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BY CHARLES DAVIS.]
VOLUME 2.
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
AGENTS.
Ilibb County. Alexander Richards, Esq.
Pdfoir Rev. Charles J. Shelton.
Mclntosh “ James Blue, Esq.
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Wayne “ Robert Howe, Esq.
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.TSrlcoisi'k Travels. ,
('t OULD, KENDALL, <fc LINCOLN, have
T in press, and will publish about the first
of March, Travels in Bur.nab, Hindustan, Ma
laya, Siam, and China, by the Rev. Howard
Malcom, in 1 volume Bvo. and 2 volumes
12m0., with a superb map of Southeastern Asia,
five steel plate engravings and nearly 100
wood cuts.
Characteristics of the Work.- —lt is not a mere
diary of events which betel the traveller, but
contains thousands of facts, dates, numbers,
prices, Ac. Ac. which are either original or
gleaned from sources not accessible in this
country.
Incidents, anecdotes, and scenes have been
freely introduced, but only such as tend to
make the reader better acquainted with the
country.
The most perfect impartiality is shown to
even sect of Christians, and such details giv
en of the various missions as will make the
work equally acceptable to every persuasion.
Such sketches are given of the history of
the countries, towns, and missions which are
described, as serve to throw light upon their
present condition.
The map is beautifully executed, and may
be considered original. Many important correc
tions have been made by actual observation,
and the remainder is chiefly drawn from origin
al and unpublished surveys by British officers,
engineers, and surveyors, to which the author
was politely granted access.
The pictures are wholly new', and form an
important addition to our stock of oriental il
lustrations; no pains or expense has been spared
in the mechanical execution of these. Five
are on steel, showing landscapes of Maul
mein, Tavoy, Mergui, Ac. and a page exhibit
ing specimens of lb different oriental languages.
The remainder are on wood, showing cos
tumes, implements, buildings, fruits, Ac.
A great part of the work relates to countries
almost entirely unknown, even to the best in
formed persons in our country.
Though the work contains a large amount
of missionary and religious details, yet it con
sists chiefly of geographical, historical, politi
cal, and statistical information, designed for
general readers.
The author, from the important character of
his mission, his intercourse with distinguished
civilians and experienced missionaries, his de
liberate stay at each place, his previous famili
arity with foreign countries, and his long ex
perience in the Board of Missions enjoyed the
highest advantages for gathering ample and
correct details.
Chapters on the mode of conducting modern
missions; on the measure of success which has
attended the enterprise; on the almost un
known tribes in and around Burmali; and oth
er important subjects, are added at the close of
the work, and constitute no small part of its
value.
A laborious and complete index is appended
to the work; together with a glossary of ori
ental terms; in which three hundred and eigh
ty words are not only lucidly defined, but ac
cented so as to show their proper pronunciation.
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not exceed $2 50, at which price it will be one
of the cheapest works issued from the Ameri
can press. The publishers rely for remunera
tion rather on a large sale than a high price.
A portion of the proceeds of the work are ap
propriated to the Foreign Missionary Board.
(FT The publishers of any paper giving the a
bove advertisement three inside insertions shall
be entitled to a copy of the work, on applica
tion to the publishers, 56 Washington street,
Boston. March 23.
Dissolution.
THE Copartnership heretofore existing be
tween Dart, Barrett A Cos. is this day
dissolved. The debts due by the firm will be
settled hv tho. subscriber, and those indebted
will please make early payment to him.
Mar 7 GEE DUPREE.
Isots for Sale.
PERSONS wishing to purchase lots in de
sirable situations in this city can be accom
modated on reasonable terms, by applying to
the subscriber.
Nov 22 A. L. KING.
Clothing.
CALICO and Striped thirts—4o9
pair Duck Pants—so Lawn Jack
fs Just rec’d per schr. Jarues Francis, and
for .„]0 t,y
im.lo RICE, PARKER A Cos.
Wanted.
b Vohn franklin.
HIDES, and Tallow.—Cow and
Buck Horns _ A]soj ßear, Cat, Deer, and
otter Skins, for the highest market
price will t> e g’ vfn Mar 9
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BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 1839.
Wayne Cos. Sheriff'’* Sale.
