Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-04-04
An Aching Void n .nremory's'' Waste.

An Aching Void In ..nIcmory's'' Waste.
!" The Cat may look at the King, and even editors
are sometimes SO far honored as to catch glimpse
of the celebrated humbugs of the age and occasion
slly though not Often to be slightly " taken in and
done for by them" Our friend of the Commercial, in
his Tuesdays ISSUE pathetcaly narrates the manDer
in which certain professor of memory, named MIR.
THEoPIIILUs Nixon, who delivered lectures here some
time since on the science of Mnemonicsn got into
him about feet for advertising printing for which
he forgot to pay-a strange omission in the case of
professor of memory. Our friend of the Warrenton
Ners also daeth the great he enjoyed by rid
ing in the Car on the Raleigh & Castor Road with
Madame ANNA BISHOP, the chevalier BocHsA, and
another singing fellow, whose name we forget. But
the Warrenton mans luck did not end here for he
actually had the painful pleasure of getting the
southeast corner of his left big toe smashed mashed
and chawed up by the rocker of Madan,es chair
Happy Warrentonian BocHsA he describes most
transcendently and sublimely ugly-and he is. As
for the other singing fellow, he growled and swore in
bad English until the passengers forced him to keep
silence. under pain of being put out 1t would seem
that this amiable party got into squabble, all
around at Fayetteville last week, and would not sing
Unhappy Fayetteyillians Cruel ANNA! Unfeeling
BocHsA Unrelenting 'tother swearing fellow -
But just observe the painful impression it makes up
on the Carolinian The sorrow and anguish which
Cypress the sensitive heart of romantic friend
BAYNE find vent in the following strains of woe
Hear him and weep:
Cor IN PET FOR $5-The celebrated and brilliant Ma
dame Anna Bishop and the less highly accomplished e.
accompaniment player, Monsieur Bochsa, arrived here
Thursday last and did give grand they ad
vertised
appears that their hghness could condesend
to speak the proprietor of the room and learn the
price, &c. and just at night when they found the price
SO (he reserved for them nights they
postponed from Wednesday Thursday but they only cal
culated to for one Clever in them wasn't it they
like the army Flanders and refused to vouchsafe single
note of harmony notwithstanding they had taken in
Der of notes from the citizens for tickets.
1t is said when they told Monseigmo Hans Won Brat
that he would have to pay ten dollars, he foamed at the
mouth and by his musache that he would not be i'm
posed upon in that way, particularly in little Yankee
country town, when he from the European Cities anG
from the great city of New York Phoo! He not to b.
imposed upon. Five dollars some in his estimation. HI
said that in Raleigh the promised to charge him
thing re for the room and afterwards charged
him forty dollars 1t outrageous that they should be char
ged for to sing in We hope Col Brown did no
charge them for board
Wha5 consider the of the affair." that the
saved about $780, just because the musicaners woun
pay So
We did think that there gallantry enough about her
to duck least give Caathumpian serenade sucl
objectionable petulance and arrogance.
Not the least amusing part the business the long ia
and Oh mys of the ladies' and the the gentle
the former that had spent two hours at the toilet
the latter that had soed their white vests and stretched hei
new kids, just to be disappointed
EM ,NC1p,r1oN CoNvENTJoN he X on
lucky Emancipation Convention, called at Frankfor
by Cassius M. Clay and others, is dead failure
Its object was to nominate Emancipation candidate
for Governor aid State officers, and organize anti
slavery party in the State.