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-1 ptt Z23.E S rv sn7' y&'MW 7 i 'GAfilttT 'wmrw e; x'f ttAMi.S wsfifcKw XtttB vi .'. . Al i j 'jikH :m the w i Jst" . f , . . . . jfe , 1. ' ' '-. , -. .. ' I'k .VOL. III. InJepeiulenl on ei7 8iUjtet$ and devoted tn the belt Interests of Southern Oregon'. -I'ubllshoU Ihury Bttturdiiy', IIY W. G. T VAULT, Kdligr & Pr opriotor. t iTu ni s i Otic Yonr, (5 00; Hlx MoiiiIik, 03 00: Tlirco Months, $i! OU. iVAvcvtlsomenlH, One Siime of twelve lines or leaf, first In sertion, 3 00 , caehsubscqueutlliacrtlon, Ql 00 I'mw finni, each square, for ono jrnr, (SO!!tJiimllii,$ld; thrcn month-TeiO.. a ,!-f. mwoii(irmii to pfrsonv vlniiig In d'lr Ttiso to tlio extent of four square. "'in tii i r Job Printing Oificc. ryUr. Proprietor, having a good vnrl L ttt of.lOII TYPE on lintul, Is pre ptred to do nil kinds of PLAIN xxi IK:? OMENTAL JOB PRINTING, On the SHORTEST KOTICt:, nn l on the loot. HEASONAULl. TElt.MS ; such as Hook', Pamphlet". I'lriulnw, Handbill. Showbills, Concert Dills, Programmes, II ill Tickets, 1)111 Meads, Addross Cards. Dullness Cards, yc, iy"C., J'C. Job work done In MSB, SUED. IBUi'Iffoia SHiAIDE INKS, O suit customers Orders solicited. Sii0tuc00 (HarDs. UNION HOTEL, Corner California and Ud Streets, smwoonvimjK, oim.gon, jcmppei. & wilkinson, Proprietor!. GEX1UIAL STACK HOlSU. April 3, lttiti. 12tf. IffiDICAL. DE. L. GANDHG, rhrili'lnti, Stireoon nml Accouclior, "IA7''' Promptly attend any who may l I rrquiro liis inifil(inal arvlce. rTlio largett and boit lulcciinn of Dturiniid IMleut Medicines coniUntly on In ml. UITIGU California Street next In i)i Tin Sliop. OmG EL DORADO niLLIAUI) AND DIlI.VKINt; SALOON, tORSEl or CAMrOUXU ANDOnKflOXHTnEKTil, JACKSOiNVILLE, 0. T. Ilf J. MATHEWS' Billiard Saloon1, Oppoiita r.sglo llutel, KKIUIVVILLB, 0. T. January 1, 1H58 Itf DIIS. BROOKS & THOMPSON, Physicians and Surgeons, OrnCi: "Jclionvillo Drug Htoro" oppoita I'nioii lloiim. (I7A cnnstanl supply of Drugs and J'Munt Medicines ulway. on hand. J. n. iiiitMov, Late of Sacramento. II. J. lailATT, San Francisco. IIAEHOH & UBATT. LAW OFFICE, Corner of Montgomery uud Cojnmer- etui Street!, (Over Uauks & Hull, Hankers, Hun 1'rnnclsoo, Cnl, T fl J , l.iiATr, Coinniisiianer for I.oulihna IHlY'JOIllGlf H. D. SNELLING, A'lTOHNEV-AT-LAW, - OVFIOU-On Main Street, (our doors south of tbO'Post Office, Yreka. ' At Will practico In tho District Wurts JucLkpn County, O. T. 2 20tf . of 11. HAYDEN, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, WILL ATTT.NI TO HU81NI.SH in the Third Judicial District of Oro gon. QITIOU At Ketbyvllle, Oregon. J.niM 111 D; B. BBEHAN, ATTORNUY-ATLAW. 0 I'FICE-At his rosldenro, Jacbton ill.0 T 13 From tlio Missouri Hcmibllcan.Ji Suggested vpon htoring of the Illntu of Aiioumi iiurt.Boutoiii Of Missouri. tir s. n. suitii. He Is dylnR, be is dying I t That proud lioml wllljrlne.ijo moro. Hear o not the mtotck replying, As 'tis borne from chore to shore I KVn tlio talniy orcnln icpbyrs, As thy quickly Iiaswa by. F Cntcli tho found and rcar a ittmards Will. I. ...!. a. il.. .i.bV fllftii ivi.f lliunm III lliu rHjaiBWkA . Jiiitcn lays bin ! Out upon llr.)'8 lit fill nncrc tlio storm- i Ucsn bnrk nhoo'f ' Fills the untloii i Whllo nloro the lie Of the lld nnd Comes ii cry of dicp ''It tliero vol noli I lie isdyinir, ! (led Is ruler of i i He Is iItIhe, he Is drliitr. I K'rc hW noblo cnusfl was wen, i Vainly prnyliijr Death to tarry, I While his innitio