Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-17
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Our venerable friend Mosis Adduros b,,7
occasion some time ago to pass throngL
Washington, and is communicative his o.,
servations and impressions in q series &c
letters to the "Nativo Virginian." WemoI..
an extract from his last and cannot forL@a,
expressing the concern it gives MS to sca
that reflections Of 50 sombre cbaracfs,
were excited in the mind of this apcinr'.
patriot and sage on visiting tho CapitoI nf
his country:
So 1 went up tho Avvyknew hangin nv
my he'd, COS 1 WIS Emmerkin and lad -
voat with niggers or not voat a tall--wbich
L vallys the privvylidgo highly, spesblv 81
the kandydit treets ofting and the licker
are good.
lookt in at Broun'r. now called the
Meat rope Pollytun. for brevvittys dcar
| sake, and ubzurvd biggerin it yusea tI
| be. Thar bein no Southun Kongisgmua
emmy mo, [ thot, NV kose, that the I.~
ROOMS was all closed, everybody stricE,.
| temprit, nuthin to drink but Pom mail
out unyun juist and punkin vines Starved
in sollum klam shells, with the ten c7I4.
mandments imbroiderd in wool on UNI
| This bein the kase, had laid my trigger,
to git sick with the kollick Qike we did in
Richmun enduring Nv the waw,) at the flss
| Potthekerry's or Far me shootists shop J
| cum to. But seein Broun's new bar room
and dividin NV it by the old bar room, !
kunkludid that Nothuu sivviIizashun r..
Juiced to ikwid measure and sabhacktig
Sundys, were at least a mUltplycashuu Al.
bic ahed Nv Suthun hobberism, so.caiigG
With these few refexshun and seem ug-
thin NV MOsshul Broun nor his SUITS pun,
nobody IN fact but Bo Hickmun, wlir.
he bObbiid on his kane up to a warmiu-
hole in the flo and steamed his iulgarn.I
kOte-tails over the redgister, looking ..
like bride apple dam than uvver-I went
on to the Gnashnu and thar I seen fine
opin space Of the quodwrangle, with ills
little fOuntin NV splashin water had hi.
klvered up with immense great bil,vvl
roOm-the c1leX NV Gnu Ingiun Inilc,.
ment-naturo given way to blllyUds Suth-
un BOboerism to Nothun siyvilizashm-
very cue-rious. And this is the "uAn IT..
the Nashun, NV which We hear SO Iaai..
I serpoSC.
[ went on up to Shiilintun's. / drrpt IT,
thar, expectin to find nuthin Int Biblesaua
Atlantic Munthilies for sale, but thar wa.
the same ole trash and heap mo NY il.
Poliece GeZettes and all manner NV litter
rery naSnesS, without q single copy Nv il.
FOmvil Jurnul or the SkOtSviI Register t.
redeem 1t. As l lOokt upon tQat vast mas
nv unspeekabil printed truck, ameaHerated
by few pen pints and impure rubber he'd
ded led pensils-a great invenshun--I wislt
Charts Sumnur had bin thar to lead in pralr
over the vlzlbil superiority nv Nothun 10
Suthun culchur -" calcium bcin the BUs-
ting fer 'edjukashnn, in plane English.
went on, crost the riv Tiber-Wlich
it az smaller creek than Briery, the other
side nv Prints Eddud Koto Hous-entereG
a tlts,l
clum the steps (the MONUMENT ~ the Int
tie fish pom were CORN. aud clum and clum
and clum until L fell brethlees apin the
green doors and splunged nv n 3uddIng, a.
1t was, into the Rotunder. IXhorstld, l lump,
dOun upon u iect u teet (which that is tLg
French for an iron bench. ketch my DretL
and the first thing | saw wus the statute oi
Linkunl, III q frock-kOtc, bad-ftin bricnys
and the Longest arms / uvvcr seen. Them
arms is the arms NV a Ranger Tang, not Nv
d human and | thOt Nothun art must be-
nifty poor stick if it could'n do no better
than karrykature the iXtrcmmyties ny tla
gLate man. But then agin ] thot lis arms
Orter be long, fer he grabbed Il hear. He
WrOpt his long arms rOun mliyuu Nv mig
gers and equez um that mar! i'll his iuyIn
embrace that I'm thinking they will uuyer
git over it till thar dying day. He hugged
um into q Dress cumplaint, called it free
dunn, and then he died, pc man, by the
hands Nv Il nassassin, pc man.
[ could NV hav wepE as l IooIt upon
them arms, now cold in deth, Of my IL
vetrit Suthun skin would NV hav pummit
ted il. But, the day bein warm, only
SWEET. Thar l set and SWEET, while uthel
pepil was a walkin bout talliin low tual
like they WIS in cherch. Much chcrch
says [. Bout as fer frum chcrch Us q
camp-meeting is from konversashuu,
Raddikul sermun frum the Gospel accordiu
to st. Luke, or Yulissis Grant from tho
Presidentshul cheer.
| did'n feel no awe III that ROtunder
big as it is. L amt none NV your Unstable
EmerryuiDs to carp the top Nv my he'd OF
at high jisetid compartment, with nuthin
but the statute Nv Linkum and few pick
ehers Oh it. I'm stupit, stollit, ignuut
Suthin savidge that had loss his DiEscrs
and wouldn't bat my eye at the Pcrrymida
NV Flip till L git pade for um.
They has histid the rufo Nv The Captul
konsiderbul, and peepul has to throw thar
beds furder back to look at it, than lN
yoar but somehow, the thing looks pc
folky, empty and Onfnisht, like mummy
without sense-a fine plan, but bad dobD
-Emmerryzy all over
The mcCardIe Case.
It OCcaSiOued no SurDriSo amOno VIOLIN