Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-06-01

FOUND DRBNH IN THE K~ftEH.A-tafnes
Fitzgerald lay down, or rather fell down,
on une Of The wbarves Of The Fist Mubici
paliiy oh Monday night. II endeavor 10
sleep off the effects u TOO much liquo,i1ing.
liz t0hk to heed 10 his whereabouts, and
little imagined that The deep. dark turreht
Of the mississippi flowed rapidly within .
few feet Of hin. James was not so drunk
but that he fell 1.-The many iicgnveniences 81
bis couch. end several iitnes shifted his
position IN search ef a sofl plank. AT
length he became impatient; he wondered
who IN The deues had made up that bed,
and concluded 10 get ott and see II he
ehuld not shake up The matrass. EJddsn
" lie Gplt himself moving dowh d gpntla de-
scent The manner Of progression was Of d
pecul ar ehafaetpr-lis could not under.
stand it-=il was very lanny, hut 1t seemed
TO him that, somehow or other. he was
transformed intb n locomotive wbe u. and
was going smoothly down al inclined plane.
The idea pleased hitn; he poiitd away viz.
%nrois'y, and Wh,flad r6and and found al II
rniid rate, 10 prevent the othef wheels from
catching bin. Splash The watehmen
IN the ~lever, who Hasa little way of, star.
ted mp and e ,zpd i~utrhtly where he heard
The ripplitig Of the water. "Augh owow
Holy Moihsri oh, murder jim Pbalin,
take me cut Of this ard III iurgive se rDi
ha,in' me so had 6B The head. Jimmy dar.
Init shhfH he won't desafl the IL this
bog hoe. Come quick nov, boy /; dom
We sec I'm gpin' 10 say on Il plank! Och,
bliiherins !" aa
"What are doing thare7'' said Charley,
vaiply paafing al,oit for the hstta lrntd
whence these strange sounds and suppl
cations proceeded
"sl,urs, The worlds nostin' away. and
Tin houldin m 10 save my property
GLOW did you get there 4"
"Faith. now, | KIN w rs much as yer
self Jimmy Doti you know when well
SEQ land darlihi y sFHA
Camel III show YOU" And Charley.
having discovered Fitzgerald holding on Ia
the WHAT with his hands with the rest u
him floating al,oat in the water, caught
him firmly Try the rape Of The neck and
dragged him ashore. ztat
Yesterday morning Fitz. eatue before
Hsenrdr Gpnnis 10 explain the eirdun-tan.
ees Of the case. Fitz. IL Il bit II Il wag
he generally stated that be had drunk q
great deal nj brandy, and wished, areotd-
iaa n eiitstotp. Ia ,.asb II aatva with tva-
Ter. Tile Mississippi. he thought. held e.
noagb IN make the thing an sgreable mis-.
lure. lie was discharged
MHbltAt RE6Etfrs.-s--We are i'm
debted to Doctors Paige and Nichols.
ofthe New York Saturday Mercury,
for the following new medical re-
ceipts. No certificates Of "astonish-
ing cures are given, so we are in.
.elined to believe the prescription
worth following
To sharpen the appetite /; swallow
a MILESTONE.
TO give tone to the stomach ; get
lined with bell metal.
To prevent the tic.dollar-ower ;
never run III debt.
For tightness of the chest /; first
get your heart open With some mild
charitable laxative, and the lid Of
your chest will open easily.
For the neuralgia ; cease taking
too much of the old ralgia.
To cause a white swelling to dis
appear cover it with shoe-blacking
or Jalap varnish.
To prevent the hair from turning
gray !; make up your mind to dye.
For a cataract !; darn your eye.
For fellon !; arrest and imprison-
ment.