The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-03-21

tousy. ..that went To Rspbaroarer city On AL
business last fall He passed this ndihce, ns s,r.,
He met thi. strap close By here an, Ans shaking
quaker and feel uncommon like bootan W. -
ttne' r.n $50 /.
! There was something 80 dresdiuiiy sagses.ise
b the position Of bob tail 1a ,h ~ .,,nss9 sss,
insects frequently kill cattle WIN tneie suns 'ns1
brother stnckdolioger wriagled uneasiiy
.And dn hone the Colonel continued, 'thaf
vou hro,bsr aren't of the same religion a. this
babe of grace was as met the strap ss ne was no-
inv That religion was the Grace.W alking reiislon
and tina. religion always lick
Lick, brotheri'
Lick With the strap Dreadful
Colonel, Goliah Qusge,' said the minister, for
such, know, is your name In the flesh, ] am
bic, bat faithful, hope
Then, returned Colonel Quagg. making an IRON
ies bow, this IL the strap with which am going
for to lick you into sarse.'
Brother, brother the other cried shaking his
head, cast that cruel strap from out of thine hand
Close thine hand, il thou Wilt upon the hammer OF
thy trade, the coulter Of thy plough, upon pen;
the rudder of ship, the handle of lantern to
light men to peace, and love- and good will; but
close II not upon sword of iron, or budgeon OF
wood, or strap of leathern hide. For, from the
uplifting and downfaling Of those wicked instru-
ments came never good, but rather boiling tears
and bruises and blood, and misery and death
Now, look you here the blacksmith cried, i'm
patiently Talk Cd long as you like; but talk while
| am licking OF you. For the time is precious,
and must not be thrown away, nohow. Lick you
must, and lick you will. Hard
But, brother-but Colonel-
Rot exclaimed the Colonel Straps is wait
ing Stubs and fences I'll knock you into horse
shoes and then into horsena!ls, ii you keep me
waiting
Have you no merciiul feelingsT asked Zepha-
nfsh, as If sorey troubled
1Iot cent of EN- Air you ready7 viii you
take 1t fighting or will you take 1t lying down
Some takes 1t fighting some takes like lambs, ly-
Ing down. Only make haste
.Goliah Quagg, the minister respon Jed, i am
| man of peace aud not one that goes about raging
| with sword and buckler, like unto, Apolyon, or
Corporal of the Boston Tigers; and would rather
| not take it at all
| You must = the Colonel roared, now fairly infu-
| rated. Picked alligators you must Hold hard,
| you coon Hold hard for Pm goin' to begin
Now once more; is 1t fighting, or Is it quiet, you
mean for to take itf
upon me, Colonel, and that's true. It's fighting or
| lying down. isn't il.
Aye returned the Colonel, brandishing his
Then take it lighting the man of peace said
| quietly.
| Colonel llusgg halted for a moment as II amazed
| at the aud ,ty of the Grace Walker. Then, with
| wild hallv, ne rushed upon him very much as
bob tailed u does rush about under the aggTava.
ting infiuefce of flies. His hand was upon the
minister's ollar; the strap that had done go much
execution ! Its time, was swinging highin the air,
Stay. Cd you imagine the rage, astonishnent
and despaivJ If schoolmaster caned by his pupil ;
of the Emyeror of China sentenced to be BAN
booed by Hong Kong coolie; of the beadle OF the
Burlington Arcade expulsed therefrom by boy
with basket: of butler kicked by footpage; of
Southern PLANTER cowhided by one of his own ne
groes; of ab Broadway dandy jostled by newly
landed Irish emigrant; of policeman ordered to
move on by "a applewoman; OF the Commander
Of lobrr orH
at ease by a orummeS9 of the Pope of Rome bless
ed with two fagers by chorister boys lfyou can
imagine any athing of this sort-but only ii you
can-you ma be able to form an idea OF how Col.
Quagg felt zen a storm of blows, hard, well-di-
rected, and ilcessant began to fall on his head, on
his breast, oa his face, on his shoulders, on his
arms, on his egs-all over his body, go rapidly that
he felt as 1t hi was being hit everywhere at once,
when he founE his strap would hit nowhere on the
body of his ppolept but that he himself was hit
everywhere.
| SledgehamIsers Sledgehammers were nothing
| to the fists of tse Grace Walking brother. bob
tail bull In fys time was animal to be envied in
| comparison with the Colonel who danced with all
the vig"ur of a. niger toeing and heeling horn.
| pipe. He saw more comets than Tycho Brehe or
Ezra Pater dreamed Of He felt that he was all
nose, and that he had swallowed his teeth. Then
that he had five hundred eyes and then none at all.
Then that his ribs went In aud his blood came out
Then his legs failed under him, and he fell down all
of heap; or, perhaps, to speak classically and pu
Uut Wliulyt I6t SEOSEy, hEu went
down at the ropes The tall brother went down atop
of him. and continued pounding away at his body
not perhaps as hard as he could, but decidedly
much harder than the Colonel liked-singiGg all the
while the little hymn beginaing-
We are marching through the gracious ground
quite softly to himself
'Hold hard" gasped the Colonel at last family,
you don't mean murder, du youf You won't hit
a man when he's down, much more will you,
brother I"
BY no means answered Zephaniah, bringing
down mis- list nevertheless with a tremendous
bash upon the colonel's nose, as if there were
| fly there, and he wanted TO kill it
But you've took it in fighting, Colonel, and you
| may as we'll now take 1t like a lamb lying down ,
But Pm broke, tell you, groaned the vanquish
| ed blacksmith. can't do no more You air so
| almighty hard, you are.
'Oh You give Ia thenF
| Aye murmured Colonel Quaeg
Speak louder-Im hard OF hearing
| Yes /! repeated the colonel, with groan; Il du
givain. For I'm beat whitfield clean away to the
small end o'nothing-chawed up-cornered.
You must promise me one little thing Colonel
| Goiah Quagg, said the reverend StockdoIloeer
| without however removing his knees from the COL
| onels chest 'You must promise, before leave Oft
hainmering OF your body never for to i'll treat by
| word or deed any of our people-ninisters elders
| descons or brethren
III promise, replied the colonel; 'ouly let me
up. You're choking me-
Nor to rile, lick, or modest any other peaceable
~ ieu ae aiCcunIius UT gong past your way upon
Lords business"
4 PROMISE muttered the colonel who was be.
coming purple in the face.
Likewise, concluded Zephanish 'playfulIy
knocking away one OF his adversary's loose teeth
SO as to make his mouth neat and tidy you must
promise to give up drinking of rum which ID a
deluson apd snare, and bad for the innards be-
sides being on the trunk line to perdon And
finally, you must promise to come to our next camp
meeting, clean shaved, and with a contrite heart
No. cried the almost expiring colonel Il DON'T
not for all tine tobacco in Vireinny Nor yet for
Ma1tn Van Buren,, or Daniel Webster. Nor vet
fOf NE postmaster
You won't, brothers asked Zephaniah persua-
sively raising bis fist.
mo; I'm darned if 1 dor ~r|
Then, returned the Grace Walker, meekly, Il
must sing another little hymn
Immediately afterwards Colonel Qusgg's torture
recommended. He struggled he roared he en-
treated; but in vain. All he could see were the
long maus arms whirline about like the sails of
windmills. Ali he could feel was the deadly pain
OF the blows on his already hideousy bruised lace
and body All he could hear the snuffiing voice
OF his tormentor singing, with an occasional STAN.
ner, verse OF little hymn commencing:
I'm going home to bliss above
Will you 60, will you gof
To live In mercy. peace, and love
Will you go, will you goa
hiy Old companions, fare you well,