Winyah Observer

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Via tvill c/ing to the Pillars of Ihc Temple of our Liberties, aui if it must fill, tec vill Perish amidst the Pnivs."
Ko.'lSN
E. Waterman, Bditoi'i
Georgetown, S. C, Wednesday, November 22,1848.
E. Waterman, Jr., Proprietcr.
A Gentleman,] ofjtlie ,*;Prcsg;
oil, THE btirnCULTIES OF A DAY,
At about niiie o'clock in  the morning of'.lie secontl September, 1848, a oentle- „ n^an might be seen—the render will ob- | "'''s •'•iwf\illy-' Wt^rm, ami he  portered,
meeting; what would  the meeting be, |i sogn again becameeloqneiitoiithe nu^rit.^ geullcmen, without the press'? but, 1 tell s ofGcii. Ttiylur, toiisted Oii9fl,^ut ofc you, UldZn.ck's ti ho.ss.'
Well, he did go to the meeting; but it
toiistetl Uii9.«i,QUt 01 com- pliiiient to his friends", and, W! a speech oi'hall'art hour, replied fo a toast—" The Pi'e.ss"—given by one oi" the com]tany
in the purely Jamesonian style, one wliieh we very mucfl flfteCf-^a gentle- mifflit be scell  nscendina;
serve tiiat U-e commence  our narrative |: ""^ reporterecf,>ad reported, till all was j By this ti.ne, the brandy had deereaned;
over.    Then   he   wa^   glorious .igain. ijilhatl  nil gone, but a ample  "go,    at ,
P,:,:- "It was l| which, during his speech, tlie gentleman !¦ a rr!()i-|',"nis jl of thc jircss looked thi-ougii.his glasses'!
ihroiigh hell ilseli if yon put him at it. j months, nl ti s|ieed previously untiltaiiia- Get on, Kendall, and I'll mount behind j! ble, and with a reduction of litinger, coii- and show yousight.s—I will, sure." il sideriiig (he mass of human beings ihtt.s
Jvcnilail demuri-ed to this Jarrange-ilrmisferred, almost infniilesimtd. Arch- ment. and stiid he would wiilk if Jack ? imedes is reported to have said, if he had would ride ; but this .lack would not hear i slaiiiling giound he conld tnove tho 111', and,afrer some slight argumenl, Iven- ' glo!H<,'an(l ihougli our modern engineers dal! finally gave up (he Jioini and   iiioiin-    have not exactly attempted to work  out
ted the old grey while Jack  got on   be-    that ]ifoblem,   thev   have satisfaetorilr
man wc s.iy, mign: ne seen  ascending j " t^'"---- .•'     •¦" "¦•—'      - &       n • -^ ^' i , ¦   . t     i     i       .u        i • i      r        i    .
^ e 'cn,mence    which   leatls   from the   '^^'7 '«<• tl>o OKI  Man-a glorious day    m a manner which tokl it was shortly   h'na. ,       .       ^       I "'"'' """f''^^'''f^ ^ ^l'"' ^ J"'' >';""'
r.n.boatlandinrr nt Baton Bou-re up to ^ <or H'e Cause-a glorious day for the j deMmod to disappear.    One'\)f the com-       Gen. Patterson was at that tune  Gov-1: s-nce would almost have been thoutiht as ^^^ ' " -    °-'. ' .    1 Country." , i nany s.a\V this, and thinking thc  gentle-I enior of C'ainargo, and had issued an or-:; visionary.     The  number of accidenl,s
I V # * * Imanoi'^be pi'«s had .alreadv had more f der thtit no person should ride  through j figu'-c as 189: 90 resulted in ileath and
besitles   some- !| Hio pk'^a faster than a walk, and the sen- J Od in injuries, more or less severe.    Of
And why should he not ? a glorious day,"   he said.
