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The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14
MISCELL ANXIOUS.
The Horrors of the Watch House

We do lot suppose it to be everybody's
business. nor inclination, to be posted up in
the affairs Of the entire community, and es-
peciaIly the affairs Of the more disagreeable
portion of municipal government. Our du-
ties, as a public journalist, like those Of the
conservatives Of the public safety and peace.
in the police organization. often leads US to
see. hear and note more than is pleasant or
desirable. A few evenings since we visited
the Hammond street tch-house, to look after
an eccentric scoundrel whose genius lay in
lodging the bolts and bars and other tenets of
the law, who was supposed te be in for pee
cadilo which we need not mention. as he
was counted "out." The wa.ch house-for
the good, and we hope wholesome Of :he ri
sing generation--w0 shall attempt TO describe.
and you that have never been Gagged, like a
tiger in the menagcrie, pray that you may
never realize night in such a horrible place
81 For Gods sake give me some water"'
We had just stepped into the cells of the
department, where wretches of misery, ruin
and crime we're deposited for the night, when
the above cry burst upon our ears.
- For Gods sake give me some water!'
w = W luC AAOi AtEls liDAA nuCuNt
this appeal emanated. and there was a woman :
She was not lovely as Hebe, nor lowly ia
appearance as drudge. She was woman
young enough to be worth recaiming, and
still decent enough in apparel to show that
she was not beyond humanity S reach What
was she, or how came she there was not for
us Just then to inquire. We requested that
water might be given the famishIng wretch
whose glaring black eyes and long raven tres
ses shone pittifully through the cage bars, aud
we passed to another cage.
"Giye me something to drink"
Here was another cry. We turned TO the
cage, and found it occupied by beastly fel-
low, gnashing his teeth, and almost mad from
the effects of-cheap aud vilianous whiskey
lie was evidently a brutalized, and danger
Gus runiau, caught in a fight with another
both mad drunk knives had been used, and
an accusation Of murder was against him.
"Giye me something to drink "
Here is water"
Il want whiskey, - the water give
me whiskey strong as -, and plenty Of u =
We passed to the next cage. Here fine
looking fellow perfect Hercules in proper
ton, almost bereft Of clothes; young. mus
cular man, curved down and chilled to the
heart. in the corner Of his iron box.
Would you be kind enough to give me a
drink, sir p
Certainly" said we turning to the keeper
Of the cages; let this man-let them all
have drink bring in pitcher Of water
No, no; not water-whlskey-my brain 5
on FIRE; bring in whiskey; l've got plenty Of
money-here, take it-hye, ten dollars; bring
me a glass Of whiskey"'
We saw more than VIC wanted to see, we
could have seen and heard more, but we turn
ed to keeper Of the cages aud asked,
rs this so often ?"
Every night-dis is nothin " !.
We left; not much wiser but surely sad
der man. -CincinRatt Columbian.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

1y- Somehow the following from the I. s.
Review strikes US with considerable force at
this present time:
Reader, do you know what writing for news
papers means!
Il means writing in haste, against the in
clination, without opportunity for reflection,
correction. or chance TO get information. It
means dressing for ball in tho dark; paint
ing picture with single brush for all colors
answering questions in science from memory.
and questions Of fact from Imagination. lt
means attempting the impossible, and making
fools believe YOU have done IT, Worse than
that: worst Of all, it means writing quantity
IN place Of quality; diluting TASKS of fragrant
with pals Of tasteless water passing of hol-
low tubes, for the bars Of solid metal. selling
your soul to the devil-the printer's-for
a mess Of pottage sacrificing future fame to
present necessities.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

