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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Stephen H. Branch's Alligator Vol. 1 no. 10, June 26, 1858 - -Author: Stephen H. Branch - -Release Date: May 29, 2017 [EBook #54806] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BRANCH'S ALLIGATOR, JUNE 26, 1858 *** - - - - -Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at -http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images -generously made available by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - - Transcriber Notes - - Obvious typos and missing punctuation fixed. Archaic spelling and - inconsistencies in hyphenation retained. - Unclear text in the ads in the original has been clarified by review of - the same ads printed more clearly in other issues. - The table of contents has been created and added by the transcriber. - Italics are represented by underscores surrounding the _italic text_. - Small capitals have been converted to ALL CAPS. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - Life of Stephen H. Branch. 1 - - Supervisor Blunt, and Paul 2 - Julien—My Last Interview - with Madame Sontag. - - James Gordon Bennett’s 3 - Editorial Career. - - _For the Alligator._ 3 - - NEW YORK, June 15, 1858. 4 - - Advertisements. 4 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -[Illustration: STEPHEN H. BRANCH’S ALLIGATOR.] - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - Volume I.—No. 10.] SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1858. [Price 2 Cents. - - - Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by - STEPHEN H. BRANCH. - - In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United - States for the Southern District of New York. - - - - - Life of Stephen H. Branch. - - -Westport, Connecticut,—that he boarded at No. 24 Bleecker street, with -Mrs. Mallory, and that he was a clerk for Perkins, Hopkins, and White, -in Pearl street, near Hanover Square. I carried some beautiful books to -his place of business, and requested him to accept them. He sweetly -smiled, and opened the books, and warmly thanked me, and said he would -be pleased to receive them, but that as I was a stranger, he would -rather I would see his guardian, Morris Ketchum, a Banker in Wall -street, and give him my name and address, and if he were satisfied with -my references, and approved of his acceptance of the generous gift, he -would be most happy to receive the books. I was fascinated with his -modesty, and caution, and I took the books, and repaired to the Banking -House of Mr. Ketchum, to whom I briefly imparted what had transpired, -and left my references and departed, and called again, when Mr. Ketchum -said that he had inquired respecting my character, and that young Jesup -was prepared to receive my books, which I soon placed in his hands, and -our acquaintance began under the most favorable auspices. I soon invited -him to dine with me at Mrs. Tripler’s, when all the boarders were -enchanted with his beautiful person, and pleasing manners, and highly -cultivated mind; and I shall never forget how proud I was, as he sat -beside me. After dinner, I invited him to my room, where I gave him cake -and lemonade, and filled his pockets with delicious oranges. I then -played “Washington’s March,” “Yankee Doodle,” and “Hail Columbia,” for -him on the piano, and he departed for his place of business. He went -with me to Niblo’s Garden, then in its glory, and as we strolled -arm-in-arm in the meandering paths, and inhaled the exhilarating perfume -of the flowers, I was charmed with his chaste society, and enraptured -and inspired, and I breathed the music of language in his ears, and we -both were invested with the purest and loftiest and happiest emotions. -In a week from that joyous evening, he was seized with bleeding of the -lungs, caused by excited feelings, during his enthusiastic efforts to -please his employers, in the sleepless business season of early autumn. -He was borne to his mother’s abode in the country, where he soon calmly -resigned his soul to the Saviour, whose sacred virtues he had always -strove to imitate. Although I had briefly enjoyed the pleasure of his -society, yet his premature demise created a void in my bosom that made -the world a desolation. His mother soon removed to New York, and -occupied No. 39 Bond street, where I gratuitously taught her children in -English and the classics. But the invisible germ of consumption has -borne to the grave her pure, intelligent, and lovely Caroline, Charles, -Richard, and Frederick, and Morris, Arthur, Samuel, and Sarah anticipate -the same remorseless destiny. And may God cheer and bless their mother -in her loneliness and tears. The father of this interesting and -unfortunate family, was prostrated in the commercial crash of 1837, and -his depressed and spotless soul fled for refuge to the bosom of his God. -Morris Ketchum was his early business associate and friend, and has -educated his children, procured them lucrative clerkships, afforded them -facilities to visit nearly every nation, for health and general culture, -established them in houses of commerce, and has clung to them, in sun -and storm, like Pythias to Damon, and like Washington to his country. At -this period of my eventful career, I taught colored and Irish servants, -and those of all countries, in their kitchens in the evening, and -sometimes by daylight. Some paid me one shilling a lesson, and some two, -according to their wages and generosity. I taught the servants of the -Reverend Doctor Wainright, the Reverend Doctor Orville Dewey, Daniel -Lord, James T. Brady, Mr. Bowen, of Brooklyn, (of the firm of Bowen & -McNamee, of New York,) and the servants of other distinguished citizens. -I obtained scholars by going from door to door, in the basement, and -asking the servants if they would like to learn to spell, read, write, -and cipher. My health had been miserable since I left Columbian College, -and I often expected to fall dead in the street, or suddenly expire in -the presence of my pupils. For a long period after young Jesup died, I -was very gloomy, and became utterly helpless and bed-ridden, and called -oftener on my father for money than I desired, to pay for board and -medical attendance. I got better, and crawled out into the open air, and -went in pursuit of scholars in a snow storm. I began at the Battery, and -applied at every door, until I came to No. 70 Greenwich street, when I -was asked to come in and warm myself, by a daughter of the lady of the -house, who kept boarders. After a long conversation, by a cheerful fire, -I was engaged to teach the daughter in the English branches, for my -breakfast and tea, and a very small dark room as a place of lodging, -which I could not conveniently occupy without a candle in the day time. -Humble as were to be my accommodations, my feelings were extremely -buoyant, and my ghastly form trembled with delight at my unexpected -resurrection from the depths of indigence and despair. Mr. Ditchett, -(subsequently a very efficient Captain of the Fourth Ward Police, and a -brave fireman, and an honest man,) had just married the eldest daughter, -whose sister was to be my pupil. I was kindly treated, and remained -until the first of May, when I went to Dey street, and afterwards to the -Graham House, at No. 63 Barclay street, where I saw the lean Horace -Greeley, one of the founders of the Graham System. The boarders were -mostly skeletons, and several were limping about the house, like frogs -or lizzards or grasshoppers, and among the limpers, was Horace Greeley, -who had what the Grahamites called a boiling crisis, or crisis of boils, -which was the result of youthful indiscretion, shower bathing, and -eating heartily of bran bread, mush and molasses, squashes, turnips, -beets, carrots, parsneps, and onions, for a long term of years. Although -I had been a miserable invalid a large portion of my days, yet I fancied -a speedy restoration to health, by eating unbolted wheat bread and -vegetables, and frequent bathing. I entered into a spirited conversation -with Greeley, who was reclining on the sofa, and in a loquacious mood, -who told me that he expected to be quite smart after the disappearance -of a large number of boils then all over his person, which he attributed -to salt rheum, that he inherited from his father, and which was recently -driven to the surface of his skin by a rigid adherence to the Graham -System, and three shower baths a day; and he advised me to begin to -bathe immediately, and to eat nothing but Graham bread for one month, -with warm water, milk, and sugar. I asked Greeley if he was sure it was -the secondary or inherited salt rheum that had come to the surface of -his snowy flesh in the form of boils, and he said he was quite sure it -was, as his father had it from his boyhood. I asked him if his secondary -or inherited salt rheum ever itched, and he said yes, sometimes, but he -was sure it was not the secondary itch, as he never had the first itch. -I then looked him dead in the eye, and asked him if he was positively -sure his boils were not the result of itch, and he asked me what I meant -by such severity of scrutiny. I replied, that I once had the itch, and -read many books on the subject, and knew all about it, and that his -boils (he had two on his pale nose) looked very much like secondary itch -blossoms. He cast searching glances, and sat in paralytic silence, save -when he scratched his boils, and the bell summoned me to my first Graham -dinner, and Greeley hopped to the table on one leg, and sat near Mrs. -Goss at the head of the Graham festive board. About forty skeletons were -present, and among them were Sylvester Graham (Bread,) himself, on a -lecturing tour from his country seat at Northampton; John McCracken, of -New Haven; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Abby Kelly; Fred Douglas and lady; -Francis Copcutt, mahogany dealer, who used to eat raw oats, and ride 30 -miles a day on a hard trotting horse for dyspepsia; Jeremiah O. -Lanphear, tailor, and now first deacon and missionary of the Fulton -street Dutch Presbyterian Church, who had a gravel nearly as large as -General Winfield Scott’s, which was the largest that ever emanated from -a human bladder; Mrs. Farnham, the accomplished lady and genuine -philanthropist, and wife of the noble and famous California traveler, -who was the rival of Fremont as a mountaineer; Mrs. Anna Stephens, the -fertile and genial authoress; the celebrated Doctor Shew and lady; Mrs. -Storms, of Troy, and long a writer and foreign correspondent of the _New -York Sun_, and now of Texas; poor MacDonald Clark, the poet; Galutia B. -Smith; Matthew B. Brady, the daguerreotypist, who married his sweetheart -at the Graham House, and the room being crowded, I saw the exercises -through the key hole; Mrs. Travis; Albert Brisbane, a moonlight dreamer; -Mrs. Andrews, a strong Unitarian, (ninety-eight years old,) and her -grandson, Albert L. Smith, a nervous and catarrhal gentleman, who now -keeps a Graham House and Water Cure Establishment in West Washington -Place; Dr. John Burdell, brother of Dr. Harvey Burdell, who was -assasinated at No. 31 Bond Street; Leroy Sunderland, a Mesmeriser and -Pathetic lecturer; John M. King; George Foss; Dr. Henry W. Brown; E. -Gould Buffum, and his brother, William Buffum, now Consul at _Trieste_; -Mrs. Horace Greeley; Mr. Clutz; Mrs. Van Vleet; Messrs. Tyler, Bennett, -(a tailor), Otis, and Ward; Mrs. Gove; C. Edwards Lester; Mr. Danforth, -a spurious reformer; the brothers Fowler, phrenologists; father Miller, -the Millenium impostor; Mr. Seymour, a journeyman hatter at Beebe’s, who -got among the noisy methodists, who frightened him into a dangerous -nervous affection, and in bed one night, poor Seymour felt cold and -strange and numb, and pinched himself in the arms and legs, and it -didn’t hurt him, and he thought he was dead, and he got up, and kindled -a match, and lit a candle, and looked in the glass to see whether he was -dead or alive, and when he saw his eyes roll, and his jaws open and -close, he got into bed, and went to sleep. This was the gang at table, -and for dinner, we had bran bread and crackers, bean soup, roast apples -and potatoes, and boiled squash and carrots, but not a particle of meat, -grease, nor