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BY CHARLES DAVIS.]
VOLUME 2.
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
AGENTS.
liibb County. Alexander Richards, Esq.
Trifair “ Rev. Charles J. Shelton.
Mclntosh “ James Blue, Esq.
Houston “ B. J. Smith, Esq.
Puluski “ Norman McDuffie, Esq.
Ticiggs “ \\ illiam H. Robinson, Esq.
U ayne “ Robert Howe, Esq.
TERMS.
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the year.
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than six months, and no paper discontinu
ed until all arrearages are paid except
at the option of the publisher.
HT All letters and communications in relation
to the paper, must be POST PAID to en
sure attention. /
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serted at Oil Dollar per twelve lines, or less,
for 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
insertions will be published until ordered out,
and charged accordingly.
Legal Advertisements published at the
usual rates. v
Wayne Cos. SlierilPs Sale.
WILL be sold at the Court House door, in
the said County of Wayne on the first
Tuesday in May next, within the usual hours
of sale, the following property, to wit :
Lots No. (209), whereon a Saw Mill, a Grist
Mill, and other needful buildings are situated;
also lots No. (210), (239), (175), (172). Also
Fraction Lot No. (240), to satisfy a scire
facias issued Irom the Superior Court of Wayne
County, in favor of Pliney Sheffield, against
Albus Rea and David Burbank, the property
jiointed out by the plaintiflT’s Attorney.
LEIGHTON CAUSEY.
feblG Sheriff of the Cos. of Wayne, Ga.
Notice.
I TOUR 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,
jan 19 Adinr.
'Notice.
ALL persons having demands against the
Estate of Jno. Burnett, Jr. late of the Cos.
of Glynn, de eased, will hand them in duly
attested within the time prescribed by law; and
all indebted to said Estate make payment im
mediately to
ROBERT HAZLEIIURST,
S. M. BURNETT.
Mar 9 Qualified Executors.
Notice.
ALL persons having demands against the
Estate of John A. Wyley, late of the
Cuunty of Glynn, deceased, will present them
duly attested within the time prescribed by
law; and persons indebted to said estate will
make immediate payment to
A. W. WYLEY,
Mar 9 of Mclntosh Cos. Adinr.
Notice.
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
ing on the Great Satilla River, being part of
the real estate of Sherrod Sheffield, de
ceased, for the benefit of the heirs and credi
tors. ELIZABETH SHEFFIELD,
jan 12 Executrix.
UHREIt.
THE proprietors of the Darien upper Steam
SAW MILL have on hand LUMBER of
various dimensions for sale, and nre ready to
saw to order. They have a good supply of
saw logs and are able to furnish cargoes as fast
as they can be loaded, at the Mill Wharf, where
the depth of water is sufficient for vessels draw
ing fourteen feet.
TURNER & JOHNSTON.
Darien, March 2,1839. ts
o*Reference may be had to P. M. Night
ingale, Esq. in Brunswick.
Hank of Brunswick.
THE hours for the transaction of business
in this Institution will be from ten A. M.
to one P, M.
The offering day will be Friday and discount
day the following Monday of each week.
Oct 8 I. C. PLANT, Cashier.
Ready .Hade Clothing.
AN extensive assortment of READY MADE
GARMENTS, for the present and ap
proaching season, on hand and receiving at the
BRUNSWICK CLOTHING STORE,
in part as follows, viz:
SURTOUTS, —WRAPPERS of BROAD
CLOTHS,—PILOT CLOTHS,—PETERS
HAMS, &.C., —Frock and Dress COATS of
Broadcloths of every color and quaIity—PAN
TALOONS of black, blue, mixed fancy En
glish and American Cassiineres—VESTS of
plain and fig’d English Satins and Silks—Va
lencias—Toilinetts —figd and plain Velvets—
Marcella, &e. For sale by
jan 26 ts J. W. ATWILL.
Notice.
THE Subscriber has appointed Robert Ha
zlehurst, Esq. his authorised attorney du
ring his absence from this State.
WILLIAM D. JENKINS.
Mar 23—3t*
For Sale.
A TRACT of land containing two hundred
acres, situate near Sterling, eleven miles
from Brunswick, on which is a good dwelling
house, out buildings, &c Apply to
mar 23—ts JAMES MOORE.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, IN THE CITY OF BRUNSWICK, GLYNN COUNTY, GEORGIA
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL «, 1839.
Sloop tor .Sale.
