Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-08-03

1Ad1S VI DIS IeliGtuIHt anu Hsdlu hsths 1ete- :
,rated Llfite Of B1fataria memory We !
we're not i LITTLE amused 1t rea1ing 4 few
lays ago along history from the louisville
Register, said u DO written by a gentleman
Of thigh responsibility who had an opportunity
Of becoming acquainted with facts" relative
to this personege.
With much Difference 70 that g%sntlematl's
We believe he must have mistaken
his nan,so far 40 the events from 1879 are
laid down, We werc wall acquainted with
him from hot lime till the fall Of 1882, the
period Of bis death. He arrived on The Island,
Of Guerasey, Oh the coast Of France ID 1929
with bis wife (not the same one who shared
his adventures at Mariettal and a nephew,
4 young man Of the same name, about 10
years Of age, no rented a genteel two story
cottage with a walled garden continuing a
bout half an acre Of ground. lie was much
respected, was Of 4 very ~tacittrn deposition
lie seemed to be above sixty, grey hairs, d.
bout 9 feet high and a little stopped by age or
trouble. He passed a great deal Of his time
III reading, atd belonged toa circulating IL
hfary, through which means we were brought
to an acquaintance with him, carrying the
%volumns as they passed from my brothers
hands into his. His cottage was situated on
a rising hill, called Mont Durand, il the
town Of 81. Peter Port about three quarters ~
a milo from The pier, living being cheap, he
might have lived il the style he did for 5000
a year. We attended his funeral in 1882 10
the grave yard in th@r6ar of Elizabeth Col
ledge. As we left tho Island shortly after.
wards, we cannot tell what become Of his wife,
his nephew, some yenrs ago was in Montreal,
where he is now, we know not. But he lived
and died under his own renowned name, and
L any historian wished to get further infor-
nation, w%c..eonld soon easily obtain t.
NEw SroRE,--R. Sans, has lately pir.
chased the stock in trade Of Mr.. Robert Beal,
Ieyee. street, where he will alwas keep on
hand a good assortment of groceries. &c.
We hope lie will meet The encouragement,
an industrious young man ought TO receive
at the hands Of this community.
The troops in garrison in this town left yes.
terday by the D %illiant, fer Pass Christian.
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Or Tho Advocate answers what be calls
our pNnctiiouS demands, about the members
Of the Legislature, but he il in orror-Leblanc,
from Assumption is good wing, SO fs stille
from Sabine. There Is no such man 40 Cali.
ham elected from st. Landry & Calcasieu,
their names are, Flauiac, Glaze, Campbell,
Rogers and Quirk--four wings and one demo-
Graf.
DEATH ny LiGHTN1Ne.-Iast Wednesday
about noon, as some Of DR.. Patrick's negroes
were cutting cord-weod, in tho rear of his plan.
)tation, in West Baton Ronge, one Of them was
killed on tho spot by lightning, two others
we're knocked down, but not seriously injured.
ErtQUETrE.-Tiomas Barrett, Esq, the new
ly appointed Collector Of New Orleans, enter.
cd on his duties on Friday last. Not a little
excitement was created AZ ain order being pos
ted up ordering gentlemen to pull Off their
hats in entering, and two lusty 'portcrs being
placed at the door to see the order obeyed. A
gentleman was refused TO make an entry Of
some goods, because he would not obey the
order. We are happy, however, to learn that
the Collector has rescinded that obnoxious
ukase.
Polk SrlcKs-We saw, a few days since,
in process of manufacture, by a gentleman Of
this town, several elegant canes, out Of he
real polk stalk which grow in such luxuriance,
IN this goodly democratic region. The canes
when finished, will form The most ingenious
and superb article Of the kind, that have been
invented for some time.~.Adrocate.
The Council some time ago ordered all the
]noSious weeds to be destroyed, their destruc-
ton seems 70 have been a perfect harvest to
the locos in this town. They will soon carry
the sappy canes Of those noxious weeds, as an
emblem Of their principles.
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IoRK1BLE,-The locos, in their wisdom,
have found out that Mr.. Clay was sent by the
enlightened legislature Of Kentucky, TO repre-.
sent that chivalrous state in the Senate Cham.
Der, few months before he had attained his
thirtieth year, viz in the year I606--how is
it thai his state has dared, for 80 years, to bes-
tow sucI high honors on a man guilty Of so
1agrant a violation of the Constlution-how
is it that the glorious fabric Of our government
has not crurnbled, when her greatest states
nan and crater for years, rendered himself
guilty Of such crime. Pshaw z! gentlemen
these stories may do for marines.
The locos are making a fuss on account, as
they say, Of Gov. Ritner having deserted the
wing ranks, The Carlisle PENN Examiner
in the neighborhood Of that gentleman SAYS
that he was greatly incensed at reading that
~Iocofoco lie, and declared 'he would sooner
lose his right arm than forsake his long-cher-
ished principles" So much for renunciations
DuE1.-We learn that a duel was fought on
Thursday the 18th inst, between Messrs. Pierre
Porche and Jean Baptistc Bergeron-the wea.
pons rides; distance 100 yards. At The first
fire, Mr. B. received his adversary's bal
through both his thighs, and discharged his
rifle as he fell, without effect, He is danger
ousIy, but II is thought not MORALLY wounded.
The quarrel grew out of something which
sranspired during the late election.
G "a Fasnts.-We respectfully call the
attention Of parents to the advertisements of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fuertes, in another column.
They Offer the most respectable references.
| both here and In Nan 0rlaanS W. hAna H..