this city—the epibryo capitol of this, the
Saccharine State.    A glanea—a mere
glance—would tell the gazer that he was
no ordinary man, either in a physical or
mental point of view; as an ancient Ilo- ¦ J°- "^"^'^
man poet used elegantly to express it, it ; " ^'''""'''""'' '"''"""^ '^"''"J" '^''i''"
at once became evident to the most cas- ' ''c commenced to undress.    Being at the '¦
Needing repose, late at night he went ;' than his quoi:;-—b^'-'ig. Hot tof
!! into his Hotel, and preparatory tohisen-' thing of a wag-he poured   thc  liquor, ^ tries posted around said plaza   were  or-i F'^^^'^S'^'-S'«'^ ""'^'¦'""^'«'j'^^'"'¦'^ '^'"^''^
ual observer that he was "some." His full, intelligent eyes took refuge from the rays of an ardent Southern sun—which, even then, was beginning to shoot forth i: its intense caloric qualities—behind a jtair of spectacles ; anti a nose of ]^ccu!iar i, prominence supported in their position the aforesaid specs. lie was freighted •down to the "guards"—as they say of the steamboats—with newspajiers, tracts, pamjihlets, and such like mental materi¬ als and politiciJ provender. Soon he be¬ came the observed of all observers, and the observers on this occasion were a fe^'—for the political discu.ssion of the day had not yet comnaenced.Tind groups loitered about in the shade, bere, there, .and everywhere. The fussy man behind the specs perspired very freely, more, a shrewd observer would be inclined to jl think, from a consciousness of the impor
moment somewhat oblivious,  or absent- minded, he pulled his purse, a very long
hack of his chair, and having his boots taken off by a negro-boy, he very care- carefuUy folded up his pantaloonsf and
.without bein<^ noticed,  into   his   own i dered to stop all persons who should  at-1; and sixty hurt fVom no fhult of their own ¦glass,  and r^.laced it   with   about   as ptempt to exceed the prescribed   gait. ||-a wonderfully small proportion  when much pepper sauce. ¦' Kendall was aware  of this order,   and
The speech in reply to "The Press" j when he took the reins of the old   gray having been concluded, the speaker nd- f horse had no   apprehensions of his run- one, from his pocket, and laving it on the   '^«^'^' PO"'''"^' ""^ "^'^ '"'^'"^ time into ,,..,. .     , ,
'    " gla.ss the last ofthe bottle— f was  behind him, wore a  pair of largo ,^
Now, gentlemen, I  shall   propose   a I Mexican spurs, and, wishing to show the |j persons who have taken this novel mode
running capabilities of his horsie to Ken- || of commiting suicide,  by  precipitating dall, he clapped his spurs into his   sides, M^emselves   from   trains, or   any  other
! we  consider   the  enormous aggregate who now use this mode  of locomotion ; the remainder ofthe casualties is made up his I'l niiigaway from   him.    But Jack, who {! f'O'-T accidents to railway  servants, la¬ borers on the lines in construction, and
toast, and I call for a bumper—empty
proceeded to place them under his pil- \g^^sscsm honor of it; I'll give you-hic | low ; but on drawing the musquito-bav he found thabed had already two occu
—hie—up—I'll give you, gentlemen, the
People!—the  people   gentlemen,"  and ;: f'ouM^ace, straight for the plaza.    Ken- down, in one draught, went the pepper ':' •^''^'l '"gScJ and pulled at the rein, but in had not a place whereon to lav his head ih^"^-^ decoction.    - Mur-poi-fith I-|| ^ain: the old fbllow had got  the bit in
ca—aw—murder, gentlemen ; poison "What's the matter ?" said the wag.
pants, and that the gentlemen ofthe press ii
and off went the old grey at a tremen- ;i '^vay but who in fact have as much to do
with the siifety of railway travelling as a man blowins out his brains has to do with
Very well, he knew what he should say in his leader next day about accommo¬ dations   in Baton   Rouge—he'd Jeach I them to   respect  the gentleman of the
"Sophisticated liquor, by G-~-!"   said
the safety of fire-arms. Ofthe accidents his mouth and the spurs in his sides, and I 1° those regularly employed by the com- there was  no   such   thing as stopping i Ponies, a large proportion .seems to have
': hi:
arisen from the carelessness cf the men
the gentlemt^n" of the' Ffss. ' " Is there || , . " {t'^k, fbr Cod's sake help me to stop | themst^lves, and we have no^data as to the
Fourth   Estate—he  would.      But,   no .
