The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-08-20

| ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAiLsoAD.-The contractors are
pushing forward this great work vigorously We learn
from HE chicago Pleas that HE effective force upon the
vsnous SECTIONS Of the road will not vary much lrom
ooo nen. Al The present lime The track Is being laid
upon the main trunk from Caro- nortbwaTd, and from
Bloomington Southwark upon The Chicago branch from
hankakee souihwsrd and on the Galena branch, from
La Sale 10 the junction with the Chicago and Aurora
| road.
The Press declares there is little reason 10 doubt that
The cars viii be a,srsng the whole 700 miles OF road
comprised IN The main ank and its branches during the
year 1855.
Mrs Anna Cora Moxali. the accomplished actress is
now lying, We are sorry 10 learn. seriously i'll al Ravens
wood. New York, the residence of hsr father Samuel
g. Ogden esq. This indisposi,ioa the more 10 be re-
GREETED by The public for the that il Will prevent
Ms M IRON returning TO the stage for several months
and also postpone the appearance OF o!ume oil personal
memoirs. which were 10 have been published in Sep
TENDER next
/ Coon cRowlno-Mr. Kendall one Of the editors Of
the New Orleans P,cayuns, in recent letter from Paris
says
81 feel disposition to crow this morning 10 moi
onr clippers ontsaii them all. them
ALL our Colts revolvers outshoot them al and lhfesh
ing machines outihresh them all, thlesh them all
oui, you Wlit II man on Tins side wishes keep
ms ihroa hiost does he NOT swallow American juep,
coooer, or cocktail! ii he wishes Keep his feet dry
does he not wear an American oyershoe Ii he wishes
to keep his blood purified does he not use American
TsaPara sad pills! III he wishes TO keen ahead on
the road, does he not buy American lroeri Ii he
wishes TO Keep warm, does he not procure American
slovet II ne wishes 10 keep cool does he not send for
American lcs' II he wishes 10 keep his money and ef
tecs safe does he not purchase Of osbss American
locksa II he wishes to keep himself and family from
want or starvation does he not go 10 America, turn
hs eyes and thoughts in that drecioAi tell you that
feel Ctapmanish this morning that have
desire 10 Gov. and Justify. the haudiwork and ad
vaniages OF my own countrymen.
n anti mn raoI n mn
oihers on this stei Certainly Where does the Enesh
man obtain knowledge of his own veInacu'ari From
Noah Webster and LndIey Murray, to be sure for the
dictionary OF the and the grammar Of the other have
crowded amost everything else from the schools where
tbs language laugh, in It's purity In history. and law
and heoogy are not our authors considered among the
hrsl do 70, Prescott, ard Story and Claiming occupy
lie front rank And in poetry, fiction, and sculpture do
We moi take ptefeence Are not the works of Bryant,
host OF others he in hshesiTeveIencc in the Old World
Let us all crow
GEN ooLs. AcMS.--The General was by no means a
book- man. On the contrary, quite the reverse.
And upon this circumstance founded the capital story
we about TO copy. Here il s Probably (says Il e
writer not one hundred learn 10 write his
own name, spell February, hi tie cases OF the per-
sonsl Ironounr, after forty years of age. The General
suffered something BY his lack OF formal training in his
youth, which ear-maiked his style OF speech and com
position while he lived. An amusing instance will Illus
!rae slight defect OF this sort, and his mastery skill
cxtEcating himse which deserted him in any such
exigency. Immediately after Madisons second election
The General called upon Governor Fndlay, then holding
the ofhce OF Stale Treasurer, with the manuscript of
long letter which be had written the President cover
ing the whole ground Of our foreign and domestic policy
and especially The principles and of the demo.
cratic party Mr.. Finday heard il With with not little
admiration OF lis merits, matter, and form but gancins
al the psrcr. he observed that the General had some
bundled instances, written the pfonoun in little with
la and de, IN ~.
writer's sake, and for the effect iha, ought have
but impressed ALEC with his sensi,iveness 10 criticism
| which, in any way mpeached his capabii S, he coax
T insy suggested the much desired correction after this
fashion: 4s
An excellent letter, General A sonnd letter sir
full OF most capital advice, which MIR. Madison will be
glad and proud TO receive and thoroughly democratic in
every sentiment. letter, General, tina, any might
De proud 10 write Views, sir. that will make the adj
miusIaion equal 10 Jefersons. If they fully adopt
ed. Bot, General, they have court at Wash
,hgon, a.na mater such az you and are not apt ic
treat With much eonsderaiionan indifferent itle piece
OF etiquette" Here Mr.. Findlay began 10 stan.
mer The Generals keen eye was upon him, and be fell
IN.
"Percizely! what is q"
"Oh, nothing, looking over the paper as il !, were
! hard TO find Nothing at all, and YET II would BE-
easily altered stroke OF the pen here and there
Z merely"
Pine blank" raid the General what is ii Mr. Find
lay ="
.'Why, General II has become The custom lately Al
Warrington to write the pronoun with capital let
ter
The General was caught and he knew how he wa.
, caurh and he mus' recover himself
:. Percizeiy, Mr. Fndlay all right Most assuredIy-
kDow-pIne- blank-youfe right" BY this time ht
ready I" Look here, my dear en- laying his hand
on Mr. Fsndlsys shoulder II TO him, for III,
Embarrassment all on the side now. You see
! my dear fellow, had design in it. When | write ic
a small pattern OF man, | make my capital Is two
inches long; when write 10 my equal fellow citizens
such yoursel, make them the usual length but, sir
when address myself 10 as great a man as Mr. Mad
ron Mr.. Jefferson always make them as small a.
possible, with pop over HEN, prcizely."
lneed hardly say that the General walked ,traigh IL
his room, and raised every letter of them the dignity
required by The rules OF gfammer ami the etiquette o
, Washington city before he despatched the epistle.
by j. q. MCGUIRE. Ancttoneer.
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