Southern patriot. (Houston, Chickasaw County, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-07-25
OLD WITTY

aAnd The waThorse DC cTycih hdB'
hay' lnd paweth up the ground -
Diclg B0gisioa's HeU reading Fl Job.
~Nr Speaker Hans Van Splitter
Splitter wants Ter legislator % or
easi-e ter nadia, does beg Well
dcn | think Ter iruHS aud ter Jcs
are better as ter organs. ] shallvoie
against Tie bellows music. Harris
bag Debates.
Tho auiyal al the capital Of the
first rommec Of the wing convention
held last July at the Philadelphia
slaueietbouse. for the high Office oil
Wee President of the United States,
IN the Shape OF the old battle charger
Of the lae General Taylor, is an
efert not to be sneezed az by the
american people. The Roman En-
reror, when he made his horse con.
sol, had a just appreciation OF his
Subjects; and the cabinet Of the Sc.
cond Washington, in bringing Old
Whitley on 10 the seat of government
for special consultation, bear am-
pie testimony TO the character Of the
horse, and the capacity ofhis two-leg-
&c d associates. We understand that
Id a cabinet mass meeting, a short
time slne, the Postmaster General in
the chat, the Second Washington
asked lelve to visit his Louisiana
plantation, TO see Old Whitley and
couGt bill slaves; but was denied by
those wlp have him in charge, upon
the goutd, that il he stopped at Ken
lucky hdand Mr.. Crittendcn might
rcorC5nip the cabinet, and thus, TO
use the cassie language Of the inn
morta shakespeare, play the devil
with hcii mothers monkeys. As
Mahonctcould not 90 TO the noun
tain, tie nountain therefore came TO
Mahonet and all was well.
As in the vision of the mystic
prophtt q Patmus, Death and the
pale lDrsl have come upon us togeth-
er-towis the death political and Of
fetal, Of OYER one hundred democrat
ic CLERKS, bnd the Aforesaid white bat,
/ tie uhTgd, with his fetlocks red with
/ NJ cxiGnblood, shed in Mr.. Ashmun's
mrigheols war. This arrival will,
in our opinion, enable the Second
| Washington TO inluse some strength
into his pescnt rickcty cabinet, with.
out wSitiig for the arrival Of the gov
emor If kentucky; and as a gallant
animal c1 drGU drafts, "stand TO tho
rack, ltd9r or no fodder" and neg
alive viii tremendous HeighS the
votes Of tip Home Department, we
presume he treasury would be the
most APPROPRIATE sphere for him, that
building assemblies the royal stables
at Kew mre closely then any other
| public bniIling in the land, and hay,
ing back dor through which he could
trotiutO hid green pasture. "Circum-
stances, " as Mrs. Darlington quaint
ly rcmark, really do puckT TO-
gcthcr at bis MP, TO place the re-
markabie beast on a stable footing
in the trcsury."
The andents represented man and
horse mihd, under the OppellatiOr
al cCntat We have no doubt bu
that the hose is one of the mobiles
animals Of rcation. Adam, il is true
did not rid; neither did the shepherd
kings fide;b but there was q famous
trooper 81 AN who sprung from til,
lolns Of lstal, and rode scrub races
to rsheh-that is to Mrs. Shcba'i
becrhouse. This Dan is supposed Il
| have been De remote ancestor of III,
Godlike Daicl, who was a weaver
and who b ughtup his children {,
be exceedingly partial TO fish an,
other will game. The present gen
Grafton, however, have ridden bare
back so nndl, that they now confn
themselves to hackney coaches, ant
such plebian convey0nces. The aT
pointmen of foreign ministers by Oh
present gcca dynasty is enough I,
make Gt laugh her claws off,
Such selections, and for such reasons
Abbott Liwrcnce is sent to Englant
$50 saws New York correspondent
Of the Pitsburg Gazotte) that Mrs
LawTcncomay wear at court a shaw
worth moe than forty shillings; an,
that he my feed American citizen
+ who com, to see him, at his own OK
IpenSe.
In the old "hcroic age, whel
Benjamin. Franklin represented tn
land Of Washington and freedom a
The cout ofFrance in drab.colorc,
dress, witt blue woollen stockcns
and pcwte. shoe-buckles nobody ash
ed him what he paid for his brcecoe.
or whcthe. ie had any ON, even; 70
franklin Ind a soul TO make itseI