I -KTIN' THE Subscriber offers for sale
one half, or the whole of the
Sloop ARGO.— For further par
ticulars, application may be
made to the Subscriber, near Brunswick.
J. J. MORGAN.
N. B. All persons are cautioned not to
credit said Sloop, as I shall not pay any bills
contracted on her account after this date.
Mar 4—m 9 —l m J. J- M.
Steamer Florida.
THE elegant steam
packet FLORIDA.!
n,Captain John Nock,
==3SS3Ss£SBKSSb9& continues to run regu
larly from Savannah to Brunswick every week,
on her way to St. Marys, Jacksonville and
Black Creek, always touching at Brunswick on
her route back to Savannah. For further par
ticulars apply to W. A. HOWARD,
mar 16 ts Oglethorpe House.
flJ’Steam Boat Notice.,£o
Passage from Bruns-
Marys,Jachsonrille and
Garey's Ferry.
The new and superior Steamers “FORRES
TER,” Capt. Drake, and the “ISIS,” Capt.
Pearson, will run regularly from Savannah
to Florida weekly, always stopping at Bruns
wick and St. Marys, going and coming. For
particulars apply to
DART, BARRETT & CO.
jan 12—3 m Brunswick, Ga.
To Planters.
PLANTERS in this vicinity, wishing sup
plies for their Plantations, can be furnish
ed with Merchandize in every variety, on as
reasonable terms ns can be purchased in Sa
vannah or Charleston, at the store of
jan 26 RICE, PARKER & CO.
$l*TO Reward.
ABSCONDED from Waverley Plantation,
Camden County, on the 16th day of July
last, LARKIN, DICK, and CATO. Larkin
is a stout Mulatto fellow, about 28 years of age,
5 feet 6to 9 inches high—he has a scar on Tijflj
right cheek, also some marks of small
about his face, particularly on his nose, also a
large scar from an axe on his foot, near the
great toe. Larkn has rather a feeble voice for
a man of his stature. Cato is a black fellow,
an African by birth, he is a stout, square built
fellow, about 4 feet 4 to 6 inches high—has
the mark of his tribe on his breast, he is like
wise ruptured, and has a very large mouth.
Dick is a small black, well set fellow, also an 1
African by birth, with a round face and down
cast look, easily confused when interrogated;
there is also n singular appearance about his
mouth when alarmed. The above three fel
lows were bought of the estate of Jno. H. Mo
rel, in March 1836, and formerly lived at the
Cottonham Plantation, Bryan Cos. They arc
also well acquainted in and about Savannah.
GEO. C. DUNHAM, Manager.
Mar 9 ,
Fifty Dollar* Reward.
Ran away from the subscriber
vfcN in Hamburg on the 28th Febru
ary, his negro man THOMAS,
he is about 28 years of age, five
(v'3C_. feet ten inches high, dark com-
U plected, and pleasant counte
nance. He is a blacksmith by
trade, and has doubtless pro- j
cured free papers from some person, and has
gone to work at that business either in South !
Carolina or Georgia. He is in all probability j
lurking about Savannah, as 1 understand he j
engaged in the steamboat “Thorn.”—When he :
left, he had on a red flannel shirt, black satti
net pantaloons, and broadcloth coat and
new beaver hat. Any person delivering said !
negro to me, or will lodge him in any safe jail,
so that 1 can get him, shall receive the above
reward. R. L. TOW SON, Jr.
Hamburg, S. C. March 24th, 1839.
Mar 30—lOw
Doctor* YVilson and
HAVINC? entered into a copartnership will
attend to Professional business.
They are ready to enter into contracts with ,
families and plantations for Medical services I
WM. PRINCE WILSON, I
F. GAGE.
jan 19—ts
Dissolution.
THE Copartnership heretofore existing be- I
tween Dart, Barrett &. Cos. is this day !
dissolved. The debts due by the firm will be j
settled by the subscriber, and those indebted
will please make early payment to him.
Mar 7 GEE DUPREE.
Leots for Sale.
PERSONS wishing to purchase lots in de
sirable situations in this city can he accom
modated on reasonable terms, by applying to
the subscriber.
Nov 22 A. L. KING.
Flothing.
(YAA CALICO and Striped shirts—4oo
vs pair Duck Pants—so Lawn Jack
ets. Just rec’d per schr. James Francis, and
for sale by
mar 16 RICE, PARKER & Cos.
Wanted,
BY JOHN FRANKLIN.
