Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-06-05
n. G. BRYAN, PubII 1 tlr.

days without food ~. !. Maidment's kindness
Your afectionate brother In
| Sept. Q, 1851 AILras r. GAabfsxa.v
Ffon the above extracts must there.
fore conclude that the two bodies fonnd
at cooks River were those n Mr.. Will
liams and J. Psafce, and, considering their
weak stats, II 10 unreasonable TO la pposA
they could have survived Captain Gardi-
ners who could scarcely have lived ovos
the 9th Of September, 1861.
Will offer no opinion on the mission.
ary labor Of Captain Gardiner and the
party. be, ond !, being marked by an
| esrnestness and devotion TO the cause {;
but, as brother officer, I beg 10 record
my admiration Of his conduct in the mo.
ment OF peril and danger, and his energy
and resources entitle him 10 high protess-
ional credit. At one time find him
surrounded BY hostile natives and dreadinr
an attack, yet forbearihg to FIRE. and the
savages, awed aud subdned BY the
soleinnity Of his party kneeIiDg down ia.
prayer Al another, having failed 10
lIeaves0a his boAt when on the rocks. l,e
digs channel under her, aud divens q
fresh water stream into it. sid find hin,
making an anchor by filing an old bread
cask with stones, heading Il up. and secu.
rlng wooden crosses over tho heads willis
chnin.
Thus closes Captain Morshead's affect.
ing narrative He returned 10 EncIand
ali'thc relies Of The unhappy Missionaries,
consisting Of clothing. trifkets, DC, which
were delivered TO their friends or relatives.
u A bill hss been reported iii tho
Massachusetts House Of Representative
to promote the security Of failroad travel.
II provides that flooring of bridges shall
be three inches thick. and that every
switch shall be provided with NH index,
which shall SO render its changes Of posi-.
ton as to be distinctly visible 10 ths
engineer ut the distance of not less than
half q mile. A resolution was also report
ed requesting the National Executive to
direct the ordnance department 10 insti.
tnte experiments which may tend to
elucidate the laws which govern the
capacity Of iron 10 resist the various forms
Of mechanical violence under the circun,.
stances OF exposure to which II is subject.
ed by our climate. g 8.e
A Prous GovEKNon. When Sir will.
lam Berkeley was governor Of Virginia.
and the Yankees were subjects Of the
British crown, and oil the rich men snd
the clergy were High Tories Of the I'm.
chsngeable school, Sir William wrote as
follows, 10 friend---"I thank God there
are no free schools or printing In Virginia.
and | hope we shall not have them Theses
hundred years. Tor learning has brought
heresy, and disobcdience. aud sects into
the world aud printing has divuged
them and libels against the best govern
ment God keep Us from bothi' Tho
Honorable Henry A. Wise, few years
ago. likewise boasied in Congress tina.
the District he represented was not cursed
with newspaper being published within
its geographical borders. g
A ScErE in counT.--"Were Won pre-.
ent and did yon see the prisoner at siis
bar strike Mr.. Jones ?" asked an attorney
Of witness in seedy suit.
Eyes, sir.ree ] didn't see nothing else.
and he struck him purpose, TOO. for |
seed him, did, and Pm gwine 10 swear
all about 1t too, for he tried 10 bny me off
for adollar and seveBsy FIVE cents; but
1 just told him old Josey Rouse didn't
swear % no lies Tor 2 dollar and seventy
nve cents, " !ug inll, and It my edifica-
''on wsfnt worth Two dollars, he might.
go g 'hnndef' and ia Ont with the
whcie s'ory ana more too Il Jones want
ed y. Ugh: dollar and seventy five
:. cents. w yo lsonse naint bought up ior
'nsr =, money
1hs suoee IaInIeo.
TO DEsTRoY DANDRUrY. The yolk of
. fresh egg is said tobe one Of the best
articles for cleansing the head, that can be-.
nsed It acts in the same way as soap i'm
removing the dandruif, bat having little or
no alkaline qualities, does not, like soap.
change the color az the hair. nor render N