The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-14

A Bulletin.


tween Messrs. Gwin and McCorkle having been
relieved by the harmless result Of the combat, an
allegorical description of the difficulty and its ad
justmsnt, copied from California paper, will not
be unacceptable to our readers.
From the Unpublished MSS. Of Je,cish Antiquities.
A BRIEr HlsroRy OF THE WAR BETWEEN WL-
LIAM THE SENATOR AND JOSEPH THE REPRESENT
ArisE.--Now it came to pass in those days when
Franklin was the President and John the Goy-
ernOr OF the province, there arose great STRIFE
between William the Senator and Joseph the he
preventative. And William was WHY man,
and deeply skilled in all the mysteries OF Ring
craft and usurv. Howbeit. Joseph was slow
man, and while he slept William had arisen and
zone forth to the President, and by much fair
speech had persuaded him to give unto him, and
his followers, many of the fat things, the wines;
the fat things full of marrow; the wines on lees
well refined. So William departed with great
Joy, both he and his people, and they returned to
their own land with exceeding joy. Then arose
Joseph from his slumber, and he goeth to the Pre-
sident and said, | pray you give unto me of the
fat things thou hast in store for and my people,
But Franklin, the President, said no: thou art
come too late, for William the Senator hath been
here, and he and his followers have taken with
them all Of the treasures and riches had for the
people in thy country, even California. So Joseph
departed in rage, and when he got to his own
country he went forth with his people to see the
fleet chargers course it over the plain And be-
hold William and his people were there also And
rs the multitude gathered around Joseph lifted up
his voice and said: Behold, | say unto YOU, this
William Is a decever and coward. He hath
robbed my people of their heritage, and his name
is not written in the book of the faithful Vow
William, though the spirit moved him greatly
he spoke not. But straightway he returned to his
own house and he gathered together his family
and friends his wife and his children, and he took
parchment, and thereon he wrote in strange
William the Senator, to Joseph the Represent
alive, greeting:
''Ihy voice was heard by me and my people on
the plain, and thou hast borne false witness against
me, and now ask thee: Art thou a wine-bibber,
and sayest thou things which thou knowest not the
meaning, or art thou man that maketh good thy
words -
And Joseph sent straightway to William and
said That which was spoken on the plain is affirm
ed IN the council; thou art it hath, by me, been
spoken
Then William was full of wrath, and he again
sent unto Joseph and said ssTake We two friends
yea three if thou lkest, and 90 forth heyond the
city, and will take friends, the like number, and
In the desert afar off will battle for that honor
which we SO much lack. With sword or with
pistol, with pop guns or with iron guns, we will
hight to the glory of the nation and the vindicaton
OF ourselves
And Joseph said 'sAmen''
And on the morrow, while it was vet early,
tney arose, and William said to his servants:
SADDLE me an ass, and my friends saddle each
an ass, and take you another ass, and put pan
nier upon him; and in the pannier put bread and
WINE and much strong drink; moreover, put in
doughnut and sausages, sandwiches and cold slaw,
for we go long journey, and peradventure we
return no more. +" And when the family and friends
OF William heard these words there was great
iamentation, and those that went not with him
tell on his neck and kissed him, scrrowing most of
all Tor the words which he spake, that they should
see his face no more.
And in the house of Joseph the lamentaton was
yet louder; and as they went forth, each with his
own trends, his own asses, his own douohnuts
and sausages, their wailing could be heard afar
off.
And they went three DAYS Journey into the
desert, and the third day they came to a place
called San Mateo, and they dismounted and took
from their panners the doughnuts and the sa,lsa-
ges and the strong drink, for the hearts of all were
exceeding depressed, and sorrow sat upon their
faces; and when they had eaten of the bread, and
drank OF the wine, and became much drunken. the
spirit came again to them, and they said let the
battle be fought
SO the friends of William conferred with the
friends of Joseph, and they measured off a wide
distance, even thirty PAGES, and William and Jo-
seph stood at that distance, full of wrath, and
sausage, and cold slaw; and behold when they
RI.
there were no bullets cast; so thew sat down. 10
seph with his face to the east, and William with
ms face to the west and servant was despatched
to the tents OF the Phlistnes, which were situated
at distance of Sabbath days journey. and he
tnere found bullets, which he put in the pocket
OF his neither garment. So he returned to the
pace whence he came. And the weapons of
William and Joseph were loaded, doubly loaded |
with powder and ball. Then they stood forth. |
William with his face to the east and Joseph with
ms lace to the west and as the word came from
Inc centurion they turned in exceeding haste, and
behold so great was their courage, and so perfect
their self-possession, that William hit a raven
that was flying over and the ball of Joseph passed
near the head of Samuel, the friend of William. |
This was the first pass
And again they stood up, and again they made /
ready, and again did they fire, but it avafed not
The bullets would not kill and after the third
time William cried aloud, why persecutest thou
me- And Joseph said, because, when we were in
a strange land, even in Washington, thou didst
injustice to me.
But William said not so. Then straiohtwav
The friends of William and the friends of JosepR
look counsel together, and they prepared an epis-
tie to be published among the faithful at San
Francisco. This epistlc is preserved among the
treasures with the last book of ,Esdras. And It
readeth that Joseph had spoken nothing, but
what he did speak was the trutf-that William
had spoken nothing, and that he too had spoken
truth; and that both were honorable men and VA
liant
So they forgot their hate and came again to
San Francisco, and the second night they pitched
their tents in sight of that great city. And the
people within, when they heard that without were
their faithful servants rcjoiced exceedingly. And
there went forth to meet them the rulers and null
tltndc. And los when they saw William afar off.
and bchcld his gray hairs streaming in the wind
they set up loud shout, and they went and took
HIM from his own beast, and placed him in a cha
riot, and with exceeding joy they bore him to his
own house.
AND the sequel to the history Of this bloody war
may be read IN the l47th chapter of the book of
COMMONWEALTH London paper brings to
nina the following curious condolences: On the
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