The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-30 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEP,TORs' COURT.—It should
be known that the Commissioners are not required by the
Act to sit in the vacation, but are entitled to adjourn on
two occasions for not more than six weeks at a time ; they
have, however, given force to the humane provision by
appointing sittings in the vacation.
AMERICAN LOVE OF OYSTERS, SPIRITS
AND ToßACco.—Three things are in great request amongst
Americans of all classes, male, I mean—to wit, oysters
spirits, and tobacco. The first and third are not prohibited
by Act of Congress, and "may be sold in the capital ; but
spiritous liquors may not. I wondered how the members
could get on without them, but, upon this point, I was
soon enlightened. Below the basement of the building
is an oyster shop and refectory. The refectory has been
remitted by Congress, upon the express stipulation
that no spirituous liquors should be sold there; but
law-makers are too often law-breakers, all over the
world. You go there and ask for pale sherry, and they
hard you gin ; brown sherry, and it is brandy; Ma-
deira, whisky ; and thus do these " potent, grave, and
reverend signors" evade their own laws, beneath the
ball wherein they were passed in solemn conclave. It ap-
pears that tobacco is considered, very properly, as an arti-
cle ‘ f fashion. At a store, close to the hotel, the board
(iuttkide informs you that among fashionable requisites to be
_oind there, ;ire gentlemen's shirts, collars, gloves, silk
hat-dkerehiefs and the best chewing tobacco. But not
onlysr at Washington, but at other large towns, I have
e ,
winli !a,,t, silk mercers and hosiers, this notice stuck up in the
, " Dulcißcintu h '
is the habit ofchewing,•s c ewmg tobacco." So prevalent
do the ladies care andsolittle,
from long custom,
young ladies in the
eabsout it, that I have been told that many
pigtail nicely outh carry in their work boxes, &c.,
and when their ornamentedswains are with
gold aid coloured papers ;
wants, thus meriting theiarraeffat fault, administer to their
ifarryceeacAtino,ns
.by such endearing so-
li cit ude.— Captain
THE CROPS.—The harveseatrtrimc:4
fairly commenced, at least in be said to have
:.; localities of the
country. In this county several) fields
barley have be n
cut clown, and in one or two instances oats
fallen before the sickle. Mr. Dunn, of the Ayr have already
v
reaping his extensive field of corn at the race Acecron:,:;sbegan
the race course Ist
week, with the view, no doubt, of havingwlacie'alin takenr
rigs
by the assembling of the Western Meetin
place to-morrow eight days. The weather, alternate
shower and sunshine, is not so propitious as we could wish,
still we believe the crops are likely to exceed expectation.
We bad occasion last week to travel over a considerable
portion of the country, and were glad to find that little or
n damage had arisen from the late heavy rains. Between
thiso and Edinburgh, wheat and oars, especially where of a
heavy quality, had been partially laid ; hut upoki the whole
we could give no great o,:ca,ion far complaint. In the
neighbourhood of Glasgow and Edinburgh, as well as
several fields in less favoured districts, oats had so fully
a.sumed the golden hue of autumn, that a very few days
of sunshine seemed necessary to render them all that the
\
agriculturist could wish .—Ayr Observer.
A STRANGE DUCK.—A few days ago, a duck
belonging to a _Mr. Marshland, was placed on a table at the
Woodman Inn, when it drank off a glass of ale and six-
penny worth of brandy and water, and after, three six-
penny worths in a neat state, to the astonishment of the
company.—Correspondent of York Courant.
EMPLOYMENT.—Whaterer busies the mind
without corrupting it has at least this use (says Johnson)
, that it rescues the day from idleness; and he that is never
i idle will not often be-vicious.