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VOLUME 2.
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
AGENTS.
liil/li County. Alexander Richards, Esq.
Telfair “ Rev. Charles J. Shelton.
Mclntosh “ James Blue, Esq.
Houston “ B. J. Smith, Esq.
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Twiggs “ William H. Robinson, Esq.
il'mjnt Robert Howe, Esq.
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To prevent Peddling at the Wharves, Sfr.
BE it ordained by the Mayor and Council
of the city of Brunswick, and it is hereby
ordained by the authority of the same, That
from and after the passing of this Ordinance,
any person who offers for sale or sells any
goods, wares or merchandize, on board any
vessel or boat, or on or near any wharf or land
ing, in this city, without license for that pur
pose, from the Mayor and Council, shall be
subject to pay a fine ol not less than thirty nor
more than one hundred dollars, for each and
< very offence; one half of said fine to go to
the informer and the other half to be paid into
the City Treasury for the benefit of the city.
And be it further ordained by the authority
aforesaid, That the City Clerk shall be and
he is hereby authorized to grant licenses to
persons wisning to sell goods, wares or mer
chandize, on board any vesssl or boat, or at or
upon the wharves or landings in this city, and
that for each of said licenses said Clerk shall
ask and receive the sum of thirty dollars, which
ho. shall pay into the city treasury for the ben
efit of the city, and one dollar and twenty-five
cents for his fees for making out the same.—
And no license shall be granted for a longer
time than six days from the date thereof.
Passed Dec. 17, 1838.
A. L. KING, Mayor.
Attest: Chas. Davis, c. c.
jan 12—Gw
€Je©rijia~fii!yßn 4’4?«sn?y.
WHEREAS Alexander W. Wvi.i.y has
applied to me for Letters of Adminis
tration on the Estate and Effects of John A.
Wyllv, late of said County, deceased—
These are therefore tocite and admonish the
kindrad and creditors of said deceased, to be
and appear at my office within the time pro
scribed by law. to shew cause if a-ny they have,
why saidTetters should not be granted.
Witness the Honorable 11. F. Grant, one of
Justices of said Court, this third day of Jan
u-ry 183'.!. JOHN BURNETT, Clerk
jan 12 C. O. G. C.
<tie«r£LT“—&Syj2Ba €'osls3sy.
WHEREAS Mrs. Ann Pettigrew applies
for Letters of Administration on the
Estate and Effects of James W. Pettigrew,
late of said County, deceased—
These are therefore tocite and admonish the
kindred and creditors of said deceased to he
and appear at my office within the time pre
scribed by law, to shew cause, if any they have,
why saidTetters should not be granted.
Witness the Honorable Henry Dubignon,
one of the Justices of said Court, this third
day of Jan. 1833.
JOHN BURNETT, Clerk
jan 12 C. O. G. (-.
Aolioc.
FOUR months after date, application v ill
be made to the Honorable the Inferior
Court of Wayne County, when setting for or
dinary purposes, for leave to sell the land ly
,ng on the Great Satilla River, being part of
die reafcestate of Sherrod Sheffield, de
ceasedTfor the benefit of the heirs and credi
tors ELIZABETH SHEFFIELD,
jan 12 _ _ Executrix.
Notice.
FOUR months after date. I shall apply to
the Court of Ordinary of Wayne Coun
ty, for leave to sell a negro man by the name
of Caleb, part of the Estate of Richard W.
Bryan, deceased. MOSES S. HARRIS,
j*in -13 Ad ™ r ;
SheriiP* Sale.
ON the first Tuesday in April next, will be
sold at the Court House in Jefferson,
Camden Countv, at the usual hour, a negro
woman named LUCY and four children, levi
ed on as the property of Richard T. Keating
on the foreclosure of a mortgage in iavor ol
Samuel Clark. Terms of sale cash.
WILLIAM BARKER, De P . Shf. C. C.
