The St. Landry whig., 1845-05-15
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our STATE.

OUR STATE.
The CONVENTION yesterday exhibited a
beautiful specimen Inconsistency IN voting tosdi-
vide the Senatorial district ofSt. James and As
~ceision, making Of each parish q separate dis
tricts The prominent movers on this occasion
We're the 0Conservatives,'' as they love to style
themselves-the very members who have been
all along huge sticklers for double districts, and
an extended Senatorial circumscription. The
secret ofthis sudden g%yration may, perhaps, be
found in the fact that one ofthe two parishes may
possibly elect d ~locofoco Senator, while the two
together would have chosen two wings. So we
go-consistency Of principle is recklessly sacri-
feed 70 party spirit.-Bec.
The Caddo Gazette in announcing that the
District Court commenced its session at Shreve-
port on the 2sth nlt., remarks that There is not
"a criminal case to come before the Court. y
This simple factspeaks well for the moral state
ofour frontier population.
TORNADO. The tornado that visited the
parishes Of Caddo and De Soto, on the 21st, is
represented as being equal to the Natchez tor
nado. The Caddo Gazette, says that on many
plantations the crops Of corn and cotton We're
entirely destroyed, the fences blown down, and
the timber Frustrated in every direction. In
some cases the entire crops will be replanted,
and much time necessary to clear the ground of
fallen timber. The hail fell as large as partridge
eggs, and according to the representation Of one
Of our citizens who was in the parish of De Soto
at the time, was six inches deep.
Hail Storm. The Minden (La.) Parish
Journalofth the 18th ult., speaking ola hail storm
which visited that region lately, says
AT one place in the Parish, the hail which
fell in the night lay in potato trenches until noon
OF the following day; some stones reported as
large as geese eggs. Where this was, a horse
was found dead. supposed to have been killed by
hail stones.
At Mr.. Eli pms, on Red River, the storm
was totally Destructive ofhis growing crop; cot
ton and corn all cut down. His corn was knee
high, and nothing was left but the wilted stalks
and blades Of what promised to be a good crop.
It is reported that the hail at Mr.. Bates was
half leg deep: if it was the half or fourth oft, il
was enoughto accomplish what has been stated.
SUICIDE. At Baton Rouge last Wednesday,
a Frenchman, named Victor Poneet, cut his
throat so effeeiually that he must have died i'm
mediately after committing the rash act. A
Coroner's inquest was held over the body and
the jury rendered. verdict of "Suicide while un.
der mental arrangement The deceased for
merly lived at Pointe Coupee, and we under
stand, had been formerly hRdle Of the Catholic
Church Of that town.
The slave belonging to Mrs. Taylor, ofFeli-
%ciana, charged with having made an attempt a
few weeks past to assassinate his oyerseer, was
brought in on Monday last, and lodged in the
jail Of that parish. The young man who recei.
yedthe stab in the abdomen, we understand. is
nearly or quite recovered from the effect Of it.
Feltciana Wing.
EAST FRLIcIANAs. We are glad to- learn
that the cropsin this part oftbfsta were never
in q more fiourishing condinonl Vat this season Of
the year than they are at present. The corn
promises beyond any former occasion. The cot
ton is reported TO be small; but a good stand
has been obtained, and every thing indicates a
fine picking.
LOUISIANA MEDIco C~HIRURGICAL SOCIETY,"
The officers elected for the ensuing year are:
C. "A. Gutenberg, president; G. de Valletti and
|Slade, vice-presidents J.. Beugnot, Fl. Lewis.
u. Rhodes, and r.. Fenner, corresponding score
~taries; Il. Pension and A. Mercier. recording
secretaries; 7. Logan, treasurer; U. Landrenx,
curator; and ]. Beugnot and Easton, orators.
s. w. Downs, Esq, delegate to the Conven.
ton from the Ouachita District, has been APP
pointed by the President District Attorney fol
the State DC Louisiana, vice Bale Peyton, Esq.
We presume that Mr.. Downs will hereafter take
up his residence in New Orleans. How he will
be enabled to endure the atmosphere of a city
which he has over and over again reviled with
such bitterness of inyectiye, remains to be seen,
Bee.
Francis Bouligny has been elected Mayor o
the city Of Lafayette.
The Picayune publishes a statement, from
which we learn that the amount ofduties recei
we'd at the port of New Orleans in the first quar-
teroflsA4, was S437,338 Al. and in the same
period 40 fl845, $4,000. being an excess in ia
vor oflS45, Of $I4l,66I So.
RATHER ExPENsIvE.-We observe that the
Convention appropriated, on Saturday week, the
neat little sum Of eteuen hundred and trentg dol
lars to pay the tuneraIexpense Of the late Judge
Leonard! This strikes US as being a pretty ex,
l~pessive job, and fan the members of the Con.
~vention should die, the State would have a yer,
lpretty bilIto foot However, we suppose its al
bright, though the universal ~locofoco party die
raise d howl when some $4,000 were expended
10 paythe funeral expenses ola President Of che
United States.-Iaopic.
BEAurIrUL SUGAR. Thenew process is wor.
king wonders in the Sugar Of Louisiana. The
N. Y. Journal of Commerce of the 9Th inst.
Says ave have at our office a sample ofthree
hundred packages. made on one plantation.
which is whittier, aud on the whole more beau.
Etifhl than any sugar cver imported from the
West Indies. The expense ofthe new process
is no more than that Of the old, except for mn.
Ichinery. This parcel Of sugar was received at
Philadelphia, and most of IL sold there at 81 cts.
h. A small portion oft has been brought on
here and sold for 81 aN4 cts. lb. The highest