YI/TLL be sold at the Court House door, in
V » 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. (200), whereon a Saw Mill, a Grist
Mill, and other needful buildings are situated;
also lots No. (210), (230), (I*s), (I*2). Also
Fraction Lot No. (240), to satisfy a scire
facias issued from the Superior Court of Wayne
County, in favor of l’liney Sheffield, against
Albus Rea and David Burbank, the property
pointed out by the plaintiff’s Attorney.
LEIGHTON CAUSEY,
feblG Sheriff of the Cos. of Wayne, Ga.
JVotiee.
FOUR months after date, I shall aps>ly 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 1!) Admr.
JYolicc.
ALL persons having demands against the
Estate of Jno. Burnett, Jr. late of the Cos.
of Glynn, deceased, will hand them in duly
attested within the time prescribed by law; and
all indebted to said Estate make payment im
mediately to
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S. M. BURNETT.
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Police.
A LL persons having demands against the
Estate of John A. Wyley, late of the
County of Glynn, deceased, will present them
duly attested within the time prescribed by
law r ; and persons indebted tqjsaid estate will
make immediate payment to
A W. WYLEY,
Mar 9 of Mclntosh Cos. Admr.
IVofice.
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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.
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zlehurst, Esq. his authorised attorney du
ring his absence from this State.
WILLIAM D. JENKINS.
Mar 23—3t*
For Wale.
A TRACT of land containing two hundred
-lm. acres, situate near Sterling, eleven miles
from Brunswick, on which is a good dwelling
house, out buildings, Ac Apply to
mar 23—ts JAMES MOORE.
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 .Tlade Oofßimg.
A N extensive assortment of RKA I) V MADE
-t\. 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, Ac., —Frock and Dress COATS of
Broadcloths of every color and quaIity—PAN
TALOONS of black, blue, mixed fancy En
glish and American Cassimeres—VESTS of
plain and fig’d English Satins and Silks—Va
lencias—Toilinetts—figd and plain Velvets—
M arcella, Ac. For sale by *
jan 2fi ts j. W. AT WILL.
sl*lo Reward.
A lISCONDED from Waverley Plantation.
Ji\. Camden County, on the 1 Gth day of July
last, LARKIN, DICK, and CATO. Larkin
is a stout Mulatto fellow, about 28 years of age.
5 feet G to 9 inches high—he has a scar on his
right cheek, also some marks of small pox
about his lace, particularly on his nose, also a j
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 G inches high—has
the mark of his tribe on his breast, he is like- j
wise ruptured, and has a very large mouth. ;
Dick is a small black, well set fellow, also an |
African by birth, with a round face and down j
cast look, easily confused when interrogated:
there is also a singular appearance about his !
mouth when alarmed. The above three fel
lows were bought of the estate of Jno. H. Mo- i
rel, in March 183 G, and formerly lived at the |
Cottonham Plantation, Bryan Cos. They are ,
also well acquainted in and about Savannah.
GEO. C. DUNHAM, Manager.
Mar 9
Fitly Dollar* Reward.
Ran away from VVuLsubsejiber
in Hamburg on the 28th Febru
asßyir ary, his negro man THOMAS,
he is about 28 years of age, five
bTvVL feet ten inches high, dark com
\j[ plected, and pleasant counte
nance. He is a blacksmith by
trade, and has doubtless pro
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
lurking about Savannah, as I understand he
engaged in the steamboat “Thorn.”—When he
left, he had on a red flannel shirt, black satti
net pantaloons, and new broadcloth coat and
new beaver hat. Any person delivering said
negro to me, or will lodge him in any sale jail,
so that I can get him, shall receive the above
reward. R. L. TOWSON, Jr.
Hamburg, S. C. March 24th, 1639.
Mar 30—10 w
BOOK AND JOB PRINTING,
Dene at this Office.
I* O E T R 1 .
STANZAS.
The evening shadows falling fast,
Pourtray the close of life's sad day;
They bring to mind the joyful past,
Bright hours forever fled away.
But as they gently come to me,
And curtain all the sunny air
With night’s dark floating drapery,
Then is the hour for praise and prayer.
How pleasant, as the evening dies,
To fling upon its parting breath
The Christian mourner’s heart-felt sighs,
Religion’s bright and holy wreath I
How sweet, when silent night is near,
And nature folds her arms to rest,
To feel a conscience calm and clear,
A heavenly peace within the breast!