Camden County, Jan. 13, 1533. j 26
Notice. ■T"
WILL be sold the first Tuesday MTMarcli
next, at my house in Wayne County,
the following named perishable property be
longing to the Estate of Richard W Bryan
deceased, to wit: 1 bay Ilorse. 2 Beds and
furniture, some plantation tools and Carpen
ter's tools, some house-hold I urmture, Ac.
tir stoois, MOSEg g haßß is ( Admr.
jan K)—ts
n otTc e
a LL persons having demands ngamstthe
Estate of the late Col. John Burnett
of the County of Glynn, deceased, will
a ..nt them duly attested within the time
prescribed' by law! and persons indebted tc
? a jd estate will make immediate payment t<
, ' a ' d S. M. BURNETT. ) Executor ,
A G BURNETT. >
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[From the Knickerbocker for January.]
THE FLIGHT OF TIME.
BV PARK BENJAMIN.
Time still moves on, with noiseless pace,
And we are loiterers by the way ;
Few win, and many lose the race,
For which they struggle, day by day;
| And even when the goal is gained,
How seldom worth the toil it seems 1
How lightly valued, when obtained,
The prize tiiat fluttering Hope esteems!
Submissive to the winds of chance,
We toss on Life’s inconstant sea;
This billow may our bark advance,
And that may leave it on the lee;
This coast, which rises fair to view.
May be thick set with rocky mail.
And that, which beetles o’er tho blue.
Be safest for the shattered sail.
The cloud that, like a little hand,
Slow lingers when the niornimr shines,
Expands its volumes o’er the land.
Dark as a forest-sea of pines;
While that, which casts a vapory sere, a
Before the azure realm of day,
Rolls upward from the lowland scene,
And from the mountain-tops away.
Oh, fond deceit! to think the flight
Os time will lead to pleasures strange,
And ever bring some new delight,
To minds that strive and sigh for change.
Within ourselves the secret lies.
Let seasons vary as they will;
Our hearts would murmur, though our skies
Were bright as those of Eden still!
IW B S € K !L fz A A ¥.
Rovai. Fish Spearing. —The follow
ing anecdote taken from a Parisian letter
in the Courier & Enquirer, will serve to
illustrate the character of that personifica
tion of imbecility and cruelty in defence
of whose “right div ine” thousands upon
thousands of chivalrous Spaniards have
shed their blood like water. It is enough
to call a blush into the cheek of manhood
for the gullibility of human nature, to
reflect that men can be so blinded by he
reditary prejudice as to bend the knee in
homage to, or draw the sword in defence
of suejj a thing as Don Carlos the royal
mountebank of Spain.
Ferdinand the VII. was at Valencia,
on his way to Madrid, in the month of
April, 1811. A party were at breakfast
one day, at the house of Mr. Tupper, the
English consul, among whom was the late
General Sir Philip Roche, who had enter
ed tile Spanislt service, and who was on the
Staff of the King. While at hreckfast,
an account reached them of Napoleon’s
abdication.—llochc proceeded immedi
01' 'o acquaint his Majesty with it. He
f ..J in the anti-chamber the Due do
L’lnfantado. “I want to see the King,”
said Roche. “You cannot,” replied the
Duke —“ he is engaged.” “1 must.”
“You cannot.” “It is an affair of the first
consequence.” “llis Majesty is particu
larly occupied.” “Announce me, and say,
1 bring news of the greatest importance.”
The Duke acquiesced, hut returned with
a message front the King, desiring that
the matter he communicated through him,
(the Due de L’lnfnntado,) as his Majes
ty was absorbed by a momentous concern.
“That I will not do,” said Roche. “The
affair is of the most pressing and impor
tant nature, and I will communicate it to
none hut the King.” The Duke once
more entered tiie royal apartment, and
obtained a reluctant order to admit Roche,
with which lie complied.
