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About Brunswick advocate. (Brunswick, Ga.) 1837-1839 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1838)
B’twiistoirk VOLUME Z. BY DAVIS & SHORT. The Brunswick Advocate, Is published every Thursday Morning, ip the city of Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia, at per annum, in advance, or $4 at the end of •' No subscriptions received for a less term than six months and no paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid except at the option of the üblishers. O’ All letters and communications to the Editor or Publishers- in relation to the paper, must be POST PAID to ensure attention. EF ADVERTISEMENTS conspicuously in serted at One Dollar per one hundred words, foj the first insertion, and Fifty Cents for ev ery subsequent continuance—Rule and figure work always double; price. Twenty-five per Cent, added, if not paid in advance, or during the continuance of the advertisement. Those sent without a specification of the number of iusertions will be published until ordered out, and eharged accordingly. Legal Advertisements published at the nsual rates. EP N. B. Sales of Land, by Administrator*, Executors or Guardians, are required, by law, to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court-house in the county in which the property is situate.— Notice of these sales must be given in a public gazette, Sixty Days previous to the day ot sale!. » Sales of Negroes must be at public auction, on the first Tuesday of the month, between the usual hours of sale, at the place of public sales in the county where the letters testamentary, of Administration or Guardianship, may have been granted, first giving sixty days notied thereof, in one of the public gazettes of this State, and at the door of the Court-house, where such sales are to be held. Notice for the sale of Personal Property, must be given in like manner, Forty days previous to the day of sala* Notice to the Debtors and Creators of an Es tate must be published for Forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land, must be published for Four Months. Notice for leave to sell Negroes, must be published for Four Months, before any order absolute shall be made tliereon by the Court. General Newspaper and Col lection Agency. THE undersigned, late editor and proprietor of the Augusta Chronicle, having tile ex tcnsive business of that establishment to close, and conscious from long experience, liow much such a facility is needed, at least by the Press, is disposed to connect with it a General Agen cy for the collection of Ncicspaper and other Debts, in this and the neighboring Southern States, and will travel almost continually to present them himself. Should the business of sered be sufficient, the agency will be made a permanent one—and while his long connexion with the Press and consequent knowledge of its peculiar requisitions and benefits from such an Agency, and his extensive personal acquain tance with the localities and people of the coun' try, afford peculiar facilities for the perform ance its duties, he trusts that suitable en j quiries will leave no doubt of prompt and faith ful attention to them. A. 11. PEMBERTON. Mr. Pembe rton will commence a trip through Barnwell and Beaufort Districts, to Savannah, thence through Bryan, Liberty, Mclntosh, Glynn and Camden counties, and back through Wayne, &c. to Savannah; and thence through Effingham, Seriven, Burke, Jefferson, Wash ington and Warren, to Augusta. After which, he will travel through most of the neighbored districts of South Carolina, and the middle aug upper counties of Georgia; and through the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, N. Carolina, Virginia, &C. lie will receive, for collection, claims of any kind. Terms as follows: Newspaper accounts, fyc. (including those of Periodicals.) when to be madeoutby him, from general lists, forwarded by mail, &.c. 15 per ct. JYew subscribers, with payment in advance, 25 percent; without payment in advance, 12 1-2 percent. He has been offered more in some instances, but cannot consent to take more from one than another, or than he himself would willingly pay; and now fixes on these rates as those he has paid, and as being as low as can be afforded, or as lie has ever known paid— trusting for remuneration, more to the probable extent of business he may receive, than to the rates themselves, together with the considera tion of travelling for his health, and to collect for himself. Mercantile accounts, 5 per cent, more or less according to amount, &e. Remittances will be made according to instruc tion, and at the rlsit of those to whom they are •addressed—he furnishing the Postmaster’s cer tificate of the amount deposited, and description* of money, whenever a miscarriage occurs.