lieu llcw on : inn mo Angel nan roconica . That bright namo beyond tho sky, And nlth ono last blow for Frctdcm, Denton laid him down to die. Ho Is dying, ho Is dying, Denton lays him down to die. No more beautiful lesion has been taught by n modern poet than In tho following slnu za by Whlttitr. Adam nml live, exiled from tho Harden, had nt down disconso lately on tho outer sldo of tho wall of l'ara din', nnd there an Angel found them bewail lug their fato ; thereupon the radlcnt prcs. enco spoko : Why I.ooU Xluliliid? "Arlio I" he said, "why look behind When hopo is all before. And pntlcut hand nud willing mind Your lo.is may yet reitoro l " I lcao with you n spell whoso power Can mnko the desert glad. And call around you fruit and flower, As fair as LMcn had. " I clothe your hands with power to lift Tho curse from on" your roll ; Your Tcry doom ihall seem n gift, Your loss n gain through Ton.. " On, cheerful as yon humming bees, To labor as to ploy." While gleaming over IMen's trees, The Angel pasted away. Tho pilgrims of tho world went forth Obedient to tho word, And found whero'er they tilled tho earth, A garden of tho Lord I Once moro.objwlille-wlugfd Angel stand, Whero man still pines and griorcs, And lead through Toll to lJlen-Lam, Kciv Adairs and new Krcs I A I'mtty ricturo. Tho room was filled with fashion, Tho warn') air throbbed with sound, And music, llko a passion, Sped tho merry dancers 'round. Soft, silk, fair forms it-danclng, .'rlsniatlc-hucd swept by, And looks of lovo entrancing Graced many n Dp nnd eye. Tin: 0 out. Lord Chancellor Nonlilng ton suffered much from tho gout, and once .... . . i ... after somo painful waddlliiff between tho woolsack and tho bar In tho ilousool Lords, ho was heard to mutter, " If I bad known that tbeso legs wero ono duy to carry a Chancellor, I'd linro taken better care of tbcm when I was a lad." Karl Chatham was a martyr to gout in bis feet. To protect tbcm they wcro swathed In flannel nnd In , , , , , .!," euc ninuu Vij.t..; w cover the flannel. He woro shoes largo enough to cover this mass of wrapping Ono I day bis residence at Haycu vas broken into. ! and among other things stolen were theso shoes. In the morning bis valet In announc ing tbo robbery, sM, "He .has taken your shoes, my Lord." "What my gouty thoes!" "Yes, my Lord." " "D n tbo rascal, I bopo they will lit Mm." sir- llandolpb says that onco upon n tlmo a colored cook expected company, of lur own kind, nnd was nt n loss haw to entertain her friends. It was nt a time of tbo year when eggs anil butter were blgh, nnd the colored folks generally uro nt the oxpeneo of "extras" for their owtt company. Her 'ilrtM said I . "Chloe, you must mako on npology." "Good Lord! mlesus.bow can I mnko It! I got no eggs, no butter, nor nothing to make it with." Jfi; ffi-fr'Mr. Smith, you said you onco ol tTWMKIKfn vrtiJnBLMm. m elated in a pulpit do you menu to say y preached V No, sir i I held Iho light for tho man who did preach.' Ah, tho Court understood you dlfkrent ly. They supposed that the discourse catuo dlKClly from you.' 'No, sir, I only tbrowed n Uttlo light on It.' rfi" Mister, you Just knd pa your news paper ? ho only wants to ieud It to Ids tin cla In the country.' Ob, certainly 5 nnd nsk your father if bo will Just leud mo tho 1001 of his bouse, 1 only want Ihojhliiglca to make the teniket lie till ' JACKSONVILLE, OREGON, Hut Lovduoott ni SIcll"BniHn' f iVonuts. V fi 1.