The St. Landry whig., 1845-07-24
NEWS or TEE wEag.

NEWS OF TEE wEG1K.
IND DRAGooNs. This regiment was to have
left Fort Jesup yesterday for Texas, via the Sa-
bine, having been delayed some time by the re-
ceipt of fresh horses, which required some rest
before starting.--Alerandria Democrat. I;
A lady ofour town was baptised in Red River
on Sunday, by the Rev. MIR. Bryce, in the pres
ence of Il large number of spectators. This, we
believe, is the second baptism which has been
g gs1su in this portion Of OH R'd.--sN's''p''4
CorTov. The rust is doing considerable
damage to the Cotton crops in this quarter. The
prospect is, however, on the whole, rather fair,
in the event ofour escaping the caterpillar. vi
this, time alone will determine. We have
heard it stated that a fly, very much resembling
the moth of this destructive insect, has made ITS
appearance on some of the plantations.-Aler-
j, andria Democrat.
A slave named Edward, was tried on Wed
nesday last in this town for the murder ofehis
master and sentenced to death.-Natchl. Chron.
SENTENCED TO BE HANGED. TIL negro
man Henry in West Feliciana, who killed ano-
Their negro on the 22d ult., was tried for the
] crime, convicted and sentenced to be executed
on the 18th inst.
SECRETARY OF LEGATION. John Randolph
Clay has been selected by Mr.. McLane as his
Secretary Of Legation. Mr.. Clay has already
filled the post ofSecretary under Messrs. Dallas
and Buchanan in Russia, and Muhlenberg and
Jeniferi in Austria.
THE LocoFoco CONVENTION which assem-
e bled at Baton Rouge on Monday last, nomina-
> ted the Hon. Isaac Johnson as their candidate
: for Governor. We understand that Johnson
n was chosen on the first ballot-he having re-
ceived a majority of eleren votes over General
a Walker. Trasimond Landry, Esq, was then
n selected as the ~locofoco candidate for Lieuten-
If ant Governor.-N. O. Bee.
The Feliciana WING proposes VIM. s. Par
ham, of Madison, as the whig candidate to fill
h the vacancy in the Congressional representa-
ton of the Third District, occasioned by the
is death of General Dawson.
Later About Oregon.-The New York Tri.
bune publishes the following, with the remark
of that it is ''from a gentleman of high character
who is not liable to be deceived" and that the
= HI referred to is zone likely to be inlor
Ii med"
" WASHINGTON, 2aJnly, As.
We have had a rumor for the last few days
: that the Oregon question had been settled-tht
49th degree being the compromise line. havt
- reason to believe it is true. Ii told me thi
morning he apprehended it was so. Mr.. Cal
to noun in his correspondence Eefused to entertain
Nv such a proposition. FL cokcnded for the 54th
- Benton and many othEr prominent Locofoco
will denounce the authPs Of it.
III We have our doubts SpHout this matter. TIL
~. Washington papers of te 4th are silent on til
subject. =
Ill We understand, says the Washington Unioi
in of the 7th inst, that the steamer Princeton ha
re- been ordered to return to the Gulf of Mexico
ght and that us soon as her boilers, which may re
ny lquire some slight repairs, can be overhauled, sh
will Immediately rejoin the squadron, We lear
further, that it is not the intention of the depart
ing ment to diminish the naval force in that sea, bl
rather to increase it, during the threatened dec
en- %laration of hostilities from Mexico-being asst
red that the most certain means of securin
the peace, is to be prepared for war.
de- In the same article the Union contradicts
My report that the Secretary of the Navy had orde
1t ed the ship of the line Pennsylvania to be immt
ere diately fitted for sea.
ANOTHER THIRD OF QUEBEC DESTROYED B
10 F1RE.-We are greatly panied at learning tn
ln another great fire broke out in Quebec on Il
~: ~ 18th u~lt.--lust one month after the fire Of Il
28th May-by which fully one third IF the ci
Al nd6 aSGLIoJ S1e H. 1 [dbOQl 4
~ clock at night in the back premises of Mr.. TIE
";n sier, notary, st. Johns suburbs, and spread wi
,tas unrelenting fury until nine O'Clock next mornin
and in its awfu course consumed about l,3
i dwelling houses and rendered 5000 homeless
Human aid was of no avail. The wind bic
ould 49, : Z" ""se Io"'I ~
sub ~ ~. ~ ""J - - in ~
progress Of the destructive element. About
;sat streets were laid in ruins by this fire alone.
smI nc ~. eso nno = - H. -. or
:. which, il is said, will redeem its obligations.
We congratulate the people on the c%ompleti
let of the arrangement between the State and
N as Bank of Louisiana, authorized by the law of
ow- last session of the Legislature. The measl
,ae, enables the State at once to wipe off a lai
tier. mass of the principalof its debt, and the inter
'e to due on the phole of ii, besides ensuring its alb
act ty to meet with punctuality all that can accl
fu- hereafter.
I, by The bank of Louisiana, we think, must f
Q of itself an equal gamer by the transaction. I
THE faculty of Withdrawing all the Branches ane
eleciing its Directors without the interv,
d on ton of the State, the exemption of its stock Fl
lrlos all taxation, and the various other adyanta,
, in conceded to it by the law in question, cannot
Their give great additional value to its originally "
y. favorable character. Combining with til,
ance circumstances the reputed favorable position
oun- the institution, the high credit which it has
4 as long enjoyed, both at home and abroad, and
Jes- clause Of our new constitution, prohibiting
are grant of any new Bank Charter, as well as
extension OF those now existing, VIZ cannot
ami augur very fAyorably of its successful operat
has Throughout the twenty five years which, we
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