Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-07-10

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same set ever mingles together again or net
They have fooled away the time and the money OF the
people, and made fools of themselves God help them,
fer they have neither helped themselves nor their
country. They were to adjourn yesterday; but We
doubt whether there were enough present 10 form a
quorum to enable them to adjourn. They sat ill
six o'clock last Sunday morning. and then they had
not quorum; SO the old sergeant at arms ran down
to the rail road depot to take forty or fifty away
representatives in cus:ody-bu the rail road cars ran
of and left him in the lurch. Who cares when such
set of men sink into obscury?
HrMBrG.-A Captain Humbug Somebody, calling
himself Andrew Jackson Clifton, has sent card TO
the New York Courier and they have had beastly
bad taste publish it. II contains this paragraph
any old mother is now 70 years Of age Can be
possible las the Louisiana Advertiser s,s,es that she be
woman of virtue. shame the dastardy wretch
could give urrsnce 10 so much basesess Although bra
lance, she was LEFT dsuss in 1925 Nth five nepes orr or
phars o whom am one ana thank heaven she anagea
swear and prove"
This may do for the South, but we know the first
sentence to be lie. The wretched old bag is about
of age and for years she has supported her
SELF and we believe all belonging TO and about her.
by the bases kind OF prostitution. This is notorious.
Az for this ruffianly bully who writes the card, we
presume that he is about fit to keep the old bag COM
pany And IN the enscavor to escape from her clutch.
cs, 10 avoid living upon money thus procured and to
earn her own living, Miss Missouri pershed.
THE POISONING CAsE.-We have been able, after
great deal of trouble, to find out the precise causes
which led to the death of the child in the upper part
OF the Bowery, as stated in the Herald yesterday
The only person to blame was the stupid lgnoramus
who attended the drug store Of Mr. Painter, ana who
misconceived the prescription written by the ply
stefan. The prescription was written "Sprtus min
erer instead Of which was given by the apothccar Us
clerk acetic acid, which, being administered caused
gastric Inflammation, and indirectly, bronctets pro-
ducing death in 10 hours thereafter. This termina-
ton of the disease is what induced the physician 10
give the certificate, which was concurred in by the
consulting physician, Of "deah by bronchetis.'' If
Mr. Pointer. corner of Sd Avenue and 9th street. has
any desire of continuing his BUSINESS he must send
the stupid BOBBY who don't know the difference be-
tween Mnderer and the powerful acid he substituted
for IL about his business, and the sooner he does SO
and attends to his business in q more proper man.
ner, the better.
To the physicians Of the present day we would re-
the good cid practice Of their predecessors
viz never to send an apothecary for medicines you
ire able to provide yourselves 1t may be less profit
be to you to DO SO, but depend upon it il will be at
ended with far happier results TO your patients and
success to your practice. If then, it is possible to
ind ph yslcan in the city sufficiently Invested of
he degraded vice ofavarice 90 back this whole
omc old custom, we will insure him q rapid for
une.
One word to preserbers generally. Why not stick
"a the new RI tuye If Inv the Eranch
chemist and dispense, IN toto, with the rubbish of
The old. The doctor who wrote the prescription in
the present case, us, that meant admin
lister TO the child weak form Of the Acetate Of Am
mona, or the Liquor Ammsn. Acetatis OF the Phar.
macopeia. Why, then, did he not word his Prescrip-
ton SO, instead of "Spiritus Mind" The careless
rascal could not then have sent Acetic Acid for the
Acetate Of Ammonia. Let all druggists either have
their bottles labelled entirely, according to Lavoisers
plan, wherein the name Of the salt designa,es both
acid and base else let them all be labelled entire
y with plain English terms In either case we should
have less mistakes and fewer cases of poisoning.
"
A Coop JoKE-TALKINs TnIcK-In the Court OF |
Sessions yesterday, man put into the prisoners
box and araigned, by the name of Agnew. He was
asked the usual question
"Are you ready tor ,rial7"
"Not exactly" said he, with astonishment.
"Why no,?" said the District Attorney.
"Becausel only come here as wilnessv
"whafs your nameT
"Hanks"
"why, You a witness; but I called Agncw, not
Hanks"
odd you7 Well, you talked SO thick, and the wea-
Their was so hot thought you said Hanks"
"You can sit DOWN.
" The crops on Long Island look fac; SO do
the crops in the State Of New York generally and
also in New Jersey and Connecticut.
EJ, The insurance Offices Of Philadelphia lose
$4,000 by the loss Of ship Julia, destroyed by fire
June 3d. and $4,000 by the loss Of the barque OF
tawa.
II All the brigands and pirates taken in arms
hereafter Canada, to be put to death without
trial.
" The delegates to the Utica Convention leave
this city today in the Rochester. They will have
Jolly good frolic. They will eat drink and sleep and
kiss the Rochester girls and do nothing else besides
talking.
U7 Counterfeit notes Of every trade, shade cast
and complexion arc aasat. Look out dealers in