- OPTGKSesiKL'. "IJpy, Go-org',cl" rang nruong the rnouu tain slopes, ana on looking up (o my lift, I Mv "But" tearing along down n tcep point, ' heading mo oft,' lit ft long ICangaroo'llke lopo, holding his flask high nbovo his bead, ftud hat In hand. Ho brought tip near mo, htitll Uintorlnalr shnklnir the half full tick Ter within an Inch of my f.-ico, until the bead roio to the corncob stopper. Ubitr y 7'n U "niaok. w. nek's (. I Icotch hit inysef hoi rum tho stlllwurm, Nnrrn trlkonlno In lilt I put that dried peach in mjsef to lor nor olo Ilullln'n plan ; in what ho sells, nn when be mixes a lectio ora tho it pond below his barn nntrnl culler, but don't nny. Then ho korrccls that per. Hits an orful mlxtry, shell whisky ore ulv Dulliu's. lil onto thrccniiarlcrs ovo tho belorlfl part or bis congregatbiin with hit, nnd tuthcr quarter's rigwlno tho samo rond, cf his stlll'houso don't burn down soon, ur ho peg out lilsscr. Halnt ho tho durndost spcclment oc n walking barrel ove g s ye over need cny bow i Siy, Georgey, dy'o see these hero well poles, what I uses fur inlgst Well, I passed em by each other purly peart tuthcr day, I put Just won out so, nn then tuthcr, my nine feet bryaut, an then ken ii doing hit. I'll Just gin yo tcavo tu go tu tho devil linf hammo, cf I didn't mnko fewer trucks tu thu mile, nn more tu the mlult, than wur over mado by cny humtn tnanbody, without tho help ovo n hoss, slnco Dark Wilson beat tho sawlog from tho top oro tho Frog Moun tain Inter tho Oeoee ruvcr, nnd dovo nn dodged hit nt last. ..very thing what talks an cries, bes a pint of sum sort. Olc Dulllu'n pint Is n durncd, fust rnto, thrco bladcd, doublebarrc1cd, water-proof bypockricy, nn a onqutnchlbel nppotile fur bnld faco. Sicily Hums' pint is thru her footers, nn wajHtudrWo men folks craiy. Sbo gins them a four, Jlst es sarlln es nwccknt New Orleans In August would. Durn her, she's down on her heels now, nnd walks lint footed nt that. Dad's pint, an lilts tho only pint lies got, Is tu bo tho klugovoulldurn'd fools, senco tho daya ovo tint feller, the bl- jbll reads about, what housed so much com I In I.'gypt, nnd lost his coat by ruunln outcn bit. Hit tells us who was tho strongest man' and who was tho mccklcst man, nnd i who wus tho best man, but lores yo tu gos who wus the biggest fool, nnel thar'sn bull nigger In Tennessee, whit cudcut tell tho 'fust pop nrtcr henrln red, I wudent gin fifty cents furhlmsnrtin. He b.ucnt senso cnufT u run Into tho house, cr It wur rnluiii ded icats, that's all. My pint is In bcalin cny body suckin in a big skcer, an thon In beat ,In cnybody's hoss ur skared dog runnln out cn hit ngaln. I used to think my pint wur I llko dad's, oumixed fool J but when bo acted 'boss, I gin In. Maybo when I guts bis spc jrience, nnd nm cs old, I ken nock tho lions lofen him, an bo king fool inysef on his pint. Dut Its rally onsarlln, for bo has never bn I bent yet, by eny thing that cud talk. Now cf a feller knows what bis pint Is, be ken l,gut nlong, ullers purvidin bo don't swar itwny bis liberty tu a temprauco society, ur Hv tu fur from n stIIMious, an tu nl onto n church urn Jail, Them's my rentlmcnt-, ait I'll gin yo nnuthcr uro them: Men folka ,nur Ulaiia ii,, . ,MnV .... ,, f, .,, -- -, -., - ...v... .awake In the vearlv iart mo nltes! nn tho wimlu tu cook tho vittlls, mix tho liquor, nn help tho men tu do the stayin nwake. That's bit, nn niithin more, onless hits fur tho wlmln tu ralso the devil ntween meal?, nn tho mm tu piny short kcrds ntween drams, swap bosses with fools, nn fito fur exerclso at odd spells. Ycr don't under stand life, Gtorgo, jot. Hut about my swnpptn these ycro lalgs to fast ; I bed got about n fox tqulrrlll skin lull ovo bllcd corn Juice under my shut, nn wur nimln fur Dili Knr's op foot, nn when I got in' silo ove olo Durns's I reed nl onto fifty horses un mules bitched onto his fence. It wur Sicily's weddin. She married Clap-. 