spices. All grabbed violently at the Graham viands, and -brought their teeth together like swine, and with similar grunts and -squeals. I calmly surveyed the motley and hungry group, and saw many -small piercing gray eyes, hollow cheeks, and sharp chins and noses, and -the voices of nearly all were husky and fearfully sepulchral. The themes -discussed were Anti-Slavery and Grahamism, and I soon perceived it -extremely perilous to breathe a word against the ultra views of the -susceptible and long-haired Graham spectres, who seemed united to a -ghost on these prolific themes. So, I listened and breathed not a -syllable in opposition to the crazy views advanced. I took a stroll -after dinner, and returned at sunset, and seated myself for my evening -meal, when we had Graham-bread-coffee, milk porridge, apple sauce, -Graham mush, and boiled rice, sparingly saturated with molasses and -liquid ginger. I ate and drank freely of this light food, and arose from -the table in excellent spirits, though I belched frequently. My belly -soon began to swell, and I got alarmed, and I asked Mr. Goss, the Graham -host, what it meant. He seemed perfectly cool, and said that his -boarders were often affected in that way, in passing suddenly from -greasy meats to the pure food of Grahamites, which was chiefly of a -vegetable and somewhat of a gassy and flatulent character. Goss then -left me. I thrice paced the parlor hurriedly, and began to feel choleric -and crampy, and went down stairs into the kitchen, and asked Goss to -send for a physician immediately, which he declined to do, as he thought -I was only a little spleeny, which would soon pass away, and advised me -to go to bed. He got me a Graham candle, and up we went, and did not -stop until we reached the roof, where he put me in a little room, with -two cots, on which there was a straw mattress, and a straw bolster, and -scanty covering. He said good night, and shut the door, and I got into -bed, and strove to sleep. I squirmed like an eel for about two hours, -and could endure my pains no longer, and arose and awoke my room-mate, -and asked him to escort me to the sleeping apartment of Mr. Goss. He did -so, and I knocked at his door, and out he came in his nightcap and white -apparel. I told him that I had cramps, and had an awful quantity of -frantic wind in my stomach, and felt as though my belly would burst -before morning, and that I was deathly sick, and asked him what on earth -I had eaten at his table to give me such violent cramps and flatulence -and diarrhœa, and nauseous and strange emotions. He told me that I was -nervous, and not accustomed to Graham food, but that I soon would be, -and urged me to again retire, and strive to sleep. He spoke these words -with kindness, and they soothed me, and I shook his hand, and off I went -up stairs to bed again. But in about ten minutes, I had a severe spasm, -with choking sensations, and I leaped from my nest like a man in his -last gasp, and unconsciously cast myself on the cot of my room-mate, who -instantly emerged from a profound sleep, and sprang like a tiger from -his bed, and threw me severely to the floor, and cried murder to the -pinnacle of his voice, and began to pelt me in the most brutal manner, -leveling the most savage random blows at my head and stomach. Goss and -the spectral boarders rushed into the room, and Greeley soon came -limping in, and they searched in vain for knives, revolvers, and human -blood. And they soon learned the cause of the cry of murder, and raised -me from the floor, and put me into bed, with a bloody nose and dark eye, -that my room-mate gave me, who apologised for his blows on the ground -that he always slept soundly, and was only partially awake when he beat -me. I accepted his apology, and Goss and Greeley, and half-a-dozen -attenuated Grahamites left me, for their beds again, and my chum took a -seat by my cot, and strove to soothe me. But the cramps returned, and I -became faint and giddy, and began to vomit profusely. I soon filled -basins, pitchers, spit boxes, hats, and boots, and deluged every thing -we had in the room, and my chum got a pitcher and basin in the next -room, and I soon flooded them, and I vomited until I thought I felt my -entire bowels struggling at my throat to get out, which nearly strangled -me. At last an enormous chunk came out, which proved to be the core of a -stewed apple, and the crust of Graham bread combined into a sort of -petrified substance, and I began to breathe again, and slowly improved -till daylight, - - When I embraced a sweet repose, - And snored like thunder through my nose. - - (To be continued to my last scream.) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - Stephen H. Branch’s Alligator. - - ------------------------------------------------------ - - NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1858. - - ------------------------------------------------------ - -STEPHEN H. BRANCH’S “ALLIGATOR” CAN BE obtained at all hours, (day or -night,) at wholesale and retail, at No. 128 Nassau Street, Near Beekman -Street, and opposite Ross & Tousey’s News Depot, New York. - - ------------------------------------ - - - - -Supervisor Blunt, and Paul Julien—My Last Interview with Madame Sontag. - - -When I taught Alderman Orison Blunt the English branches at his elegant -residence in Murray street, I gave instruction to Paul Julien, the -juvenile Paganini, and to Rocco, and also to Madame Sontag in elocution, -in anticipation of her appearance in English Opera at Niblo’s, on her -return from Mexico. At the close of a long and interesting lesson, -Sontag opened her great heart to me, and disclosed her career from her -earliest recollection. Her narrative was eloquent and exciting, and as -she sat before me at the parlor lattice, in alternate tears and smiles, -with the moon rolling like a ball of silver through the air, she seemed -too pure and beautiful for earth. Her tears were the very soul of -sorrow, and none could resist their overwhelming influence,—her smiles -were irresistibly enchanting,—her voice in conversation was full of -entrancing melody,—her cavern dimples were the emblems of purity and -charity, and her entire expression was divine. And as her blood warmed, -and her bosom rose and fell, and her voice trembled and darted from the -faintest whisper to its highest intonation, her glorious eyes reflected -gorgeous temples in her soul, filled with sinless angels, breathing -sweet music to millions of her species. And the beauteous Sontag told -me, as we sat together in our last communion as human pilgrims, that her -childhood, and girlhood, and early womanhood were all devoted to the -cultivation of music for the enjoyment of the world more than herself, -which rendered her early years an utter sacrifice, and had deprived her -of the pastimes enjoyed by all her sex in the morning of life; that from -the hour she was called “_The little Daughter of the Danube_,” there was -no happiness for her; that she was early beset by lovers from nearly -every nation of Europe; that kings and queens lavished their choicest -treasures upon her; that princes besought her affections in tearful -supplications; that all France prostrated herself at her feet; that amid -the flattery and adulations of all classes and kingdoms, she was -induced, in a thoughtless hour, to cast herself into the eternal -embraces of a being who proved a jealous and savage tyrant, and a -heartless gamester; that ere her emergence from the brief hours of bliss -that should follow the marriage vow, he became odious in her eyes, and -she beheld a life of misery in all her future; that after years of -torture in his demon fangs, and after he had squandered her splendid -fortune of four millions of dollars, he dragged her from the sacred -precincts of private life, and from the pleasing society of her -children, into the public arena, to toil for his subsistence; that he -forced her to exchange hemispheres, and leave her tender offspring, when -they most required a mother’s protection; that he often brandished a -dagger in her eyes, when she refused to fill his purse for bibbling and -gaming purposes; that she was in fear of his poignard throughout her -long confinement in his hideous clutches; that for his traduction and -persecution of Alboni in her early years, she resolved to pursue her to -America to annoy, and, if possible, ruin her, for his sake, by singing -against her in the leading cities; that on the very day she publicly -announced her intention to visit America, Alboni went to the Cathedral, -and knelt at the altar, and swore that she would pursue her through all -latitudes, and cut the grass beneath her feet, to avenge herself on -Count Rossi, who strove to blight the buds and blossoms of her youth and -indigence; that she kept her oath, and followed her through city, town, -and village, and allured her choristers, through extravagant salaries -and donations, and sang on the evenings of her Concert and Opera -entertainments, and greatly reduced her receipts; that Rossi seized her -funds, as they accrued, and deposited them in banks unknown to her; that -her children often wrote in vain for means to defray their domestic -expenses; that Rossi, and Maretzek, and Ullman received all the benefit -of her arduous labors; that her lovely daughters were in the care of -strangers in Europe, and exposed to all the snares of life; that their -education was fatally neglected in her absence; that she was a slave to -Rossi, Maretzek, and Ullman, all of whom she thoroughly despised, and -that she had very seriously contemplated suicide. And thus did this -celestial being breathe her pensive music in my soul, and bathe my -vision with nature’s hallowed waters. And amid our mutual tears, and -smiles, and cheerful tones, and lingering glances, she enters the dismal -cars, and the bell proclaims the parting signal, and she penetrates the -deep perspective, until she is forever buried from my melancholy view. -She gives concerts on the borders of the northern lakes, and visits -Cincinnati, and quarrels and separates from Ullman, and goes to New -Orleans, and performs in Opera, and enters Mexico, amid the revengeful -maledictions of Ullman, who, as Rocco told me, dug her early grave, by -arousing the fearful jealousy of Rossi, to whom Ullman wrote from New -York, that he would find letters in her trunk from Pozzolini, the young -and fascinating tenor; that Rossi did find letters in her trunk from -Pozzolini, (filled with the most enthusiastic love,) which Rocco said -were doubtless placed there by Ullman, prior to her departure for -Mexico, to revenge himself on Sontag, for her refusal at Cincinnati to -give more Concerts under his direction; that Rossi belched words of -fire, and threatened her with instant death; that herself and Pozzolini -were seized with violent pains, on their return from the Mexican -festivals; that during her confinement, Rocco daily called, but was not -permitted to see her; that Rossi paced the balcony as a sentinel for -days and nights, and would let no one visit her; that he permitted Rocco -to enter her apartment only one hour before she died, when he found her -in the wildest delirium. And Rocco told me that Sontag and Pozzolini -were doubtless poisoned by Count Rossi, and that Ullman was the -instigator. Rossi artfully attributed their sudden death to cholera, but -the rumor flew on the wings of lightning, that Rossi was their murderer, -and he fled for his life to New York, with all her jewels, and went to -Europe. And Rocco sorely grieved to see her borne to her sepulchre -without kindred mourners in a far distant land; and when he saw her form -exhumed, and borne through mud and stones, and deposited as luggage in -the filthy suburbs of Vera Cruz, and exposed for weeks to the heat and -rain of those withering latitudes,—when he gazed at the remains of a -being who had been the pride and glory and adoration of all civilised -nations, and who had long been his own dear friend, poor Rocco -prostrated himself beside her coffin, and wept for hours in loneliness -and utter desolation. And now, dear Sontag, I can see thy pure and -genial spirit in its happy home, beyond the pretty stars. And while I -indite these melancholy words, thy sweet face smiles upon me from my -parlor wall, as you