Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-05-11

Vtaa1ptAtATha returns from tho laHt elBcs
tions In Virginia are not yet complete but
ii seems certain that the wings have The
house Of Delegates, whether by majority
large enough to defeat the democratic majors
ity in the Senate on Joint ballot We think Ia
donbtfuL-Tbe returns, so far, elect 90 wings
to ~ democrats III fine House Of Delegates !.
OF the wings ~ are gslns Of the opposi.
ton, 4 ars gains,
Nine State Senators were chosen, 10 fill
yaeaueifs ii athat body by The expiration Of
the term Of nins Of it's members. AZ far NJ
heard from, three wings have been elected.
In Mr.. Wise's late district, Bayly. (dem)
has bssn elected TO Congress over Carter.
fwhig,1 by NJ majority. MI. Goggin (whig1
In Mr.. Gilmef'B late district, has a majority
Of SO votes over Gordon (d8m)
The contest has been very warm and close;
In SOME counties larger votes were polled
than on any former oceasion.-Pie May 8.
THAr's A FAers-A Yankee editor down
Fsst says, "that II won't do 70 Imagine leg
~islature fed at the public crib will cit but sfx
weeks, when two thirds Of The fnsmbsfs hays
not the capacity to earn i decent living 1T
home.e
VtbtANY m PAHfs,--A rafs system Of vii.
liany has recently been discovered in Paris.
4 Foreign letter writer thus explains The
mode Of opetatlon which The Williams psrsued
The r]uftians hired an old horse in an unffe.
duented street, which they called The Tour
de Nesle, each Of the parties going by The ii.
tie Of one Of the characters in the drama Of
that man
Their practice was to attend balls and pub.
lie places, and then when they cav femalrs
whose looks pleased them, to get her, by
some sehsine Of fraud or lorg0 into their pow.
or, 20 drug her with narcotics, when she was
reduced 10 iBsebpibiity, 10 perpetrate their
atrocities, and then 10 carry away their VIC
tim, and dep0eite her exhausted and i%ngensi-
bic nj the corner If some street or otber.-
Several poor girls bad been found IN Ibis CON
dttion, some not more than twelve or fourteen
years Of age. but rem The state 10 which hey
had been reduced, could give no account Of
what had passed, Tho police, however, at
last bounced upon this den Of wfotrhns, and
twelve had been arrested. II lie TO be hoped
that The galIeys will be their portion.
THr Mtsefsstrrt Tho 81, Louis Republi.
can Of The 9Th ult. aays
The Mississippi Is rising with great fapidt.
tys Yesterday it was within about five feet
Of it's highest point last year, At Burlington
It IL said that the river WIS higher on the
goth than It has been since 1893. Many
portions Of Tho country were inundated, and,
Of course, much I0ss sustained 10 add to
the calamity, a heavy gale, for which We are
hppfehnnPIve much damage was sustained.
At Hannibal Two houses we're blown down.
~ points along the Illinois river immense
hliuhefR Of trees were uUfuotpa,
The rise n The river here comes from the
Upper NJ Mississippi and Illinois rivera.
MELANCHOLY 3tfotpE.-Friday morning,
Mr., jeremiah Clark, Of Atiakapas. was found
in his bedroom IN The City Hotel, with his
throat cut. Tho circumstances efthia metan.
cholY suicide ore a. follows On Thursday
morning, May 81, Mr.. Clark arrived III this
city FROM AttabapaB, il the steamboat Florence
His conduct on board the boat induced his
friends 10 believe that he was partially, If not
wholly inHane-for, during The passage, he
persisted in the EuppoBitibh That he was 10 be
taken 10 the Baton Rouge Penitehtiary, instead
Of New Orleans. Arriving here. he placed n
considerable amount Of money in the keeping
Of Il friend, (a merchant Of this eity,) Begging
him to get 1t exchanged for Il draft on Phtta-
delphta, and stating Mt the same time. that he
" HF E3A'E ~ ''ft htF NEEA WV ~ tEtil HJg
New Jersey. At a very early hour yesterday
morning, Hag three o'clock. he went 10 his
room ut the City Holel; at about 4 o'clock, II
gentleman who was rooming next door heard
something heavy fall on the door, and immes
diatelY rang f6rthe waiter. The servant came
and on climbing over the door he found tho
unfortunate mai in the last pahgs efdeath
It seems that Mr.. Clark had, in the fret
place taken out bis pen.kaife, and cut Il large
cash in The left side ofhis throat. Finding
that this did not cause immediate death, he
very cody drew d razor from its case and se-
vered The juguIar vein. He died il about ten
minutes after the wounds were made. On
seachihg his room a paper was found on The
dressing table with these words thereon :aJer-
emiah Clark killed himself, May Ord 1874"
We forbear comment on the above melaneho-
" event, and close this article by stating that
Mr.. Clark has, for III last thirteen years, borne
the character Of an industrious man and an
exemplary citizen.-1r9pft.