The Yazoo Democrat., 1852-09-08
INTEREsrLNa EnoM NIeAnAauA-A leLtor d--


INTERESTING FROM NIcARAoUA.-A letter da.
ted San Juan del Norte, July 3lst, says
"The Hon. John D. Kerr, the American
Charge to Nicaragua, has been quite unwell since
his return from Guatemala, whittier be went TO
exchange and ratify commercial treaty entered
into some time since by the respective Govern
ments, but has recovered, and is now in Mana
qua.
Mr.. L. J.. White, the recently appointed Uni
ted States Consul at San Juan del Sur, has been
refused his ezequator on some frivolous ground.
but the true reason Is that he is the agent Of the
Transit Company,
On the evening Of the 2Ist, DR.. James g Don
oghe, son Of James Donoghe, Esq, Collector Of
the port Of New Haven, was standing on the
plaza in Granada, conversing with some friends.
when the sennies challenged the doctor. Not
supposing they were challenging him, being out.
side the plaza, he made no reply The sentrie5
rushed upon him, bayoneting him in the mouth,
coming out at the cheek, and twice in the arm,
and beating him with butts Of their muslets We
ry severely. His wounds are not mortal The
Americans have demanded the punishment Of
the offenders, and sent for the American Consul
al Managua to Investigate the affair. The Gov
ernment, becomingalarmed ordered the soldiers
to be noggel.
A LUDIcRoUs M1sTAKE.-A Cincinnati grocer
house, finding out that cranberGes commanded
six dollars per bushel, and under the impression
that the article could be bought to advantage at
St. Mary's, wrote out to a customer, acquainGng
him with the fact, and requesting him to send
g one hundred bushels per Simmons" Che wag
oner usually sent) The cores spondent a plain,
uneducated man. had considerable difficulty in
deciphering the fashionable scrawl common with
merchants clerks of late years, and the most i'm
porjant word, " cranberres," he failed to make
out, but he plainly and clearly read, one hun
dred bushels Of persimmons. As the article
was growing all around him, all the boys in the
naighborhood We're set out to gather IL, and the
wagner made his appearance in due time in
Cincinnati, with eighty bushels, all tbat the
wagon bed would hold, and line from the
cour try merchant that the remainuer would fol-
low the next trip. An explanation soon en-
sued. but the customer insisted that the Cincin-
natl house should have written by Simmons, and
not per SIMMONS Louisville Times.
THE SCHOOLMASTER AND lis PUPILS.
"Joseph, where Is Africa 2"
" On the map, sir"
q mean Johseph, in what continent-the
Easter or Western continent %
"Wen, the land Of Africa is in the Eastern
continent; but the people, sir, are all of em
down South
"What are its products 2"
"Africa sir or down South"
"Africa you blockhead.p
''Well, sir, it hasen't got any it never had
any"
g How do the African people liye|
eBy drawing"
60 Drawing what-Bater?" 2"
No sir; by drawing their breath'
! " Sit down Joseph!"
Thomas, what is the equator|
'Why, sir it's horizontal pole running per
pendicular through the imaginations Of astron-
omers and old geographers."
60 to your seat, Thomas. William Sdggs.
what do we mean by an eclipse
An old race horse, sir. :"
"Silence Next. Jack, what is an eclipse 2"
4" An eclipse is thing as appears when the
moon gifts in husband runs agin the sun, conse-
quendy the sun blacks the moons face ("
81 Glass is dismissed