The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1836-04-01

The Yankee and the Jec.-lie told me
trick of his the other day. SAID he, 81
once took out an adventure of gloves 10
-, where thought they would sell to
charm. Well, cot there, but the devil of
glove could get any body to take. AT
last came sneaky, long. barded, sniyellmg
Jew, and offered me a sum below cost, and
rather than carry the gloves back again,
le; him have 'em-bu, thought II plaugy
strange that nobody else would buv. BE.
fore left, though, smelt the rat. That \.
mlnadab had gone round TO all the merchants,
arranged 1t with them to lie, him buy at a
discount, and share the goods. Not as
YOU knows on boys, thinks | to myset-.here
the Captain pu: bis finger on his nose and
wlnked-' you don't fleece me: Jew or no
Jew The next month | went back 10 the
same place on the same errand-nobody
would buy the gloves, as | hoped-excrpt
that son of a gun Of an Amlnadab, and he
took EN- as before, below cost, and was of.
you're trapped my old rat, says to my.
self. ltwas'ni half an hour before he came
down TO the ship. Iou-you-vou've
cheated me, says he. | hay'nt, says |.
lou have, says be, those z owes are all
of one hand know It, says /, and |
could have told YOU so aiore you took 'em
if you'd thought to ask You must take
EN- back, cIied he. I'll be - if | do
answered |. It'll ruin me, snvellcd he.
So much the better, saG [. | know you
YOU VILLAIN, and you've broushtyou goods
10 bad market, It you think TO weasel Inc
now give me, q named a round
sum, tell yel and III lei YOU have the
mates. lie had to do lt--so | out with the
mates and got the money from the Swelling
Amiuadab, VINO looked as dumb. foundered as
a COW with her tail cut off y
Mr.. Wilde Of Georgia, formerly mem.
Der Of Congress, IS now IN Italy. He has
written home a letter recommending to the
attention Of the Library Committees Of Con.
gress, a most rare ard valuable collection Of
ancient works, composing the Library Of
Count Boutonrin IN Florence, which is now
offered for sale, and could be purchased al
comparatively small price. This collec.
ton contains treaty fire thousand printed
volumes, embracing the earliest and richest
specimens of the Greek and Latin classics
that ever issued from any press-the Adlne
and other celebrated edItlons-and upwards
Of tlro hundred and forty manuscripts, some
Of them unique, most Of them scarce and
curious,
1t is probable that the Library Commit. (
tees will bring this subject before Congress,
-Aler. Pheair.
Legislation Ertraordindry.-The Ken.
ebec Journal states that Mr.. Holmes, Of
i fired, introduced an order 10 the House
Of Delegates Of Maine, directing the pur.
chase Of Bible and Dictionary for the use
ofinembers. Mr.. Holmes said that, when
members are sitting here, doing nothing
but looking at each other, il might be well
to look at the Bible little. A DIctlona.
~ was always necessary" 4 motion was
made that the order he on the table, which
was lost and an amendment was then Of.
fered 50 as to make the order read "two
Bibles and "two Dictionaries" in which
shape 1t passed.
This world will hardly ever be enight.
ened as to the lofty deeds and daring ad.
ventures Of the modest individual, who, for
want OF a better, IS nominally the Editor of
the Standard. So dlfiident is he, that un.
less some chronic,er shall be found to re.
cord his valorUus achievements, they will
20 down to posterlty, " unwept, unhonored
and unsung." II seems that he was on the
Canada frontier during the last war, with
his gun in his hand We should like to
know what he was doing with it. There
were individuals there for dideren, purpo.
ses. We hope that those Of the redoubta.
Bile knight of the Standard were not SIMS.
ter. Can no Van Buren, Homer be found
to transmit his valor IN lofty rhyme to pos.
terlty l-Rdleigh Star.
A petition. one hundred and fifty feet in
length, and containing the names OF nearly
five thousand females, resident IN PhIIadei.
phia, praying Legislative interference TO pre-.
vent the increase Of taverns and greg shops,
in that city, was presented IN the Senate,
on the 4th lst., by Mr. Read, Of Susquehan.