1,-. II. n cuklt rblitr Ibn annin frtllAw 1ia MM..., - ' , faith gin out when be met me makin soda. Now, I'll tell you two things nobody ovir need ; wun is a ded mule I means n mule what jlst died far. without any help; and tutlier Is n tucket rider's grin e. Gaze why, be ho mules nil turn Inter strong minded hnmen, an then they dies liko uuy other umnn. And the euket riders, them what marries money, turns inter store kepers ; and them what marrys fur it,' but gets bit, turns inter politicians, and then they dies sorter like bumnns too. I'll tell m nn uthcr thing nbout the varmints; they ent Chickens round tho suklt till they sknus up a rleb gull, and of over ono ovo em loners bis sites onto a gall, why she is n gall 110 longer, no more nor be slays a tuklt rider. They Jlst bleb bosses, nn then good l) c gall, good byo old bulge field, pluo thicket, suklt, an look out for a team of shuttail children, a palo omon, sharp boss tradin, and stayin at homo on kolectlon Sundays. Now ole Duins bad a big blue), nnd while bull, will ..nm"; SAmRpXYUNE a rlug In hlpota phlho ropo tied np rotiml his horn", fflioy rid blm to mill nnd slcb llko wIthiifsniWH 'mad,p dutcn dogwood forks andap boards, njid klvercdwlUi olc cnrplt, ro girth pndijjsjn'lpde.lliers, wllh a loop forsjJib foqW ( &s$f, eabflucnll edlhlm, bJ J t gofbwt)friuimlllt aii'wur turned lnlr;rho ydrt). sad II nil nil, tu pick print. I'W slurglrrrouti too, oulsldo Uo house, fur ifeoy ba'illaV nxed mo In when they sot ?owalu cat, t$ock ifoseil roun till ho foun aV.1 bosket fAki hilt n lltllo tftai- IcrvJl corrUti lie put In'bls hsd tu get It put In'bls hl tu get ft. Ihees so cs (o ekslitf'thd ole ninhT hliay bis- j(?4Jt (Kl rnc'jlleos-tlgltl vir2einr rn tin vii Intntr Hin nnfni-iir.nillltVi nti tn rililnnL irn n tnltn Mtisiv oltnrail . iv.. - .M . .. ., - . " .wil .tfm .1 !" .', jii., ...a. ...... ...j nuuna ..vt... mu ... ..u ..m. oyes, liollcr, nn imcK, nn keep n irackln. Well, when olo Sock found hlMcf lit clark - ncM when ho raised Ida head, ho made one luugo nglu tho bouse, that shook tho dnubin mil ; then ho fotch n heller what mout been beam a mile, nn then iot Inter nn oncndlii systlm ovo bnckiu n big crnwflshwur no whsrt -fust ngln wun thing, then over nn uthir, nmong which wus tho bco bench nn n dozen stands ovo bees. This kuokin down tlmr bench fotch out nil ths' bees, fllln mad' Tho wbnlo or wur full ovo tbcm, reddy tu pitch Inter cny thing wlmt moved. Thehous sot outer slopln groun, nnd the ynrd dorc wur even with It.; so Kock JIU bneked In on dcr a double hid ovo steme, n blowlu nnd n bawlin, nn the leedcr oto tho biggest nrmy ovo bees ever seed out nt wun tlmo ; they filled tho bnsklt, they lodged onto his tall till bis wupm thlok as n wagglu tung, nnd strnto up In tho nr nt that, looklu sorter llko a ded plno klvcrcd with Ivy. They wur In fao nil over Mm. nnd nl work with nil their miles, a makin Im feel good nu hot, nn lm proviu bis temper roltcly. Ovo all tho durncd times yo ever beam tell ove, wur tlmr nn Iharnbouts. Ho rum tale