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I " . .; k EMDX0 WILLIAM D. COOKE, EDITOR i PROPRIETOR. A FAMILY NEWSPAPER-NEUTRAL IN POLITICS. TERMS, I TWO DOLLARS PER ASSIM. VOL III NO. 16. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1854. WHOLE NO. 120. Setotctt to all tije 3n Icrcsts of Si)c Smtflj, gtfcratuw, true ation, omulture, 3tcfcs, flje mavktt&, &t. - . - .' ' ' ; - . SELECT POETRY. NIGHT. ' f. Nirtois the- tinie for rest ; -- IIorw, sweet,, when labors close, To gather round " an aching breast The curtain f repoe ; St:et4i the tired limbs, and Iny the head Uponiour own delightful bed ! Nihf is the time for dreams, The gay romance of life; When' truth that is, and truth that seernjs, Blend in fantastic strife; Ah ! visions less beguiling far, . Than waking dreams by daylight are ! -. . ' ' - Nisrlit is the time for toil ; To plough the classic field Intent to find the buried spoil Its wealthy furrows yield ; Till all is ours that sages taught, That poets sang, or heroes wrought Night is the time to weep ; To wet with unseen tears Those graves of memory where sleep The joys of other years ; Hopes that were angels in their birth, But perished -oung, like things of earth. Night is the time to watch ; " On oceiin's d.irk expanse,. To hail the Pleiades, or catch , The full moon's earliest glance ; That brings unto the home-siok mind All we have loved and left behind. Night is the time for care ; Broodii g on hours mispent, To sec the spectre of despair Come to onr lonely tent; Like Brutus, 'midt his slumbering host, Startled by Caesar's stalwart ghost. Night is the time to muse ; Then from the eye the soul Takes flight, and with expanding views Beyond the starry jole, ' Descries athwart the abyss of night The dawn of uncreated light. Night is the time to pray ; - ' Our Saviour oft withdrew To desert mountains far away ; So will-his followers do; . Steal from the throng to haunts untrod, And hold communion there with God. GIML. -STORY. For the Southern Weekly Post. BENJAMIN FROM HOME. .. " NUMBER II. . '. r Tiik cars arrived at Acquia Creek, (as I stated in mv former communication,) and so did Ben jamin, bt he was in the midst of a sound nap and happy dreams, and did not wake up as re.i dilv as he might have done, for all the passen-,-gers had left the cars, and the baggage had been transfered to the boat, when the conductor of the train discov red -Benjamin in the cars still asleep. ' . . - " Hallo, here my frind, you will be left," shout ed the conductor, giving Benjamin, at the same time,,a heavy shake. " Left," said Benjamin, eagerly starting up, " Why, has Judy gone to meetin ? Well, I hope she didn't let them blasted town fellers go with her." He then seemed to discover,' a mistake somewhere, and looking round he sung out, "look a-here mister, where am I, kin you tell me ' ; : ' J ' Yes, sir, you are on your way to Baltimoie, but if .you don't hurry you will be left here til to-morrow tliis time." "Hurry where V "To the boat ?ir : there she lavs, and is iusf j about shoving offrunytm ha've not a moment I " ' . f ! to spare. ! Benian.in started, but tnrning round just be- fore he' reached the bat he touched a gentle- man's 'coat jheve and asked him, "Look a here mister you know where , my saddlebags are '. " No, sir," said the gentleman, " but if you are going on,.y n had better hurry np,for the boat is moving off." Benjamin looked iouiid,.'saw the boat had al ready moved oil' some feet, and he 'bawled out "Stop that Creeter, stop her." hut. to no pur pose ; he however made li spring, thinking he could laud on the deck .But unfortunately he did not calculate correctly .by about, two feet, and so "lie landed in the Potomac, on a eold No vember ilav. Here was something that he had not bargained for. and he would have been as mad as a nest ot' hornets, only he did not have time to get so, for with all that he could do, aided too bv.the boat hands, it "was at least fif teen mintitt s before Benjamin got 'safely on board the boat, and the' he was t6o cold to think of getting mad. They conveyed him to the forward cabin. He was, of course, saturat ed pretty thoroughly, and in a shiver all over, but his teeth panicuiailv, were knocking toge theratthe rate of a mile a minute. -" Where's my sa-d-d-lel-ngsT! stammered Benjamin . - " Are they cheeked ?" asked some officer of. the boat. Cheeked? No th-ey' pl-a in re-d le-a the-r with bear skin c-o-vers on.th-e s-i-ds," stammered out Benjamin again." " Where.'d'ui you put them ?"' asked the man