The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-06-10 00:00:00

GLEANINGS FROM THE NEW YORK PAPERS.

SOCIETY IN PARIS.—We are told that American society is
anything but agreeable in Paris. Instead of that union and re-
gard which citizens of a common country should cherish for
each other in a foreign land, we are informed that there is little
association, and that little by no means agreeable. How true
it is, we shall not venture to say, but rumours are afloat that
constant tracassaries or hoaxes are played on each other—as for
example : a large uninvited party making its appearance, pre-
ceded by confectionary and other refreshments, thus taking the
inmate wholly by surprise. A coffin has been sent for one that
was ill—a hearse for another—and a hundred disreputable fool-
eries, which are unknown here. Who are the authors, or of
what country, remain unknown, but it is said to be anything
but agreeable, social, or good-hearted.
TRADES AND PROFESSIONS.—There are about three hundred
young lawyers in this city, who, we venture to say, do not, each,
earn three hundred dollars per annum. A mason or a carpen-
ter boldly asks twenty shillings a day, and gets it all the year
round ;—and yet, parents scorn to make their sons mechanics,
but rather allow them to starve in professions. How injudi-
cious ! If it was more fashionable to be a carpenter than a law-
yer or physician, the difficulty would soon be overcome We
know one contract given to a carpenter and mason for 100,000
dollars. This is really business.
Nearly all the orators in Congress, in commencing political
speeches, specially refer to the jealousy which the free Quite
of this country always feel in relation to their rights. Quite a
mistake. Whatever they may feel, it is quite certain that they
exhibit very little jealousy or any other feeling on the subject,
or the present misrule in the land would not be sanctioned.
SUFFERERS BY THE FIRE.—We have received a printed cir-
cular of the proceedings of the London meeting in behalf of the
New York sufferers and the appointment of Mr. George Jones,
the American tragedian, (quere is he an Ainrican ?) together
with a long speech from the Officious gentleman. We have
also received several queries as to "who is Mr. George Jones ?"
We answer that all we know of the gentleman is, that he was a
stock actor at the Bowery, with a good character, and remark-
able here for what he is not quite so remarkable for in London,
v. a., his modesty. In a call on British sympathy for great
losses in New York, nothing could have been more real appro-
pos than the interference of an American on the occasion,
and although we by no means would exclude gentlemen of his
profession from mingling in any laudable public affairs, vet
there are times and occasions when such must be obtrusive.
Mr. Jones may be ambitious of distinction, for which we blame
him not, but we apprehend that in this case his interference will
do little good.—New York Evening Star.
I)Ks'lnccTioN of Hoases.—Mr. Dewey, stage proprietor at
Castleton, Vermont, has lost tbirtv horses by the severity of the
late winter. Horse flesh, however, is not, fortunately, in such
great demand as formerly. The vast increase of locomotive
steam power will soon, perhaps, entirely supersede the use of
horses and other animal power on land, as well as that of can-
vass on the ocean and rivets.
A BONE TO GNAW FOR GRUMBLERS.—" Such is the pressure
of the times in our town," said a Birmingham manufacturer to
his agent in London, " that we have good workmen who will get
Up the inside of a watch for eighteen shillings,., " Pooh! that:
is nothing compared with London ; we have boys here who
will get up a chimney for sixpence!"
The Salmagundi, a periodical published at Philadelphia, holds
out a considerable inducement to the wags of our country to set
their wits to work to replenish their empty pockets. The editor
offers fifty dollars for the best original tale. For the best ori-
ginal comic song, twenty-five dollars. For fifty original anec.,.
dotes, jests, &c., twenty-five dollars. For best comic deeign,
&c., twerrtv-five dollars. The tariff for the three last commodi-
ties is rather low, and we doubt if any thing very original or
comic can be got at that price.
The Fieschi of the Globe commences an article " We have,
half a mind." The first truth he ever told—though we think be
has complimented himself too largely in the apportionment of
his intellectual hereaitaments.
The Bunker Hill Monument is at a stand-still, for want (says
the Boston Post) of a silver lever, in the shape of ways and means,
to raise the granite necessary for its completion.
To THE POINT !—A bill fur the organization of the militia,
being once under discussion in one of the State Legislatures,
a member spoke to the point, as follows:—" Mr. Spaker ! when
'I do speak, I come to the point. I think this ere proposition to
get organs, all nonsense. I've been Cap'n six years, and I
icsow—in fact, Mr. Speaker, I'm willing to assert it before hea=
ten and earth, that one good fife and drum are worth all the
organs in creation for the militia. I'm satisfied this is the point
}—end therefore feel constrained to move that the organs for the
`Xailit;a be eternally postponed.--Claremont (N.H.) Eagle.
43;ESTOS CHESTS, for preserving merchants papers, books,
a,.e getting into great vogue in Baltimore.—Several success-
ful experiments have been made with them—heating them red-
hot, while the contents remained perfectly unchanged. Asbes-
tos is an excellent non-conductor of heat, and of a mineral fi-
brous textuoe, Tomblin.. flax when flexible as it often is goini,
then under the name of
‘ffiianthus or "Devil's Wool." Its
character is rnagneszan."
Balla
crown." The Thrice on the Lupercal did he refuse the
James Cuthbertson of Zanesville, Ohio,
has respectfully declined the degree of D. D., conferred on him '
by a college of Philadelphia.

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e proprieto—r; of the new Liver-
• pool Fish Company gond ehritslit'. Do you give it up ? Be-
cause they save their soa. aliye""?
they
Dioarket and thristians?
of Ash from the new Fist, Co„n,,, NV,hY, also, are all purchasers
,nto towip-ds Zion. (Lion
iDo you give it up? Because
y;,)---‘,.. by is the specula-
'chapel is purchased for their fish Z
;ion of the new fish.comany likely to
taking ? Do you give it up? Be- cause it is'ilo)Tifi'4ihrl;', undier-
Why, on the contrary, is r* iikely that the iinde;teV• ""t°l-----
~i.• ‘,1"1 be fi:h(;):t al' ?'
new fishing compa.ny will prove a failtir, :- D, ~,a,i'o,'"F 9f the
Because the fish ar6 jteetal.-,-Why is iho
in by the new fish company likely to pri,vi.• a-lraleatrair:l'ot
you give it up ? The reason is, they jish-in smacks.