HIDES, Beeswax, and Tallow. — Cow and
Buck Horns.—Also, Bear, Cat, Deer, and
otter Skins, for which the highest market
price will be given. Mar 9
DUNBAR MOREL,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
TENDERS his professional services to the
public. His office is over the Post Office,
where he will always be found,
mar 16
A* ■ • KINO, ;
Attorney and Counsellor at Lau>.
OFFICE over the Post Office, opposite the 1
Oglethorpe House,
mar 16
MISCELLANY.
[From the Common School Journal.]
PENMANSHIP.
It is common to call good handwriting
an accomplishment. We call it a utility.
There is value and assistance in it, and
a substantial good. To run over a page
of fair handwriting is like riding over a
smooth, solid highway. To work one’s
way through a page of bad handwriting
is like forcing a passage through a swamp
thick with underbrush, netted with bri
ers, and unstable with quicksands. There
is a certain honesty and friendliness in
good penmanship;—nay, it has a quality
of justice and equity, as though it said
Ido unto others as 1 would that others
should do unto me. Bad handwriting is
an incivility. It has an air of selfishness
about it. It says, “What is your conve
nience or pleasure or time to me?” We
received to-day a note, covering less than
one side of half a sheet of paper, which it
took us fifteen minutes to read, and re
quired the cooperation of all the facul
ties. It took our correspondent not more
than two minutes to write it. Had he
spent five minutes in writing it, we could
then have read it in two minutes. Thus
between us there was a loss of ten min
utes of time, to say nothing of eyes and
temper. But suppose it takes my cor
respondent only five minutes less to write,
what it takes me five minutes more to
read, because it is written badly; by what
pretence of justice does he throw the loss
of that fire minutes upon me? His prac
tical declaration is, “Yonr time is less
valuable than mine.” But have Ino other
duties to perform? Am I, like Champol
lion, to decipher*Egyptian manuscripts,
without the honors of a discoverer? But
why is it necessary, in a time of profound
jpeace, and on a matter of common busi
liess, to write in cipher as though we were
conspirators, plotting a rebellion?
In confuting the opinion of those who
contended, that the universe was formed
from a fortuitous concourse of atoms,
Cicero said it would he as impossible to
form the universe in that manner, as
it would be to shake together an innumer
able quantity of metal letters, and throw
them promiscuously upon the ground, and
have them so fall in relation to each other,
as to make one of the poems of Ennius.
In quoting this passage from Cicero, Dr.
Thomas Brown remarks that “such is our
nature, that it would seem as truly impos
sible, that a number of types thrown to
gether should form the Iliad or Odyssey,
as that they should form Homer himself.''
Now in regard to some manuscripts, the
exact reverse of this would seem to be
true. On first inspection, we should he
ready to affirm, that nothing hut Chance,
that is, the fortuitous concurrence of
marks, could have produced them. And
if, at last, with incredible labor, vve sep
arate and arrange and combine these
marks into legible symbols, it is only by
a sort of creative power, like that which
would produce a world from chaotic par
ticles. On what principle can it be ac
counted for, that had spelling should be
universally taken as proof of a defective
education, while bad handwritting often
accompanies the highest? It is a vice
which seems to prevail most, amongst
learned men. A manuscript, ever so bad
ly spelt, is more easily read, than one
scrawlingly written. It is almost impos
sible to spell so falsely as wholly to mask
the meaning. If one person cannot di
vine it, another can. And such is the ar
bitrary combination of our letters into
words, that they, who spell worst, are of
ten most true to the elementary sounds of
the letters. Dr. Franklin relates an an
ecdote of receiving a letter from a cor
respondent, which had the word, wyf, in
it. He was baffled and posed. He show
ed it to Mrs. Franklin, hut the word was
a stranger to her vocabulary. The maid
servant happening to come into the room
he asked her what w, y, f, spelt. Why,
what should it spell, said she, but wife to
be sure? But some writing we meet with
is as unorganic, as destitute of structure
or arrangement, as beds of autumn leaves
whirled together by the wind. When prop
er names are written in this manner, it
makes a hopeless case, for there is noth-1
ing in the context to shed its light upon j
them. We have had, more than once, |
to take the signature of a letter, and the
marks which stood where the name of
the town is commonly written, and make
a facsimile of them, as a superscription
to the answer; not knowing whence, or
from whom, the letter came, nor wherfe
or to whom, ours went. The lesson giv
en by Dr. Parr, to Sir William Jones, is
one we have often had occasion to re
peat. When Sir William sent the doc
tor one of his unreadable letters, lie re
plied as follows: “Either you cau writte
better or you cannot. If you can write
better, then write better; if you cannot,
then go to school.” Teach children, that
there is a certain openness and ingenu- j
ousness of character, a love of fair dealing;
aa it were, in clear, well-defined, distinct- j
ly-featurcd penmanship. It is like a good !
