Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-06-17

ness Of a friend who arrived this morning from
st. Louis, we have papers Of that city to the
l2fh instant and the following Information
respecting the waters.
The Missouri commenced rising on the
llth, after having fallen siS or piEtl feet ut The
mouth Of The Ohio about the same decline
was remarked at Memphis, while nj VlcEs-
burg the waters we're ut a stand, Thousands
ard thousands Of cultivated acres shYs our
informant, we're under water between Mem
phis and Nitkshurg, aud the damages stis-
tajrted were consequently immense. The
Ohio wBs rising slowly and Has expected to
rise about three feet,
MrntrAnY trrus.-1}rigai -Grnl. Arbuckle,
IS on leave Of absence for the summer; during
his absence, this military district will be com
manded Ivy Col. Twiggs, Rifles (llead GUAR
trrs now in New Orleans)
1t. Col. Whistler 18th Infantry. arrived here
on The 10Th and has assumed command Of
the troops stationed here: the head quarters
Of The 7th infantry will be at Baton Rouge
Barracks during The summer.
Mai. J. Drown 9TH infantry. on being re-
lieved, will proceed To Pensacola and take
command Of Fort I'ickeus. Mai. Brown cat
res with him the hest wishes Of his brother
officers and all his acquaintance Of Baton
Rouge.
10 the Editor Of The Democratic Adrocafc :
SIN Permit me 10 inquire through
the medium of your Gazette. if the cur.
rent reVDrt be authenticated by the fact,
tl,at ut the late session OF The FollGe Jury
ol this Parish, motion was made To
appoint . committee to ascertain by
whom Of the Printers in town the Parish
printing would be cheaper done, nd that
tho motion was voted down. Tho pub.
lie taxed to dcftay these expenses, is
interested in their diminntion. and The
representatives are cenaurnble for wasting
the peoples treasure. You can answer
Yourself, at what price less Than that paid
Won wol|d have contracted, bad The op.
portnnity been afforded. and, perhaps, you
may be able 10 be nble TO clear up an oh.
sc,re pnssnga ny The last number Of The
other paper, IN enigma of an Editor
The Police Jury and " Mint Jnlep."
A Tax PAYER.
We readily respond 10 our correspon
dent and qietlst, So far rs we know any
thing about The nailer IN question. We
have been informed by n member Of thu
Police Jury. that the motion Of which he
speaks was made and overruled. As Il
the prico for which we would have agree,
to do tho printing Of the Police jnr,
we think that we would have ngrce,
for fifty duIlnrs-an examination Of a fiji
Of the Gazette for The last year. has le,
us to estimate that sum ms "A moderate bn
reasonable compensation for tho service
required. We feel no disposition TO fin,
fault with the board for the disposition
they made Of the matter. There arc tw
reasons by which they were probably &C
tuated .
lst. Our paper is az yet, scarcely on il
feet, and they may well enough hav
thought it doubtful whether it would stan
long.
end. Being but recently commenced
it was quite reasonably to suppose, tha
its circulation would be more limited TIM
that Of The Gazette, aud consequently,
would DO n less eligible vehicle ioi the pre-
mitigation Of ihclr ordinances,
II 10 an unpleasant duty TO nptlte thing
like the above, which we copy from The Az
vocate of Tuesday last. Il is otir desire /
MI times 10 deal courteousIy with tho Who'll
world, for VIC always find that way Of go
ting on the most tranquil and pleasant an
if tho " fuss brick bat be ever thrown,
shall never como from our hands. But thot
f Jury TO others and this is one. An amor
ymoue ecribhIor indirectly charges The II
leo Jury with s1Handcring the money
the Parish. and the editor of the Advocat
while he arologisee for their conduct, cl
: loavore to stamp homo upon them the ii
: famous aErrrsion.
The facts Of The case arc these since
! Baton Rouge VIC have done the Parish pu1
I fishing for 300 a job which some yea
pays a little more, and other years a roc
;. deal less, than ordinary advertisement
Mr.. Cook, to secure The job for his ow
paper, offered to do it at half price. i
. thought his paper might possibly be COT
; sidered worth hall as much, as an advertiser
d. mediums as the Gazette, but in this the Jul
. could not agree with him, and the Job w
- .t,.,r, q, t1p ftt-1ftp NJ the n1l min,
e And well for the Parish il was for Il
e Advertising already done for the Parrish |
Ms, since our year expired, amounts 10 abo'
@ b1O. For tliu advertising we should,
Y course, have sent in our bill, and the rcsu
To would have hcen, had the printing bee
f given to Mr.. Cook ut 1850, that Tho pari,
would have had $l2O instead Of $lOO
, pay. Now, what we have already done go
8 INTO the same account with what We ha'
yet to do, and thus, it is seen, The Poli'
Jury, in place of paying exorbitantly, ha'
z saved the Parish 800 by the operation.
" We do not know what others may thin
but to us there is something remarkably SO
sufficient in the above ~effusiof. When it
considered that "Tax Payer is Mr.. Coz
Il and that Mr.. Cook replies TO Tax payer, al
further, that this Taxpayer, alias Mr.. Coo
0 never yet paid ono cent of tax in LouisIar
y The reader will comprehend tho s~urpassil
ID modesty Of the person who charges su,
4 taxpayers as A., Monge', Sosthene ALLAH
i. y. Conrad, r. 7. Young, 4. Morga
d Joseph Heard, and james Alley, with squa