On entering their room, Roche found
the King and his brother Don Carlos,
(the present Pretender,) at opposite seats
of a table, on which was a large glass vase
with tubes projecting from it.—The vase
was full of water, and in the water were
a number of gold fish, which the Royal
brothers were spearing with straws or
splinters of wood through the tubes.
.“Ah, Rec'.w,, how do you do?” said the
King, making a lunge. “What's tlie
news, General?” asked Don Carlos, re
pelling a fish which had avoided the vigor
ous thrust of the monarch. “Bonaparte
has abdicated your Majesty.” “Indeed!
Now, Carlos, you will have him again at
your side,” and with his skewer he poked
one of the unfortunate fishes that had
darted from the side of Don Carlos, who
at that moment, “gave point,” uttering
a shout of triumph!
Evening Bath at Santa Fe.—T’wi
light was just beginning to cast her shades
over the Santa Fecions, and the moon
rose in great splendor above the horizon,
to show that her silver beams would soon
turn the coining night into serenest day.
—There is a lustre and magnificence, a
brilliant yet placid glory, in the moon
light of those regions of unclouded skv
and atmosphere uncontaminated by fogs,
that to be appreciated must be enjoyed.
The family party now instead of being
!congregated, after the siesta, under the
porch, was grouped in tlm patio, and in-
[creased by the advent of many friends
and neighbors of both sexes. They were
! all going to bathe in the glassy stream
j that leaves tlie green swarded banks by
which it gently glides. Don Louis asked
me to accompany them; and, though it
| was certainly new to me, and seemed not
a little odd that I should be invited, with
others of my own sex to accompany the
; ladies to their bath, I never doubted we
i were to part company at the waters edge,
j —I, of course, consented to become one
of so novel and interesting a party; and
i forth vve sallied. The ladies were attend
ed by a great many female slaves, bear
. ing their mistresses’ wearing apparel. As
we moved onward, en masse, many was
| tlie joke, and loud the laugh, which cheer
ed 11s on our way. Much too plain and
primitive, however, for reiteration, was the
language in which the conversation was
couched. At length the shining river
arose upon our view, waters ripling and
dimpling under the dancing beams of the
moon. But guess my friend if you can,
my astonishment, when, on reaching the
banks, I saw the Santa Feciua Niads,
who had taken to the stream before our
arrival, bandying their jokes in high glee
with the gentlemen who were bathing a
little way above them. i
It is true they were all dressed, the la
dies in white robes, and the gentlemen in
white drawers, but there was in the ex
hibition something that ran rather coun
ter to my preconceived notions of pro
priety and decorum. As 1 stood by, I
saw 7 the whole inhabitants of the Santa 1
Fe (for I suppose scarcely one was left
in the house) carry on their aquatic gam
bols as familiarly as if they had been whirl-1
ing through the mazes of a quadrille. ’
Merry-making, revelry, and laughter, were i
the order of die evening; and yet, from all I
heard and saw during much subsequent in
course with this people, 1 verily believe
that their bathing diversions were quite
as innocent as a rigid Mussulman would
think our European ballroom scenes to
be. An over-rigid judgment passed by
the'foreigner on the inhabitants of Santa
Fe, because of their mode of bathing,
would be as unjustifiable, and us errone
ous ns that of the Mahometan censor on
the women of England, France, and Amer
ica, because like those in bis country, they
are not cooped tip in the harem. At
length, our parly emerged from tlie water.
The ladies were dressed with great dex
terity by their maids; the wet bathing
clothes were collected; the hair, tlie long,
beautiful tresses of black hair, which had
been kept up with a comb before the bath
was taken, now floated in luxuriant abun
dance. over the shoulders, and much under
the waist of tlie Santa Fociuas, as in pro
cession they returned to their respective
homes. They were careful not to walk too
fast, that they might not lose the benefit
of their refreshing dip; and when on ar
rival at home they assembled, in tertulia,
at their porches, or in their patios, tlie
hair, like a veil continued to shroud al
most every part of them but their face.
