The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-06-28

| yond doubt, deserves 10 be punished for having
such a weapon, and for his carelessness in hand
ling it, even if guilty of nothing more; but we
cannot conceive IL possible that he could design
to shoot 30 young child. Much sympathy was
yesterday manifested by every one for the little
sufferer, and for Mr.. Thorn and his distressed
family; and with some persons this was ascot
ated with desire for revenge. Men should guard
themselves against these feelings. The cause OF
justice is seldom subserved when they prevail.
All good purposes are beat promoted by means
Of cool elaboration.
| The alarm of fire at O'Clock last evening was
occasioned by burning chimney the rail-
road depot, on the avenue.
| HUMAN NAruRE.-Old stapleton did the best he
could, Perhaps but If he were now alive he would
not sit upon log, and rest his face upon his hands,
and his elbows on his knees, to study human ma
ture. Not he; he would betake himself TO an omni-
| bus. There is the place; and speculation 10 then
OF no use-you have but to look at human nature as
il Is.
The other day we sat all quiet and alone in the
corner seat, and the bus logged along right cozly,
while just before US ran two others in warm COM
petition. In of them there was but one passen-
ger, in the other The unit presently stepped
out, and sooner had he done SO, than the vacant
bus tackled about and headed for shoal water again.
Seeing this, the bus of seven inmates tarried till
we came up, when perceived il was of the same
line. The gentleman of the whip lesped from his
box, and addressed the seven. "Ladics and gentle
men, jist git in this other vehicle. eff yer pleased"
"For WHAT" exclaimed the cargo. "Becase,''
said Whip, that fellers gone back, take the dis
advantage ofme. and Pm for the fair. g'lar COM
petition. want to keep mighty nigh his hoses
heads"
"Well." said gentleman, competition is the
life Of trade. Let us make transfer )" and out
sprang all, and into our bus all but one and that
one an elderly lady. "Come. madam. step in.
step in" said several voices "Whatn' she ex-
claimed, "to be ruined a with to be ruined
over to be upsot to be thowed out to be ruined
forever! No, not l. I'll walk first, clean to
Georgetown" "No, no, madam this omnibus is
not going to run any race" Didn't hear them ?
Don't palaver me. Don't try to deceive me. Oh.
ordy, what shill dos" Every one was con-
cerned for the lady; the driver requested not
to move; and kind circumstances and decided
sursnces soon induced her to step in but soon
Jehu was sure Of her and her ftp, crack went his
whip and away bounded his horses The old lady
staggered a little to one side. Her imagina-
ton was up-she gave a scream and made for the
door, while the arms of several gentlemen were
extended to prevent her leaping out.
In few moments however, she was sufficiently
tranquilizcd to speak, and her fret enunciation
was "Well. gentlemen, you may think me scary
and foolish, and all that, if you please, but can't
help It, thought the steamboats, was bad enough,
and then come the railroads; and thought them
little too bad: and now you've got your competi-
ton omnibuscs and we've got to put up with them.
No wonder Mr.. What'shs name wants TO get up
bia fvin p1af Won Cor
thng!" And the old lady, in perfect exhaustion,
leant back upon the AID resigned herself to the
fates and the soft cushions.
A CoMIcAL WHEELBARRow We have seen in
our day and generation many queer spectacles,
singly and in pairs; but day two since il was
fortune 10 look upon the queerest Of them all.
IL was not crazy cart nor rickety carriage, nor
deranged wagon, but il was a drunken wheel.
barrow. Upon said barrow there stood barrel,
and between the handles of said barrow there stood
man. Now, the barrel did not contain
Whisky, gin. brandy, nor rum,
Nor any thing else To make drunk come -
and the man certainly looked sober as a judge"
Yet in all the combined efforts of these thre articles
tn go forward-namely, the barrow, the barrel and
the man-there was an unsteadiness Of purpose that
aroused suspicion against some of the three
about in such wise put in jeopardy its precious
contents; and then the barrow would run to the
right to the left, just il did not mean TO run;
and then the man would take a step backward, or
TO the right to the left, when il evidently his
desire 10 pursue a Straightforward course. II APP
pearcd TO that the lockers. on-and they were
very numerous-hsd taken up the opinion that the
man was the guilty partyj but we could not at
once fall into their way Of thinking.
AT times, indeed, bis legs did appear a little tip
sy; their movements were involuntary; the lubri
eating fluid the knee joints seemed 10 impart
cessiye suppcness, and the great sartorius muscle
appeared TO contract without his yoliton. But the
man himself-we mean the great globe, the dome
Of thought, the thinking, intellectual man-gavc
indications of drunkenness. Pnofoundness of
thought, fredness OF purpose, indomitable will,
and consciousness Of power, we're all clearly ndi-
Gated. How and why the barrow ran from right 10
left, the barrel vibrated and "wabbed," the knees
shook and tremblcd, and the little boys laughed
cha, ha, ha!' we would probably never have
learned, had we not been informed by a young
gentleman with very dirty face, that the wheel
barrow belonged 10 a man who was in the habit Of
getting drunk, and that il could run sober for
nobody" Whether this was true, the young
gentleman meant to guy US, cannot positively
say, and have nothing 10 add 10 this, our in
tercsting narrative, than that. when the barrel,
aud the barrow. and the man had all passed by,
there came floating upon the air pretty strong
perfume Of Jamaica rum. Can il be that this bar.
row is tenacious Of an odor as
"The vase in which have once been distilled"
described by the poet Moore, and Of which he
sage
"You may break, you may ruin the vase IL you