appeared in the immortal _Somnambulist_. It is the -likeness you gave me at our final interview, and represents _Amina_, in -the joyous bridal scene with _Elvino_, among her native cottagers in the -mountains. All! Sontag! I often think of thee, and my highest solace is -in gazing at thy bewitching smile, and laughing eyes, and lovely -dimples, and even teeth, and classic temples, as depicted in thy -likeness, which I shall keep while I linger in the dreary paths of -earth. And I will part with fame and fortune and with life itself, ere I -will separate from the precious picture of my adored Sontag. And my last -prayer to God shall be, that I may join my Parents and Kindred and -Sontag in the realms of eternal bliss. - - ------------------------------------ - - - - - James Gordon Bennett’s Editorial Career. - - - BENNETT’S OFFICE IN 1835. - - _Enter John Kelly._ - -_Bennett_—Well, my lad, I have borrowed a pair of old shoes for you from -my bed-fellow in Cross street. They may be rather large, but you must -contrive to wear them until Saturday, when I will get you a new pair, if -I have the money to spare. Sit down, Johnny, and try on the shoes. - -_John_ (puts them on)—They are much too large, aint they? - -_Bennett_—Well, yes, but if you put some pieces of newspaper in them, -you can lessen their size. - -_John_ (stuffs them in the heels and toes and sides with fragments of -the _Herald_ of the preceding day)—There, sir, I guess I can wear them -now, and I am truly obliged to you for borrowing them for me. - -_Bennett_—Not at all, John, for you did more than that for me yesterday, -in obtaining my papers from Mr. Anderson. - -_John_ (in hurriedly walking across the office, steps out of one of the -aged shoes, but steps in again before Bennett’s keen eyes perceived that -one foot had stepped out)—That was a great pleasure, sir, and I hope you -will have the same good luck to-day. - -_Bennett_—I sold very few papers yesterday, and I have very little -money, and Anderson has my watch, and I fear he will not let me have the -papers until I redeem it, and pay him for the _Heralds_ of to-day. - -_John_—I will do all in my power to obtain them for you. - -_Bennett_—I know you will, my dear little friend. But come—we will go -and try to get the papers. (They arrive at Anderson & Ward’s, in Ann -street. Anderson is absent, and Ward is partially drunk and asleep on -the counter, and Bennett arouses him.) - -_Ward_—What are you about? (rubbing his eyes and garrping.) What do you -want (hic) so early in the morning, you vagabonds? hic, hec, hoc. - -_Bennett_—I want my papers. - -_Ward_—You can’t (hic) have them without the money, (hoc.) - -_Bennett_—Please let me have them. - -_Ward_—Where’s your (hic) watch? - -_Bennett_—I let Mr. Anderson have it yesterday. - -_Ward_—Don’t you (hic-a-che-a-che-Horatio-darn it, how I sneeze) sell -any _Heralds_ now-a-days? a-che-a-che-a-che-Horatio—O, Jerusalem! will I -never stop sneezing? - -_Bennett_—It stormed yesterday, and I did not sell many, but it is -pleasant this morning, and I think I shall sell a large number. - -_Ward_—Well, I’ll not be (hic, hic, hic,) too hard with you, old fellow. -There, take your papers, and try hard (hic) to sell (hic) them to-day, -and (hic-a-che) bring a whole lot of money to (hic) morrow. - -_Bennett_—I will, Mr. Ward, and I’ll always remember you with gratitude -for your generosity to-day. Good day, sir. - -_Ward_—Farewell, old boy. And just shut the door alter you. I have been -(hic) on a spree all night, (hec,) and I don’t want anybody else to come -in and bother (hic) me, until I finish my nap. - -_Bennett_—I’ll lock the door outside, and put the key in the window. - -_Ward_—Do so, old (hic) boy, do so. (And he goes to sleep, and Bennett -and John wend their way to Wall street.) - -_Bennett_—Now, John, this is the last chance I shall have. If I fail to -sell my papers to-day, I am ruined for ever. - -_John_—Had I not better go into the stores, and try to sell the papers. - -_Bennett_ (kisses him in Nassau street)—My dear boy, if you will do -that, I will love you next to my God. My great trouble has been to get -honest boys to sell my paper, and return the money to me, instead of -going to the Theatre and eating peanuts with my funds. Now, you take -some, and I’ll take some, and you take one side of the street and I the -other, and let us toil for our lives (until the sun goes down) to sell -these papers, and, if we fail, my fate is sealed for time, and perhaps -for eternity! - -_John_—What! You won’t commit suicide? - -_Bennett_—God only knows what I shall do. - -_John_—Well, I see there’s no time to be lost. So, give me some papers, -and I’ll go into the first store on this side, and you take the other -side of the street. (They separate, John going into every store on his -side, and Bennett into every store on the other side, until they arrive -at Wall street, when they go into Bennett’s office, in the old rat hole -at No. 20 Wall street, where they count their pennies, and find that -they have sold quite a large number of _Heralds_. They then drink some -water and eat some ginger nuts, for their breakfasts, and go down Broad -street, and enter every store on either side, and meet with great -success. John then takes South street, and Bennett Front street, from -the Battery to Fulton street, and afterwards take Water and Pearl -streets, and then they canvass either side of Wall street, and sell all -their _Heralds_, and go to a Restaurant and get something to eat, and -separate in the afternoon in high spirits. John then got some boys in -the Fourteenth Ward to sell the _Herald_, and in ten days Bennett had -about $40 surplus, and begins to put on aristocratic airs, and domineer -over Johnny Kelly.) - - (To be continued.) - - ------------------------------------ - - - - - _For the Alligator._ - - - Wide-mouth shocking Alligator! - I wish you were a Boa Constrictor! - And crush within your awful fold, - The villains with our pilfered gold, - Who, with sanctimonious face, - Steal with such a pious grace: - They dance and dress and call it good, - Because it gives the hungry food. - But hold your mirror to their face, - And show them their sad black disgrace: - One robs the City’s golden coffers, - And then a mighty Fabric offers, - And tries to court a worldly fame, - Out of such an impious shame. - The temple thus to science rears, - That he may surely soothe his fears, - Lest his ignorance should be known, - And lack of knowledge shown, - And so the starving, suffering poor, - He drives them fainting from his door; - And tells them: (Oh! how very strange!) - The Mansion’s taken all his change! - And in his high, majestic wrath, - He kicks a female down to earth! - The mansion he will never give, - While one heir of his shall live. - See how this modern Simon Magus, - Blinds our eyes, and then deceives us. - Soon we shall see how very funny, - He’ll make his “Union” yield him money: - He finds it is so very pretty, - To have a Mayor made of putty, - That he can mould him at his will, - To make his son an office fill. - But lest Columbia prove too new, - He lays a wire the ocean through, - That he all Europe may invite, - To bask in his resplendent sight. - Oh! most happy England Queen, - When she can say: “I’ve Peter seen!” - Now see him cringe, and jump for fame, - To reach the scroll, to write his name: - But as he lives alone for fame, - My verse will sure preserve his name. - - PETER PIPER PICT. - - - - - NEW YORK, June 15, 1858. - - -STEPHEN H. BRANCH: - -SIR:—Permit me the privilege of making a few brief passing remarks, -asking a few questions, and respectfully suggesting a few hints as to -your weekly publication, the ALLIGATOR. Please to attribute any -intrusive errors in this communication as emanating from an inefficient -method of expressing my sentiments, as my heart is with you whole and -entire in spirit, and, with a few exceptions, to the very letter, in -your laudable endeavor to bring to light before the open day the hidden -villainies of the many detestable tyrants that have risen from the very -scum of poverty and criminal degradation, and who now so unaccountably -hold despotic sway _under the garb of honorable industry_ in every -branch of society, to the unjust injury and oppression of the poor, -humble, but honest man. - -I am rejoiced to find the ALLIGATOR creeping its way to the literary -tables of almost every respectable News Depot in this and the adjacent -cities, piercing its deadly fangs into the very vitals of every -influential thief and scoundrel, and that the business public are now -availing themselves of the opportunity in patronising it as an -advertising medium, and I sincerely wish you every success. - -Wherever I have an opportunity, I endeavor, indirectly, to pave the way, -to introduce the merits of the ALLIGATOR, and, as a matter of course, -have to give and take in the various opinions expressed as to the -carniverous propensities of that astonishing animal, and the choice -objects it pitches into for its daily food. The opinions and ideas -expressed on the subject are as varied as the colors in the rainbow. Any -man whose past misdeeds trouble his conscience, dreads the animal, as he -would a drawn sword, lest its brutal tusks should tear open to public -gaze what he had secretly hoped was unknown to mortal being. - -If the crawling reptiles you select to satisfy the craving appetite of -that amphibious animal (with such extended jaws continually gaping) are -really of such an abhorrent and loathsome nature as represented by you -in such bold relief, I should never cease lashing their diseased and -ulcerated carcases with whips of poisoned scorpions, till I purged and -purified their polluted system with wholesome antidotes. It strikes me -that your gormandising hydra-headed monster can never be satisfied with -common carrion: it seeks for something more nutritious for its -sustenance. It appears he is like Pharoah’s lean kine—the more he -devours, the thinner he gets, and his rapacity increases, and what seems -so singular is, that he has abundance of choice prey for ever at his -side, which he selects indiscriminately, and an untold amount laid up in -his store houses for ages to come. - -Nothing do I admire more than the free use of strong and emphatic -language to express our approbation or disapprobation of men’s actions -public or private, and from the general tenor of your style, and the -peculiar advantages you possess as a scholar, and the unlimited -information you have treasured up as a man of experience, with regard to -public characters and measures, I feel confident that you can convert -every tooth of the Alligator into a poisoned arrow that will deal death -and destruction into every particle of air whereever it wings its -flight, and you can more effectively hit your mark with surer certainty -by avoiding the use of such terms and phrases as would be looked upon by -the general class of readers, as rather coarse or vulgar; although I -myself consider your style as purely hieroglyphic, and that your -sarcastic way merely emanates from a proud, manly, straightforward, bold -and independent above board kind of a spirit than that of malice, with -the view to convey the sentiments of your mind, in order to express your -strong feeling of detestation and abhorrence of every unprincipled -scoundrel, against whom your fiery shafts of indignation may happen to -be turned, cutting to the very heart’s core like a two edged sword. - -The body of the ALLIGATOR is too small by a long shot. It would greatly -enhance its usefulness by being more liberal. Increase its pages, extend -its columns, devote a space to correspondents, and, if need be, stretch -its stomach so as to afford an opportunity to others to open their -store-houses, and contribute their quota of similar wholesome food to -the hungry cannibal, in order the better to assist in the process of -digestion. - - Yours Respectfuly, - - ANTI-TYRANT. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - Advertisements—25 Cents a line. - - -Credit—From two to four seconds, or as long as the Advertiser can hold -his breath! Letters and Advertisements to be left at No. 128 Nassau -street, third floor, back room. