Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-08
w. NJ. CLANCY, Sec'y.

A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE-A DoLEFUL FL
NALE-'Twas dark. The patriotic citizens
had celebrated the national birthday in
good sort, and were gathered by thousands
around that beautiful structure famous as
the place wherein is kept the artistic
painting of 6 The Murder of Jane Macrea,"
to witness the brilliant display of fire
works provided as fitting close to the
democratic celebration" AS we before
remarked, twas dark. In an edifice occu-
pied by manhood of both sexes as a place
of worship, on Gay street, was assembled
convention of manhoods of all sexes, de-
batting, and deliberating how they could
secure to themselves the political power of
the State. Should our reader gaze into
this building he too would say it is dark.
Should he catch a Whit of the perfumed
air as it rushed to the door, he would have
declared it strong, yet dark. Amid these
dusky beings who trace their lieneage to
Afric's sunny cline, stands one whose
straighter hair-yet not much straighter,-
whose fairer cheek-yet not much fairer,
would indicate him of the Caucasian race.
But as the poet says, Beware, beware,
he's fooling thee" A man is known by
the company he keeps. And his associa-
tions here are not entirely white. His is no
front of Jove to threaten and command
no alabaster brow is his; no grace is seated
there ito give the world assurance of q
man." Not any by no means. He looks
like the pale shadow of Death drawn by
moonlight, as if much study had made him
i l.. -
saved paper collar, turned thrice to save
washing sits on his thin neck like an Eliza
bethean ru IF on broom-handle. His eyes
opened to their widest extent, suggests an
idea of one waiting and ready to be fright
ened. Reader, do you guess the picture
IT'S gknash. the decayed journeyman law
yer and one-horse, sternwheel reporter.
'''Tis true tits pity and pity tits tits true"
Beside him stands manhood. They are
discoursing of the Journal, and gknash is
endeavoring to convince his darker brother
that the metropolitan daily was blacker
than any make of them all, He got excited
did gknash, and spoke right out in church,
this against the rules and the manhood
sexton came to them and said:
"Look yah; you fallahs is putin as
much style as white folks, an is just gwine
to put stop to dis yah talking in de Con-
vention."
my BROTHER" murmured the gentle
gknash, in tones as dulcet as sucking
dove, " business is business. We must bring
our circulation up to that of The STATES
MAN, if it takes every manhood of you all
was just promising my brother here q
banjo and bowl of possum soup as a pre-.
MUM If he would take our paper. I'll dc
as well by you.''
"Now look yah," said the sexton, 81
don't keer muffin bout dis. is jist want you
to shut up, an you is got to do it or 1 calls
for de pleese. You hear dis, I'se gwine for
de pleese."
No sooner said than done. The guardian
of the sanctuary, blacker than the "black
bat night" which Tennyson mentions as
being ''flown," and with scowlj on his
brow twice blacker than he, rushes to the
street, grabs dornick and commences to
beat DEVILS tattoo on the lamp post. Then
there was trouble within the build
ing. gknash, with his hair streaming in
the winds, rushed frantically to the colored
sistering, protesting that his intentions
were honorable and begging to be saved
from night in the calaboose. His wild
and haggard looks, his frantic shrieks and
prayers to be saved, moved the heart of a
female manhood, upon whose sable brow
charcoal would make a white mark, and as
she took him in her arms she said, .sT'!l
took keer of you, bubby." AS the police
entered the door she gently chucked him