— When left to his discretion, as often fts circum stances, amount collected, safety, economy, &c. may seem to justify, and checks, drafts, or suitable notes in sise, currency where sent,&c. can be obtained—and at the risk of those ad dressed to him in this city, will be-immediatelj forwarded to him, when absent. Reference to any one who knows him; and there are few who do notin this city or section. He is now Agent for the following Neswpa pers and Periodicals, and authorized to receive aubscriptions or payments therefor: Chronicle and Sentinel, Augusta'. Constitutionalist, do. Southern Medical and Surgical Journal do. Georgian, Savannah, Advocate, Bruntwick, Ga. Mercury, Charleston. SoutherlT Patriot, do. Southern Literary Journal do. Southern Agriculturalist, do. Western Carolinian, Salisbury, N. C. Farmers’ Register, Petersburg, Va. Southern Literary Messenger, Richmond,Va Merchant, Baltimore. Refornfcr, Wbshingtoti City. Augusta, June 2D, UpPublishers of Newspapers, &c., who may think proper to engage hi%je£rices, will please give the above two or threWtonspwuous inser tions weekly or monthly, and forward fhoNo’a containing it, V . * BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY BSCRNIMG, JAHBfIRY 11,1338. POETRY. it- ■ -■ The following beautiful lyric Bv Holmes, far excels anything we ever read, with the ex ception of Drake’s “American Flag.” It was written when some Goths proposed to break up the brave old Frigate Constitution, and is' worthy of the subject: Ay, tear that tattered .ensign down ! Lohg has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky. Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon’s roar— The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more ! Her deck, once red with hero’s blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves where white below, No more shall victor’s tread, Or bow the conquered knee— The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! Oh ! better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep, And there should be her grave : Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every thread-bare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning of the gale ! FOLLY AND WIT. Once Folly tried to cheat the world, Assuming Wit’s demeanour, And thought (poor fool) the darts she hurl'd Than Wit's ourn darts were keener ! While those of Wit were used in sport, And (lipp'd in Pleasure’s chalice, Young Folly used another sort, Whose only point was Malice. A sly and secret aim she took— But, ere one heart was wounded, Upon herself, by some ill luck, Each venom'd shaft rebounded, So Wisdom ventured to express This gentle k;.A tv. guide ner: — When Wit takes aim with most success, Good-nature stands beside her. MIS € E L L A A Y. Religious Pantomimes. On one ofi the hills near Naples there is situate a village, whose rustic habitations arc over-' shaded by lofty pines, green laurels, and i the fragrant oranges of the neighboring! villas, in the arrangement of which Nature j has been more consulted than art. There tlie votaries ot ancient usages may enjoy the satisfaction of imagining themselves in the vfery bosom of the middle age—of those blessed days into which some of the musty brains of our times would fain re-j conduct their restive contemporaries. At I the festivity of Easter, an immense statue! ot St. John the Baptist issues from the parish church of Arenella, for such is the the name of the village, borne on the shoulders of four lusty peasants, who every year dispute the honor of being crushed beneath its ponderous load. The figure moves along at a slow pace, and gives one the idea of a person who lias lost something. It turns restlessly about from the right to the left: it goes prying into every door, and finds its way into every courtyard and down every street. It was thus, perhaps, that, in the Eleusinian mys teries, Ceres went about in search of her daughter Proserpine who had disappeared from her eyes, amid the yellow plains of Sicily. After many fruitless researches, it seems, if it be not very much mistaken, to hear at a distance the festive hymns that announce the resurrection of the Sa viour. It would fain hasten in that di rection, and make some advances to meet him, but Mary Magdalen, who has follow ed him at some short distance, cotne3 to remind him of the promise lie has made to the virgin not to monopolize the first embraces of her son. St. John bows to this request, and politely falls back, to yield to the virgin the happiness of so propitious a greeting. But the heart of a mother has anticipated his coming. Be hold she advances with majestic pace, amid the loud congratulations of the peo ple, who advise her to lay aside the black mantle in which she is wrapt. In effect, <rl the appearance of the Redeemer, nor longer habited as a man of sorrows, but resplendent in gold and jewels, the holya virgin shows herself to the longing eyes of the spectators, at the same moment peopling the air with a number of birds which escape from her bosom. The