Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-12-02

turning to the Judge, the Texan remarL
ed that he thought their situation Voc
similar to that of certain old lady,s "a
vorite, so graphically set forth in the fol-
lowing stanza:
"Old mother Hubbard,
Went to the cupboard,
To get her poor dog bone,
But when she got there
The cupboard was bare,
And so the poor dog had none"
In corner sat Marcy, on an old 70,
bucket, mending his breeches with bod
kin and near him Stockton was sawinr
away on two stringed fiddle, sinc;r5@,
with solemn air, "A life on the ocean
wave"
Now nobly towering DER the rest appears
A gallant prince that far transcends his years,
Pride of his sire, and glory of his house.
And more Mars in combat than mouse"
There stood Frank Pierce, his one hand
holding the rudder and the other upon
the hilt of his sword (; he appeared faint
and haggard, and so much bothered that
he could neither speak nor move.
Joshua r. Giddings was seated on a
cotton bale, with little Niger perched
on each knee, whom he was feeding with
sugar plums obtained from the Island of
Cuba. John P. Hale was floating behind
on sort of platform made of old corn
stalks and sugar cane but just then his
frail barque was caught by snag, and
there he stuck, unable to reach either the
vessel or the shore.
loft as he turn'd, the torrent to oppose,
And bravely tried if all the powers were foes,
So oft the surge in watery mountains spread,
Beat on his back, or burst upon his head"
In the meantime the black schooner
reached the wharf where there was large
boarding house with long rows of tables,
laden with provisions "fne, fat and grea-
sy," which were instantaneously devoured
by the hungry passengers and as there
was not enough for one out of every hun
dred, those that got but dry pickings, or
nothing at all, commenced beating the
others with clubs, which resulted in divers
broken bones and bloody noses. The un-
successful then began to curse the officers,
and regretted that they had ever made
the voyage, which had terminated in just
nothing at all for them, for in the country
whence they had come they had enjoyed
peace and plenty.
Before their quarrel had ended, our
vessel, running against the current with
out effort and straight as bee line, had
increased the distance between the COM
batants and ourselves so greatly that We
were unable to see or hear anything more
At this instant, too, arriving at bend in
the river, our attention was drawn to huge
piles of salt along the shore, from which
we were informed the stream had derived
the name of "Salt River" Here We an
chored, and were making arrangements
to disembark, when few men who had
gone ashore, were so beset with heas,
which were left by the company whom we
had just met, that they were compelled to
come on board again. We were all con-
sulting what was to be done in the emer-
gency, when the esprit of our dream"
was disturbed by rap rap rap =
and we were in the act of springing to our
feet, but were arrested in our purpose by
a well-known voice informing US that our
candle was burnt out. This awoke US full
ly. Our voyage was ended-Our fancy
dreams of gushing fountains, and Elysian
groves, and wales of bliss had vanished
and we found ourself relieved from an excl
ted delusion, to mediate again upon Life's
sober reality.