again., - '' I did'nt put them no where," said Benjamin, overcoming, by his rising wrath and the srid of the warm fire in the cabin, his disposition to stut ter, "they wouldn't let me have 'em,,atid I aint seen 'em sense. I started, I thought that feller was tryin' to fool me at fust, for he give me a little pieie o' tin, and told mo that was good 0R1 or 'em, and now I want to put on some dry close and cant get 'em ; mister, is this a railroad too!" ' " No." "Well, I'm tarnal glad of it, for I b'leevo them railroads didn't want nothin' but my mo ney and things, and ef ever I gets home again my eyes pill be open I guess." f " You 'said some one gave you a piece of tin for your baggage where is it ?" " Baggage sa'd Benjamin, " No I didn't say riothin' about baggage, I said a man give me a' piece of tin for my saddlehags.''' " Yes, well where is the piece of tin 1" 44 Why, a feller back there apiece, that I was talkin' to about it, asked me ef I had any mo ney in my saddlebags, and I told him only about $10, and he said it was in a tight place, and I had better give him the piece of tin to lock up with his'n, that as he was goin' through to Bal timore, and would take great pleasure in helpin' me take care o!' my things. Well, I handed it to him, ami 1 reckon he's got it now ?" " Where is he ?" asked the officer, becoming pretty well convinced that some sharper had " come it over" Benjamin. " He's up stairs there, I seed hini as I come down," answered Benjamin very artlessly. "Describe him and I'll see, if I can find him." " W7ell, he's dressed monstrous fine and his face is chock full of black whiskers." The officer went up on deck, and meeting a man of this description, accosted him vry po litely and making known Benjamin's situation, asked the number of his check; which had been deposited with him for safe keeping, as it was necessary that the poor fellow should have a dry suit of clothing as. speedily as possible." The officer knew this was the best way to ac complish his object, so the check was produced, the saddlebags found, and Benjamin put into a dry suit, and kindly advised to hold on to his check for the future, till it was exchanged for his saddlebag-. "Jing-a-ling jing-a-ling," j went the bell, " Gentlemen walk up to the Captain's office and settle," sung out the 'cabin boy. " Have you settled sir ?" asked the polite boy, addref sing Benjamin. j "Settle for what ?" asked Benjamin. "You don't charge a man for puttin' on a dry suit o' close in one o' yer rooms do you ?" ' " Oh, no sir, I mean have you settled your fare ?" " I " " Fare for what ?" I aint eat a mouthful " Have you paid your passage, sir V " Yes sir-ee, bob ! I guess j havn't done any thing shorter! and 'I've gdt a receipt clear through to Bah i more." 'I ! ' " Walk up to the captain's office, if you please sir, and show your ticket!" and leading the way he left the cabin with Benjamin after him. On arriving at the captain's office, Benjamin addressed that worthy with j "Well, sir, that boy o' yjour'n said I uji'ust come here and irhow this," and he handed iri his ticket. j " Do you want dinner, sir," asked the tain. ' I " Well, I reckon I does, njiy friend, for may bet your head I'm hungry some." Cap- !you "Fifty cents, sir," said tbf captain, handing out a sender and dinner cheeks. " What's that for T' asked Benjamin. " For dinner, sir." j " But I've paid clean through." "That, sir,: was only for traveling, notieat ing." ' '' " Well, Pm terible hongry and spose I ijnust F.v il; nt you take no les than fifty cpnts, times is, hard, monev scarceiand cotton low ,' ' - ' 1 m,ke m a of a dinner tic ket' r-no charge at all," said the captain, in- fluenced partly by courtesy, partly by generosity and partly by a desire to j get rid of Benja min. j I j " You're a good hearted gentleman, sir, and ef ever you comes in Mie netghborhcod of Rac coon Range mothei'll have ia pot bilin' for you sure. , Come and see us Captain, we've lots o' gals there." ".Thank you, sir," said Capt. R , and an other passenger coming up fto settle his fare Benjamin was crowded off, and the way he' ivas glad that he had saved halfja dollar was a cau tion. ' ; . h Of course, when d'nner wis served, Benjamin did'nt slight anything, not pven his neighbor's wine, for, seeing a bottle settin' just oppjosite him he spoke in a very low one to his vis dt vis, I say, Mister, just give uf that bottle ef you please, them chitlin's (oysters) that I eat with my greens, want well cure4 and they give me a terrible gripin'." Thegentleman looking