New-York daily tribune., 1861-03-06
YANKEE NOTIONS IN JOHN BULLS
COUNTRY,

RefutatiOn BY the rod, conviction by the cow
hide, cOnfutation by the cane, conversion by the
cudgel, persuasion by the pistol we have always
supposed to be native TO Yankee dialectics and
STYLE Of medicamentation peculiar to the Ameri-
can Sayeholding States, and to those charming
practitioners who have, from time to time, played
quack. salver or Jack pudding upon the Capitol
stage We were mistaken. The classic quad
rsngles of Cambridge, Of English Cambridge,
have recently witnessed tho most extraordinary
attempt of a reverend gentleman to change. tne
heart and to refutc the heresy of nnc,oer reyer.
end gentleman BY bastinS the ,sck of the heroSc
with good, substantial hOrsewhip-an item of
rsi0'~r, ,,',,,Ecfics, to which we have already
alluded. The Rev. st': Ms: BF0ckh.rS.' the morse
whipper, being upon the complaint ID at tue keV'
Edward DOdd, the hOrsewhiPped, brought be-
fore the Uniyersity Court Of the Sex Viri, said,
" admit the hm:ewhipPing,' He then went
on to say that " the fellow by this irreyeren.
term meaning and intending the Rev. Edward
Dodd--" actually omitted from grace, in the din
" ing hall of Magdalen, the name OF the Lord
" Jesus Christ, and had said, when asked for his
"r reason, that il was On account Of the presence
" of a Jew OF the table" This the Rev. Mr..
Brockhurst could by 10 means stand and so
seeking the heterodoI ssyer Of grace, he horse
whipped that delinquent, and then made the follow
ing speech to the astonshed by bystanders; 81 Go and
4" tell all over the University that Mr. BrOckhurst of
" Emanuel has horsewhipped Mr.. DOdd of Mag
" dalen for having been false to his Saviour aud
false to his friend" Mr.. BrOckhurst also ad-
mitted that during the intervals of the chastse-
mebt he applied TO the csstigated an exceedingly
coarse and not here reproducibe epithet. The
Court of Sex Vim, not at nll admiring this pO-
leucal zeal, suspended tho fagellant Master of
Arts from all his degrees for the period Of four
years.
Scaliger said Of bis friend Muretus, that " if
" he only believed in the existence of a God as
&" well as he could talk about it, he would be ali
" excellent Christian" aud if We are to Judge
dis Cambridge parson BY his striking maniiesta-
tarn Of faith, he must be- deyOtee indeed. lie
reminds us Of the African chief who was con.
yerted BY DR.. Livingstone, and who Immediately
scnt for his head driver and commanded him TO
fog every rascally subject who refused TO be bap-
tised. The fustgatDg process in this country
has been Oftenest resorted TO in our Slayeholdlng
States, where the judicious application of a
horsewhp to the cuticle of an Anti-Slayery man
ia held TO be sovereign; and the most eminent
professor in this school was the late Brooks, of
unhappy memory We do not feel at all proud
of this our national accomplishment; but when
ever any English newspaper is inclined to be I'M
commonly savage upon the violence aud brutality
of American society we hope it viii not forget
to caution its readers against the contagousness
Of evil manners, as excmplihed in the Great
Cambridge HOrsewhppiDg Case.
An advertisement, and q long one, too, which
indicates that the business is fairly prosperous,
we find in LOnden newspaper. 1t sets forth
that Mr.. Everett Maya namesake, but RO kns-
man, we trust, Of our own Eyerctt-that Mr..
Moy, the American, ais rendering to all who
" desire il his highly -prized American modes of
" realizing large SUNS of money with little or
"nO outlay" This sharp American is altogether
too sharp to lot the cat out of the bag IN his
ADVERTISEMENTS and what his way, scheme plan,
VI hVtAO@ VI hiohAhb HrohSy As'y w. "S NV hVe
know, nor whether il refers tO clocks, or Gu
cumber seeds, or nutmegs, al Of the wooden
variety, or 20 washing machines, or to baby
Jumpers, or rocking chairs, to cough drops, paste
blacking. or medicated soap. We only know
that Mr.. Everett May is sphyDx whose sub
lime secret of ad EJitRp cash can be wrenChed
out of him by the payment of one shilling ster-
hing, and that sundry happy recipients OF his
" invaluable packet" have written to HIM letters,
which he prints, and which overflow with the
glee and gratitude u those who have been taught
I" the American mode Of realizing large sums OF
money" and who regard Mr.. Everett May
who Is not ut al q Mississippi repudiator, as
the Light Of their Lives, and Great Pecuniary
Benefactor. These epistles are from men and
women In all ranks of hie-the writers, unllke
ia aga, station, or sex, are al alike in joy at
the opuence which this good man has, for only
one Ahilline. sbowered 50 layishly upon them.
Michael Ryan Of Dublin, esteolns the munIcent
and magnificent May "as gentleman OF great
generosity" G.. PattisOn writes biandly' Your
''yaluable packet imparts business Of most
" profitable and easy nature" An enterPrising
" Scotchman" declares that his "success" has
been i" triumphant" "An Officer in the Navy"
bas bought package aad 70 has tas - Rev.