] physiognomy in a stranger, which inter
! ests us in his welfare at once. But in
J had penmanship, there is something un
mannerly.evasive and dissembling. When
old John Hancock signed the Declaration
i of Independence, he wrote his name in a
broad, bold, energetic character; as though
he said, —“If 1 am ever tried as a rebel,
I’ll not deny my autograph.”
i We believe a vast deal of time is lost
in vvliat is called, by courtesy, learning
to write. The art of learning to write
| depends mainly upon two things:—first,
a clear conception, in the mind of the
learner, of regularly and well-formed let
ters; and second, a skill, a manual dexteri
ty and quickness, in delineating that form
| upon paper, —in bringing out and pre
senting to the sight the image or picture
which was in the mind. One thing is
perfectly certain, that the outward object,
the visible letters, will never be any bet
ter, than the conception of them in the
mind. Owing to stiffness in the hand or
fingers, the form of the letters written,
may be far less perfect, than the picture
which the writer may have in his mind; —
that is, a writer may close his eyes and
then imagine a letter, exact and symmet
rical in all its parts, and yet, through
rigidity in the organs, be unable to copy
the mental image upon paper. The hand,
the fingers, and the pen are alike instru
ments of the mind in performing the op
eration; and there may be a numbness or
want of pliancy, either in the bones, the
joints, or the goose-quill, which may de
feat the attempt to equal, by an outward
representation, the accuracy of the men
tal archetype. But though the letter made
i may be inferior to the letter imagined,
the former will never excel the latter, in
the correctness of its outline, and the fit
ness of its proportions.
The first step, then in teaching the art
of writing, is to secure the existence, in
a child’s mind, of the best possible no
tice of a well-shaped letter or part of a
letter, or a well-written word. This must
be so effectually done, as that the child
can excite an image of a handsome let
ter in his mind, with his eyes shut, or in
the dark. This may he done by exhib
iting beautiful letters, causing the child
to fix his attention upon them, and con
necting such pleasant associations with
the perception of their forms, that they
will be remembered; for the mind slowly
if ever, forgets that which gave it delight
i when conceived. It may be necessary to
! repeat this process again and again; nor
does it incur any loss of time to do so,
| for the business of learning to write is
never advancing so fast, or so effectually,
jas during the formation, in the learner’s
mind, of a correct conception of what is
to be done by his fingers.
And here, in passing, we may remark
upon an idea we have, not (infrequently,
heard advanced by teachers; viz. that the
first marks or copies, set for new be
ginners, should he of an imperfect charac
ter. The notion is, that if the copv he
perfect, the learner will despair, when he
comes to see the contrast between his
own rude work and the perfect model.—
But it is quite as easy for a learner to
catch the forw of a true oval for an o, as
it would be if it bulged oil one side, or
crinkled at the upper and lower turns.—
The art of writing addresses itself more
to the imitative, than to the reflective or
progressive faculties; and in writing or
drawing, the formation of a perfect object
will not be facilitated by first striving to
form a number of imperfect ones, any
more than it will aid the correct solution
of a sum in the arithmetic to work a few
sums wrong.
But we repeat, that, until the mind is
able to form a correct picture of a letter,
the fingers will never be able to make one.
The will starts certain nerves of motion,
which have their origin in the brain.—
These nerves of motion are spread out
over muscles, which are entirely depend
ent upon the nerves of every voluntary
motion. These muscles move the fingers,
and through their instrumentality the pen.
Now, the slightest conceivable variation in
the impulse or direction given by the will
to those intermediate instruments, the
nerves and the muscles, will deform the
letters; as in throwing a stone by the hand,
if thi,exact projectile force be not given
to the arm, the stone will fall short or
rush bejtoqd the mark; or if the fingers do
not suffer tfre.stone to fly off at the exact
tangential pointj'tiMt is, the true point in
the curve made byAire arm, then the stone j
will strik** to the right or left of the mark.