up, and seeing who it was, concluded to humor him, so, he handed him the bottle and Benjamin poured out and drank a draught and then hand ing the bottle back and continued his rerparks where he lefi off "These chittlin's aint no more to mother's than poke pallad is to turnip 'tops, and they was chopped up itjto sich little mouth fuls a fellow could hardly git enough of 'em. I reckon I eat that bowl full;; but I only jvrish mother had put 'em up, and then ),hey would beenjchittlin's." ' When the boat passed Mount Vernon, Benja min heard the tolling of the bell and wished to. know what was the matter! Some one told him it was done as a mark of respect to the memory of Washington. This gave rise to about a dozen questions from Ben jamin. First, ' Does General Washington live there!" "No, he has been dead many years." " Oh ! that'B where he fit the British, air.t it!" "No, sir, that is where .he lived and died and is buried. I should think you had not travelled much." " Me, oh yes ! I go to meetin' or somewhere else almost every Sunday, and I go down to town a Court weeks." The boat sped along and in due time arrived at Alexandria, where Benjamin was with diffi culty restrained from going on shore, thinkii g' it was Baltimore. Arrived at Washington, Benjamin with sad dlebags on his arm was hurried into the Omni bus and soon en route for the Baltimore Depot. Just as he turned a corner and came into Penn sylvania Avenue near the Capitol he poked his head out of the window and looked up towards the Capitol. As his eyes got on a level with that immense pile, he suddenly screamed out, "Hello, hold. on,". and jerking his head back, rknocked off his hat and f 11 in th l .-.fal low passenger, a fat old lady, in the opposite fide of the Omnibus. She screamed out, and Benjamin bawled louder than ever, fully satis fied that the cause of his. alarm was also the cause of hers. The driver stopped, the passen gers got out, and Benjamin was sure an awful catastrophe had happenedtbut he was mistaken, the Omnibus had stopped at the Depot of the Balti more Railroad, and the passengers were on ly waiting for Benjamin to get out, in order to learn the cause of his dreadful alarm, prepara tory to taking the cars; for Baltimore. Some one had very kindly picked up his hat, and a gentleman called out to him to get up and come out or the cars would leave him. " Benjamin looked up and asked "Did it hurt any body ?" " What was it !" asked some one. "That great big house that was fallin' a top of us I was stite it would kill the whole of us.'' ' The pa-sengers a'l saw through the matter at once, ai d it was this : , If the r ; der has ever travelled in a hack or an Omnibus from the steamboat wharf to the Railroad Depot in the Federal city, he will re member that on turning a corner and coming into Pennsylvania Avenue, the giganic propor lions of our beautiful Capitol loom up over him all of a sudd n as i hough it weie on the eve of tumbling and crushing him beneath it. This was what frightened our unsophisticated, rural friend and caused him well nigh to have a fit. He was f-oon satisfied that all was as it should be, and taking th se eveiiastin' saddlebags on his arm he took a s'e it in the cars, but was very politely informed that lie c mid not be allowed to carry baggage in the passenger car; the sad dlebags were checked therefore and another "piece of tin " was handed to him. Benjamin pulled out his "receipt" and commenced exam ining it, and to his utter astonishment found that at least four-fifths of it was gone and in his wrath he soliloquized thus: " Blast ther pic tures, the whole,, of 'em, they're a swindlin' set aid will try to make me pay agin, I've no doubt, but ef they do it, they've got me to lick fust, cuss 'em. I aint got no sort o' notion o' bein' cheated ef I am so fur from home and by my self. Blast their turnal pictures agin I say," and he had been gesticulating, very severely during' the whole of this interesting discourse, and just as he oncliuled down came his knuckles " whop" right on the head of an old lady who sat before him with a high crown bonnet on, "smash" went her bonnet, down went, her head and up went.her voice, " Murder! Murder!" while Be'njamin, as if to get his mis chievous hand as far from the screaming old la dy as possible, thrust it back behind him, and unlbitunatelv struck his finder riodil into the eye of an old gentleman who had just peeped up from his hook to see what was the cause f the fuss, and when ' he saw Benjamin's hand coming, dodged back as