Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-07-16

aSiiiiigtoH ttIdt JonhTi yier has Written q
letter to the democratic leaders in the House,
proposing marriage between them and the
renowned Tyler party. The willy democratic
encourage the offer, for the purpose of using
He Ii Influence e tie TPfesiaaef at ii -ttiifte eff t7y II
favor. They arc too shrewd to be dnped by a
fool, and too chary of a fair reputation to tar
nish it by a union with such aspo1tical pros
titute as the present executive.
U The Louisiana bank hes. moi suspended
specie payments, as was reported a few days
since. Gould she not manage to pu: little
more Of her paper in circulation
BOUNDARY QTEsT1oN.-Reports on the sset.
tlement of this question are afoat, of a very
contradictory nature, but the most clrrent
and generally believed is a report taken from
the northern papers. 1t 10 asserted that a
treaty had been drawn up and forwarded to
England by the Britannia steamer, from Bos-
ton, on the 9th inst ,'the basis Of which is, that
"The Right Of Search is to be given up by
Great Britain--the United States undertaking
to do all that it can to stop thesslaye trade
under it's flag
The Maine boliudary line isadisposed Of
thus: the United States is to have the nayi-
cation of the river st. Johns to the sea, all
that piece OF land betweensour present Maine
boundary line and the St. Johns river also
the city of Fredericton, the capital town of
the province of New Brunswick, and the pre-
sent seat OF government Of that province. On
the other hand the United States to Great
Britain all the territory to the north of the
st. Johns.
Gas far az could be learnt, the treaty con-
tains nothing in relation to the Oregon
Territory, which is indefinitely postponed, but
which will soon become as important an aE-
fair as the Maine boundary"
u Did you ever make a food of yourself
in society! Dent deny it /; for you are like
the rest of us. Well did you ever feel more
foolish than when you have relied on some
high name to enforce an opinion In which you
were only a partial believer, (bui
20 thought others would believe, for
Your authors sake), and in the end fonnd said
riddled Ike chat, by some ordinary
mind presents II you desire to appear wise, |
rely on goisr W resources; if these do not
serve you, none others will.
|
CaEAF lIvISe.-some persons in the world
awe the tact Of living, month after month
and year after year, without any other visible
means, thanea good appetite. vrhese persons
ire natural mysteries to those who toll and la
,or like afnts and bees for their bread. They
,xist in all places, though time was when our
rood ancestors treated them much as indus
rious bees do the drones of their hive. The
New Jersey Gazette, speaking of
he advantages ofliving in that city, remarks:
Lest it should be supposedahat IT must be
expensive 10 live in such a Paradise, we win
id, what is a solemn and notorious truth,
hat such isthe cheapness of living here, that
here are dozens OF men, and gentlemen too,
Who live, and live well, from day to day, and
sar to year, with no visible means of livefi-
God at ail-absolutely nene-ana they are
OF watch-house loafers either, but as sleek,
lily faced, and happy mortals ascan be found, |.
all Of most excellent jokes and most cunning
ranks, and always in the streets, early or
in wet weather or dry, laughing loudly
nd heartily, at their Wit or themselves"
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Observation-Disclosures Tyler recently
'rote a 4etter to the Hon. G.. Morris, of Gin
in which, speaking of Congress, he !,
ses the following language
"Personal abuse of mpselfhas entered large {
into tie 6isGussionsi in and out of Congress. q
his, any man who may be in this office may {
ready to expect; but | should be most rea-
Y to compromise with my bitter asSailants
Congress by seeing conceded to them any
ortron they may choose Of every day, for the
OF their unsurpassed ele9uence in
ouse Of me, if the residue of their time could
given to the public good! Is fhis great ;,
I'd to be sacrificed to crafty a small clique =
housing politicians, who think that their y
tty scihaemes of hatred or ambition are Of ).
ore consequence than the consideration Of "
easures designed for general relief"
something considerably" tart in a
1t talk. e.
OrL.-The Journal of Commerce remarks b,
1t @amid all the changes which trade is pass W
: through, none is more remarkable than
in oil. Heretofore the whale fishery has r.
pplied light for a vast portion of the coun- al
!. In all the large towns and villages sperm la
hassbeen sold freely. That trade has sud- So
ally ceased. This spring there has been al OF
'st no demand fromAthe interior for sperm oil,
very little from the city. Carnphine and =
d oil have supplied the demand at a cheap
rate. Crude sperm oil has fallen one-third
price, and yet remains neglected. The
IS have fairly run the whales out of market,
| are likely to hold their ground, unless
ne new process eff t~cheapening can be con- Ju
Eed on the other side, The woods of the ia
est are more fuliof the euadruped than any an
an is of the fnny whale, and the quadru- 'u
is much more easily taken. The way III
v is to turn the whole hog into oil" be
Got only can we attest the truth efthe abave in,
ervatioRs, but in addition affirm, that we ce'
ed,
~ ~. 'oH's oo"oti T A'teeti wi
dies manufactured from hogs lard, as were
r exhibited. They were not, however, of the
hest ona,;tv for s,mmer E Z.
In this country the sections producing cot
rice, and tobacco, have ever been the adj
ates Of Free Trade, while the manufacture
sections have been their opponents.''-
,dpiM Republican,
Viii Cur neighbor oblige us by appending
rs Little extract the names of the great adj
ates and opponents OF the tariff Of 1861
lew ORLEANS MONEY MARKET-The fol-
ing is a statement ofthe rates at which the
- of the banks were paying in n. Orleans
erday.
ank Of Louisiana pays specie, Gas bank Z
Union bank Is a % per cent. dis mel
n Moe ba nips and TtradareJ honlx * i, IN Ian