According to a dark tradition, which j. in
cidentally mentioned By Pliny the ancient
king Of Egypt used to bathe ia human blood
when they we're seized with leprosy A sim
liar story is told Of the Emperor Constantine /;
but he seems to have been restrained from
employing this revolving remedy in c0nse-
quence Of vision and he is said to have
been cured BY baptism. No great weight can
be attached to these ill-authenticated stories /;
yet it is true that, both in ancient times and IN
the middle ages, decided healing virtues for
the cure Of leprosy were supposed TO exist ~
the blood Of innocent children and virgins,
aud that occasion was given thereby for mum.
beress crueties IL is needless TO refer to
the remoter traces Of the belief in the expi-
ratory or healing properties Of pure blood
they ramify far, and pass into the most ancient
times. Cures Of leprous people by the blood
Of animals. is employing Of which certain
symoolical customs we're observed, are mem
toned in the books o: Moses; and it might
not be difficult to discover similar forms among
all the nations in the world.
During the middles ages the delusion about
the healing virtues Of human blood, which
must have had horrible effects in the plague
Of leprosy, received check from the impress
sion. that only the blood Of those children and
virgins would prove eiilcaciOus who offered
themselves freely and voluntarily for beloved
sufferer. This ideas is particularly expressed
in the touching story Of " Poor Henry which
forms the subject Of one Of the most beautiful
poems Of the thirteenth century
A Suabian knight, who sits in the lap OF
happiness, is seized with the leprosy. In or
der to escape DEATH he seeks through the
world for help. The physicians OF MontPe-
liea can give no assistance he hastens to
Salernum. Here one Of the masters makes
him acquainted with the apparently hopeless
means ofcure. Sad at heart. he returns home
and prepares himself to sorrow out the re-
mainder Of bis days in solitude. a girl Of
twelve years Of age, the daughter Of a coun-
tryman. conceives passion for the unfortu-
nate knight, attends him affectionately. and
upon acciden al hearing Of the freewlll offer
ing, cannot be dssuaded from her resolution
to purchase the recovery Of her master with
her life. Both set out for Salernum. bat the
catastrophy is not fatal Henry gets rid OF
leprosy and rewards his generous benesac'
tress with marrige.-Gerntan Medical Ga
sette
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

rThc Paris fashions Of the coming win
ter, it is said. will be unusually grotesquc.
The correspondent Of the New York Com
merciaI says; Pantaloon stuffs are to come
in pieces, each piece representing complete
pattern the more frequent designs are flow
ers. fruit and creeping plants twining up the
Leo, or else delinea.ions about the foot, or top
boots reaching to the knee; or knots and
buckles and laced work following the line OF
the outer seam. We saw yesterday at a tailor .
door roll Of cloth for overcoats, the design
upon which was fantastic arrangement Of lit
tie lunches Of green toothpicks.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

A BRIEF LrTANy From all bores, back
biters, inquisitive people, tell-tales and hollow
hearted evil-doers, deliver Us. From long
winded. prosy essays. harangues, and hail
storms, from high winds Of adversity and rich
relations, deliver us. From whimsical wives,
net dogs, aud fashionable daughters and SlO0
sbawls. deliver us. From other peoples ba-
bies and their mint.sticks, from harangues
about smart children and their capers, deliver
Us. From the rheumatism and lumbago'
ouack doctors and water-cure pills and pota-
tions. deliver us. From smoky chimnes,
scold'n wives and wash days, deliver US.
From amateur poets and love sonnets dancing
masters and fish hooks. deliver us. From
politics in religion and religion and politics.
deliver us.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

Slang Synonyms.

