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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-11
MATRJwOS z.


GENTLEMAN DssIRoUs OF AGAIN ENTERING
"A .he holy state Of msrimSny would b sad :. esoSn
widower years age has itsle girls and 9y,as
Old and comfortable eirsumstsness being worth over
especially connected would advsres she quail.
BENG put in III
dressed Theodor yesko Union square Poet olce, Ill
be treated as confidential and with respect.
ter aniable dipofon and unsttrsotiye in personal
ioIm the seaasinsn.e young az iAr
tune a.s DOR senAL and hs.r. for ne oompasian
1erOphon, Union ,quaEe Post Once.
MATRIMONIAL GEsTLxMAN OF TWENTY-FIVE,
N Of so'd personal appearance very rsspsc.ASly con
ton Would te pleased 10 open with some
young lady Of plcs ing msnners nsesen and sociablo
from the exciting Of young life upon
the quiet lfe Of the married man. Address william Co.
Brooklyn Poe. offce.
nsn 81 'n vii ana ss dyaD.s % e.s on
.s:sa. . ay lady S
WALES: F:s.: mus. real s.n: i::issso. business
s:. 's ''
MATRInoEY MADE EASY, OR HOW TO WIN
1s ss
paid ain direesns ladies' or gentlemen 70 win
IN Sss';ss 80. ,a:l
position and last though mos least be arranged
Address Professor LAwton Bottom No letters AIKEN
nom sSs Posi- Once snlsss ths postage 3 paii.
THE WAY TO The ALTAR-MATRIMoNY MADE
EAsy; Or, How to win Lover
Love rules the camp the court, the grove
For love Is Heaven, and Heaven 10 love-
20 sang the sage; Jet Thousands Pine
For love-of life the Light tiyine-
Who, did they know some gentle charm,
The hearts Of those they love TO warm,
Might live, might die in bliss supreme,
Possessirg all Of which they dream.
The road 10 wediock would you know,
Delay NOT, but 10 Roundout 10.
Time flies, an d from his gloomy wings,
shadow falls ON living thisgs
Then seize the moments they
Ere falls the last sAn dc through the glass;
At least the pres, mt Is your own,
while all the future 10 unknown.
happy marriage aid
Nay secure by koundout's aid.
Professor Reundout OF New York. formerly Of Ewcden
where the OF brin ng OF
happy rrAges will send Actress rtceipt
dollar aid plain directions 20 enable ladies
win the devoted affections of the opposite
their hearts desire The timple
osptvatp ghat all may be married irrespective Of age
position; and lAt though lesst can be
with such and decacy that detection i'm
posbie. Address Professor KoUrDUUT New York, post
paid.
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TINTED STATES NAIL STEAMSHIP CoMPAHY.-roR
New Orleans. via Havana on Monday February u the
Henry windle This been thoroughly overhaul
td fitted with boilers cabins and furniture,
will sail tho 18Th Of fsbru.ry two Afrom Warren
street pier Rates passage to Havana and New Orleans
STATE BERTH $O standee BERTH eerase berth aud
found S5 Passage now be secured ~ the oompanys
received he s.h n,ass stses only taken freight
ing Of The f.rm Issued By the company on appicAos 81
their ose No other form signed, and bills Of Adng will
be signed the hour Of sailing. For freight passage
apply the o0s Of the company lit West Of wAs
ron street. H. o. R0BERTS.
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TT s. NAIL LINZ FOR CALIFORNIA, VIA AsPIN-
" wall and Panama. Lowest prices superior steamers
Extension Of the Panama Railroad Arrangements for the
sale in this city Of 0cAes for the transit Of the Isthmus
Of all other l.es Tho United States Mail
~ at O'clock p from pier foot Of Warren street. the
fast sailing sseamship GEOhGE LAW, CSpt J. MCGOWAN
pany'. steame, GOLDEN GATE Car. IshAm. The extern.
the railroad makes the passage the lsthmns
practicable in condensation that will induce AL
who value tser health and comfort TO sescs This
M Hinokey date frwa der for Co., the Isth
mu perfected his fog Vie transit Of
gers their bags from Asfinwa 70 Panama Tick
be obtained for this rAnst frsm j. W. CArrnKon
~ Adams Co.'S 80 Broadway or At III West street The
OF all classes
and particular attention paid to the eles she
steeat For freight or passage apply ~ the ofos OF the
con panes. III W est street, to g. \. WHITNEY.
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FANCY ARTICLES.

