The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1860-01-24
TO H. CLAY PATE.


Thou hast sought Am tnY native bower,
Alter years riu n d..d toam
Thou takes. II inia's falre9t flower
To thy fdr.oif Wts,er., home.
The hear of thy friends now Joyous swell,
For last thou mast Drlde
To thy bachelor trieus 1aust thou t-ll-
Tell thy hour OF ionLe,e pIlde?
At the Altar was it, when she dare
Lean IN thee, trembling aud IN elk ?
Though hei beating hart 'aiteIei nat there ),
BiusneS banned ed Ga her cheek
When the tear that fingered in her eye
OutShone gems OF every mine,
Dida train OF slain lovers not sigh
AS she placed her hand in thine ?
May it not be when home is attained,
and thy heart feels bliss ssl enc,
AS thy Western friends with Joy un feigred
Welcome their Southern Queen ?
Will it be when thou and thy happy bride
With joys are fully eiaie,
And rocked in a Grad at thy side,
You have cross little Pate
Will it be when thou art truly blest,
With no enemies to mate,
And grandsons rise in the mighty West
Round the smiling, gray haired Pate
The reading of this poem produced an i'm
mense effect, . e., immense blushing on the
part OF the bride, while the bridegroom re-
tired to the guard of the boat, and INDUCED
in private swear, the purport of which
was, that ga poet IS damn fool ANYHOW"
The Aforesaid NJ. ID. left the hotel, accom-
panied by j. F. Ed, OF Richmond, Va,
a: 3 O'Clock in the evening, and proceeded to
the residence OF the parents Of the bride, for
the ostensibe pul pose of consoling the aged
couple for the loss OF stheir daughter, but for
the real purpose of making love to the young
ladies, which we proceeded to do with SO
much success, that, when | slipped the da-
guerreotype of one OF them from the table
into my bosom, she nade no objection, but
appeared pleased at the idea of my taking it
away.
After various and sundry ''healths" drank
to the gentleman OF the house, and express
sions OF hope 10 the madam, that her daught-
err might have a pleasant time, we lie { for
home. The Aforesaid thanked the serva t,
that showed US out, tor detaintng US uHtil II
O'CLOCK; and T., misJaKiug her tor the
madam, SHOOK hands - iun her afiectionate-
ly.
When we reached the street,it was darker
than the middle ages, and raining like jules
Cesar. The Aforesaid imagined he had
"brains enough to keep bin from travelling
creation of the fancy, AMI not reliaoe, for
we cruised until drenched, when we met the
hotel, and insisted upon being SHOWN 20 'ur
rooms-wero told we were at the thea -
became indignant and wished to see the pro-
prletor-theater manager cane t. us and
said, "he couldn't run the taeatte and keep
hotel, the only places no haa any kuow-
Ledge ofwhere strangers we've provided with
lodgings were the caiaooOse aod National
Hotel, and it would decide which we
would go To, the man on the corner with the
star and short club would conduct us thlther.
Were not particular, but wuald trouble him
to show us to whichever place had the I, icest
oysters.
The Gun came up this morning, as usual,
radiant VIII glory, and looked in with IA
smile upon the Aforesaid and the battlefield
of Wine and Oysters; out he knew nothi Z
of that proceeding, Ior about that time he
was in dreamland, ruuning away with the
bridemaid, land sailing in huge oyster-shel
On sea of wine, with crinoIine tor sail
Is !; =
Iawoke about noon my head was whers
my feet should have been, and, 80, for a
thousand tongues TO tef' how bad | wanted
q drink. Aforesaid rose-a faded rose
whereupon it was discovered that the daguer-
reotype in my bosom was not the young
lady's, bat the grandmother's!-t some
one had placed my muddy boots under tue
pillow--laid my pants outside the door--roli-
ed my MSS. liz a wet towel and put il in the
coal box-hid the poker III the bureau, anu
locked the vessel up IN my trunk, with gilt
edged copy OF Tennyson's Poems IN 1t.
Around the room chaos reigne0!
*Note. The people vi NoltolA talk much
of project for turning the Ohio River into
Chesapeake Bay, by meant of ship canal
from Pttsburg TO Norfolk, by th,s meant
they rely upon DIRECTING most OF The trade OF
the Ohio Valley to tha great commercial, en-
porium, Norfolk.-ED. CoMMERclAL.
A Child Roasted ALUe.-One Of the most
narrowing incidents We have ever re-
corded occurred Il few days ago i'll the
household of one ot our most respectable
creole families, the re lation of which makes
us shudder. A lady, Mime. FRANKIE, "a