The St. Landry whig., 1845-08-07

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For Representatives
/, o,,,. popnrL.as, JOHN i. GARDINER,
; sos,es. WIN. 8. O CAMPBELL,
yoha 4. TAYLOR.
For CLERK of Cour..-A. GARRreUEs.
For he Sheri6PyERRE Roy.
05-There il 70 be a special meeting of the
Police Jury on The 18th inst, at 20 o'clock A.
MI, TO take into conside ration the dilaPidated
state Of the Bridge 1t Washington.
the Editor oflhe Gazette, of Saturday
last, VIC merely say,-it is much easier 10 write
the word false, in opposition TO fact, than to!
change he tenor Of articles published in that
journal for the last year past. The public can
and will Judge who states falsely. Had we no
better employment, we could condemn him out
II His u mouth but the game is not worth
The powder
FtNE Coar.-Mr. S. Hardy showed us some
Of this seasons corn, raised by himself which
look as fnc as any we have seen. The grain is
very Iarge-snme about half an inch in length,
and the whole ear well filed out. Some Of the
corn can be seen at our Office. JudiciLas choice
of seed 4 the best methoa Of obtaining fine
|%crops. Mr.. Hardy had also on Saturday last,
nearly a bale Of costS5 picked, ready for gin
ming.
The wings Of the Third District hold Con.
~vention the Sd Monday instant. e nominate a
candidate for Congress, in the room Of Geh.
Dawson, deceased.
The Wings of ST. Martin parish hold n meet
ing on the 10Th inst, to nominate Senators and
Representatives under the new Constitution. /
Hon. Isaac r. Morse is making atcprthrough
The upper parisles-for what? is he fishing for
a second nomination +? If 80, we fear Brent,
who is travelling in the lower parishes, GU be
too fast for him.
The Caddo Gazette Of the 23d ult., sntea,
that a colored girl aged about twelve yearsAallied
in Shreveport a few days since, of that drefdtul
disease. the hydrophobia. Several white chill
dren were bitten BY the same dog, though none
as yet have shown any signs Of the disease.
The Alexandria Republican Of the % inst
saws: .One bale Of new cotton from the plan
i tation of NJ. ValIery, Esq. Of plaisatice settle
ment, went down in the Cote J~oyeuse. LIZ
! will probably be the first bale received in tht
: city. Nonc had reached there at the last date
| last Saturday.
! UThe grass CORN has been very thick in on
fields for some time past; and also in those Ct ths
: parishes to the north and east of this State, a
we'll as in the adjacent parishes ofthe MlssissiP
! ri. They are considered BY many, the forerun
ner Of the destructive caterpillar, and the Sc
i cond form that insect assumes
/. The same paper also informs as that the wea
Their has been so cold there, that nusquito bar
we're dispensed with, and blankets Pnt into ust
two or three days previtusly.
30 -Aa--
01-The Franklin Ban er man, in hispapcrt
the 26th ult., says he has been eating sweet Pc
tatoes of his own raising, this season. Nhis1ai
~mcrinQ.editor Of a Wilson has been misihg t
|. bacco too. Rather opposite ingredieNN Rober
MI. William ID. Boyle IL puS NJ hcminatio
y for Congress in tho Sd district The DEM
% Gratis, 10 I'LL the place Of Mr.. DSwson, decease'
Of Many other gentlemen arc also spoken Of
6arThs latast new fexas is very u
l. important. We have dates thence as late
. ia Esd ult. Our a%Aiater, Major Donelso
9 beliesIng anasxs virtually accomplished,
aboat returning nome. The convention b
u under coasation i new Constitution for q
~ aeaf 1as, and N supposed will have
~ adopted tho middle u this month. Tbs
wss III soma trouble with the border Indian
81 NeU 8. troops had arrived al last dates, /
j. wege hourly expected.
Srxsnfaas gu Monday lasta dispute to
~ ,5ssce hetwsea VIVA. Berry and Thos. Taylor,
Z this town al the house &c said Berry. We
" ~derstana that Berry was somewhat lntoStcas
: 7. a. the inns and getting into q high state Of
\ element he seized q butchers knlfs and ma
Il 4 severe cut On the thigh Of Taylor. Hin lag
III died fhis wounci ~ Thursday morning u
cherry Ii now III iaiL--Baton RcNge tsaa ~
md - ~. a.as,l ,sses besn introduced axtonsi
m ameng usI The former grows in the hot
alsand of Africa, where no other vegeta1Ioi
seen. It il produced from the seed, is ofel
OF egrowth, hut very durahlei and resembles
: Palmetto or Cabbage tree.
The Olive requires more soil, hut the
Mains of Africa are verdant with them, e,
when no rain has fallen for three months. !
Olive is grown to some extent on The coas
Georgia, and Mr.. Euburgs, of Biloxi, has sew
for al trees bearing fruit. 1t is proPagated from
Isip-grows slowly, but liveS sor centuries.