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -HERRING’S PATENT CHAMPION FIRE AND BURGLAR Proof Safe, with Hall’s -Patent Powder Proof Locks, afford the greatest security of any Safe in -the world. Also, Sideboard and Parlor Safes, of elegant workmanship and -finish, for plate, &c. S. C. HERRING & CO., - - 251 Broadway. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -JAMES MELENEY, (SUCCESSOR TO SAMUEL Hopper,) Grocer, and Wholesale and -Retail Dealer in Pure Country Milk. Teas, Coffee, Sugars & Spices. -Flour, Butter, Lard, Cheese, Eggs &c. No. 158, Eighth Avenue, Near 18th -Street, New York. Families supplied by leaving their address at the -Store. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -BOOT & SHOE EMPORIUMS. EDWIN A. BROOKS, Importer and Manufacturer of -Boots, Shoes & Gaiters, Wholesale and Retail, No. 575 Broadway, and 150 -Fulton Street, New York. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -DR. SMITH’S ELECTRIC OIL, CURES PAIN IN A few moments. Dr. Smith’s -Electric Oil gives almost instant relief in all nervous diseases. Acute -rheumatic pains need only a few applications. 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MASON, MANUFACTURER, WHOLESALE and Retail dealers in all kinds of -Chairs, Wash Stands, Settees, &c. 377 & 379 Pearl Street, New York. - -Cane and Wood Seat Chairs, in Boxes, for Shipping. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -BENJAMIN JONES, COMMISSION DEALER, IN Real Estate. Houses and stores and -lots for sale in all parts of the city. Office at the junction of -Broadway, Seventh Avenue, and Forty-Sixth Street. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -FULLMER AND WOOD CARRIAGE Manufacturers, 239 West 19th Street, New York. - -Horse-shoeing done with despatch and in the most scientific manner, and -on reasonable terms. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -W. E. 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GODFREY, STATIONER, BOOKSELLER, AND General News dealer, 831 -Broadway, New York, near 13th street. - - At Godfrey’s—Novels, Books, &c., all the new ones cheap. - At Godfrey’s—Magazines, Fancy Articles, &c., cheap. - At Godfrey’s—Stationery of all kinds cheap. - At Godfrey’s—All the Daily and Weekly Papers. - At Godfrey’s—Visiting Cards Printed at 75 cents per pack. - At Godfrey’s—Ladies Fashion Books of latest date. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -C. TYSON, CORNER OF NINTH STREET & SIXTH AVE. Has for sale all the late -Publications of the day, including all the Daily and Weekly Newspapers. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -SEE “JOBSON’S RED FLAG,” OF THIS DAY, FOR interesting news. Published at -No. 102 Nassau Street. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -JOHN B. WEBB, BOAT BUILDER, 718 WATER STREET. My Boats are of models and -materials unsurpassed by those of any Boat Builder in the World. Give me -a call, and if I don’t please you, I will disdain to charge you for what -does not entirely satisfy you. - - JOHN B. WEBB. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -SAMUEL SNEDEN, SHIP & STEAMBOAT BUILDER.—My Office is at No. 31 Corlears -street, New York; and my yards and residence are at Greenpoint. I have -built Ships and Steamers for every portion of the Globe, for a long term -of years, and continue to do so on reasonable terms. - - SAMUEL SNEDEN. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -ALANSON T. BRIGGS—DEALER IN FLOUR BARRELS, Molasses Casks, Water, and -all other kinds of Casks. Also, new flour barrels and half-barrels; a -large supply constantly on hand. My Stores are at Nos. 62, 63, 64, 69, -73, 75, 77 and 79 Rutger’s Slip; at 235, 237, and 239 Cherry street; -also, in South and Water streets, between Pike and Rutger’s Slip, -extending from street to street. My yards in Williamsburgh are at Furman -& Co.’s Dock. My yards in New York are at the corner of Water and -Gouverneur streets; and in Washington street, near Canal; and at Leroy -Place. My general Office is at 64 Rutger’s Slip. - - ALANSON T. BRIGGS. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -FULTON IRON WORKS.—JAMES MURPHY & CO., manufacturers of Marine and Land -Engines, Boilers, &c. Iron and Brass Castings. Foot of Cherry street, -East River. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -BRADDICK & HOGAN, SAILMAKERS, No. 272 South Street, New York. - -Awnings, Tents, and Bags made to order. - - JESSE A. BRADDICK, - RICHARD HOGAN. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -WILLIAM M. SOMERVILLE, WHOLESALE AND Retail Druggist and Apothecary, 205 -Bleeker-st., corner Minetta, opposite Cottage Place, New York. All the -popular Patent Medicines, fresh Swedish Leeches, Cupping, &c. -Physicians’ Prescriptions accurately prepared. - - WM. M. SOMERVILLE. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -A. W. & T. HUME, MERCHANT TAILORS. No. 82 Sixth Avenue, New York. We -keep a large and elegant assortment of every article that a gentleman -requires. We make Coats, Vests and Pants, after the latest Parisian -fashions, and on reasonable terms. - - A. W. & T. HUME. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -THE WASHINGTON, BY BARTLETT & GATES, No. 1 Broadway, New York. Come and -see us, good friends, and eat and drink and be merry, in the same -capacious and patriotic halls where the immortal Washington’s voice and -laugh once reverberated. - - O come to our Hotel, - And you’ll be treated well. - - BARTLETT & GATES. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -J. N. GENIN, FASHIONABLE HATTER, 214 Broadway, New York. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -GENIN’S LADIES’ & CHILDREN’S OUTFITTING Bazaar, 513 Broadway, (St. -Nicholas Hotel, N. Y.) - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -EDWARD PHALON & SON, 497 and 517 Broadway, New York—Depots for the sale -of Perfumery, and every article connected with the Toilet. - -We now introduce the “BOUQUET D’OGARITA, or Wild Flower of Mexico,” -which is superior to anything of the kind in the civilized world. - - EDWARD PHALON & SON. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -EXCELSIOR PRINTING HOUSE, 211 CENTRE ST., IS furnished with every -facility, latest improved presses, and the newest styles of type—for the -execution of Book, Job and Ornamental Printing. Call and see specimens. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -CHARLES FRANCIS, SADDLER, (ESTABLISHED IN 1808,) Sign of the Golden -Horse, 39 Bowery, New York, opposite the Theatre. Mr. F. will sell his -articles as low as any other Saddler in America, and warrant them to be -equal to any in the World. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -H. N. WILD, STEAM CANDY MANUFACTURER, No. 451 Broadway, bet. Grand and -Howard streets, New York. My Iceland Moss and Flaxseed Candy will cure -Coughs and Sneezes in a very short time. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -JAMES GRIFFITHS, (Late CHATFIELD & GRIFFITHS,) No. 273 Grand st., New -York. A large stock of well-selected Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings, &c., -on hand. Gent’s, Youths’ and Children’s Clothing, Cut and Made in the -most approved style. All cheap for Cash. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -J. AGATE & CO., MEN’S FURNISHING GOODS and Shirt Manufacturers, 256 -Broadway, New York. - -Shirts made to order and guaranteed to fit. - -J. AGATE. F. W. TALKINGTON. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -BILLIARD TABLES.—PHELAN’S IMPROVED BILLIARD Tables and Combination -Cushions—Protected by letters patent, dated Feb. 19, 1856; Oct. 28, -1856; Dec. 8, 1857; Jan. 12, 1858. The recent improvements in these -Tables make them unsurpassed in the world. They are now offered to the -scientific Billiard players as combining speed with truth, never before -obtained in any Billiard Table. Sales-rooms Nos. 786 and 788 Broadway, -New York. Manufactory No. 53 Ann Street. - - O’CONNOR & COLLENDOR, Sole Manufacturers. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -S. L. OLMSTEAD, IMPORTER, MANUFACTURER and Jobber of Men’s Furnishing -Goods, No. 24 Barclay Street, corner of Church, New York. - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - -C. B. 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Archaic spelling and inconsistencies in - hyphenation retained. - </li> - <li>Unclear text in the ads in the original has been clarified by review of the same ads - printed more clearly in other issues. - </li> - <li>The table of contents has been created and added by the transcriber. - </li> - <li>The cover has been created by the transcriber and placed in the public domain. - </li> - </ul> - -</div> -<div class='pbb'> - <hr class='pb c000' /> -</div> - -<table class='table0' summary=''> -<colgroup> -<col width='90%' /> -<col width='9%' /> -</colgroup> - <tr> - <td class='c001'>Life of Stephen H. Branch.</td> - <td class='c002'><a href='#life'>1</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c001'>Supervisor Blunt, and Paul Julien—My Last Interview with Madame Sontag.</td> - <td class='c002'><a href='#blunt'>2</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c001'>James Gordon Bennett’s Editorial Career.</td> - <td class='c002'><a href='#bennett'>3</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c001'><cite>For the Alligator.</cite></td> - <td class='c002'><a href='#alligator'>3</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c001'><span class='sc'>New York</span>, June 15, 1858.</td> - <td class='c002'><a href='#letter'>4</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c001'>Advertisements.</td> - <td class='c002'><a href='#ads'>4</a></td> - </tr> -</table> -<div class='pbb'> - <hr class='pb c000' /> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/logo.jpg' alt='STEPHEN H. BRANCH’S ALLIGATOR.' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='double'> - -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c003'> - <div>Volume I.—No. 10.]<span class='padded'>SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1858.</span><span class='padded'>[Price 2 Cents.</span></div> - </div> -</div> - -<div> - <h1 class='c004'>STEPHEN H. BRANCH’S <br /> ALLIGATOR.</h1> -</div> - -<div><span class='pageno' id='Page_1'>1</span></div> -<div class='column'> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c005'> - <div>Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by</div> - <div>STEPHEN H. BRANCH.</div> - <div class='c000'>In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United</div> - <div>States for the Southern District of New York.</div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='life' class='c006'>Life of Stephen H. Branch.