Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-07-10

counterfeit bills are in circulation at the
North.
The splendid bank frauds which have
Of late distinguished this continent, have
awakened IA like spirit in England; and
various highly concentrated rascalltlcs
have been announced as forthcoming IN
tic great moral metropolis of that country.
A fat alderman, overcome by an excess
OF zeal, started in pursuit OF a fleeing teion
in New-York, on Saturday, and ran so
| fast that the heat of the system rose to
the melting point, and he ran entirely
away, except his wig and boots, which
were fortunately saved. His name was
Matsell, and he was highly esteemed for
his capacity to manage his duties and tur.
tle-seups.
1t is understood in Ncw-York that ar
rangements have been made for the pay
ment of the interest of the debt OF the
| State Of ILLINOIS for the next wv halt
years, and that sterling bills to meet the
interest due in London on the first Of July
were RENTED by the Great Western.
DEATH IN THE puLpIT.--Rev. Henry
Clarke Hubbard died at South Kingston,
R. l., on the 9th Nav in the 73d year of
his age. He entered the pulpit as usual,
and had just delivered his text, when he
was seized with a fit, and fell on the floor
and soon after was a corpse
CoTToN.-We were informed by some
gentlemen from Bayou Buuf this week,
that the Boluorm had made its appearance
in their cotton fields, and had already done
considerable damage. Indeed they said
that they dreaded it more than the cater
pillar.-Rcd Rirer Wing.
A highly respectable gentleman in Bos-
ton having gone to another mans house,
and there thrashed him pTodigiously, the
Court sent him to jail for two months, as a
reward for his gallant conduct.
The Printers have taken up the temper
ance cause in New-York Such a thing,
if general with the profession, would give
to the world many a brilliant intellect, now
Swallowed and darkened by dissipation
INDIAN CoRN.-According to the cen-
sus returns, the annual crop Of Indian corn
in North Carolina is 34,OO0,0o0 bushels.
the annual crop of Tennessee is the larg'
est, being upward of 100000 bushels
There is more money, more fun, more
sense, more industry, more business, more
news, p~rettier girls, and louder squatllng
brats in this neighborhood, than all the rest
of the city put together.-Rich. Star.
If the new Fiscal Agent be established.
there will be some rafting Of dry bones
among the banks. They will put the
steamboats, to shame, in the bursting bust
Tess.
Some ~repentant manshas sent to the Sec
rotary of the Treasury, from New-Yerk,
the sum. of SLOGAN amount which he
cheated the Treasury out of, once upon q
time. .
LOOK oUr:-A German Philosopher has
predicted, some wears ago, that in 90, O0G
years precisely, from the date he specified
a comet would approach this earth sc
near as to burn it up!
An Old law, passed nifty years ago, de
| claring that no vehicle shall run in the
streets on Sunday, has been tished up and
put in force in Philadelphia.
The aggregate debt of several states Of
the c~onfederacy amounts to S2ls, 1879!
The interest Of this debt at 5 per cent
per annum, will be nearly sll,ooo,0oo!
CASADA.-The new Parliament Of Ca.
NADIA is now in session at Kingston. Mr..
A. CuviIler was elected Speaker of the
House of Assembly by an unanimous vote.
Penitentiary-a spot to which rogues
labor to go-and go to labor.
There are loo, 600 souls in london.