Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1857-09-12
Frops the Knickereock'er.


There was peculiar species ef American Newspsp,
Lers'nrr, much years sgo than now ~h:ch
!" us inception In tho "Chseosi Sketches of the .,e
Joseph y Neal. Of Philadelphia, extremely amusing
mean the detailed pictures Of hsrd cases. found byths
CITY wa'chn'en at night and brought before the City Coun
eh IN the morning. Dogoery says to "be examination
Take single passage in the life Of Peter Brush the
victim OF politics:
SEATED upon the curS with his feet across the gutter
ne placed hts elbow upon sieppng-sone and like Juliet
on the balcony leaned hs head upon his bapd-a hand
tnat word perhaps have been the better OF covering
though none would have been rash enough TO volunteer
10 be glove upon g. lie in dilapidated condition.
out at elbows out at knee out OF pocket out OF Office
Out OF spirits and in the sress out aud outer
IN every respect and ore mortal a. ever the eve of
man d'd rest upon. For some time Mr.. Brush's r,Hec
tons had been silent. rolosing Hamlets advice. he
gave them an understanding but tongue aud he re-
neSed himself at Intervals by splitting icrlornly into the
keune At length, suderag HIS locked hands to ia be.
tween hts knees, and hesviug deep sigh, he spoke
long time ago my ma used to put on her specks and
say Peter. my son. put not your trust in princes and
from that day to this hsvnt done anything Of the kind
because none on em wanted borrow nothing of
me; and never see a princs<pr kng-but one or two
aud they had been rotated bf oice-to botry nothing
OF them Princcsl pOoh& Put your us, in politi.
caners-thems NV sentiments. You might lust "a well
try to hold an eel by the tail don't care which side
they te o. for I've tried hoth and know Put not your
trust IN politicianers, or you'll get hyst
Ten years ago intj uy head that things weren't
going on right so pretty nearly give myself up teeto
tally To the good Of the republic aud lett the shop 10 look
out Tor ITSELF brim ull OF patriotism aud so unea.
y Ia my MUD Tor the salvation OF Freedom | couldn't
work. tried To guess which side going TO win aud
stuck TO 1t like wax sometimes aonc side some
times was a-toiher, aud sometimes s,raddled ull tue
ssSSa Was w i'll d "a p so g sSslS III
do II | ~asn't the lccted side Bat after all Il was
never bit ot use Whenever tho battle was over no
matter shat side vas sharing the loaves aud the FISH,
IS, and stepped up. III hanged il they Gdut cram all
they could into their moaths put their arms over
some, and grab at all the rest with their paws aud
10 away, white man, you ant capable Capable what's
the reason l ant capable! I've got a. extensiy. "A
throat IA any OF en- and could swallow the loavcs
and fishes without choking, il each Loaf a.
big a. grind stone aud each f.h a. big a.
sturgeon. Give Peter chance, aud leave him alone
Tor that Theu, another time when called 4
spoi says !; "A sm,ll bucke,iul of spcils Whichever
side gets IN, shares tne spois don't they So they first
grinnrd then they ups aud tells thai virtue like mine
was IT. own eward aud that spois might spoil But
u was no spos that spot and loaf aud Dish that
starved me; mspt because cuulI nj get either
fut not your trust 10 pditeianers say il again Both
sides used me jus, slAe! Here Two been serving my
country, more or less, ten years like pauiot-go-
ing to town meeting hHrang my dayhghts out and get
uhS as blue as blszcs-bocking the Windows getting lick
Ell nifty times aud having more black bloody
than you could shake stick at al Tor the common good
AID Tor the purity OF illegal rights aud all for what
why Tor nix. IL any good has OF il, the country
has put It into her pocket aud swindled Of
10Y aringS cantt get no oicd Republics is migrate
iuE IL was ut reciTd was after. the base
sinivation. only wanted be took care Of aud have
nothing To do but 10 take Of the public aud I've only
got hall; nothing to do ! Being took care Of was the
main thing. Republics % uBgrateiui In blasted II they
ant This is the way old rogers is served Well we'll
live aud earu-liye aud leartl The worlds not what
man takes it for before e fuds it out. Whiskers grow
sooner than what experience docs Genus aud patriotism
ant got no ehance-ant got marry look