Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-04-21


no "Firins."-We make the following
extract from private letter from Cali.
fornia.-LopeH Courier.
San Francisco, Jan. IA, 1852
Speaking Of the Is,hmus, | think must
tell you tale concerning a young and
bloc ming Lowell lady who had just ar.
rived here. and whose adventures on
the Isthmus were somewhat piquant,
showing what ladies have sometim, s
to undergo who travel to Caliiornla. -
Miss WAS we'll provided with suit
able clothing Tor Trip from Lowell to
the "uttermost part Of the earth," and
had an exceedingly pleasant journey,
till she arrived Cruces, when, not
knowing, what | know by experience,
that il Is not at all necessary to travel
separated from your baggage, she sui
fered herself to be separated from her
own, thereby committing grave err
ror.
She, supposing her baggage would
arrive at Panama nearly as soon as her
self, mounted on 4 rickey little mule
clad in a thin Bloomer, and started from
Cruces TO Panama. Now, as before
observed, the lsihmus and the whole,
Pacific coast, have had long crying
fit, and The consequence is that the road
irom Cruces TO Panama was never in a
more execrable condition. Miss l.
being very large and heavy, and her
mule being small and old, they had a
good time OF il, and foundercd through
the mud in a most astonishing manner.
She told NE tia, at one time the mule
went into mud-hole SO deep that MOTH
irg wns visible but his nofe and ears,
while she was in up to her chin. The
gentleman who was with her informed
me that he rescued her IRON such TO-
si,ion four times during the day-puling
her al d her mule cut oil tie deep mud
by malu iorce.
mud adventures when they 60, through
the worst places, they halted at a con-
vcnient native "Ranch," held coun-
Gil of war, and concluded that, inasmuch
as Miss L-had not a change Of
clothes at hand, it was expedtnt TO
wash those she had. So the other la.
dies (there were several along who
were either smarter or had better luck
then Miss u stripped her, wash
cd her of as they would a new born ba-
by, rolled her up in blanket and laid
her away 10 be tood baby and take
nup, while they washed and dried her
only suit. They washed the suit and
hung i, up TO ory, and then, very natu-
rally, sat down to dinner. Dinner being
over, they went 10 get Miss Is
suit, when, to their horror and aston
ishment, they found it had 'vamosed
the Ranch" in short, while they had
been eating, the natives had stolen il.
Here WAS a pickle for a nice young
lady, and Yankee school marm to
boot. Naked as she was born into the
world - rolled in blanket and no
clothes TO put on-in the middle OF
strange coun,ry-I think her situation
interesting in the extreme, and don't
remember any heroine In any novel
VIII, was ever so peculiarly situated. /
have a grea, mind TO leave her where
she is just to let you exercise your in
genuity in getting her out Of the scrape.
l think she must have had some very l
peculiar feelings while rolled up in that
blanket. The ladies finally got her out
oi the scrape by contribution. One
gave her petticoat, another skirt,
another shawl, &C., and as she was
probably the largest in the crowd, you
can imagine what n sort OF rig-out she
had. II served at any rate TO hide her
nakedness and in this anomalous suit
she entered Panama, where she WAS
able to purchase lew absolutely ne
cessary things TO come on with. Her
baggage did not catch up with her at
Panama, and che arrived here about as
looking objcc, as you could
easily find. She has s.nce received her
trunks by Adams's Express, and rejoi-
ces over them, and is ready to lcugh
over her adventures on the lsthmus.'
MARRIAGE CEREMONY IN SoUTH
case of bieamy was re-
can,ly tried in Cheraw county, South
Carolina, and discharged. In The
charge Of his honor, Judge Frest, TO the
Jury. he remarked that there was no law
"a ,he State Of South Carolina prescrib-
ing marriage ceremonial. II Mr.. A
and Miss d jump over broom, the tor
mer saying | take this woman 10 be my
" edded wife, and the latter ] take this
man TO be my welded husband. and 90
10 housekeeping, they are legally mar.
ried, have entered INTO bond OF union
which cannot he aDnulIcd, SO long as
hey both do live.
ngDr. Barton, (says an Oxford
warden oi Merton College,
was the oddity Of his time. A gentle.
man coming one day into his room told