that
passing through cold air or water, they do not
collapse, but will follow up the piston to the ut
most limit of its work. In using this material
neither fire nor water is required, and it creates
neither smoke nor any offensive effluvia, and
with the exception of a slight moisture or vapor,
it leaves no residium behind. Among these gass
es there is none that will corrode melals.
ELECTRICITY.
A Huge Electricecal Machine . —At the United
States Rope Walk, Charlestown, Mass., which
by the way is said to be the largest and best es
tablishment of the kind in the United Stales,
there is in operation a huge electrical machine,
which by the motion of the other machinery, is
constantly throwing off’ its sparks and shocks.—
The principal part of this great electrical ma
chine, consists of an immense leather driving
band, which conveys power from the engine to
different parts of the building. The frictiou of
this long hell over the pullies produces eleeetricitv
with great rapidity, and it may at all times bo
collected from the band by any of the ordinary
means. The fingers being presented to the belt
acouiinuous stream of sparks passes to the body
with the usual prickling sensations, the ends of
the fingers glowing as if with fire. If an indi
vidual is isolated by standing upon glass and pre
sents a key or any other metalic substance to the
belt, he instantly becomes charged with electrici
ty, communicating and receiving shocks by touch
with another by-stander. Any number cf Ley
den jars can quickly be charged by means of
this bolt and a shock produced which would kill
an ox. As the belt runs in the upper story or
garret of the building, it is seldom noticed by vis
itors, although it is one of the greatest curiosities.
Good Humor. —Good humor is the clear, blue sky
of the soul, on which every star of talent will
shine more clearly, and the sun of genius’ en
counter no vapors in his passage. It is the most
exquisite beauty of a fine face—a redeeming
grace in a homely one. It is like the green in the
landscape —harmonizing with every color, mel
lowing the glories of the bright, and softening the
hue of the dark ; or, like a liute in a full concert
of instruments, a sound not at first discovered by
the ear, yet filling up the breaks in the concord
with its soft melodv.
Considering the vastness of the accumulations
of literature and the impossibility of mastering
them, it is not wonderful that the idea should
sonetimes have suggested itself that it might be
possible in a series of brief publications to distil
as it where the quintessence of books, and con
dense folios into pamphlets. ‘Were all books
thus reduced,’ says Addison, ‘ many a bulky au
thor would make his appearanee in a penny pa
per. There would scarce be such a thing in na
ture as a folio; the works of an. age would bo
contained on a few shelves; not to mention mil
lions of volumes that would be utterly annihila
ted.’ One such attempt we remember being
made with considerable pretensions; but it was
as futile as every such attempt must be. With
out going the length of Montaigne, who says that
‘every abridgment of a book is a foolish abridg
ment/ it may be truly said, not only that the hu
man mind cannot profitably digest intellectual
food in such a condensed shape; but that every
work really worth reading bears upon it the im
press of the mind that gave it birth, and ceases
o attract and to impress when reduced to a sylla
bus; its faults and its excellences alike vanish in
the process. It is of much more importance,
however, if authors who cannot be thus mutilated
desire to live that they should study brevity.
Our voluminous forefathers of the seventeenth cen
tury seem never to have attempted condensation ;
but to have committed all they thought to writing,
and for the most part in all the redundance of
the forms first suggested. They acted as though
we, their posterity, should have nothing to do hut
to sit down and read what they had written.
They were much mistaken ; and the consequence
is that their folios for the most part remain un
read altogether.
There is a great difference between the power
of mving good advice and the ability to act upon
it. ° Theoretical wisdom is, perhaps, rarely as
sociated with practical wisdom; and we otten
find that men of no talent whatever contrive to
passthrough life with credit and propriety, under
the guidance of a kind of instinct. These are
the persons who seem to stumble by mere good
lack upon the philosopher's stone.