Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-07-23

city on the 10Th, for the benefit OF the Orphan
Asylum.
Three gentlemen, Mathey, Friant ard Ro-
gers were drowned at Charleston Is. c. on
the 18th, by the upsetting of boat.
Faminc.-A severe famine is said to pre-
vail among the doctors, undertakers, and sex.
tons. OF Augusta, Ga. Cause absence OF
pestilence The every day food of these
classes. E
.fght--came Off in the streets of Demo-
polls, Ala. on the 9TH, between Jas. A. Lane,
and Col. Waugh, the artist. The former was
pretty we'll perforated by a bullet, and the
latter only escaped the same fate by the
obliging Intervention Of the guard of his PTS.
tol between the rotatils piece Of lead and his
own mortal body.
Our congress are evidently of the opinion
that there is more wisdom in the House OF
Representatives than ia required. BY the
new apportioninent bill, a quantity # il IL re.
turned to the people-who need it badly, hea.
ven knows I! The numhesal. Representatives
IS reduced from o9a TOT no,
orer'-some lady, we - whom. Then a
hint is th.owH. ont that she's "yery rich
Quite su!licleiq, sir she'll be lot ked over,
sartln.
We are sorry TO remark that tho Junior ed
Itor of the Natchez Free Trader, is con-
strained by III healtl, 10 retire temporarily
hon his labors on that paper. Though not
on the best OF ierms at present with our sys-
TEN OF tree trade, we are, have long been, and
hope long to be, on good terms with the Free
Iraarr. 1t is a paper Of genuine merit, aud
the editors for ability and erudition rank with
the first in the Unior.
VIII some one conrersailt with the cur
rents OF winds, inform us whether all that ira
verse TINS continent, part from and center in
Washington city! We have made no expe-
rl,nenis IN the matter, but taking in couside-
ration the speeches Of Congressman, the mes.
SaEes OF the President and the cords en-
ployed by tter-writers to fill newspaper COL
unlnss we are satisfied that Washington city
must be either the home or half. way house of
aerial currents.
There is to be a convention Of Gen. s;cott's
friends, on Tuesday next, at Harrisburg,
Penn, to nominate him for the Presidency.
Harrisburg liz O doomed city connected with
the names Of I such illustrious cyclists az
John Tyler and Gen Scott, it must henceforth
stand in our histories as the Clarendon Of tie
United States.
The Planters Banner speaks of A steam
plough recently brought from Pntsburg to
Attakapss, which, it is presumed will do as
much work n one day as thirty.two horses.
Its success ID not yet certain. The Banner
has espolsed the agricultural cans. in good
earnest: success attend its efforts!
There is a great difference. says James,
between statesmen and politicians. True ::
and OF all politicians those who harp eternaily
an thu F,,1Zt - -.
limited by geographical lines--who split the
country into sections which are to be ptted
each other, are the most despicahle.
The pure statesman comprehends in his be-
n%evoIent designs, the entire country the
sectional politician is a tybocri;e and parasite;
place him in the South, and he will make
wordy war on the North IN the north, he is
the enemy Of the South. In both he is a toadv
and a dehiagogue, inspired and guided by
selfish motives.
f'sE--A disastrous Gre broke out in T'chou-
pitoulas street, on the 10Th. about 4 O'Clock in
the morning. The property consumed was
he boarding house Of Mrs. Wade. The
boafders had not yet risen, and they were
from their slumbers by the roaring
OF the flames, after all tho ordinary means Of
were cut of. BY tying sheets together,
they lot themselves down in safety from the
front windows. Many of the escapes were
remarkable the picayunc thus paints one
scene, which will thrill the blood, wherever
is read
" more remarkable escape, however, than
that made by Mrs. Wade herself from the
building, has never happened in our
She had caught the alarm in time
each the street, but had fingered in search
Of her children. distracted with uncertainty
and terror, until her return BY the stairs was
rendered impossible. She was soon after
seen upon the root, and the excitement that
took place below at this spectacle was i'm
nense- A ladder was swiftly elevated in
.ront of the house, but it was too short 10
each the caves. BY this time The flames were
aging around the upper story, and already
upward through the root. With
almost miraculous expedition, considering
he frlghtiul emergency Of the case, an
ladder was raised from the first floor
beams of the new building adjoining, which
vas placed directly upon the top rung of the
'ther ladder, and still did not reach the roof
the dwelling by some four or five feet.
ct from this perilous and fearful height the
larlng woman swung herself by means of a
'heet, reached the ladder and descended slow
J and safely down the trembling support TO
he ground. She had net yet stepped from
he last rung of the ladder when the upper
BROKE, showing but too plainly how cri-
lcal had been the danger she passed! Tie
.angerous and uncertain vehicle of descent
raised against the wall in a most pssss
iolis position, and was held d. sar r.. w.
,mselt, who BY the Of nroairiors
- prevented it from falling or sliding
away. 1t was a most extraordinary and thrill
ling incident, which happily terminated in the
restorat on of the lady into the arms of
ler husband"
CoLT's SUB MARINE BATrERY-An expe-
riment was tried with this new and destruc-
engine of war on the 4th Of July, off the
in the bay of New York. It is thus
in the Herald. The battery having
been placed under the vessel on which the ex-
pertinent was about to be made, the cable o. the
vessel was cut, and when, by the aid
Of the tide and the boats of the United States
ship North Carolina, her speed through the
water had been made about four knots an
hour, the explosion took place, and ia the
.winkling of an eye = column Of water thirty
IN diameter, carrying with it the vessel,
Or rather the fragments, was sent up to the
perpendicular height Of frog one to two hun
ired feet, with a noise like the rushing Of a
or water spout. The return of the
Of water and the wreck of the matter
o its kindred element, was followed by shouts
If applause from the many thousand spectators
hat covered Castle Garden, the Battery, the
and the wharves, and roofs of the
lpt,Sps aS Ior nc Tho aua could -a,.h F~,-. A.