Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-08-06


T~oBAcea~-The common tehscco part
which now foruls 40 large q phft Ct the ifigt+
ry Of the world, and on which saeh envfniona
revenues arc derived By the tariff Of The yagi-
Gus countries ot Europe into which 7 q sent
from lhfs continent, waa diecoscred by the
sJ,aniards in 1850, III Tobacco. q proYines If
Taeataf1, from whence II t-les its name. a4
Wattef Nhleigh 10 sad 10 have beaa the fif#t
tsdt Introduced il infu Epg'at,ds about tie
year 1855, during tho reign Of QUEEN Eliza.
beth and to have taught his Country taeii the
luxury Of smokiug it. During bis stay in
America ha had initiated the Iad ans in stnok.
,ng tlis weef, until no became 10 pa srtot.ats.
~ fond of il that hs determined on his retnrn
to England not 10 distlse il. lis accordingly
provided himself With q large supply, probably,
i togehaal. which he placed IN k.fs study, and
resaiea himself smoking secretly two or tbree
pipes fall aday. Not Wishing to be- deco
yered, ON hearing any one approach, be gone.
rally latl aside his plpo. Bot HAVING q SIM
pie salvan, who carried him daily at q certain
hour a mug of ale, and being on one ~oceaeiutt
deeply Interested i'll reading sotne book, the
servant entered urtna5saryed by Sir Walter jast
as be had taken Il long nhlff, and was leaning
back in hs chair quietly diseiiarging he curl.
ing vapor from l,ia mouth. The SERUM, mover
having seen any thing 81 the kind before, con-
elnNot OH pl,iloaophieai principles that smoke
must proceed from fire, and that consequently
his master waa on fire inside, dasiod tie tan.
k1rd af als In his face and ran down 10 the
yard giving the alaf4n~-slIat biz uiaster was
On fire And unless they made haste into lts
study he would be burned 10 ael,es, Tire
was sool nofse1 abroad and from it spreaBidfte
Injury q Bmoking in Englond tdW So con.
uien throughout the civilized 40 vet az savage
"orld.-~Trec 1raaSr.
YALE ~GctLEGE.--A splendid baildihg il
shout to be erected by this Institution, I'll Il
c1st of $4,000 It is 70 eontaiHtie Il fcraft
libraries 81 the Collsre. Both lie e~steflgr
and Interior aIit be finished 10 Gothic sf}ts,
With numerous lsinuaeles, and made !itc4proof.
II viii be one story high, TO consist ii a min
building and two wingf, and te btllt Of ifee.
BtUne.
According 10 The late Cnihe1 sto'es ccn.
sus, there are Ia the United States fJur mil.
lion horses. H. il raid that they require turn.
fg-fre thousand ions of iron annually for
shoes. That's good for the shoe. matters.
W Tine cotton crop IL unusually prom sing
IN Texas tbiE season. With any thing like
fair prices cotton alone will soon bring the
new Republic out of her dfficultieg@
VI \ gang OF robbers appear 10 be proHi-
ing about Plaqueniine, picking up every
thing they can lay their hands upon. The
l9anters' Gazette thinks thai the fobherief
arc committed by white men.
CouHrGErE1r DtMrs--Spurious ten cent
pieces ere sad to be in circulation in Ciucin,
nati, made out Of copper, and requiring close
examination. Look out here.
EXPLOSION AID 1883 OF LIFg--The feS
York Herald Of the 23d ultlulo says awe
learn from a passenger IRON Boston that the
steamer Flushing, plying between Bosfou an
Nahani, while landing her passengers the fut
collapsed and twelve persons ssere kurriet
into eternity.
A GRAND Under this heaf
the Madiaouian Of Saturday says--"Wc teai
that . certain capitalist negotiating for The
purchase Of all the claims aga nst The States
amounting to S200,00D ,O00!"
III it Is propesed to sell the Delaware ii,
vision Of the Pennsylvania Canal for $1,000.
000, and a bill for that purpose IL before tho
Pennsylvania legislature.
gT Dol. Albert G. Barrsx., q distinguished
and much respected citizen Of West Fcliciaua
died a few days since al his residence nea.
bhtDA AyhIH, 4iN FIi FEu UDIitIdiIT III LIt
early part OF the Florida war, being at tina
time ~ad}ntant Of the Louisiana Volunteers.
GotSG BACH AGAfs-A great number o
emigrants are gong back In Europe, bans
unable to obtain employment here. The sftil
EIottinguer, which sailed fromNcw York 81
Thursday, took out nearly three hundred
Baltimore Sun.
Avoid argument with lodies-tn ~epinnins
yarns among sats and satins, a man is gare
10 be porsted.
GT General Harrison wfsaed The true prin,
ciples Of the Government to be carried out
Boston Post.
Well, they have been carried ont an
! smptied. into The gutter, by John Tyler
Richmond STIR.
IT xvii! you pay this Little bill" 2sked
e~hcemaker yesterday OF a dandy. "Can'
think of it." was the reply, "Your remarks
are purse onai.''-BnIletin.
~ A contemplated instruction among ths
slaves Of Wyihe county, Va, has been diseo
yercd and suppressed. Two Of the ringlead
ers were arrested. They were found provides
with a variety Of instruments of death, 5uel
as guns, p'stols, swords, &c.
uT. The city Of Rochester, \. Y, now nun
bers 2fl,G00 inhabitants. In 1917 i,s entirt
voting population consisted Of 81, all told.
MAPLE sUcAR-By the returns Of the mar
shals appointed to take the census OF the U7i
ted States in 1910, it appears that a.04a,4lt
poundg Of sugar were manufactured from tht
maple tee in this country, III that year. G
this quantity Michigan, the sixth sngar-manu
featuring State in the Union, produced 1,479.
734 pounds, which, at 7 cents per H., yielde,
the State about Sl25,G00 This quantity. i
is stated in the Detroit Daily Advertiser, fel
short of her consumption that year 3,G0G,0 OCT
lbs. We see it stated, in the same paper, Tia
there are in that State 30,009.o00 acres o
land which abound with the maple, and tina
according tothe usual annual peafit Of 3 anga
maple tree, each=is worth to the farmer from
aTo 10 three dollars. BY this it will be rea
dily seen, that Michigan will soon not chi,
supply her own people, but her sister stat.s
with great quantities Of excellent sugar. IN n.
way inferior to that manufactured from til
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