Except, therefore, the guiding power of;
the mind sees the form of the letter, upon
the white surface of the paper, just as
plainly, before a particle of ink has touch
ed it, as though it were written in fire, it
can never guide the nerves and muscles
so as to delineate that form. It cannot re
produce through the physical organs, and
make visible to those, any thing more per
fect, than was first mentally visible to it
self. But this picture, in (he mind, of a
well-written word or letter, consists oil
a union of several simple notions, and |
these must be arranged by the mind, one j
by one, to form the perfect archetype.—
For this purpose, oral instructions should
be given to the pupils, respecting the con
stituents of good penmanship.
Let them be exercised upon such points
jas these, until they become perfectly fa
| miliar with them:—
! I.Q. That, with the exception of enpi
-1 tals, and those letters and parts of letters,
which rise above or descend below the
line, all the letters should turn exactly up
on the line, neither perceptibly above, nor
j perceptibly below it. in the letter n, for
j instances, to have one mark shorter than
j the other, is like a man’s having one leg
I shorter than the other.
2nd. That the letters should all slant
, the same way, and should have the same
{degree in inclination, compared with par
allel vertical lines. A difference in the
slanting of two adjacent letters may be
exhibited on an enlarged scale by laying
j a long rule upon them and marking the
1 divergence of the lines when extended to
the top or bottom of the page.
3</. That all the hair strokes and the
large marks should correspond with each
other in fineness aud fullness.
4th. That the same letters, whether
they recur in the same or in different
words, should be of a uniform size. In
the word book, to have one o small and
the other large is as ugly, as it would be
to have one great eye and one little eye in
the same head.
sth. That all the letters in the same
word should be equidistant from each oth
er. Where there is an m followed by an n,
or where there are two ms together, the dis
tance between the marks composing the
letters, and the distance of each letter
from the connecting stroke should be the
same. In the word ocean, the bottou
curves of the four letters o, c, e, and a,
should have the same sweep, and the same
intermediate spaces.
6th. That when one part of a letter
branches off from another part, as (he last
mark of an n from the first, the point of
divergence should always be equidistant
from the upper ruled line, and so in all
words, attd when one letter is connected
with the succeeding, as the first five letters
in the word ceiling, the connecting line
should always enter the succeeding letter
at the same distance front the bottom
ruled line. We need not speak of the dot
ting of the i’s and the crossing of the t’s.
Enough has buen said to indicate the
course recommended.
There should he a regular exercise of
this kind, consisting of some twenty ques
tions, which every writing class should he
able to answer, with precision and exact
! ness, in relation both to coarse and fine
I hand; and they can he made to see, that
all their had writing consists in some de
parture from tlieir own rules. These re
j marks may seem minute and trivial, and
j yet they comprehend the whole difference
between elegant and slovenly handwriting.
In actual measurement of a foot-rule, how
■ minute is the difference between the great
majority of human countenances, and yet
I what endless diversity exists between
them! The painter, the sculptor, the en
graver catches these minute differences by
his eye; he retains an exact impression
of them in his mind, aud then, through his
organs and his implements, he transfers
these impressions to the canvass, marble,
or plate. By well-directed and delicate
stfokes or etchings he can impart exquisite
and refined lineaments to the “human face
j divine;” or by deep and harsh ones, he can
; exemplify what Quin called, in a ruffian,
“not the lines, but the cordage of liisjace."
Good writing, like the highest achieve
ments in the arts, comes from noting these
minute differences. When the habit is once
formed, the muscles seem to obey the will,
almost unconsciously. Let the motto al
ways be, good writing first; rapid writing
afterwards.
Drawing is a form of writing, and ought
always to be taught with it. No doubt,
writing itself could he mastered more easi
ly, if the highly useful exercise of drawing
were taught simultaneously with it. But
we have not room, at present, to enter up
on a discussion of this subject.
A Russian Masquerade. About Christ
mas, musquerades are much in vogue in
Russia, and even when an ordinary ball is
given at this season, it is not unusual to
place candles in the windows of the house,
as a signal that masks are admitted with
out invitation. At the period to which
this story refers, namely, the Christmas
of 1834, a hall was given at a house at Pe»
tersburg, which was mentioned, bull have
forgotten the name of the owner, and the
ordinary signal was displayed for the ad
mission of masks, several of whom arrived
in the course of the evening, stayed a short
time as usual, and departed. At length
a party entered, dressed as Chinese, and
bearing on a palanquin a person whom
they called their chief, saying that it was
his fete day. They set him down rery re
spectfully in the middle of the room, and
commenced dancing what they said was
their national dance around him. When
this was concluded, they separated and
[TERMS S3 IN ADVANCE.
