Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-02-20

Extract from II letter OF q literary gentleman do.
ted London, bib January. 1852:
We have had enough of Boomers here Of loto
They serve ut the bars of public houses dressed i;
pants straw hats and ostrich feathers: also in tho
segar and coffee shops--the sign-board being: -
genuine Roomer SeT0es constantly here And an old
devil who keeps candy shop in this neighborhood,
who buried her sister only FIVE days ago. has doffsJ
her sable and arrayed herself as a Bloomer. for
which caper she had Ter windows broken last ncbt
She is the veriest ugly that ever saw Will
a face of brass, and the foot of dromedarY"
A MODEL FOR BREvfTY.--Lieut Gov Burns. on
taking the chair of the Senate of Wisconsin at il.
recent meeting, made the following short but com.
plete speech. 1t is Cpsaric in its briefness
Gentlemen Of the Senate:
In assuming the duties assigned me by the Con.
stitution, of presiding officer of the Senate, have
only say that will perform these duties as fully.
impartialIy, and perfectly as my humble abilities
will enable me to do
S1GN1FrcaNr.-Sir Charles Napier. in the course
of recent letter to Lord John Russell, said. This
is not the time, my lord. to affront officer who has
rendered service to his Queen and country
when France. with an army of 100000 men. is in a
blaze"
The Corporation of Galway. Ireland. are to send
block of their native marble with suitable inscrip
ton, to be placed in the National Monument to tho
memory of Washington.
QUESTIONS TO BE ANswERED.--Do you believe in
the knockester Rockers Do you love figs peet =
Do you love lambs lungs! Did you ever hear Ber
ry Jiant sing? Do you live the shottecary's
pop! Did you ever ride in waggase BACON?
Yankee Bla lc.
The pumping out of Harlem Lake is approaching
its end already the water is low that bitches have
to be dug in the bottom to lead it under the pumps
by which the three big steam engines suck it out
10000 acres Of good land will be made by the opera
ton.
SAUsAGEs About one hundred dogs have been
killed in Wilmington, Del, since the dog law went
into force two weeks ago.
NJ. Grardin is said to have been offered the editor
ship of a French paper published in the u States ;
and it is added he will accept it.
Upon your oath, SIR said LAWYER fercely.
will you that this is not your handwriting g
- WILL said the witness coolly for can't write
Talking about women voti the Burlington Sem
tnel says
Cradles are the ballot-boxes for women-n which
they should deposit, not votes but voters. That
makes Warwick of every one of en-
Mrs. Harris says it is not as much trouble for
"nuss' to take care of sick people some folks i'm
agine The most of EN- don't want anything, she
says and when they do they don't get it.
New YORK APPLE WoMEN.-Tt is estimated that
nearly $40, 900 will be circulated in Oswego county
this autumn, by spectators in fruit Some 20 900
bares have been purchased and many OF them ship
ped 10 New York. The fruit OF the entire county has
ucell one llH Ill OSWeSO alone having con-
racted for about 900 barrels of winter apples Some
of them which bought in Oswego for ten sh-
ngs, have already been sold in New York for So
An energetic and skilIful business woman, who keeps
fruit stall in Fulton market, the Oswego Journal
says, was in town the other day, and bought 1000
barrels of apples giving her check for the amount
She has made her fortune in the business, and will
no doubt, make $500 out of the operation.
The ChevaIier Husemann was not a passenger on
board the Philadelphia for Havana. previously re-
ported, but has returned to Mobile.
Gov. Ujhazys daughters, who are highly educated,
and raised in the most refined society, il is said
may be seen daily at work in The confeld with hoe,
on their farm, al New Buda, Iowa.
0G-Thc democrats OF Philadelphia county have ap-
pointed Buchanan delegates TO the State convention.
MI Ketell has sold the Democratic Review TO Geo
Saunders, Esq, for $4,000.
The man who saw rail fence, and hat boz, is at
the museum.