Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-05-21

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interesting items Of Intelligence which we
extract.
With regnrd to the Rhode Island troubles,
il Gays:
''Ihsre Ia now n prospect that the whole
difficulty will b. adjusted, Notwithstanding
nil thai haB phssed, ind Notwithstanding
tho decided position taken by Gov h'No.
Il may BE- agreed, between the p%afts,g, to
J 4ubmtt tho validity Of the Treason La" +,
under which the arrests have boon fnado,t 10
lldisial decision. If il should be done, 1t
may settle thu difficulty; because, IN tho
mean time, the Charter Assembly. which
again meets in June, will au'horiss another
Convention for the formation Of n Coi,Ntitu.
ton, extending the right Of saffrtge nslhr AZ
ma Y BIZ Ye1u3fel. That this viii be the eogtse
taken, is made ptobsbie from The fact that, II
II had been wished 10 press the matter to
immediate and violent j ss1e, IT would en-
silly have been lone bv allowing IN nc arres.
ted 10 ~ to prison, from want os adequate
bail, and then tearing down the Jai1s, or
| otherwise resisting the execution OF what
is stigmat'zed by the insurgents, as The
"Algerine act'.
The prospect Of the passage Of the OK.
chegter IL stnted 10 bo worse than ever.
There IL, We are sorry to learn, but little
hope of a perma Gent adjustment OF The tar.
if question. nj this Session. Congress Will
pass a temporary revenue bill, aud meet
the issue hereafter. These at least arc the
givings ou'.
The AppoFtionment Bill will meet but
little opposition in the Senate, WITH The ex.
eoplion Of The amendment respecting the
District System, which will probably BE-
siicken out. The chief argument against
it ls the following:
THAT lis asserts the power Of Congress
to Gx u uniform mode Of cllooalng Repre-.
sentatIves, that if Congress las the power
To fix the district system, they have the
power TO fix the general tcket system; and
hat when they adopt the gem raj ticket
systcin IT will be in the power Of five or
SIX Of the large Western States 10 control
the other twenty-six Siates--to nsufP the
whole government Of the Unlotr-to 'yran-
ize over the the smaller States and the
:Sptthcrn States--to interfere as they please
with The peculiar institutions and interests
Of the South-in fncsio break up the I'm.
ION. Ii Is iIsought safer, by many, there
fore, to resist II construction Of the Cotisli.
tuition, that necessarily gives TO the larger
tStatrs ii power SO trcm Edons, and one Ina
the trainers oil The Constitution could Devei
have contemplated.
N~EwsGax, IN. c. May 7.--Meiancho,
ly deSaSter.-On Saturday last, Mr.. Lcw,s
O'Btlen. oI Jones county, went out to hunt
wild turkeys, in company with HIS son-ln'
law, Mr.. Gideon J.. Whitehead. They
separated, aud not long after, Nj. q, Brlen
hearing, rs he thought, the HeI! known cry
Of II ~wlld..urkey, hastensd tho spot, and per
ceising something move IN the wood
whence the sound Of cry came, and con
ceIViag ii 10 be Il wild turkey, leyelsd hls
fowling piece, with nncrring aim, and fired,
When be reached the spot, hoping 10 find
his game, TO his utter horror and nmaze.
ment, ss found the ~lifeless body Of his son.
in .law, Mr.. Wmtehead, he having shot him
through the head, under the belief, thai
he waz tbs Wild turkey whose notes he
had go fatally beard initiated. MIR. White,
bend has left n wife and Two chi. dren tf
mourn their irreparabie loss and bis untiine.
ly end.-Mr. OBfien is u k~indhearted ma n,
and he and his family are plunged iuto The
deepest sorrow by this unfortunate and mel
aueholv disaster. -Rcgtster.
LATER rnom FLoRrpA.--The u. s.
Steamer Col. W. s. Harvey, arrived al
Savannah, with accounts from Pllatkt, to tic
Ala inst. HalIeck Tustenugge. had com
IN 10 Fort Mcclure with 80 Indians, lncla,
ding rs warriors. tome Creeks, and d few
Of Sam Jones HIen, were among the mum.
Der. This looks more like closing the war
than any thing that has t%ranspired
o. The discovery the ship which
accompanied the celebrated, but u~nfortu.
uate navigator, Capt. Cook, on his last voy
ag in l77G, is aow sailing under the Bel.
gan flag and appears to be sound.
New ORLEANS, WEDxEsDsY, May, Is 1879
VERY little has been done in the. markets
since Friday D!sht. TIL resumption by sese-
raj Of our banks has caused d suspension Oh
business transactions. We notice nochange
III prices. AL LTEDsdCLiDuE Oi any amount
are made on a sreNss basis; retailers, however,
u ,n,st rn.tancesttak Municipality funds
and non-paYng specie bank notes but an
additional profit is put upon their goods to
make up for the diseQunt on these uacurrent
funds.
Conon-The sales on Saturday las, did not
exceed 1900 baIes without change in prices
Sundays mail brought Us late European az
counts. The Liverpool market had improved
III. under large sales and light imports. The
Havre market was dull, and a decline OF 4
centimes established on the low and middle
qualities. On Monday the up togn Banks
resumed specie payments, and put sight
checks on New York at / per cent prem
This put a st, p to business for the day, the
views of buyers and sellers being too fal
apart. Yesterday sellers gave way in then
asking rates. aud sales to the extent OF 335Gt
bales took place at prices rather in favor O
buyers, but not sufficient to alter our annexea
quotations of last week.
LIVERPOOL CONSIDERATIONS.
Inferior, 4 a42
Ordinary, 5aa6
Middling, 6! al
MiddIing Fair, sas4
Fair to fully Fair, 81 a 10
Good Fair, II "a
Good and fine, IL a IS
n. Ala. and Tenn. az
Sroar-SaIes have been made 10 a fair ey