</h2> -</div> - -<p class='c007'>Westport, Connecticut,—that he boarded at -No. 24 Bleecker street, with Mrs. Mallory, -and that he was a clerk for Perkins, Hopkins, -and White, in Pearl street, near Hanover -Square. I carried some beautiful books to his -place of business, and requested him to accept -them. He sweetly smiled, and opened the -books, and warmly thanked me, and said he -would be pleased to receive them, but that as -I was a stranger, he would rather I would see -his guardian, Morris Ketchum, a Banker in -Wall street, and give him my name and address, -and if he were satisfied with my references, -and approved of his acceptance of the -generous gift, he would be most happy to -receive the books. I was fascinated with his -modesty, and caution, and I took the books, -and repaired to the Banking House of Mr. -Ketchum, to whom I briefly imparted what -had transpired, and left my references and -departed, and called again, when Mr. Ketchum -said that he had inquired respecting my character, -and that young Jesup was prepared to -receive my books, which I soon placed in his -hands, and our acquaintance began under the -most favorable auspices. I soon invited him -to dine with me at Mrs. Tripler’s, when all -the boarders were enchanted with his beautiful -person, and pleasing manners, and highly -cultivated mind; and I shall never forget how -proud I was, as he sat beside me. After dinner, -I invited him to my room, where I gave him -cake and lemonade, and filled his pockets with -delicious oranges. I then played “Washington’s -March,” “Yankee Doodle,” and “Hail -Columbia,” for him on the piano, and he departed -for his place of business. He went -with me to Niblo’s Garden, then in its glory, -and as we strolled arm-in-arm in the meandering -paths, and inhaled the exhilarating -perfume of the flowers, I was charmed with -his chaste society, and enraptured and inspired, -and I breathed the music of language in his -ears, and we both were invested with the -purest and loftiest and happiest emotions. In -a week from that joyous evening, he was -seized with bleeding of the lungs, caused by -excited feelings, during his enthusiastic efforts -to please his employers, in the sleepless business -season of early autumn. He was borne -to his mother’s abode in the country, where -he soon calmly resigned his soul to the Saviour, -whose sacred virtues he had always -strove to imitate. Although I had briefly -enjoyed the pleasure of his society, yet his -premature demise created a void in my bosom -that made the world a desolation. His mother -soon removed to New York, and occupied No. -39 Bond street, where I gratuitously taught -her children in English and the classics. But -the invisible germ of consumption has borne -to the grave her pure, intelligent, and lovely -Caroline, Charles, Richard, and Frederick, -and Morris, Arthur, Samuel, and Sarah -anticipate the same remorseless destiny. -And may God cheer and bless their mother -in her loneliness and tears. The father -of this interesting and unfortunate family, -was prostrated in the commercial crash -of 1837, and his depressed and spotless soul -fled for refuge to the bosom of his God. -Morris Ketchum was his early business associate -and friend, and has educated his children, -procured them lucrative clerkships, afforded -them facilities to visit nearly every nation, -for health and general culture, established -them in houses of commerce, and -has clung to them, in sun and storm, like -Pythias to Damon, and like Washington to his -country. At this period of my eventful career, -I taught colored and Irish servants, and those -of all countries, in their kitchens in the evening, -and sometimes by daylight. Some paid -me one shilling a lesson, and some two, according -to their wages and generosity. I -taught the servants of the Reverend Doctor -Wainright, the Reverend Doctor Orville -Dewey, Daniel Lord, James T. Brady, Mr. -Bowen, of Brooklyn, (of the firm of Bowen & -McNamee, of New York,) and the servants of -other distinguished citizens. I obtained scholars -by going from door to door, in the basement, -and asking the servants if they would -like to learn to spell, read, write, and cipher. -My health had been miserable since I left -Columbian College, and I often expected to -fall dead in the street, or suddenly expire in -the presence of my pupils. For a long period -after young Jesup died, I was very gloomy, -and became utterly helpless and bed-ridden, -and called oftener on my father for money -than I desired, to pay for board and medical -attendance. I got better, and crawled out -into the open air, and went in pursuit of scholars -in a snow storm. I began at the Battery, -and applied at every door, until I came to -No. 70 Greenwich street, when I was asked to -come in and warm myself, by a daughter of -the lady of the house, who kept boarders. -After a long conversation, by a cheerful fire, -I was engaged to teach the daughter in the -English branches, for my breakfast and tea, -and a very small dark room as a place of lodging, -which I could not conveniently occupy -without a candle in the day time. Humble -as were to be my accommodations, my feelings -were extremely buoyant, and my ghastly -form trembled with delight at my unexpected -resurrection from the depths of indigence and -despair. Mr. Ditchett, (subsequently a very -efficient Captain of the Fourth Ward Police, -and a brave fireman, and an honest man,) had -just married the eldest daughter, whose sister -was to be my pupil. I was kindly treated, -and remained until the first of May, when I -went to Dey street, and afterwards to the -Graham House, at No. 63 Barclay street, -where I saw the lean Horace Greeley, -one of the founders of the Graham System. -The boarders were mostly skeletons, and -several were limping about the house, like -frogs or lizzards or grasshoppers, and among -the limpers, was Horace Greeley, who had -what the Grahamites called a boiling crisis, -or crisis of boils, which was the result of -youthful indiscretion, shower bathing, and -eating heartily of bran bread, mush and molasses, -squashes, turnips, beets, carrots, parsneps, -and onions, for a long term of years. -Although I had been a miserable invalid a -large portion of my days, yet I fancied a speedy -restoration to health, by eating unbolted -wheat bread and vegetables, and frequent -bathing. I entered into a spirited conversation -with Greeley, who was reclining on the -sofa, and in a loquacious mood, who told me -that he expected to be quite smart after the -disappearance of a large number of boils then -all over his person, which he attributed to salt -rheum, that he inherited from his father, and -which was recently driven to the surface of -his skin by a rigid adherence to the Graham -System, and three shower baths a day; and he -advised me to begin to bathe immediately, and -to eat nothing but Graham bread for one -month, with warm water, milk, and sugar. I -asked Greeley if he was sure it was the -secondary or inherited salt rheum that had -come to the surface of his snowy flesh in the -form of boils, and he said he was quite sure it -was, as his father had it from his boyhood. I -asked him if his secondary or inherited salt -rheum ever itched, and he said yes, sometimes, -but he was sure it was not the secondary -itch, as he never had the first itch. I then -looked him dead in the eye, and asked him if -he was positively sure his boils were not the -result of itch, and he asked me what I meant -by such severity of scrutiny. I replied, that -I once had the itch, and read many books on -the subject, and knew all about it, and that -his boils (he had two on his pale nose) looked -very much like secondary itch blossoms. He -cast searching glances, and sat in paralytic -silence, save when he scratched his boils, and -<span class='pageno' id='Page_2'>2</span>the bell summoned me to my first Graham -dinner, and Greeley hopped to the table on -one leg, and sat near Mrs. Goss at the head of -the Graham festive board. About forty -skeletons were present, and among them were -Sylvester Graham (Bread,) himself, on a -lecturing tour from his country seat at Northampton; -John McCracken, of New Haven; -Ralph Waldo Emerson; Abby Kelly; Fred -Douglas and lady; Francis Copcutt, mahogany -dealer, who used to eat raw oats, and ride 30 -miles a day on a hard trotting horse for dyspepsia; -Jeremiah O. Lanphear, tailor, and -now first deacon and missionary of the Fulton -street Dutch Presbyterian Church, who had -a gravel nearly as large as General Winfield -Scott’s, which was the largest that ever -emanated from a human bladder; Mrs. Farnham, -the accomplished lady and genuine philanthropist, -and wife of the noble and famous -California traveler, who was the rival of -Fremont as a mountaineer; Mrs. Anna Stephens, -the fertile and genial authoress; the -celebrated Doctor Shew and lady; Mrs. Storms, -of Troy, and long a writer and foreign correspondent -of the <cite>New York Sun</cite>, and now of -Texas; poor MacDonald Clark, the poet; Galutia -B. Smith; Matthew B. Brady, the daguerreotypist, -who married his sweetheart at the -Graham House, and the room being crowded, -I saw the exercises through the key hole; -Mrs. Travis; Albert Brisbane, a moonlight -dreamer; Mrs. Andrews, a strong Unitarian, -(ninety-eight years old,) and her grandson, -Albert L. Smith, a nervous and catarrhal -gentleman, who now keeps a Graham House -and Water Cure Establishment in West Washington -Place; Dr. John Burdell, brother of -Dr. Harvey Burdell, who was assasinated at -No. 31 Bond Street; Leroy Sunderland, a -Mesmeriser and Pathetic lecturer; John M. -King; George Foss; Dr. Henry W. Brown; -E. Gould Buffum, and his brother, William -Buffum, now Consul at <i>Trieste</i>; Mrs. Horace -Greeley; Mr. Clutz; Mrs. Van Vleet; -Messrs. Tyler, Bennett, (a tailor), Otis, and -Ward; Mrs. Gove; C. Edwards Lester; Mr. -Danforth, a spurious reformer; the brothers -Fowler, phrenologists; father Miller, the Millenium -impostor; Mr. Seymour, a journeyman -hatter at Beebe’s, who got among the noisy -methodists, who frightened him into a dangerous -nervous affection, and in bed one night, -poor Seymour felt cold and strange and numb, -and pinched himself in the arms and legs, and -it didn’t hurt him, and he thought he was dead, -and he got up, and kindled a match, and lit a -candle, and looked in the glass to see whether -he was dead or alive, and when he saw his -eyes roll, and his jaws open and close, he got -into bed, and went to sleep. This was the -gang at table, and for dinner, we had bran -bread and crackers, bean soup, roast apples -and potatoes, and boiled squash and carrots, -but not a particle of meat, grease, nor spices. -All grabbed violently at the Graham viands, -and brought their teeth together like swine, -and with similar grunts and squeals. I calmly -surveyed the motley and hungry group, and -saw many small piercing gray eyes, hollow -cheeks, and sharp chins and noses, and -the voices of nearly all were husky and -fearfully sepulchral. The themes discussed -were Anti-Slavery and Grahamism, -and I soon perceived it extremely perilous to -breathe a word against the ultra views of -the susceptible and long-haired Graham -spectres, who seemed united to a ghost -on these prolific themes. So, I listened and -breathed not a syllable in opposition to the -crazy views advanced. I took a stroll after -dinner, and returned at sunset, and seated -myself for my evening meal, when we had -Graham-bread-coffee, milk porridge, apple -sauce, Graham mush, and boiled rice, sparingly -saturated with molasses and liquid ginger. -I ate and drank freely of this light food, -and arose from the table in excellent spirits, -though I belched frequently. My belly soon -began to swell, and I got alarmed, and I -asked Mr. Goss, the Graham host, what it -meant. He seemed perfectly cool, and said -that his boarders were often affected in that -way, in passing suddenly from greasy meats to -the pure food of Grahamites, which was -chiefly of a vegetable and somewhat of a -gassy and flatulent character. Goss then left -me. I thrice paced the parlor hurriedly, and -began to feel choleric and crampy, and went -down stairs into the kitchen, and asked Goss -to send for a physician immediately, which he -declined to do, as he thought I was only a -little spleeny, which would soon pass away, -and advised me to go to bed. He got me a -Graham candle, and up we went, and did not -stop until we reached the roof, where he put -me in a little room, with two cots, on which -there was a straw mattress, and a straw -bolster, and scanty covering. He said good -night, and shut the door, and I got into bed, -and strove to sleep. I squirmed like an eel -for about two hours, and could endure my -pains no longer, and arose and awoke my -room-mate, and asked him to escort me to -the sleeping apartment of Mr. Goss. He did -so, and I knocked at his door, and out he came -in his nightcap and white apparel. I told -him that I had cramps, and had an awful -quantity of frantic wind in my stomach, -and felt as though my belly would burst -before morning, and that I was deathly sick, -and asked him what on earth I had eaten at -his table to give me such violent cramps and -flatulence and diarrhœa, and nauseous and -strange emotions. He told me that I was -nervous, and not accustomed to Graham food, -but that I soon would be, and urged me to -again retire, and strive to sleep. He spoke -these words with kindness, and they soothed -me, and I shook his hand, and off I went up -stairs to bed again. But in about ten minutes, -I had a severe spasm, with choking sensations, -and I leaped from my nest like a man in his -last gasp, and unconsciously cast myself on -the cot of my room-mate, who instantly emerged -from a profound sleep, and sprang like a -tiger from his bed, and threw me severely to -the floor, and cried murder to the pinnacle of -his voice, and began to pelt me in the most -brutal manner, leveling the most savage random -blows at my head and stomach. Goss and -the spectral boarders rushed into the room, -and Greeley soon came limping in, and they -searched in vain for knives, revolvers, and -human blood. And they soon learned the -cause of the cry of murder, and raised me from -the floor, and put me into bed, with a bloody -nose and dark eye, that my room-mate gave -me, who apologised for his blows on the ground -that he always slept soundly, and was only -partially awake when he beat me. I accepted -his apology, and Goss and Greeley, and half-a-dozen -attenuated Grahamites left me, for -their beds again, and my chum took a seat by -my cot, and strove to soothe me. But the -cramps returned, and I became faint and giddy, -and began to vomit profusely. I soon filled -basins, pitchers, spit boxes, hats, and boots, -and deluged every thing we had in the room, -and my chum got a pitcher and basin in the -next room, and I soon flooded them, and I -vomited until I thought I felt my entire bowels -struggling at my throat to get out, which -nearly strangled me. At last an enormous -chunk came out, which proved to be the core -of a stewed apple, and the crust of Graham -bread combined into a sort of petrified substance, -and I began to breathe again, and -slowly improved till daylight,</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>When I embraced a sweet repose,</div> - <div class='line'>And snored like thunder through my nose.