Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-02-26

Exploded, and in doing so, entirely demol- ,
rshed one of the grave-diggers; carried a.
way a great part of Laertes, and so iniur-
ed the rest Of the dramatis persona that
they went off one after the other like 50
mauy crackers, filling the house with heat
ed vapour. l made my escape, but on
reaching the street, things there were ten
times worse than ever Ii was the hour
for stopping and starting the several car.
riages. and no language can describe the
state of the atmosphere. Steam was gem
Grating and evaporating on all sides-the
bright sun was obscured-the people look
ed par.boiled, and the ncighbouring fish
erman's Holsters changed color on the in
slant even the steam Inhabitants appear
ed uncomlortaby hot. could scarcely
breathe-there was blowing, a roaring,
Kissing, fixing, a whizzing going on
all around-6res were blazing, water was
bubbling, boilers were bursting -when 10
I suddenly awoke aud found myself i'm
state of profuse perspiration. started up,
ran 10 the window, and saw several milk
men and bakera carts, with horses in
them, tro,ting merrily along. was a
thankful man. put on my clothes, and
while doing so, made Up my mind to read
no more manuscript poems. and eschew
gin-and-water Tor a time to come. e.
The National Intelligencer-Signs
| Of the Tnnes-Odds and Ends-Hs
Honor the Mayor-Pnnting, Piums,
Politics, SC. Sc.-The editors of the
National lntelligencer are too serious
by half-too phi!osophic--too fear
ful of the lnture-too forgetful Of the
past. They have inflicted upon our
hard hearts whole column Of pious re-
monstance, for which heaven make us
thankful. Now this will not do. We
shall never salute his honor by the title
of Mayor again if he abates an iota OF
his good temper and pleasant humor.
Why shonld he become so grave ?-Why
put on the habiliments of Heraclitus p
Why blubber and cry because the Senate
put plum in his mouth? We do not regret
the neat little piece of printing given his
Honor by the Senate. We rejoice at
the thing. 1t furnishes us one of the
finest weapons to dig the coalition under
the fifth rib that could have been ina
gined. 1t is perfect Damascus blade.
1t cost ptum-a round plum to be sure,
but it is well worth the money. So
sweet is the temper of this weapon-so
keen its edge-so sharp its point-it is
at once the sword of lightning welded
by the famous Jack the giant killer. II
Monsieur Fendall furnishes the reading
commonalty Of politicians with three NOR
tai columns of rigmurole every week
about rewarded editors, up we fetch the
Mayors plum and dish Monsieur in three
lines. If Squire $194O of the Richmond
Wing, manufactures thunder storm
about corruption of the press" &C Mr..
Pleasants :" say we very coolly " dom,
say word about the coalition plum
that was a snug bite you must Allow
EIhe Squire then walks off whistling the
air Of Buenos Ayres uia Liverpool
II the ghost OF Alderman Binns-" alas
poor Yorick should whisper out
rewarding editors-rewarding editors
we have only topronounce Mr.. Web
ster's plum TO his honor the Mayor,'
and straightway the ghost disappears be-
hind a pile of +" cofin hand-bills." In
short this vote giving the printing of sever
al old musty documents to the editors oil
the lntelligencer is too good to be voted
down by the House, in any shape, or in
any form. We cannot spare it, 1t is a
pill for MIR. Clay, worth more than all
the doctors ever prescribed.
His Honor the Mayor may 20 on and
print, Never fear. The coalition party
in the House are sharp fellows they will
find some hole through which to crawl
and press the appropriation before the
session closes.-They took the jackson
party by surprise in the Senate and order
ed the printing; and if our party will
idle and lounge and not ego the whole
hog" they ought to be taken by surprise
and shaved into the bargin. They are
pretty fellows forsooth to talk about Gre
trenchment and reform" and run from
their places when the scratch comes.
But how his Honor the Mayor dreamt
that a0e wished TO distroy his paper-to
stop his mouth of or break his heart, is
past common comprehension ! Why we
could secrecy live without the Mayor !;
he is our meat, drink, and lodging, and
segars to boot. Whom could we crack
our Jests upon with SO much sang f-oid {?
Who possesses head SO hard to receive
them so drylys Verify not one. We have
learned more from the smooth, yet sharp
pointed. opposition Of his Honor, than
we ever did from our laundering friends.
He has such an elegant tact of cutting
up our paragraphs and making us say
what we never thought ol-such fine
ingenuity in selecting sentence here
and there, aud twisting them into what