The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1856-08-23

corricatured by the Boston Herald, of the 2l
Instant: 4AfAt 5t.sf'Ai 80 5t.'ts .zsEsf
The Dud! The Uen. mr. Bra,rlisg gzom DIS
I criminates :! The Hon IHr Brakes 6nfies the
! HatehhetH Fuss and EeatAers 1fiumphaM ~
aos u sTs3eg Saccarrappa. July 80, 80. 3
- Mr. Editor Through the me1iatioa of the
Hon Mr. Bawkawk in behalf Of the Hon NrB
Brakes. and the Hon. Mr. Bangs. the fricndSo
the Hon Mr. Brawlingham, the following con-
cliatory note was This morning drawn up for
the signature of the last named gentleman,-7l
was duly signed, and promptly deiiveres|e
- st.#.- So The Flying Eagle, 81
s.st.,,s..'W " ednesday Morning D;
nSass, iss1. xaa. aay saia 3gsssl
base, brutal aud cowardly attack nl,cq FL
honored colleague, / beg You to under nd
thai / intended to discriminate between Cd act
and the man. s49siF lst19ss..s sl.sfs - .
AS an illustration:-s sir, that you
and should meet in Mr. Plmm's grocery store
over opposite, and getting into warm and
earnest controversy about the Presidential, or
any other political question: you should pass
the lie. l>
Suppose, SIR that I, excited and irritated by
the imuenao, should suddenly seize upon an egg
that one of Tlum's hens laid, perhaps, some
time last spring, and, without giving you n mo-
ments warning, or any preconcertcd signal
you between the nose and eyes.
ask, would it he the egg, sir, or the hand
that threw it, that would cause the most
offence! The egg most assurediy.
So with the assault on the Hon Carlos Sum-
mers. 1t is the horsc ,ohip that you fayed him
with, my good sir, for which / desired to ex-
press my adherence and disgnst:-f yon,
sir, | entertain no other feelings than those of
the most profound respect.
My friend, the Hon. NJ: Bangs, will assure
you that esteem you the pink of cl,ivalry, as
the very personifcation, indeed, of true bravery
and all that is noble and gentlcmanly.
Very respectfully,
HANSON BRAWLINGHAM.
TO Hon. Pepper Sauce Brakes"
In reply to this note, the Hon. Mr. Brawl-
ngham received, at ten minutes past eleven
O'Clock. through the hands of the Hon. Mr.
Bawkawk, the suhjoined memorandum" from
the Hon Mr. Brakes:-
"In consideration of the discrimination ac-
knowledgcd 10y the Hon Mr. Brawlingham, in
admitting that while he breads the horse whip
with which faycd his colleague the Hon.
Carlos Summers, he respects and esteems me
us gentleman, and of bravery aud
honor, do hereby acknowledge satisfaction for
the atfront put upon me hy said Brawfingham
III speech made by him in the House con-
said Hon Carlos Summers.
PEPPER SAUCE BRAKES"
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s'Trotting Out' Longfellow.
But to add to the zest of this up-thc-Mss
sippi trip you must know that the good boat
Northern Belle also bore as one Of her passen-
gers the veritable Longfellow The Historical
Society had extended to the poet an invitation
to be present at the cornerstone laying, and Il
1. a..
coming on board settled the fact that the author
OF Hawatha Of number.-l5ut
which is he? was the oft repea ted question; and
none answered except to guess. At the table
each one was looking most intcntly at the other
to divine which was the poet, and all wondered
why every one stared so. This man pro-
nonnced the poet because he wore mostache 4;
this one because he shaved clean; and we noted
that the fact to who was Longfellow, was
settled either by the excess or lack of hair
This doubt in a few hours became unendurable
and the universal cry was to ''trot out" Long
fellow. Finally, by the aid of the clerk, the
number of his state room was ascertained to be
80 and guard placed at either door Of 30
that could escape thence undeteched.
Soon the door opened. and Longfcllow passed
to the deck where were assembled the curious.
1t was arranged that an old Virginia major,
who had faced the red men in their most savage
days at Fort Smelling, should draw from the
mysterious passengers an ADMISSION that he was
the poet Longfellow. The major, 10y his age
and fund of information regarding the Indians,
was privileged character ON board, and step
ping up to the occupant of 80, slapped him on.
the shoulder with es.e = tt ss Asa
''Well old chap they say you are Longfeliow." !"
''rhat is my name, sir" was the answer.
"Well," preserved the major, ''are you II. ".
Lonyfellow. ~sss
Il am" replied the now observed of al OBJ
servers. -
'Weil, continued the major, ''are you Long
fellow, author of-of-of-, what do you
call it?"
''Hiawathav replied dozen voices.
30, yes! are you H. W. LongfelIow, author
of Hiawatha!" t.. -
All eyes were now riyeted upon him Of state
room 80, for the answer to SO direct question
must determine the interesting query. We
leave our readers to imagine the scene, when
the close questioned occupant of 80 said: "a
81 am H. w. Longfellow, a shoemaker at
St Paul. #--~~-~--~.~s
You had better believe that curiosity was
scwed up with a "waxed end" in very short
space of time by that reply; shower of Clap
stones could not more effectually have scattered
that party they started to their feet if sitting
on ''bristle."-The "Song Of Hiawatha," OF
which at least twenty copies had, up to that
moment been constantly open, vanished into
satches, and the poetry Of the trip was suddenly
changed into matter Of-fact article OF shoe
leather-C CEerctond Herald. .