The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1839-06-27

y ehuedVoring 10 get at some prey, and
then being dragged back the moment his
mouth was opened 20 secure 1t.
Fire and fall back" was heard from
an individual 10 the crowd.
" Root hog, or die" came from another
"Twig hlm-only look ~ says one.
-" Here he goes, there he goes" said a
second
lila, ha, he, he, hi, hi, no, no." laughs
another.
"Alnt he in pretty fix" cried still a
third.
Serves bin right" says fourth.
Good enough for him, said fifth, the
plstonrod all the while keeping him 10 full
exercise, with the perspiralion rolling down
his cheeks ID streams.
saint you most ready TO hand over nov ~
said one Of The pucked deck hands.
Don't bother me, say" re,oried the
gambler, "lf you do, Ill lose my lick"
Won't you give up the money T. said
another Of those he had ileeced.
"lf | do, do; but if 1 DO, I'm d d."
continued the companion OF the rod
4" I've got the hang of this game-uuder.
stand the principles Of this machinery now,
and you may work me from one end Of lie
Mississippi to the other, before III give up
the FIRST red cent-that YOU may
The gambler was worked IN this way un.
I'll the boat was ready TO start, without FIN
ching or showing any disposition TO give
- FL
worth OF their money out of him in the
shape of fun, aud that he he'd worked hard
and afforded sufficient amusement 10 more
than compensate for their odd bits and pi.
cayunes, the engine was stopped aud the
man let loose.
Aiier putting, blowing, and wiping the
persprailon from his face, the gambler
looked al bis tormentors wi.h selsatlsfied
air, and exclaimed, " You can't come it
over tins chlld with any Of your common
games. I've stood three pluck one too Of.
Ten to be biutled oil, even if there was forty
against me. ANY time you want TO get up
another game, and there's any thing 10 be
made by i, I'm your mac"
The boat was soon under way, and all
I hands adjourned to their respective calIings.
Commodore Prebte-The following an.
ecdote illustrating some points IN the char.
acter of The gallant Commodore preble, is
from Cooper's Naval History Of the United
Sials's valuable work recently published /:
Commodore Preble was man of high
temper aud rigid dlscipinnrian. Al frs,
he was dlsIlked III his own ship--ihe young
er officers IN particular, feeling the effects
Of his discipline, wiihon, having yet learn.
Cd 10 respect the high professional qualities
for which he afterwards became SO distn.
/ guished. One night when the Constitution
was ~ the S,raights of Gibraltar, she sud.
denly found herself along SIDE OF large
ship, Some hailiug passed without either
+ payiy's giving any answer. Commodore
I Preble, who bad taken the trumpet himself,
now told the name aud country of his ship,
aud his own rank. He then demanded the
name Of the stranger, adding that he would
fire shot unless answered.
"lt YOU FIRE shot, I'll return a broad.
side" was the reply. PrebIe sprang into
his mizen rigging, applied the trumpet anc
said, "thls is The United States ship Con
sutuiion, a a., Commodore Preble; | an
ibou, TO hail YOU for the last time if not
answered, | shall fire into you. What ship
is that p This is his Britannia Majesty s
ship Donegal, a razee of 90 guns" PEBBLE
told the stranger he doubted his statement,
aud should lie BY him TIL morning IN order
TO ascertain his real character. He was as
good as his word, aud in short time boat
came from the other vessel 10 explain. 1t
was an English frlgate, and the Constitution
had got so suddenly and Unexpectedly along
side Of her, that the hesitation about answer.
ing aud the fictitious name had proceeded
from a.deslre TO gao time in order TO clear
the decks and get 10 quarters.
"The spirit of Commodore Preble on this
occasion" says Cooper, produced very
favorable impression in hiso ship. The
young men pithlly remarked that if he was
wrong in his temper BIO vas right in bis
heart"
Equal Rights.-The Rockville Journal
complains grevously of the impurities en-.
Ijoyed by hogs IN that town, Among other
instances Of the lenity with which they are
treated, that paper states that citizen o
Rockville, upon retiring 10 rest few night,
since, found three Of these bristIy Ioater.
snugly slowed away in his feather bed.
A She Sdilor.--Brig William Otis
cleared at Boston November oath for Ha
pnnnnh. and nrncendnd thence To New Or