fust ngln ths olo two story Dutch clock, an fotch hit, bustln tho innnrds oulcn hit; tho lectio wheels wur all over tho lloro I Nc.x pass be fotch up ngin tbo fut ovo n blgdubbil lnjlno bedstesd, nn mrcd bit onto nlnd, nn punch In ono ove tho posts thru the gluss winder. The nex tale fust expcrdlshuu wur ngln a katakornercd cubbard, wlmt nine kotch do nation. Ho smashed the glass dores In, up sottln bit, an then stomped o cry thing Inter tho shelves nil to jlblets, a tryln to back further In that dlrccshun. I'lckll krocks, prcsarvo Jars, incgur Jugs, seed bngs.ynrb bunches, pnragorlk bottlls, nig baskets and dclfwur nil mlxt duriid pcrmlikusly, and not wuth nsaortlu by about a dollar nnd a half. Ncx ho got a fair back against tlio rnmo, nglu tbo bord pertlshun. Ho went thru llko hit bed bin paper, nn tuck about six fut squaro ovo bit in splinters nn skruvs with him Inter the room wbar they wur a cntln ; an now the fltln ove beet, an dancln, an dodgln begun. Clnpsbaw's mam wur deaf as n doglrou, nnd sot nt the alnd of tho tnbll ncx to wbnr Sock busteil thru the wall ; tall alnd on bo cum ngln her cheer, Matin hit ami her onto the tnbll. Now the tquakln nn lussln, aud tho smatbin ur things, nn tho mlxlu ur vit tlls began. Thoy had sot Hcvcral tnblls to gether tu make bit long cnuf, to ho Jlst rolled em up a top ovo ono another nu tlmr eat olo Misses Clnpshaw n straddll ovo tho top ovo the pllo, a fltln bees like onto a mad wind mill, with her kallkcr cap In ono hand fur a wepun, nn a cruet framo lu (other, nn n klckln llko sho wur ridln a buy hots nrtcr a doctor. Tnters, cabldge, mett, supe, sop, dumpllns and tho truck ye waller cm In ; milk, plntes, pics an every duru Il.xln ye cud think ove In n week, wur tbar mixed nnd mashed like hit had been thru n thrnthln ' ma-becn. Olc Sock still hep a backln, nu backed tho hole pile, olo 'umnn an nil, with fito ur six uthcr bee fliers nn n few cheers outen tho big dore nn ilaw nscM.n steps In ter the lnuo ; and then ho turned a fifteen hundred pound summimct blsscf artcr 'em, nn lit n top uf nil the mixed up mess flat on to bis back. About the tlmo yo gat tu bis fc-c'Volo man Dunn ye nohow fut, stumpy nnd cro.s grained he is cny how made a mad snatch nt tho bnklt an kotch hit, but cudent let go quick enuff, fur olo Sock JUt blotted, bcllercd nu bistcd the olc stud heels fust up Into the ar, nn bo lit on Sock's back nu feC(l 'no W ln W lian,l. Jit cs eeon Cs olo blackoy cud teo, bo toro off down Iho lane.jf.tryln to out run the bees,) to fasttbul oloJKuiis was feared tu tr tu get off, so bo I list tocked his fut Inter tho ropo silrims nn prepared hlsscf fur tbo durndest fist bull lido mortal mnn ur 'oniati ever bud. Sock tuck down ntween tlto hitched bosses on the 1 all fence, nud olo Durns a filing him oter tho bedwltb the bnsklt tifttop him, nu then fltln tbo bees. I (ell yebekcp that orbnkit a movln. I'll Jlst be durnd cf I didn't think ho bed four ur fito busklts. I cud see that meny mutinies, nt oust. Well, Durus, bas- kit an bu A teat cd ovry durnd hoes an mule loose frum tho fence, sum obsnrting bees 11 stoppln on each wun tu help him eUit fast frum that onqukk an trublesuht place Most on cm, too, tuck a fence rail with cm, fast onto the bridil rein. Now, I'll Jist gin yu love tu kiss sister Sail cf oter .lch a site wur teed vir slch nolns beam ns were In that long laue. A wonstros cloud ovo dust, like a hnrvkMne bed cum alouj bid all Ihc horns. Now(ieorge, duyu