VALENTINES, vALENTINIs.-ALL VALENTINES
bought ~ the counter Of the Broadway fost VNce WA
h seat " sny part OF the CITY without charss
yyALEsTINEs-THE ONLY PREMIUM GIVEN FOR
yaleptiats st the New York Crystal Pasee has been
vkrded 10 rre,e Agent Of the American Valentino Com
pspy 81 Nassau street few OF the prize valentines will
Be- fspt ON view the OF retail customers
=. rkSKE, 81 EAsssn street, up stairs.
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TslhvELI,E Rs' GUIDE.

rAxDGN AND ANNOY RAILROAD TO PHILADEL-
pha, from pier No forth river Two lines aailv Al
~ and = n Aeo'mnsds.on lineM A. n, By
ssy Places and Camden; fare ~ sress line st2 r. NJ
~ John Pctsr Arboy htpts drest Camden by ears
lh1ouEh IN ave hours; fare ~.
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boat John Potter TO Sru sy shenos By cars %
ssy places and Camden. fAr ~ Express line kt2 r. NJ
ts John Pctsr Aboy thtpts drestt Camden By ears
jh1oush In nve hours fare ~.
LTUDS0E NVEE RATLkoAD.- TRAINS DAILY FROM
q ChAmbe street tor Albany and Troy -
kSpress NAn, A. AThrough In four hours connecting
ss trains reaching BUT 10 Montreal ~ ~ o'clock zane
yrenLs.
Nal xsp, ga. M.-Throush way trains n II u. aad
r.E.
,ovn 1880 p N. FOR Psektkili, $50 r. n FOR Pousk.
Seepse 7sC A. and N. Passengers taken ~ CHAM
ssr Canal Christopher foureeath aud Thirty stroets
BHsday trains Canal street, At $40 p u, r AlbsaI
ND Troy, crying 81 all way stations.
RDhUkD FRENCH. Superintendent
NEW YORK AND MONTREAL RAILROAD LINE.
~ via bellows Falls, Rutland, Burlnstos, Windsor.
White River Wells River, 81 Johnsbury Montpslisr %.
Ticket ofhset;Sew Haven Railroad Of Broadway
and Canal street. and Twony sixth street and Fourth
Express trains ~ a. and T. n Baggage ohsok.
ID Mrouyh Frsght BY the New Haven seamsrs Peek ap.
FRANCIS HYDE. dsneral Agent No ls2 South street,
NTIw YORK AND PHILADELPHIA DIRECT, VIA
New Jersey Railroad ted States ana Express linea
through fsur hours leave New York foot Of Cortan
street At G. s. and "A. n, and 80 and $50 n Leaves
s Ar 30 T. M the foot OF Walnut street. Fare SS,
AZ I'd Ior second A. H. from New York and $50 r.
from phas,Ith Through tiotet soid and passengers
ana urourh bsrugo carried tor Bslsmore, Washington.
Iorfslt apd Chassin, IN the lad A. n, and 40 and
zap tran sEd connection certain, will trainsH
behind tne Pasnsers with baggage the ferry
minutes before TIE tEsn . leave.
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u UCKLEY's sEREEADERs, CaINkSE HALL. $50
I'D Broadway, near the Prescott House.
OPbN EVERY NIGHT


r. BISHOP BUCKLEY, Musical Director.
The Oldest established aud most talented compAnyh exist
being he first to INTRODUCES harmony into Ethiopian
ENTERTAINMENT the first 10 sg Operata Cborusss
Burlssque operAs'ac. likewise all OperaNo Cheruses
sung by other bapds first arranged (Lt the
pen,e Of labor ard tAent by Buckleys The
has the homer Of that tho Concerts
Company will still be conducted in las present fashion
Able styeup without vulgarty" Concert commences NJ
~ O'CLOCK. Admission 3 oente.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-11