But when the hours are hastened on,
As if they Lore no message where
The spirits of the dead have gone,
And only seem like idle air—
Ah ! then the future bodes some ill,
A heavy heart will meet it yet,
With ice upon its touch to kill;
Despair is on its signet set.
The evening shadow's, silently
Invite the soul to praise and prayer,
And as they in the distance die
The morning brightens sweetly there—
While hope’s rich visions calmly rise
Beyond the realms of nature's tomb,
Where shadows never dim the skies,
The Christian’s unbeclouded home.
JIISCKL L A A A .
A COUPLE OF STRAY LEAVES.
I.EAF THE FIRST: —SIX MONTHS AFTER
MARRIAGE.
“Well, my dear, will von go to the par
ty to night? you know we have a very po
lite invitation.”
“YVh y, my love, just as you please; you
know I always wish to consult your plea
sure.”
“Well then, Harriet, suppose we go;
that is if you are perfectly willing; now
don’t say yes, because 1 do, for you know
that where you are, there 1 am perfectly
! happy.”
j “\\ hy, my love, you would enjoy your
self there I am sure, and wherever vou are
happy, I shall he, of course. What dress
shall I wear William?—my white satin
with blonde, or my ashes of roses, or my
| white lace, you always know better than I
i about such tilings.”
j “Harriet, dearest, you look beautiful in
any tiling, now take your own choice to-
I night—hut J think you look very well in
the white satin?”
“There, William, dear, I knew you
would think just as I did—oh! how happy
we shall he tiierc to-night; and you must
promise not to leave me fora moment, for
I shall he so sad if you do.
“Leave thee, dearest, leave thee?
“No; by yonder star, 1 swear.’’
“Oh, William, dearest William, how
beautiful that is, you are always learning
poetry to make me happy.”
“And Harriet, my own prized Harriet,
would I not do any thing in the world to
give you one moment’s happiness? Oh,
you are so very, very dear to ine, it seems
at times almost too much happiness to last-”
“Oh, do not say so, dear Willaim, it
will last—and we shall see many years
even happier than this, for will not our
love he stronger, and deeper every year;
and now dearest, I will #e hack in one
moment, and we will go.”
“There, she has gone, bright and beau
tiful creature she is—Oh! how miserable
1 should he without her; she has indeed
cast a strong spell around my heart, and
one that never, no never can be broken;
she is the only star of my existence, guid
ing on to virtue and happiness, and can
I ever love her less than now? Can I
desert her?—Can 1 speak of her in less
than terms of praise? Oil, no, it is im
possible—she is too good, too pure —hap-
py, happy man that I am.’”
I.EAF THE SECOND SIX YEARS AFTER MAR
RIAGE.
“My dear, I will thank you to pass the
sugar, you did’nt give me hut one lump.”
“Well, Mr. Snooks, I declare you
use sugar enough in your tea to sweeten
a hogshead of vinegar. James; keep your
lingers out of the sweetmeats; Susan, keep
still bawling: I declare it is enough to
set one distracted, —there, take that, you
little wretch.”
“Why, Harriet, what has the child done?
I declare v.ou are two hasty.”
“I wish, Mr. Snooks, you’d mind your
own business, you’re always meddling
with what don’t concern you.”
“Well, Mrs. Snooks, I want to know
who has a better right if I have not—
you’re always fretting and fuming about
nothing.”
“Pa, Thomas is tearing your newspa
pers all up!”
“Thomas, come here—how dare you
abuse my papers?—l’ll teach you to tear
jit again—there, sir, how docs that feel—
now go to bed!”
j “Mr. Snooks, you horrid wretch, how
can you strike a child of mine in that
I way! Come here, Thomas, poor fellow—
did he get hurt—never mind—here's a
IJump of sugar—there, that’s a good hoy.”
I “Mrs. Snooks, let me tell you, you will
. spoil the children; you know I never in
i terfere when you see fit to punish a child—
its strange that a woman can never do auv
thing right.”
“Never do any thing right? faith, Mr.
Snooks, if nobody did any thing right in
this house'hut yourself, 1 wonder what
would become of us.”
j “Let me tel! you, ma’am, and I’ll bear
| it no ionger, you are as snappish and sur
j ly as—a —she dog —and if there is a di
j vorce to he had im the land, I’ll have it;
i you would wear out the patience of a Job.”