They alledged that they could not other
wise have tlicr tresses and ringlets dried
before the hour of rest. Hereupon a good
deal of conversation followed, as to the
different habits of the ladies in Santa Fe
and those i:i England; till a cal! to supper
fortunately saved me from the embarrass
ment of answering some ratiier puzzling
questions.—[Robertson’s Letter on Par
aguay.
Among the numerous remarks which
have been elicited by the quadruped im
portations of Commodore Elliot, and
the brief letter from the Secretary of the
Navy making enquiries on that subject,—
we have seen none equal to the following
article, which we copy from the Washing
ton Statesman. The “order of battle,”
proposed by the new system is laughable
irresistibly; and the mind of Camihiell
alone, worked to a pitch Ijke the afflatus
which produced the “Conflict of the Bal
tic,” could describe a warlike encounter
under such terrific circumstances.
The Cos vs rm rr o v .—This noble frigate,
it is said, will require serious repairs in her
gun-deck, in consequence of the injuries
the present one sustained from the cargo
of mules, which she brought with her from
the Mediterranean. It is much to be re
gretted that her commander did not pro
tect the deck, by a layer of thick plank,
or, what would have been better still, “a
pavement of asphaltum.” The latter arti
cle being a non-recipient of noxious fluids,
the atmosphere, especially at night would
have been less offensive to the seamen,
obliged as they were to swing their ham
mocks among the mules.
If the recent order of the lion. Secre
tary of the Navy, disallowimg the com
mander of a national ship the privilege of
converting her into a transport for jack
asses, should erer be annulled, rescinded,
or “expunged,” we trust that her decks
will at once be paved with the most ap
proved asphaltum—her guns will of course
he stowed below, while each gaping port
will display the uncompromising visage of
one wbi makes no terms with apposition.
Should an enemy attack her, the battle
hr ay of a hundred of these, unyielding
fellows, all striking in nt once, at the top
of their whistle, would he enough, of it
self to unnerve the strongest heart. No
enemy, with whom “discretion was the
better part of valor,” would think of re
newing his attack on a ship thus obstinate
ly defended. The victory would he alike
easy and bloodless; no bones would he
broken, no lives lost, every man and mule
would safely reach his destined port; and
then, to crown the whole, “the agricultur- 1
al interest of the country would be pro-j
moted.”—How would—
Tint cattle l r,v, the lambkins skip,
The old folks talk, thf young ones prattle,
As homeward bound, this jackass-ship
Returned triumphant from the battle!
Yankee Girls.—l love to meet a yan
kcc girl, let it be where it will, but more
especially when west of the Hudson, for
then her pure simplicity of word and ac
tion contrasts so amiable with the con
strained manner of two many amongst us,
whose heads and hearts have been spoiled
by an artificial state of society. She gen
erally speaks what she thinks, nor is she!
fearful of thinking independently either; |
her actions, though free, never go beyond
tiie strictest rules of propriety; and the
most fastidious, who may at first imagine
her imprudent, soon become assured that
she is less erratic in thought than in the
mincing prude who chides her niece of
fifteen for smiling with unconstrained
openheartedness in tlie face of our cousin
who'has just returned from abroad. I
feel as if 1 had just emerged from tlie con
fined air of a city into a pure breezy at
mosphere, whenever I find myself in the
society of a genuine yatikee girl, who has
moved in good society and possesses a
cultivated mind.
The most excellent traits which 1 have
observed in tiie yankee girl, are her even
ness of disposition and fine flow of spirits.
You will always find her the same see her
wiicre you will and when you will, —and
you are never at a loss to understand her
for she has none of the low tricks which I
have become too fashionable among too i
many young ladies, who are constantly,
in their social intercourse witii our sex,
engaged in fighting under false colors,-un
til we are obliged to turn about, and in!
mere self protection become as great by-!
pocrites as themselves. [Philadelphia j
Paper.
