Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-11-06

W pay tIitii iEsptGAS " tue h,oSCt5tdis y.
He rose on their entrance and the chair.
men in succession addressed him in IA
manner beneiting the occasion. When
they had finished, Mr.. Ewing, instead oil
making Il formal reply, said conclsely,
"I'aat viii well do, clear, and waving
his hauJ appropriately, the committees re-
tired, discussing whether their reception
had been such as they had reason to ex-
p c. They had not proceeded far in the
hall before The, met al acquaintance walk
ing with a gentleman whom he Introduced
to the committee as the Hon. Mr.. Ewing.
This pui u new tice on affairs; on return
ing 10 the room it turned cut that the
gentleman WHO had received the honors of
the committees was not exactly in his
right MAD, and had happened during Mr..
EwinE's absence TO step in and occupy
his char.
MoDE5TY.-The steamer Mississippi is
daily visited by Il large number Of ladies'
OF PhladcIphIa, and Com. Stewart, with
that marked attention TO the sex which
'bai"SttfiS' 'hG Wd'G, HhS OiuEEtu t1S
white oak hRees--so exposed to public
gaZc--to be covered.
Some queer fellow in PHILADELPHIA in
quiIe, OF Mr.. Chandler Of the Gazette,
tie meaning Of dry ring. Wiac Being IL
qnid, it strikes the inqliring gontiman as
a lltie ont Of order to call il dry. The
editors answer is very satisfactorily: he
says dry wines mean wines imported in
empty bottles..--N. O. Pic.
OF At u recent melting in England Of
the Everton and kirkdale Floral and Hor-
tIcu'tural Society, Il Prize Of case of pru-
ming Instruments and a kentucky axe,
given b. the president, was won by the
L RI Of Derby, for the best collection Of
fruit and vegetables.
SuEPwREcKs.-At a recent meeting of
the British Association for the advance.
ment of science, a statement was read,
affirming that in the course of the year
five hundred ships had been wrecked on
the coast Of that country, the annual loss
Of lives being 1900, and of means e.
00G.00U.
" The United States Government
has commenced a suit against The United
States Of Pennsylvania for $350,Oo0,
claimed for damages on the French bill of
Exchange, protested by the Bank during
.hc administration of General Jackson,
anu as the balance of bonds due by the
bank for The purchase Of the stock owned
by the Cover. 'cnt in the old bank. The
trial began last NJ "day.
The following resolution was adopted in
the Tennessee Legislature on the 9Th nlt /:
"Resolved, That there shah be neither
pipe nor scgar smoked within the Scnate
Chamber during the hours of business a.
the present session of the General Assem-
bly,.
Married, in Philadelphia, on the Sd inst.
John Woes, Esq. to Judeth James, all of
that city. Ephraim expresses the opinion,
That this couple, contrary to the common
dea, will derive increased happiness from
my little WoEs, that in the course of time
nay come along. Don't doubt that the
Joy speaks correctly.
An advertisement appears in an ex-
Journal, in which the following
occnrs:-'Magistrotes and other
for sale here We never knew
before that magistrates were considered
although perhaps, some of them
mount to but very little more in the exer-
OF their prerogative.'
There is IA Young lady in Maine, so very
nodcst "'at she cannot persuade herself
o utter his be 9qked truth.
The shortest man we ever heard of was !
ne who when staining on his feet had to
.ok up to examine the backing on his
hoes!
An Eastern paper says TYLER is an ex-
'erig "cablnct makero-he made four 'se-
:ra'aries'' in one day.
An lrlshman was speaking Of the excel
Of a telescope. DO YOU see that
~neck On the h3i Wonder? That now,
; my old pig, tbo' it is hardly disccrnable;
at whja looked at hin with nv glass it I
hin 50 near that I can plainly hear
im gTunt.'
\ wise man looks upon others as he
oes on his hor>es-aIl their caparisons of
wealth, and place he considers mere
arness.
The editor Of the New Jersey Eagle
as been presented with a pumpkin weigh
az 122lbs.
The Salem Gazette says, t~hat"eighteen
billions Of dollars have now been invested
Railroads within the limits of Massa-
all of which, when finished.
ave paid at least six per cent, beyond all
expenses, repairs, &c. No other State
an show such a result as this.
What is the use of a storekeeper having a
.rge and elegant stock of cheap and fash
unable goods for sale, unless he a~cquaints
lie public with the fact through the medi-
m of IN advertisement?
Streeter says that jokes form a tfun-de-
sental feature of a good newspaper.
A nan in Richmond has vinegar so
larp, that he shares with it.
A fellow BY the name of Pollok, broke |
Ill in Boston, some day last week. We
oppose some information respecting him
be obtained In The "Course of Time
The Hartford Eagle thinks that the
'embers of Congress bad better get I'D a
agent" to do their fighting. If
70 melpbers get by the ears, let the agent
og both, and thus .'equalize the es.