far as he could in order to get beyond his reach. "What do ou mean, sir!" bawled out the old gentleman. "I'm, killed! I'm murdered!" shouted the lady. "Now 1 have done it," soliloquized Benja min. Several passengers came round the interesting trio, "some helped the old lady to resume her seat, others were questioning the old gentleman, while one or two laid violent hands on our hero. " Look a liere, fellers, said Benjamin, you had better take your fingers off er me. I didn't go to hit that old 'oman nor the man nuther, and I didn't mean no harm, and I aint a goin' to let no man take hold o main that sort o' style," and Benjamin raised himself up, but his tor menters.left him and he sat down ao-ain. The affair was smothered over, the old lady and gentleman changed their seats to a more remote part of the car, and in due time the con ductor came round, "show your tickets gentle men," he shouted. This agreed perfectly with Benjamin's idea, so he had no hesitancy in show ing his, and as he held it up for the inspection of the officer, he told him that it was a sight bigger, 44 but," said he, "them fellers back yon der kept tearin' it up, tell they've almost got it all. I hope you wont make a feller pay agin will you ?" " Oh ! No, sir, certainly not," and off he start ed with the last remaining piece of Benjamin's ticket in his hand, but this didn't suit Benjamin at all. be therefore nabbed him by the tail of his coat and sung out to him, "look a here mister, jest hold on ef you please, you didn't give me ftttk that little bit of a rccteirjfc, and Pd like right well to hava it back jest as quick as you can hand it over." "What receipt sir!" asked the conductor. "The one I showed you that them fellers had purty nigh tore up," avowed Benjamin. ; "That sir," said the conductor, "is your tick et and you are now nearly to Baltimore, but sit still I will see you again dir ctly. " Show your tickets gentlemen !" shouted the conductor mov ing on, and Benjamin's eyes followed him till he passed from the car. Just then the southern bound train whirled past and frightened Benjamin so much that he entirely forgot ticket and every thing else and jumped to the opposite side of the car, lighting on the toe of a fellow passen ger and raising another racket. Poor Benjamin he wished in his heart that he had never left home, but in the midst of his sufferings the cars arrived at the outer depot, the locomotive was detached from the train and the pa-sengers were landed by horse power safely at the depot on Pratt Street. It was night, and our friend in a strange city, he knew of no place to put up except Barnum's to whijh he had been advised to go by some very kind and considerate fellow traveler. He started across the street therefore, and knocking at the first door he came to, asked ef Mr. Bar num lived there, he was answered negatively and started on, but suddenly recollecting his saddle bags he turned back and went with all speed to wards the cars to search for the man who took them from him; just before arriving there how ever, he espied a man coming out from the depot and starting down the street with something like a pair of saddlebags on his arm. Benjamin hailed him, "hallo there," the man did not no tice him, "hallo there," shouted Benjamin loud er, but with the same effect, and our hero start ed after him. By this time the man had nearly reached the wharf, and when Benjamin got to the corner of Light street neither man nor saddlebags could be seen anywhere. He cross ed over to where the vessels were lying, but coulu see nothing of the other, and as he turned to go back, cursiug his luck, he was enveloped in the arras of a female and almost smothered with kisses. . "Oh bl ss you," says she, "have you come at last." I have been here watching for you every day and night for a week." " Who in thunder are you ?" thought Benja min. . "Little Charley will be so glad to see par," continued the ladv. "Little what!" said Benjamin aloud. " Little Charley dear," and she commenced kissing him again. "Well, .thought Benjamin, she must bean old friend for she knowed my name, but hang me ef I can make her out. Whew ! what would mother and Judy say if they could see this fine city lady kissing me so," '. " Wrhop " went something by the side of Ben jamin's head and down he went on the pave ment. "I'll teach you sir, how to kiss my wife in that way"" said a rough voice. "Oh ! Benjamin is that you ?" said the lady in a sweet vqice, "I was looking out for you and took this man to be my own