The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-02-01
THE R EPUBLIC.
FOREIGN CLEANING s.


of the subjoined letter..
sOh, Mr.. PUNCH. Talk Of undertakers' charges!
Talk of butchers and bakers bills! Well-Christ-
mas is the time for making TODD about them,
certainly. But of all the expense and ruinaton to
families, there's nothing comes near the wicked
ness there is in washing. Here, come up month
ago, next Wednesday, 10 keep house for Augustus,
who hope and trust will succeed In his profession,
and in his poor uncle's time, when he lived in the
cottage, having none OF our own, we considered
him as SUCH and used TO wash him in the country.
/ know he'll never forget his poor aunt, and how
nice his things used TO be sent him, without speck
or spot, as white and as sweet as lilies, without a
rumple or a crease, and not button off any Of
them. So, when got here | took and looked
his linen, when 10, and behold you, il all
shrids and fnbbits the pleas Of the shirt fronts slit
all up, the gussets unrpped, the backs all IN holes,
same, and his night-gowns and night-caps, and
his doileys, fit for nothing but to make finder of
and that is no use now they have those dangerous
congreves. His best silk handkerchiefs bought
myself, and gave five shngs apiece for, worn to
rags, worse than old busters; his drawers and
under waistcoats, fine merino, patched all over
with calico, and his poor toes coming through his
socks. Gracious goodness! Augustus ] said
how you have been wearing out your things
Well he says, Aunt, don't know how it is
well said l, it's very strange But soon found
out the reason. Not more than twice had sent
my own things to the wash, when home they came;
my frills that had only just made up myself; my
capcs and collars bran new; my shimmyzetts, and
every thing in jags and tatters. Shameful! Shock
ing. Scandalous. My linen Diapers bill had Just
come in, five pounds ten and sixrcnce half penny,if
farthing; and all my nice things spoiled Abomi-
nable! You may suppose gave our washerwo-
found out? said to her IWe are under
ne necessity Of Slightly eartaiiing the conversation.
EpIToR.l and she said and
AND l FOUND IT WAS ALL BECAUSE TREY USE
BLEAcHING PowpER Yes, Mr.. Punch; that is
what the nasty lazy old creatures do trouble.
They might as well steep things in vittrl, or put
m he In he have haas u
done with clothes made out Of ashbests. This is
how my beautiful aprons, every one, and all Au-
susTuss table. cloths, and each bit of under cloth
ing we have either of US got, have all been ruined.
Besides, the bleaching only whitcns the dirt
doesn't get it out, it is nasty well destruc-
tive have no patience with those good for moth
ing washerwomen that eat up our clothes, worse
than moths, in this way; it sin. There is quite
waste enough in every house without that Do,
pray, Mr.. Punch, try your best TO put down this
wicked system Of washing; and the save il will be-
and the distress you will remove, and the dreadful
scenes of passion and scoding that you will pre-
vent, there Is no saying. Do, sir, and am sure
shall ever be,
sYour thankful reader,
s'SAnAH TRIMMER"
THOMAS MooRE.-ThoInas Moore, the poet is in
the enjoyment of good health, physical and intel
lectual, at his cottage at Sopcrton takes his daily
walks along the terrace which borders his pretty
garden, and drives, as usual, each day in a small
pony carriage. He Is not living in more than the
last seven or eight years of his life dri Journal.
From the London Examiner.
EsaLAsD and the United States of America are
at issue about the island of Tigrc; and if the dis
pute is to go forward according 70 rule those great
countries must come to What is the island
ofTigre to them! Properly nothing. Who, then,
brought about the quarrel? Mr. Suuier and Mr.
Chatheld. Who are they, that they should have it
in their power to embroii two mighty nations I
MIR. Chathed IS a very respectable person, consul
lar representative OF England to the government of
Nicaragua. Mr.. Squier is an American citizen, of
more than American literary tastes, a descendant
of that Squier to whom Cromwell wrote the letters
OF which Mr. Carlyle published interesting frag-
state good service by very fruitful antiquarian aid
TO exploring expeditions, and has been repaid by
his grateful country with sort of honorable exile
TO Nicaragua Here, instead of devotinp himself TO
the composition of Tristia % he magnanimouslv
displays his diplomatic zeal; and we all know into
what desperate courses literary men may be hur-
ried when they are called to action. They take
history to be the reflex of events, and, converse
imagine that events must exhibit the concentrated
force OF hstory-that they must do a chapter in the
time that It would take to write one. So Mr. Squier
has been doing a Yankee Cromwcllian chapter ON
the shores OF Central America.
The precise points and facts Of the dispute are
not yet explained beyond doubt; but it appears to
be all along of the Panama canal Indeed there ia
no reason why that unsubstantiated project sbould
not serve for starting point well as any other
Manifesty, Mr.. Squier is bitten with the Jeffer-
sonian ioea OF blocking out European monarchsm
by republican process Of squatting. The patron
age OF the future canal Is not vet filled IN The
European idea, shared by Mr. Abbott Lawrence
American minister at London, is secure the neu-
uaity Oh the canal by great international act Of
comfy. Mr.. Squier wishes TO establish a powerful
local influence for his republic, and obtains the
island of Tigre the republic of Nicaragua playing
agsp n,s EnSsn a. the grad pro go for his support
MIR. Chatheld raises claims for compensation 10
certain =" British subjects" and seizes the ceded
island BY force of British arms. The two dplo-
natists fall TO disputing who had bold Of the island
FIRST and call upon their respective governments TO
back them.
Will those august bodies do sol Personal and
political grounds may conspire to procure support
IN Washington for the excellent antiquarian. Lord
Palmerston has earned the reputation of standing
manfully by his subordinates. This foolish SQUAD.
bic Is one result of that secret diplomacy which
leaves every thing to individual discretion 40 that
neither nation hears a word of dispute until there
Is an explosions and while natural Justice supports
discreuon exercised for the best, national dignity
forbids concession. Yet IL would be the wckcdest
folly TO let the emulous indiscretions OF Mr. souer
and Mr. Chaifeld grow into Punic war.
The author Of Revelations OF Russia" has pub
lished in the Daily Netcs contradiction of the az
sertions extracted by last week from the Vienna
correspondence Of the Times relative 20 the IunQa-
ran 5eingees. The writer has just come home from
Widen, and states from his personal knowledge
facts which he deems inconsistent with the story Of
the love affair between Kossuth and the Countess
Dcinoinskl. Inc countess "a the young wife Of the
Count Dembinslu, ga Galcian nobleman, and re-
lative OF the general Of that name" She is about
eighteen, her husband hve-and. twenty she followed
her husband TO the camp, and has accompanied
him night and day throughout the war and still
sdheres with fond affection 10 his fortunes The
count wa attached TO the person Of Kossuth when
governor president, and remains 40. Kossuth il
old enough 10 be the father Of the young count and
countess. The story of the division OF the emierant
refugees into three parties is treated fudge. Ge-
neral Guyon held command till he departed for
Constantinope; then Mourad Pasha (Bem) sue
cecded him. and 'when the latter left Widen in
an armed steamer, before the emigration com
menced it, march, the command devoved natural
ly on Pcrczel."
correspondent Of the Nautical Standard re-
counts gallant act by Commander Cumming, Of
the Rather, on the west Of Africa: ssShortly
after leaving Ascension, and when in latitude two
degrees five minutes south, longitude seven degrees
east, at SIX O'Clock, p m, the hands were aloft
recfng topsails, second class bow fell overheard
The commander, who deck at the time