Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-01-30

mourn sI4oir exit from our circle rs if we wcr
never 10 be in their presence again,
A This occurrence has led me 10 renec, mic
and often on The Improperly Of individuals Of ib
different SEXES holding correspondence with escl
other, in cases where 40 engagements il respce
y 10 marriage, have been entered into, Il sngcn
ders hopes seldom rcalized--gites cause Of falls,
reports respecting a contemplated union Of III,
parties, rhen the eorrespnndancc happens 10 b
made public, aud is frapght with much miscbie
in various other fcsprc:s.
lnthc iaterchanea Of ecntinents cf7 clc3 by cnis
- to'ory correspondence, We arc sf, to allow our
selves much wasrtth aul Latitude Of exDtessio,
when s~pcaaing Of The noble virtue Of friendship
and The many subjects Of a like nature coi4tfcfe,
Win 1t. Our expressions Of good will. and eru
i tna' regard FOR each other, ars many, and Of re
peatcd, until VIZ imagine our affection as uurc .,
that of p'fnon md p tbtaa, end M capable q. en-
during death, The Pangs Of serara'ion from. rae,i.
y aad hichd, and my other tormoory. Il ice,
MT nc said how fafhc H. the foundation Of tI,sse
sentiments In regard to many. Alversity i. the
tombstone which tries elFertuaIly their streoaih
and purity, and which, when IL docs ty them
bears witness to tho de-ertion of many Of laase
who before rallied in uinbera, and win enthu.
sIasm, around the standard of fiendsh;p.
In corresponding with those Of a different, sex
from our own, we are apt 10 c%onstruc, 81 was tho
case with my ffioal such strong EXPRESSIONS Of esa
TEEN and good will az are generally Introduced
into our Communications, as proceeding more
from the affection Of IoVe than Of ffiendship-
stoIcal iricnG@hip-and the indulgence, either by
one party or the other, Of hopes favorable 10 mat
rinon'ai alliance, is The natural consequence
These hopes may be realized, and they NAV moi;
and in proportion as they are gfaliied or ffustrat-
ell; "a the good or evil produced by their exist.
once.
| cannot but allow that there Is much refine
ment and deIicacy Of feeling eyiaced in 40 episto.
larry correspondence, where The parties are persons
Distinguished for good sense, and by ihs possca..
sion Of well cultivated minds. When thus oual,
flied, the benefits and enjoymelts arising fom a
familiar Interchange Of sentiments and feeEags
must be great. Still / consider il bordering rather
on inPrulcnre, for those who bare partners 10
gain for life, 10 maintain a correspondence with
those whom theJ never intend 10 Be the objects of
their choice, especially when they run the risk Of
chefish:ng hopes in others which their own feel /
ings will not allow them 10 crafty; and occasion
the wDrid-so find is il of scandal - TO sprea9
abroad rumors of engagements never formed, or
thought ofbeing formed. For my part, when I
ranked myself aaoongtha young, | should as soon
have thonsht Of cutting of my head as of writ.
ing letters 10 any young lady, except the one 10
whom | was eagaged,aDd as it afterwards turned
out, whom ! made my wife. twas an old and
favoufiie maxim Of friend Of mine, and one that
| have long adopted, .Nrver wri'e 10 a man when
you can speak with him. end / think it is near
ly as applicable in this CAFE as in tho ordinary coa
germs and business Of life.
A tetv tgords hboat Railroads Il hate rail.
roads. ANY one can 1--we railroads, or like rail-
roads-but | hate railroads, hate to be obliged 10
arrive at a railroad Office a quarter Of On hour
before starting. / hats to be obliged to 60 and
stand between certain pieces Of wood nailed
across aud along, to ask for a place. ] hate TO
be made 10 go ia at one end, AMI on. at aaolher
just as i'll had already comasegeed my imprison-
trent, and as though the turnkey had fastened
upon me oil his iron, steam and Goals
] bate to see all ny luggage and baggage taken
from me, and placed maLgre moi, rnffs, books,
umbrellas, maps, sandwich boxes, all ia one
'hur!y barty,' and then to be told that / may 20 I
and claim my luggage and arrange my luggage 7
as | like. / hate TO have to do with porlers b
never touch their hats, and who cannot be c
,iVil because You are forbidden to give them a n
| believe the poor fellows have not even
pockets in their breeches lest a stray shilling b
By chance find lis way into them. ] hate fl
o be made 10 wait for a steam engine, fnd for a 4
engine ever to wait for me. Horses will o
wait, anl men will Eaii-and even sometimes, u
when you are young aad handsome, Or old and g
v 'aIthy-or neither and very agreeable, precisely IL
ny CASEY women or ladies will wait for you Car, c.
the Lancashire witches tool, but a steam z
,ngine will not wait, for all its enioy mei,t APP T
Years TO consis, in rafting away, as hard as its b
ungs will admit, from Dan to Beersheba and from G.
london 10 Jerichoj Without SO much as kissing 81
is hand 10 nyraphs and naidens on the loads. #
Then I hate to be boxed ia the rail coach, or Ct
all wagon. with a projecting inpediment against 4
II love and affection between myself and my
d5o: ~neishoot. When some of the pleas Il
ntess hours of my life have been, when some p
Of. creature, in the form of a famale stage CON- Il
ani0n, overcome by sleep, Or weafiel out with ie
has at last placed her soft head ON nv n
and gently SLEPT for some two hours. d
unconscious of all that passed around her, and i
bsorbed in visions Of hiss, or in dreams Of 10th it
1gness. But none Of those tender and delicate h.
t~sentions, can be p~ractised or enjoyed in a steam "
arFiage. Oh nC. on The monster gees, sometimes th
t 20, then al 80, and often at DO miles per hour, b,
issins, foaming. firing, s%norting, groaning, and m
ven believing, dragging behind him 50 many or
beings, all divided by little bits of lined al
nd padded wood, called head cushions FROM m
lch other, unable to speak to a ~neishoor. much yc
SIS to make love to one. sk
The man who invented such contrivances as yc
was some ferce Malthusian, some unregc an
ated Goodwin, some deplorabie, cross, fusty tel
retched, disappointed, ugly old bachelor, who wi
ter having made as many offers of marriage as es
) was years old, took to hating the softer ser, Sc
I'd condemning the rest OF his species TO travel we
it'll some No rs or II, in a coach from London pr
Manchestcr, without scarcely being able even tdt
see her features. Then I hate to be fastened kc
q coach, from which | cannot escape cxcep, pla
lib tao certainty of immediate death, without ma
permission OF a steam engine. | have seen yo
rises for forty years. / have seen them the
a theatre. and on a field of battle, in a arr
mp, in a stable, a carriage, a palace, a drawing vic
ON; and everywhere ! have found them obedi- DO
~tractable, kind hearted. gentle, timid, noble
hen | say whoa Or WHO'D to a horse, why 49,