know tho nnlcrr county, nn yo cudeut, go n tullo eunyjcuurs ovo n cow britto. They's thodiirmlcst Tools i nn not find bueklls, tturrups, straps, ursum ovo nil the ben-ts, (nllcrn ccplln ovo the thing belougln tu a rldln boss. Lovogoods) fur when they gots Inter trlbti-1 Now nbout that bous thor wur n good 1nli..i. ltiv Lhawi .All.ltiitn.l 4n almt i tu. Mtniti pfnprlv. Vfiltnm nn r-nll. lirt(.il ntilnn IS; 1858. --" . ' ' LJL11"" '!? hbsscs nrrnway n'buT blt'yll oi3 sec borsc 'lulls, an ends ovo fenco rails n llyln ttboat, hn now nn then n par ovo brilo bine shots wud Hash in tho s.un llkp to sparks. ajd nwny nhend wur tho bnskh, olrcllog round nnd olbut ftfrandinn, A bean ovo (irnyln, inm tilckcrln, '(lid b'cltsrln ojc theTbUII, clnt terin.ovo ranftlii hoofs, aiP'Si'monstroils rushhi soun made pthena.kI'irartole Uurns kin .bent eny ,mnn on yenrllya .filln bees wllh a bnsklt Jlst sot blm astrndlc ove n nrad bull nnd let tbar : Co a plenty bvi bees so cs to ckslVd'ihd ole ninu! n" .--- - -..-. .... u . ..,-.- v. . , winners, tiiey ronca ouicn tno unrcs in i -'unclicsj, they elom tho chlinlcys, they bid under tho hotis, they tuck tu the thicket, tluy rolled ln tho wheat fluid, lay down lu tho krlck, an sum tuck hit out lu good old runnln tonrds homo. Sicily, she squatted lu tho spring up tu her years, nn whllo she wcr a drowudln Ihc moss ovo bees ouder her coals, I wont tu her, tcz I, "you'tv got un uther new scutnshuu, lmlnlyo ?" "Oh, Sut, there bonilnnblc iuiex, they're jls huriiin moupl'' "Olu cm (inn sody," scz I, "In brokln do res llint'll cool cm ofT." Sho shut fire at mo nuten her eyes, nud I tlml I'd best go. Clnpihntv crawled ondcr n chanrpllc In tho barn, nnd tuck It out In Blghln nu gronntn. Sicily nnd blm didn't sleep tugcthcr fur nl onto a week, an nil be case of tbcm nr hot-fooled bmulnubto Inrux. Thnr witrut nn 'ouinn or gall at thnt nr wed din but wlmt Ihnr slccklus nu frocks wcr too tlto fur ttt n or three days. Decs nm wus on wlmmcn than men folks, cny how, they luv a farer cbnnco at cm. Ovu nil the durn'd mlsfortlnnt wcddlns that happened since Adam married that old heifer that wcr so fond ovo talking (0 snnlx and calln applls, doun till now, that wun ovo Sicily Hums nnd I'ation Clapshaw, was Iho durndest wust wun, for nolio, disapptntmcut, break ing things, skore, trubbll, burlln nntexn shun ovo spirit. They wont gco tugcthcr, mlno thnt ; got too bad a start. You halnt got tlmo to listen now how olc Hums flnUbcd bis bull ride, nnd bow I cunt tu do that lofty 8cc!ment oro runnln. I'll tell that ngln. Ef cny body nxes nrtcr me, tell cm I'm over In 1'nunln, on my oy lu ZZtr "", , I ;" nV.; rnZ-.hCallforulan, with the s.ylo of 1.1. "phi," . , . , . , 1 1 v ? h tuboanatral born durncd fool, loutc' uetcr apcrienccd bit, hev you? Hit lies made powerfully ngin our family, and all owln tu dad. I ortcr jlst bust my bed open agin a bluff ovo rocks, and wud du It cf I wnrnt a cussed coward. All my pendenco Is tn tbeso ycro lalgs d'yo scoem I Y.t they don't fall, I may turn human yet sum day; that Is, sorter human; cnuf tu be a tqttlro, ur skool cumlsblner. Y.t I wur jlst es smart es I'm inein on ornery, I'd bo President oto a Wild Citt In a week. Hez liquor rlz wbar yuvoblnr Much on ban? Vt'naliiiietoii Brvlnu lu Vue land. Washington Irving, now, I think, soven ty-four or botcnty-llte years old, was in jl.'iiglniid. An ncqualutaneo with tho nu thor of Knickerbocker ' nud ' Salmagundi ' 1 could not but be