peo ple the sacred group, which re-enters the chorcb amid the ringing of bells and the firing of small mortars. But a still better pantomime, of the sa cred kind, is that represented on holy Thursday, at a small village in the district of Aversa. A strapping bell man, arrayed like the man of Nazareth, crowned with thorns and bearing on his j shoulders a ponderous cross, sets out to i ascend the bill of Calvary. His escort consists of twenty or thirty fellows dress ed as Roman soldiers, with helmets and cuirasses. From time to time the sacred victim makes h feiut to fall under the load of the cross, and the executioners that J follow drive him along, like very Jews, by blows of their lances, by kicks and cuffs, applied in such good earnest that the poor fellQw remains most soundly pummelled, and his only consolation is that such liifrsh treatment will be turned to good account by being accepted, in the other world, in expiation of his sins.— Meanwhile the Virgin and the Magdalen, bathed in tears,follow the Redeemer; who, after traversing the principal paths about the village, returns, accompanied by the whole population, who are highly edified, and melted to compassion at the affecting spectacle. PARTICULAR UtILITT OF DANCING. Dancing contributes to improve the fig ure. V hen habitually practised, it in creases the strength, the suppleness and the agility of the body. The shoulders and arms then fall farther back : the feet turn more outward, and the walk assumes a particular character of firmness and iightnesy. Dancing also tire de-! [vortmeut easy and agreeable, and the mo-j tions more free and graceful. Those in- j deed, who learn to dance when very! young, acquire an ease of motion that can be gained in no other way; and if a i habit of moving gracefully is then acquir-! cd, it is never lost. It is owing to oth- j er causes that professional dancers are ! seldom remarkable tor grace in any of, the ordinary movements of life, and that j in the performance of these they are gen- ! erally constrained, formal and tbmatic. j As in its effects upon the muscels, dan-! cing does not exercise any so much as those of the lower part of tjie trunk, they i generally exhibit an increase at the ex-i pense of the upper part of the body and! arms. This, however, is not unfavorable ! to female form ; and the best poof of this is, that this exercise produces,in men who 1 make it their habitual practice, a great' similarity in. S&tUJh « •• • * -- j fessional dancers, the excess of this c::cr-j cise causes the pelvis to appear large, hy’j the prodigious dcvelcpemcnt of the sur-! rounding muscels: the neck is thin; the' arms, meagre; the shoulders seem nar- 1 row, and contrast strongly with the size of the pelvis, and especially with the en ormous prominence of the kips. Dan cers present a formation totally different from that of Smith.? and porters,in whom the shoulders, chest and arms, are develo-1 ped at the expense of the inferior parts i and lower limbs. For these reasons, I young persons, who dance a good deal, should always join with the dance some j other exercise, as that ofthelndian seep-! tres, having for its object almost exclu-l sively the de’velopetnent of thc shoulders and arms. It is further observed, that bad effects on the form of the foot result from overstretching its ligament ; that j very few opera dancers can boast of a good instep off the stage ; that when the foot is placed on the ground, the arch of the instep yields to the weight of the body ' and allows the concave part of the sole to rest on the same plane with the toes, that when, therefore, these persons walk, they never rise on the toe, nor bend the 1 foot., and that, from the habit of turning ! the toes very much outwards, they ac- I quire a very peculiar mode of walking. ! To bo useful to health, dancing must not |he engaged in immediately after a meal, nor be continued whole nights, nor -in | places confined in proportion to the num ber of dancers. In %‘se places, there is frequently a groat quantity of dust, which, joined to the animal exhalations, and carried with the atmospheric air,con tributes with the cause, the least chill, to create irritation in the parts. These become the more serious, because, young people, especially the female sex, are very careful to conceal the commence ment of these affections, lest they inter fere with their views of pleasure. lu a i physiological point of view,dancing does 1 not differ from ordinary walking, except ing that the extension and flexions are more quickly repeated, and that the body is every instant raised from, the ground, and as if suspended in the air by the sud den straightening of the articulation. Thus, the commotions produced by this kind of exercise ara-stronger- than- these | that occur in walking, and their effects' ion their organs contained in the trunk ! much more sensible. Some of the func tions, consequently, are soon carried out! ,of their habitual tone - f the circulation I becomes more rapid, the respiration more j frequent, and pespirations more abundant, i [Walker’s Exercise for Ladies. A Tar of the Old ScnooL. One morning, when his majesty’s ship Hesper-! us lay at the cape, a seaman named Wolfe applied to Lieutenant Strangways for leave to go on sflore. “No, Wolfe,” said Strang-; : ways, “I cannot allow you to go on shore.. I You know the last time yoy got leave you ; jeanie on board drunk, and such conduct j cannot be permitted.” “I promise you, I sir,” said Wolfe, “I won’t get drunk.”