“O dear, how mad the poor man is;
| well, good night, my dear pleasant
I dreams.”
I “There, she's gone. Thank heaven
I’m alone once more. Oh! unhappy man
that I am, to he chained down to such a
creature—she is the very essence of ugli
i ness, cross and peevish. O! that I could
; once more be a bachelor; curse the day
that I ever saw the likeness of her. Yes,
I will get a divorce; I can’t live with her
any longer; it is utterly impossible.”
Effects of Circumstances on Char
acter. — What appears to he the distin
iguishing feature of Shakspeare is, that his
j characters are real men and women, not
! mere abstractions. In the best of us all
j there are many blots, in the worst there
I are many traces of goodness. There are
not such things as angels or devils in the
world. We have passions and feelings,
hopes and fears, joys and sorrows, pretty
equally distributed among us, and that
i which actuates the highest and lowest, the
| most virtuous and the most profligate, the
bravest and the meanest must, in its orig
i irial elements, he the same. People do
not commit wicked actions from the mere
! love of wickedness; there must always he
an incentive of precisely the same kind as
that which sitmulates to the noblest ac
tions —ambition, love of adventure, pas
sion, necessity. All our virtues close
; border upon our vices, and are not unfre
quently blended. The robber may he
I generous—the miser just—the cruel man
conscientious—the rake honorable—the
fop brave. In various relations of life the
j same man may play many characters as
distinct from one another, ns day from
j night. We venture to say that the crea
tures of “Boz’s” fancy, Fagin or Sykes,
(lid not appear in every circle as the un
mitigated scoundrels we see them in
| “Oliver Twist.” It is necessary to the
exigencies of the tale that no other part of
their character should he exhibited; hut, af
ter all, the Jew only carries the commer
cial and the housebreaker the military prin
ciple to an extent which society cannot
! tolerate. In clement, the feeling is the
I same that covers the ocean with the mer
chant flags of England, and sends forth the
hapless hoys to the trade of picking pock
ets —that inspires the highwayman to stop
a traveller at Hounslow, and spirits the
soldier to face a cannon ntWaterloo. Rob
ber, soldier, thief, mendicant are all equal
ly men. It is necessary, for a critical in
vestigation of character, not to he content
with taking things merely as they seem.—
We must endeavor to strip off the cover
ing with which habit or necessity has en
veloped the human mind, and inquire af
ter motives as well as look to actions. It
would not be an amusing task to analyze
the career of two persons starting under
similar circumstances, and placed in situ
ations not in essence materially different,
one ending at the debtor’s door at Newgate,
amid hooting and execrations, and the
other borne to his final resting-place in
Westminister Abbey, graced hy all the
pomp that heraldry can bestow.
An Oyster is one of the elements of
social existence, a delicacy of no age, sex,
or condition, but patent to the universal
family ol man. Your Jew abhors not an
oyster, neither does your Mussulman throw
it over his left shoulder—good in scallop,
better in a st :w, best of all in the shell
good in pickle, in curry, in-sauce—good,
at luncheon, before dinner, at supper—;
good to entertain a friend, good to eat by I
yoursell—good when you are hungry, |
good, moreover, when you are not. In |
lodgings, in chambers, in barracks, in the!
public office, in the editor’s room, the;
student, lawyer, soldier,secretary, and gen
lletnan of press, recruits his exhausted spir- 1
its with au oyster —the vale-;
tudinarian thanks his doctor for permission j
to taste the nutritive and grateful food.”
[Blackwood.
M iiiskf.rs. —“l cannot imagine,” said
an alderman, “why my whiskers should
torn gray so much sooner than the hair j
on my head.” “Because,” observed a]
wag, “you have worked much harder with j
your jaws than your brains.”
i Curious Calculation. —No capita] in the
! world contains, in a single locality, a mass
of documents capable of comparing with
that which is collected in the Archivo
General of Venice, 'lritis establishment
consists of 298 halls, saloons, and galleries,
the walls of which are covered, from the
top to the bottom, with book shelves. If
these shelves were placed one after the
1 other, they would form a line of 77,2:58
feet, that is to say, nearly equivalent to the
[distance from Paris to Versailles. These
i shelves contain B,ti<i4,7(t9 volumes and ;
numbers. It has been calculated that a
thousand writers, workingdaily eight hours
[ a-day, would employ 734 years, or
generations, in copying these documents, j
It has been calculated that the number of,
1 leaves contained in these 8,0(54,7(19 vol
umes amount to 095,470.720, which, if
! opened and placed one after the other,
would form a band of 1,444,800,000 feet
in length hy 10 inches wide. Now the i
circumference of the earth near the Equa
tor being no more than 123,345,700 ieet
j (French,) hy dividing the first sum with j
the latter will he given the quotient 11,-
130, a cypher which indicates how often
this hand of literary workmanship might!
