Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1829-07-24


ing the character of our flour in every re-
quisite; so that even those interestedly
jealous of the high character it holds, and
who seek to depreciate the price by bur-
dening it with onerous expenses, with the
view of enabling their flour better to COM
pete with it in their own markets, may
seek in vain for pretexts to do so.
EDMUND WALLS,
Flour Inspector, Richmond.
May LIST, 1929.
From the New-York Enquirer and Courier.l
TRAVELLING. Let it never again be
said that there is nothing new under the
sun and on the North River.-Last Sat-
urday we saw man seated in a rocking
chair, smoking pipe and steering Cox
sackle sloop, all at the same time. 1t is
worth ones while to sail up and down the
river month for the purpose of seeing that
man. We should not be surprised to learn
that he is the famous Flying Dutchman,
Van Der Decken, himself, escaped at last
from the Cape of storms. There are how
ever better reasons than this for travelling.
An occasional jaunt takes some weight
from the mind. and the purse-both be-
come light, airy, and elastic.--The former
foregoes the affairs Of state-the Sultan
and the Gar are left to regulate their own
affairs-Mount Vesuvius in vain tries to
attract attention by unfuring its flag of
flame-and Don Miguel is permitted to 90
to old Nick in his own way. Besides,
travelling gives one an appetite for the
good things of this world, and nowadays
all those good things are to be found on
the tables Of our steam. boats and hotels.
Whenever you hear a man finding fault
with the fare in such places, you may take
it for certain that he lives on cold pota-
toes and law pork at home.
But on this subject Of travel and masti.
cation, we have to complain Of a grevous
evil, and one which is exclusively Ameri-
can. Fellow citizens and fellow eaters,
why will We eat so fast, boiling down your
victuaIs as if you were in momentary ex-
pectation OF visit from the sexton? 1t is
a shame and sin for man to treat the
slaughtered beasts Of the field and birds of
the air with so little ceremony. 1t is e.
nough to make roasted pig get up in a
huff and walk off from a table where he
meets with such disrespect and contume-
!y. At Catskill, at Albany, Lebanon,
Ballston. Saratoga, and every other place
where people have nothing to do, they
make it point to hurry through their
meals IN most unsecmly manner-their
jaws move as fast as the wheels of the u.
). Mail coach, and it would tire a hurri.
cane to keep pace with their ascending
and descending forks. Our "host of the
hilf' at Albany has determined to effect a
reform. 1t grieyes his heart to see his
delicate pigeons, with their condiments,
bolted down with as little remorse as a
COW swallows a raw turnip-partcularl
as there is abundance of them. His "EA-
GLE" is to bear scroll in his beak where
on are to be inscribed these words; "EAr
sLowp He is tanning one of his pigeons
Tor the "UPPER HOUSE" who is 10 hover
about the dining-room with label of SIM
liar import This is in imitation Of the
kings Of old, who had special attendants
to put them in mind of certain things
which they might possibly have forgotten
" any person can effect a reform, CRyT.
10 TIC Uldu. we uuSL the time
will come when people will eat slow, nc
matter how fast they may live.
Mr.. VIM. Coleman, late Senior editor of the
New York Evening Post, one of the most distin.
gulshed political papers in the Union died on the
18TH inst. in the 64th year Of his age He has
been its editor since the year 1901. About ten
vars since, his general health was seriously az
fected by paraletic stroke. Finally an apoplec.
tic stroke; on the morning Of the 18th instant put
an end to his life--haviDg fingered in state oil
insenslbility until the afternoon.
Shadrack Jacobs convicted Of the murder of q
Andrew teaster about 20 years ago, was execu
tedat Winnsborough, s. G. on the 10th ult The
unfortunate old man was conducted TO the place
OF execution about 2 P. NJ and no one, it is said
even met his death with more apparent frmnos
and fortitude.