tnatter-if he could not ^et a bed, !,« i-^conspiracy agatnt my life in this  city,
could take a ni^rh/eap, nnd so on  again \   .f^^ '^" ^^^ '* ^" '". "'^'   ''"''''''
went his pantaloons, and down went the 1; ^" ^'''''^'' '"'^ ^'''f^'' *° 't- ', nightcap; but on putting his hand in his 1^     ^"^/''/'^'^ gentlemen tasted  what re- pocket topay for it, lo!   he mit^sed his ii "^"""=''   '"   t*^" gl^^^- paying,  "Why, •      II ,.    , I     .< 1? 11       I     !! It s onlv pepper sauce!
tance of bispositiotr, that even from tbe   P«i-se—his long purse!       Robbery!—       .,..,;'.', ,,-, ...„„ntin„,nv,   fti
" robbery !-thieves !-robbery!" he cried il        ^ "^'^ ^'*^"'   '^^'^ ^^^ ficntleman ofthe
no doctor-no stomach pump?   There's l| ^im !" shouted Kendall, t.trning his head li Per ccntage,  nor   of the laborers ; but
' round and casting an appealing look at j ^^hen die nature of their work is taken Jack, who was digging his spurs into the j| '"to account, we are surprised that there horse's sides, "Help me to pull him up,'i have not been more deaths; and wo wont you ?" i have little doubt that man}- other employ-
Jack was a little deaf, ns well as drunk, ; '"^nts would give a much higher  rate of and, thinking that Kendall was praisii^g 'j mortality tind mutilation than  railways,
'extreme heat of the sun,   " Wlio is he ?" 'j
at once became the leading question of''out-    "Gentlemen," he  exclaimed,  ad-
ihe'hotar, tmd a, hundred several solutions
were offered to it.    One said he w^ an
linglish merchant, in
" The Sugar trade and Cotton tee," •wlio was maTving a tour of observation of
press, " I'm oti from Baton Rouge in the Ij next boat, shure—even if it be a  flat—
dressing a company of some four or five
gentlemen, who  were discussing sOme
brandy and water  at  the bar, and the
topics  of the day   at the same   time,
'• Gentlemen, I'm robbed 1 robbed of my the crops; but others said he looked too i P«rse-my long purse! Gentlemen, I learned for that. Another thought he api^al toyou, as men uho can appreci- might be the Re^. gentleman who had I ate my profession, if this is the way to accepted the call fro'm the members of ""eat a gentleman ofthe press. I came the Church in the next Parish ; but no i here to take notes, and now I  find my
—he did not look clerical enough  for! "o^es taken.     Gentlemen, my notes I u     ,       r       ,
that; his white hat, the very Don Juan- ! must have, or, if 1 don't I'll-l'll state the occurred in Camargo, shorllv after the ish tie of his cravat, negatived such an | facts in my lender to-morrow. But 'a'tle of Monterey, .ack is a notorious interference. It was conjectured bv an- where's the negro who assisted me ,o M^'^'an fighter and border ranger, and is other that he was the patent pill-ve"nder undress ? IU is the Imrglar-no, its on- "" ncll know^i al.mg our southern fron- whose advertisement appeared in the pa-, ly larceny, according to the decision o!' i '"'r as Col. Jack Hays himself. He is a pers ; but he did not look green enough i the Recorder—there was no breaking in for that—for what would'bring a pill- —but where is he? where is tlie vil- vcndcr to Baton Rouge, where no one is \ 'ain ?    D—n me, I'll send him to Baton
ami if I ever come back here again, unless at the desire of twelve of my lellovv-citi- j|
zens, may I -."
lie instantly made tracts for thewarf, and when next seen, he was going down the river in a horn.—N. O. Delta
Kendall's Kidc with Jack Everitt.
Did you ever hear of George Wilkins Kendall's ride  with Jack Everitt ?    It I
ever sick, and wdiere the deaths are as rare as among office-holders. But pub¬ lic anxiety and individual suspence were ''
Rouge; but I'm in Baton Rouge my¬ self. Oh! I'll expose the whole thing in my leader to-moiTow!"   and  here the
report ofthe debate that was to come off in the course of the day, and transmit it to his paper by the lightning line, one day, at least, in advance of his contemporaries. He soon commenced distributing his po¬ litical patnphlets and tracts, with a zeal and an eloquence illustrative of their merits, that would have done honor to the indefatigable Razor Strop Man in the sale of his wares.