encircle the earth in its largest dimensions. 1
By reducing these separate leaves into
compact squares, and regarding them as
materials adopted for building, a pyramid
i might he constructed out of them with a
! square base, each side of which would be I
:08 feet, and its height 428 leet. 'I his;
i pyramid would, therefore, he us that of:
! Cheops,the highest monument of this class.
\lt would he equal in volume to many of
the pyramids of Egypt, and would surpass!
them all in height with the above stated ex
ception. In fine, a calculation easily j
made beginning with the same datum,
would show that the written surface of j
these archives taking the front and back J
of each page would cover more than half;
of the department of the Seine.
The Printer’s Fame.— While stroll
ing along the wharf yesterday afternoon
for a character on which to pounce, wej
overhauled an intelligent looking, white j
headed Etheopian patriarch, sitting on a
curbstone. We asked him the story ot
his life, when he opened his mouth to thej
following effect:
i “I’m getting old now, and will soon be
helpless, and will give myself up to any j
honest man, and forty dollars to hoot, who'
will agree to take me as his slave for life.” i
“Well, can’t you trust us old uncle?” j
! “What do you follow, master.”
! “YVe have been a printer sir, for ten \
years; ever since we were a little boy.”
“No master; I can’t trust you. I’ve
seen great wonders in my time of day, I :
lean tell you.—l’ve seen the hypocrite
pass off after a life ot mischief and decep
tion into the land of rest, if we are to be-;
lieve the minister’s word—and the name
of the good mail after his journey of un-j
tiring benevolence through the world, die ;
at his death.— I’ve seen married people!
happy, and bachelors fretting with the hyp
ocondriac.—l've seen a miser drop a cent
with a tear into the shrivelled hand of the
mendicant, and a noisy church member
pray in secret. 1 have known water to'
run up stream, and stones to cry out, hut
I have never known a printer of ten year’s
standing, who was sound at the core—his
subscribers are sure to make him a rogue.” ;
“Oh! my good man, you need not be
afraid.—All our subscribers pay in ad
vance,” said we, as we left him “alone in
his glory.”—[Cincinnati News.
‘lsay, stranger, you’re drunk.’ Drunk
enough, and have been srf every day these
two years; my brother and I are engaged
in the temperance cause—he goes about
delivering lectures and I give samples of
intemperance.
An Irish Duel. —Mr. O’Connor re
; lates an instance where the parties in
“an affair of honor,” had actually agreed
to put the muzzles of their pistols (so in
veterate were they) into each other’s
mouths! “and yet, would you believe it?”
said he, “one of them escaped." Just as
one second was about to give the signal
the other said to his principal, “Jack,
look hither.” Jack turned his head, and
just in time, for the ball passed out through
bis left cheek, doing him little hurt, while
his opponent was killed.
Following Advice. Some years
since a gentleman in Boston, bought from
a New Orleans merchant, a lot of sugar,
giving in payment a check on a Boston
Bank.. The Merchant, a short time after
wards, having mislaid the check, wrote
on to the drawer in Boston, that it was
atolrn, and requested him to advise the
Bank of the fact, and not only to refuse
payment when offered, but to arrest the
person presenting it.
The check was afterwards found, and
the merchant going North himself, pre
sented it at the counter of the Bank—when i
he was accordingly arrested and thrown !
into Jail, notwithstanding all his protesta- j
tions of innocence and ownership.
[TERMS <s.3 IN ADVANCE.
aruasßßß 45.
llow are you off for Soap. —ln the
Illinois House of Assembly, during a re
cent debate, a member, named Mr. Hap*
py, accused another named Baker, of an
attempt to ‘ soap” unsuspecting members;
and that he had an utter contempt for
“soft soap.” Mr Baker in reply said,
“’File gentleman expresses contempt for
‘soft soap,’ I believe him to he sincere—
if the members of the House will inspect
his countenance closely I dare say they will
there find conclusive evidence that he
feels the greatest contempt for “all sorts
of soap.” Sharp shooters are they, in
those hack wood legi-latur.es!
