Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-10-16

HHa gave Hib Cap Il lOss OVCT
Are you? Oh, PHI" and off she sped,
Whilst he bewail'ed the "los-oph- her ~
ODb A Mrs. Punch-hard, is giving les
sons, out west, in drawing. 1t is said that she
draws exceedingly well, having on one occa-
sion drawn a stout young man from the street
into her ch1mber, and that, too, when she had
not even daylight to aid her in the operati ion
CoNTEMpr.-One of the most conyerlien,
OF modern virtues, is contempt. There is nc
reckoning the number of cases, or varie w OF
circumstances in which it may aid us. II
is good in small quarrels and large ones in
settling private character and rank in
establishing innocence and worth and, above
all, in demonstrating the innate dignity and
self-complacency of the man. II yo1 are
charged with NAL practices in trade. with
fraud, eharlatanism, or less alluring vic es, let
your offended dignity swell out with COZ ,tempt
at the vile aspersion. If any one more kind
than the rest, should offer to prove in court,
as may have been proven to the public, the
truth of the scandal, do not suffer your at
tachment for a sound reputation, to cad you
into vulgar and obsolete customs but smile
like a hyena upon the silly fool for his pains.
Plead not innocence if you have stolen. or
swindled, or been guilty of any other t%rifing
m~isdemeanor, such as the laws cond emn.-
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unqualified contempt" Show the world that
you are not unprepared for such results !; and
that you arc not to be startled at meeting in
PUBLIC, images with which you have been on
terms of close familiarity in private. If by
fraud yea have become o~pulent, you need fear
no exposure, no clamor that the i~nsolent
dupes of your mental and manual jugglery can
excite; a soft smile OF, contempt, in presence of
those who determine right and wrong, with
worthless scamps," "slandere rs wretch
"pitiful thing" or some slight commentary
of the kind, will effectually check proceed
ings against "a mar in such st anding.'
national SOCIETY OF AGR rcULTuRE.-
There has been a good deal said of late in the
papers on the importance of form ing a National
Agricultural Society but as Louisiana has
been thus far without a State institution of
the kind, we did not think it worth while to
say any thing to our readers about a show in
Washington city, until we should witness the
showing they would make al home. Now,
however, the preliminaries of'the society have
been arranged, our readers mist be informed
of the stand'they will be ca led. on to take
among sister States. Louisiana must show
large at the great national show.
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF AGR1CULTURE.
-Agreeably to IL notice :.iven on the
morning of the 4th inst. Il rety respectable
meeting of real friends, " as held in the
afternoon in the great emit a:ice hall of the
Patent Office every facility for that pur-
pose having been most cheerfully afforded
by the Hon. Henry L. Ellsworth, Com'r.
of Patents, of whom the o'lntry can truly
boast a most decided friend of agricultural
improvement.
The following are minutes of the pro-
ceedings.
"1he meeting was called to order BY
the Hon. Mr.. Ellsworth, who stated to the
assemblage that Solon Robinson, ESQ. OF
Indiana, was then pres eat-and that as
Mr.. Robinson was looked upon as the orr
ginal protector of the measure upon which
those present had met'tb consult, he moved
that the meeting be organized by calling.
Mr.. Robinson TO the .cIlair. The motion
being seconded by Nh. Callan, was put by
Mr.. Ellsworth, and Carried by acclamation..'
Whereupon Mr.. Robinson took the chair,
afler offering his thanks to the meeting fof
the honor conferred Upon a stranger in the
city of Washington At the solicitation
of several gentlemen present, Mr.. Robin
son before taking hisseat briefly stated the
object Of the present meeting to- be a mere
PRIMARY one, for the purpose Of consulting
together upon the ex,edienev. of calling a
general meeting of ALL fayoratfe to the
object of organizing a National Society of
Agriculture, and should Those now here
present deem it expedient,' TO fix upon a
time, and adopt some preparatory steps
towards forming a constitution. Where
upon J. T. Callan, and John A. Smith,
Esqs., were appointed Secretaries of the
meeting ]
The following resolution was Submitted
BY Mr.. Ellsworth, and after several en-
tiemen had expressed their views very
freely, it was unanimously
Resolved, That the interests Of Agricul-
tiare imperiously require the cooperation
of its friends throughout the Union, to
concentrate their efforts By the formation
of a National Society, for tie promotion
of National Industry, and "to elevate the
character and standing Of the cultivators
of American SOL"
On motion Is the Hon. 4. 0. Davton.