"Gentlemen," he would say, "talie 'cm—read them—get them by rote—en¬ force their truths on your neighbprs, your friends,  your fello\y citizen^,    O,
soon allayed, by the announcement ofji^Jarkey appeared. "Where—where, the gentleman himself, who urbanely in- i! yo» itnp of darkness, you lump of anima- formed the assembled sovereigns that he ji t«d anthracite, where's my pui-se-my was a gentleman ofthe press—the " f\ist l: long purse—that you stole? Tell me man" ofthe Mammoth Merchant's Man- fl this instant, or I'll put you in the pen— ual and Taylor Trumpet, from the city, I "o, you wretch, 1 put you in my leader, who came up specially to give a verbatim jl Where is it ?"
"I swa to Gor Amighty, masser, I hasn't saw your puss; I wouldnt take it to a dolla."
" Why, you ebony skinned scoundrel, there were thirty dollars in it; but where is it ? Give me a candle ; shut the doors —let no one leave. I'll search—but what, eh ? Why hero it is o^x tho back of the chair! An.d the negro did not take it? Well, that must go in my leader. I'll head it, " injustice to a Juvenilp Af¬ rican," But where is he; I must beg his pardon, Yep, I will do it, There ia nothing derogatory to my character
particular friend of Col. Kinney's, the fotinder of CorpBs Christi, and had nc- coiflpanied the latter in some of the des¬ perate forays upon the Indians nnd Mex¬ icans made by him during the earlier stages of his setltement at that place. Kendall had heard a great deal of Jack Everitt, both from McCuIloch's Rangers nnd Col. Kinney, and had frequently ex¬ pressed a wish to see him and converse with him. Consequently, as soon as the Colonel saw Jack come gallopping into Camargo, he brought him to Kendall's quarters and introduced him.—George was delighted  with the  appearance  of
the horse, only answered,   " He's a tall ] and it must also be recollected that when kindofhor.se!" Ij finished a great cause of damage is at
"Yes; but he is going right for ,he !: ""^^ ^"^ °ff' "'hich.just now, whilst .so plaza," said Kendall, in a feverish state I '"''*"3' ''"¦^ employed on the lines in con- of excitement. " Help me stop him ; struction, must largely increase the av- or the sentry may shoot one or both :''"Se. We make these remarks with- ()fyg_'> I out an}' wish   for concealment of the
" Kinnev gave him to me," muttered'""m'^^''of ¦''cc'^ents, and merely to call .lack, still" under the impres.sion that; P"^^''^'•'"'''"''"" *°"'"eal state of a ques- George was admiring the horse's pace. ''"" all arc interested in ; we urge no re- By this time th(>y had reached the ^a'^ation of any precaution that can tenri plaza, and the sentrv's bright musket,'*" P'^^s^rvc hfe and limb, but when rail- gleaming in the moon's rays met Ken- | ^^'av's and their directors are held up as a dall'seve. | sort of public executioners, it becomes
'" Jack—I sav. Jack, catch hold of the ' o"*" '^^^^ ^° P'^^" ^^^ "^^"er in its true infernal rein, will you ? I can't hold '' ''?'"¦ ""'^ "'« '^"''^'y "s^ert that the state- him, and the sentry wjll fire! Help me, : "^'^"t from ^^hich our figures are taken will vou?" i '^ a wonderful evidence ofthe compara-
" Oh," says Jack, he hasn't got up to '' ^'^'e safety with which one million of pco- the top of his speei! yet. lie's'u tall kind : P'^ ^'"f^ f'""'" ^own to town, and from of horse I tell you!" jl ^il'age to village every week, or ta brinrr
Dig went the  spurs   into the house's ' 'Renumbers to lower denominations, a sides, and awav flew the old gray across j '^o^t "f l^^^-OOO '^ ''^'''y "'^ ^'"^ move.— tne plaza, and was out of sight before the | ^""'^"^ Railwatj Chronicle. sentry  had time   lo cock  his musket. ; ' ;;;
Kendall now determined to stop the { A gClieral War ill EliropC prcdictcd. horse at all hazards, and seeing a large i! Ifwe are not greatly mistaken, a Eu- pileofa(/o6os (sunburnt brick) lying in | ropean war is inevitable. What will tho middle ofthe street, he put tlie old ' the war be for ? we say, in thc prophet- gray's head in  that diretotioii,   and ran Sj ic language of the illustrous George Can-
