The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-20

bed ons morning, bis wife, who was looking
through the window curtains into the street,
suddenly jumped aside, crying
"Here coues your boot-maktr,' and from her
tone Of voice one would have thought the boot
maker was something Terrible.
"Where il hey" asked he
AT the corner of the street"
"Ah, 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 sprnging from the bed,
threw into the burning fire the door-key, md ut
the end of few seconds, he took the tongs and
drew IT 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 sudden howl of pain is heard, and
the boot maker fled at full seed.
The next morning L.. was engaged IN pastng
some bands over some prospectus OF an affair he
was experimenting.
"Ah! !" screamed his wife, who was again at
the window +" here comes The boot-maker."
"Do you go off TO your neighbOr' said H.,
" 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, and
Immediately commences to abuse and threaten
his debtor.
81 am with you in a minute" replied l..
mildly finishing his work.
81 do not leave the room without my mo-
ney," said the bootmaker.
"You are right" replied L., 81 only ask you
| TO give me one moment"
SO saying, 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
he lights and begins to blow. The boot-maker
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 for
your labor"
lie continued to blow, the bootmaker 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 cor
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 pay;
and am on one side, in the most profound
griefat being unable to satisfy any engagement,
and on the other, | cannot bear the affronts to
which am subject. You understand that
man like me can no longer remain in such
situation, and have resolved to put an end to
it ALL"
But" commenced the boot-maker anx-
ously.
But" replied L., blowing theoretically, all
that you may say to me cannot change my ire
vocable determination. You have long punished
me. forgive YOU"
aDiable!" cried the boot-maker no longer
able to breathe do what you will with yourself,
but open the door for mew
81 cannot pay," said L., sand you said that
you would not leave the room without your
money In these circumstances
"Open the door" shrieked the boot maker,
" open the door, or | will strangle you"
SO ends the story l.. continued to blow
until the boot maker, almost exhausted, con-
scented to give receipt in full, and the door was
finally opened.
WASHINGTON GossIp-The Washington cor
respondent of the New York Herald, under
date of May 8, writes az follows
"The news from South Carolina, although
serious in its import, does not excite alarm here.
The government, of course, canont recognise the
right of secession. Like globules of quick
silver, these States, when once united by the
Federal Constitution, formed one glorious
understanding their local organization, but
Welding to the general government all other
existence. The government, should South
Carolina forcibly secede, and she can secede in
no other way, will not take cognizancc of mas
ses OF State organizations, but of individuals
who will separately be dealt with as violators of
the law, or guilty of treason, as the case may
be. The Districts Attorney of South Carolina
is now here, receiving full instructions"
This last statement, we have reason to be-
lieve. is only true as to the fact of Mr.. Petigru
being in, Washington. We have understood
that his business there was of character alto
gether different from that which is here intima-
ted. That the favorite scheme of the Admin
istraton for conquering South Carolina is such
as this writer represents, we think highly pro-
bable. The National Intelligencer has put out
much the same notion. 1t is an Improvement
on Cap Bobadirs method of subdung an enemy
by killing all the men in 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 to exercise it, would be put in the
guard-house as disorderly people.-Charlsston
Mercury.
THE PEOPLE VS.. THE POLITICIANS The
Northern papers, in their notice of the recent
convention in Charleston, are wrong when they
say it was the work of the political leaders. A
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. 1t was the people
opposing the counsels of their political leaders.
And it is remarkable, too, that in all the express
sions of opinion, there was no difference in the
sentiments entertained by all the members Of
the late assembage with regard to the wrongs
| inflicted, or the remedy. The only difference
was as to 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 to this.
| 1t will be our aim, and it should be the aim of
not only the press, but Of every Caronan, to
! effect such a union. We have no submissionists
in South Carolina--we have no Union men