dear, husband." " Likely story," said Benjamin the second, "as if a woman wouldn't know her own hus band." " But remember dear that "you have been to Sea nearly a year," urged his wife. But, we leave them to settle the matter in their own way. The blow that felled our hero stunned him, and he lay on the ground perfectly senseless. About two o'clock he awoke, and, seeing a man standing near, he pitched right into him, got him down and was upon him in less than no lime. The fellow gave the alarm and down came the watch, and in a few moments more Benjamin was safely lodged at the expense of the city. " Bright and early " on the following morning Benjamin was hauled up before the mayor of the city. He was about " as mad as blazes," for he had not gotten over his bit of a romance the night before and besides he had pretty well giv en up all hope of his precious saddlebags for ha considered them lost to all intents and purposes? as far as he was concerned. IBs Honor addressed Benjamin very pleasant ly as follows : " Well my man you are charged with drunkenness and assaulting an officer. What have you to say in your defence?" "Look a here ole man, mind what you say, I never got drunk but once in my life, and that was when Mother and Caleb went to meetin' and left me at home, and I got drunk then out o pure spite cause mother would'nt let me go, and let Caleb, and didn't care a grain whether I ever got sober agin or not" " But, sir," said the Mayor, interrupting him "you were found drunk and lying on the wharf last night, and without any provocation assault ed an officer " "Tai'nt so, sir," said Benjamin. "I aint had no salt sence I started from home, and a few days before I started we killed a hog and I hope to salt it up, but L do'nt 'spose 'twould a done your officers any harm ef I had a salted them a little no how " "Young man," said his Honor, becoming more stern, 44 you are now before a city conrt, and unless you attend to me and give a satis factory account of yourself I shall have, to send you to prison. Now, what is your name! Where are you from ! And what were you doing last eight in the early part of the night!" " When he heard the word "court," Benja min 44 vtoke up," and when the word 44 prison fell on his ears he became fully sensible of his awful situation, and altering his tone a good deal, he answered the mayor thus : 44 Oh ! this is a court is it ? Well, I hope you'll excuse me, Judge, I , did'nt know it, and how should I, for I never was i i this here town before iu my life, and drat ef I aint sorry that I ever come here. Whew, Judge !" what do vou reckon mother and Judy'd say ef they knoVd I was up in the court-house? Do, pray, do'nt tell 'em of it, for ef I done anything wrong I did'nt go to do it, and ef you'll git my. saddlebags for me I'll tell you all about it." 41 Young man, you have not answered my question. Do you mean to treat the court wjth contempt ?" asked his Honor. "Treat!" said Benjamin. "Yes, Judge, I guess I will treat a little, ef you'll get my " 44 Young man, where are you from, and what were you doing last night Answer me now or I shall send you to prison." 44 Where am I from ! Well, Judge, I want to obleege you, but blast ef I ken tell you ef I was going to be hung for it, but I'll tell you tuther : Well, when the railroad got here I started to look for Mr. Barnum's, and I knocked j at a man's door and axed him ef Mr. Barnum lived here,arid he said no ; and so I kept on. Well, jest about that time I thought o' my saddlebags, and so I started back to git em and seed a feller on tuther side o' the road walk- in' off wi h em, so says, I to him, 4 Hello there!" but he did'nt stop, and so I hollered louder, says I 'hello there !' but he kept on and I started after him, but he was too cute for me, and got off. Well, after lookin' for him awhile I turned round to go back, and an ole friend of mine met me and begun to hug and kiss me such a pitch you never did see, and tellin' me 'bout little Charley and all thai. Well, you see it was dark, Judge, and I could'nt make her out ; but as she knowed my name, and 1 knowed she was some ole friend, and thinkin' it would'nt be good breedin'-like to let her kiss ali and I not a bit, and she mout think I was proud too, so I jest took a lee tie smack and was jest a goin' to ask her about the rest o' the family so as to find her out ; when 4 whop,' somebody hit me nni.1 down I come 4 bim ' right on the rocks and things. Well, as soon as I looked up the 'oman wtftgone and the man was standin' right over