The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1839-04-13

ness filled TO OVERLOOKING, as may be seen by the
following from the Sunday Packet" However,
liter two weeks of indescribabe agony, he has
concluded 10 JOIN in the laughter against himself,
which has not only etiectually concealed his
,hagrln, but has gained for him countless num-
Ter of customers. The hero is in fair way to
make more money by the tale than the writer.
Mr.. b. the hero of the Old Clock story, has
ost six Of his seven senses in consequence OF that
pubcation--and has been within hairs breadth
of giving the Coroner employment i'll dozen
cases of a dreadful manslaughter. In the be-
ginning he took the matter calmly enough, but
would not allow that he was the intended of the
tale, no how it could be fixed on him. At length
however, he could not Withstand the evidence
brought against him, that he was the genuine
Simon Pure but though the truth came upon
him slowly, it was none the less awful in its re-
suits, as it drove him almost frantic. The first
effects of his rage was, the utter humiliation of
lavorte old bedroom clock, and the transfer Of
every thing in the likeness of a time-piece in the
house down to the cellar. H then made de-
post of his weknown little bulls eye of watch
in the darkest nook of his Secretary and then,
hearing that Mrs. b. had a pair of silk stockings
with '.clocks" on them, he fcrretted them out,
and disposed of them among the angry bazes of
man, woman, or child, that alluded to clock or
any thing that sounded like a clock, in his pre-
sence; but doubly wo to them, if they had the
hardihood to repeat those especial words of his
adherence, "Here she goes, there she goes or
alude to the article in the Sunday News. Come
in to dinner, my DEAR said Mrs. B. to him a
few days since, sits hafpast twelve o'clock"
I'D see you and the dinner to the devil first, and
then | wouldn't" responded her amable help
mate. ''Hcre she goes, there she goes remark
ed an intimate friend to him another occasion.
Then take that, you blackguard, and follow her.
yelled the frantic host, hurting pewter measure
at the speakers head And, in short, for the
first fortnight, his wrath was so far above fever
heat, that the men were only few and far between,
who were sufficiently hardy to venture into his
presence; and there was no person whatever so
frantic to bid him the time of day. Before the
end of fortnight however his wrath had boiled
away, and he now not only laughs at the Joke,
and makes money by it, (lor it brings him shoals
of customers but is actually, according to rumor,
endeavorlng to organize society, to be called the
"Old Clock, or here she goes Club whereof, i'll
possible. to have himself appointed perpetual
chairman 1t is also said of him that he intends
forthwith to bind one of his sons to a clock maker,
Ian old one if possible) and to chrsten the next
laVOTS MIN Wln Dy the euphOl
,neous cognomen Of "Here she goes"
Terd antique Marble.-For ages this beaut-
full and precious variety Of marble was deemed
extinct, except the small specimens which were
carefully treasured in cabinets of minerals, muse
'ums, &c. 1t remained for the new world, in the
development of her immense mineral riches, to
replace the exhausted quarries of the East Some
years since a most extensive quarry was discover
ed III the vicinity of New Haven, which has been
proved to be neither more nor less than the I
genuine rerd antique of the ancients. com
munon table was then made from it, which is now
in use III one OF the churches of New Haven, but
the marble was of such extreme hardness that it'll
was deemed Improbable to work and polish on
account OF the expense attending it. Latterly,
experienced workmen have been found, who have
succeeded in producing most magnificent speci-
mems and warehouse has now been opened at
No "A Broadway, where tables, .mantels, and
other articles wrought from this marble may be
seen, which surpass all the imported varieties of
marble ever brought to this country. An anus
ing circumstance was related to the writer by the
proprietor, which causedsome surprise. He says
that several persons who have called and admired
the marble greatly, have naturally enough inquir-
ed from what country it was imported, and when
,iolu Lldt was HolN IOnneCtlcut, tney turned OH
suddenly and departed it appearing sufficient
condemnation to tell them that it was american.
Pray tell me, Messrs. Editors, what kind of pa
triotism that is which condemns the productions
of our own country, when far superior to those
OF other chimes, and which servilely bestows en-
comlums on articles whose sole claim TO merit is
that or having crossed the Atlantic. NASSAU.
AN IRlsn JCEL.-Mr. O'Conner relates an in
stance where the parties in an affair of honor,
had actually agreed to put the muzzes of their
pistols $50 inveterae were they) into each others
mouths! land yet, would you believe it! 2" said
he, zone of them escaped" Just one second
was about to give the signal the other said to his
principal "Jack, look hither." Jack turned his
head, and just in time, for the ball passed out
through his left cheek, doing him little hurt while
his opponent was killed.
M,vder.-We learn that on the 10th ult. a
most wilful murder was committed in Owen
county, Indiana growing out of some evidence
given by the deceased against the accused in the
case of an assault and battery. fellow by the
name of Leek was arraigned, and man by the
name of Carter was called as witness. Leek
declared Carter had sworn to lie and said he
would kill him. Leek is grocer and Carter