Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-03-26

Unless we are MISTAKEN, this lady's testimoni.
ais will be fonndx the very best, and her
qualihc atoms quite as goodas her testimonials.
EoRE1GH TrrMs-L Lord aAshburton left
Portsmouth the 18Th of February, IN the
Warspite, for this country. Charles Keaa
and Miss Ellen Tree are married EarlAEl-
gin is appointed governor Of Jamaica. The.
duke of Cleveland is dead. Gen. Buzen, the
Belgian minister OF war, committed suicide.
In a storm that swept the coasts Of Ireland
and England, January 18th, IS fishing smacks,
containing in all 1870 men, were lost. Dates
from China to Nov. II, announce further sue
cess TO the British arms in that quarter. In
the East Indies they are less successful, an
insurrection having taken place in the country
Of Afghanistan, in which the English troops
were repulsed.
PARISH JuoaEs-'rbe governor has recent
ly appointed two citizens to jndgeships Of pa
rishes Of which they were not residents. We
allude to the appointments for Assumption
and st. Mary. In both instances the people,
without political distinctions, have assembled
and demonstrated against the election Of tIa
governor. OF course, the matter is no concern
Of ours, nor do we intend TO interfere further
than to say to those who denounce these APP
pointrnonts as counter to either the letter or
spirit of the state constitution, that they are
thes.itizens be fissa isied IN the matter they
should throw theselyes on their rights, and, at
the next election, correct the Constitution,
not the governor. it is the law not the exec
utife that is in fault; and against the law
should complaints be urged. The conssitu-
ten of Louisiana requires, amendments In
more points than this, however, which is but
Il trivial defect.
SMALL wARE.-In the parish Of Caddo, d
man named Stull killed another named Gray,
at Springfield. The steamer Hunter has ar
rived at New Orleans from Red River, having
come through the Raft with a large cargo of
cotton. Gen. jackson was rs years old the
6th inst. An amateur lawyer and q regular
member Of the profession came to blows in the
city court on Friday. An act to legalize gam
bling in all the parishes of the state, was re-
jeeted by the House of Representatives on the
18th; the House deserves a. compliment for its
morality. On the same day a bill was brought
in to lay a poll tax on every citizen of the
state,and grant them the full rightof suffrage;
rejected as unconstitutional. Mcdonald
Clarke, the mad poet is dead. Dates from
Havre to the 23d nit. have been received at
Mobile; The French Chamber of deputies
have rejected the quintuple treaty allowing
England the right ofsearch; the tory candidate
has been elected in Dublin over Lord Morpcth;
cotton has undergone no charge. a vessel
arrived al New York on the 6th crowded with
passengers, many Of whom were sick and dy-
ing Of an unknown disease of fatal m~alignity.
The British government steamer Hydcr ar
rived at Havana from Kingston, Jam, some
time since. The authorities refused to allow
the mails to land. p. w. Tompkins, Esq, and
Col. G.. $. Cook, members of the Mississippi
Legislature, met last week opposite Nicksburg
with rifles; distance, 60 PAGES; two shots each,
no damage, and the matter aEnicably settled at
last. E#
The law against dogs is revived in New
Orleans. The temperance people had a cels-
bration there the other day. The Picayune has
demonstrated with signal ability, that a man
has a perfect right to bite ofIhis own nose, but
ought not 10 boast oft afterwards. Gen. Wad-
dy Thompson, minister to Mexico, has arrived
in New Orleans. The New England society,
Judge Bullard president, held q meeting in
New Orleans Wednesday evening. Hail
stones as big as marbles fell at Little Rock on
the 10th instant. Great damage was done.
S. Brady the mayor of Baltimore has resigned.
Cyrus, the negro who murdered his fellow-ser-
want at ST. Francivillc, is to be hung the lst
April. Times are very tight in Cincinnati; ma
ny failures occur. Mr.. Vante, a New York
merchant, killed himself the 18th inst. Attor-
ney General Roselius pursues ind~efatigably the
gamblers of New Orleans. The English have
meddled so much with slavery in Cuba, that
the authorities of Havana refuse permission
to the line of West India steam-packets to land
their mails. Henry Hubbard, democrat, has
been elected governor Of New Hampshire.
Peter Walsh was shot by r. r. Barrow, in
parish, the 18th inst,-cause, quar-
about a fence; Walsh, it appears was the
and acted very badly. Jules Brous-
sard a young man ofSt. Martinsville accident
" shot himself last week, while preparing for
a hunting excursion the shot was fatal.
An editors is a dogs life,"-Erehaage pa
per.
He isa dog of an editor who makes the
(Erom lie Picaulue Of TAurH1an.l