me. Well, Judge, I bounced him. Now would'nt you a done the same ?" Benjamin's statement was so plainly and art fully ghen, that tlje Mayor could not doubt it at all, and he therefore notonly acquitted Benjamin but very kindly directed one of the officers pres ent to assist him in regaining his saddlebags. I need scarcely add, that they were successful, for the officer, upon making very close enquiries of Benjamin, ascertained that the " piece of tin " was still in his possession, and of course he knew, the saddlebags were at the railroad depot unclaimed. lie therefore went with Benjamin directly to the depot, where, to the inexpressi ble delight of the latter the saddlebags were found, and once more swung across his arm. Benjamin insisted on treating, and thy crossed over to 44 Guy's " where they took a " friendly dram" and Benjamin very generously pur chased a "pint of the very best," and sent to 44 the Judge." The officer bade Benjamin " good morning," and left him. Our hero turned to the barkeeper and throwing down a quarter of a dollar told him to pay himself out of it. 44 Your bill, sir, is one dollar and a half," said the barkeeper. 44 Wrhat ?" screamed Benjamin, in perfect a mazement. - 44 One dollar and fifty cents, sir," answered the other. "One dollar and fifty cents! WThew ! why you do skin a feller here. Why, mister, I ken get three drinks and a pint o' licker at home for twenty-five cents, and I've allers been told things was a sight cheaper here than they was thar. What's the dollar and a half for?" " Twentv-five cents, sir, for two drinks " 44 Twenty-five cents for tico drinks ! I'll kiss a book I did'nt drink two cents wuth nor tuther man nuther. Well, that does beat ! WThy, mister, old aunt Eady do'nt charge but four pence for a glass chock full o' beer and a light cake to eat with it." ' 44 Regular price, sir," answered the barkeeper. 14 A dollar for the pint " " One dollar for a pint o' licker ! Well, that's a good one. I reckon Caleb wont believe me, for he come home one night from town ad bragged mightly that 4 old Steve ' gin him a dram o' truck at one dollar a gallon. My gran ny, mister, what do you mean 1" 44 You called for a pint of the very best, and it is worth eight dollars a gallon " " Geeminee ! Jupiter ! its enough to scare the horns off of a two year old yearlin' to hear sich as that. Well, that's a dollar and a quar ter, and I spose you charge tuther quarter jest for my lookin' at tuther licker ?" 44 Twenty-five cents for bottle to put the pint in," answered the barkeeper. 44 By junks ! I can git a ban el of 'em at home for nuthin' 'bout lection times. Well, mister, I spose I must pay it, ef you'll show me whar Mr. Barnum lives, but blast me ef I drink any more licker here." Benjamin paid his bill and was directed to turn up the next street below, &c, fec. And here again I propose to leave him, but will in a future letter follow him up. ' AC THORNLY. " I've got into an awful scrape," as the chin said to the blunt razor. MISCELLANEOUS. ": ARRIVAL OF A DISTINGUISHED FOR EIGNER. His Reception at New York Public Honors ; His Speech Grand Display, tfc, Lx. Our readers, doubtless, remember that some two months ago we announced to them the in tention expressed by the celebrated French nov elist, Alexander Dumas, to leave France forever, expatriate himself and settle in this land of lib erty. We telegraphed the information to our friend, P. T. Barnum, Esq., who immediately, with his accustomed liberality and enterprise, thanked us for our kindness, wrote to Mr. Dumas' confiden tial agent in Paris as to his terms, and procured through us a pure cast of a mulatto caput where on to model a wax one, to be exhibited at the museum as a present of his own bust from Du mas to P. T. B., in case Dumas refused to come over, or coming over, should be cast on some guano covered shore, and never heard of mere, We are happy to say that these precautions were not in vain, an 1 we' have the pleasure of announcing the arrival of the great author in the Empire City. By our private and special advi ces we learn that he left Paris suddenly. ; The tEmperor was polite enough to have him escort ed from Paris to Havre by a guard of the Gen darmes a Pied, in order, it is believed, to pro tect the illustrious writer from the importunities of the multitude of his friends and admirers. It was in vain they wept, ancl implored and en treated. In vain did A. Dumas, jr., remind him of " Uncle Tom's Cabin," and of his terrible fate, in caso any Southern planter should hap