rling—a ioar of principle—a war which shall decide, at the cannon's mouth, ^vhether a democratical or monarchiciil
lim directly into tl-.e fcentre bf the heap. Away flew Kendall and Jattlc in one di- rectio';,, and away went the old  gray in
Jack, and said   that he had frequer.*,',v ;' another.    Fortunately no   bones Were ;! government is the best system of secu-
gentlemen this is  aft ifiipprtant crisis; » e»s a gentleman ofthe press iii begging r you have a great dwtv tq perform to your I negro's pardon,    I'll do it !'^ ^country—a great  act pf jl,stice to Old |i     " Vou had better first come and join Znck.    Gentlemen. 1 kftQw the pld hoss | "si" a drink," said o^e ofthe gentlemen | not Wlutey, but the General-and  I tell' 8t the bar, you he is some pumpkins^-he is. I fought with him, drunk with hiiifi-rirnQ, the Old (General don't go the ardent—biit  I slept
in the same bed—no, npt in the jianio byd * is the last diop'of liquor in the house," —but in the same tent with him ; and I | pointing to a dark bottle on the counter, tell you he's a hoss—he is. Gentlemen, ' about one third full; and so the gentle- thorn's the ciiiinon!—that is the first gun ;'man of thQ press deferred justice' to forOldZack—Imuitgo aud attend i\\\) ! yi)ung Africa, and filled his glass.
" Bv-and-by, gentlemen, when I beg this negro's pardon."
" Whv," said the  gentlemen,  "here
He
heard of him, and was glad to niakc the acquaintance of one, so renowhed for his deeds of-;c';,antry and skill. Jack, being d'oout "half-snapped," grasped the proff¬ ered hand and exclainied—«.
" Geouge Kendall, eh ? George Ken' dall of the |*icayune, eh ? Well, I've heard of yoti and your paper often enough, md I'm very glad to see you-^ you look like a trump ! What da you say, old fellow, let's have a turn round! I know uU about   these parts, and can
broken, ahd, rising and shaking himself, i| ring to the people the greatest portion George turned to look for his compan- of freedom, protection, encouragement ion, who maa leaning UJioh his elbow in j and happiness.
the middle ofthe street, and exclaiming, jj This war, we fear, is about to com- " I told ym lie was a tall kind of horse!" '• mence, and we have a prophetic idea of Kendall was never known to ride with   its terrible but just result.    The   "Cities
Jock Everitt again,—iV. O, Crescent,
ofthe Plain" (Paris, Vienna, etc.,) must be destroyeed, and hardly a stone left to tell where they   st^ood.    This world
travelling in iireat Britain.
The number ofpassengeis, according !' be an anodyne, a wholesome courage of to the  return  recently  published, who : the pestilent channels of revolution, haVe travelled by  railway during  the,!     But what of England?   How is she to show you   something  more   than you | half year ending on the 30th June  last,   escape i*   There is  no escape for  hen think of    Will you come?" I amounted to80,330,493, which is about    London and the large  towns must p;ly
This was just what Kendall wished, the population of England, Scotland and the jientdty incurred by their own want- and he at once acceded to Jack's request Ireland ; and some idea may be formed onness. The people of England cannot antl the latter brought up his horse, an j ofthe tide of liuman beings who have any longer heur the pressure of the na- old gray, blind one eye, but powerfully passed aver the country, as Mr. Locke tiontd debt. The shopkeeper .cannot built. sayg, " by means of two parallel  pieces   pay his rent,  nor can the houstholder
" There, do you see that horse ?" said of Iron," when We reflect that the offi- i pay his taxes without impoverishing his Jack. " He's a tall kind of horse. Kin-j cial number.<! actually represent the trans- children. What is then to be done? ney gave him to me, and he knows !; mi.ssion of every man, woman and child Wc have eight huiidiptl millions of diht; what a horse is. He's not much to look in the United Kingdom a certain dis- i' why should not these creditors be placed at, but once','it him agoing and he'll go] tance,   wilhin  the short period of six ? as Lord Jclu. Pnssell and Sir Robert