Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-11-26
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Picture OF Life :H Democratic Egypt,
correspondent writing IRON Southern
Illinois, gives us description OF the inhubit-
ants OF that delectsble Country, where sH
the best gifts of nature are lavished in eli
mate, soil and productions Of the earth. and
where only man is vile Imagine Yourself
set back to ;he era oi the mi4dlc aqes, saws
the writer, and you may obtain faint idea
OF what he iIteleciua condition and social
/ habits OF Tue "Suckers" in Exypl now are
| Nearly ell are emigrants from the Slave
Staies-but Eastern emigration begins to
set IN, and the improvement which the Yam
kee infusion always creates, begins to be
percePIbIe. The Southerners bring their
customs and fashions with them Nearly
to man, they are "'Damocrats, and not
one in five can write sr read his own name
Upon all subjects excepting politics. they
viii accept jest as current coin; but, say a
word against ''democracy." and you mig ht as
we'll subject yourself to the tender mercies of
Border Rufians in Kansas. A description
of lawsuit, which our correspondent at
tended. will do for the pages of the Knie.-
erbocter.
Had not known before entered, which
OF the individuals seated in the Court-room
was 'this honor" | could not have dstin-
gnished him from the rest of the crowd, who
sat upon the benches, boxes and chars en-
gagged every one in whittllng, and chewing
tobacco or smoking, in very free and easy
manner. The suit is called, and a witness
IS summoned TO testify in the case The
Justice administered the oath in novel
form: SNOW, Jem, Cor John. as it may be }
EaH ha I,1rv hat Epnxxr abo II -
Not Bible, or even an Almanac, nor Hovle
was there to give sanctity or iupressiveness
to the proceeding The testimony all ta-
ken. the learned Justice charged the Jury
is this wise: "Now, JuryIhen, you have
heard the testimonyi SO go out somewhere
by yourselves and make up your yerdck."
And so they did.
a word as to the fashions, for the benefit
of the ladies'. The wearing Of no ops has
just come in vogue here, and it is no uncom-
mon sight to see lady walking out with
her -wide-expanded BY hoops. in all tire
glory of first class calico. while her bare
feet press the Sod and exhibit a freedom of
contact with the soil, that speaks wen for
the fair oue's fial affection for mother
earth, but denotes an absence of soap and
water quite excruciadng to people fastidious
about dirt.
The custom of burying ,he dead, in this
Tegion, is anomalous, think. A funeral
ceredibny is never observed at the time Of
buriu!; sometimes it takes place within the
year sfLer-sometmes not at all. aueud-
ed f'burying,''7 as they called IT here,
short TIME since. The deceased was child
several years old. Ia the morning after the
death, couple of neigh5ors came to abe
house, and placed the coffin in a wagen;
the parents, uncle and aunt ofathe child
gnounted the same vehicle and drove away 10
bury their dead, unat,ender by friends, and
uneonsioua'the of peoprierly Of religious rises
oveYst the deceased. Mourners,15 bearers,
friends and grave digger were comprised in
the four individuals. Into the untutored
mind of the poor Indians has entered some
/ ray Of sentiment respecting the sacrednesz
/ of the dead. Our modern Egyptians have
affections, feeling, passions. senses:--if you
prick them they will smart; if you strike
/ them they will respond; if you insult them
+ they will fight; if you tell them that demoe-
racy is the true gospel and Douglas its apos-
/ tie, they will swear you're right, old hoss, if
j you ask them to drink, there is no end to
I their endurance. But of the advantage of
education, the influence of religion. they
! are 'Egyp,i4ns,' aud Of course ''democrals.'
! Douglas knows his mea.--R0cheSter Demo-
/ crat.