Only consider what a vast multitude Of
equivalents the perverse ingenuity Of our
sanginess has invented for the one generic
word money. Money-the bare. plain. sim
pie word itself-has a sonorous, significant
ring in its sound, aud might have suficed.
yet we substitute for it-tn, rhino, blunt.
rowdy. stumpy. dibbs. browns, stuff, ready,
mopusscs, sinners, dust, chips, chinkers. pew
ter, horsenails, brads Seventeen synonyms
TO one word aud then we come TO species
pieces Of money. Sovereigns are yellow.boys.
cooters. quids; crown-pieces are bulls, aud
cart-wheels shillings, BEDS or beuders six
penny pieces are fddIers and tizzies four
penny PIECES. joeys, or bits pence, browns,
or corpers and mags. To say that a man II
without money. or in poverty some persons
remark that he is down on his luck. hard up.
stumped up, in Queer street, under a cloud,
upa tree. quisby done up, in fix. To ex-
press that he is rich. we say that he is warm,
comfortable, that he has fcathered his nest.
that he has lots cf tin, or that he has plenty OF
stuff, or is worth plum For the one word
drunk, beside the authorized synonyms tipsy.
inebriated. intoxicated, find Of unauthorized
or slang equivalents the astonishing number
Of thirty-two, viz. in liquor. disguised there
in, lushy, bosky. buffy. booty. mop and brooms.
dalfseas-over. far gone. tight not able to see
hole throught ladder, three sheets in tho
wind, foggy. screwed, hazy, sewed up. mooney.
muddled, muzzy. swipey lumpey. obfuscated,
muggy, beerY. winey. slowed. on the ran-tan,
on the re-taw. groggy, ploughed, cut, and in
his cups. For one article Of drink, gin. we
have ten synonyms max, juniper, gatter.
duke, tape, bluke ruin. cream Of the valley.
white satin, old Tom Dickens household
Words.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

would not have been the case. Ihe iatal
correspondence soon ended the summers en-
gagement; and Frank, becoming vexed at
her course, determined to prove to her that he
was not heart-brokcn thereby, by deyoting
himself to a rich young widow, who was on
a visit TO the city.
The summons soon reached Alice, and she
avenged herself by accepting proposal Of
marriage from the handsome DIR. Graham.
Frank went so far as to escort the blooming
Mrs Harris to her home. The richly.freight-
ed steamer glided BY the home Of Alice, bear
ing her long loved and seemingly faithless
cousin, and the object Of her Jealousy, to the
neighboriDg city. Alice was duly notified Of
the fact. and il required all the resolution she
was possessed Of, to conceal the heart con-
suming agony she felt at the information.
But the feeling of revenge became uppermost
in her bosom. and her object was to have it
gratifed.
A day or two after Frank passed by, Alice,
apparently the gayest Of the gay. was walking
in company with two gentlemen on the bank
Of the river, when the same boat returned,
and very soon Frank was seen coming hastily
towards them. Alice received him very cor
daily, and then turning to her attendants
finished a sentence commenced previously to
his approach.
She affected utter Indifference. while Frank
was greatly disturbed. lie fingered until
they were left alone. and renewed once more
his vows Of love. and plead for hers. As be-
fore said, Alice was true to her early love-
but had seemed ickle. and her BomanlY pride
was bent on revenge. And again she engaged
herself, but refused any correspondence, pro-
wing that it had been fatal to their happiness =
Frank babe her adieu. promising an early re-
turn to appoint the wedding day.-IIer mar
riage with DR.. Graham was already fixed for
an early day in tho coming Spring, and the
time was only week distant. when Frank,
proud aud happy in the belief Of Alice's love
for him, arrived lie had no s.oncr reached
the place, than he heard that Alice was to be
married in a few days, and invitations were
already issued for the wedding. lie could
not believe it until he had seen Alice herself.
who gaily laughed and confessed il. lie
charged her with perfdy, but she only replied
that lie must have known that she was jest
ing. The trial was mutual-they parted,
and bitter was the hour.
Alice was married, and repaired to a dis
tant State to reside. She assurrouEded BY
new cares, new pleasures and Frank was for
gotten. Human hearts are happily plant,
and absence and change Of scene, are matter
of.fact remedies for the most romantic attach
ment ever known. Frank married an accom-
plished and beautiful southern lady; and both
our hero and heroine now present other he
roes and heroines for the next romance.
Aunt Kingsley lived to return home, and
a year after her trip read an account Of the
explosion Of the boat on which she had trav-
eled, and was re,y thankful for the rery mar
row escape that she had made.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

