Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-07-20

d u . o'el6ek, and The fighting may b. said
DO only commencing
All ii dreadful ezeiteftent@-bos leBs than
on thousand Oh tho ground,
9if. Gf0gef haa just Bfriyed ~ TIC church.
nd Is standing I'D front Oh tho glepti holding
smeflean Gags III Biz llgUds. NE Levin y
addressing lhe crowd, Several respectable
,ltizeht afalhefe 1.-The church may 10 saved
Thu above IL dated 8 O'Clock Some 0f The
passengers who JEFF III The care IL #. report I
hat when they LEFT five persons bad been kil-
and that The church was on fire. Offers
state that one man aHd 4 boy bad been killed.,
md that he ehnfch bad not beet fred, though
Tho excitement was great.
"
fYThe editor of the Pensacola Gszelfeis
DO old uien f3r marrying young mai.
dehs. Hear what he says u tie late ainoxa.
ton tFoalyi
THE newspapers are az variance upon the
question WHISTLER tho lady Of President Tyler
ii % .1i 24 years old For orr part, We
would not NEEDLE IN tic matter, bur, AZ the
marriage Of lilo president ia IN all RESPECTS n
stsfe affair, we cannot help saying that such
II bride, young beautiful, rich and aceeins
pIishs1, vas tH moro senses tian one, "Ffy.
81 away'' by her mother. Wh4t have flsty
old WtdoWefs kDuly BY disgusting those flsty
bsteIlalofa) % DO with gitla Of ~ What have
the cold blast Of January, to do WitIi tbs sweet
violet eceated breath Of May"
PERNsYLvAaiA CoMtve.-E Every day brinra
us s#neIhi0g indicative Of 3 splendid victory
III the Soyet0He state. We rive n sfDple
specimen Of The confident spirit that animaies
our friends there
Tho Harrisburg Telegraph says: "From
our position VI tho scat Of Government If he
State We naturally have eupafior advantages
for political observations and can tell more
accurately, psrbapa, than othats eisWllere,
''what the signs Of promise afe." II IL with
no ordinary satisfaction, thefofofe, that We
nay 10 our friends II the State and ont Of Tic
State, that The nomination of jaws X. potK
by tho L6cofoc0 National Convention has
driVen The iast mil In The eo61a nj ktat pagtp
IN Pennsylvania The spirit Of 1910 ii Il.
reused with feddubled c1thusiaem. and
shouts of ''down viii The Tennessee Free
fraiaf-d0WH with tho enemy ofahe Tariff
Of ls42@@d0wn with Tho oaemties u oar dsar.
eel lntaresis'--af6 ascending In thunder
tones from The mechanics shop, The forge fire,
the deep nine, aud the farm fold. We lave
no bssitatiob IN declaring ii % our strong
and dol b6rate conviction, from all tIe signs.
that our Presidential and GaberBatortal can.
didafes viii be tfiumnhanity sleeted in Penn.
sylyania by from 10000 10 $4,000 matorftvl-
The, indeed, IL Tho opinion OF candid y1ea
Of all parties here. The LEADERS Of loeof9.
coa arc trying 10 produce 4 contrary imbroa.
sio0 BY loud and exfraVanant Growing, and
by q show of uhahimity but the pEopLg are
not With them, and their ex%tragafant boasts
are only met with derisi01. Set down tho
twenty.stE votes from Pennsylvania sure for
CLAY and FHELfNenUYsrg.
D'The editor Of The Cincinnati Enauiror
charges US #ith saying that Mr., PoiE's father
was a Tory in tho Revolution. and then
goes on to dieprove the ALLEGED charge.
Trough knows that We made 10 statement If
the Kind and that he les when he impufea
II tduB. He kDoBs that il was polk's praad.
father, and not hB father, whom we spoke If
az q Tory, and be knows loo that the ct arge
against The grandfather lie true.--Loa Jour.
MR. DALLAS AND THE UsfrEp STATES
BAfK.-G0vernor CofWin, ipa recent speecb
az Dayton, Ohio, gave Tho following rempfa.
ccnce Of The candidate who, d day Of Two a.
tefwafds, VAS nominated by the Locoa for
the wee Pfestdsncy "Tn 1882, a bill 10
reebarter the bank was introduced into The
Senate by George IA. Dallag.-The bin pas.
SOD both houses and Wab preaented 10 The
President for bis signature. Alter il had
been 10 tho Presidents hands for several laws.
Gov. Cof~Ifi said he met Mr.. Dallas lafe G6e
night, for the House was then frequently IN
sesslon ill q late hour, aud expressed TO him
bis tears that Gen jackson ihtenfed 10 veto
the bank bill. DIR. Dallas replied Gen.
JACKSON dare not veto ~ But the very pext
morning the veto was sent, and In one week
afterwards the same Mr.. Daliaa wac In Phil.
adelphja denouneing the United ssales Bank
aS warmly as he had ever advocated it,
LoHisrfHc Journal.
or Tho Seneca Falls IN, " Courier Of
the 10Th, says.
The nomination rf Polk and Dallas il re-.
ceiyed here with the utmost cGldncss, There
are IJty men in this town who have heretofore
gone Nth The Locgfocoy, who viu not rote
for POLK and Dallas.
STEAMBOAT AcctpENr.-Firg per.on, XII.
hd--By the Buffalo Gazette we learn thai
on the ID b ult, the steamboat GenI, Vance.
Capt. w oodWorth burst her boiler on the Can.
aaa SIDE aud tive persons, including Gen.
IrnaX are known 10 have lost their Iiges.
capt Wy. was killed while in conversation
WIN me engineer, who was severely hurt.
Inc Detroit Advertiser says that Mr No.
tHefNei' the engineer of The steam ferry
o"at United States who had just stepped on
Ooafd me vance, was among the killed, as
ais" a man named Geo. Sweeny, Of Canada
West, formerly employed on board the Bri.
tIsh steamer Kent. Gen. Truax was wound.
ed N The head by a fragment and died of his
wounds. Ihe two fremen were severely
wounded.
Strictly speaking, a man cannot be consid~
cred accountable for the deeds of hrs ances-
tors yet we confess our unwillingness to vote
for a man for the Presidency, in whose veins
runs the blood of a traitor. We believe in
the breed Of men as much as in the breed Of
horses or dogs.~.Lou Joar.
Polk AT HomE-The people at A distance.
know little OF James K. Polk. His reputation
has scarcely reached beyond the limits Of his
own State. But there he seems to have been
better Known AID appreciated, where four
years ago, he~was formally presented as a nui.
eanee Dy a Grand Jury. In 1874, while Gov
ernor of the State, he SO far violated the pro.
prieties Of his station, and neglected bis off.
cial duties, as to devote himself entirely TO
eleetioneering. In consequence the Grand
Jury Of Sevier county, Tennessee, made the
following presentmenl
"Fhe Executive ofour Stale, James K.
Polk, instead Of being found at bis post. exc.
cutting the laws, devising means of impruy.
ing the deplorablc condition Of The country
Of restoring it TO the prosperity it has lost