NUMB SR. ftft.
mingled with the general company, speak
ing French very well, and making them
selves very agreeable. After a while they
began gradually to disappear unnoticed,
slipping out of the room one or two at a
time, till at last they were all gone, leaving
their chief still sitting motionless, in dig
nified silence in his palanquin in the mid
dle of the room. The ball began to thin,
and the attention of those who remained
was wholly drawn to the grave figure of the
Chinese mask. The master of the house
at length went up to him and told him
that his companions were all gone, polite
ly begging him to take off his mask, that
he and his guests might know to whom
they were indebted for all the pleasure
which the exhibition had offered them.—
The Chinese, however, gave no reply by
word or signs, and a feeling of uneasy
curiosity gradually drew around hint the
guests who remained tr, the hall room.—
The silent figure stilt took no notice of all
that was passing ronud him, and the mas
ter of the house at length with his own
hand took off the mask, and discovered
to the horrified by-standers the face of a
corpse. The police were immediately
sent for, and on a surgical examination of
the hotly, it nppeared to he that of a man
who had been strangled a few hours be
fore. Nothing, however, could be dis
covered either at the time or afterwards
which could lead to the identity of the
murdered man, or the discovery of the ac
tors in this extraordinary scene; it was
found on inquiry that they arrived at the
house where they deposited the dead body,
in a handsome equipage, with masked
servants. —[Venable’s Domestic Scenes in
Russia.
[From Grant’s “Bench and the Bar.”]
Excessive Politeness.— Nine unhap
py men were appointed to receive sen
tence of death for various offences. It
so happened, however, that in entering
the names of the unfortunate parties, on
being convicted, on his own slip of pa
per, Baron Graham omitted one of them.
The nine were brought up, and the eight,
whose names were on his paper, received
sentence. They then quitted the
The ninth stood in / mute astonishment.
The clerk, perceiving the mistake, c.alled
to his lordship, just ns he was opening
the door to leave the court. Turning
about and casting a look of surprise at
the prisoner, he hurried hack to his seat,
and putting on the black cap, he address
ed the prisoner in the following manner,
giving at the same time a profusion of
hows: “My good man, I really beg your
pardon for the mistake: it was entirely a
mistake: altogether a mistake I assure you.
The sentence of the Court on you is that
you be taken to the jtlace whence you
came, tiience to the place of execution,
and there he hanged by the neck until you
are dead. And the Lord have mercy on
your soul. I do beg your pardon I’m
very sorry for the mistake I assure you.”
So saying he made another low how to
the unhappy man, and then quitted the
court.
Fish in tasiiion. — When fashions are
worn out at Paris, the milliners send the
antiquated articles to the north, that is to
Sweden or Russia. A vessel deeply laden
with such merchandise was run down in
the channel of St. Petersburgh. Next
day a salmon was caught in the Neva,
dressed in a satin pe:ticont, and in the
same net were found two large cod with
inuslin handkerchiefs around.tWfr rtfeyks.
The sharks and porpoises were observed
in gowns of the latest taste; and hardly
was there a fish that did not display some
of the freshest Parisian fashions that had
ever visited the North.
Some idea of the benefits of advertising in
newspapers may be formed from the fol
lowing article from the Utica Observer.
The benefit of advertising in newspa
pers is fully illustrated by the proprietor
of the Goelickes’ Matchless Sanative.—
During the year 1838, he paid for adver
tising in the newspapers of the United
States, ninety thousand dollar*! f After
paying this immense sum, paying his nu
merous agents, and the expense of the in
gredients, the manufacture of the article
he has pocketed a handsome sum. from the
sale of the Sanative. We say to ail who
advertise, advertise—the printer will fob
a little, and the advertiser a great deal.
from Jaekeoo, Wash
ington comfy, has raised and sold to
Gteorasgjfcnrtz of this city, for 9900, a
“leetUjlji. largest” hog that was over
dreampt o£ This noble porter -is now
two years and eight itKMf&s old, and
weighs sixteen hundred pounds. It is sup
posed by good he will lose
150 pounds in dresting, which will leave
his useful weight 1439 pound*. He mea
sures 8 feet t inches in length, mad ia re
garded by connoisseurs as the largest ani
mal of his rac«t ®*er raised in America.
This is the second hog that Mr. Alexan
der has raised to the enormous weight of
over 1400 pounds. —Albany paper.