CALIFORNIA EDIToRs From the subioin-
cd paragraph, we think The people Of Cali
fornia haze due appreciation Of editors
The corps there must be good one. else the
people would have been glad Of the chance to
get rid Of them:
"The San Francisco Commercial Advert
ser. the editor Of which was recently detea-
ted in the election in that State, very coolly
@narks uDon the occasion, that che people
don't appreciate editors They nominated
four at the late election, apparently for the
pleasure to be derived from defeating them
Thesswere selected from the four quarters Of
the State, in order that the peoples disap-
proyal Of the whole tribe might be considered
a general thing. Skilllnan, Of the Shasta
Courier Epson, Of the Sacramento Union
Lull, Of the Commercial Advertiser and
Lewis. Of the Los Angeles Star. Served
them right In the first place, they have nc
business to be editors, and in the next place
they have no right to run for Office. Wheth.
er they have a right to live is doubtful that
some people would ike to kill them is sure. =
Gentlemen editors, Republics are ungrate'
full You know that modest merit is never
appreciated, and that full many flower i
born to blush unseen. Plod along, then, in
the way of duty-receive the curses Of the
sovereIgns meekly, and snap your finger at all
offers for place or position Some will tell
YOU Truth crushed to earth will rise again.
Don't believe them. We have seen it tried
Lay not that hattering unctlon to your soul
'Tis the voice Of the siren endevoring to
wheedle you into another canvass. Serve
God, eschew politics, and edit your papers.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

a Soul WITHOUT Con A Soul without
God is like the earth without the sun. Qlench
in the heayens the orb Of day, dumb, and
dead wonldse thmearth below No flush Of
morning risiug 90 genial heart Of high
noon, no sunset glory Darkly would the
rivers flow, the brooks complain, and the
waves Of ocean roll bushed all voices Of the
groves shut and senseless the flowers silenced
tie sound Of busy labor; chained every foot
OF man, and poorstrickeu nature would be
cold as a corpse, her great, vital heart slowly
ceasing TO beat AS the sun is the life and
light Of the natural world, 50 is God of the
spiritual Where he is not, there is no true
lite, no real joy. no abiding peace. Without
biz presence and friendship, the soul is dark
and dead, cold and csnEortless. IL must be
visited by an ever recurring gloomy torboding
Of disaster sense Of want and dread-afraid
Of God and judgments. There may be the
short. lived intoxications Of pleasure; momcn-
tary forgetfuluess in the heart Of some eager
race for tho worlds prizes; the itful shining
of some delusiye hope; but, in the pause Of
sober thoughtfulness, the sh dow comes back.
and night resumes its reign. The soul IS des-
olate without God-Rev. III. Stone.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

ALL ron THE BEsr.-Blcssed are they
that are blind for they shall see no ghosts.
Blessed are they that are deaf; for they
never need to lead money. nor listen to tedius
stories.
Blessed are they that are afraid Of thunder !;
for they shall hesitate about getting married.
and keep away from political meetings.
Blessed are they that arc ignorant for they
are happy in thinking that they know every
thing.
Blessed are they that are ugly in form and
features: for the girls shan't molea him.
Blessed is she that would get fharried but
can't; for the consultations oil the gospel arc
hers.
Blessed are the orphan children; for they
have no mother to spank them.
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g,om the Dublin University Magazine.
Memory.

ST, - rays or sunlight stealing
On the dying day;
Sweet a. chimes Of low bells peallng
Whene fades away;
Cal :. winds az night they moan
Through The heath Ger mountains lone,
Come tie thoughts OF days now gone
On manhood's memory.
A. the sunbeams from the heaven
HIDE AZ eve their light;
A tile bells when fades the even
Peal not on the night;
~ the night winds cease TO sigh
When the rain falls from the SKY,
Pass the thoughts Of days gone by
From ages memory.
YET tie sunlight IN the morning
Forth again shall break,
An5 tile bells give sweet-volced warning
T. tile world 20 wake
Soon the winds shall freshly breathe
Ger the mountains purple heath
BIT the past is Is lost ~ death
lle hath no memory.
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P 0 Q T. r 7
Take back the Fond Vows.
ny AMELIA wrLpY.