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c008'> - <div>(To be continued to my last scream.)</div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='pbb'> - <hr class='pb c000' /> -</div> - -<div class='fancy'> - -<div class='nf-center-c0'> -<div class='nf-center c009'> - <div>Stephen H. Branch’s Alligator.</div> - </div> -</div> - -</div> -<hr class='c010' /> - -<div class='nf-center-c0'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div><span class='large'>NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1858.</span></div> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class='c010' /> - -<p class='c011'>STEPHEN H. BRANCH’S “ALLIGATOR” CAN BE -obtained at all hours, (day or night,) at wholesale and -retail, at No. 128 Nassau Street, Near Beekman Street, -and opposite Ross & Tousey’s News Depot, New York.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/curlyline.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='blunt' class='c006'>Supervisor Blunt, and Paul Julien—My Last Interview with Madame Sontag.</h2> -</div> - -<p class='c012'>When I taught Alderman Orison Blunt the -English branches at his elegant residence in -Murray street, I gave instruction to Paul -Julien, the juvenile Paganini, and to Rocco, -and also to Madame Sontag in elocution, in -anticipation of her appearance in English -Opera at Niblo’s, on her return from Mexico. -At the close of a long and interesting lesson, -Sontag opened her great heart to me, and disclosed -her career from her earliest recollection. -Her narrative was eloquent and exciting, -and as she sat before me at the parlor -lattice, in alternate tears and smiles, with the -moon rolling like a ball of silver through the -air, she seemed too pure and beautiful for -earth. Her tears were the very soul of sorrow, -and none could resist their overwhelming -influence,—her smiles were irresistibly -enchanting,—her voice in conversation was -full of entrancing melody,—her cavern dimples -were the emblems of purity and charity, -and her entire expression was divine. And as -her blood warmed, and her bosom rose and -fell, and her voice trembled and darted from -the faintest whisper to its highest intonation, -her glorious eyes reflected gorgeous temples -in her soul, filled with sinless angels, breathing -sweet music to millions of her species. -And the beauteous Sontag told me, as we sat -together in our last communion as human pilgrims, -that her childhood, and girlhood, and -early womanhood were all devoted to the -cultivation of music for the enjoyment of the -world more than herself, which rendered her -early years an utter sacrifice, and had -deprived her of the pastimes enjoyed by all -her sex in the morning of life; that from the -hour she was called “<i>The little Daughter of -the Danube</i>,” there was no happiness for her; -that she was early beset by lovers from nearly -every nation of Europe; that kings and queens -lavished their choicest treasures upon her; -that princes besought her affections in tearful -supplications; that all France prostrated herself -at her feet; that amid the flattery and -adulations of all classes and kingdoms, she -was induced, in a thoughtless hour, to cast -herself into the eternal embraces of a being -who proved a jealous and savage tyrant, and -a heartless gamester; that ere her emergence -from the brief hours of bliss that should -follow the marriage vow, he became odious in -her eyes, and she beheld a life of misery in all -her future; that after years of torture in his -demon fangs, and after he had squandered her -splendid fortune of four millions of dollars, he -dragged her from the sacred precincts of private -life, and from the pleasing society of her -children, into the public arena, to toil for his -subsistence; that he forced her to exchange -hemispheres, and leave her tender offspring, -when they most required a mother’s protection; -that he often brandished a dagger in her -eyes, when she refused to fill his purse for -bibbling and gaming purposes; that she was -in fear of his poignard throughout her long -confinement in his hideous clutches; that for -his traduction and persecution of Alboni in -her early years, she resolved to pursue her to -America to annoy, and, if possible, ruin her, -for his sake, by singing against her in the -leading cities; that on the very day she publicly -announced her intention to visit America, -Alboni went to the Cathedral, and knelt -<span class='pageno' id='Page_3'>3</span>at the altar, and swore that she would pursue -her through all latitudes, and cut the grass -beneath her feet, to avenge herself on Count -Rossi, who strove to blight the buds and -blossoms of her youth and indigence; that -she kept her oath, and followed her through -city, town, and village, and allured her choristers, -through extravagant salaries and donations, -and sang on the evenings of her Concert -and Opera entertainments, and greatly reduced -her receipts; that Rossi seized her funds, -as they accrued, and deposited them in banks -unknown to her; that her children often -wrote in vain for means to defray their -domestic expenses; that Rossi, and Maretzek, -and Ullman received all the benefit of her -arduous labors; that her lovely daughters -were in the care of strangers in Europe, and -exposed to all the snares of life; that their -education was fatally neglected in her absence; -that she was a slave to Rossi, Maretzek, -and Ullman, all of whom she thoroughly -despised, and that she had very seriously contemplated -suicide. And thus did this celestial -being breathe her pensive music in my -soul, and bathe my vision with nature’s hallowed -waters. And amid our mutual tears, -and smiles, and cheerful tones, and lingering -glances, she enters the dismal cars, and the -bell proclaims the parting signal, and she -penetrates the deep perspective, until she is -forever buried from my melancholy view. -She gives concerts on the borders of the northern -lakes, and visits Cincinnati, and quarrels -and separates from Ullman, and goes to New -Orleans, and performs in Opera, and enters -Mexico, amid the revengeful maledictions of -Ullman, who, as Rocco told me, dug her early -grave, by arousing the fearful jealousy of -Rossi, to whom Ullman wrote from New York, -that he would find letters in her trunk from -Pozzolini, the young and fascinating tenor; -that Rossi did find letters in her trunk from -Pozzolini, (filled with the most enthusiastic -love,) which Rocco said were doubtless placed -there by Ullman, prior to her departure for -Mexico, to revenge himself on Sontag, for her -refusal at Cincinnati to give more Concerts -under his direction; that Rossi belched words -of fire, and threatened her with instant death; -that herself and Pozzolini were seized with -violent pains, on their return from the Mexican -festivals; that during her confinement, -Rocco daily called, but was not permitted to -see her; that Rossi paced the balcony as a -sentinel for days and nights, and would let no -one visit her; that he permitted Rocco to -enter her apartment only one hour before she -died, when he found her in the wildest delirium. -And Rocco told me that Sontag and -Pozzolini were doubtless poisoned by Count -Rossi, and that Ullman was the instigator. -Rossi artfully attributed their sudden death -to cholera, but the rumor flew on the wings -of lightning, that Rossi was their murderer, -and he fled for his life to New York, -with all her jewels, and went to Europe. -And Rocco sorely grieved to see her borne -to her sepulchre without kindred mourners -in a far distant land; and when he -saw her form exhumed, and borne through -mud and stones, and deposited as luggage in -the filthy suburbs of Vera Cruz, and exposed -for weeks to the heat and rain of those withering -latitudes,—when he gazed at the remains -of a being who had been the pride and glory -and adoration of all civilised nations, and who -had long been his own dear friend, poor Rocco -prostrated himself beside her coffin, and wept -for hours in loneliness and utter desolation. -And now, dear Sontag, I can see thy pure and -genial spirit in its happy home, beyond the -pretty stars. And while I indite these melancholy -words, thy sweet face smiles upon me -from my parlor wall, as you appeared in the -immortal <cite>Somnambulist</cite>. It is the likeness you -gave me at our final interview, and represents -<i>Amina</i>, in the joyous bridal scene with <i>Elvino</i>, -among her native cottagers in the mountains. -All! Sontag! I often think of thee, and my -highest solace is in gazing at thy bewitching -smile, and laughing eyes, and lovely dimples, -and even teeth, and classic temples, as depicted -in thy likeness, which I shall keep while -I linger in the dreary paths of earth. And I -will part with fame and fortune and with life -itself, ere I will separate from the precious -picture of my adored Sontag. And my last -prayer to God shall be, that I may join my -Parents and Kindred and Sontag in the realms -of eternal bliss.</p> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/curlyline.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='bennett' class='c006'>James Gordon Bennett’s Editorial Career.</h2> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c0'> -<div class='nf-center c013'> - <div>BENNETT’S OFFICE IN 1835.</div> - <div class='c000'><i>Enter John Kelly.</i></div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c014'><i>Bennett</i>—Well, my lad, I have borrowed a -pair of old shoes for you from my bed-fellow -in Cross street. They may be rather large, -but you must contrive to wear them until -Saturday, when I will get you a new pair, if -I have the money to spare. Sit down, Johnny, -and try on the shoes.</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>John</i> (puts them on)—They are much too -large, aint they?</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>Bennett</i>—Well, yes, but if you put some -pieces of newspaper in them, you can lessen -their size.</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>John</i> (stuffs them in the heels and toes and -sides with fragments of the <cite>Herald</cite> of the -preceding day)—There, sir, I guess I can wear -them now, and I am truly obliged to you for -borrowing them for me.</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>Bennett</i>—Not at all, John, for you did more -than that for me yesterday, in obtaining my -papers from Mr. Anderson.</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>John</i> (in hurriedly walking across the -office, steps out of one of the aged shoes, but -steps in again before Bennett’s keen eyes perceived -that one foot had stepped out)—That -was a great pleasure, sir, and I hope you will -have the same good luck to-day.</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>Bennett</i>—I sold very few papers yesterday, -and I have very little money, and Anderson -has my watch, and I fear he will not let me -have the papers until I redeem it, and pay him -for the <cite>Heralds</cite> of to-day.