Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-09-19
Our New York Correspondence.
New YoRk. September u, 1885

mendo IS ire-enters TINT they invariably meet IN
some damp locality, to Stake the ,hrs, created by
their p1rchmg diet, aud to cool the aren't glow OF
their chyarous blool. Recently see, heroic
military troop, haiilng from moist ocnuon. yclept
Goose Creek" were invited by company residing
IN another apparently susly nrqhbornood, re-
JolcIng, however, in tue more euyhonious title OF
"Caamus Pond" After par1dur and marching
about, they wound up the proceedings ot the day by
a "ieed j cad, what with the heat o the weather
and the exercise they had taken ard tie drinks they
had lmblbrd, the whole company became feariully
excited. Patriotic sentiments could not be confined
to prose eve when that prose mad, as i'll the
following extract from The Grafton Of the Hon. F.
w Pickens, whose whitening tlunts were received
with unbounded applause &"
"Metcliu God. Are we born Slaves or are we
born Frreuen /! Are the descendants Of Cavaliers
to let the swords OF their iorlathers hang around
them, ~ their halls, to rust tor ryrrl Do they dread
To- draw them brcnuse, ior'opI, Nation OF Yankee
Shoe-nhkers may drive at tnem with their avis, or
nation OF Wravrrs may threaten to raise their
shuttles and spndlcs Are we, finally, to be gov
erned by uluun ct Yankee uu-p"drrs aud blue
bucket makers! Forbid %, AhnIgh God Could
any whl'e man i've here 20
/ Nor could the wltlcisns OF the ilustrious Ser
Jeant w Wlgqns suffice to give vent to their feel
ings; though, cerruy, the Sereant's joke must
have been the result OF the most arduous effort il
being truly fearful instance OF the pursuit OF merr
ment under adverse circumstances
81 perceive that the loot lFoop) OF Mississippi is
is stuck so deep in the clay I'll Clay OF Kentucky,
| That tear It viii not be eXIrlcated. (ConYuslve
laughter, all ruuudJ"
Even this splendid effort of genius suficed not
More was wanting to rous. the patriotism OF the
| chlvairy; and, though to parodlze Yankee Doodle
would have been intra dig, the following version of
HAL Columbia" by Corporal SAUNDERS was recev-
ed with storm OF enthusiasm" and u flourish Of
bowie knives :"
"Iall, Carolina happy land
Han, ye Patriots heaven born land
Let secession be your boast
No mltter uhdt tie cost.
Firm. united, let us be-
Ralymg round our liberty
As band OF soldiers luned,
Peace and safety shall find"
Comment on the above is unnecessary but I
would just remark, that the pronunciation Of the
word cost to rhyme with "bolst" may be lnrk-
ing wucisn, a Ia Virgins, and shadow forth some
mysterious hints Of emigration to the coast" and
cost Of Cuba. AS pronunciation is a mere matter
OF taste, it would be pedlntic in me to designate as
vulgar, the rhymins OF Joined" with "hnd"--so
wont.
Forrest, the actor, has been getting into another
broh. His adversary, this tn.e, is me Bob SIM
qlened by wei-dressed loafers Both gentlemen
were at the Opera, at Case Garden. where Mr.
Forrest commenced making faces al Bob" where
upon, Bob requested the tragedan to dcs.st ad-
ong, ,hlt it maI- him nervous The great TRACE
dlnn," however, instead OF comp wing with Bob's'
reasonable rrqles;. Immediately gave the cenversa-
\ ton -ru"aiog'cal urn in which he leii it 10 be M
lerr-d, that Bob wa, not one OF the genus homo, as
ht-l SID. ont the de-
cilciIy and by descent, one OF the cunne sp-rses
Bob" could not, must say, inter anything el.e,
from the great triLt clans remarks, winch lncu
Ltd the ulqlallisl assertion, that "Hoo's' mother
was fem ne OF that species, ne, Boz" being In
cal male descendant.
Bob" navins more science " than Willis. i'm
m-datey brought into rcqui,ron lhc left deltod
muscle aud, letting lily from the shoulder planted
ms" corn straer between the trlgrdAns EYES
, a genera. tight would have followed, had no! the
police and VA. bystnnders immeGiae.y iut,rrrsd.
The Shipments OF >pecie from TINS port have al
. most ceased .tse, the amount oil Specie in
the Banks IS lover than al any previous dale, this
= year.
The Banks still continue 20 restrict their discounts
u to the lowest practicable lima. Bl, the mama for
5 starting banks > conunues2 more having been
projected, during the last Two weeks, TO confluence
0f '1'''''- ", $50 Inns ''> -
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. Ass''""- 'II' guy '"''""'' u '"' "sa'eS"'e
stock OF these new Bank, held by business
men. we shall sun have no less than 50 $50 COO
drained from their CASH ACCOUNT; and, If we
were TO continue the calculation, by including Calls
. o. railroad onIItS ana Insurance stock and the
'''''5 'oe "a '''I anu o1D'"S spec
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with an eve 10 secur,n, tll-e discounts Bn, tba,
is t.lse principle on wnlch to base future opera