Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-12-02

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gates, and thus made their escape. They bad
gone some distance before the alarm bell was
rung. AS soon as they got under way, they
stole all the horses and clothing within their
reach. At the last accounts four of them had
been apprehended. Several others were seen
near tile Little Moreau, with knives drawn,
ready to resist any attempt to apprehend them.
Gin. Chronicle.
A late London paper states that a trial of
the Great Northern steamer, propelled blythe
Archimedian screw, was recently made in the
Thames, under %unpropitious weather and
against an opposing tide, which was consider
ed quite successful. The report says: l6s IL
She screwed her way steadily along, oc-
casioning hardly any surge, and obviously
presenting a grand subject for wonderment
to the crews of the numerous vessels, working
upwards with the tide. Shortly after start
ing, the log gave speed Of nine knots, but as
the engine worked more freely it increased to
ten knots.-The Eagle, Gravesend steamboat
could creep but very slowly ahead Of the Great
Northern, and the London of London Of Dun-
dee, the fastest seagoing steamer which comes
into he Thames, assisted by a foretop-sail
and jib, could barely pass the screw boat, pro-
ceeding as she did without any help from caa-
yas.-Altogether, the success Of the expert.
ment ia said to have been complete 1t was
demonstrated beyond doubt that the Great
Northern, which only pretsnds to use steam
as a secondary power, can easily accomplish
ten miles an hour. She steers veryeasily, and
turns in double her own length. Sir r.. Coils
lier publicly states that the speed of the Great
Northern, with 700 tons Of coal on board, ex-
the velocity of any steam yesssel7in
the navy except the Queens yatch and the
Black Eagle. 9 ! hsi aI a&ts
EFFEcTs OF RUM.--The Warrenton
Va. Flag of '9s. says it is d painful duty
to us to have TO record the melancholy at.
fair, caused by i~ntoxication, which took
place last week near Washington. Rap.
pahannock county. Smith Oder, while
under the influence of alcohol, drew from
his pocket a knife, and inflicted 3danger.
Gus wounds upon his ~defencsless and I'M
suspecting son.-Young Oder IL just HI.
pening Into manhood, and now lays conf
ned 10 his bed, his life ~despaired. of. His
father is lodged in the county Jail Of Rap.
pahannock, there to await his trial for this
fHH+&##N. p, u .rE"%&& $3.50
unnatural conduct. sst 93 Il. 9ga
- $50 fse
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND RED HAIR.--A
fastidious gentleman ran away from his
wife at ~Porkopolls, New York, on the 10th
ult., because she had red hair. He had
been married 80 says some exchange pa
per) just three weeks, during which time,
by means of some dye, she had contriyed
TO make him believe that her hair was
black. One morning it suddenly became
beautiful pea-green, and a close watch
satisfied him that, as Hoggg, the poet, OBJ.
3na III s8 a5f a snss&19s
e75t95 Ia5 "IIer hair was red; sss
81 Almost as red as German. sealing-wax!'
Red hair was his abomination; he could
not even endure the pictures Of the old
masters on that account; so he eloped, and
tho winds even have not $50 far, at leasi)
breath, d of his Whereabouts.
"WHAT Is A LAwYER4"-The Boston
Mail thus elucidates the problem:
"A very learned gentleman. who res
cues your estate from your enemy and
then keeps it HIMSELF q
mi 1850 s @0s#
A REGULAR FLIER.-Some English
Engineers who were anxious TO ascertain
the utmost extent Of speed at which q To-
conceive might b~azpropelled, lately offer
ed a Stoker a considerable sum of money,
if he would conduct the eDging of the
Railway, on which he was employed. at
the very greatest rate at which it was sus
ceplible Of going, and promising, if the
boiler burst, and he lost his life, they would
provide amply for his family.-1he, Sto-
ker agreed mounted The Engine, without
Wagon, or feeder, and set off. lie reach
ed the opposite terminus in safety, flying
as it were, over the Intervening space at
the astonishing rate of SIS leagues, or 100
miles an hour! He was of course paid
his money, but one Of the contracting par
ties remarked that since The boiler had
not burst, the Stoker had not quite conscis
eatiously fulfilled his engagement. The
question was still undetermincd!--Co ur.
des Etats Unas- st'
The Duke de Bordeaux, who is on a visit
to Great Britain excites considerable attention.
The Caledonian Mercury gives the following
"reminiscences respecting him ssse yasas
More than ten years ago, when the young,
Duke de Bordeaux first landed on our shores,
the stern vicissitudes which had struck his
royal house made him naturally an object Of
general interest; but before his departure be
lived here long enough to secure for himself,
the more endearing grounds of his own
worth. a lasting place in the recollection ard
Legard of numbers OF Scofchmen of al. DO
grees. At that time in the freshness s,od a.
dor of his boyhood, he made a tour of much "a
our romantic scenery, and benes.h rn~nn :
roof the remembrance of the aon,psnI
Prince %outlives, while il calls IT. aSs .n,;ai
proofs Of his kindness and a.a.m IL
voluntary return we acr nj q : s;an ;hat nc
reminiscences Of b former resIsaace ara
pa. @hile we are convinced that,
tranois tne quiet privacy in which he now
ne will find neither forgetfulness of
.,self nor OF the ancient ties Of Friendly hos
pitality WEIGH have long linked France and
Scotland together" ~. :.
An English paper described the Duke as Of
fair complexion, not above the middle stature
and bears a striking resemblance in his, fea-
lures W LOUIS AL, ana mas The appearance
Of being beyond his actual age. He Is second
child and only son Of Charles the Duke de
Berry, by Caroline, Dutchess de Berry, sister
OF the ~raisnieS Hing Of Naples und Queen
Christians of Spain. He was born on the
29tah of September, 1929, and consequently.
has only just entered the twenty fourth year
OF his age. In 1880 be Quilted France with
Charles x, and the other members of the roy
al family. ffae3afq
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