NOTICE.-CALITORNH STEAMSHIP OFFICE, NO. 8
IN Broadway corner Of Beaver "Reminiscences snd
freight taken ~ lowest rates. In having New
York on Or about the 6sh and oh Of month Pasn
will please ember that the only Office In this
kept By 10 At Tho above number the only ese authorized
BY us selling through tickets including on The
Isthmus. Tor further information inquire Of WIN. II.
YOUNG CO.. No. Broadway corner q Beaver street
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RIEklICAla

bEUICAls
nR. cooPER, DUsEa sT1EKT, NAT m OoNl
suted Dr. q. would solicit Of thees hte2
tsted ot tens satisfied thai from prsetos u tV0e5
three years he Eiyo enttre satisfaction.
nR. JOHNSON. Is DUAHk srREF1, hAY 81 0QN.
~ suited Dr. Il regularly educated phyaeians NJ
his dplcu IN his once Houre trsm ' A. u. 0bP.ns
Dp coppxYr 40 10 DIANE sTRkRT, BBrvnyu
ID Cbsshs An william sgsets may be oonsuits1. - q
-pr q. h . member Of The Ns- York univsrsiAy - u
diploma in his ofscs
DR WARD 80 CANAL sTRRET ONE DOOR 1AS1
OF Brosdrsy, can be consulted ~ usual Ausndaaee
till l0P.M
VSR WARD GRADUATE or TBs UNIvnRsITY or
Isi. burs scotsnd, can be eorsuted with certainty,
AsO Cr.l street eAss OF broadway fom A. II.
- l0P n
~ Lamont PAIN And LorDoH PnHBIOlAs
M and sutror, No. Sesds ssrs,, cernsy Dresewss.
&c., o,.icsk A. NJ oeteak ~. ss< frew q
..sssis,L y. s44 va Sv.w ssa~e
U,sE OLD DR. gUhgER BIsssLr. CHE PBYsiOIsH
L ~ 4l.s.s. ..s NrrFrttV aNc~ufsvy. No ? ~
don street rer Yert r.v 10 100 censuis~s =
Is7sl frsG L. r. 70 70 r. ~ ss~aAss ss~snsss ~ - ~
Lee
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hor,hesd Of is gallons The responsbs sure
s ID ss & Bsi
n.nos' can be bad q sgeli'ss,NHInr 4 this 0e
.h H ( n sosEsr, 0 sss, . Asa'
omcs oro.on Aqu.dast Department, FEB. H. 1854.
EINANos DxPARrxENT-coxPrRoL OF
sS ssS YSfh F y R = s nn. psspo S e
opened At the Comptroller once ground il
oSrpor,iep q me city q New YORK For the DgE.
as Hsss S.1ssay No.
sev.n'h and Eighth For The purchase u LOT
n aS s
s Nor ss 90 o. lot 81 u Fl hs h a ass
y ws q ssssSasa tf III use q
10 build housed tor snsss Company and Hose Com
Esas ~ !sss ss'1 and
shs the % Of and
tie purchase OF the vicinity Of this. upon which the
s aSSss
dh and depth Of The s /. tss tho n,Ie and 9anbe. q
stuatd. clear title WIN 30 required and payment win
Each proposition should be sealed up and drsosed as FOL
lows Proposals for the sale Of 70. Twensy seventh
ESn uompsuy No. the b. And
s'iss 'ss'ca asss 'i.ia s
ss al,
promote or protect the n's's., g. R.s sS Comptroller.
DUBLIC NOTICE.--THE COMMITTEE ON WHARvES
piers and slips Of the Bosid Of Aldermen tai thb
meth ,iho and all others who have
plans or patents furnishing strsng and economical
light present plans and eishsr in writ
n. q rasS the %
Hail. No. s. for TIA purpose Of deyisins ways and
and piers Of city fer the bs
elton Of life and Al persons interested In
WM. BOARDMAN JR. lcomm;tt.a nm vhsrvas
ss ho i i R 9Svssr P:s;' ma q : s''
VxTArIR METERs-sEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE
received At the ofce Of the Croton Aqueduot Depart
ant Rotunda PARK until Tebrusry o. 1854 At
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ITO SOUTHERN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FOR
South CArsna Georgia, Ae, taking the United States
mail steamship JANkSTOWN on Saturday afternoon ..
O'Clock pier Is North river for Norfolk, Peterburz
and Richmond ,ake the ssboard and Roanke Raosd
10 Wilmington, and thence the Wilmington and NAnohessr
Railroad just completed, and forming through line By
railroad Augusta At.lantA 40 Passage md fare state
$40; steerass passage half price. ApIlyto
LVDLAN * PLEAoANTS 81 Broadway
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ANEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA STEAMSHIP LINE
IN via NiosrssuA-Ths Accessory rsAssis Company Of
Nicaragua ugh In advance Of tho mail
1he new doubt s.sss steam ship .TAs or TIE
river r n precisely for San Jusn del Norts
Monday Feb 30 meeting With the new end fAvsrite
Nearasa Transit route having but twelve miles Of land
ventilation Accommodation For information pas
sage, apply only 70 eRARLAS NOkGAN, Agent No. 8
Bowlips Green.
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= astonishing AgieAn and the learned Canary Birds e
500 BroadwAy-Acnday evening" Jan.
nary and every evening during The week Il TX ocioof
and Wednesday and Saturday afternoons ~ the nese
varied entertainments rho CITY consisting Of Vontgilo-
QUEEN Spirit Rsppps Magic and the Canary Birds ~.
mission rs cepts; children TX
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10 sho iszsets most airy modous Aae advantage
ouely aitGatsc hots In havana In shs imsdAss Vicinity
the Captain General hd Latosdcrso's palace sLe Osshe
t- spulohre Of Coiumbur Plaza do ArmAs Custom Hea
ard QcSy md bus few wiaussa walk drive from th0
Lamads Pssao, AID rsson rhestre. Anglish, spsnis.
French End spoksn osrs visits ths ers n
acsa.c the a2ng Of arS baggage Raj,
n. SriatySxf
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DhfVARD's GKORAMA, 593 BROADWAY.-TI NBW
ID and magnificent panorama Of tho Nile, opsn pro-
sentr views the rivers py-amds colos sphynx siusa
30 Egypt also the and famous Misssdpp
every evening at and Wednesday and Saturday asr
Moons at o'cotR. DIM ssen Is cents; Front SeAts, y
ocn,s. Described by Mr.. Banvard personally.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-11

