Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-08-10
From the Washington Unlsn.
FISHERMAN'S LUCK.

Such junEss Of suet they crammd into it,
As big az my two thumbs" Sergeant.
What have you caught. Patrick I"
's By tte holy poker, it is an ALB
"An eel, Patrick why. it is water-snake :"
swell. if it is, jamie, it Is as fat butter, and
will ate well at fry."-Mrs. BGrbauM.
Luck is everything in dry time il is bet
ter than riches or marriage. A man with
luck is always in town; and, if he has whole
7 air of inexpressbl es, can go through society
without feeling as General Scott felt when be
took hasty plate of soup and started for
Mexico, exclaiming, g For Marcy sake, don't
FIRE upon my rearr' -.
The present age is notorious for luck
Monsieur Heudebert, the French cook, who
was made consul TO nation OF cooks, (the
French being great on stew,) is living ey-
ilence of luck When he was at Woodvi.le,
and kept an oysier-house there, the New Or
leans Delta informs us, he had a Creole from
New Orleans to dine with him. The Creole
wanted oyster soup. Monsieur Heudebert
had taste for oyster soup that would have
done honor 10 the cook at Delmonico's. He
therefore prepared majestic tureen full Of
the fattening fluid, and left it in the window
to cool A wag who knew the fighting pro-
pensities of Monsieur Heudebert's guest, and
being DESTROYS of raising muSs in the quiet
little village, put slyly handful of young
live toads into the tureen and departed. Soon
dinner was served, and the Creole, with eyes
of vain desire, as the cover was lifted, plunged
his ladIe into the soup The toads were hop
ping about right merrily, (not being fond of
pepper tea red-hot,) and the guest perceiving
an uncommon commotion, roared out, Mon
sieur Heudebert. your oyster is alive, sacre
damn" "'Tis not possible" cried the land
lord, grasping the ladle and fishing up a mi
nor toad in extreme agony. One long, good
look was sufficient for him to see death and
destruction before him, and the horror-strick-
en- Frenchman rushed into the street, with the
Creole after him, exclaiming, at the top of his
voice, Frog soupi morbleau, am a dead
man!'' AS the clap OF thunder follows the
lightning, so followed the Creole upon the
heels of Monsieur Heudebert. bowieknife in
hand. The Frenchman's knowledge of To-
caltIes served him at this pinch, and the pur
suer, after swearing for two days, departed for
home, leaving the unfortunate oyster vender
al liberty 10 return to his business, wiser
and better man. The appointment of the
son of the Hon. John Davis, of Massachusetts,
as secretary of legation at the court of St.
James, was strange, considering the manner
in which the secretary of legation went out
upon his mission. We are informed that he
sailed last month as the forerunner OF Mr..
Lawrence, bearing MIR. Bancroft's letter of re-
call. Of course he acts as minister I'D inter-
i'm, and will get So. 1000 outfit and ministers
| full pay, until MIR. Lawrence presents himself
| at the English court with his CREDENTIALS
| We understand that this will be the upshot of
the matter: Acting Minister Davis will get
50 900 outfit, and bona fde Minister Lawrence
will get 50 900 outfit, and Uncle Sam will
have TO foot the bill and this, too, to enable
| the MAN who has no friends 10 reward and no
enemies 10 punish TO recall George Bancroft,
and exalt the high tariff cotton spinner of Lo-
well. No more forty shilling shawls will now
be seen at Queen Victoria's court, and no more
Americans will go without bird dinners at the
American ambassadors house, while Lowell
| twirls her spindles and Abbot twiris his
thumbs. Said we not that there was luck I'M
der the deuce If we did not say so, we say
it now and those who do not believe us had
| better look again at the thermometer.
| 1t amuses US to see little dog snarl at the
! foot of an elephant, or little leopard growl
at The whiskers of a grave and considerate
| lion. The little filings of the " Republic al
Heroic Age" written in Washington, sent
abroad, and copied into the classic columns OF
the ORGAN as expressions of popular senti-
ment at large, puts us in mind of Pop En-
mons's inimitable impromptus, which took
three weeks to prepare for preparation, and
four weeks thereafter for publication. Eve
| rything requires management, and it is 10 be
| expected that those who wrote Zachary Wash
ington into Office will do their best endeavors
| to prevent the independent press of our coun-
| try from writing him down an ass before Con-
| gress meets. ..--..
We recollect of once hearing OF little boy
| who was suspected of being half witted, and
went with her to dinner party, 10 keep ST.
guests from discovering his mental weakness.
True TO his lesson, the little fellow ate what
was before him without comment, and when
addressed by those who sat next him, made
no answer At last one of the gentlemen who
had been very attentive to his wants, and who
had used every exertion to draw him out, ex-
claimed. "Why, the child is fool.'' AT this
| the little fellows eyes frightened; he dropped
his knife and fork, and hallooed to his moth.
err, who sat at some distance from him
50 Mother, they have found me out, and
hayn't sid word.' f = s'7ss
The wing party, embracing Truman Smith
& Co., denounce the democratic editors fol
finding fault with the administration before il
has done anything to stamp il in any way;
and the pretty boys prate of faction, and quote
the dictionary upon us with a remarkable
looseness but, like the people in the neigh.
borhood of the halfwiited boy, we have FOUND
the soft Tommy out, notwithstanding he has
been as silent as calm al low water, and a.
grave and reverent as Harrison Gray Otis's
owl, that brooded over chaos. But this is g
lucky administration It has discovered more
i defaulters than few in public Office and
when called upon to declare the amount of The
defalcations, it admits that it has not settled
| the accounts or struck the balance of one oil
them; but that it has vague suspicion that the
fellows are in Hockey, from the manner in
which they pay their honest debts TO the PEG
pie. rr ss.....---.k .zs- rs
| A friend of ours, who has sailed some, and
whose tarry propensities cannot be repressed
no matter how short the tails of his coat may
happen to be, has sent US most amusing de
scrlption of our =" Billiards." visit to the Penn.
sy1vania at Norfolk, he never having seen a
ship before. We learn that when the salute
of 81 guns was fired, he stood up nsthe sterr
sheets of the gig with his hat off, and exclaim
ed, g Thankee, captain;we are great nation
by Jupiter !" gag -as 9 .Eto5-' 4 g54s z@i#
j AS he mounted the sides OF the vessel, {
silver-haired old boatswain, dressed in uni
form, with silver call, was piping most me-