The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-12-23

I and Wm. w. Irwin.
Select Committee on the Appor.ionmsnt Of Re-
pfessatatipes.- Mcssrs Everett, Childs, Caruth-
ers, Summers, Pearce. John T. Stuart, Bidlack,
Cross, and Weller.
Select Comt7ittee on the SRtithsoaiaH Bequest.
l-Messrs. ]. @. Adams, iiabersham, Truman,
Smith, Underwood, BENZ Randall, Charles j.
ingersoll, Hunter, Houston, and Bovine.
Select Committee on the National FOaaGrg.-
Messrs Vim. c. Johnson, Samson. Mason, King,
RANDOLPH, Mallory, Hunt, keirn, Parmenter, and
4 Cave Johnson.
e0 We have one Of the most singular
ly constructed machines that you ever wit
messed. And 10 addition, sir, it is one
Of the most ungovernabIe and refractory
pieces of patch work, that you ever saw
put together. Sometimes you cannot give
il motion, even though ION sat in the for
mace reading pile of newspapers-at 9TH
ers It will begin to move without any per-
ceptibe cause, and from slow it will get to
quick, and from quick TO rapid, and from
rapid It will attain fearful velocity, scat
tcrlng floods Of lux Professor Dobkius
Of tins place, compares II to an old sucking
pump with worn out valve, but Dobkns
poor old soul) always takes especial care
10 Keep at safe distance fromit influence.
You all know, that IS, all you who read
with care and attention our editying, in
stfucting, and truly delightful Journal, that
something has been going most amazingly
slow about Us for sometime. Well that was
our machine, but things have changed -
We arose the other morning and creased
the wheels, mended tue bands, and set il
in motion, and away il went aad IN less
than three days il thought out and wrote
down editorials enough 10 last somewhere
about sin weeks, but il won't stop, ii keeps
writing on, on, on, and if we do not soon
obtain help to check its movements, the no
tires uiH be aS;onished orr OF these days.
To show you It's style and taste, we sub
Join the following, which we call patent
editorial BY the by Peter, don't you
think it would DO valuable instrument in
the hands of neighbor Of ours What,
Maj. Fungus the man what fights and
slews 7" Exactly 50 Pete.
TIE HAPPY MAN.
, About three miles south of Gobbler'f
: Hall lives an individual in a state perfect
" happy. From the road may be seen {
house 5,lt about iitteen feet high, proppec
all around With posts and tencerails TO pre-
vent the wind from blowing it oTer; one
!. half Of the top remains uncovered, w!sei,
left SO to admit the warming beams of th,
sun upon the inmates; the chimney is 81
constructed as TO admit Of being used as
door or as place for the fire. There live
. The Happy luan. The artificial wants o
! mankind he has nobly cast aside, and only
obeys the laws Of his nature. Unlike tbs
proud and naughty, the wealthy and luxu,
Fious who wear shoes and boots in winter,
and caliskln pumps in summer, he goes
barefoot Neither does he disgrace, like
the modern slave Of fashion, that more ol-
evased part Of man by drawing over il the
filthy hairs of muskrat or beaver, making
II thereby appear like a great mushroom
turned stem upwards No, but boldly he
holds ii up TO the storm, and yaliantly
braves the wind, rain aud snow. Nor vet
does he deform himself BY wearing that
unnecessary piece Of covering called a
coat; he deiorns not that majestic form
with such irumpery, for he believes not in
tho saying, that the apparel eft bespeaks
the man" far from it; indeed he has boon
heard to say that expression no doubt was
coined, long before The poet existed BY
some tailor or nlliner to deceive the igno-
rant aud credulons, and thereby help him
self as the case may be TO the good things
Of this world. We say he wears no coat,
but in lieu thereof he stfops across his
shoulders the remains Of what once enter.
cd INTO a garment of that kind, made for
/ the Young and elegant MIR. SlSjmpleton, tho
brother Of that unfortunate young man,
who lost his life BY the bursting of bsstrap
buttons In due limo, from the effects Of
age and attacks cf moths, this cent from
sundry oppertures, at divers points and
places, began to permit rather too free
circulation Of air around The BODY Of Mr..
Skimpleton for his comfort; so the old
coat was hung up in the garrett TO rest in
peace. There in the silence of dirt and
dust 1t swung for years until accident cali
ed ii into use. One cold frosty morning an
aiiray took place in the yard between the
geese, ducks and dogs, which ended in the
breaking OF leg belonging TO certain
old drake; this accident occasioned ire
mendous uproar among the combatants;
/ the ganders squalled, the ducks quacked,
and the dogs barked TO the annoyance Of
all discreet and honest people. Old Mrs.
Skimplcton Couldn't she make the finest
apple dumpings } sailed out and discover
ed the damage committed upon her drake:
sezng il she entered the house TO procure