Daily national Democrat., 1861-03-19

tain a Republican President but whether we
shall rcyolutionze, and there will hc found
thousands of men opposed to Revolution who
are 10y no means Republicans, although there
are some wiseacre5 who would make II APP
pear that every man who refuses TO join Se-
oession and Rebellion is Republican. They
will possibly find it more convenient, before
they get through with it, to give little diff
fercnt definition.
p. S.-Snce writing the above, our enter
pri.ing neighbor, the Appeal, has received by
telegraph ,,is inaugural in full, and our read
ers will find it in to days DEMOCRAT. 1t is
even more conciliatory than we were led by
the synopsis to suppose.
ENTERING RooM-The author of " Nor
man Sinclair" speaks in the following pas
sage of trying social ordeal, and of the
nonchaance of modern carpet-kuights," as
contrasted with the gentlemen of the old
school:
al have sometimes envied the coolness and
self-possession of those gentlemen who, for
tilted hy long practice, can enter drawing
room, having no previous knowledge ol It's
inmates. with as much sang troid and indit-
ference as if they were loungiug into box
AZ the opera, and commence conversation
without exhibiting the slightest cmharrass-
ment Yet, after all, | doubt whether they
are to be envied, for | apprehend that such
dcmeanor must be the result either of re-
markable sclf-comp or OF a callous-
e Al. !, l.
the absence, think, of that chivalrous feel
ing toward the fair sex, which, in the middle
ages, was carried to so extreme length that,
in the words of an old writer of ro4 ance, Il
true knight should stand more awed and
abashed in the presence of beauty than if lie
were summoned before the throne Of the
most pussant emperor i'll the world
1t is fact that the walmest admirers of
women are those who are the most embar-
rassed in their presence. "When awful
beauty puts on all her charms" the man with
the biggest heart is abashed, till kindly
glances encourage him; but why should
yonder brazen- faced masculine feel any tre-
NOR about it? 1t takes species of genius
to be a true admrer of beauty, and gelus is
in beauty a divinity. What was worthy of
the master hand Of Coo, is worthy of lis
deepest alteration, and to be daz2lod or
dumb struck, or even to make yourself stu
pidly ridiculous in the presence Of leauti-
full woman, is the highest tribute you can pay
TO her charms. Yet many Of them-slly
creatures they are Tor it, too-don't seem to
know it, and are tickled with the hattery of
some brainless coxcomb, who has no more
appreciation of them than he has of a horse
"PRoPs," DANIEL WEBSTER AND THE PEQUoD
MAIDEN.-The san Francisco Call gives the
following account of a uill, in the Police
Court of San Francisco, of somebody who had
been playing the game Of 'rrops" The ques-
tion was whether "ProIa' was game Of
chance:
Among other witnesses placed on the stand
yesterday in the Police Court to throw light
ON the character Of the game Of "props,' was
Mr.. VIM. Shear of the Nightingale. The
whole sntiect was thoroughly elucidated and
/ the witness INDUCED the Court in few facts
relative to the origin and rise Of This game,
which we consider Of sufficient interest to
print Said MIR. Shear, the game of props
was first introduced into civilized society Iy
the great Daniel Webster I hat noted states
man, at one time became infatuated with the
science OF conchology props" as cur readers
are aware, is played with four small shells,
and in tie pursuit Of his studies he visited
Passamaquoddy Bay. Here he became ac-
quanted with The Pequods who are celebra-
ted for their exquisite taste in asserting
shells. One day II beautiful Pequod maiden
came to Mr.. WeLster's camp, and proposed
to give him lessons in popular Indian game.
1hat game was props" Mr. Webster, as
will be readily believed, proved to BE an apt
student, and in short time the lovely squaw
had the satisfaction of returning to her fa-
TIERS wigwam with TIE happy tidings that
the pale face had become "A thorough adept in
throwing the mona m1tcks, which we presume
is "props" in the PcquOdian tongue. We =
ster returned to Boston, and was there met
by Lord Ashburton who had come to the
| United States to settle the North Eastern
Boundary question. Ills lordship was Web
sters first pupil and he too, became a
"props' enthusiast Whilst the important
question which he came here to adjust was
being discussed between him and Mr.. w Web-
ster, the rough edge of diplomatic folmnlity
was taken off 10y oust at props between
the two statesmen. In fact, it is doubted
whether the controversy would not have
been left to the arhitrament of the sword, had
not the great Webster ''nicked' and "outed"
with his antagonist at this game of shells
From that time forth props" became the
fashionable play among the ton both of Eu-
rope and America Lord Ashburton intro
duced the game at the Court of st. James ;
Louis Napoleon, who was an exile in Lon
don, played it for hapence on theale benches
of st. GiIes-hr now plays it in the Tuillelies
for napoleons Nicholas of Russia heard of it
and it at once became the turore at the Court
of st. Petersburg In fact, the game became
so universally fashionable, that Court with
out "props" was thing not to he conceived
Every gentleman who pretends to belong to
| the tolt-continued Mr.. Shear-carries props"
in his pockets. | carry them, your Honor
and drawing a set from his vest pocket with
one hand, and dollar with the other if YOU
desire to take "nicks," III bet you a dollar
on "outs." Judge Cowles declined to take
the bet, and permitted Mr.. Shear TO depart
having received more genealogical nforma-
| tion in a few minutes from this witness than
he had CLEANED before during his whole life
from books and practical research. In dcci-
ding the case, His Honor remarked that Mr.
Shears testimony had been so lucidly given.
and his description of the game was so
graphic that he did not feel the slightest
hesitation in concluding that "props' was
game of chance, ana punishable 10y the statute
of 1895 as a misdemeanor.
AN EXQUISITE PICruRE OF NATuRE-This