Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-06-29

low tree; IN It he ensc0nced himself, and 60;
ed quiet tor some time, when, hearibg M n.;'
he ventured to look out with one svs 'e'
" crack" went q rifle from some bushe: !, r"en
OF him, and the bark Of the tree was tno "on,
OH by ball, within an inch or Two Of his hs,I
He saw smoke, but no doctor, and ths,s Se.u'
could not return the fire; he accordingly c."s,
another parIey. The doctor, who had been , a,.
out with the Indians, now showed himself ..n
agreed to make up the quarrel. They re,a,naI
to town and had horn together, and we had
good laugh a, the lawyer"
A Stage Coach Drirer.
"After sojourn u three days at Nashville
started Iot Louisville, Fails Of Ohio hep,urt.'
and was driven by the FIST man had bsa,d ~
since had entered the States But oIlv Jon,
vas this charioteer, and Of some hum. vs.
were capsized the other day, Mr. Dryerr .,,I
one Of our passengers yes, reckon u,s
but nobody was hurt. The tongue of the nol,
broke in going down hill, and was afraid If
running down to the bottom Of il; so told ,bs
passengers to sit still, for was ONLY guiny a m
set them. They sat quiet. aud turned them
over on a bank. and stopped the horses The
Americans, in general, have little music in ,b.,
souls, and as yet it as uncommon for an Amer.
can gentleman to sing as it is for Turkish Of
fendi; the first considers it an accomplishing,
By which nothing is to be got, and the last think,
it dsreputable either to sing or dance, aud i,co,.
tent to pay for hired performers"
If the Captain met but one singing man. he me,
but one beggar in the States, and that is murL
more interesting fact:
"At Wheeling saw the first bcg~ar and HE
last that met in the States. Need say n,.
to attest the abundance O. food AID employmqp,
there is in this prosperous country? The beggu
| speak Of was stout and well.dressed wor1aD.
She walked boldly into the room, aud held outa
hand which had been manned in cotton mil!
You see thatH said she blunly--' do ~. \
give me something for it, guess::' .Ireckonl
will if you don't make demand 'Umph.'sI-
replied, without thanking me for nv mite, aud
without moving. Well, what are you wairO.
Tor? have YOU not got enoughr No; have you
got nothing in your pocket for meF addressing
another person in the room, | was SO provoked
BY her rudeness and unusual way Of asking chs.
rity, that took her gently by the shoulder ard
showed her the outside OF the door. People are
nol vet accustomed TO tue trade Of begging in the
States"
One of his fellow traveller rs was alust,, good
tempered. backwoods sheriff." who thus reported
Of himself and his office:-
"The worthy sheriff went on to state how he
was obliged to be his own thief taker and exc
cutiuuer; the pursuits he had had after horse.
stealers; their desperate resistance with their
knives before IT, y would allow themselves to BE-
Al A.. h. k.I ss,A i'll.
COW skin, fellow who had weighed two hundred,
who had long eluded him, and had often 'broken
away from him like quaeter.horse;' how be ad'
ministered the thirty mine seentifcally sinking
the instrument into the skin and jerking it TO-
wards him till the cuIPrit roared like abuaalO,
with pain; how he padded negroes. strapped
them over log, and punished them with board
full Of gimbet holes, so that every stroke raised
bIisters which took month to heal"
ASS set of against some inciviiites OF which
English travellers complain, we shall quote the
following
"a drunken fellow of blacksmith commeuc.
ed series of abuse of Old England, "a land Of
slaves, with despotic government! LET him
run on without interruption, for "Isheo 10 'e"
the notions of the lower classes OF Americans
regarding our noble country; bu, when an cay
tern passenger, in the usual course oil guessing
and questions, learned to what country o'o's'
ell. he, az well ne other passengers. INSISTED "a
Yulcan's making an apology, which he d'o. VINE.
the others hoped that | would not take ohe"'e"
what had happended, or conceive bad '"'IIe' res
sion OF their country. from the ignorance an" O'u
manners Of one man.
Another short anecdqte relating TO somewhat
more important person than the blacSs'n''"' "''
not be uninterestjDs.
"Some time ago an EngIishman was PfOte'o,,
ing up the Hudson, and alter spending i''s"' "
discomfort on board. in the morning was oe'liO'
of refreshing himself BY performing his aO'l'''"
He inquired where he could wash, and was "
re,ted to a recess. where he saw basins 10 u'e'
aud rapidly passing from hand to hand ne "a.
also looking glass, on one side Of when "u%s
brush BY string, and on the other comb, S''%
we're applied indiscrimina'e to the 'haiit''".M
Of the citizens. He was rather dI'gus'eu w.,
this strange scene, and despalred u beng az,
secure a basin before the breakfast bell raw
when at last passenger, who had just "'s nsu
turning round, saw the distress OF the Jon" Du ,
and immediately emptied his basin, pou'eo !"
tie pure water it from the cock, ana ia!"s
down on the slab, pointed to It and maze '.n
bow to the Englishmsn. who tina. 60 'ne i