</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>John</i>—I will do all in my power to obtain -them for you.</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>Bennett</i>—I know you will, my dear little -friend. But come—we will go and try to get -the papers. (They arrive at Anderson & -Ward’s, in Ann street. Anderson is absent, -and Ward is partially drunk and asleep on the -counter, and Bennett arouses him.)</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>Ward</i>—What are you about? (rubbing his -eyes and garrping.) What do you want (hic) -so early in the morning, you vagabonds? -hic, hec, hoc.</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>Bennett</i>—I want my papers.</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>Ward</i>—You can’t (hic) have them without -the money, (hoc.)</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>Bennett</i>—Please let me have them.</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>Ward</i>—Where’s your (hic) watch?</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>Bennett</i>—I let Mr. Anderson have it yesterday.</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>Ward</i>—Don’t you (hic-a-che-a-che-Horatio-darn -it, how I sneeze) sell any <cite>Heralds</cite> now-a-days? -a-che-a-che-a-che-Horatio—O, Jerusalem! -will I never stop sneezing?</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>Bennett</i>—It stormed yesterday, and I did -not sell many, but it is pleasant this morning, -and I think I shall sell a large number.</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>Ward</i>—Well, I’ll not be (hic, hic, hic,) too -hard with you, old fellow. There, take your -papers, and try hard (hic) to sell (hic) them -to-day, and (hic-a-che) bring a whole lot -of money to (hic) morrow.</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>Bennett</i>—I will, Mr. Ward, and I’ll always -remember you with gratitude for your generosity -to-day. Good day, sir.</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>Ward</i>—Farewell, old boy. And just shut -the door alter you. I have been (hic) on a -spree all night, (hec,) and I don’t want anybody -else to come in and bother (hic) me, -until I finish my nap.</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>Bennett</i>—I’ll lock the door outside, and put -the key in the window.</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>Ward</i>—Do so, old (hic) boy, do so. (And -he goes to sleep, and Bennett and John wend -their way to Wall street.)</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>Bennett</i>—Now, John, this is the last chance -I shall have. If I fail to sell my papers to-day, -I am ruined for ever.</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>John</i>—Had I not better go into the stores, -and try to sell the papers.</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>Bennett</i> (kisses him in Nassau street)—My -dear boy, if you will do that, I will love you -next to my God. My great trouble has been -to get honest boys to sell my paper, and return -the money to me, instead of going to the -Theatre and eating peanuts with my funds. -Now, you take some, and I’ll take some, and -you take one side of the street and I the other, -and let us toil for our lives (until the sun goes -down) to sell these papers, and, if we fail, my -fate is sealed for time, and perhaps for eternity!</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>John</i>—What! You won’t commit suicide?</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>Bennett</i>—God only knows what I shall do.</p> - -<p class='c014'><i>John</i>—Well, I see there’s no time to be lost. -So, give me some papers, and I’ll go into the -first store on this side, and you take the other -side of the street. (They separate, John going -into every store on his side, and Bennett into -every store on the other side, until they arrive -at Wall street, when they go into Bennett’s -office, in the old rat hole at No. 20 Wall street, -where they count their pennies, and find that -they have sold quite a large number of <cite>Heralds</cite>. -They then drink some water and eat -some ginger nuts, for their breakfasts, and go -down Broad street, and enter every store on -either side, and meet with great success. John -then takes South street, and Bennett Front -street, from the Battery to Fulton street, and -afterwards take Water and Pearl streets, and -then they canvass either side of Wall street, -and sell all their <cite>Heralds</cite>, and go to a Restaurant -and get something to eat, and separate in -the afternoon in high spirits. John then got -some boys in the Fourteenth Ward to sell the -<cite>Herald</cite>, and in ten days Bennett had about -$40 surplus, and begins to put on aristocratic -airs, and domineer over Johnny Kelly.)</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c0'> -<div class='nf-center c008'> - <div>(To be continued.)</div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/curlyline.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='alligator' class='c006'><cite>For the Alligator.</cite></h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c013'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>Wide-mouth shocking Alligator!</div> - <div class='line'>I wish you were a Boa Constrictor!</div> - <div class='line'>And crush within your awful fold,</div> - <div class='line'>The villains with our pilfered gold,</div> - <div class='line'>Who, with sanctimonious face,</div> - <div class='line'>Steal with such a pious grace:</div> - <div class='line'>They dance and dress and call it good,</div> - <div class='line'>Because it gives the hungry food.</div> - <div class='line'>But hold your mirror to their face,</div> - <div class='line'>And show them their sad black disgrace:</div> - <div class='line'>One robs the City’s golden coffers,</div> - <div class='line'>And then a mighty Fabric offers,</div> - <div class='line'>And tries to court a worldly fame,</div> - <div class='line'>Out of such an impious shame.</div> - <div class='line'>The temple thus to science rears,</div> - <div class='line'>That he may surely soothe his fears,</div> - <div class='line'>Lest his ignorance should be known,</div> - <div class='line'>And lack of knowledge shown,</div> - <div class='line'>And so the starving, suffering poor,</div> - <div class='line'>He drives them fainting from his door;</div> - <div class='line'>And tells them: (Oh! how very strange!)</div> - <div class='line'>The Mansion’s taken all his change!</div> - <div class='line'>And in his high, majestic wrath,</div> - <div class='line'>He kicks a female down to earth!</div> - <div class='line'>The mansion he will never give,</div> - <div class='line'>While one heir of his shall live.</div> - <div class='line'>See how this modern Simon Magus,</div> - <div class='line'>Blinds our eyes, and then deceives us.</div> - <div class='line'>Soon we shall see how very funny,</div> - <div class='line'>He’ll make his “Union” yield him money:</div> - <div class='line'>He finds it is so very pretty,</div> - <div class='line'>To have a Mayor made of putty,</div> - <div class='line'>That he can mould him at his will,</div> - <div class='line'>To make his son an office fill.</div> - <div class='line'>But lest Columbia prove too new,</div> - <div class='line'>He lays a wire the ocean through,</div> - <div class='line'>That he all Europe may invite,</div> - <div class='line'>To bask in his resplendent sight.</div> - <div class='line'>Oh! most happy England Queen,</div> - <div class='line'>When she can say: “I’ve Peter seen!”</div> - <div class='line'>Now see him cringe, and jump for fame,</div> - <div class='line'>To reach the scroll, to write his name:</div> - <div class='line'>But as he lives alone for fame,</div> - <div class='line'>My verse will sure preserve his name.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='c015'><span class='sc'>Peter Piper Pict.</span></div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_4'>4</span> - <h2 id='letter' class='c016'><span class='sc'>New York</span>, June 15, 1858.</h2> -</div> - -<p class='c017'><span class='sc'>Stephen H. Branch</span>:</p> - -<p class='c014'><span class='sc'>Sir</span>:—Permit me the privilege of making a -few brief passing remarks, asking a few questions, -and respectfully suggesting a few hints -as to your weekly publication, the <span class='sc'>Alligator</span>. -Please to attribute any intrusive errors in this -communication as emanating from an inefficient -method of expressing my sentiments, as -my heart is with you whole and entire in -spirit, and, with a few exceptions, to the very -letter, in your laudable endeavor to bring to -light before the open day the hidden villainies -of the many detestable tyrants that have risen -from the very scum of poverty and criminal -degradation, and who now so unaccountably -hold despotic sway <em>under the garb of honorable -industry</em> in every branch of society, to -the unjust injury and oppression of the poor, -humble, but honest man.</p> - -<p class='c014'>I am rejoiced to find the <span class='sc'>Alligator</span> creeping -its way to the literary tables of almost -every respectable News Depot in this and the -adjacent cities, piercing its deadly fangs into -the very vitals of every influential thief and -scoundrel, and that the business public are -now availing themselves of the opportunity in -patronising it as an advertising medium, and -I sincerely wish you every success.</p> - -<p class='c014'>Wherever I have an opportunity, I endeavor, -indirectly, to pave the way, to introduce -the merits of the <span class='sc'>Alligator</span>, and, as a -matter of course, have to give and take in the -various opinions expressed as to the carniverous -propensities of that astonishing animal, -and the choice objects it pitches into for its -daily food. The opinions and ideas expressed -on the subject are as varied as the colors in -the rainbow. Any man whose past misdeeds -trouble his conscience, dreads the -animal, as he would a drawn sword, lest its -brutal tusks should tear open to public gaze -what he had secretly hoped was unknown -to mortal being.</p> - -<p class='c014'>If the crawling reptiles you select to satisfy -the craving appetite of that amphibious animal -(with such extended jaws continually gaping) -are really of such an abhorrent and loathsome -nature as represented by you in such bold relief, -I should never cease lashing their diseased -and ulcerated carcases with whips of -poisoned scorpions, till I purged and purified -their polluted system with wholesome antidotes. -It strikes me that your gormandising -hydra-headed monster can never be satisfied -with common carrion: it seeks for something -more nutritious for its sustenance. It appears -he is like Pharoah’s lean kine—the more he -devours, the thinner he gets, and his rapacity -increases, and what seems so singular is, that -he has abundance of choice prey for ever at -his side, which he selects indiscriminately, -and an untold amount laid up in his store -houses for ages to come.</p> - -<p class='c014'>Nothing do I admire more than the free use -of strong and emphatic language to express -our approbation or disapprobation of men’s -actions public or private, and from the general -tenor of your style, and the peculiar advantages -you possess as a scholar, and the unlimited -information you have treasured up as -a man of experience, with regard to public -characters and measures, I feel confident that -you can convert every tooth of the Alligator -into a poisoned arrow that will deal death and -destruction into every particle of air whereever -it wings its flight, and you can more effectively -hit your mark with surer certainty -by avoiding the use of such terms and phrases -as would be looked upon by the general class -of readers, as rather coarse or vulgar; although -I myself consider your style as -purely hieroglyphic, and that your sarcastic -way merely emanates from a proud, -manly, straightforward, bold and independent -above board kind of a spirit than that of -malice, with the view to convey the sentiments -of your mind, in order to express your -strong feeling of detestation and abhorrence -of every unprincipled scoundrel, against whom -your fiery shafts of indignation may happen -to be turned, cutting to the very heart’s core -like a two edged sword.