The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1855-02-03
Letter from an ssCId Linc'' know-yotbing.

The Massachusetts Legislature must be one
of the most remarkable deiberative assemblies
that it has ever fallen to the lot of mortals to
see convened in this or any other country. 1t
is composed entirely, with one exception, of
members of the order Of Known othings, includ
ing cold lners'' and ''new iners;" the former,
we believe, largely preponderating
We publish the following letter from gen
tleman of the lower House, addressed to his
BosToN, JAN 16, 1855.
Son Johm-I have too much legislative work
to come home on Saturday night as said
would-so you must mind the farm. l have
managed to get good many committees,
to become popular by having my name
printed oftener in the papers and l manage to
say something occasionally and | have seen my
name 3 times printed in the daily bee. Ameri-
can principles is looking up some here in Bos-
ton and we are going to discord all forign eli
ments in our government (by the way have
the barn door painted over with some other
color besides Spanish brown. l don't like any
thing Spanish.) The governor has made a
lick at the forgn militia and Gsbanded all the
companys. (don't any more British Oil
for your deefness, for have thrown away that
box of Russia salve your mother put i'll my
trunk to rub my rumatick leg WITH Amer-
can physic it is the best.) We are going to
have the latin lingo taken out of the state coat
of arrnes, and put plain yankee english i'll its
place.
We are going head tell yon, and make
clean swoop of every thing of torign extraction
/ have visited no place of amusement excepting
the live butfaloo whick is a regular native, he
looks very much like hairy OK. Speaking of
cows reminds me Of our Durham bull you may
sci! him to Wade the butcher, he is Of forgn
extraction. A friend asked me to go to the
Athaneum and see the library and pictures but
was told nearly all the pictures are painted
by the old masters they are called-and
these / am told are without exception all forign-
ers besides many Of the books are in forgn
languages, it is contrary to the spirit of prin
cipels to visit such place | was going to
see Banvard's great painting of the Holy land
| which is making some stir but a native artist
told me it was mostly painted with Nenitian
red Dutch pink and Naples yellow while all
the skies were Prussian blue, too much of the
forign element to be interesting to me. BY the
way speaking of paint have the front blinds
which had painted with French green last fal
painted some other color other than ! mention
ed above. Stop the lions Herald and take the
Yankee privateer in its place. Give my Mar
SELLS vest to dick the plowman and tell him to
stone Jip the scotch terrier of the farm and to
kill that Maltese cat.
| from your afectionate father.
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| RUSSIAN FoHcEs IN THE CRIMEA.-The Lon
don Globe of January 4th, says that at the low
| est estimate, the Russian relnforcements, which
would probably reach Prince Menschikoff in
time for the defence of Sebastopol, would
amount to 80, 900 men, Of which, allowing
| 25, 900 for the service of the place and forts,
would leave $1,000 bavonets dsposable FOL
outside work, with at least 10000 horse and
800 field pieces.
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| An individual was recently convicted, in the
| Criminal Court at New Orleans of man
slaughter, for haring killed another, in a duel
| The Delta states that the duel was fought with
knives, the parties were equal in physical pow
cr, and when one objected to the knife OF thu
other, the latter offered, and actually did ex
change knives and with the weapon OF his an
tagonist, slew him. The Delta states that this
is the first conviction of the kind ever achieved
in Louisiana, and marks era in the sen
timents and habits of the people. Hencefortf
in addition to the civil disqualifications per
sons who undertake to settle their quarrels b.
resort to the ducllo, will be exposed to prose
cution and conviction in the courts, for al
offence which subjects the party to an infamous
punishment.