— j “What do you want to do on shore ?” in quired Strangways. “I fight ” To fight, repeated Strangways, a *pretty errand truly. And with whom pray do | you mean to fight ? With Black Sambo the prize fighter, sir. lie challenged me jto a match before I joined the. ship, and j he.hhsbeen taunting me ever sfnee, in ; sinuating tiiat 1 am afraid to stand to my ; bargain. This is the morning. on which jwe were to meet, sir, and if 1 do rjot at tend they will call me coward. It was! extremely foolish in you to enter into any' J such arrangement, replied Strangways, j I hut what you say is true—if you do not attend, these Cape Town buillios may ini-! pute it to cowardice. You promise me you will not get drunk. 1 promise you, | sir. Then you may go. Wolfe accord ingly went on shore and after an absence of an hour and a half he returned without having tasted a drop of liquor. As soon as lie got on deck he went to Strangways and reported himself. I «nm come on board sober, sir. .Weil, replied Strang vvays, f am glad you have kept your word. , Did you fight the match ? 1 did sir. Was :it a long one? Fifty minutes, sir, by the i watch. Who conquered? I did, sir.— Did you punish your opponent severely ? Why, sir, I beat him, and that's just say ing enough. Right—you may retire, sir. I hope, sir, you will have no objections to let me go ashore again, said Wolfe, stili lingering in the neighborhood of the lieutenant. What, at present? Yes, sir. M hy, what do you want ashore now?— Get drunk, sir. replied Wolfe, vyitli the gravest expression of countenance ; whilst Strangways hurst out into an immoderate fit of laughter. May I go, sir, continued Wolfe, when lie thought the lieutenant had had time to indulge his merriment.— It is contrary to all rule, sir, said Strang vvays, scarcely able to articulate fir laugh ter, hut since you have kept your promise so faithfully, l will permit you once to go.! Thank, you, sir, said Wolfe, with the! same immoveable gravity of countenance,! off in one of the Malay bouts that attend the ship with fruit. lie kept his Word as faithfully on this as on the former occa sion, and towards evening he-was carried on board in a state of the m&st blissful oblivion. Quantum Sffficit. In the course of a ramble up town, a few days since, we were struck with a representation in real life, which plainly showed how perfectly a human being may lie satisfied witli a small share of this world’s goods, especi ally when his happiness has become spir iltm/izrrl. W hile standing iu the compting room of a cotton merchant gathering the on dih of the day with regard to the great staple, our attention was directed- to a couple of countrymen, who had disposed of our hag' ot ‘the article,’ which had been brought to market in an ox-cart, and who, having completed their little purchases in a gro cery store, were about to wend their way to the cottage, always known ‘by the smoke which so gracefully curls :’ the bag of su gar —the paper of coflee and tea —the powder and lead—the copperas, indigo and starch, and 'though last, not least,’ the old brown jug ‘brim full’ of the genu line crittrr, was placed in the cart. — I “Come,.git in, Nat,” said a tall sandy haired chap, who appeared to lie the main | spoke in the wheel of his cart, “you must drive home them steers powerful quiJlk ; ! the old woman is waiting for her tea.” — j .Nat, aiming to get hold of the ‘leading string,’ made a miss-step, and ‘taking the hull by the horn,’ cried out gee —who ! | cried the owner of the establishment,“look ’ere, Nat, you’ve made a small mistake; ;it you want to trike a horn, you’d better git into the cart; old betty, you know, is i sure lire,” slapping the old brown jug on j the side. So in jumps Nat, and cross legged, thdy drank to a rise in the. market —then with a tragico-comico countenance, the elder said to the younger—“now drive I on— l don’t want no more—if they’d give me all Columbus, and put it right into this 'ere cart, 1 would’nt have it, would I, Nat.” “Give us your fist,” said Nat, and with a mortal whack of the hickory, and an old fashioned “gee, haw, buck,” the two sprigs of contentment moved out of tow;?.