The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1839-07-25

ed and shaved in hurry, bolted their break
fssts, and crossed the river to Newark, fox
the partly patriotic, partly proud, partly sell
fish, and, to considerable extent, commsnd>
able motive, of eseofting his Republican
Majesty to jersey City,. This was done by
the young men: and those who acted from
excellent motives, of course were rewarded
by their own reflections in bed at night, and
didn't care for their torn pantaloons, dirty
shirts, dirty jackets, and dreadful headaches
which they obtained as a reward of their
exertions. In this interim, all the loafers,
and worthy tradesmen, and idle fellows, and
good citizens, and ridiculous coxcombs, and
"nice young men, that mako up the various
corps and companies Of citizen soldiers IN
this city, were busy buttoning up their
breeches, fastening their straps, buckling
on their armor, (hogs in armor,) and fixing
their fiints and straps to pass muster in the
course of the morning. AT as early an hour
as any ofthem, the rowdies and rrggamuE
fins, without either interest or principle in
the community, were desperately hard Ct
work-drinking his excellency's health in
damnable drains, in all the ten thousand
rum hotels of the city. All the amiable and
beautiful wives, and sisters, and daughters,
of those who had any hands in the doings Of
the day were bundled out of bed by sunrise,
to boil the coffee and cut the bread and but
ter for breakfast; and some few, we are -.
| ~ to say, had to black the boots of the black.
guards who were too idle to do their own
dirty work. Some forty Or fifty very sweet
and enchanting girls were taking our advice
and brushing the dew off the grass Of the
Battery with their fairy feet before the pes
thence passed over it. In short, this same
visit of his Serene Republican Majesty,
Martin Van Buren,, made at least 100000
i'll looking men and handsome women rise
Two hours before their time, and stir their
stumps twice as fast as they had ever done
before.
The President, always an early riser,
rose rather earlier himself on this eventful
occasion, and washed himself pretty much
as he usually does, and dressed himself, a.
he usually does, with considerable care ana
neatness. His forehead was observed to
shine more than ordinarily; to have two ex-
ira wrinkles, and the organs Of firmness and
selfesteem did undoubtedly project moro
than on the preceding night In his anxiety
to be in the breakfast room betimes, he for
got to say his prayers, and return thanks to
Almighty God for good nights rest. AZ
ter smiling upon some two dozen pretty wo-
men, patting eight or ten children on tho
head, asking after the health of half a hum
dred old people, about. whom he didn't care
I straw, and swallowing superb breakfast
at Gov. Dickerson's, he entered plain Re-
publican carriage, and road to Newark,
where he was enthusiastically received by
thousands; where he was pushed, and
squeezed, and sweated; and swore at, and
all but smothered at Stewards; where he
thought false rib was broken till the sur
geons examined him-and all without the
q occurrence Of the least accident, except the
sad death Of sweet girl, who was run over
and run out of time into eternity; BY some
rascal driving barouche-and whose pre-
cious life was worth more than all the pail
try pomp and empty parade with which the
President was presented, and which no pro-
fesses TO despise.
In this city, the scenes were of the most
singular and exciting Misunderstanding,
screaming, swearing, riding; running, shoot
} ing, drinking, firing of guns and crackers,
, were the order of the day from sunrise ID
sunset. The common council were in Z
curious position they had no place assigned
them in the procession, and no place assign
! ed them any where else on earth or ID
], heaven; some acted sensibly. (Ald. Purdy
i and Nash and Tallmadge, and two OF three
: Others some acted like asses, as they al
: ways do; some looked silly, and the rest were
as.sulky as negroes. The convention Il
!, Tammany Hall cut up the most ridiculod.
; capers, and disguised about every decenl
t fcitizen; loafers who were comparative
+ strangers to the city year ago, were seen
+ dressed in little brief authority, lording i
III over the oldest inhabitants, and most respec.
9 table republicans the city ever contained
4 Ming, Matsell, Riell, Slamm, Bang e. Coz
a were remarkably well dressed, sober an{
e steady, and reported much more decentl,
l. than many would be-wiser men. Mr.. Bieeck
y er superintendent the delivery Of the ticket
e for invited guests in a very gentlemanIy al
Y efficient manner, but as usual the arrange
S ments were SO extremely bad, and the 6al
q ers SO exceedingly destitute Of decen6}
y and SO abundant in .disreputable doings, III
! fthe most noisy and worthless were web Slp
is piled, whilst the moro modest went % q
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