, 1860-12-14

To Tie Editor Of tlt PVget Sound HeraH:
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STEILAC0OM, Dec. 10th, 1860.
On Sunday morning, 9th inst, between 8 and
O'Clock, more than the usual concourse OF citi.
Curiosity led,ms With others etIl the wharf WHERE
laid small steamer, which, was informed, was
to take an excursion party to oiympia: but, on
examining the little boat could not for the life
Of mb snPPOsctlat a party Of e5eapedscOhRfcts,
even, would trust their lives across the Sound in
suCh-a coffin. Being q stranger, ! OoRtented
myself by solilOquizng on the reckless dspOsi-
ton Of the American people, contrasted with
that Of the English in such cases, and which &C.
counts for the many sad and lamentable cases Of
steamboat and railroad catastrophes which are
so constantly occurring to the former On the
end Of the wharf, and not over four feet from
where l stood, observed group Of three res
pectable-looking persons, who were engaged in
triangular argument on the merits and dement's
Of the boat and her owner II Is needless to
say that the boat was condemned by the party
whilst the liberality Of her owner, was looked
upon as a kind Of phenomenon which occurs oc-
casionally in human nature, and for which no
satisfactory cause can be assigned AS took
notes Of part Of the conversation between the
aforementioned gentleman ] will transcribe
them for the information Of your readers
Messrs. A, B, and g, as shall call them, were
deeply interested in the history Of the ownet.
Mr. A, who could not understand this UNUSUAL
display Of Iiberality on the part Of the owner,
SAID. tU TIisuEOf .l -.'im nluE boz ztfsI f5f'a#
"Why, when the Robinson Family were here,
| knewomyself that O. charged Joe Bowers
lone Of me Robinson troupe) bit for a small
piece Of brown soap which he took to wash
himself with; although boarding in the house at
the time. and for which. on being asked, @. re-
ceiptedN Nsc laH nnz.rfO H17Uj7i yIahuDGf 6
By the time Mr. B had related a case asimilar
to the above, a little stout chap called" Charley
the Constable came up, andinlofmed all who
were disposed TO listen that this same steamboat
owner partook most greedly Of the last 4th Of
July free dinner, provided by our citizens, but
refused to contribute q dime toward defraying
the expense Of said dinner; and continued
Charley, " the reason old Nip Cheese gives
free excursion is that his brother in Olympia and
himself own the boat between them, and as he
can't find employment just now for her, he thinks
he can humbug the people here to 90 to Olym-
pia, where they will have - stop ali night, and
leave Sutncient money at his brothers hotel to
make the excursion profitable" y m i' 9Eui s
The subject Of such remarks bad the effect Of
exciting my curiosity 50 far as 10 ask the stout
little constable to point OUT 70 me the famous
z Nip Cheese, that might know him in future.
He did 50. Enough l could see cold misery
marked indelibly on the front Of his head--iof
cannot say that he had 4 face. On close Obsel-
vatiohg L ioUnd thAt the erect position Is not
natural to him, but constrained; and Il ascertain
that, though he may be able to walk erect, still,
when not observed, he must make use Of his an.
terror as well as his posterior limbs in order to
feel comfortable. Imay further observe that the
legs Of this quadru man form q sort Of oblique
continuation tll they rest on the outer side Of the
foot only, aud not upon it, sole, as human foot
properly formed, should DO. The prominence in
the length Of the forearms Is most remarkable,
as they touch the ground when he is in semi
erect attitude. The absence Of the cheek pouches
on the face is caused By The great prolongation
Of the muzzle,, Or chin, One Or two other ply
siognpmical peepliarities distinguish him slightly
from he chimpanzee species Of ape. Such is, to
me, the appearance of this nondescript So.
] Yours, &c, .su'ra SrRASoER.