Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-11-16

H6@ NFfif'tt32 Fg
all kinds are abaHdani, n tho most gAco'}sai
quality sud moderate Prices"
.hr. GiIplb pafsed The trading fort ofBfld-
Esr& V8squeT, iii tic 1871 Of August THIS
foft ii one hundred mites vest NJ Greet riyof,
8nd exactly half way nom f~0depeUdefce 6,
Tie Willamette Tie American tfaPpctt ga.
tered amongst tie GfUantatng, had there Col,
iaeted % meet Tie einigran's, Of last Rprt1R'
% A~lgahged party Cf thirty Of #h9igs "fb
their Wagons aid cattle, paeged o. Inc lItht
tW0 dgys later than The emigration u the pre-
tfcdiBg year. Two larger companies behind.
under Geu Gillian abd Col Ford, passed sub
sequontly, and all 10 good time 10 reach tho
settlements before The acting N Of nc vim
ter
CAesrsdgr nE D3ceEAsg - NAarf4oag
III teif yon wig young ladies' d. not get of
30 frequently as onnerIy they are hieo aHd
too pfd1d, e..
Know q young lady-n6t very young TOW,
indecd, who, 10 my eeriain knowledge has re-
fased nine Offers.
One. becaGse he gentleman could not keep
a carriage.
Aaotbet, because 10 could not speak Tho
French language.
A t6ird, because he knew nothing Of lbo
Italian operas.
a fourth, becau4s he sloopedin bia shoui-
deTs
"A fifth. fe had rot fortune enough.
Il pixtF, becaHae he was . tradestna0.
Asegsbth, because he vas Il tobacco chew
Ell.
Tie seib, he vas TOO bafhfuI IN company.
Tic niGth, because DO wore spectacle".
PEhsEcvTioa- Taon ofthe native con
yerts Of Madagascar have ALLEN victims 10 'h'
bafbaroUs rage Of The tdolstsous queen. IhFy
were fret subjectcd TO torture to compel thein
V itnpeach othefs their pcrsecutor falling ~
THIS condemned them 70 death, after theif exc
cution, stuck their heads On poles and left them
70 bleach in tie scorching sun Of %Itnerina,
Seventeen nattqe christians IN all, have thus
nobly laid down their lives for tbe sake Of Tbs
Lord Jssusi and have gone to receive their 70
ward.
NAyAt IYgoTEcHsfc LAB0nIroRY-Ths
Washington correspondent u the Baltimore
SG6 says:
"Ite Napal Pyvotecinic Lqb0rai2rg, now
IN the course Of erection in the Navy Yard N
this city, ID to congist II five brick buildings.
Ihey are % be built in a straight line 50 fee.
dlstaDt from each other. The main building, in
the centre, il 10 be t04 feet long. % feet deep,
and ls feet fronl the graduation 10 the raves.
Tic four smaller buiIdings are 90 feet square.
and are ~ other respects exactly like the main
building, and are 10 be placed twoat each end
oil the same They are each TO be appropriated
e q separate purpose-oGe for the preparation
Of night signals, eoi0rcd fire, &c. :anothcr for
the pfeparatlono Of Eliminating composition, PEI
cugslon caps for smalIarms, percussion primers
Tor ca11oD, &c. a third for grinding and mix
igg Oh omp lions and The fourth for char
gIBg rockets, fuses, pofEfires, and other ari.
cles, ~hlcii WI be done by machinery. The
large building Is intended for a a general work
roofn, for the manipulation 81 cases for various
purposes, cartriges for snail arms, aud Tor TIM
preparation ard puFiication Of tho various
chemicals used IN the pyrorschnics and il IL
the intention Of the Department 10 provide a
proper chemical apparatus for the purpose. Il
ls also the intention Of government % have all
the pyroiechnfes that are required for our navy
prepared at This laboratory, where they will
De made % proper manner, Of tie best ma
terlalg and Of Uniform Strength, which is infn-
ltely better than purchasing them from indl-
g1dlats, (Which has heretofore been the prac-
tice,l as ! understand they could rarely ever
u depended upon.
The NayydePartment has heretofore been
almost destitute ofsuch an establishment. and
Y appears has entirely Neglected the inpor-
tant science OF Pyrotechuy. 4 am glad tbev
arcbeginning to see It's Importance: ; Il IL gtU.
dy which every officer ii the Navy should bs
acquainted with. | am informed that In tbs
English and especially the French Nav, il =
considered d the highest Importance"
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. /
a REgotTfsc MUaDEg IN THE EAsrEgS
Observation-Disclosures morning. about
lO O'clock, one Of the nurses at the Eastern
Pententiafy, named James CASTOR, about 40
years OF age. vas violently put to death BIZ
Jonn EiIalan' an Insane convict, who is aged
tWenty-three years, under the following re-.
voting circumstance AT the above irrae,
Mr.. Castor entered the celf Of the Drison.r
which is 10 the range or cells IN tie uneer
part of the building. He had lust entered.
when The prisoner demanded to be jmmedi.
a5y enlarged, which vas Of course ogremr.
tJrly refused. He then became fur5ggs. ard
tore up a plank from the floor. WIN which he
struck the nurse over the head, cutting his
leit ear ~ two, and INJECTING a wound On et.
fher side of II. Finding that he had killed
the nurse, the prisoner stripped him of his
clothing and pat On his vest, pants and ha.
with the view Of ~efIeetiag MS escape. lie
then proceeded down stairs and crossed tia
yard, out at The gate Mr. HalI1wsI the clerk
renognlzed hin and was tak.ag aim back to
the stairs, where they wsre met by two Off
GERS, who had been informed of the cirCuu.
stance by two prisoners whose cells adioinsd
that ofthe prisoner, and who heard ali that
occurred.
The prisoner was sentenced to two years
imprisonment for horse stealing in LycosninR
Co; lie bad served out fourteen months, hag-
ing becomeInsane shortly after, be had been
taken 10 Cherry HiI.
Before he vas arrested for the above offence,
he was Charged wlth the murder Of his own
tather, who mad died in mysterious manner;
but there being want Of proof he was dis
charged.
Since his Incarceration be confessed to tbs
Moral Instructor Of the pcison, aud Mr
Thompson, the Wssdeu, bis guilt OF taat boz.
rid deed.
MF. Castor bore an Exemplary character.
and vas reDaF6apte fer ms mIaness and a..
tentiCn 10 thase undar bis charge. He haa
left a vile and Two children. The Coroner
held an inques! on be body, and Jbe jury, al.
Ter obtaining the above facts, partially detail
81 By the pr.sonsr himself, returned a verdict
accordingly.
B Sergeant Coke. who was a rough
clustering fellow, once got frutn a w5,n-sl
more than hs gave. In a trial 0t a riEh. Ia
fishery, he asks,i the witness. "Do'sl thou lo,a
fish !2tAy repitedt ss witness With d GRIN,
.thJt I donna EEz raekfa sauce gsft1 s" T'hs