Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-03-16


pened to glance in the mirror-he had
forgotten, in his haste, to remove hi:
mask. These gentlemen had kindly
brought his son home, and, being some
what fatigued, had remained with him
The emotions of the older and younger
Jones, leave to your imagination
Paris, February 10, 1854.
~ Who would not laugh at read
ing the following from the Boston Poste
Fun IN CALIFoRN1A.-There is little
paper printed at San Diego. California,
called the San Diego Rerdld-an ordi-
nary grave paper, that went into the
support of John Bigler for Governor,
and that was not suspected of ever be-
ing inclined to fun. The editors name
is ]. Judson Ames, a county Judge and
moderate man. Lately before the cleo
ton, he took it into his head to go on a
tour to another part Of the State, to
electioneer probably for the democratic
Bigler, and entrusted the Herald dur
ing his absence, to the charge Of John
Phoenix, Esq, a gentleman of that link,
known in the vicinity by the name of
Derby @
But the Judge had forgotten to in
quire into the nature of Mr.. Phenix's
politics, and the first thing the new ed
itor did was to change the political char
acter of the Herald, by running up the
white flag. bearing the name of William
Waldo, for Governor. The Judges
CONSERVATION may be fancied. He i'm
mediately wrote back letter to Phoe-
nix, telling him to bring back the Her
aid to its allegiance; whereupon Phe-
nix declares his democracy, that his
support of Waldo was mistake, and
asks forgiveness, and avowing himself
ready 'to embrace democracy with ar
dor; slap her on the back, and declares
himself in favor of erecting a statue Of
Andrew Jackson in the plaza
Whatever is, 10 right (says Phe-
nix, )'as the old gentleman sweetly re
marked when he chopped off the end OF
his nose with the end of his razor, in
the endeavor to kill fly that had lit
thereon, when he was shaving and ap-
plies the remark to the election of Big
Ter, and adds-'If this election, howev-
er indirectly, should cause San Diego
to assume its proper position as the first
commercial city Of California, l shall
reverence the name of John Bisler for
ever, and l will bestow that hoz yed ap-
pellation upon my youngest child, and
have it engraved upon piece of leath-
er or other suitable material, and sus-
pended about the tender infants neck,
until such time as he shall be old enough
to learn and love the virtues of his hon
ored godsire.'
Mr.. Phoenix in his arm chair, writes
an eloquent yaledictory on retiring
from the editorship. He says:
TE DEUM LAUDAMUs,-Judge Ames
has returned. With the completion of
this article my labors are ended; and
wiping my pen on my coat-tail, and
placing it behind my ear with grace
full bow and bland smile for my ad
mirers, and wink of intense meaning
for nv enemies, l shall abdicate with
dignity, the arm chair, in favor of its
legitimate proprietor. By the way,
this arm chair is but pleasant fiction
of Boston's-the only seat in the Her
aid office, being the empty nail keg,
which l have occupied, while writing
my leaders upon the inverted box, that
answers the purpose Of table. But
such is life. Divested of its poetry and
romance, the objects of our highest ad-
become mere common places
like the Herald's arm chair and table.
Many ideas which we have learned to
love and reverence from the poetry of
imagination as tables, become old sugar
boxes on close inspection and more init
mate acquaintance.
If he has given offence to any one he
is ready to accept their apologies. He
says:
commencing IA al ihNIN NShS oOuA
nal, have gradually passed through all
stages of incipient whiggery, decided
conservatism, digni6ed recantation, bud
ding democracy and radicalism. and 1
now close the series with an entire lit
erary number, in which | have careful
ly abstained from the mention of Baldo
and Wigler, 1 mean Wagler and Bill
do, no-never mind-as Toodles says,
havn't mentioned any of 'em but been
careful to preserve perfect armed neu-
trality.'
The description of the arrival home
of Judge Ames, after all the trouble
Phoenix had caused him is very rich.
He says:
'Coolly we gazed from the window of
the Office upon the new town road. when
we deserted a cloud of dust In the dis
tance, high above it waved a whip lash
and we said Boston cometh, and his
driving is like that of John the son of
Nimshi, for he driveth furiously.'
Calmly we seated ourselves in the