- [Cobnrrbiis Sent. Ai Her? The Hottentots. An officer who served in the interior, in the midst of the Dutch African colonists, thus describes the Hottentots at the period when the English came into possession of the col ony : “At that time (1796—1502) the Hot tentots were a miserable, abject race of people, generally Jiving in the service of the boors, who had so many of them that they were thought of little value as ser vants. and were treated more like brute beasts than human beings.—-Indeed, the colonists in those days scarcely consider ed them human. They w«re mostly na ked : seldom was one of them to be seen j with any other clothing than the sheep skin caross, together with a piece of jack all’s skin for the men, and a wretch ed sort of leathern apon for the women ! attached to a girdle of a raw hide, which encircled their loins. Their food was comnidW v the flesh of old ewes, or any animal the hoor expected to die from age. If he was short of that, he shot a few quaggaS or other game for them. Their wages were generally a few beads in the year : or, when the boor returned from a journey to Cape Town, a tinder, box and a knife were considered a reward for faith ful services. Perhaps a very obedient man, and more than commonly Jndußtri-j ous, got a heifer or a couple of ewe* in a year. And if, by accident, any one of IheJse poor wretches happened to possess a few cattle, there was often some means fallen Upon by the boor to get rid of him, and thus the cattle became Jiis master’s: ' When a Hottentot offended a boor or a booress, he was immediately tied up to a wagoi£wkeel and flogged in a most bar barous manner." f)r, if the master took' a serious dislike to any of these unhappy creatures, it was qo uncommon practice to send out th% Hottentot on some preten ded message, and then tO follow and shoot him onjlic road ; when thus put out of -the way, his relations durst not make any inquiry about him, else they also were se#- verely “punished. Sirfch was the con jitiori' in which we fouud the natives at that pe riod.” A Yankee Cock — True Game ? An anecdote was a day or two since related to us by a friend, which is worth the tell ing. Ho was on his tfflf to Havana some months ago, and when off Florida, a bald eagle which had been’ blown out to sea, alighted, exhausted, on oneqof the lower yards. He was brought down by our in formant, and his wings were cropped, and himself was nursed into vigor again. Ar-j rived at Havana, a companion one day suggested for a frolic, to paint up the bald eagle, whose color was dark grey, so as to njake h:;n resemble a cock as jjiuch to try'7iis"nft«te“ ftflivk Wj! had been kept twenty-four hours without food, our eagle was trimmed aud painted roosterlike, and taken, in a bag, to jbe pit. At length the owner of a cock whicbdiad beaten in twelve rounds, dared a contest with anv one, for any stake. This was the time. Our friend stepped up to him, and told him that he had a Yankee cock, of tiie native Green Mountain breed with him, ifhe would like a game. ‘Yes,’ said | the Spaniard, ‘I don't care wfiat kind of a cock it is—lot him out !’ The b*t was twenty-live dollars, and ottr Yankee cock was let into tire ring. The opposite roaster, flushed with his victories, crowed and spir red about, and then planted hjs headier a fight—when what does sir Yankee do but to plant one claw unceremoniously on his hack, and twist lus r.eck with the other— and in a moment, made a, meal of him. The Spaniard swore, like one possessed. He paid his money, but he cursed aH Yan kee cocks.—[Galaxy. Long Hair.— We find in the News and Courier, Portsmouth, N. H,, the fol* lowing agreement entered into by the Governor, Deputy Governor and Magis trates, of New Hampshire, in 1G49, to discountenance the sinful practice of wearing lung hair. It is worth preserv ing, as it goes to show the characters of the great men of th»t generation. , M Forasmuch,” says the instrument, “as the wearing of long hair, after .the man ner of ruflmns and barbarous Indians,has begun to invade New-England, contrary to the rule of God’s word, which says it is a shame for a man to wear long hair, as also to the commendable custom gener ally of all the godly of our nation until within-this few years: We, the magis trates, who have subscribed this paper (for the shewing of our own innocency in this behalf) do declare and manifest our dislike and detestation against the wearing of such long hair, ns against a thing uncivil and unmanly, whereby men do deform themselves, and offend sober, and modest men, and do corrupt good rnauners. We do, therefore, earnestly entreat all the elders of this jurisdiction (as often as they shall see cause) tQ man ifest their zeal against it in their public administrations, and to take care that the members of their respective churches be not defiled therewith, that so, such as shall prove obstinate, and will not reform themselves may have God and man to witness against them.” Removal of Washington’s Rf.majns. \ The remains of this illustrious man, the Father and the Saviour of his country, were recently placed in the sarcophagus made by Mr. Struthers of this city, from whom we learn, that when the vault and the coffin were opened, “when they had laid him,” the sacred form of Wash ington was discovered in a wonderful state of preservation. The high pale! brow wore a calm and serene expression ; j V..