usOR BALE-THE STEAMBOAT PRINCESS, NOW
y running between New York and Perth Ambcy. bhe "
boat law, and y In nrst rate running Length ~ fees
10 inohes breadth II feet IL inches depth inches
and ia tons burthen has 81 noh cylinder and fost
streie. May be daily from II A. n. Al 2P ~ the
foot Of Robinson street For terms TO- apply J. r.
GBANBERLIr. III Robinson stresS.
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CTEAM BETWEEN NEW YORK AND GLASGOW
y The Glasgow and New York steamship CompAnys new
GLASGOW, 961 toms 40 horse powsr Robert
GRID. conn .nd:r and NEW yong g go 'on. 800 horse
Saturday, March 49, ~ o'clock n, and Wednesday, Nay
TO- 81 IL clock First cabin saloon staterosms $50 DO
mdshps do, $50 cabin $780, third olAss, S Apply
10 JOHN MoSYhON 20 Broadway
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syPErCRR HOUSE, CINCINNATI, 0HIO.-Ir HAVING
- been suggested 70 Tho propotors OF the above establish
nen-Eessrs Gee Moore Co.. Mr Moore several yeAe0
connected nth the Louisville Hotel louisville Ky-that
really ht. caas hstsl Of magnitude be unsxoeptionab
conducted with Atty and furnished with unfoHm
elegance derstum much needed Gin OHM In
such suggestions they have caused 70 be crootsA ana
furnished without
In all Nes and they believe not SURPASSED anywhere "
which shoy soot the attention Of travera
Or plegnute nsy lead them ko Cincinnati promising thsR
wAes egeets 70 make the suiqurn sstlsf kos)ry.
GRO MOORE 4 90.
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INDEPENDENT LINZ YOR CALIFORNIA.-JANEs
Gross, proprietor Of tho Atlantic steamers, HAwArd
Mills proprietor she Pacific Yhe celebrated
An double engine steamship NokTH STAR $50 tons
herself vessel In every reSbest will leave Ter
pnwsi konday February no. ~ thres O'CLOCK .sely
70 with tls asd popular steamship Uncle Sam
The unraed speed and Superior Of these
steam warrant the belief that This as Will sxoe AL
Others For passage or freight apply only TO
JAMS II. CROSS, No. Battery place, up stairs.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-11