pen to meet him in Broadway. It. vain did Dickens, and Trollope, and Bremer, and a host of others, tell him of the danger he incurred of being drowned in tobacco juice, blown up on a steam tug, run over by an omnibus, smashed by a model railroad, carried off by bears, or scalp ed by an Indian in Broadway. Come he would for, as he condescendingly said to the gen darme seated next to him, 44 You .know, mon cher, that I must leave ma chere France !" He arrived at New York on the steamer from Havre. No sooner was it known that she was in sight than a deputation composed of the Mayor, the Aldermen, the General commanding the First Division, the Chief Keeper of the City. Prison, and a number of other distinguished persons and officials, went down the bay on a small steamer to greet the great new-comer. P.' T. Barnum was also on board. As the steamer and the tug neared each oth er, the excitement was intense. The shores, for miles on either side, were lined with tens of thousands of gazers anxious to catch even the slightest glimpse of the Parisian 41 Genius ;" the multitude extended back over the fields and meadows to the bills, and, several small oyster boats were capsized by the number of persons who endeavored to obtain seats on the tops of their lofty masts. The majestic steamship, when near the Bat tery, stopped ; the tug hauled alongside ; the deputation mounted to the upper deck of the steamer, and were there one after the others- trod uced to the illustrious author. He was dressed a la Antony, as described in his play oi that name; his hair was plaited in little horns tied with ribbons, a la young Creole negress, and a bandanna kerchief most gracefully crowned his intellectual cranium. Hi3 suite was composed of the 44 Three Guards men," the Viscount Bragelonne, the physician , whose " memoirs " have interested the whoh world, and a score or so of other noted and his ... - torical, individuals, whose names are too farail iar, through the pen of Dumas himself, to need further mention. After receiving the first congratulations on his safe arrival, silence was restored, and hi: Honor the Mayor stepping forward, addressed the great man in the following strain : " Stranger I'm glad to see you. I'm well ; how are you ? Hope Mrs. Doomass is well and the little Doomassis. Give us your paw.' Mons. Dumas was deeply affected by this feel ing address. His breast heaved convulsively ; the big tears started to his eyes ; and he was obliged to apply his friend, the physician's handkerchief, to his massive brow and Roman nose several times, ere he could regain his com posure. , He then, placing his hand on his heart and ra;sing his eyes to the spars, said in a fal tering voice : 44 Monsieur et cher ami : Me ver joy mosh glad see you. Me ver great man. Me ver kind to good young 'men. Me hope. you d well ; make plenty money, plenty shildren. Me one grand hommr. Me mosch glad not be seeck any more. Steemsheep make me ver seeck, ah ! me no able to tell you ! Me write plenty book. Great, me great man, ver great man!" The welkin rang with the enthusiastic cheers this beautiful and appropriate reply so naturally called forth. No sooner did the shouts ascend, than the newsboys, who had been previously ably drilled by P. T. Barnum, Esq., ran 'through the streets like mad, with extras, crying, " Here's Dumas-sis speech I" , The steamer landed her distinguished guest The thousands of spectators at sight of his rib boned horns of hair and yellow and red ban danna, sentop cheer after cheer cf hearty wel come. The cannon thundered ; Dod worth's band played before the stranger a "Dumas quadrille," just composed for the occasion ; the illustrious one entered a carriage drawn by six white and beribboned horses, and tha cavalcade moved off, the multitude shouting and huzzaing, thelbands playing, streamers floating from every housetop, the French millirters casting artificial flowfers be fore him,- the Mayor offering him snuff, a jcrowd fighting for one of his hair ribbons that bad ac cidentally fallen in the gutter, and the illustrious writer himself bowing, smiling, weeping, in the most gracious manner. The procession stopped at Delmonico'sj a mo ment, to allow Mons. Dumas to hob-nqo with that distinguished culinary artist, whose features and character are so ably depicted in Mons. Dumas' nine hundred and ninety-ninth yjolume. The two embraced esfch other with tears m their eyes, and amid cries of admiration from all sides at this touching scene. The procession finally stopped before Bar num's