Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-04-02
No. g..

CHIT HAT.-The celebrated Buxtorr
in his Hebrew Lexicon, informs US that
the name Of our first mother, Eve, is de-
rived from a word which signifies to talk
Upon this derivation, and the original
meaning Of this word, the Rabbinical wrl-
tiers have constructed the following fable:
On a certain occasion there fell from
heaven, IL large baskets, filed in man.
ner similar TO Pandora's box. but with very
different materials. They did not, like
hers, contain bodily diseases, but an Attic
with : chit. chat Upon their decent, a
general scramble took place between the
two sexes who inhabited the earth; but the
ladies', being more active, were more sue
cessful than the g and picked up nins,
which they instantly secured, and with
sacriligions care transmitted TO their fe.
male descendants
The naval force Of Great Britain, the
'".gest in the world, consists Of 500 ships
o.".,. carrying from l to 100 guns each,
o.! o'h"f''t cal,bres, which are either in Or
o'na,y OF e':n'ssion. OF this immense
ti"tii'a' id3 are '>-ncd steam vessels, con.
s%trncted on the mos, semitic and approv.
ed principles, for active "a serv;ce' To
man this extensive fleet In t,,.. rs n..c.
there $4,000 able bodied seantsq. 2ono lad.
and $4,000 royal marines. Tins ,umber
will, however, be greatly augmented, a. ~,
vessels ordered to be put into commission
for China, &c, are to nave their full com.
plement of able eaman
The Green Bay Republican Of the 9th
says that an Oneida Indian, named Peter
Green, Of that place, a few nights before,
murdered three of his children, the eldest
six years old-apd then attempted unsuc-
ccssfuEly to put an end to his own existence.
He was melted to these horrid acts by the
drunken habits Of his wife.
Horse radish cut into small pieces and
chewed, is an excellent remedy for hoarse-
ness, coughs, colds, and cases of incipient
consumption. Several cases pitts SUCCESS
full application have come within our knowl-
edge.
II has beer. calculated that a hawk will
hy not less than $50 miles in an hour.
Major Cartwright, on the coast eff Labra.
dor, found, by repeated tbs, ryatlons, that
the flight of an elder duck was at the rate
Of 80 miles an hour. The flight Of the
common crow is nearly 25 miles an hour;
and SpalIanzani found that Of the swallow
to be about 81 miles, while he conjectures
that the rapidity Of the swift is nearly three
times greater. A falcon, which belonged
to Henry Nv. of France, escaped from
Fontainblcau, and in "a hours afterwards
was found at Malta, a distance computed
to be no less than 1850 miles-a velocity
nearly equal to 81 miles an bonr, supposing
the falcon to be on the wing the whole
time /; but az such birds never fly by night,
and, allowing the day TO be at the longest,
his flight was perhaps equal to Is mile.
an hour. But say that the flight of birds
is about so miles an hour, how easily car
they accomplish their most extensive mi
grations, especially as it is well known
that woodcock and other birds take the
advantage of a favora lie breeze, which
aids them perhaps at the rate Of 30 or 40
miles an hour.
Z, 1t will rather take the reader by surprise
, to be told that in a life of 50 wears dura
, ton, with a moderate daily allowance Of
, mutton, Tor instance, he will have consu
med a flock of three hundred m fifty sheep
/ There is nothing keeps longer than
5 middling fortune, and nothing melts away
sooner than a great one. Poverty tread:
: upon the heels Of great and unexpected
riches.
LORD AsHBURroN.--Among the tru'
, bills brought in by the grand jury Of tn
4 central criminal court Of London, on tn
8 10th Of February, was one charging Alex
5 ander Barring, now Lord Ashburton, Fran
els Barring nd Humphrey MiIdmay, 70
I conspiracy. 1t is under TODD that the in
dictment charges the Defendants with
conspiracy to bride certainsl members o
. the legislature of Mexico to pass a bill I
= prevent foreigners from holding land with
e in that state and that the motive who
e induced the defendants thus to interpos
d was to deprive the prosecutor, one Samns
e Moore, Of the advantages Of a contrac
{ entered into between him and the defen
~ - dants. The Recorder intimated that tn
I cour, had no Jurisdiction.
A second Dairy Croekct.-The mantl
of Davy Crockett has certaialy fallen upo
Mr.. Arnold of Tennessee. During an g
e musing speech the other day upon tn
tariff, Mr.. A. remarked among othe
things that he "did not wish to give vaga
bends Of the country a chance to drin
champagne, &c"
A Member.-"Are you a ce-totalIer!
I, Mr.. Arnold.-"No. never, by a jug full
! But as a friend near me has remarked wit
a COOL horn of"uhHe tace,'' can swallo'
New Hamst,ire at a moathful if her gram,
le hills were well creased. (Laughter.) =
TO Another Member.-"'It would give va
y the grarel, old fellow Renewed laugl
,e ter.] q
r A Third -''If he swallowed the Or
Id State, he would surely have the ste.
Roars of laughter.
f.
TT rruu sDayrH ~ unpSrS-