Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-03-29


the ConstellalIn, a. lis ship was called. for sup
per.-Nothing will make these cannibal reumb
cans fight like temptation of this sort
"ChariestOn Is about the siZ,. ut Bnstuu bnt
has neither pavements nor side walks. and al
ternates between mud and dust, and dust and
mud In summer II is all dust. in winter all
mud. indeed began To perceive the moment
| arrived here. that had got amongst differ
ent sort OF people from those OF Boston. There
was no one to be seen in the streets but negroes
star k naked as they were born. with their backs
striped like a leopard in consequence of the
frequent applications of the lash. In fact tie
principal article for sale here at the retail Shops
Is the COW hide, rs it is called, that is hard OK
skin, twisted in the shape of n whip. Almost
every man YOU see has one of these in his ,auds
and spur at his heel, to make people believe
he carries tue whip for his horse. But ! was
| assured by the head waiter at the CITY hotel,
kept by MIR. Chester Jennings, in Charleston
that II was for the purpose OF beating the slaves.
| Nothing indeed will tempt the whites TO exert
| themselves in this enervating climate but the
luxury ''of licking fellow" as they call it,
and almost the first thing noticed in coming
into the city, wasa tall lanl1 calaverous figure,
strutting up and down, cutting and hacking wit.
his cow hide at every negro man, woman. md
chId, that came III his way. | inquired uf the
driver what these blacks had been guilty of.
Guilty" replied h., 'guilty-eh!-O lord
bless YOU sir, It's only Judge D. amusing
himself W it'll the neggers." 1t made my neart
bleed to see the blood running down their backs
IL was almost as bad rs shooting Irish peasants
for being out after nine O'clock.
| Heaven be praised thought |, the force of
democracy can go no further but | was nu Ia
we had terrible explosion, which at iis
! thought was the little Frencli'1au snenziug-
bd 1t tnrned out, Oh inquiry, to be something Of
Il Tar different nature.-T Though my heart sick
c;!s 81 the bare recital, snail give the story Tor
The benefit ot all the admirers of democracy.
| 1t seems, fellow OF tn name of aims bot
tom, man milliner by trade aud a roaring pat
rot, had taken offence at a neighbour whose
name was iilggnbuiOn, because his wife had
attempted to Chearen q crlmped tucker, and al
forwards reported that he sold ms aricss rnuci,
dcarer Than his rival man ,nlliiuer over the wa
| whose name was " interhUttom, and whose ne Xt
door neighbour, one eddy, was Wmterbottom's
particular friend Ia the pure spirit of dernuc
racv, Transaction determined 10 dirk uui only
| lIigginboiCm and his wife, ard Wnierb0ttom,
ana Obey, add thel wives, bu' all the Young
Higginhottons, Winterboltoms, Oddys, and H.
Tie Oddities, 1t VS. some wears before Rams OF
| tom could get then all together, so as to make
one Job of it. at last he collected the " no
| party at his OWL house, 10 spend their (h,Ist
mas eve, and determined 10 execute his diaboh
cal purpose. 1t appears, however, from what
| followed, ihat ne had previously changed his
mind as to the dTlling, probably because 1t was
too much trouble, for these democrats hale ttOu
| bic above all things Just as they were up TO
! the eyes III Christmas pye the explosion took
place which had Just heard, and the Who'll
| 'aity. Rinsbotlom HIgginoott,m, Winterbot
t,..., aut Oaty. together with their wives, aud
all the little H,,msbuttoms, White bottoms, H.g.
! giubUttoIns, Odsys aud Oddities were all blown
INTO such small atoms, ihai not vest,mc ofthenl
was TO be found. s..w their bodies alleIw ar,.s,
all terribly mangl2d aud torn To picces.-ouCh
is the intense ana uevcrdyng spirit o. ven
geance, generated by the turbulent sphit OF de-
mucrnCy, that the desperate, Ramsbottom it ap-
pears, dis not scrupe, like tho republican Namp
son ~ nid, TO rull down destruction on himself
That he might be rcvcngcd on his enemiesn
''N " arrived at Portsmouth, an inland town,
cap!til of Georgia, where being heartily sick of
this Oundling, guessing, tpplug den of demo
craCy, thought | would, for once. depart from
a.. ordinary rule, and inquire when tnIght
calculate ON getting to New Orleans, | &C
curdingIy put the question to the landlord; but
the little inpatient FrenClman, who WAS close
at my heels, took the wOrd-'.New OHeans
Diable! YOU goiug to New Orleans, Mon
siaur!" Thinking his surprise might nave SOME
connection with the yellow fever, was thrown
or ms guard, aud before / knew it, condos
cendcd 20 ansWcr--'.f Is, J ann but with cold
dignity. The ii,tlc villain took 4 huge pncu
Of SOUL, blew his nose like a trumpet, and ex-
cja 1,cd-''To Ncw Orleans! You are c5,ng ia
Ncw OISGus, Ind am gong away from il as
fast ;,5 po,,ibI. can Ote OF us must b.. 20
ing tie wong way, that's certain. Pra, d" SAID
nc, tuning tn tie communicative traveller.
I ..t,- III. e -, 4 Al
Their ain travelling north south, 10 view
Orleans or PdssandquOddy :"-.'Due north-in
the very eye Of the nor,h slar--to Pa,samaquod
dy, and not to New Orleans, Monsieur" an
swered other. Honsicur," said lie lute vii
tam, turning to me, and offering pinch of snuff
with low bow Monsieur, when YOU get INTO
a stage coach, DO YOU e. err Condesccna To m
quirc where it is going | arm an old traveller,
and as we are going 10 part, never perhaps TO
meet again, iet me Conjure you, by the memory
| OF your ancestors aud the victory of Waterloo
never 10 set out on a jOutnay without inqulring
whittier yOuare gong? However, Monsieur II
Isan i'll wiui that blows nObD1y good. am gong
no farther north than this place, shall linsb nm
business here this afternoon, ana Tomorrow. if
Monsieur pleases, we viii sci out ior the south
which assure YOU Is the very best way TO New
OrleanS.n '.Aud ~ said the communicative
traveller, "sLaI also return IN the morning. and
mean To go south as far the CITY of Charles
ton, so that we shall have the pleasure of each
others company, for a thousand miles at least y
GA thousand niles" replied I. for here again
surprise oycrCdme my diguIfied rcseTye-..W hv.
thoughG'- Butt stopt short, being IN.
willing to give the u'lc rascal Of Frcnchmai
another laugh, b. letting him into the secret of
a certain bundcr winch stall be Dancle,s.
con the whole" observed the communicative
traveller. ''you have not lost much b, thl, lr,ie
ride out ofyOur way. You have had an o,.lor-