The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-10-03

A PICTURE OF MISSOURI LoooFocoIsM - The
Madison wisconsin, Patriot thus pictures off Mis-
souri, Locofocoism: Why is our party to-day on its
knees before che wolld9 1t requires no soothsay-
er OF sorcerer to answerthat question. The party
has played with edge tools, as dull as old hoes at
that-and has got cut; it has frted with political
cyprans and got Tilted; it has slept with pilering
shavers, scoundrels and knives and has caught the
BARRIERS itch. 1t has breathed the presidential ma.
laria tuning ftom the airs Of old, rotten, unprn-
cipled, scurvy-hesde milk and water, b. oxen
down. caste-off, leprous pukes, cancerous thieves,
superannuated pickpockets, treasury plundering,
refuse Abolition, of6ce-seeking, whiskey soaked,
doubIe-distilled buffooBs and Pententary SCALA
wags--who have preyed and gorged upon the party
and the people, until the substance of each is al
most exhausted, and they look as lean, lank, thin,
savage and cadaverous as starved byenas, confined
in the Dismal Swamp of terror and adversely,
through thousand eternities Of snow, seet, hail,
rain, thunder, lightning tempest and irretrevable
famine. r,a.. III ttsa. r "a. ...... r..
Such is the fated malady that has overtaken the
Democratic party of Missouri. It has been laid on
thick and fast, with double coating shingled NOR
tared, tarred, plastered and rubbed in, until the
party resembles more the ghost of spring colt
dead demised, deceased, and done for without flesh
orboDes--than anything having longevity, elastic
ity, vigor, vitality, orwide awake component parts.
Two boys PLAYING in barn in Detroit found
rat in tub Of water into which he had fallen while
trying TO drink, and after poking him under several
times, left the tub when new actor appeared
on the stage in the person Of an enormous old rat
and sagacous one for after sundry frantic Efforts
TO reach down and claw the sufferer out, he fairly
turned tail, aud firmly setting his claws into
the board, extended his appendage down into the
water, thus forming means OF escape, which the
rat in the water quickly ayaled himself Of He set
his claws and teeth into il, and held on like grim
death, while the old fellow started down the board
by which he had assembled the tub, and tugged like
a dray horse until he brought his companion TO
the top, when the two scampered off, seemingly
highly pleased with the result of the experiment.
LONG PRAYTRs.-Not long ago a good Presby-
terrain preacher, who, like Presbyterian preachers
generally disliked long prayers, went to a meeting
at which Methodist minister was officiating. He
entered with bis ovcrcoat on, as the worshippers
we're about going on their knees knelt hard by the
stove, which happened 10 be pretty hot The
prayer commenced. The suppicant waxed warm,
and SO did our Presbyterian friend by the stove.
The prayer went on, and the PRECIPITATION
rolled down the face Of Tho Presbyterian gentle
man, who, 81 length arose deliberately drew off
his oycrcoats and then went down on his aching
marrow bones again, saying in low but very de-
terIpiued voice, as he did so to hjs long winded
Methodist BROTHER, /" Wen here. at vou for an
night gaf mI
BLESnErM SoLD.--The beautiful estate Of theiate
Andrew Stevenson, near Charlottesville, Va, has
been purchased BY Aristides Welch, Esq, for the
sum Of S2l,Q00, Blenheim is said to be one Of the
most desirable estates II the Old Dominion sl
OoopERAGE.--A new application Of nativelumber
has been lcommenced AZ Puerto Pincipe (West
Indics,1 where a company was about to open a
grand cooperage, to make casks With the wood of
the Island. ss The shocks are TO be sawed by ma
chiuery Az Nedyitas Mr.. j. D. Barry had con-
structed the first hogshead ever made from indigo
nous wood, and ID had attracted much attention.
Foop AND FTrI.-There arrived at Boston on,
Friday last, 100 vessels nearly all from southern
coastwise ports. Among their imports were 1919
baffels and half barrels tlour, so 500 bushe]soorn,
1877 sacks wheat, and II, on tons coal
WIRE SUSPENSION BRIDGE.--A wire suspension
bridge has been erected across Elk, at Sutton,
Va, 400 feet long, and cost $1l, 800. It is a
superior structure and at elevation Of forty feet
ahova the atrain