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Atiiens ofepDld I rth Sfate3 as people are in other favored le c, ts ; but there is nothing so ood that it mkrht ij be better ; and lew are so happy, they might is ij t be happier. There is a breatiiing after the rc. driiy days of the a Buzzard" of precious le Jmory. We want a check to.f stilt-walking j' bda paritxcea for the -big head; an alterative. I bi ,l jorrective for gossip, and a cure for slander a ii a guide for men's manners a guardian to; public tnorals a spyupon the doings of u Ihurch and State ; and a complete antidote .to rn ftituL dttho tt-net5s Nest" is desi ined t3 L 4MbIicatibn of u The ifornet's Nest on a small iv f ivance, as soon as the aubscription list will f ;stify the expense. The friends of good order. , will obhire them ' fcod morals and cmotUoking " rfi exteuuiiiff its circulation. . I It is the desire or mose concernea in us man ementj to hold intercourse with all persons disposed to aid and patronize u The Hornet1! est" through the medium of epistolary cor- isrondence alone; therefore all commumca- ibns intended for publication, or on business. Ivill be addressed to the editor of u The Horn it's Nest," and lei t at the New Berne Book fetore. until further orders. . ICJiIditors copying tne aoove, anu reier-1 inff to it editorially, wilt be entitled to an ex- deinonstratud to the contrary. Luk:'s hair vfis as red as fire, his eyes wttc light, and Irs beard the color of pink coral. His nose turned up towards Heaven it was a most sanctimonious pug and his eyes rolled a- j n)aud in their orbits like a pair of .distracted j comets that wanted to come in collision with eah other. As soon as the watchman saw him he knew him to be an old customer, and W3$s conducting him towards the watch-house wqn he broke away from him. A crowd of ringed boys seeing a man with a garment ct'Mposed of oar national banner," streaming h? the Wind, ran after Iiiike witlt the speed oJiounds after a deer. Cut offanl surround ed in his own lair a dirty.ailey Luke thus aodressed Charley, who by tiiis time had ceme up With him : I ain't been doin' nothin'.5' ' & Yoiv vc been kiekm' up a bobbery tryin' t5 set ydursell'on lire and keepin5 the atten t?m of the people away from the illumination. -Itys no sich tiling' " I got up a illumina tion on my own hook. 'Taint me, Charley 1 couldn't stand it no long- -it7s natnotism. ethe firin1 of them cannon, and the blazin, 2Ci7tbQ inmns anu llie MiU&lvU mmusiuaui lt - . i X ' 2 .1 t 1 ; ... a 3 i - 7 hange. From the N. O. Delta. LUKE UGHTHEAD: OR, THE EFFECTS OF THE ILLUMINATION. Lat night a man was taken up for endert- vbring to make a personal illumination of him- self in St. Charles st He stuck a tittle tm hachine, ftill of camphtne, in his shirt bosom, ijv wav of a breaEst pin, and had a eodpie of ispermacetf candles in each of his vest pdckefe, r i- i Vrom one of the patriotic "doggeries" on the (J Levee he hM obtained a very rad u bar & mgled s1rJrdrtne ,, and cutting am-holes mi n rough it, walked up and down the st. with 114 4 1 the pride of Joseph when he first put on nil is ucbat df many colors." The watchman 1 x 4 ho arrested him,f thought in the first place, ! if Miat lie was crazy, but Luke Ughthcad soon carnea me ritmt on iny ieeu only the St. Louis, or Hewlett's Exchange, a steamboat, or even a flat boat anything that I could hang lamps on, Td consider my self a made man ! I'd put a lantern on my head, and hang a pair of sconces to rny ears; I'd drill a hole through my nos6 and carry a blsizin' balloon by a piece of rope yarn ! Now, could you blame a feller lor ieelm' like a powder magazine just ready to blow up, about these times! There was all the names of the battle fields Paly Alto, Sstrah Gordo, Monterey. Bonny Vista and Wei a Cruz all fixed off In blazin' letters of fire, brighter thuu themtliat Daniel writ on the walls of old King Belshazzars house. There was all the hotels sparklin5, crackin' and shinin' vith about forty million lamps! Why, Char ley, the whole city looked like a divip' dol phin, or a irreat big rainbow cut up as fine as inince-meat. Could I stand it No-sir;ee ! 1 Uumiruited myself and paraded for the glory of my country, and solitary and alone made the splurge wrhich has conferred eternal hon or on my devoted head. Take the candles, Charley take one and all but don't take the a sacred banner "though it is made inter & bob-tail coat 1" Luke's oratory had such an effect upon the wafchman that he was let go. ICtPomp, what de debbil am a Jury of Inkest?" "Wal, de fac is, nigger, a Jury ob Inkest am a lot ob fellers whaf sits down on a dead man 'to find out whedder he am dead for sartin. or only playing possum.5 Mr. EbiToiti I send to yoiir JTiJuai3bi paper, the last sad outpourings of the bfpk(A?y heart of my latrbeloved friend ; whiclwfc others of his eiinent productions' helit charge of youi obedient servant,' llisumiu, afilicted friendl My friend, as you will evfc, dently perceivo in the fbllowiiig, wigJEea J beyond the conifnon lot of inortafa, TOtli gili powers of intclbet ; but most eminentlyDxil a luxuriant imhation, and fine . ran fancy. UnforQnately however, likafnnte., great geniuses,li& foelings were tpa powerful iil lor the delicate! organization of his riervxji system. Like -dl o t his tribe, he fella prerjr tot 'unrequited lofe." Ah ! tvoittai how many are cjie victims of thycmejtoi ery! Thou wft indeed often, alas 1 46&cj "Iripapabie of pity, void and emptor ; Froni evey drachm df mercyi v' ' Biit, Mr. Editor, t will hb longer tres?3&'t " your columns. By inserting theinclose n will add ybdr Iribute to the meinor of "Md "illustrious deceased," arid ftidch 5:l Your most humble seryaiUi : r.i.S:' JOHN -hM DISCARDED LOVER .K Ilefttlie distracting beauty of my iaxT Dalcinea immersed in the aeepMzxi'1 Wretched and forlorn, 1 fled to the of Virginia's proud peaks, tb gaze on the 'cilBa grand and soul mspiring beauties . of imtfe&c 1 m y tmgnt ened and rolled like balls of thickest glxkmu as they coUrsed their endless orbits, lljp brain reeled ! The sun grew green! cwahi-ix tains moved from their bases! I timlQd Jj volcanoes munaerea l shuddered ! Q!T oct an threw up her vast reservoir of wtelp ! Clouds spake, mysterious, menaciflg3 working sublime, mutterimr in tones of est detonation, discharged the direst boItMl, heaven's electnfc battery! The livid lfit? ning, die destructive stream struck tKe cortll - she quaked; opened, and swallowed th&s moon !!!!!! Agast, amazed, ajfl cdl!sd0,r ness deserted me. Profound stillness petiil-4 ed. I Heard nothing, saw nothing; ; Ad x7zd gloom dark and distnal; defe nigS f AJjjf that gloom, I did dream it drS6 hk , was a dream which, in the inmost ifcljL of the soul was all horrible and ; If elKi TTTt was. a massacree of love!!!!-I::vi teanne asunder of hftnrt ftnm KAnifil mir Liitt uhn wn cn ninn Tier rrt ofirtf affectiona It was a 1 spirit ifruggling trii'-j with rage diabolical, meditatingmrez astrous. It was the breaking Icjcf 'zzX spirit, and on the wings of his fiendfv did he soar through the larthefect ren c'Tft nature s grana expanss ana in tta izzzz 1 V f . i. 4 .1
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