WEUDNt, NlSllING, ADDkHSS AND
y At home cards. 5rdsl on,eiopes cake b. xes 40 Ac
Autographs bill hests bills Of exchange buness cards
dipIo mae labels Ac At IELLiS Engraving and Prntng
ON ee Fulton tseet N FOR sale cheap, tao Or tares
copperplate presses, in good order.
THE CBEsHJRE GLASS COMPANY AXE NOW PRs
pAed execute orders fer rough plate gsss Of superior
oolsr 9Th from TO isohos thick ~ favorable
priceA Architects, bull ana contractors arc roauesteo
10 AL examine the article ~ the depot az
ByosdvaI n. COLBURN, 0enerA AgeuA
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PERFORMANCES EVERY AFTERNOON:
NCNDAY AND FRIDAY AFTkRN0ONas
The moral drama OF
THE GAMBLkR, OR LOST AND WON.
CihA 'cHpie... lrs. - . I'VE
Resevlle Ar. j. 3. Howe Tobias. Mr.. g L. Fox
TUESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS,
LITTLE KATY THA HOT CORN GIRL.
Ri, Nor seaie, Mr.. J. J. PRIOR Eugene sesiey. J. Flor
Gorney.. "a L. Fox Clinton Irsvers N B. CLARKE
"WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY AfrxRN00NH AND
EVERY NIGHT,
The great and original
UNCLE TOMS CABIN.
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NOR sOUTHA ANTON AED HAvKH.-THk UKIYrs
y Ststos mall steamship FRANKLIN, J. 4. Walton sec
rander viii leave for Havre, touching ~ sousAsmptoa
Is O'clock tron pier No Sor.S liver Praos Of Pssess
fss GLASS. s2 seeord slass ~ LssEsks NO, vsntsd
ag voyage should DO board the before s
marked "Beow.n No freight will be tahsn After ThursSg
febrrAry9 For freight or passage Apply 70 noRflAA,
LIVINGSTON Agent, Ne. 81 Broadway
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THE BRYAN GALLERY or CHRIsTIAN Aria
collection the most complete made BY psrss0
Of authentic pictures, by Guido Sienna (AD 12l) Gins
sue Gio,te Mem mi. Perusno Ls.nard. d. vno Raphael
Correg TO- Titan Dol. Salvador Rosa VlAsq1sa
kurllo Rpbens Van Dyck Teaess, Lely RembrAp a. o.
tads RuysdAe Pousn Claude lorraine Sir Joshua Rsy
nolds A0gsrth West Greuzo a1d Horace Vernst Me- ~
Broadway. Admission rs cents,
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yNAETEp-A HANDSOME FURNISHED ROOM, WITH
w besrd. by gent cmin and pts IN private family,
either in this city Brooslyn Termsmust be ole.
References given and required Address q. N, Herald
office.
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ADVERTISEMENTS RENEWED EVERI BAY.
INSTRUCTION.

a LADY, WHOSE COURSE or INSTRUCTION IN
a oiudes English, French Italian and music wishes "
fcrm GLASS younx ladies who finishing lessons
any OF The above brtnchss Testmoniss And references
Address Msses Union square Post Once.
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DOMAIN GALLERY or ANCIENT ORIGINAL PAUY
III inEs, by the moot celebrated masters, Italian AaA
foreign AZ the stuyveaant Institute. Open from 10 y
O'Clock, and from 10 TO- Admission ~ oenN
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NIRcUs, 81 BowERY,-soxRs, Is CENTS; PITS H,s
~ cents reserved seAts, 30 cepts-Willism and Day.
Clowns. This evening and Saturday afternoon will %
offered host # strong attract kadls ChiArni in
beautiful Scene dEquitAtion Equestrian gymnastio and
sorobAto feas by tine entire soups. TO commence 81
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NrEW HoTEL-cAPT. HOLDRgGE HAS JUST OPRN.
IN ed new hotel on tho European pan the
Broadway and hgfth ttreet The house we'll ayrangeA
location 10 desirable and the All neatly
comfortably and IL them beautifully furnished.
They obanAbe in suits for families ssgly nd.
ydu1ls Capt Hodrid 20 has aAd experience Of
years bus in ~hch he has commanded populaf
~ and sueces journal OF Coomeroe Single rooms iron
81 90 to IS ptr week; suts from Is 10 so.
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I'oR sALH-A BARGE, or OVER TWO HUNDRED
tons burthss with house deci suitabie for rehns
on the North liver for storehou psrcukrs apply
At No. "a Pearl street. BROWN YURNALD.
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DRoAEWAY MkNAGHRIQ NO. SN BROADWAY.
ID open day and with ths largest collection d
LIVING WILD AkIAALn
exhibited in y ew York Firss appearance sf.the
LILLIPUTIAN KING,
rhe Allest specn Of humanity shown weghna
ouly six pounds and four simes smaller than any dwAS
hitherto exhibited To be without charge
motion with the display Of Wild Bessts the SAmess TwinS
and The perform ances Of Herr Diiesbaoh
from 10 A. ~ 70 10 r. ~ Admission. - osnto chm.
6rcp nhArA hal prtoa
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THE FRENCH AND GERMAN LANGUAGES, AS
wsn,ed tor business and conversation, paris WORLDS
far may be thorough learned in private eson by ladss
and gentlemen, ter most suee u method by applying
AtoS BROADWAY near broone street., 30 Il. QkLLEkteo.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-07-15
NO. 19.