Advice. —“ Veil you arrises at the dig
nity of aawin’ wood, Lafayette, if you is
elewated to that ’ere profession, mind an’
saw the biggest sticks fust, ’cause vy?
you’ll have only the little oris to saw ven
you gets tuckered out. Yen you eats pie,
as l ’opes you may, if you lives to he a
man, ahvuz cat the crust fust, ’cause the
crust aint a good thing to top off vith,’ spe
cially if it’s tough and thick as sole leath
er. Ven you piles up wood, ahvuz ptij
the big’ns to the bottom—ahvuz, Lafay
ette,’ cause it's mighty hard-exercise to
lift 'em to the top of the pile. These aje
the r’sults of hobservation, Lafayette, an’ *
may be depended on, an’ its all for your
good that 1 say it.” “Vy, father,” res
ponded voting hopeful, “vat a 'notmous
’sperienoe you must a had!”
[From tlie Newark Daily Advertiser.]
Potato Soap for Washing. —lt was
discovered hy a French chemist many
years ago, that pototoes only three parts
boiled, made better soap for washing than
the troublesome, caustic, and expensive
article usually made use of hy our wash
women. They make the clothes cleaner
and without injury. Let me give you the
result of the experience of my family, which
is a large one.
The soiled clothes are first soaked .*in a
tub of water about an hour. They are
then transferred to a cofiper of hot water,
from which they are taken piece* by piece,
to he thoroughly rubbed with potatoes,
the same as with soap. The whole thus
prepared, after having been well rubbed,
rolled and wrung, are a second time plung
ed into the copper, together with a quanti
ty of potatoes in the above. After boiling
for about half an hour, the linen or clothes
are again taken out —turned, thoroughly,
rubbed well over, and wrung; and after
wards again thrown into the copper for
some minutes. ’Flic clothes are then well
rinsed in clean cold water, and hung up to
dry; the whole process occupying two
hours and a half.
The linen thus washed, is perfectly
clean, the kitchen garments free from nil
grease, and perfectly sweet, though in the
old way they usually retain a greasy smell.
A Hot sekeeper.
A Civil. Tiiii.—Tiie Hertfordshire pea
sants are notorious lor their want .of ur
banity. A lady, while on a visit to a
friend in the country, had, during her rides'
on horseback in the neighborhood, be
come perfectly aware of the hoorishness
of the peasantry. One day, when riding
unattended, she came to a bvgate of her
host’s park, winch had not a lodge. A
chubby hoy was swinging to and fro up
on it. She ventured to beg that he would
hold it open while she passed. To her
utter amazement, ho did so! Delighted
with his complacency, she gave him a
shilling, observing, "It is quite clear, mv
lad, from your civility, that you are not
a native of Hertfordshire.” The reply
was this: “Thce’rt a liar—l he!”—[Lon
don paper.
Contentment. —ln Vienna, a magnifi-
I cent house was built hy a nobleman, on
! the front of which is a stone with this
I inscription*— house was erected by
Count 1). to be given to the first man who
can prove that he is really contented,” —
One day a stranger knocked at the gate,
and desired to speak fl ith the master. “I
am come,” said he, to take possession of
this house, as 1 find you have built it in
order to bestow it upon the man who is
realty contented. Now lam in that state,
of which I am willing to make oath; you
will, therefore please, sir, to give me im
mediate possession.,” 'File count did not
interrupt him till he had finished his
speech, when iie replied, “You dfe'rjtiite?
right, sir, with respect to my intentions;
but as I do not discover the least preten
sion you have to the character of a con
tented man, 1 beg you will retire. If you
were quite contented you would not want
my house!”
It appears, that Gordan D. Boyd, the
great sub-treasurer and thief of Mississippi,
is a loco foco stump orator. In a public
harangue the other day he exclaimed at the
top of his lungs—“No man in the nation is
more indebted to the people than I am.”
“Except Swartwout,” retorted a by-stand
er; “he owes a million and a quarter, while
you owe only seventy thousand.”—[Louis
ville Journal.