</p> - -<p class='c014'>The body of the <span class='sc'>Alligator</span> is too small by -a long shot. It would greatly enhance its -usefulness by being more liberal. Increase its -pages, extend its columns, devote a space to -correspondents, and, if need be, stretch its -stomach so as to afford an opportunity to -others to open their store-houses, and contribute -their quota of similar wholesome food to -the hungry cannibal, in order the better to -assist in the process of digestion.</p> - -<div class='c018'>Yours Respectfuly,</div> -<div class='c019'><span class='sc'>Anti-tyrant</span>.</div> - -<div class='double'> - -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 id='ads' class='c006'>Advertisements—25 Cents a line.</h2> -</div> - -<p class='c020'>Credit—From two to four seconds, or as long as the Advertiser -can hold his breath! Letters and Advertisements to -be left at No. 128 Nassau street, third floor, back room.</p> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>HERRING’S PATENT CHAMPION FIRE AND BURGLAR -Proof Safe, with Hall’s Patent Powder Proof -Locks, afford the greatest security of any Safe in the world. -Also, Sideboard and Parlor Safes, of elegant workmanship -and finish, for plate, &c. S. C. HERRING & CO.,</p> - -<div class='c019'>251 Broadway.</div> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>JAMES MELENEY, (SUCCESSOR TO SAMUEL -Hopper,) Grocer, and Wholesale and Retail Dealer in -Pure Country Milk. Teas, Coffee, Sugars & Spices. Flour, -Butter, Lard, Cheese, Eggs &c. No. 158, Eighth Avenue, -Near 18th Street, New York. Families supplied by leaving -their address at the Store.</p> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>BOOT & SHOE EMPORIUMS. EDWIN A. BROOKS, -Importer and Manufacturer of Boots, Shoes & Gaiters, -Wholesale and Retail, No. 575 Broadway, and 150 Fulton -Street, New York.</p> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>DR. SMITH’S ELECTRIC OIL, CURES PAIN IN A -few moments. Dr. Smith’s Electric Oil gives almost -instant relief in all nervous diseases. Acute rheumatic -pains need only a few applications. Dr. Smith may be consulted -at the Smithsonian House, and at 91 Hudson Street. -Try it.</p> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>MCSPEDON AND BAKER’S STATIONERY WAREHOUSE -and Envelope Manufactory, Nos. 29, 31, and -33, Beekman Street, New York.</p> - -<p class='c014'><span class='sc'>Envelopes</span> of all patterns, styles and quality, on hand, -and made to order for the trade and others, by Steam Machinery. -Patented April 8th, 1856.</p> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>COZZENS’ HOTEL COACHES,—STABLE, Nos. 34 and -36 Canal Street, New York.</p> - -<p class='c014'>I will strive hard to please all those generous citizens -who will kindly favor me with their patronage.</p> - -<div class='c019'>EDWARD VAN RANST.</div> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>J. W. MASON, MANUFACTURER, WHOLESALE and -Retail dealers in all kinds of Chairs, Wash Stands, -Settees, &c. 377 & 379 Pearl Street, New York.</p> - -<p class='c014'>Cane and Wood Seat Chairs, in Boxes, for Shipping.</p> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>BENJAMIN JONES, COMMISSION DEALER, IN Real -Estate. Houses and stores and lots for sale in all -parts of the city. Office at the junction of Broadway, -Seventh Avenue, and Forty-Sixth Street.</p> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>FULLMER AND WOOD CARRIAGE Manufacturers, -239 West 19th Street, New York.</p> - -<p class='c014'>Horse-shoeing done with despatch and in the most scientific -manner, and on reasonable terms.</p> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>W. E. KNAPP’S NEWS DEPOT, 279 BLEEKER ST., -near Barrow street. Subscriptions for Dailies, -Weeklies, and Monthlies, which will be served as soon as -issued.</p> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>CHEAP PERIODICAL AND PAMPHLET BINDERY, -No. 50 Ann street, N. Y. F. S. Pittman, successor to -H. H. Randall. Mr. Gouverneur Carr and N. S. Putnam -have purchased an interest in the concern.</p> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>AUG. BRENTANO, SMITHSONIAN NEWS DEPOT, -Books and Stationery, 608 BROADWAY, corner of -Houston street.</p> - -<p class='c014'>Subscriptions for American or Foreign Papers or Books, -from the City or Country, will be promptly attended to.</p> - -<p class='c014'>Foreign Papers received by every steamer. Store open -from 6 A. M. to 11 P. M. throughout the week.</p> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>P. C. GODFREY, STATIONER, BOOKSELLER, AND -General News dealer, 831 Broadway, New York, -near 13th street.</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>At Godfrey’s—Novels, Books, &c., all the new ones cheap.</div> - <div class='line'>At Godfrey’s—Magazines, Fancy Articles, &c., cheap.</div> - <div class='line'>At Godfrey’s—Stationery of all kinds cheap.</div> - <div class='line'>At Godfrey’s—All the Daily and Weekly Papers.</div> - <div class='line'>At Godfrey’s—Visiting Cards Printed at 75 cents per pack.</div> - <div class='line'>At Godfrey’s—Ladies Fashion Books of latest date.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>C. TYSON, CORNER OF NINTH STREET & SIXTH AVE. -Has for sale all the late Publications of the day, including -all the Daily and Weekly Newspapers.</p> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>SEE “JOBSON’S RED FLAG,” OF THIS DAY, FOR -interesting news. Published at No. 102 Nassau Street.</p> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>JOHN B. WEBB, BOAT BUILDER, 718 WATER STREET. -My Boats are of models and materials unsurpassed by -those of any Boat Builder in the World. Give me a call, -and if I don’t please you, I will disdain to charge you for -what does not entirely satisfy you.</p> - -<div class='c019'>JOHN B. WEBB.</div> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>SAMUEL SNEDEN, SHIP & STEAMBOAT BUILDER.—My -Office is at No. 31 Corlears street, New York; and -my yards and residence are at Greenpoint. I have built -Ships and Steamers for every portion of the Globe, for a -long term of years, and continue to do so on reasonable -terms.</p> - -<div class='c019'>SAMUEL SNEDEN.</div> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>ALANSON T. BRIGGS—DEALER IN FLOUR BARRELS, -Molasses Casks, Water, and all other kinds of Casks. -Also, new flour barrels and half-barrels; a large supply -constantly on hand. My Stores are at Nos. 62, 63, 64, 69, -73, 75, 77 and 79 Rutger’s Slip; at 235, 237, and 239 Cherry -street; also, in South and Water streets, between Pike and -Rutger’s Slip, extending from street to street. My yards in -Williamsburgh are at Furman & Co.’s Dock. My yards in -New York are at the corner of Water and Gouverneur -streets; and in Washington street, near Canal; and at Leroy -Place. My general Office is at 64 Rutger’s Slip.</p> - -<div class='c019'>ALANSON T. BRIGGS.</div> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>FULTON IRON WORKS.—JAMES MURPHY & CO., -manufacturers of Marine and Land Engines, Boilers, -&c. Iron and Brass Castings. Foot of Cherry street, East -River.</p> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>BRADDICK & HOGAN, SAILMAKERS, No. 272 South -Street, New York.</p> - -<p class='c014'>Awnings, Tents, and Bags made to order.</p> - -<div class='c019'>JESSE A. BRADDICK,</div> -<div class='c019'>RICHARD HOGAN.</div> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>WILLIAM M. SOMERVILLE, WHOLESALE AND -Retail Druggist and Apothecary, 205 Bleeker-st., -corner Minetta, opposite Cottage Place, New York. All the -popular Patent Medicines, fresh Swedish Leeches, Cupping, -&c. Physicians’ Prescriptions accurately prepared.</p> - -<div class='c019'>WM. M. SOMERVILLE.</div> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>A. W. & T. HUME, MERCHANT TAILORS. No. -82 Sixth Avenue, New York. We keep a large and -elegant assortment of every article that a gentleman requires. -We make Coats, Vests and Pants, after the latest -Parisian fashions, and on reasonable terms.</p> - -<div class='c019'>A. W. & T. HUME.</div> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>THE WASHINGTON, <span class='sc'>By</span> BARTLETT & GATES, -No. 1 Broadway, New York. Come and see us, good -friends, and eat and drink and be merry, in the same capacious -and patriotic halls where the immortal Washington’s -voice and laugh once reverberated.</p> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>O come to our Hotel,</div> - <div class='line'>And you’ll be treated well.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='c019'>BARTLETT & GATES.</div> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>J. N. GENIN, FASHIONABLE HATTER, 214 Broadway, -New York.</p> - -<div class='clear'> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -</div> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>GENIN’S LADIES’ & CHILDREN’S OUTFITTING -Bazaar, 513 Broadway, (St. Nicholas Hotel, N. Y.)</p> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>EDWARD PHALON & SON, 497 and 517 Broadway, -New York—Depots for the sale of Perfumery, and -every article connected with the Toilet.</p> - -<p class='c014'>We now introduce the “BOUQUET D’OGARITA, or -Wild Flower of Mexico,” which is superior to anything of -the kind in the civilized world.</p> - -<div class='c019'>EDWARD PHALON & SON.</div> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>EXCELSIOR PRINTING HOUSE, 211 CENTRE ST., IS -furnished with every facility, latest improved presses, -and the newest styles of type—for the execution of Book, -Job and Ornamental Printing. Call and see specimens.</p> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>CHARLES FRANCIS, SADDLER, (ESTABLISHED IN -1808,) Sign of the Golden Horse, 39 Bowery, New York, -opposite the Theatre. Mr. F. will sell his articles as low as -any other Saddler in America, and warrant them to be equal -to any in the World.</p> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>H. N. WILD, STEAM CANDY MANUFACTURER, No. -451 Broadway, bet. Grand and Howard streets, New -York. My Iceland Moss and Flaxseed Candy will cure -Coughs and Sneezes in a very short time.</p> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>JAMES GRIFFITHS, (Late CHATFIELD & GRIFFITHS,) -No. 273 Grand st., New York. A large stock of well-selected -Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings, &c., on hand. Gent’s, -Youths’ and Children’s Clothing, Cut and Made in the most -approved style. All cheap for Cash.</p> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>J. AGATE & CO., MEN’S FURNISHING GOODS -and Shirt Manufacturers, 256 Broadway, New York.</p> - -<p class='c014'>Shirts made to order and guaranteed to fit.</p> - -<p class='c014'>J. AGATE. <span class='padded'>F. W. TALKINGTON.</span></p> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>BILLIARD TABLES.—PHELAN’S IMPROVED BILLIARD -Tables and Combination Cushions—Protected by -letters patent, dated Feb. 19, 1856; Oct. 28, 1856; Dec. 8, -1857; Jan. 12, 1858. The recent improvements in these -Tables make them unsurpassed in the world. They are -now offered to the scientific Billiard players as combining -speed with truth, never before obtained in any Billiard Table. -Sales-rooms Nos. 786 and 788 Broadway, New York. Manufactory -No. 53 Ann Street.</p> - -<div class='c019'>O’CONNOR & COLLENDOR, Sole Manufacturers.</div> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>S. L. OLMSTEAD, IMPORTER, MANUFACTURER -and Jobber of Men’s Furnishing Goods, No. 24 Barclay -Street, corner of Church, New York.</p> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>C. B. HATCH, HILLER & MERSEREAU, Importers -and Jobbers of Men’s Furnishing Goods and Manufacturers -of the Golden Hill Shirts. 99 Chambers Street, N. -E. corner Church Street, New York.</p> - -<hr class='c021' /> - -<p class='drop-capa0_0_0_4 c022'>L. A. ROSENMILLER, DRUGGIST, NO. 172 EIGHTH -Avenue, New York. Cupping & Leeching. Medicines -at all hours.</p> - -</div> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Stephen H. Branch's Alligator Vol. 1 -no. 10, June 26, 1858, by Stephen H. 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