men, and many one who would revolt at
tne IDEA OF consorting with blackouarde
does not hesitate at using their conversation,
al Jafgon. No one now days understands
a subject; he is posted up y no statement
Is untrue; 1T is cover the left" We o..
quiesce IN a proposition by remarkino
. that's so" and add impressiveness TO re
Iaton of fact by the term. "it's notb;nc
shorter" If | ask Jones whether Smith iaf7
tor New York, he replies, "vell he did and
II escape the affix ' hoss," esteem mvself
fortunate. A person is not said to be rich
- ne has a pocket full of rocks . if some
tlllng be too dear for purchase. lit sizes his
plle,' and an invitation to dance is nrefiyod
by " go IN lemonsp We might extend This
list to almost any length, but it would ONLY
be to perpetuate the evil, and we forbear
II men and women only comprehended the
injury they are doing themselves. and move
especially their children BY this tamnerinc
with the vernacular, and neglecting its ca7
pabllltles, they would set guard u1on the;,
tongues, and cease to speak the language of
Vulgarlans. Let any person take the trouble
10 notlce, IN the course of DAYS business
now many conversations he has with his
ordinary acqualntances, that are not inter
larded with these odious phrases and yve
We venture to say that he will be surprised.
There is no use denying it-our people are
becoming dreadfully slangy, and there is
real danger of their forgetting their mother
tongue, and finding in another generation or
two, such hopeless compound of iargon
IN the voice of it as would drive Johnson
and Sheridan crazy. Let the newspapers
take the matter up, by setting the example Of
leaving out such exquisite diminutives as
gents and pants and such terms of
praise as :. he is one of en-" or Captain Bob
stay is trump" regular brick and no
n'lStahe, and we shall have some hope of a
reformation. With our consent no such
oarbarsm shall appear in our columns and
we call upon our contemporaries who hold
the fathers of our language in reverence to
AID us IN rebuking this insult to their memo.
ry.-[ Buffalo D,m.
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Slang.

we confess to ali intense horror of slang
and cant phrases. The use of this species
OF language appears 10 us, in some sort. d
SHINING against light. With the pure well
OF English indebted at hand, and no water
rate TO pay, 1t is mystery to US why edu-
Gated people will insist upon padding in
tile muddy pools OF a perverted voca bulary.
lime was when this vile substitute for a
language, copious, expressive and fluent.
was the especial property of the vulgar and
who either knew no
better, or did not care to-but that day
passed, and we now hear phrases that were
nurtured in the slums and stables, quite
domicilated in the parlor. Even our ladies re-
celve and entertain the filthy strangers, and
we hear expressions fall from their delicate
lips, that were born in the obscene purlipus
OF low night cellars, and form the standard
vocabulary of such as frequent there. With
our men, however, the practice of resorting
10 slang has grown into so great an evil, as
TO leave room for serious doubt whether the
mother tongue is not in danger of actually
becoming obsolete, forgotten, and those who
fondly cling TO 1t in conversation and com
position, of being behind the age, and forced
TO call III all Interpreter to aid them in their
intercourse with others Pierce Egan's
" Dictionary of Flash Terms recondite
work, heretofore rarely seen, except in the
hands of prize fighters and watch-stuff1rs.
will soon replace Walker and Johnson, and
be part of a necessary library Webster,
either from an innate taste for the idiom. or
torseeing speedy change in that direction,
has provided us with a considerable number
OF slang and cant words, in his quarto con-
trlbution to the injury of our language II
Few persons who consent to use this Ian
guage are aware how the habit grows upon