h,,k the fond vows you have spoken.
,e5 riye back each promise Of mine,
-s,' our vows are pure and unbroken,
a. must part-anh It's vain 70 repine.
,..,ll strive each emotion 70 smother,
of ! nassiou SO tender and true.
=, ne'er will taste with another,
s,sh love as I've tasted with YOU.
al nonrnful indeed is our story,
~ mournirl our passion has proved
IL am tis my rfide and glory,
rs think that my spirit has loved.
an think oi you still as a brother,
A,a being exalted aud true,
raf rs er will hnd In another,
SaeH charms as are centred IN you.
r,plIs, thou be my fond and true lover
m heed not the hatierers ! meet,
rso .iill round my pathway they hover,
n, nour their fond VOWS at my feet.
NJ lnty commands me 20 smother
III passion-and bid YOU adien,
VI re'er will taste with another,
surh love as I've tasted with you.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

ry-The act has gone into effect in London
which requires that factories and mills aud
manufactures Of all kinds shall burn their
smoke. Coal smoke is declared nuisance
which ought to be abated, and smoke is con-
demned to be burnt. If the smoke can be
burnt in London, the Pittsburg papers think
that il can be burnt in that city and they
suggest that the City Councils institute a
commission to learn the principle and sue
cess Of the English experiment and its adap-
tation TO their wants.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

~ Handsome is that handsome does
just let the uglicst woman IN the thlr.Y,ohe
States SOW on your buttons, hem your pocket
bandkerchiefs keep an eye on your drygoods
generally. tuck up your bed on cold nights;
Send YOU bouquets aud smiles weekly, and
sho hacomes first class Venus. A man 8
iudcment Of a woman depends very much
unon how she looks after bis buttons, SHIRT
c6IIarr and comfortors BioOklyH Eogfe
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

~ Shun man who doesn't pay his COM
nliments to the ladies. lie who IS wantlngin
honor towards curs and corsets, will lnvaria.
Div attempt to dodge the grocer, tailor and
butcher. Faithlessness to the dimlty lnstitu-
ton. is a sure sign of want ofprinciple, plc-
ty and good bringing up
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

~ The people in some countries are COM
nlete cannibals. In one Of the South Sea Is
lands, they are inhuman enough to eat the
flesh or saw.horses, and in another they de-
light in soups made from the joints Of night
mares
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

~ When girl has arrived at an ago
when she likes TO have her hand squeezed by
hot headed corduroy, make up your mind that
her heart has begun to run on matrimony.
HONEYMOON and cradles.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

70 A man up town. IN q view Of keep
ing better time ths- be has as yet been able
to do, has lacked down five Connecticut
clOcbs. and seven lepine : ,nroha.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

~ Look out for the bcggar who refuses
bread unless il is buttered. and who il indlg-
nant at potatoes unless they are peeled Ho
alarms the house by kicking the door
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

~ Aim high in life. If you don't hit the
stars YOU can land in the mud. Any thing
il better than stupid inaction. EVEN a mud
DIV man is better than dozen lazy ones.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

~ Be careful how you make love TO q
cross.eyed girl. You CAM tel whether she is
casting her sweetest glanccs at yourself or as.
Mr.. John Brown opposite.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

~ The severest punishment Of an injury
is the consciousness of having done il and no
one but the guilty knows the withering pains
Of repentance
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

NJ The more a man goes to law, the less
real Justice be is apt to get. Justice IS about
as scarce in court house, as toddy IN tenn
rerance meeting, OF roses in snow banks.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

r. A girls heart is like an axe--use it
all the time. and il becomes dull and useless
affair. If corduroy is skeptical, let him to
nroof
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

u 20 precept Know thyself was not
,.s,y intended to cbviate the pride of man.
kind: bat likowiso that we might understand
our own worth
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

~ There are two reasons why wo don't
trust man one because we don't know LL,r,
and the othsg beause we do.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-12-14

Aunt Kingsley wrote to James and FRANK, =,
,h.. r. tbev would come by for her, she would
i ~;,h them as far as her sisters, on their
nome Such thing as tho old LADY
wy ro0 . steamer was unheard Of before )
. .na''ah sbe had been living within twenty
'Hu ,.s . Il. river for at least 6fty years. she
S.S 'r never y even contemplated the idea Of Be.
%oldi"g ol tho sight, to say nothing Of V'n.urlns
hsr mortal life upon one. They wer' charm