Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-03-12

fall vas terrible, aud it is surprising the p4or
devils otjnct-s clt-destrnctioa-sfls not ctsi'-
| rlrtety attained, The damage wai little tnSsre
than u broken leg and aria.
Another. 1 creole Of New Drl'fAS, Ind si@
hand on 4 penknif". on Monday. any prif7n
| hot,rs are ended" said he TO hi1,aself, nj khs
eaur time casting ut the guard Il BIZ 'tf'k,
wb,rh 0taid anything 'ls" than lt4r"""if :"
thu. attentive iuncuouary. The guard FL
no'.rng-tnldc no rush at the fatal knlf*-
II" don't care u i-n for my Flf", sad ""
prisoner he got no fiction t&t his 'ct4Ia"
wards. he halnt: III d. it nov jn.s for stiA-
| willi' and 20 saying he inseft-i the hfde
of the knife in his SHIRT. Immediately uuSIer
his left arm; and then cau',oursy inclnfng
Tia" roirt tiownwafd3, paEsel it s,atwcenfhe
ribs and the skin. iii such . way g to proaEir"
. few Grim ;nn spots on his stout brown rfhc'
THIS operation he repeated arat. and afalh,
until N" guard saw that the tesow wa'flrl-
flng away the ho,fs Of labor, wien he ta3sht
Tho voting gentleman that thetA was s"3nc-
thing more useful to do in THAI place, slan
p~rlcklng ones ribs with a pcnhnfse.
Adams, the ingenious feAow Ht.o unlo3tcd
Dr.. Hines prison doors last year, died on &ot-
day. lie was a man OF fine mechanical 4Jw-
cr2, and had n great genius for Hinancicsns.
The grand error Of his life, was In striving 10
be- q small rascal instead Of Il grEat one. flils
heart vas too good TO Othcrs-ntt sRfTi' kltly
I'uburd ith that supreme spirit 81 sctdsfkesg
which 20 often makes the vllef rascaf on
earth. tn" t~alleg'. prnnhest and ;lno5t lutt ZEN
tai members of ~sncr"ty,
Baton Rrugr. M1r4h Is. Iax2.
Nn.JIrtsrov.-Inur carrier falling 10 Come
found at his usual hour last saturday. 4ecnt
T., your office for n paper, and wniy 7urprIS Il to
learn the Gazette had not beert publshbl as
usual. Thought Won might hars prrhap%.Fns-
pended for want Of the read. II enclosas Won
tuy aubscript1cn-s6 for the past year, afd IS
IN advance for thr coming year:
Your very tirtlr, j F.
Here it is nj last !, ready made IN orr 4lnd$
Just the thing We wanted During IN last
rrrk, she language Of Paul ha; se"n conkant-
r. on our lips =" What shall vc say thxn ! .
how the ID shall VIC tell the S.prld thst the
Gazette was not published list Hltuklay I
How ran we do 1t, and not burst of our y hls-
k"rs aud eyebrows with blushrs!
VIZ were thinking thus over; and thrFHiBg +,
cold water on our cheeks yrsi3 riiat. atEr ar-
irving from New Orleans. wt4n our tettes
half placed in our hands The above pITious
letter. Precious. in~drpd'-n aS,ntainetk only
81 but we would have given tAe autio& vice
that amount (in Orleans and fnuntcrfoE init
tlcipalitv no,cg,) for the mere; words and his
manner Of putting them together. "Thf' viii
do tive con hold our tongue Chs Paul tinild
have done when he didn't kno5y what Il say.)
ct We can take mp the a~neati:th and dsaY on
admit the charge. !
It's true. render; VIZ admit il. That rEcaily
Buckeye, We're a sincere rbtriot. at3 love
70 encourage " this infant naston.' Fence,
although there are many cxccasn aniterer-
filling boats on the river, ftl,'s Pcrsligi and
Clipper have not missed a tfiJs for MOD than
a year. We patronise the Buckeye. She 4lrrics
the ma,l-thc u. =. mail-andt We patonise
the nation through her.
But unfortunately, all these y. s. maid boats
have an extraordinary passion for y ating
their shafts. The Fulton, wh2 never yoke q
shalt before or since she carried the lnaN, used
to break one then every week. The B4rkcye
has commenced the same business; aug wi,eti
she had snapped her last one on Money the
7th inst. she laid our paper, which We 4ere to
print and publish on SATURDAY.. in her&'ngine
room, aud there kept il, until, guy bile ietting
the better Of our dyspepsia, and our fre4ulness
overcoming the tender remenEsrances 81 ury,
We just "leancd' for the Crescent Cik and
the way We brought up papet, Buckeye and
many other things too tedious 90 mcnti9n (rtde
the contents Of the mail~-cotill anything he
NOR" tedlousl) should be a matter oftiistory
al thus very instant, had not :the niger just
whispered something aiyeut dinner.
Blame, then, the Buckeye. IL your p,&rr was
missing last week. You need'nt blaineSlleT Of
ticers--l-f captain nor her clerk-thef re first
rate fe]lnwg-very attentive-ftreat Ytt hafad-
somely Oh board-~g"t an excellent t1b$', with
good wines and etceteras-a9d may Just rs
well b. permitted TO forget for a weebxso inn
pnrtant an item as the paper for IN Baton
Rouge Gazette, aS you may be peril tted TO
for weeks and months togetl er, the
payment of your subscription, txht the
require in advance. 5runpre'ss is-ta =
Our subscribers, however, sill ksoses,othiHg
by this. They will get theis: fall qrs,ta; we
shall fulfil eur centraca with them. We shall
another paper on Monday nSxt, and
the Saturday following cntet again unto the
good old path which the ~tiazftte has pursued
with such quietness md grace, duriniftiie ina-
jor portion of tic present century.