Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-10-05

here or may be FIRE has broke out. But,
says |, facts are more substantial Than fancy, SO
III cen sally forth and see Grasplng my hal
and re-bucket sIraighway issued forth,
making inquiries from every one tina, | met as
TO the cause of the hubbub But all were 100
much absorbed in the calamity, whatever ii
might be, 10 heed my polite inquiries. Dlsor-
der relgned trlumphant-nOne presumed 10 dis
puie her sway 1t was scene Of such indie
scribable confusion. as one In the CITY OF
BrolherIy Love, while fire is raging in The
:" black darkness of the night" Hther and
Ihilher were The good people running, some
with one boot on and iheolher in hand Others
with no boots at all Two i'll that peculiar pre-
dicameni, natural segment ol confusion, viz:
each neither limb III one pair oil unwhlsper-
ahles. After various unsuccessful attempts to
derain some passer bv. | finally and in despair
laid hold Of bury EngIlshman, who, thanks
TO my graphing irons, brought TO dead
halt. What is the mailer :" exclaimed al
the Top of my voice With mouth and eyes
open as il aslounded at my ignorance, lie an
swered-'' Hand his YOU SD hIgnorant hoI The
lawful catastrophe Why that kextrahordina-
ry mon, John h. haen, the hescellent hedItor
hof The wavne county 'erald as gone TO the cl
ty hof Gotham, hand the voIks thinks e wont
come back"
CHAPTER II.
Permom is pleasant Ilue town on the bank
Of the Hudson Steamboats, have landing
here, In order 10 accommodate a railroad which
runs into the interior of The Empire State
Ding-dong ding dong come reader, let US quiz
our snug quarters in the Hotel, and 60 on board
the boat. What an assemblage. All colours,
sorts aud sizes are here congregaied in one lni-
promiscuous living mass What suhjec, for
the student of human nature. But our business
is not with these But hold, see YOU hat no
bic and majestic looking personage seated in
the bow of The boat. What a commanding, in
teeciual forehead What piercing and ex-
pressive eye! Fancy would picture Byron,
Scott, Dickens or Lever. TO be such looking
person. He sits there like Napoleon on The
imperial throne" Grand gloomy aud peculiar.
wrapped in the solitude of his own originality
Blu, whol is he ? that's the question. Byron has
gone 10 the bourne from whence no traveller
returns" and Scou, Dickens and Lever are on
the other side of The deep blue sea,--so il can
mol he one Of them. Who then is il ! Let Us
inquire Of our fellow passengers. Inquiry af-
ter inquiry is unavaiIiRg. No one knows him
He differs from Scott, lnasmuch as he IS All un-
known Great Unknown, whilst Sir Waller
bears the honor of known Great Unknown,
contradiction in terms, no mailer, the lmmen-
sity of my subject must plead my cause al the
bar Of cricism) He is the cynosure Of all
eyes. We are no, the only ones myslified
Who cen he be? Hold! Hark the mystery is
solved The veil is drawn from Ihe incognltn
Ligh, springs from darkness. The darkness is
visible, and, moreover audible. List 10 those
TWO swar sons Of Aific's sunny Chne They
TOO, Ike every other person, were struck by
The contour Of the Unknown's coun,enance.
and they, unlike erery other person. discovered
his identity wih--wilh--but let them speak
for rhemselves.-' Look heah, George Wash
ington Patrick Henry, is you squained wild dat
lnokin genmen dat SETS dere wild
de liule boy in um han'?" "To be sure bees,
Mr.. William Henry John Tyler, is il possible
dat you be so cOnsunaciously disacQuanled
wId de intellectual genises of de United Amer
lea OF de Nori States, as noi TO hab de superOg-
alive horror 10 know dat literary carakter Dat
boy be de berry same child woi eats reasons and
weddin cake, and runs down the back way 10
get TO de offs. (vlde Herald, and dal man be his
daddy, and my pe'ikler friend and feIIer gems
john i. allen, E. w c. H. & 5. c., editor Of
Wayne County Herald, and SchooImas,er from
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CHAPTER ".
Reader, imagine yourself in one Of Gotham's
superb hotels The Merchants, as it is denom-
inaied. A large number of gentlemen are
standing about the hotel register. Something
out OF The common course OF events has trans.