Mariposa Democrat., 1857-10-22
From the New York Knickerbocker
A SKETCH.

G. Neal, of Philadelphia, was extremely anus
ing: mean the detail pictures of hard cases
found by the city watchman at night, and
brought before the city council in the morning,
as Dogberry says to abe examinationed. y
Take single passage in the life of "Peter
Brush" the victim of politics:
"Seated upon the curb, with his feet across
the gutter, he placed his elbow on stepping
stone, and like Juliet on the balcony, leaned
his head upon his hand-and hand that
would perhaps have been the better of COW
ering, though none would have been rash
enough to volunteer to be glove upon it.
He was in dapidated condition; out at ell
bows out at knees, out Of pocket, out of office,
out of spirits, and out in the street; and out
and outer in every respect, and as outre NOR
tai as ever the eye Of man did rest upon. For
some time Mr.. Brush's reflections had been
silent. Following Hamlet's advice, he gave
them an understanding, but no tongue;' and
he relieved himself at intervals, by splitting for
lornly into the kennel AT length suffering
his locked hands to fall between his knees, and
heaving deep sigh, he spoke:
"A long time ago, my ma used to put on
her specks and say Peter, my son, put not
your trust in princess and from that day to
this, havn't done anything of the kind, be-
cause none of them ever wanted to borry moth
ing of me; and never see prince or king
but one or two and they had been rotated
out of office-to borry nothing of them. Prin-
cesl poohl- not your trust in politician
ers-them's my sentiments. You might just
as well try to hold an eel by the tail. don't
care which side they're on, for | have tried
both, and | know. Put not your trust in
politicaners, or you'll get hyst.'
"Ten years ago it came into my head that
things were MT going on right so pretty
nearly gave myself up tee totally to the good
of the republic, and left the shop to look out
for itself | was brimful of patriotism, and
uneasy in my mind for the salvation of free
dom, couldn't work. tried to guess which
side was going to win, and | stuck to it like
!
sometimes on a-tother, and sometimes strad
died till the election was over, and came up
jist in time to jine the hurrah. 1t was good |
was after; and what good could do il | wasn't
on the 'lected side2 But, after all it was
never bit of use Whenever the battle was
over no matter what side was sharing out the
loaves and fishes, and stepped up, III be
hanged If they didn't cram all they could in
their mouths, put their arms over some, and
grab at all the rest with their paws, and say /:
Go away, white map, you amt capable Ca
pable what's the reason amt capable? I've
got as extensive a throat as any of 'em, and
could swallow the loaves and fishes without
choking, if each loaf was big as a grindstone,
and each fish as big as a stergeon. Give Pc
ter a chance, and leave him alone for that.
Then, when called Il want some spos,' says
l; "a small bucket full of spos, whichever
side gets in, shares the spoils, don't theys So
they first grinned, and then they ups and tells
me that virtue like mine was its own reward,
and that spois might spoil me. But it was no
spoils that spoilt me, and no loaves and fishes
that starved me; I'm split because | couldn't
get either.
"Put not your trust in politicianers, say it
again. Both sides used me jist alike. Here
I've been serving my country more or less,
these ten years like patrot-going to town
meetings, hurrahing my daylights out, and
getting as blue as blazes-blocking the win
dows getting licked fifty times, and having
more black eyes and bloody noses than you
could shake a stick at, all for the common
good, and for the purity of our illegal rights
and all for wat2 Why, for nix. If any good
has come from it, the country has put il into
her own pocket and swndled me out of my
airnings can't get no office. Republics is
ungrateful 1t wasn't reward | was after. |
scorn' the base insinnivatiou. only wanted
to be took care Of, and have nothing to do but
to take care of the public, and I've only got
half; nothing to do? Being took care of was
the main thing. Republics is ungrateful I'm
blasted if they amt. This is the way old So
gers is served Well, well: live and learn
live and learnt The worlds not what man
takes it for before he finds it out out. Whs-
kers grows sooner than experience does. Ge-
nus and patriotism amt got no chance-ain't
got nary look"