Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-11-30


has eye to the ludicrous, writes to the Boston
Post his first impressions of San Francisco, thus:
"Landed at a muddy, rocky, and dusty sort of
landing, and assembled sort of small HILL and there
| was, with San Francisco city before me. What
scene-I shall never forget it--such crowd Of hui
mainly, dirty, squallid, lazy drunk, lounging, rag
ged, well dressed, all together-merchants sPeeula
TORS blacklegs, sailors niggers Indanspeople from
all parts of the world are perfectly at home in each
others company--al distinctions levelled by gold
Jack and the cook good as their master-so demo-
cratic about it, too without being actually insulting
think | can correct one or two erroneous ideas
which, perhaps, you well as all others entertain
One is with regard to the almost magical creation of
city, giving you perhaps, the idea of new place,
town. city, such as is built in the United States
in no time. This is error. Instead of neat white
wooden houses, cleanliness, &C., here you see the
greatest collection of pigsty looking shanties
beheld little shanty about the size of your aunts
old hen-house, would be esteemed good property
would be dignifed with sign over it, Of so and So
general merchants
RAISING THE WIND.-Human ingenuity is ever
pregnant with devices to raise the wind when too la
zy to work The latest of the kind record is
related by Cincinnati paper as follows:
'' fellow goes board of steamer preparing
to leave, when the passengers board, taking
his seat among them, and is supposed to be travel
Ter himself Soon he complains of the toothache.-
The pain gradually increases in intensity, the face
of the suffering is distorted with agony, the pas
seHSefS nplGnlZe WIN him. SOOu-He;rGeu lduy pas
sengers tumble their trunks for camphor, toothache
drops, &C., which they Offer assuring the aing man
they specifics, and will cure him. They afford
no relief whatever. From dull pain it has grown
acute and sharp until the fellow fairly dances Now
is the time the confederate appears. A small ma
hogany box is opened and few drops of liquid up
piece of cotton is inserted in the aching tooth.
The pain ceases instantly the healed is profuse
in his expressions of gratitude and purchases two
three walls OF the inestimabe toothache drops. The
other vaunts his liquid and effects sale of the
contents of his box The two confederates meet af-
forwards and divide the spoils."
| PoLITENEss IN PARAD1sE-Our poetic historians 60
back sometimes to first principles for their facts, as
will be seen by the following epigram:
| When first the manly heart of Adam felt
The power of beauty, it began to melt
And, gazing on his rib, he falter'd, 's Madam,
| am your most obedient servant-Adam-'
A ROYAL CoMpLA1Nr-It is well known that the
| Chamber of Representatives forced upon the
present King of Prussia At the late conference, the
Emperor of Russia asking him about his eonsti-
tuition. " All my dear Nick answered Frederick
with profound sigh, my constitution will never be
good for much as long they compel me to keep my
chamber la r.5+-0s
! "Peter Jonsing whar you keteh dat fine fish see
you carry home dis morning %
| "Whar you tink ketch lem 9" s'.-
'To tell you De truff, Pete, l tink you ketch dat
fish widout no hook and line.'
| ''You tink en, you does %
81 docs, actually. peak to you individuly"
sLook ere, niggar. hab 'spicion OBJ your carack-
ter. If you neber steal fish yourself how you come
to find out dat teal dis fish ?'