The St. Landry whig., 1844-09-26
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Of the NatclitocHes Jockey Club, win com.
ncTce on the 2lst of October next, and con.
tipue five days. Purses from $3.50 10 1915
Much sport is anticipated:
The Warsaw Signal says:sWe haye intelli.
ggence direct fron1N auvoo,shat 1. ynanW rigEth has
raised q company of two hundred men, ostensi-
ply Tor the purpose of emigrating to the pine
country; but the general impression amongst
those who have d chance df knowing; iR, nat
the real design Il 70 attack Carthage and Wars
There will be 4 special session Of the United
States District Court held III ST. Louis, for TIE
adjustment Of claims on Government lands.
The Jurisdiction extends over The States Of Mis-
sour, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and d portion
81 Mississippi and Alabama.
iowk THRRIroRv. The members elected
% torn 2 Constitution for this Territory, prepa-
Iatory "a is admission among the family Of
states, meet ~ Iowa City on the first Monday
Of October next.
TREAsuRY NorEs,-The Secrotary of Tho
Treasury gives notice that the Department ii
prepared To redeem all the outstanding Trcasu.
~ notes. The amount is stated to be 2,00s,.
459 II.
Ike NAVY on THE RRvoLurlQN.The Bal
t'more Clipper states, that in 1916 the lAneri.
can Navy was composed of tho following mined
vessels JOS, Hancock, Randolph, Raleigh,
Washington Warren; 2s's, Virginia, Trnttnlhull,
Bingham, Congress, Providence, Alfred 24,s,
Boston, Delaware, Montgomery; It's, Repri.
sal, Lexington, Cabot; las, Andrew. Doria
l2's, Hampdcn, Providence los, Sachem, In
dependents; 81, Wasp As, MY and Musqui.
to74in all %.
The Boston Mercantile journal saYs-"A
general Naval Court Martial, to be had at
Washington, is now in session, which Commo.
dore Downes and Nicholson on this station have
been ordered to attend. 1t is supposed to b
for the trial Of Capt. Newton, for the loss of the
Missoufi--and other officers"
oDD .FnLLows IN THE WEsr.-An q Odd
Fellows's Ham is to be erected in Cincinnati,
and will DO completed during tho coming winter.
The building is TO front on two streets, and the
floor Of the second story is to be thrown into a
%saloon,, IS feet high, for concerts, lectures, &c.
There are $50 Odd Fellows in Cincinnati. In
Ohio there are 80 lodges.
TRurAAc contemporary very justly rtfrarksA-
t'No editor can hecxpected to please all his rea.
ders; it is among the impossibilities, and a man
when he subscrihcs for a paper, should recoIlect
that there are athousand tastes 10 please, and that
he must not expect the editor 10 write for him
alpnef
WRAT TINY THINK oil rr.-Thc London
Correspondent of the Sunday Atlas, has cncoun.
tered at Greenwich Hospital an old man Who
had lost Q leg under Packenhatn, at New OSlans.
sWho commanded the American forcesf,, / ask.
ed. tGoueral Jackson,' said he; sand thcy piled
up the sbtton so that we could not get at tkein.,'
IL %suppff'o those Americans are towards, \ said
!, "are tfey not2" No, no; they l4tght like dew.
lis" salt the old man, with an emphasis which,
proved 'aat he felt all he said. Good.
A fcwpscoks ago the Locofoco papers in Tennessee.
unu or iMo5 OF them In kentucky, and a few III other
parts of the West, e8pounded Nj. Folks tariff Views
thus as compared with tho Wing d0cirineas While the
Wings arc IN favor of a tariff with discrimination for
protection, MIR, Polk is in favor of thrift fos rersnas;
with discrimination FOR rerehue, but no Discrimination
for protection. This WINS the doctrine Of Mi. Polk as
explicitly declared by in numerous speeches and lei.
tiers. But. recently, this same Mr.. Polk wrote an atrthi-
guous letter TO MI. Kane,aof Pennsylvania, ind, after
p%ondering On thss letter weeks tliSy come cgt With
that he is IN fapor Of q edrig for repeaue NTH i~nrideafat
protection, md then ask how he difcra from Mr.. Clay
Tide this Is Mr. Ciny's doctrine; nnd, IL the Locotocos
entertain y now, they have yielded the mali. point in
controversy between themselves and The Wings. How
many more points can they yield Rnd still keep their
party tsgetlief-LoutseiHe Jonfaat.
FkAWiE, HStLAND AND THE SocfErY IsLANts.-A ION.
don roI, espondont of tho journal or Commerce., after
dcscrit, JIG Tic proceedings Of Tie French adm rial IL
Iahitl and the sensation they caused in England, adds
must give The British govcrnihhbnt The credit forhayS
ing acted with yigor since they Gaine into p~ossession cf
these Important facts. On the morning Of the Goth Of
July, they were, iorthc first time, fully appraised official
ly ofall Tho circumstances, and within an hour thh Co..
ingwood II Ship Of the linc, 10 bear an ndnlirai's flag,
was tccgrapipd 70 BIO got ready forthwith, ID saii for
Tahiti, there to remain as security for the tuinre. Tho
same afternoon d special messenger left london for tho
British nniltaasg ut Paris, with full instructions tpsIofd
Cowloy To demand the requisite PREPARATION from the
French minister direct.
ADiotRSstESr On TIIn G%oNvENrioN. In:
asinicl rs considerable tipital il attempted til
he manufactured ont Of the recent alionrnment
Of the Convention from jackson ID New or.
leans, we feel it incumbent upon lis 10 Law be-
fore our readers n true statement, al. tla facts
in relation to the nalter. 1t is asserted by It'd
~locofocd press that the proposition u adjourn
was originated, Supported and carried ~ whig
members. This assertion is known by thf5
authors Of to be utterly and entirely false
The truth IL, the wings alone had not the pawef
10 carry any measure. The proposition was
introduced by Mr.. C. VOORHEES,, ofSt. Martins,
the a4sost rabid l~ocolQco in the state, and its
strongest advocate ia the Convention was Pierre
SonlG, the very lion Of locoGocoism IN Louisiana.
L was supported, among others, by Messrs.
Nadsworth, Soul6, Grymes, Eustis, VOORHEES,,
Couyillon, Carriere, Ccnas, Penn, Porchc, &C.,
men whom the %locofoco party are wont to BIZ
proud 10 acknowledge rs leaders oftheir party.
Yet forsoothe, TO subsefve the ends OF a few pal-
try dclnagogucs, who having 10 merit of thcir
own, have to depend on huInbug for their con.
sequence, the measure is attempted to be toist.
cd ,,nnn ftsS {rLia.