Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-09-30

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counts have been received Of tho safs NJ.
rival Of tho vessel sent out from belgium
with The persons forming part Of The new
colony Mt Santo. Thomas, in Guatemala.
The vessels had on board engineers, ply.
slcians, farmers, laborcrs, artisans, II lbfa.
~, u pharmacy, two oc~lesiastics, and pro.
VISIONS for two Years. The expedition
has been undertaken under lie Immediate
patronage Of King Leopold, and tho com.
pany, known by the nanfo Of LII eommu.
nataf he FUni6n, possesses moi less than
4G4, 600 hectares, fabcut 1880 acrss.)
and which il has procured ffom fife Gov
eminent Of Guatemala. Eight thousand
lots Of 25 hectares each have been made,
which the company offer to Subscribers.
The objects of tho company afe-1st. to
unite property, capital. and labor; 2. To
form ~ngffcuiturni, manufacturing, and
corfmertfaf Embellishments in the district
Of Santo. Thomas. The workmsn owe 10.
The above society n certain amoint of dai.
~ iabof, end d ceftain quaniom of assis.
tantc III presersiug order in The colony.
The 8orkmen have, in addition 10 their
wages, II cerfGir participation in common
property; the advantage Of the schools
founded by the society; medical md in tho
case Of illness, and II place Of retreat and
n pension assured them after twenty years
service. The widows Of pensioned labor.
els are entitled TO n pension. and in all ca
ses orphans are to DO brought up at the
charge Of the society. The first 1000
workmen that arrive receive gratnftoasly
so ares (about SO acresJ Or land; each
workman that mnarries in the colony so
more, and at tho birth Of each child 25.
The expenses Of tho passage are, if requi.
CD, advanced by the society, and are can.
ceIlcd after a certain length of service in
The colony.-Parss paper.
Effect Of Ostentation upon CredA.--Tbe
maxim "aII is no gold that giitters," I
not purely English in its origin and appli-
cation, is at all events not recognized 10
France-Pn The latter Kingdom, the repu.
tation of a man for wealth is about in pro.
portion to his display Of it. A snowy
house of business and an elegant style Of
IViHh, iHutChttbS that tne piop'tetoi has
abundance Of wealth himself, are essential
prerequisites to his being entrusted with
the property of others. The contrast
which prevails TO tits state of things in
England. is %strIkingIy illustrated by an in
| cident related in the Edinburgh Review.
Al retired merchant Of enormous fortune,
living in great retirement, is said to have
kept his account with a banking firm head
ed by a baronet. His balance in the bank
was generally from thirty to forty thou
sand pounds, and tic baronet deemed il
only a proper attention q SO Valuable Gus.
toner to inyite him to dinHsf at his villa
in the country. The ~spIsndo- of the ban.
quet, TO which the old man reluctantly re-
paired, iinpsIIed him On. his entrance TIC
apologize to his hosf for sufjecting the lat.
ter to so much inconvenience. The baro,
nef replied that, on the contrary, it vas
incumbent CT kirnto apologize, for taking
the liberty of asking his guest to partake
Of a family dinner. Nothing further pas
sed, but the next morning the custonel
drew his whole balance out Of tht bank.