agreeable. I forgot whom I was Indebted to for the Introduction, but I used to moot blm frequently, as well as the American Minister, Dr. McLanc. There was a pleasant breakfast given nt Camp, bell's, one Sunday, when I was present. Ir ving, more limn commonly serious nud se date, gentlemanly and mild In wanner, gate 1 no Idea, cither in person or com creation, of I a writer of works of humor, I menn not the , humor thnt Is nt present In fashion, consist ing of a bad pun, or some light sentence, with a point sometimes blunt enough, or perhaps semo ridiculous image, but that jrealwltin which Sidney Smith excelled, 'nud which runs through a ttholo work, per- .vailing every line. He was soincttbat lad 'turn. Atctculng parties, or nftcr dinner, (wben tho wine circulated ficcly, I ncter heard n jest from bis lips. He v as mado n lion of at times, by some who looked nt a republican ns n creature that bad come Into ! tho world nmong the superfluities of mortal lt.es. His sketches of scenes remarkable In 1 English history, bis pictures of tbo manners .of the old countiy, nnd not a single censure ,,cnst on the mad monarch whoscparatui mo English family forever, mado blm tolerated by tho exclusively loynl, with a 'who would think HV When my friend Andiows wosInTecu man, where an Kngliohmnn had never been before, tbo pcoplo thought tho l',ngll.h bad 1 tails n notion once Inculcated by tho Span-. 1 hh jtadra, to make tho I'rotcstnnts dliliked. So a fiery son or oxcluslto luxnlty onco looked upon a republican. Ho did not gtvo .him n tail, Indeed, but thought blm a Jaco 'bin a being much worso than a huus fieri I ura v. lib such an appendage. I Irving told mo that he was much pleated j with Spain, where he wrote his "Tales of tbo Alhambra." Ho had found tbe common pcope and peasantry ft well disposed, single-minded race He had lived be said, omc months In the Alhambra with only an .? . . w NO. 23. -J L - ' ' T.'"l "C LJ old woman for nn attendant, nnd could bear .wjtucsx to many lrtues In ,tbo humbler clos csfi wblcb Cpjtild npt bo M'JJiJooCit0 tlic.n supefiors. 1 ha,voi.n idea that bo tomfosed" hit llttio,tvofkjttvitb esccSIos enro HiteT great slownew. . lit hns Mne fo-tlrcdto-alla on H!sWrcs of the Hudsoii, to t.bjva(oJ'wIwliC6naii'lct lnvflto Unci.'1 fc9.J,srWo.ln oce-ltist kind of "retreat from coa,jiwMcb GldmU)i . wentea never eouiu pemw. juy;moon. . II I . l.l Ti VI.. t..l,ll,. tCi.lltel ' yiisVJvli! "" " ' ""tyjijiffs. , Sni j Iddous ; ICampboll nud Lockhnrt, 100, ' of Iho number. "What havoc death has " mndo slncol while Irving, soothing the do'- 1 scent of vxlstcnco wllh llic.lmt of comfort I crs, (Ids bonks,) leads tlio life of a philoso pher. He has rccn enough of tho wot Id to know Its tnlue a thing rtvldoin known until tie letrn, loo laic, tho doir price of the llmo wo hKvo wnsled In punmlng Its frlfolllcs, nnd ovcr-vstlmntliig Its ttorthlcssncsj. Irv ing ctunot but be happy to Into escaped from thu Intrigues of Stato aflulrr, and tho cln-s of those whose polished maimers only ndd n grace to tho unseemliness of conve nience. There was nothing sit Iking la tho ' physiognomy of Irving II wns reflective In expression. His stnturo wnt nbeut (he mid dlu height; ho was sallow of complexion, with dark eyes, ttbllo his countenance Im pressed tho observer rather with nmlabillly than Intellectual pott tr. America may well be proud of him, ns she justly Is of her Dry ant and Clmnnlcg, nmldsl the crowd of up starts whom cupidity