Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-06-11


ton Rouge Conservator the following amusing
his way to Vera Cruz -
Gone tall volunteer from the pine lands of
Alabama, was unhappy for the want of en-
ployment. He sauntered about looking for
something to DO, when it occurred to him,
that he might, as he expressed it, take good
wash He was tall, lank fellow, with a
shockey head of grassy. dried hair hanging
down his shoulders. With deliberation con-
sIstent with an idle sea voyage, he common
ced rubbing the turpentine soap of the ship
into his hair and skin with commendable We
hernence. He had cause to take great deal
OF pains, for he observed to himself, that he
had an acre of barracks mud on him.
1t must be observed, that all this while
the vessel was blowing further into the sea,
and by the time the Alabama rose had soap
ed himself, the Mississippi water in the wash
room had become exhausted, and he threw
his bucket over the vessels side to replenish
his basin.
"The first dash he made was at his hair,
the turpentine of the soap and the saline of
the water, instantly formed chemical COM
bination, and the oily qualities of the soap
disappeared, and left something instead re-
gers through the hair elevated it upright about
the Alabamian's head stiff as the quilts of the
porcupine. There's another tick played on
me- said the unwashed in a rage, his hair
growing still fercer At this moment the wa
ter dripped across his face, and he common
ced splitting as if nauseated to the last degree.
Coolly and determinately he went TO his belt,
took ont bowie some fifteen inches long,
and delivered himself thus: Some of them
thar Lousianians has played tricks enough on
me, now if any one dare, let him fotch out the
one that put salt m this here 1rdter'"
JACK OF ALL TRADEs.-Caleb Quotem had a
good deal to do in the course of his business
He had as many trades and avocatons as he
could recapitulate in the course of a quarter of
an hour, and a few minutes to him were equiv
olent to whole day in the hands Of other
people. There are not many Quotems-or if
TO keep their multitude of balls in the air, af-
ter the fashion of Fakirs and jugglers and on
the whole it passes into proverb that the
&c Jack of all trades is master of none. &C 1t
seems, however, that Prince Albert is an ex-
ception to the general rule. In variety of oc-
cupation, he is almost equal to the "Wag of
| " IHuSOl AHloilSSL IlIlCc AlOell OHcIOuS
distinctions, he is in the first place, the Queens
husband then he is a Prince OF SAKE Cobourg,
Duke of Saxony, Field Marshal in the Brit
ish Army, Colonel of the Scots FusiIeer
Guards, an elder brother of the Trinity House,
grand ranger of Windsor Park. Lord Warden
of the Summaries, Governor of Windsor Cas-
tie, a Knight of the Garter, St. Patrick, St.
Andrew, the Bath, and the Golden Fleece,
Chief Ranger, and Keeper of Hyde Park and
St. James Park, High Steward of Plymouth,
Captaid General and Colonel of the Artillery,
Chancellor of the University of Cambridge,
President of many societies dedicated to liter
AZURE, science and the fine arts; member of the
British Association for advancement of science
a painter, musician, musical composer, in
ventor of military caps, an agricuturalist
chief OF the Highland society, and the proud
father, as many prosperous Yankees are, of {
troop of " little responsibilities ~
And all this is but another name for as ma
ny salaries, perquisites, pensions and emoIu
ments. Who will not agree that Prince AL
bert is lucky mortal, SO far as the pecunia
ry interests are concerned?