Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-04-27

An Exciting Scene.

ener was on the point Of departure from
Charleston, s. c., for New York, our atten-
ton was attracted by number of passen-
pers on board and the excitement Of alarge
crowd which had gathered at particular
place on the vessels deck. We made our
way into the throng behind the captain, ana
soon found man dressed in the garb OF q
Quaker, seated on what appeared to be
chest, declaring that it should not be opened
unless those who opened it killed him.
While he was thus acting, voice from the
chest las from colored person in distress)
said in smothered tone:
.Iet me out had RAIDER 60 to massa,
oh! mercy dis chile can't stan dis, no how.
Oh golly, can't stan dis no longer"
"Look here, my friend" said the captain,
ssyou'll please get off that chest"
sI'l do no such thing" he replied coolly.
ooh. dear, huff me out dis!' came dis
tinctly from the chest, as if the speaker
was sufocating.
"Mate," said the captain, 'bring some
men and take that person off that chest, and
break it open"
The Quaker resisted, was seized by the
passengers, all believing he was stealing
darkey, contrary to the laws of the South,
and held uncomfortably.
The mate took an axe and forced the lid
loose from the chest.
"Oh, don't, you'll kill me-" said the
satisfied voice. 81 want to get out; want
to 90 back; oh, dear! shall die
"Hold on a few minutes longer" said a
good natured person, stepping out; yon
shall soon be released"
"Quite an intense feeling was now raised
in the crowd, when the mate forced off the
lid, and as it came from the box, an I'M
earthly, demoniac laugh rang from the old
clothes with which the chest was filled, and
no sign of any living being there. Amaze
ment appeared on the countenances of the
before angry but now bewildered lockers on.
We were shortly after let into the mystery,
by the captain who saying that he had for
gotten that Wyman, the Ventriloquist, was
on board. That genius was standing near,
and nearly choking with laughter at the
anxious faces of the spectators, and the ex-
element he had raised by thus waking up
a niger in q box.
LIS 10 FRIENDS, LIS 10.-The following
X R tation is addressed to N E L: Cold
winter is at pG-, V G tation has D Z D =;
the beauties of the landscape have faded, g.
the Rth now appears in sad r A. Old
Boreas comes whistling mournful L E &
over the graves of the flowers, and the MN
seem glis 10 from the frosty armament.
The freezing blast pierces like a + in the
! clad bssom of want, while T R r of P T
R con G L D at their respect V fountains
All U full pockets 0 2 X NJ N in 2 the K N
D ton of those r ound U, & - forward
with N r G 2 mitigate the distr S S of
need D. should not wait for N Y X P B
N c, but show the un d X L N C of U R
disposition, by M-@ing the E R Hest OPP
portuni I 2 B stow upon the poor who R 2
B found in every 3 of our C L.
Our devil would like to C the w man that
wrote the above f.
CALLING NAMEs.-We notice ithat, in a
suit, recently brought in New York city,
against person for calling the plaintiff a
''rogue, thief, and liar" the jury gave
damages in the sum of forty-fve dollars
just fifteen dolls. for each defamatory express
sion. We presume this may be considered,
In future, the price of the luxury. The
plaintiff, however, had previously called
defendants wife 'cat." But cat is a
respectable and domestic creature, with
many good points, while her bad ones are
truly hypothetical. So the term sscat''
went for nothing as a set off in the damages,
and women may be denominated mousers
with IMMUNITY.
These legal facts are worth remembering,
for all who use hard words when out of
humor, and it is safer to know exactly how
lar we can afford to go, in the expense, be-