The St. Landry whig., 1845-06-26
MAYOR OF Nnw,HAvBN. Philip s. GaiPnlns
80 LuaA IL nInctch MnNnr of NeM-tIa.

M.voR or Nrw.H HAYDN. Philip s. Gaipnln
Wig, hos been reelected Mayor Il Aew-Eiai
Yen. ;,
FA-suIos.ANp PnyroaA. The report tha' i
Fashion and Peytona were to run another race !,
oyerstheC Canton Course, near Baltimore, > y i
correct. Fashion has been 'turned out ana WI !.
run no more this spring. Neither horse, al'e Il
Inc race at Camden, were in condition 70 run !
y gain soon. 4
The amount &c Treasury Notes outstanding
on the 1st inst, was, it is officially stated SS9o'
5l4 10. y
The receipt at the NewYork custom house loI !
the month ending 3o;h of May, are $1,000, SsSa :
80, against, during the same time last yeaf' Si'7 /
5533 GA 56. J
Tpr 0,pysr MINISTER IN THE World ]
The Rev. Mr.. Harvey, a Baptist clergyman j
log years otsagc, is sill living at Frankfort,
New York. and is engaged every Sabbath IN
the profession.
LARGE REWARD. The Common Council Of
Roston has been authorized to offer a reward OF
two thousand dollars for The detection OF the
persons who have been so busy OF late IN strii
wing to burn down that city.
4 Nav BOOK. Mr.. Caleb Gushing, it ISL
said, is now engaged in preparing a work des-
/ ,ftDtye5 OLlIlG CUulIItS Sl4 pSDPtoE -
ling under his observation whilst engaged IN MS
late mission to China.
We learn from the Baton r 5nge Democratic
Advocate thata rencontre took place IN tnaIl
ltown ON the. oh inst, between Berry Lively and
Ezekiel Furyason, which erminated in the death
ofthe former.
Parson Miller isagain in the field, and fiHes
the destruction ofthe worldt to come off in Decem.
Der next.
A horse is exhibiting in Albany, N. Y, which
is represented as being nearly 20 hands high
and weighing 1000 lbs.
The suburbs Of Mobile are said to be infested
by large gangs of runaway negroes, who are
continually committing incciidiary acts apon lts
inhabitants.
{ The London papers announce the death Of
Thomas Hood. author ofthe tssSong ofthe Shirt
and famous no less for his serious and f~acetlotis
writings.
I,he English are erecting fertilization opposite
$ Buffalo, ON the site fold Fort Erie. asr
\ The Irish Repeal Rent averages $500, TO
1901. weekly.
S~KockINGS lrosITIvELY S%nocK1NGl The
9 Natciez Free Trader says the Rev. CA. Eos
ii ter, principal of the Female Institute OF Holly
Springs, has been compelledt to resign his station
to on account Of making matrimonial proposals. 10
rs several of the ladies' under his charge
( Senator Woodbury. and Marcus Morton are
spoken of in the Eastern papers for the U. >.
a Supreme Court Bench in place of Judge Story
n whose resignation is expectedgsoon.
= We learn from the Washington Constitution
y that the entire stock Of the Philadelphia am
te New York Magnetic Telegraph Company, ha'
90 been subscribed, the first %instalment paid up
and the Company organised. II satisfactory ar
-. ram 5ements eau be made with the NewaJerse9
Railroad Company, the Telegraph will be II
liz active operation between the two cities long he
n fore the meeting of the next session ofCcngress
of A magnetic telegraph between New Yor
I'M and Boston is now being talked of; and shout
of the experiments. made and now making, otthl
nr means ofcommunicati,n succeed, lines will l
re all probability be established between the tal
thekt extremes ofthe Union.
A new Indian play by the author of the ella
=" diator, is to be produced in Philadelphia.
Anew paper has Just been started at Milwat
k,e, with the motto-tDevoted to the rcnlov;
of J. A Nooman as postmaster Of Milwaukt
ars and to be continued until that object is effected
in ENsL1su RAIL .RoAps.. One of the last Londe
papers states that the aggregate receipts, sint
the first of January anthe principal pnbEia kaI
ways amount, in round numbers, to Gl.2l0,0t
on. whilst last year it only reached Gl,05l,000,
Iii. the same period, being an increase of EI5t
re. 600, or about $4,000 on the quarter.
" Mr.. Kendall has returned from his visit
10 New York, and has failed to make a ~satisfacto
$ eff contractto for extending the line Of Telegraph fro
Rnltimora To New York.
Corporal Slreetet has left the Richmond Sta
me That paper is still very respectable, but it do
not scintillate as it did under the versatile &c
~. poral.
,ces The Maid Of Kcntuchy, which passed&up
mas few days since, returned to this place last Su
was day night, not being able to get above on q
{ is count Of a new formation ola raft, which is a
to be two or three miles in length. On d
lun- Boat, was a company otfhe "a Dragoons, d.
me. tined for Fort Washita, which returned on h
and are now here awaiting an opportunity 70
aboye.--B.
III: REPRIEvEp. The President Of tho Uni
States has granted a reprieye to Babe, unt
.e sentence Of death, in New York, for piracy,
: = tending the time of.his execution until the
-" June, 1916. The Herald says:-"It is und
stood to have been given with aview to enal
re- Congress to pass a law permitting the PRESIDE
sally 10 avoid capital punishment, by committing SO
gar fences ofdeath to State prison, whcneverho N
the deem it p~ropefsso 10 do. Babe's shipmate, NJ
made thews;ei ii will be recollected, was tried in Ap
this I943. forthe same offence, and on the same /
ton. tinnony andsacquitted. Webster also .accus
nS.4 ehacF notsnp honn a rrnefad N&Gs& NtES