-. . Rrmgßszt a#,,, j and the lips, press'd still together, 1 hlhL a I grave and „solemn smile, ,§uch as they 1 doubtless wore, when tfie First President i gave np his blameless, mortal life, fbr aiJ immortal existence. f ■f'J * “When hfssoft breath, with pain, * ■$- ’j Was yi«lded tothe elemei»tfc*giin.” r The impressive aspect of ! ed overpowered the man k fvas to transfer the hallowed dust tyjajf* fast tonemertt, ami he was unable his emotions. He placed his hand bpoft the ample.fifociiead, once highest m' tli? ranks of or throbbing with the. cares of an intimt Empire: and la mented, we doufit not, thlfnho Voice of fame could not provokq that sileat cliff, to life again, or pour its stona of revival into the dull, cold’ ear of Death. r The * last acts of patriotic sepulture nferC thus consummated ; and the figure, which wp can scarcely dissociate front an apoth eosis, consigned# to its low,dim mansion, to be seeu*ho more uiUil mortal* shall put on immortality, and the vesture of decay be changed to the bright garments of en dless incorporation.—?W, G. Clark. » - > - ’ r - • Tit vof Tat, A young Englishman, while at Naples, was introduced at an as. sembiy of one of the first ladies by a Nea politan gentleman, While he was there, lus snuff-box was stolen from him, The •next day, being at another house hc4iaw a person taking snuff out of his box.— “There,” said he to his friend, “that man in blue, with golif embroidery, is taking snuff out of the frdhi me yes terday. Do you know him I Is he not a sharpAr ?” “Take care,” said the oOT* er, “that man is of the first quality.” “I do not case for his quality,” said the ss»- glishnian, “I must have my snuff *6ox n gain t NTg%and ask him for it.” “Pray,’ J said liis friend, “be Jeatfe it to me to get back your box.” Upon tin* assurance the Englishman went tUVay, affc ter inviting hie friend to dine with him the next day. He accordingly came; ami as he entered, “There,’’said he, “I hare brought you your smtff-kox.” “How did JloiLobbtjn it r “Why,” * sqid a noise aboait it, therefore T picket! (fcsr pocket of it.” " . ‘ . iNQUrSITIVF.NP.RS. It is supposed that the Americans have- attained' th ( e greatest art iti parrying ifiquisitivemgs, bqcdtWti 1 they arc mere exposed to if; b*t a well known civic wag, at a late political ex-, citement, maintainedY dcfcusivstcoHorpiy with a rustic inquisitive, which vvoald buyp hardly boon excelled by any transatlfmtic’ performer. Travelling post, he was ‘tfbljg ed to stop at a village to replace a shoe, when the Paul Pry of the place bristled up to the carriage winddw, apd without waiting for the ceremony of in troduction, exclaimed—“good morning, sir—horse cast a shoe, I see. I suppose you are going to .” Here & paused, expecting the name of the place to be sup plied, but the citizen answered — “Ybi. are right, sir—l generally go there at this season!” “I—hum—doyc, and no doubt you, be come from ” “Right, again sir—l live there!” “Oh, ay, do ye —but I see it be a London shay. Pray, sir, be there any thing stirring tlieraT” T ‘Yes, jUenty of other chaises!” Ay, gv, of couse; but what do folks say?” “Their prayers, what I inean; v f\ish. to kn*w if there is any thing nar and fresh." “Yes—bread and herrings!” “Anan, you be a queer chap. Pray, t Muster, may I ask your name?” “Fools and clowns call me Mus ter; but T am, in reality, one of the frogs of Aristophanes, and my genuine name is Brekekekes Knoux.- Drive on, postil lion!”—[English paper. j A gentleman who had a snuffbox that | played” “Drops of Brandy,” and “The | glasses sparkle on the* board,’’ went to | dine with a friend a few wiles out of (town, one Sunday, taking Ivfs'box in his ! pocket. He accompanied the family th j the .parish church, and by some accidentals i pressure’J)e, about the-middle of the | vice, thfc spring ofthe box, which j struck up_“Drops ol Brandy,” most mef rily. EverjTeye ayd every ear was ."dt-i ; reeled to the spo£, to the great dismay of ; the gentleman, who endeavored to stop ! the box, but iff doing so # he only catised it to change the tune, On which he has tened out of the church,the box rattling i away while lie inarched aigpg the isle. f “I hold to no aristocracy %xc<?pt the ar istocracy of nature. To genius, talent*, moral worth and public services, I render due honor, and I care not whether tlio claimant to that honor is clad in robes of* purple and fine linen, or in tltp squalid? rags of poverty-—whether he obtained his education at a country sohoal, or at tbo- University, whether he sits ip, high places of the natiop, or digs the ejrjjrtbF his daily food, whether he bf the son of ?££■*&?' ° r:4