Washington Irving has somewhere made
some admirable remarks on tlie capacity
of delicate females for endurance in ad
versity, and their ability to restore the
[drooping energies of rhe sterner sex un
der the pressure oftrouble. If there he a
sight more affecting than any other, it is
to behold a tender and affectionate wile
,
cheering with her fond smile the partner of
her affections, and soothing his wounded
spirit with her caresses. Men may talk
as they will about their ability to face
misfortune, hut tlie strongest of them are
■weak when compared with lovely woman.
It is not in the festal hall, nor at the ban
quet, nor during the hours of prosperity
and joyousness that tlie female character
discovers itself ill all its excellence. li is
•a lien the strength of man lias failed, when
Ids heart is bruised, and his pride humbled
and broken by the scathing touch of penu
ry and want; —when his head droops and
, liis limbs are weary, and when he sinks
into despondency, that woman, like an
angel of mercy, hangs about bis pillows,
and smoothes the ruffle brow of care.—
It is when sorrow lias spread its darkness
I around bis spirit, and even to hope seems
denied, that man finds comfort in the af
fections of fond woman, ar.d reads in the
glance of female tenderness and devotion
the augury of hotter days to come. Those
who have felt the reality of what we here
i state, can best appreciate its truth, and
exclaim with the poet:
“V* itliout the smile from partial beauty won, ,
!Oh v. liat were man —a world without a sun!’’
A Band or Heroes. —The Carlist Ge.n
icral, or rather butcher, Cabrera, after the [
i affairs of Maelia, commanded eighty see- j
I gents of the division of Bardinas to stop j
out of the ranks, and offered them the al-,
I tentative of being shot nr taking service
with Don Carlos. “We prefer dying,”
was the reply. Cabrera immediately order
ed them to he shot, ten by ten,.in the hope
that the sight of the execution of their
comrades would shake tlie firmness of
their survivors. Every time a platoon of
these Tieroical sergeants was laid on the
ground by the bails of bis savage band,
Cabrera bad ibis terrible question address
ed to tlie next platoon, “Will you take
service for our Lord and King Don Car
los?” and tlie same answer, "We prefer
dying,” was uniformly returned. The
names of these eight sergeants ought to ;
be written in letters of gold on the front j
of all tlie military establishments of Spain. i
One Moment! what an effect it produces j
upon years! One moment! virtue, crime, glo- j
ry, shame, wo, rapture, rest upon it! Death
itself is but n moment, yet eternity is its Stic
ccssnr.
[From the Baltimore American.]
It would seem that all the notions here
tofore entertained of the beauty of the hu
man form are at fault, if we may judge
from the attempts constantly made to alter
the female shape and render it conforma
ble to the notions of modern mnntua
makers. Some of the fashions introduced
of late years not only set nil the laws of
symmetry at defiance, but go so far as to
Impart to tlie person peculiarities which,
if they really existed, would stamp the
possessors with decided deformity.—Nor
is this all. The appliances used to pro
duce new modifications to the frame, are
such us to induce disease, and many instan
ces death. If the young I adies thus endeavor
to disfigure nature’s handy work would only
reflecit for a moment on the melancholy
fruits of their capriciousness, self-preserva
tion if no other motive, would make them
abstain from confining the body so as to
interefure with the animal economy. The
number of deaths caused by eon swaption,
as it is called, but in fact nothing else
titan the consequences of tight lacing, is as
we believe greater than the fair victims of
their own immediate desire for taper
shapes are willing to admit. Let them
suffer nature to devclope itself, and, if we
are not much mistaken, in many an in
stance where there exist at present pale
ness and emaciation there would he ruddy
complexions, well rounded forms, and the
free elastic step of health and vigor.
