The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-21

suddenly, jumped ASIDE, crying -. sfN IA
aHere comes your boot-maker, and from he
J, tone of voice one would have thought the boot
maker was something terrible.
"Where is he's" asked he.
cat the corner of the street,
!" All, then, we have time enough; and since
he persists in coming here every day, and com
plains that we won't open the door to him
l.. did not finish, but springing from the bed
threw into the burning fire the door-key, and a
the end of few seconds, lie took the tongs ane
drew ii out heated to white heat, and running
to the door put the key in the hole on the out
side and then went to bed again perfectly
calm. A minute after, heavy step was heard
on the stairs il approaches, stops before the door
and all of a sudden howl of pain is heard, anc
the boot maker fled at full seed.
The next morning L. was engaged in pastine
some bands over some prospectus of an affair hi
was experimenting.
"Ahr' screamed his wife, who was again a
the window shere comes the boot-maker"
aDo you go off to your heighbor' said l..
and leave the door partly.open" And he i'm
mediately commenced FASTING his paper over the
cracks of the only window in The room. The
boot maker enters, his hand tied up, anc
Immediately commences to abuse and threaten
! his debtor.
81 am with you in minutes" replied l.
mildly finishing his work
al do not leave the room without my mo-
ney" said the bootmaker
"You are right" replied L., only ask you
to give me one moment"
So saving, he went and shut the door, locking
it and put the key in his pocket He then took
from corner furnace full of charcoal, which
heights and begins to blow. The boot-makel
looked on in surprise l.. continued to blow
@You claim from me" said he, the money
which owe you. Your demand is just; you
have worked for me and should be paid fol
your labor"
He continued to blow, the boot-maker some
what moved by the singularity and the solem-
nifty of his proceedings, was silent.
"You are, unfortunately, not the only one
continued L., whose just dues | have been
obliged to put Off Many more than yourself
come here"
A strange odor began to spread itself through
the room The boot maker coughs and corr
siders the furnace with some anxiety. L. blows
all the time.
| "Come here, | say and overwhelm me with
their demands, and sometimes like you with
their abuse; what can do? can't Fay;
| and am on one side, in the most profound
griefat being unable to satisfy any engagement,
and on the other, | cannot bear the atfronts to
which am subject. You understand that a
man like me can no longer remain in such a
situation, and have resolved to put an end to
| it ALL"
:" But" commenced the boot-maker anx-
iously.
aBut" replied L., blowing energetcally, all
that you may say to me cannot change my ire
ocabledetermination. You have long punished
me. forgive you"
aDiablel" cried the boot-maker, no longer
able TO breathe I" do what you will with yourself,
but open the door for mel"
81 cannot pay" said L., "and you sid that
you would not leave the room without your
money In these circumstance"
"Open the door" shrieked the boot maker,
{" open the door, or will strangle you"
So ends the story i. continued to blow
until the boot, maker, almost exhausted, con-
scented to give receipt in full, and the door was
finally opened.
WASHING TON. GossIP-The Washington cor
respondent of the New York Herald, under
date of May 9, writes ms follows;
"The news from South Carolina, although
serious in its import, does not excite alarm here
The government, ofcourse, canont recognise the
right of secession. Like globules of quick
silver, these States, when once united by the
Federal Constitution, formed one glorious
whole-retaining their local organization, but
yielding 10 the general government all other
existence. The government, should South
Carolina forcibly secede, and she can secede in
no other way, win not take cognizancc Of mas
ses or State organizations, but OF individuals
who will separately be dealt with as violators Of
the law, or Ms guilty Of treason, rs the case may
be. The Districts Attorney Of South Carolina
is now here, receiving full instructions"
This last statement we have resson 10 be-
lieve, is only true as to the fact of Mr. Petigru
being in Washington. We have understood
that his business there was Of a char cter alto
gether different from that which is here intma-
ted. That the favorite scheme Of the Admin
istration for conquering South Carolina is snch
as this writer represents, we think highly pro-
bable The National Intelgencer has put out
much the same notion. IL is an improvement
on Cap. Bobadil's method Of subduing an enemy
by killing all the men in a succession Of duels
There is one obstacle In the way, that strikes us
as rather grave South Carolina having seeded
from the Union, there will be no such thing as
United States offices or officials in the State,
and any person claiming such authority, and at
tempting 10 exercise IL, would be put in the
guard-house as disorderly people Charleston
Mercury
The PEOPLE VS. THE POLITICIANS The
Northern papers. in their notice Of the recent
convention in Charleston, are wrong when they
say IL was the work Of the political leaders
stranger in that assembly would have witnessed
scene which, we think, could scarcely have
been found in the political movements Of any
other State in the Union Il was the people
opposing the counsels Of their political leaders
Ard IL is remarkable, too, that in al the express
sions Of opinion. there was no difference in the
sentiments entertained by all the members Of
the late assemblage with regard 10 the wrongs
inflicted, or The remedy. The only difference
was as 70 The time of applying the remedy.
This is the single point which at all divides the
people Of this State, and we have full confidence
they will all eventually unite in relation 10 this
Il will be our aim, and il should be the aim Of
not only the press, but Of every Carolinian, to
effect such union. We have no submissionists
In South Cerolina--we have no Union men ;
and where The same end is sought by all, we
have entire confidence that there is patriotism
anouoh in the hrpasts Of the people 10 mite