The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-06-26
GATHERINGS AND GOSSIPINGS.
"A snapper up of funconsiderod tnhes."

A western writer thus gives vent TO his indig-
nation in Shakspearean style:
lie who steals my purse steals trash; but he
who borrows my umbrella, and don't return it,
cuss him!!
SaUALLING CoNcERT.--Fve thousand one
hundred and nine children were born in Havana
during the past year, being an increase of 446
on the year 1912. The Diario dc la Mamma
in noticing this says: " What a concert they
would make if they were all confined at one
time in the Tacon Theatre"
And all spanked at once!
Fun TRADE-Three Macklnaw boats, loaded
with flrs, owned by the Union Fur Company,
arrived at st. Louis, from ST. George, on the
22d ult.
In launching a new boat at New Albany, In
diana, curious incident occurred. When the
boat glided from the ways into water, the frame
of the cabin shot off from her into The river, car
ryng several persons with it, who were all saved.
A Government agent in Cincinnati, has Just
purchased provisions for the army on the Sabine,
to the amount of 100000.
The Bible is older than the fathers, truer than
tradition, wiser than councils, more learned than
universities more inallible than popes, more all-
tboritative than priests, more powerful than GER
emonies more reliable for the worlds salvation
than any thing Or every thing else under the
heavens
Curan, when told by his physician that he
seemed to cough with more difficulty, replied
" That is odd enough, for have been practising
all night"
An Emeralder on admiring the Newport Gem
etery, the other day, observed to a gentlemrn
near him, that he considered it healthy place
to be buried in!
A man of wit once said rightly enough" He
who finds good son-in.law, gains good SON =
he who finds a bad one, loses a daughter"
A lady, disbeliever in the science of Phre-
nology, asked phrenologst with view of puz-
|zling him, " What kind of people are those who
have Destructiveness and Benevolence equally
and largely developed?" "These, madam, arc
persons who kill with Kindness
"Onc extreme follows another" as the little
dog said, when he flew around after his own
tail.
"Father, wasn't Alexander hero?"
eyes, my boy" replied CAST.
"Well, then, father, wasn't Mrs. Alexander a
suE-Ro?"
Capital Punishmcnt-Gov Steele of New
Hampshire, in his message to the Legislature,
recommends the abolition of capital punishment
In supporting James X. Polk, the Democratic
party support each and all of their cherished
principles.
Arrirdl of War SteamGrs.--Two Mexican
War Steamers, the Montezuma and Guadalupe,
arrived at Charleston on Wednesday last from
Laguna, on their way to this city for repairs, hav
ing touched for fuel.
There is an old farmer down east who is SO
pious that he keeps his pigs SHOUTS tied up on
Sunday, to keep them from squeaking He's
the same old chap who won't cat beef that has
been coned, he is such a strict temperance man.
There IS young lady out in the Hoosier State
so extremely nice that she can't say eggs---she
calls them 'hen fruit
DESPERATE REvENGE.--A ploughman in Eng
land lately became deeply enamored of milk
maid on a neighboring farm. His addresses
were rejected, and the disappointed swain, full
of melancholy and vengeance, procured strong
cord, went out 10 the barn, and-shocking to re-
late--tied all the cows tails together.
An Exchange paper says that the mechanic
who is ashamed of his apron, or the farmer who
is ashamed of his frock, is himse If shame to
the profession. That's fact.
Rapid Trapellng. steamboat Queen of
the West made trip from New Orleans to Gin
cinnati recently in five days and nineteen hours.
The steamboat Duke of Orleans made trip be-
tween the two places last week in five days and
eighteen hours.
Among the rumors from Washington, is one,
that Mr.. Rhett is spoken ofas Minister TO Rus
sa, and Mr.. G. ]. Ingersoll as Minister to Aus
tra.
Gov. Polk is not only religious man, and a
strict member of church, but he is also rigid
member ola Temperance Society.
"Polk against Poker; that's the rush. Stir up
the animal; poke it into the ribs of the old COON"
So itgOes.
JUICE EDWARD D. KING, of Philadelphia, has
been nominated by the President to fill the place
on the Bench of the Supreme Court of the u
nited States, vacant by the death of Judge Bald
win.
It's now one year since Tallahassee was laid
in ashes, but much has since been done towards
restoring to the town its former commercial ap-
pearance. The principal business street has been
in great measure rebuilt, and that in the most
substantial manner.
AMormon church, consisting of one hundred
land n,ar,bopc hoe haan Ovooni1o1 in Gt
Louis
In every hill of cucumbers, squashes, and mel
ons; set out one OF two old onions.--This is said