The St. Landry whig., 1845-04-17
NEWS or TIE wnux.

NEWS OF THE wnEK.
Nav YORK CUsroM HoUsE.-The receipts
Of the Custom House for the month ending
March 22d, were $354,019,5l.
Icr FOR ENeLANp.-The packet ship Concor.
dia, from Boston for Liverpool, takes out 41o
tons ice.
FuRLoueHs. An act of the late Congress-
authorizes the Secretary Of the Navy, in his dis.
erection, to put officers ON furlough at half pay.
AppoINrmsNr BY THE PRESIDENT. The
Hon. William Medill, Of Ohio, to be Second
Assistant Postmaster General (better known as
the Appointment Off 81 in the place OF Doctor
Miller removed.
Texas AND THE RUSSIAN MINISTER. The
correspondent Of the New York Tribune has
learned that the report in circulation relative TO
the Russian Minister'S having delivered q pro.
test in the name Of his master, against the an
~nexation Of Texas, is incorrect.
s~oMnrn1so New. The Louisville Journal
states that the steamboat Pike No. ., is ilghted
up with gas.
Lord Broughamjs preparing q life ofVoltaire,
He is writing it in English and French; and the
work is to be brought out in the two languages,
simultaneously in London and Paris.
The Washington Constitution says that the
Postmaster General has decided not to make the
contracts for carrying the mail from the northern
portion ofthe Union, till after the first ofJuly,
when the new post Office bill goes int opera
ton. These contracts were, according to usage,
to be given out this spring.
A Cur. The Frankfort Gazette Says
ga gentleman ofSaratorf has discovered that the
most eficacious remedy for the bite ofrabid an.
idAtals is the insect called ~tantanid %auratd, redu.
ced to powder, and given to the patient. Or.
Wagner has tested the remedy, and met with
most satisfactory results"
One of the Acts passed at the close ofthe re-
: cent session of Congress makes a very large do
nation of public lands to the state of Indiana,
$ for the purpose of enabling her to complete the
d Wabash and Erie Canal. The land donated
d consists Of every other quarter section along the
line of the Canal, and all the unsold lands Of
e another specified section ofthe State. The whole
amounts between 500 and 900, 600 acres, ant
v is estimated to be worth about q 1850, 000, al
e amount ample to finish the Canal to the Ohio
River.
Carr. McKnxzrR. The Washington Con
~stitution says: SIT will probably be remembered
that at the time ofthe tragical occurrences o.
is board the Somers, whilst under the command c
eS Captain Mckenzie, he tied up in bags or sacks
in some peculiar manner, a number ofthe boy
on board, whom he had reason to suppose wer
either concerned in or sympathized with the MI
Nv tiny. He did nothing further, as we understane
. than resort to this sort of confinement. Thes
no apprentice boys were never brought to tria
it. The question of his authority to resort to TIL
ii novel kind Of imprisonment was carried befoE
a the supreme court Of New.Y York, and we lear
be to-day from a private letter TO a friend, that
~ has been decided by that court that he OF rigl
,r- had no such authority"
* France AND CHINA. According to II
IN Revue de Paris, the following are the heads
ed the treaty concluded by M. De Lagrenee wi
ay the Chinese commissioners at Macao, on tt
18th October last: l. France is to be placed {
nat a footing of equality with the most favored n
SO. tions as respects customs duties. 2. Sho is new
in to be subjected to the payment ofany periodic
- tribute to the Sovereign ofthe Celestial Empir
no 8. She may establish a factory at Canton, on d
plan of those possessed by the English, Dutc
Danes, Swedes and Spaniards. a. She will
permitted to trade at Tchang Tcheou; reservil
the right Of the crowno of Spain, which enjoys
privilege in that, city. 5. She may establi
IL factories at Hianen, Tchaohing and Ningpo.
Finally, she will have the right of trading
IAN every place that may hereafter be opened to I
y,a most favored nations.
did TENNESSEE. The political canvass is n
hat fairly opened in this important State. I
lme Wing candidate for Governor is the Hon. E.
Of Foster, a gentleman ofgood abilities and witt
SEES, popular. Hon. A. v. Brown is his oppone
Mr.. B has been for several years a distingui
he ed Democratic member of Congress. The c.
spa test will, no doubt, be animated and close.
iedl
ngs1 inc most positive testimony Is gwen Q
9. cure OF rheumatism, Dy the An0ian VeGeta
Elixir and Liniment, sold at SO Poydras sire
IL may be seen by calling at the above place, q
the if any suffering with this complaint, will all