stamps with a super slltkus renown on bolb sides of tbo Allan tc Cyrtu Jttiliting't Fifty I'rnss' He minlieeneet of Cotewjiorariti. Coming It over "Joliu." Dut a few days slnco, rays the San Fran cisco Morning Call, wo were Informed of n plcco of sharp practice, that puts every oth er speoles of practical swell to tho blush. A "man nbout town," who bad mado a trip (0 tho Stiles a year or two ngo, found lhayt was moro economical to buy the, common ' v .piper collars, which wcro In vogue at Ibo tlmo, than to purchase tbo regular dickeys,' I an! pay for their wasblng. Havlug tried' (ho,;i).er mache arttole, and concluding that they ttero the most fashionable, as well as tho most pretentious collar to be. bad, In, determined to take a dcrcu of tbcm with L ,m o Bm rrnno,,c0( ftlld ,,,,, M 0,d peering over a couple of paper wings, ' ," ..,., ,' . ' ... .... He- foro bo arrived here, however, our "man about .town" becamo troubled with tho "shorts," and was obliged to mnko extraor dinary shifts to make both ends meet. Fjnd lug bis flno llueu bosom shirts one morning, am collars, he conceived an Ingenuous plan to repleultb his "dickeys " Taking a dozen of tho paper collars which be bad Ir retrievably soiled en 1 oute, he went Into the laundry cf one of our Chinese washer men, and asked : "How muclise, wnsbee, John I" Jehu looked nt tbo soiled collars, and nf tcr eyeing them awhile, said : "Welly dirty ono dollar bap." "Wolly well," replied our friend, .assum ing tbuCeleillal-Anglo dialect, "tuu washes good, roe glvo you dollar bap." The term were rnllu-r sitlisfuoloiiy. an our "man about town" left hit paper dick eys to bo teathed, and took a Cblueso re celpt for the tamo. lu about a week tbo collar man rotuturd for his "stand-ups." nud was received lu high dudgeon by Ms Coleethtl frltnd,who met blm with: "Your collar no good welly bad all go no collar you hate." "What 1" returned tbo bombre minus dick ey ; "do you tvbh to cheat m out of my proj orty t you cau't do It. I've got your rccolpt, nnd you'll bate (0 fuinlrli me ttjtb my own articles." At this stage of the coutrounsy, a China man entered, who was familiar with (he Eugll.b language, nnd bating conversed with the collailets Individual, was shown thewaibeimau's receipt He tried to ex plain that Ibo collars had nil dliitppeorcJ lu Iho ttasbing; but the "man about town" was Inexorable. Ho was bound to bats bis collars, or the Celestial should go to pilsoii. When tho Imperative answer was Interpret ed to tho wathcim-tn, a do.tm fiuo-loo.iiig collars were passed out, and token pomudon (if by the dlckeylcss Individual. Slncctlwit time, wo unto uoncci mat our ' 111.111 nbout (own lMitt,ys appeared In a incst fas tldlous-looklng shirt collar ; nud1 wero wi 1 10 venture nu oplulou, wc should say he ! ;iot procures bis washing gratis ' as- Sid old Mii. l'hllanthropy the other 'day. nocostlng a precocious urchin in Ibo street, with a ttnrdrolio remarkable ftr Its ventilating ndtantogc, 'Dubby, why- eloiiH I you go home nnd hate tuir niolhcr cr up j (bat att ful hole lu youi tiowtcrs'' 1 ' Oh, you git out uld 'oman,' tvot tbo re- sjveclful trply, 'our folks nrc eeenemlelug, und n holo will loil longer than n patch nuy 'day.' ! Ths old lad t 'a bou4t sy inpalby vja. watt 1, whjlo tl,e young&ttr beat a fca-tj rklrcat round the cernte, elliplaylnj; a fig o t.uc In tbe resir. V lr"iYr. .- .nr" gBt,a'i., ' I I r i I , 1, " -T' Mi tm -1 r JSlSSBStlirmiilnTlBBBBBS tlXlrtav nai-rnji