Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1853-01-08
NJ. G. BRYAN, Publisher.

| al energy Willie the beauty al social or.
det would DC lef,cett aii1 lie fountain of
earth's felicity broken Mp We arrive,
then. ht the cdliclnsion, that the sexes nrs
| intended for different srlieres constructed
in cdffdrmity 10 their Respective destina.
iioDs, by Him WHO bids the oak brave tho
fury Of tlie tenpsst, md the Alpine flow.
Ell lean its clleek Upon tie boson OF eter-
fal SHOWS But disparity does not urly
ipfenority The higI place of The eofths
will, all their ponp and glory, ire indeed
| accessible oliy 10 the march Of ambition.
or to The grasp OF power; yet tliose who
pass with faithful and unappauJed zeal
through tlislr hnlilb'e round Of dhty, are
not unnotited by tile .gteat task.master's
eye : aud iiieir ehdowiienis though at-
cointed poverty hn,oug men, may prove
durable riches in the kingdom of Heaven"
fE
Az INSANE MornER.-A correspondent
Of the Springfield Republican. writing
ffu,ti the Insane Hospital hit Worcester,
mentions uf interesting incident -
just opposite pond III the garden.
saW a woman hnmbt dressed lDdkiug in
the water. ''rhat poor wotnan. said tii5
Docter, has beef here for several years
She assists III tile kitchens aud Is peffectl
iy liariiless, although iucutable., She ia
the wife oi al, industrious. itan living in
an adjoining town. They lad d family Of
three boys, two Of whom died suddenly
Of Tie scarlet fever. Within week Of
their burial, the mother proceeded to a
pond near by for some water AS she
was dipping her pail size saw sonething
just beneat lie snrfacs Wliich attracted
her attention, and takltt d wooden lake.
size pulled 1t to tile liank IL proved to be
the body Of her remaining Child A wal
nnt sliell, with piece Of paper stuck in
the csiltre, was floating upon the water.
which no doubt smiling from tlIe reacl, Of
lie child, caused him 10 stretch for it, lose
his balance and be drowned. Before snu-
set she was mad --rav,Dg ,rnhd-~apd was
broiight hefe. It is her daily custom to
watch that water for few moments, Just
a, the hour she discovered the body of her
child, and lhen 10 returlt quietly to her
work. But If she was not allowed to do 50
which, by tie way OF experiment, has
|
sious would follow" lyon say the ia
l,carable = aaid |. "Qdte 40, we think.
Under snperintendence, continued tho
Doctor, " she is quiet and Useful here, but
without it she ouId be even dangerous
While he was speaking, The mother.
whose bereavement of her children had
driven her mad forever, turned upon her
Il ...t. II.
earth, walked sl5@ly towards the honee.
As she approatsiied, the Docter caIIed To
her AID DROPPING low courtesy. sl,e
stood lockihg at It's | have seen faces
whose nieIanchoIly expression might chill
tile blood like the keen East wind aud
tie power Of sympathising with them fs
very limited. But, OF all THAT lhave seen,
not my have approached tile ole now
look upon, in utter absence of all Iife's
Sunshine. Pale, ashy pale were lier feai
t,ires her lips were liueless, aud her eyes
sunken lier lower jaw dropped aInios:
upon her breast aud she Iooksd like grief
personlfed.
Original Anscdots Of Decatur.
Tie gaIiant Decatur was sailor 20 t'iE
heart core, and loved to tell anecdotes
Of the common sailors. / recoIlact one
wIiicl. he used to reats to the following
import
III one Of the actions before Trlpoli,
while fighting hand 10 hand viii, Tie cap.
tain Of gun.boat, Decatur came near
being ctit down by a Turk, who attacked
him from behind. A seaman, named Reu-
ben james, who was already wounded in
both hands, seeing tile rlsk Of bis comman-
der rushed in aud received the blow OF his
npifted sabre On bis own head. Funu-
the honest fellow survived TO re-
ceive his reward. Sometime afterwards,
when he bad recovered from bis wounds,
Decatur Gent for him on deck, expressed
his gratitude for his selfdevofion, In pres
ence Of the crew, and told him to ask for
some reward. The honest tar pulled mp
his waisthand and rolled his qnid, but
seemed utterly at loss what recompence to
claim. His messniates gathered Nround
iiim, nudging him with tIieir elbows, and
in his ear. "He had all the
world 10 q sirings ahd could get what lie
pleased !" sthe old man could deny him
nothing" etc. One advised him this
thing, another that "doubIe pay" double
"a boatswaius D berth, "a pnck-
ct full ofmoney. and ful! swing on shore,
etc." Jack elbowed them all aside, and
would have none Of their counsel Alter
mature deibernlich, he annnonnced fbe
reward 10 which lie aspired: is was 10 be
eztnsed fyom rolling mp the hammock
cloths
The whimsical request was of conrse
granted and Il I'M that time forward,
when the sailors were pipea 10 stow away
their hammocks, Jack was to be seen
lettering around. and looking on, with
The most gehteman-Iike leisure. He al.
ways continued in the same slip with
Decatur.
Il could always know tie state of my
siIe by Jack, said. the Commodore. III
was IN good hunor ard wore pleasant
aspect, Jack would he sure to heaye ii.
night to recsivea friendly dod and If I
we're ont Of finnor, and wore. as some-
lines did, a foul-weatiier piissiogomy,
lack kept aIocf, and skulked among the
sailors" M
ii j. proper TO add. that Eenhen James
'eceiged a more solid reward for his gaI-
ant devotion than the privilege above
! pension having been grant
dlliim by Government.
On smother OCCASION, Decatur received,
il New York, the freedom Of the city. as
] testimonial Of respect and gratitude.
On the following day he overheard this