Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-08-20
No. 4a@.


q sion tenf hne looking negroes which they Ind
3 deeoyed sway from a widow lad9 named r. -
US, residing In ChlCVt eouIfy, Afk-MiHdta
Gazrtfe.
"Flt take yottr part III Tie dog said vaen
! he stole The eats dinner.
! fdrd et9fenrD-Ah % country editor an
: h5nHtes That, in Consequence Of the hard
times, he has come to tb6 conclusion In sdtef
tie ea"h system, and that. hereafter. Subscribers
VII Pc expected t" pay promptly 1T Irish pr
tstnF5 am string beans at par, or Eio0p-polrs
anu winter sfhsshes at 10 per cent discount.
A readg rebrfs-A drunken Law yer going IN
a church, was observed By the minister, who
addressing himself 10 him, sal # will bear
"ttuese against that sinner at the day Of ifda-
fnehtN The lawyer shaking his head with
drunken gravity replied al have p~factised
tFFehty Ysafs at the bar, and have always
loiu4d That the greatest rascal is the FIRST tn
turn states evidence"
A iate account estimates the number sr lives
tost by the earthquake Al. Cape flatien. 1T
1000 ahd the loss Ut property by foreign ntar-
chants aionn, IT " 1000. 300.
T1e Wheeling Times SAYS. thai owing Il,
The barge crops ct Wheat ia lie west. Ggur will
no doubt sell at that place for tao dollars per
barrel; &C less.
The Picay u0e, speaking Of HE late Abbe
hl2htt applies 10 bin these beautiful lines
fran Gaiis atith's Deserted Village
"Stiil to relieve the Wteiebed was his brids,
And cen his failinss leaned to virtues side.
But ~ his duty prompt NJ sy'ry calf,
liz waicl'd and wept, hs pray'd and felt fJs
all;
Aud % q bird each fond endaarmsnf tries
10 tempt its new-1eJg'd offspring 10 The skies.
lie tried safts art, repfo4'd each dull delay.
Alfhrsd "a brighter worlds, md lei The W4yy'
N9tff rnre-The Southern Literary Ms4sen-
gTT contains a collection Uf Scenes and Af-
ventures, ty q captain Of The u. 8. Dragoons."
III one q which isa novel prescription, re-.
connmeeded by a physician, and which result
ed N HE cure NJ tie patient The story f~aiates
10 a Captain u the Gin lBfantry,then stationsd
at Jefferson B3rfachs.aad is IS follows,
"Capt. -, soon after became IN low
health, and beng OF impatient TEMPER, his
/ spirits sank under IL His life was in danger.
and ~ a last resort SURGEON q. prescribed 4
singular mode Of tfsatmant-a novel kind Of
hftttea@ud-which was entrusted 10 LIsnt.
II. II" Paraded daily around tho Gap
airs tent With Il long face. whjsfiina .he dead
l1hatch and IL so happened that, being first
on The list. the taptafu's death, would cause
lis promotion. Bat Capt. --=@. taking this
yisw Of it. waved w~faihfal. aud swofe h~
would not die for ms tornentor's sake and
the cure was tnade.'
gfThe Globe SAY "ths democrats O. Rhode
Island will tet buiid a temple to lrbefty IN.
that state We rather think that their temple
will BE- Of the Dogrsie order Of arehtte5tafcg4
Juus .Iuf.
The wings Of Name held Il State Conysn-
ton on ths 9Th ut. Among other things done,
Henry Clay was Nominated Tor the Presldsu-
eY, ard this resolution passed. 1'bsre is Just
about as much political gall aud vinegar in it,
as We ever saw concentrated int9 the sans
number Of ltnesa
R5aokghd, VII That while We DO not hold
10 the doctrines Of NulIfBeatiop. Re pudEafien
or SstOeS We VIII make one marked sxcsp-
ton in favor Of Multiplying Rspadfating and
Vetojny the administrator If John Tyler gsr
aS, IN the abstract ami c~oncrets. That he has
fofsakrn those to whose generous eobGiegrs
he owes his station, aud ttat, nc1ajesctDa In
the separation we regard win equal e0lminrt
the treason and the traitor.
"caa ste splu2"AThis question vas asked
by King James /. when Il young girf was pre-
SeBtedt and lie person who Introduced her,
boosted Of her proficiency In the ancient .as-
@aa4ess
p - H"S+ftt 1Ofi .ibtyG5tS1 &diH H3- 'tHIt
size eau both speak aud #dfs Latin, Greek,
and HpbreW.t
"Ilisse are fare attachments for d dLrnse1."
said James, "but pray tell me-. can she SPIN 7"
Many Of the Young ladies Of the present dav
can boast Of their skill IN fhe fine arts, polite
accomplishments, IN music, pointing, dancing.
but can they Spit OF, what is more appro-
pirate 70 The times, and The modern improve
fneifts IN labot-saying machinery, ii may be
asked. cab they perform the domestic duties
Of a wife! Do they understand the manage
mept OF household afaifs7 Are they capable
Of experimenting, in a judici0us, prudent,
and economical manner, the concerns Of d
fdmilg1
RaopE 1st4sn-The Sswport Mefcury. A
moderate paper, states that the whole number
Of prisoners taken and examined under mar
tai law in Rhode Island, during the last dis
furbance was l54-of which 122 we're dis
charged, and " committed for trial before The
Supreme Court.
In The Charleston C.,urier We fnba fagi.
tive poem, "the Ocean" Parts Of il are
notwithstanding exceedingly
"SEonId'st thon lead me 10 thy towering
height,
SnbIjmfty1 Commend mc 10 old ocean,
When ~tenpeata toss jts water, and crest them
With whiteaed foam-wnen sea birds scream,
The dying sailors eIcgy-~len brayc hearts
quail,
And stout opes trembIe-~when waves are
changed
TO moantairs-faounsaias sink in covered
depths
When the brave slip is tossed from eide to
side,
And labors Onward with fearful motion,
TO meet her dark and melancholy fate,
Beneath the buoyant tide, that long has held
Her up, and clasped her to her bosom,
With all a lovers fondgess."
a HINT TO GtGLs-An exchange paper
sags:"We Laya always considered it an un-
erf9ng sign. Of innate yuIgarify, wben We
hear ladies' take particular pains to Impress Us
with an idea of Their ignorance of all doFnes-
&c Matters save sewing lace o. weaving A
net 10 encase their delicate hasds. Ladies,
by some curious kind of .hoeu2 pocus. have
got it into their heads, that the best way to
catch a husband, ~ to show bow profoundly Ca
pable they are Of doing nothing br his comfort.
Frightening a piano into ftg, or numbering
tho Kings French, may be good bait for certain
kinds Of fish, but they nust be OF that kind
usually found IN very shsHov xater. The
surest way to secure good husband, is TO cuI-
tsy5te tftoss accomplishments @hIch make d
good wife.
Gen. Bustamente, ex-Presideut of Mexico,
/ iG IN {.taarcu-