The St. Landry whig., 1844-12-19


BR1TIsm FoRTIFIcATIoNs IN HALIFAX, N. S.
"A correspondent ofthe New York Herald says,
the British Government are extending their for
t~iications at Halifax. They have six forts be
sides the citadel in that harhor, yet they continue
their labor. Several engineers have recently
f been sent out from England to complete the ex-
~tensive line of Qualifications at Halifax.
We are happy to announce that the Second
Municipality Council last evening, by an nnani.
nous vote, passed the Ordinance submitted by
Mr.. Peters for the establishment ola Lyceum
and Library. Mr.. Peters, in moving for the
adoption ofIde Ordinance, suggested that mas
much as it IL lesirablesto render the Institution
one of wide pread benefit, he hoped that the
subscriptions Sf persons, other than pupils Of the
Public Schools, would be received at a very mod
crate sum, say not TO exceed S. annually. We
are glad that thA measure has been so favorably
received aud ac&d upon. The Institution will
be Immediately dsgnni2ed. W. believe it will
become the proudest ornament ofoar citv.-Iro-
pic Of Tie Az ilsa
The certainty mn Tennessee has east her
electoral vote Vi Clay and Frelinghuysen, now
proves that ne loss of New York was the really
fatal loss for that ticket. The States Of Massa.
chusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, North Caro-
lima, Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio, give togeth.
er los electoral votes, Add New York SO, and
we have 141, or three more votes than nocessa.
ry. When we consider that the Polk majority
n New York is only somewhere about five thou
sand, ana tthat full that number Of loreigners were
faturaiized in the State within a short period
prior to the election, we have the lamentable
evidence that a handful of strangers--the great
mass ofthem utterly ignorant Of our institutions,
outlaws, our policy, our condition, our resources,
and our wants as a nation-have determined the
choice ofthe Chief Magistrate of our Union and
its twenty millions of people.-Nat. Iateligen.
Ger.
1t has been a standing boast of the Wing pa.
pers, that among all the scores and hundreds Of
persons tried for fraudulent voting, since the late
elections. there hasn not been a solitary Whig.-
The Locofocos have at length succeeded, how.
ever, through the most unwearied and indefatiga.
bic exeftions, in having one Wing indicted on the
charge Of fraudulent voting in the city of Balti.
more. He was arraigned, duly tried, and hon
orably acquitted.
az Gov. DoRR.-The Providence Journal Of the
Hhult. says that there is no longer the slightest
doubt that a desperate effort is to be made blythe
Dorrites to gain possession of the State admins.
~tration of Rhode Island, Their committees have
already been appointed, and their partyis alrea.
dy organized, and wants only the registration to
be in COMPLETE fighting order. They boast that
they will AID 10 the list two thousand names.
sUeAR.RsThe tPlaquemine Planters Gazette
contains the GLOWING letter from the Depart.
ment of Statl
M u DEpADTMENr M CIR. rr \
Wellington, November 1st, 1874.
~. CIV. Bb51tler, Esq, near Bayou Goula p.
O., L6yaisiana.
SIR,-I hYfe to acknowledge the receipt of
yoEr letter 1.-THE a1hf0N-ato state that in
aSAAa@~~~eaRouf request, instructions will
pc glyent to such of our %consuls as reside in the
countries where the sugar cane is extensively
cultivated, to send specimens oft to your agents.
IN the manner pointed out in your letter.
4 gu VIII Of course, be expected to defray all
expenses attending its transportation, DC.
| am, Sir, your obt. Servant,
R. X. CRALLE,
Acting Secretary.
Found DRowNED,-On the 22d November.
about z miles below this town, in West Baton
Rouge, the body OF an unknown individual. He.
was about % to 30 years of age, sandy complex
ION, red hair, low receding forehead, and had on
"a pair ofblue cloth pantaloons and a striped cot.
ton shirt. Aninqnest was held by Rosemond
Hebert, Esq Justice of the Peace. The verdict
was that the deceased came to his death BY a
ball, which entered below his left ear and broke
his neck. There were no papers, &C., to iden.
tity his person.; he is supposed to have been
dead several days.-Baton Rouge Gazette.
TESTIMONIAL IN HoNoR OF HENRY
CLAY.
At a late meeting of the CHNrRA1 Clay
CLUB OF LOUISIANA, at New Orleans, on the 2lst
of November, 1874, Mr.. William L. Hodge sub.
mittedthe following nrenmhle md nlnn - III