Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-12-16

" WntCn ~ aHH0nHGes tIe ARRIVAL tbeYs Gl
u. 9. frigate Constellation. Com Kcrney, OF
which we last heard at the Sandwich Isfapds.
The Commodore ard his officers paid 4 visit
Of respect 70 the General and was most graz
eiously received by hin. This general sub.
reqncntly visited the ship upon invitation Of
Commodore. Tho Consolidation sailed for
we presume, has ended all the ilt.feeiing
growing out Of Com. Jones's rather summary
seizure Of Montery. 6
Tho Amazon, Capt. Harding, and the SEQ.
tia Capt. Leslie, arrived at Vera Cruz, frota
this porf, on tie 18th uIf.
We have scarcely had time 10 give oar CO.
pious Mexican flies . proper perusai, ~ va
had mails tumbiing In upon ~ from the North
yesterday In some profusion. In an other ar
ticIe the reader will note tho correction ~ an
error III regards TO the conveyance Of the Next
can NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of The 23A.
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Loss or THE BaIu aCAaTos.-On Satur.
day night ab0at 10 o'clock, the brig Canton,
Captain Anderson, which cleared for Boston
the same day. while In tow Of tho Steam Tow.
boat Alton, found down, opposite1 the us.
Mint, was run into by the ship Oregon, which
was in tow Of the Wak tn he Wafer. bound
~ Natchsz and received such injury that 81,
sunk in about twenty minutes, In thirty five
fathom water. The Canton had n full load of
produce, consisting Of 1883 bbIs pork, Cos
kegs of lard, 90 bbls beef, sou pigs OF lead,
147 bales hemp, 70 bbls flour, go DO molasses,
% do. lard oil, 137 DO, beams. Brig and car
go total loss. We have not been able TO as
certain with exactness the cause Of the unfoy-
tunate collision, but have been informed that
Captain or Pilot Of the Wall In he Water,
seeing the Alton bearing down the river,snd
fearful of u collision, Immediately stopped the
boat, and being on the edge OF the current,
and with q heavy ship IN tow, she immedi-
atcly sheered athwart the current, when the
boat was cast loose from the ship, which,
with the Roadway, ran into the bri toward Of
the mainmast. We have heard that ono Of
the crew who went down TO get hin clothing,
&c, sunk in the brig, the remainder eseap.
ing by jumping on board the alton, when the
1jpstruck the brig. The ship, we under.
stand, did not receive any damage. The
force Of the collision broke the brig,s fasts
and the Alton also escaped without damage.
We have not ascertained whether there was
any insurance on the brig and cargo-TSopic.
A beautiful, new steamer, called the III lido.
RADIO, came to our port Saturday, In charge OF
that popular commander, Captain Char lee
Stone. The Ell Dorado was built in Eliza
BEETHOVEN, Pa, by 8. Walker, and finished 1t
Pittsburg. He's buIthen liz over 900 tons.
She 10 finished altogether with state rooms,
of which there are "a In the main cabin and
. In the ladie, cabin, all we'll supplied with
spring mattresses. She 10 10 ran between
Cincinnati and New Orleans. afr. Issac II.
Jones Is the obliging and gsntlemanly Clerk.
PARDosED-Goyernor Mention hiss pardon-
e Johnson, whohas been for some time i'm
for gambling. M. Johnson In q
young man Of highly respectable connexions,
and his petition was nunerously signed.
We hope he may now see the error of bis
and abandon bis evil practices Ii future.
-Iropic. 20
CoTroN-The editor Of the Richmond
Compiler published in the parish of Madison,
writes thus Of the crops and weather on Ire
Let Instant
The present has been the most extsaordiu.
ary season within the recollection OF our oI5s
sst citizens. For the last four or Eve weeks.
and indeed as far back az our recollection ex-
lends J we have had almost continued rajns.
The bayons are all higher than they were ey.
sr before known To be for The season, and il il
next to an impossibility to travel the shortest
without swimming5-in q word, the
whole face Of the country IS covered with wa.
The cotton crop which was short al
has been aImost entirely ruined. We
hazard nothing in saying that our planters
will not realize more than haIfa crop, and
hat mostlyof an inferior quality.
4 MIDNIGHT APrEAL-We were awakened
rom our sleep On Saturday night, aboet III o.
lock, by che rapping OF = little boy Of about
en- years; we arose and went to the window
md asked him what he wanted. aCsn Yen
ell me where / will find a Waterman. siran
What do you want of a ~wafchman, " asked
"There il q man at our house, he re-
olied, I" who 10 drunk. and mother Is afraid Of
i'm" sWho is the man, and what 10 he do
ng to your mosher." We asked. Afera
God deal of hesitation, Mingled with half
Impressed sobs, the little fe low burst into
ears, when he reluctantly felt himself con-
trained to tell the sorrowful ruth. sFasser
> drunk, and is beating mother, and drsrsn US
Ut efdoers; and mother is shirerfag out IN the
orch, aud Hont let her IN, aud she 6 afraid af
im." We gave the little fellow directors
7here he could procure prompt aid, and on
ur sleepiess pillow, deeply pitied that wife
nd mother and son, who were themselves
by a fathers b~rutality-by the curse
{ drunkeness-to seek to have him, their hus.
and father dragged from thern to the fe.
cell. Bitter were the reflections, anda
I'd and sleepIess pillow during that hour,
as ours.
Poor mother! we thought of the bridal
our, when she gave herself and her happi-
ess into the keeping of that husband, who in
Re presence of his God, vowed eternal love
M affpffinn uufo ort-Anorrrn Ex~
"You mnstn't smoke here, sir" said tn
.ptain of a North river steamboat to a