A Lesson for the modern Press. —lt
is recorded, and cannot he too often re
peated of Doctor Franklin, that when ho
published a newspaper in Philadelphia, a
person brought a piece which he desired
might be published. Tlie Doctor request
ed him to leave it tili the next day, when lie
would give him an answer, lie accordingly
returned at the time appointed, and receiv
ed the following answer from Franklin: ‘He
had,” he said, “perused the piece, and
found it to be scurrilous and defamatory.
To determine whtlicr he should publish
it or not, lie bad gone home in the eve
ning, purchased a two penny loaf at the
baker’s, and with water from the pump
had made a supper of it. lie then wrap
ped himself up in bis great coat, laid
himself on the floor, and slept soundly
till morning: when on another loaf and
mug of water, he breakfasted, and felt no
inconvenience whatever from his regimen.
Finding ho could live in this manner, he
had formed a determination never to pros
titute !:is press to the purpose of corrup
tion and abuse, for the sake of gaining a
more comfortable subsistence.” —[New
Orleans Picayune.
Wealth of New York. —From a ta
ble appended to the annual report of the
Comptroller, we learn thnfthe value of re
al estate in this state is .?5f'2,86 of
the personal estate, $124,080,788 —total
8027,544,894. The agregate taxation of
the state, excepting of tiie counties of Al
legany, Richmond, Clinton, Cortland,
Jefferson, Oneida and St. Lawrence, from
which there are no returns during the year,
amounted to $2,700,533 62. The aver
age rate of county and town tax was
3 7-1D mills on tiie dollar. The highest
rate was paid in Franklin county, 12 6-10
mills. The number of acres taxed in this
city is 14,000; tiie value of real estate is
set down at $194,543,304, and of the
personal c-tnte $69,699,5-2 —total 264,-
152,911 T’lie aggregate taxation is sl,-
214,9*2 15, being at the rale of 4 7-10 mills
on the dollar. The number of acres of
land in the state, according to Burr’s atlas,
is 29,329,936. The number of acres of
laud taxed in the different counties, with
the exception of those enumerated above
is 21,831,010. — [Commercial Adv.
Weller isms. —“We meet no more to
part,” ns tiie office holders say .when the
people’s money passes into their hands.
“Come o’er the moon lit sea,” as was
sung by Mr. Svvartwonl crossing the At
lantic. Dedicated to Mr. Price.
“I wish you a pleasant journey,” as the
mudturtlc said to the frog, who was enter
ing the snake’s gullet.
“P’raps you are not of music,”
as the tuneful screech owl said to the
raccoon vat wanted to go to sleep.
“Von more embrace before we part,
“ns the bear said to the boy down east
the other day.
“You make me blush,” as the lobster J
said when they put him in the stew pan.!
“Vot a Beauty,” as the monkey said to
tlie bai.mon.
“Touch me not,” as the Porcupine said
veil tlie Catamount cotch’d him.
A ragged military officer, and a still
more bandy legged negro, met at the bar
of a public house, where the following
conversation took place; “Cuff, you’re a
good honest fellow, and I like to compli
ment a man what’s lived an honest life if
he is black; you shall take a glass of
drink with me Cuff.” “Well: capting,
Ps berry dry, sol won’t be ugly ’bout it;
some niggers is too proud to drink with
militia officer; but when he’s sober he
(is as good as nigger—’specially when de 1
aigger’s dry ”
[TERMS *3 IN ADVANCE.
HUMBER 36.
| London Defaulters. —The clerk of
J one of the most extensive parishes in, Lon
don lately committed suicide, after fulfill
! ing some of the most important offices
; for a period of thirty-five years. He had
! been for ninny years acting secretary of
the Savings Bank, and nmnbe.lesa pri-
I vate individuals had eutfusted him with
; large sums for investment, all of which
! had been lost in bis speculations, or made
i use of to cover bis former defalcations.
One widow lady bad entraisted him with
$75,000, to invest in the public 'funds,
and he always paid her over the interest
at the regular period, but she having had
some misgivings, went to the Bank of
England *o examine the books, when, to
her astonishment, she found that her stock
| had been sold out at various times, until
the small balance of 85,000 only remain
ed to her. This expose led to others, and
terminated in the death of the defaulter
by liis own hand.
