Daily national Democrat., 1861-02-20
Doesticks Bays Christmas Presents for
all the Family, Including the Baby.

| was my MOJnef; lnen lnefe was dig btpu"-
err then there was Sis Nelly; then there was
Edwards and Otterly, and the Nameiess Cur
Iv One. and others. all dear friends, all to be
remembered on Christmas, and to purchase
all the gifts with no more idea of what each
one would like, or of the proper price Of
arything, than | have how much sugar the
man in the moon takes i'll his Christmas
punch.
Put money in my purse in the morning and
started out toy shop on the corner; splendid
tiger with squeak in his stomach for Trumps
bought tiger; also bear with a similar
squeak also India rubber dog. with another
squeak in another stomach also wooden
monkey, whose only mission on earth it is to
climb headlong over the end of stick and
grin. So much for Trumps.
Hoped could find something for the
Nameless Curly One in the way of a Terrible
Sacrifice at No. l2 Broadway. Delusivc
hope No. is the hardware store; and
as an elegant present for lady, | was Of
fered my choice OF half a ton of pig iron, an
anvil siXty-three potash kettles four six
pound cannon, eighty kegs of railroad spikes
and four hundred and ten crow bars, assorted
sizes.
Tried all the rest Of the awful Sacrifice .
and discovered that always where the sacri-
flee is the awfulest the goods are the highest
priced. Whenever a New York merchant
has any damaged or unstable trash in his
store he marks up "Great Sacriicew Tire
mendous Sacrifice !" or Awful Sacrifice y
according to the kind of store it is. In Il
great sacrifice" place they only charge you
four prices for the articles When the sacri
fee is tremendous" they ask you six prices,
and you always get poorer quality of goods
than you buy but in an lawful sacrifice"
establishment, make you pay anything they
like, give you counterfeit money in change.
and have Il boy stationed at the door to pick
your pocket of that before you get into the
street
Got soon tired of the sacrifices, and went
in forthose who were doing business in the
ordinary way. Of course, | didn't know
what wanted. No man ever does when he
goes shopping. did as men always do
looked at everything in hurry, and bought
the last thing they showed me, when |
bought any thing atall
Except for the baby-I knew exactly what
he wanted-a drum, and squirt, and sol
dier hat, and pen.kuile, and Il couple OF In
dia rubber beasts with squeaks in their
stomachs-all Of which Ijoyfully purchased
Encountered a toy shop ON the corner;
thought of the baby-he is real baby, home
made, with legs, arms, head, fists, and lungs
all complete; man said, babies liked marbles
bought peck man remarked that babies
were fond of tops-orlered a dozen; man
was certain that windmill would please o.
child-boughta windmill, small size with six
milers, twenty bags, and cart and oxen all
complete; man had never seen 4 baby yet
that couldn't roll uinepins after little prac-
tice--of course, ! bought the nnepins, and
miniature Nail-aIiy, and some balls like frozen
apple dumPiings man also limited that babies
OF average intelligence can get a great fund
of amusement out of books of fairy tales
bought few ooks for Trumps is sure to
want books especially fairy books; acting
on kind hint from the di-interested man,
also laid out three varieties Of arithmetics,
two kinds of grammar an assortment Of
spelling, a small algebra, and an Astronomy
Made Easy; butas | couldn't get them into
the package. | reluctantly left them; but
Irumps is safe to need them all, some time.
birthstone blaze T.. Six o'clock, and where,
oh, where were the Gifts for OWcrly, Sis,
Nelly, and the rest Streets SO full couldn't
get along without perpetual iostling row.
Every man had bundle; every woman had
two bundles, an UmbrciI. and her pockets
full of things for the children. Children did
| say? Rushed into store and hurred,v
a pig with a squeak in his stomach; myriads
of squeuks in his stomach It's many sGucaks
in his stomach in fact, as if he'd been kept for
hundred years on an unwavoring dict {.
squeaks, ana had saved them all up till now.
Every omnibus fall Of people with pack
ages; every carfu.l Of packages with peo-
pie taking care Of them; every lady dropping
their bundles; couldn't stir ten steps without
stepping on somebody's bundle, and being
swore at because their bundles hadn't been
allowed undi>turhed possession OF the side
walk Saw splendid rocking ghorse-bought
him for Trumps; cast my eye on a wheel
barrow, and lot Of garden tools--hought
'em all for Trumps then boughta few toys
for the baby and hurried along.
Flames and fury! y. Seven O'clock and
nothing bought yet. Went half distracted
rushed furiously into fancy store and wild
" purchased all soIs of ihing7, tore fran
iically into book and print shop, and did
likewise and ditto; staggered feebly into
general furnishing houses, and repeat
ed that expensive operation; crowded my
self into a stage, and started for home; stop
ped the vehiee on the corner Of Eighth
street to buy an lnda-rubher goose, with II
squeak in its stomach, for Trumps; suddenly
remembered that | had nearly forgotten the
baby; bought him an armful of toys and "A
few pounds Of candies, and hurried home to
examine my purchases.
CorToN AT THE Borrow OF ir.--John Mitch
ell says that the secret of the war of Eng
land, against China, is cotton. China "prc-
duces six times as much cotton as all the
Southern States put together mot of the fin
est kind, indeed but of the sort of which
nankcen is made, in which about three hun
dred millions of people are clothed every day
\ ct where that cotton grows, it is calculated
that other and better cotton may erow and
the magnificent alluvial valleys of Central
China, all around the lloan-lIo and the Yang
tse-kiang rivers. are certainly capable of
producing the most valuable kinds of that
useful plant As are the valleys of the Mssis-
sipi and the Alabama. Labor also is far
more abundant, and costs literally nothing at
ALL Once the country is subjected, English
cotton growers may have many millions of
laborers, all anxious to work for their bare
subsistence; for what would subsist one ne
gro would be luxurious supply for five
Chinamen. The Chinamcn, too, will be APP
preutiees, not slaves-the spirit of the age
iorbids-and SO there will be no obligation to
care for them, TO feed and clothe them, when
the work is got out OF them. In Short if the
cultivation once begins on those two rivers,
you may bid adicu TO the Liverpool and
Manchester markets. and that's the meaning
of this China war
SENATOR TooMns oN THE Floor Senator
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