New-York tribune., 1867-08-01
EBW PUBLICATIONS.
WoOL-GATHERLNG.

Readers who seek only for SoDd DOdy Oh lhsJruo1oh
md edifcatiOn win be apt TO grow impatient Win
,er exuberance and set her down as one OF the any
Ind frivolous writer's who are too intent on saying
mart things to be thoroughly IN earnests ana VINO
,ad rather auuse and astonsh than run the risk OF
BENG lnll. Doubtless she has no sympathy WIN inc
,lass who are content to dwell IN deceneies ioySv'
and who are willing to put up with va' d co[anoa-
Doee rather than startle the proprie es Sy an es,
hal expression ohe mas nel ." a way OF p7tting
things-a way which was nev 4, learned al schools
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nor adopted nom CUSTOM, at which seems asnatun
10 her as to breathe, an without which she would
no LONGER be Gail Ir - r rrobablv ANYBODY
no ioi'sN y -nilton, nor P'oO"'iS o., 60
else For our par We have no lecture to read TO OiA
Hamilton, and ,fyoc should often be content with
less eOpou egsion Of words, and less defiant tone
Ts6ld .n,etimes be more TO taste, we have too
muc Il respect for her sincerity of purpose and Keen
esq of insight TO quarrel with her for keeping mp
roc even after it has approached the limits ot as
erection Her heart is evidently in the night place
and though she will have her say at full ength,when
stheTs would say little say nothing her hVey rat
Gle conceals true feeling and sound principle, OF Doth
which Qualities no one who fairly reads her writings
asn DENY her the possession The motive of this new
venture from which the volume takes its whimsical
Stle is set forth in a characteristic paragraph.
About year ago into possession OF fortune ~
east abont for the best mode OF Investment The war
was bravey over and there further need of pri
Tate contributions TO prop mp public credit Digent IN
estgation showed that wool growing was dellghu,m
snSaging and wool marketable therefore dispatched
any agent TO Wisconsin, where he bought @tWehyaNie @ NM
sheep at four dollars and nfty cents "a ho'u d fHv
amounted TO hundred and twelve doIars alq ~!
cents him gave & @ nm enSnSS 1nS SGG Twelve dollars forgot to
mention that the original fortune was one huheu u
triye The sheen to Minnesota and set them spnninghy
metOnynly He wrote 10 me soon that ne hau ldlthI!
and driven home, and in good condition. He added
however that there was always degree OF unSertan
s1vfr sft f ~ their arst Winter in new climate wrote
back at once that did not expect the order OF nature
70 De changed for my benefit Dut nelIher ou WISH 10 De
Il could not be exharatng read in every letter that
game, "there Is another sheep frOzen.' thereIore
bade him not write any obituary notices, but wait
accordingly heard no bad news from my sheep. And
come time during the following Summer word came tha
Che sheepsheaTing was over and my agent was ready
with his first yearly report 1t was beautiful d0cument
sheep. This my agent had soldfo forty cents
twenty-five heads, made twenty-five doilas anu my
cents as years interest OF one hundred ana Twelve
ing by geometry and the higher mathematics, and /
believe it TO be correct in every particular Inc
two dollars and fifty cents OF money not to be
laughed at and the question at once became now 70 get
refund the property which it fails TO transmit and con,
gdering the heavy TobDeres committed upon s nS to s
feepmS Alter severe mental cOnGictI decided TO go
g. real motive Of iSy ouriey but this Is the explanation
on which the general opinion OF foreign nations ana the
next age viii finally settle
II won win follow Gail Hamilton on her adventur
ans Western tour in search of wool, you will get
many splendid gimpses of the Eden of the world,
be regaled with many a fayoTOns anecdote and many
sage reflection, and perhaps obtain an experience
Of life and manners on which you will prefer to med
state at distance, instead of repeating II IN reality
Her travels were not without the usual hardshps
which attend the pursuit of the Golden Fleece The
first misery was at the Vandal House in Albany,
"the seat of Legislature remarkable in an age OF
general uprightness for the purity of its morals and
the ineOITuptibility of its legislation" Here she
stopped for the night and after desperate contest
with mice which lasted into the " small hours" on
emerging fromthe campaign at sunrise she IS doomed
20 encounter the nsoence of the awful functionary
who presdes over the fate of long-sutfering way
IareTs no one question the business OF her tIib
ute TO that gracious pOtentate. For conscious su
periority, tempered with bcnevolence and swathed
an suavity; for perfect sefpOssessiOn for hghbr
eOndeseenson to the ignorance and liberation of the
weakness Of Others for absolute equality to crcum
stances, and certain grace, assurance, and flourish
Of bearing-give clerk in a hotel We may see
generals poets, and philosophers indistinguishable
from the common herd; but true hotel clerk wears
On his beauteOus brow, and in his noble men, the
aubitable sign of greatness"
At Niagara the mice not so large so lively
- in Eastern New-YOrk. Chicago almost buried
In LIQUID mud. The streets were slimy, the houses
wore the forlOrnest look and dull twilight spread
over the city at MONDAY. In Wisconsin the scene
was changed The rain came down in torrents, it is
true, but it honest and wholesome rain not
sulky and nOn-cOmmittal. The wooded hills and
smiling verdure revived the sinking courage of the
oba % Co Oh
nnds Milwaukee fair city in fair country. It's
sound and solid aspect gave her of security
which she could not feel in Illinois OF Indiana Her
experience of steamboat travelling on the Mississippi
was not encouraging. At midnight she leaves the
railroad and embarks on the Great River for St.
Paul.
The steamer Damse is our DOOM and very slatternly
and unmanneTy damse she turns ont to be. In the first
place. boat is crowded and get saterOOms
not however because OF the crowd but of blind
nre IN the stoves low and the big staggering boy
kndles il with kerosene The passengers snyering
The risk OF being blown up but ne laughs aud says is
Hf doleS tines at SH Least fe Kerosene % can 20 ms Is
brought forward and the Oil not poured but flung upon
the re. The flames flare out OF the door and leap half
way up 10 the ceiling man appeals TO OF the Off
pers who says there is no danger All the talk about
They have always used it, and never had any trouble
spite Of oil and wood wretchedy uncomfortable.
There drafts everywhere ana take violent colds
fhe way they open staerOOns on board the Danse is 10
boost boy TO the top OF the door then make him Wrgce
through the yentlatOr somewhat prolonged process,
and loose the astenngs from the inside At least that
the way saw IL done, and edifyng spectacle il Is.
The table is with warm, greasy abundance There
70 an indenabe sham splendor all around half disgust
Ing and wholly comical The paint and gliding, tho vel
vet and Brussels the plate, and the attendants show
brayey by lampght but the honest indignant puts
ali the dirty maguhcence TO shame. The are
groes, ragged filthy, registering insubordnate inefficient
and pFOfane TO the last degree. The orders are noisy
~Ordy, and und gnifed, given a rOickiUg boy might
order his comrades over whom he had conmand
rather than Oiccr 10 s The negroes reissue
r AM a.
pletiyes, and Obe4 iem in their own time aud way
Wrestling fighting and swearing are their business
the boat ther interruption. The ugg8g ge freight
their paythings which they pnl and kick about with
. drfu IAN fheVf tn With