The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-10-27

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was under the influence Of some agency,
thu, per,urbed him. II tho Jrfiersonian
was so wrought, upon, by the aspect OF the
political horizon then, by Gen. Taylor's
letter alone, it is not TO DO wondered at, It
should cause no very great surprise, that
he should have recently gone of into the
Mysteries again. and been giving express
ion TO numerous incshcrenctcs. We feel
very mucholsAQurselves, and will umuse
our one I lss yi1e lNurseli, with an ex.
aminau in nnces. which have
, sss 81 I;l'' J. 'p'" the JEFF
Ia the - unclaimed he had
discovered !" Curiosiiies Taylor
men-in the n. c. Regiment. Numerous
other na,ufalisis have since, discovered
them b. tens and BY scores, which threw
the Jeflersonian's discovery somewhat IN
the shade, and destroyed all Of his hopes
for obtaining the premium from the "Soci'
ETY. for tho promotion Of discoveries"
Next came the news from Georgia, that
The boosted Democratic majority Of thou.
sands, had dwinded to at most, one or two
hundred then came Florida, sweeping
their by no means Delphic prophecies by
the board and again came, like plling
Mount Mitchell" on the Pilot, the news
from Pennsylvania: all Of which things
combined, so powerfully. so erwhelmlng-
", overpowered The Jetiersonian, lha, dun
spec,res haunted his dreams, and waking
he knew not, bu, that he wandered among
Ghosts and hobeoblins" dire. tie catch
cs up bis warike shears with which he has
been wont to battle fierce, and thrice flour.
ishing them over his own amazed head, he
vows, that like Great Cass, he'll break them
with "ex,reme modification. They de-
sccnd and are thrust with unmitga,ed ven
geance into a copy of the Journal He
then SEXES his quill that, same "Gtey
goose quill which has demolished so many
Wings which has sen, Hon. Geo. E.
Badger bleeding to the tomb; which has
given mortal stab to Hon. Nathaniel Boy.
den, and which. If il could only have been
welded in Pennsy lvsnia for the last SIX
months would have secured Longstreth's
majority by untold thousands. lie sezcs
,ha, formidable weapon, and makes SUCH on
onset on US, as never did noble champion
on an " uaknorn foe." Allthese wild freaks
Of the Jeifersonian are to DO accounted for
by the perturbaions before alluded to-
They may some day be the death Of him,
but they are fun to Us.
Sitting here in our lonely cell, knowing
no one and unknown" we would die per
haps Of enuui, or like the JefIersonian 90
of in the high fool. ootin.i-smens did no.
that rorid renowned shee, come 10 US once
week, and dispel the one, and afford an
antidoie to the other.
We can furthermore inform our one rea
der, that when We read the above article
from the Jeilersonian, we sat down imne.
diately TO inform him. tina, the Seven
wise men Of Greece had been resurrec.
ted, and by peculiar arrangement, OF Me.
lcmpsy Ghosts, had resolved themselves IN.
TO one, and now reappeared with seven fold
vignur and wisdom IN the person Of the
JeiIersonian.
The JetIersonian intimates that no one
knows US. Very good, perhaps too, Us true
as any thing else the JeilersonIan pu's IN
that globe cncirclng sheet Of his; bu, look
here,
"Wherc did you come from"
+ We presume you are known from Cape
Clear Hrcland) to Malin Head, from Ches.
ter fPennsy lvanla) to Lexington, and that
soon your wide extending reputation will
eDcircle like blue band of light, the ex.
tremcs Of North Carolina or more beau.
hful than the will Of the wisp, il will
glimmer over the swamps Of Currituck,-
and like a beacon light, on the Mountain
tops Of Cherokee, will be the augury Of the
, commencement Of the golden era in the
Old North.
Persh rye aside, il we are so lii,e known
we intend that the Jeffsrsonian al least, shall
know we are about and although we new.
or notice the f1crculeaR eiT1fts Of himself
to throw ridlcule on Respectable meetings
OF the Wings, We shall laugh with a " Car.
DINA Whig," a, his self pulled "Jokes,
notice his superlativo sueIls, and observe
: with as much interest, attention and amuse.
uS VIC WOuib tlit dullt5 VI u GlUWU,
his superhuous didoes.
We occupy the position Of Journalist,
ayowedly to notice every one, whether he
! DO man from Belfast, boy from Lin.
; erlck or Paddy from Cork !" and when
we reach that giddy height Of dignity, that
makes boy s almos. as tall as ourself, look
} like tale boys, we will cut the acquaintance
! Of SO small place as Charlotte, and go to
; Philadelphia and stay there.
! We think large giants, like the sons Of
! Anak, and the Jeflersonian, can make no
, reasonable apology for coming to such a
LiIlipu'ian country, among such popu.
} lation Of Bushmen, as by contrast with him.
self, this country and these people appear
We can but dep!ore the fact that VIC have
been so unknown heretofore but now we
have been heralded in the Je6rsonian, The
whole Universe will know US "like book.
So sudden and ertensire an acquaintance