The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-11-14
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PNEY rAyIRS; on SAN Suck TsHs Philadelphia: T. D.
Peterson Brothers From ) shlng'on
Tm DH4ocRAne Aas-No. 2. q Edward Lester, Diior
REVIEW.
HISTORY on rnlSrsot rms ssoNp oA1HD fssDEuIcx GxsAr
vol ? by Thomls Carlyle New York Harper Brothers.
The second volume of Carlyles work on Frederick
of Prussia has been promptly issued by the Ameri-
can publishers. Ii contains more OF those stereo-
scopic groupings Of great characters for which the
author is SO famous This power of making the
great people of history live in presence veri-
Table beings of flesh and blood has never manifested
itself in the writings OF any other author to the same
extent This volume brings the history down TO the
death of Friedrich William and the accession Of
friedrich the Second.
raS HsroRY pHornos EEnsI cAu ErrEca n@oyGn
House Governors CITY Of New York by William sanger
81 d. New York Harper Brothers NJ
More yolnmnous and on some points more ex-
haustvc, than the English work by DR.. Acton, this
fearful volume naraes facts whicrit Is not modesty
but cowardice to blink. When we are told, and the
fact mathematicaly demonstrated that In the single
city Of New York there is a capital of nearly four
millions invested in this form of vice. and that the
expenditures eniaed by this fearful amount of I'M
morality reach the OF mHiOns Of dollars per
aanum we have two stern arguments for thorough
probing of this social sore and If its eradication be
not possible at least for its alienation. There are
other and 10 right-mnded men, more striking argu-
ments in the fearful amount Of moral and physical
disease attendant upon this olden form OF wrong
of every patriot father husband and brother. We
thank Dr. Sanger and the Messrs. Harper for their
bravery manifested in publishing the book, and we
still look for revelation OF other facts and other ar
guments bearing upon this problem which we have
long believed ought to be pressed home to the ma
tional conscience
Plsxy WOODS TAVERN; BY the author
Stray Yankee In Texas" Philadelphia T. b Peterson
Brothers
Written after the model of Sam Slick :" and
therefore to. some extent an imitation, this will be
found an acceptable volume by the lovers Of broad
humor. Some of the stories we recognise as old
acauaintances, that have gone the rounds of the
papers but there are many flashes of original wit,
and some quaint sayings worthy of the original Sam
Slick. Take the following as specimen;
TnE hit
A brilliant sunset had set its seal upon day of ex-
treme warmth, and the glowing hues that gided the
evanescent twilight of this semi tropical region fast
deepening into night The feathered tenants OF wood
and plain that from the lofty treetop the lowly
shrub perched upon leafless branch, or floating
suspended in the clear blue ether had poured forth their
very souls in glorious melody had ceased, and their
evening HYMN was sung The amphibia Of river and
swamp had commenced their contra basso serenade aided
with occasional solitary note from crane, heron or
water turkey In fact il night and the monstrous
bull frogs 10 the adjacent cypress brakes, and sundy and
divers other abomnable reptiles, were making an abom
nable
We were all preparing to battle or else already splash
ing in the river when Captain Prime, struck with the
louds swelling bull chorus, asked the
it was that made that hond noise and received in re-
ply that it .'was nothing but allgators ="
Prime did not bathe, but eontented himself with
modest ablntion in very shallow water.
'.Jarboc said j, when out of the captain hearing,
sdd you think you playing off capital joke the
CAPTAIN about the agators z" '.Why, sir he's
Kin green about things, cant help havin eete
fun sometimes
sWelI, only look out yourself that all there's a
proverb about going out after wool, and coming home
ahorn. / but tell you one thing-there is not
stream in Texas noted for algaors this same San
Jacnto they all come up from the bay to summer in its
cold waters. =
The corporal was half frightened and for time stuck
to the shallow current of the ford but the sight of the
Others splashing and swimming in deeper water below
proved too great temptation for him.
gave our miscellaneous Frenchman hint and he pro-
coded to act upon it. Charley swan like duck-on
the water under, it was pretty much the same to
him.
Peter Anthony was standing up to his neck in water
he had just looked stream to be very sure that no al
lgator behind him, and seeing nothing but Charley,
some four rods Off turned round again, spread out his
arms and proceeded in his usually slow and majestic
manner to swim The moment that he turned Charley,
who was standing upon the BAR plunged into the deeper
water and pulled entirely submerged for the corporal
Peter heard the splash, partly turned around could
see nothing but til disturbed water and being pretty
thoroughly alarmed struck out for the shore lust as
Charley under water seized both legs with his hands,
his long sharp nails cutting through the epidermis.
The below of mad bull eolian melody compared
to that of Peter Anthony.
.sEELp HE-EE-ELP!' he reared sob the CORY
Mighty ALLIGATOR ALLIGATOR !! AILIGAA-ToR +! !!
OH boys! Oh On, pull me out u
Three or four seized hm--C Charley keeping his hold
until the corporal drawn ashore, in condition
near fainting as man of his nature could be.
word and wink to the enough and to
this day the ci-pam corporal believes firmly in his mi
raculous escape from the agators of the San Jaonto
and during the short time he remained with certainly
did not wash either face hands which attributed TO
his newly acquired horror of the water
The last authentic information that received of MIR.
Jarbe from distinguished naturalist who narrated
to me the extraordinary escape from alligator of
man who lived then upon Buffalo Bayou He had seen
tue scars left by the animals claws and much wondered
at the reptiles mode Of seizure.
TIM srKArYoRp GA,ISny TIM sKsrsaRE slsrEooD
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