Arkansas intelligencer., 1847-07-24

Further Extracts of Foreign News.

Cerro Gordo, as a matter in which they can take
no interest.
Europe" says that journal, "will be tired of
campaign in which conquests bring no particle of
credit, and fighting, prospect of peace, and in
which it is equally impossible to applaud tho vic.
tors or commisserate the vanquished. The intel
Ilgence from America which we published yester.
day, corresponds so exactly with the information
to be expected. that it might have been printed by
I prophesy fortnight ago.
| Instead of following this up with "tirade" of
abuse against us, the Times turns its batteries this
time upon the Mexicans. "They vapor and fume
and boast and brag without the smallest apparent
sense of their daily discontinue. The
confidence of Varro after Cannn altogether van.
lshes, compared with the complacency of Santa
Anna after eighteen settled defeats within thirteen
months.''
This is only another form of deprociaiing the
United States, by undertaking. their enemy.
The Two NoLUNTEERs.-The Montgomery Jour
nal perpetra,es the following:
couple of volunteers-one going TO. and the
other returning from Mexico-rnet in this city Il
few days since. They both hailed from the same
village in Georgia. The following dialogue oc.
Cured when they met:
Tom. Well, Jim, you're back see; what luck!
Jim. Oh, yes; first rate. Ilow's my wife been
getting along since left?
Tom. Tp-lop! She has just presented YOU
with fine boy-not n week old.
Jim. Boy! h-lI! um! Just as expected tho
l'Il ens, again.
jim had been gone ust year.
THE CocKRoAcH NUlsANCE.-This being the
season when the co kronch. the pest of our ki,cb
ems. commences its nocturnal excursions, the fol-
loving recipe may call forth the gratefuI ac-
acknowledgements of those Of your readers who suf.
fer from the presence of this loalhsOme insect:
Take sxpcnny loaf of wheat bread-lhe sta
Ter the better-reduce it 10 crumb, (of course
after pairing off the crus). then in pint of boil
ing water put two teaspoonfulIs of cayenne pep
per. one of puTerzed orrseed, half drachm of
saltpetre, the same quantity of white lead, and |
wine glass full Of extract of hops. Now throw
in your crumb of bread, digest for six hours in
moderate heat; strain through a cloth, add to the
liquor 30 drops Of tucture Of quassia. and let it
stand till the next day; then bottle it and keep it
in a pnn'hry on a lump Of sugar and some dozon
Jumps strewed around your kitchen, and it will
remove the pest in less than no time:
BArHlNG.-Cist, in his Advertiser, speaks to
his readers on the importance of bathing, as fol. |
lows:
"At the risk of repeating what have already
said on the subject of bathing, let me remind my
IehuCTS oi INC VAST Importance OF WlSnnp OIL |
the impurities which the circulation of the blood !
is continuity drpositng upon the humon n surface.
since all this pcrnlcious filth is subject, if left |
there, to be taken up again by the absorbents to
the manifest pre- Iudcc of health and tfe. This
is the grand cause of the various and fat,.i dis.
eases of summer. its udest effect being tho de. !
bIhty which renders that so uncomlor,a.
bic, and which, for wan: of true rras IN, we as.
scribe to the extreme hcats. If any person doubts
this, let them observe fact which experience |
supplies, that an infant whose mother washes i,
all over with cold water regularly, day by day,
commencing with the oarIy spring months, never
has summer complaints"
TIE CARLISLE Rro".-The late abolition riot
at Carlisle Is the cause of great excitement in Ma
rylnnd The Hagerstown News says:
"The recent rot in Carlisle in which our wor.
thy feIow-citizcn, Jas. II. Kennedy. was so Sc
riously maltreated, added to the many recent ca
ses of abduction of slaves from their owners in
this county, has awakened but one sentiment in
our community. which Is, that all free negroes
must be compelled 10 leGre the Slate. The action
of the Legislature upon the subject will be anx.
iousy awaited, and if not satisfactory. other mea-
sures will be resortod 10, we have no doubt
TAKE EN- ALA few days ago at the rem
devious of Capt. Chase, in the Tenth Ward,
woman with dubby child in her arms, appear
ed, and demanded a 81 ght at the ofiicer-Leut.
Goodloe presented himself.
$50, sir. you've cIoppod your dirty sojer trap
pings on my husband, have you!'
"Who is your husband, madam!" demanded
the Lieutenant.
BILLY McMurtee, and bold boy he is, so
plase ye But it's dirty thing O. " u. my pref
ty man. to take him from his wife and children"
"Cant be helped,' said the Lieutenant; sits
100 late now."
"Then take the baby" cried the woman, as
she forced the child into the arms of Lieut.. g. !
"Take 'em all; I'll send you four more the day."
or she ran at rapid pace, leaving the unfor.
tunate Lieutenant with the new recruit squalling
in his arms. Doubtful of its value to the service
of Uncle Sam, he sent it home by tho father
C'n. Com
A FAITHFUL Mess ssENGER.-The N. Y. Journal
of Commerce. says: Mr.. Solomon Hayes, who
is in the service of Messrs. Livingston and W ellis
Express forwa rders, has travelled on railroad and
river since 1929, without accident, 4S2 $50 miles!
He has never missed trip, and has carried safe
ly for his employers, ut "A moderate calculation,
during those Is years of service, 55S millions of
dollars, without the loss of single cent.