Religious Tolerance. —A rare ex
ample of religious tolerance has been re
cently shown at Murtcrstadt, the chief
town of the district of Frnnkcrithal in
Bavaria. The Jews of that place, being
in want of a synagogue, had raised a sub
scription, to which a great many Chris
tians contributed, and the opening of the
new place of worship was fixed for the
24th ult. On learning this, the Catholic
clergy expressed a desire to attend the
ceremony, and oflerred a large room in
the rectory of one of the parishes as a
rendervouz for the whole of the persons
who were to he present. Here the pro
cession was formed, with the two. Jewish
Ilahhis at its'head, the members of the
consistory of the district, the Catholic
clergy, the civil and military authorities,
the principal inhabitants of tho'town, and
last of all, the Jewish residents. After
the ceremony, and the delivery of the ora
tion bv tlie chief Rabbi, the Catholic rec
tor addressed the assembly in an eloquent
discourse, recommending concord and
charity among the followers of all religions.
A fellow who had been paying his de
voirs at the shrine of Bacchus, and like
Falstiff had foresworn thin pbtations,
stood at tlie corner of the street, about
three sheets in (lie wind, endeavoring to
sustain himself by the assistance of a post.
It was rather a difficult piece of business,
for he was first on one side of it, then up
on the other. In this emergency, a boon
companion on the opposite side of the
street, called to him to come across. —
Come across,” said the fellow, with a hic
cup, missing his hold of the post, and
stumbling at length, “you must be a smart
man to suppose 1 can come across, wheni
I am too drunk to stay where l am."
[Cincinnati News.
Natural Criticism. —l always listen
with much pleasure to the remaks made
by country people on the habits of ani
mals. A countryman was shown Gain
borough’s celebrated picture of tlie pigs:
"To be sure,” said be, “they be deadly
like pigs; but there is one fault— nobody
ever saw three pigs feeding together, but
vvliut one on’tnn had a foot in tbelrohgl).
[Jesse’s Natural History.
A correspondent of the New Em gives
the following exccdlent directions for those
whose clothes may take fire.
“Should your clothes get on fire, lie
down on the floor, and roll over until it
is put out. Or, if a blanket, carpet or
rug is at hand, wrap it around you/’
i Dcr.Li.iKC in Htde Pack.—The year
i 1803 was one of fatality to duellists*—
| Early in March in that year a most extra
ordinary duel took place in Hyde Park,
between a L’cutenant iri the navy and a
military officer. The distance was only
six paces; at the first fire the navaloffiecr'g
I third and fourth fingers were toroUtT Ilia
riulit hand. Callous to'ptfin, he wrapped
| his handkerchief round his hain& and
j swore he had another which never /ailed
him. They again took their ground. On
the wounded man receiving the pistol in
his left hand, he looked steadfastly at his
adversary for some time, and said lit a low
voice, “Forgive me!" The partftft fired
as before, and both fell. The fttffitary
principal had received the shot through
I his head, and instantly expired; the other
| received the ball in his left- breast,- *id
immediately inquired if his antagonist’s
wound was mortal. Being answered in
the affirmative, he thanked Heaven he
had lived thus long; requested a mourning
ring on his finger might be given R> Md
sister, and that she might; bo assured that
the present was the happiest moment ia
his life. He had stfircely uttered the
words, when a blood burst
from the wound, and nwwptfad inmost
without a struggle.—[o, Service ieutrnal.
Anceij.— Avoid a hasty and inconsider
ate reply in disputation. Il'id the aoeOhri
angry word, says Socrates, that breeds Hie
quarrel. How many now pining iu gloo
my prisons, would have boon “free as the
sunlight and the blessed air," had they a
bided iiv this precept! » v-