Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-07-17

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The raiDc Of Laitrs.-H'wae stated re.
Gently, at an annborsafy IF the Ladies'
Bible Society in Englant. l'nt n ]ealcula.
ton had been made at Buckingham, res
pecting the proportionato W. sae of the SER
vices or gentlemcn aij ladiAs, as collectors
for charitable and religious purposes, and h
was found that one lady ,as worth tbitteen
gentlemen and n half.
TAKING ADVICE LtrgH sbGy.-A pru-
dent master advised his drunken servant, 10
put By his money for a rPany day. III a
few weeks after, the utaatey asked thc man
how much ho had addott to bis store I
"Faitb, nothing at ALL sa ID he sit all went
yesterday. did as You III me ii rained
very hard Yesterday, audit all wcntl"
"Docs z. ever wash lts Sanis ~ asked
some one of a person rpole distinguished
for his learning Than his cles ]nlincas, "Oh.
yes, he washes HE hand9. lsltthen he has q
trick ofputinE them 70 i Face
Solomon said, Sin MI sour gottings, get
under standing" The solooions of this
day cay, 'io all your getlngs, get upper
standing" There Is difference,
IRELAND AND HERCREAT MEN.
With Burke and Berbely, In philosophy /;
with Swift and Magion, I hunour , with
Goldsmith in poetry with Sheridan and
Flood, In eloquencel wit. Fatqubar and
Congrove, IN the copie drama with
Knowle7 and Shell, in tragedy with Ho-
gan, Mcdowell, and Kir'., in sculpture !;
with MacIise, and Danbyhin painting. and
last Of all, with Wellington, in war, and
Wellesley in the council and in excellent
scholarship, what totntryfn the world can
produce brighter galaxy Ehan this And
illustrated as ireland has Seen by The birth
of such men, how moa::. and vile, and
base, are those icaloosics (Which keep Irish
men III d]isunion and wca9ncse, and which,
urging on brother against brother, have
made her name a bvewoad and q moekory
among the people Of the Iattb, and herself
The weeping Niobo Of nations. For behold
how UNANIMOUSLY we treat vi o0r illuztrious
men Has Swift a statee1 Has Flood a
colnmni Has Goldsmiyh a bust1 Has
Sheridan a picture, or l{urte a shrine, or
haginn a cenotaph, or Barry a niche 7 ]
c0nld weep for the degradation we have
sunk into, and the ~mononIania in which we
now labour, when we raise altars and btists
to dog-hced dcmagogncs Of ninc.and.twcn.
~ whilst Knowles Is sIruggling for lie,
aud all our men of intellect are exiled into
other lands 7--Dub7iH E.ircyzity Mar.
-
Az lNDucuuENr.-Asp crson who ad-
v~ertisos in n morning paper for a clerk,
holds out this iuduccmey,-A small sala.
ry will be given, but hetwill have enough
oyerworb, 10 make up 9s deficiency.
ANOTHER lMrRovEaHNr.-The New
York Tribune, oftho 223 ult., says-"We
went with the RaiIroada AIRS on an expert.
mental trip TO ElizabetLtlwn aud back 10
Jersey City, yesterday ]tetornoon, to wit.
moss the effects of nm asperimept which
mas been on trial for sts25 months the oh.
lect Of which is to saws fie Railroad Com.
panies, Manufactures, &C.. the heavy OK.
pense Of oil. TO the foses of two Of H..
wheels of one ofthe p3Asengcr cars there
arc attached an apparatus said to he both
cheap and simple, whereby the iron axles
ofthoss wheels, and thn brass boxes in
which they r~ovolve, ava kept continually
wet with cold water-Hater is also used
to the journal instead If oil. No heal is
generated, and the y&ater did not GET
warm. The patentee proposes, with wa.
ter and an anti -attritton~ composition, which
he showed us, and WHICH is not to cost one.
sixth part Ofthe present expense, to secure
o n any or every Railroad, all the advan-
tages Of oil as universally used.
The trip was short and pleasant, only
t%wenty-six miles, but the cars went at the
rate oftwenty to thirty miles an hour, and
we personally inspected the boxes and
axles al the several stopping places; and
found them quite cool and wet. The wa.
Ter was but little diseolored; there was no
percepttble a%ttrition or friction.
stANDER.-An Exchange yays-tho,
man who oondeseenR to dip his tongue
into the black and y ter pool of SANDER.
and will so prostitute The soul which his
Maker gave him, as 10 make or propagate
the tales Of malice, deserves 10 be linked
for life with a crossIeyed, c~ross,graiped,
orosstemPered, lattalgured, ~bis-ooted.
r~aw-boned, red-Faired, big-fsted rirago;
and the oma who is guilty Of the same
offence deserves-tu be married 70 4 dose
human LPecao.