Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-05-21
NUMBER 159.


/ A stump speech.
The following, specimens of quaint humor v Q
find in ono Of our exchanges under the head tf
California Correspondence" They purport TO
have been delivered by stump candidate nj San
Francisco: M
i FsiioS- Rsp~blicans and fslioss.6srsrs, am
plain and honest man, born at very early period
Of my existence-which occurred ut home one
night when my mother was out. have struggled
from the obscurty TO which an unlucky star had
doomed me, till have risen like bright exhala-
tion In the evening, to the very sammit Of human
greatness and grandeur: Gentlemen, profess no
/ principles unfortunately have none Oh the
unhappy occasion Of my BIRTH dismal and me-
lanchoy man, clothed In the sombre hues Of mourn
\ ing, swapped me away for another baby, and sub
4 sequently lost me at rafie Sad event but who
can control his fhtef We are the creatures Of des-
tiny. There's divinity that shapes our ends,
rough hew them how we wilL"
i was Intended BY nature for great statesman
Had lived in the days Of Hannibal should have
beaten the greatest chieftain In crossing the Alps,
and II 10 dead certain thing that should have
distanced Cortez In crossing the Isthmus; he never
/ performed the feats did; he never came up the
Chagrcs river In canoe, with deaf and dumb
| hombre, without q red cent or change Of sum-
mer apparel " But light heart and thin pair
Of breeches 60 merrily through the world"
Sir, every man who has come here Is Colum-
bus. He comes to discover new dggins. am q
| Columbusi I was dead broke at home, as Colun-
bus was, and have come here TO strike new
vein. But am not going to the mines. Oh, no!
| You don't catch me up to my waist in Ice water
with juvenile pickaxc and an incipient crow-bar,
laboring under heat Of 100 degrees In the shade
to dig out the filthy lucre. No, sirl am not en-
that lay--I hate labor-it was an invention to vtx
mankind. prefer an ofice--one that Ii lucrative,
| and not laborOus; what you call a sinecure. And
If l can't get one myself | win 60 in for any
man who win divide on dead level aud no splits.
Sir where will you find country like this
Talk not Of the oriental gorgeousness of eastern
countries Tell US not Of tho fairy scenery which
poets who revcl In the great warm path Of hcav-
enly Imagination paint with golden pens on leaves
of satin. The description Of this glorious country
should be written with the golden wing of an an
gel dipped In the softest rays Of the sunbeam upon
the blushing surface ofrose leaf Excuse me, gen.
tlemen, expect the rainy season, and the time
when the dust flies.
We love our native land--we honor her fag,
and we, would not rob the custom-house, II we had
fair show. But Congress- must not put on any
airs, or We will take charge of the custom-house
and the post Office, and make muss generally.
These are my sentiments, gentlemen ; ifthey don't
admit US into the Union We will burst open tho
custom-h house, and admit all liquor free Of duty
And now, with parting blessing on the girls VIC
| us, we will adjourn and take drink.
| Groarfxo Ix7xxIIaEHcx--HEALrH AND REcRKA-
rleR--on FidAy. ~ - jast. sx gentlemen of
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county Astheis shject was 10 shOot md 6lris,
and water fowl, Of which there ore aiwsys usvxnds
and of countless varieties st that spot every spring
they went duly armed with double barreled fowl.
ing pieces and I full supply Of ammunition for a
weeks sport. They took their departure in the
steamer William Selden at A. NJ and on arriv-
Ing at Cherrystone, found carriages in waiting to
take them across the peninsula and after about
an hours pleasant ride, they found themselves on
the sea beach, Here, las at Cherrystone) accord
Ing to appointment as kindly arranged by DR.. Simp
kins, Of this city, they we're received BY number
Of citizens Of the neighborhood, who had barge
| 10 miles,) and at twilight found themselves at
their journeys end, in the commodious and com
Portable quarters Of Mr.. Cobb
On Monday they set In for weeks sport, and
enjoyed II 70 their hearts content, as will be
seen BY the following statstics;
They bagged on Saturday the 9Th 90
Monday, 7th las
| Tuesday, 9Th 2e3
Wednesday, 9th .- Ill
Thursday, 10th 463
Friday, llth -. 1873
Saturday, 18th 262
Monday, i4th -. 1875
| Total baxgcd In 8 days 1905
The birds consisted Of the following varieties !.
| The common sand-bird, nngnecks, brownbacks,
plover, bishops, curlew, (ong bill do, (short bil
Willis, blttsrns Two varissies) redbills, or sea
crows .sdgs-hens, ducks guils, 4c In addition
to this they gathered large quantities. Of birds eggs,
which were quite delicacy when fried. They
also caught number Of terspns, and gieged and
captured an enormous black drum weighing ninety
| pounds
The party found excellent face, and as good &C.
commodations a. they desired, at Mr. Cobb's.
They enjoyed his provisions with keen relish A.
ter inhaling the Sc air, and going through their
sporting cxercises, and 1t night they slept soundly
Thh hiand has the reputation Of being the health
lest spot on our whole Atlantic coast, and resi-
dence op Il during the summer season has effected
many rcmarkable rcstosatons 10 health, Of persons
| hopclcssly a11icted-even consumption, almost IN
lie last stage, has been known TO resign lis domiu
ion TO the health-giving power Of the atmosphere
Of Cobb's island. Mr.. Cobb moved to this Island
IN 1885. from Cape Cod, his native home. Hav-
/ ing been accustomed TO fishermans life he al
ways enjoyed good health himself, but not so bis
family his children, u they approached maturity,
successfully dropped of by consumption, and fDal-
iy his wife fell victim 70 that zen destroyer This
determined him 10 seek another home, and be for
tunately stumbled upon "Sand Shoslr TO which
he removed with his two surviving children; and
during residence Of nineteen years, though he
married again and has considerably increased the
number Of his family, there has never been any
sickness in II requiring the aid of physician.
The island though originally sand bank, Is now
10 some extent under cultivation and produces In
dian corn and vegetables for the supply Of the
family. There are also large number Of Az trees,
bearing the largest and most delicious 6gs ever
seen In this country--some Of which have measur-
ed II Ia inches In circumferencs land grapes 10
the grehtest abundance, Of the most dslicious As-
vor. There are, besides, many trees and shrubs--
the former having been brought from the main
land and transplsnted. Indeed, Mr.. Cobb has con-
verted his island into most pleasant and desirable
residence As we have before said, he IL the pro-