Museum. An immense banner was sus pended across the street; on it was inscribed, 44 Welcome Dumas !" The great author was received at the entrance by the proprietor in person, the authorities be ing allowed to enter for once without paying at the door. Ice water and soda crackens were served in abundance, and Mons. Dumas was then escorted round the establishment. He expressed much admiration of the 44 sea cow," and shook hands with the 44 mummy " affably. The escort then took their leave, and Monsieur 1 Dumas retired to his chamber to finish his ten J volumes of 44 Souvenirs des JEtats Unis." j He kindly promised the Mayor that he would j not write a book about tfils country. j He is now engaged in preparing a moral play for Barnum's theatre, which it will take ten ; ' r 'i days and nights to perform. It is stated, but not believed, that P. T. Bar num, Esq., advertises that he will in a few days proceed to sell, at auction and at a premium, tickets for the best seats to see and hear the eminent air.bor. It is also rumored that Mon sieur Duinas intends outbidding Gin-in for the; first seat. The last seen of Mons. Dumas, he-was en- folded in the embrace of Horace Greeley and Mr. Frederick Douglass X. O.JPic. ' The Beard. The ladies' Own, of Edinburgh, has the following from a" lady correspondent V Dear Mr. Editor, if you wish to retain the favor of the ladies, you must advocate the cause of the beard and moustache, those great oran amenls of the male sex. Shaving is a) modern innovation. Samson wore a beard, and we allj know what happened to him after he Was de-i prived of it. The patriarchs, the apostles,! Luther, John Knox and Shakspeare, were all. true to nature ; and we have all read of Aron's beard, which was famed for its great length and. beauty. The advocates for smooth chins can' not certainly vaunt of the antiquity of shaving, which only dates back to the Norman eonquesty whereas the beard worn ihits natural state dates: back to Adam in Paradise. What would aj iioness think of her noble consort were be shorn of his magnificent mane, and what can we think of a man under a similar bereavement ? I am a married woman, Mr. Editor, and I have persuad-, ed my husband to cultivate a beard anda moust ache. Thy are both in their infancy yet, and he keeps them covered with a muffler when out of doors, to preserve animal heat and hasten their growth. But it is his intention, at the commencement of the ensuing year, to remove the muffler and inaugurate them to the admiring public. Perhaps, you will ask, whati interest has the public in this private matter ? 1 answer, much. . Does it not show my influence over ray husband ! and what I have acheived! may be accomplished by other wives, and the beard and the moustache become the fashion True Yankee. -A young man wyote to CI gentleman in Northampton, recently, signifying that he had unevpectedly been thrown out of employment, and requested the person whom he addressed to procure him a situation. He said he would like to work at " sawing" or mak ing doors or blinds few (said he) cani beat mle at that, or I should like to get into a livery-stabl, or any of the stores as a sales, roan, far I am a good one, and understand the business ; or to drive a team,. I will be on hand ; or a chance to peddle stoves ; or a chance to attend a saw-mill; or almost any thing else get me a chance and I will be on hand. Of course such a young man was not out of employment many days. A Light Pie Crcst.; A light pie crust may be made by rubbing into one pound of flour, two ounces of butter worked into a cream, and onespoonful of carbonateof soda; dissolve with water, half a tea-spoonful of tartaric acid, and pour it over the ingredients, quickly! adding a sufficiency of water to make it the proper stiff ness for pie crust This is still better when a well-beaten egg is,added to the flour, fe(x, before the water is put in.- ' i . A lady, a regular "shopper," who had made an unfortunate clerk tumble over all Uie stock ings in the shop they were fall goods-ob-jected that none were long enough. "I wanfc the very longest hose that are made," " Then, madam, you had better apply to the next engine house," : Our friend B- was traveling lately in th cars, when a man came up and asked for hi fare. -t ' .. " . , r " Who are you !" aaid B . "II My name's Wood, and I am the con ductor.'' . --, ; . ; - .i'l . " Ob," says B , very'qwietlj, .thftt catft be, for wood it non-ooodttcWr. ;; 1 t: 1 4 '- i ...I
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