Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-08-10
No. 37
DRAGGING AND BLlNDlNG.

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DRAGGING AND BLINDING.
10 brag and thus blind the people, ID
game Pecullart0 l~ocofoco tactics. But we
nave been somewhat at a loss TO understand,
how this game, so suddenly. become go uni.
yersal IN preference to the forced nomlnatian
Of Polk. The following letter, however clear
away all mystery The Dragging is all done
to otdfr, and as no rules are laid DOWN ar1
one &c u hrag Just as he pleases.
Itiis letter also, reveals the game to be
played aa 4 regards principles. Tho Balti-
more Election Committee were 10 write lei.
tiers, dale9 at Columbia, in Tennessee, Pm.
PORTING to come from near Beigbbors Of Polk,
and these letters were to contain Po1K's
sENTtMENTs.-Theso were to be pubIishsd
III the proper sections Of country, &c. &c.
But read the letter.
COLUMBIA, Tenn, June 10, 1871.
DEAR StF.-Imnediately after The reeei,t
of The news Of The nomination Of James K
Polk for President, there came letters from
the Committee of Elections of the BALTIMORE
Locoioco Convention, advising Of the neces.
city there was for the greatest e~xertions beipg
made ioobtain as decent a vote for the nom
nee as possible, and to THE end advised
the adoption Of any and all means to forward
THIS purpose. Among oilers proposed, wa.
that OF Dragging and binding. For the first. no
rule was laid down, but the press and all the
writer's for 1t were to follow their own bent.
For the second, the committee had already
commenced writing letters, dated at Column
bra, giving it as from a friend and near neigh.
Tor Of Mr.. Polk, what were his sentiments I'm
leading national measures.
TItnEn u,arn IN ba bt,bI;.Lnl - .l.
per sections Of country, in their proper time.
They gave the form Of one for PenneyIyan:a.
where he wac to be represented as q friend
Of the Tariff, inasmuch as be is well known
to have supported Mr, Vsrplank's bill Of
1888, for laying DUTIES, even on goods that
were then free, (tsa and coifec.) This was
The Dill that was to break down the Tariff.
and to avoid the evil effects for which tie
COMPROMISE bill was gone into, but still it
was a bill laying duties on importations--
that il was tariff and Polk was for il, and pnt
Of this he Is to BE made a tariff man, You
may soon expect to see letters Of This kind
IN the course Of publication. One half Of ths
people 9Iound here don't believe vet, thar
Polk can be nominated for such an an Office.
Yours, in haste.
LoooFoto DEtENeY.-In the HopkinsyIlls
Wy y NaACLG vi TIE lGtu Il6LaTtt we 1UU a
statement made by the members of the Hon
kiHs County Clay Club, and signed by thu
PresldentJ in relation to an Interruption and
disturbance of The Club at a rnegeting held ON
the 9Th instr which strongly exempiifes the
sneaklngj covardiy and dtsurderly propensi-
ties Of locofolsm. We subioin the statement
IN order that our leaders may see how das-
tardiy some men, when infatuated by party
prejudice can act, and also to show The de-
gree Of respect which SONG leaders of the To-
cofoco party pay to the just rights of others
Alter the club had been in session seme
time, about the hour of ten o'clock, some In
diylduai threw a rock, weighing as supposed,
SOME W pounds, through a window into the
room where the Club was sitting. Immedi-
ateiy two individuals, to wit: Edwin Ruby,
aud Robt. ). Thompson, went to the Clerks
ofite, slightly GoncealinE themselves, Ina
short time some one approached the Court
House from the far side IF the Clerks Office,
and when near enough, threw another stone
into the same window. AS soon as this was
done, the said Ruby and Thompson seized the
individual and found il to be- ANDREW
.SlSk, formerly Representative and Senator
in the Kentucky Legislature, and now ohe of
the leaders oftlto 'unterriied Democracy of
this County. This matter was Brought to
light in the presence Of various individuals.
There we're in the roam many ladies, The
Club arg informedi ard believe that the said
Ssh was appointed by the democrats Of this
Cduttyj to bear their banner to the Detne-
cratic Convention, to be held in IIopkinsYille
on the 18th iaot.
AMBROSE q. GORDON Prestt,
@. BfsHoP, Sec. Pro. TEN.
uUANc-Afriean guano sells in England
AZ $40 TO $50 per ton; Peruvian at 500 and
upwards, A late English spaper saysi-"It
will BIG The means Of bringing a large ptdpor-
ton of waste land into cultivation" A car.
go of 400 tons of genuine South America
Gtlaiio il expected daily al Baltimore. This
invaluable manure; the mere excremght eff
OF birds, has been proved to be the cheapest,
most powerful, enduring and portable ierti-
li2er nov IN use. Chemical researches have
demonstrated that aaote, the Indispensable el-
ement Of the nutrition Of plants; and ESPECIAL
ly Of wheat and others Astounding in gluten,
must be presented TO them in the state Cf
ammonia; and this is found to be the chef
element in Guano. TIE Peruvian and Bell
Wan guanos contain, moreover, fIom 20 to 80
per cent Of phosphate of lime; the same sub
stance as bone. durstj but elaborate BY the
birds into pulPy consistency. Vast 1uanti-
ties Of It arc found in the South AMERICAN
bid hatints, and is now an article Of export
to the various parts Of Europe.
The Ldcofdco pariy's utter destitution Of
principles was well illustrated by tic Hon.
John M. Claytonin his speech at the late Bal
tinore Convention:
"It well becomes the party opposed to us 10
say that we had no principles, when their prin-
were SO few, and those principles so
Doubtful His opponents reminded him Of 4
farmer who kept a splendid hedsej but very
poor entertainment. The traveller asked for
oats for his horse. sWe have ndne.' Then
give me corn we have none.,-tThen some
hay we keep none said the keeper. The
poor traveller began TO think that he should
fare hard for himself as well dis his horse. He
a fish supper. "We have none" was
the response. Then give me a chicken we
have none Then give me some bacon and
eggs.-tWe keep none, was the answer. And
pray what do you kept asked the traveller.
'Oh, sir, we keep tavern! And this was about
all the opponents did keep a splendid outside,
and nothing within"
PARrsIAN LED correspondent ofthe AL
bany Evening journal, under date Paris, June
18Th, has the foil wing touching the weather
and the ice fthe French metropolis "Sum-
mer is here at last, and Old Sol, who has Of
late been sparlng Of hisrays, pours Them dogn
in good earnest The asphaite side walks on
the BouleVaFds are of the consistency Of mush
-sentihels and omnibus horses are exhausted
pantaloons are ltes rage, and ice is at
a premium. What we have, By the way, is
but A fnockery, forit il likesn0sf other things