The St. Landry whig., 1845-01-16
NEWS or TxzH WEEK.

DEATH OF Hon. HEMAN ALLEN ne iAoh'
Holman Allen, formerly member OF Congress
from Vermont, and Minister to Chill, died at his
residence in Burlington on Wednesday morning,
aged So years. Mr.. Allen was the SON Of the
celebrated Ethan Alien, and was one ofthe most
distinguished men in Vermont.
.JupGE RANDALL OF rnE UNITED STATES
DIsrRIcT CouRT OF PENNSYLVANIA, tell down
in Philadelphia, on Tuesday afternoon, in an
apoplectic fit, and was Immediately carried to
his residence in a very dangerous condition
IMpoRrASr DEc1sios.-In the United States
Supreme Court, on the goth instant, Chief Justice
gave HE opinion of he Court that there
was no law in force between the Compromises
Act ald,tle Tariff of1s42, or the Both ofJune
and the 18th ofJuly, for the collection ofpublic
revenue. The Court decided that the Compro-
mise Act was in force until the present law was
enacted.
From THE SASpwIcH lsLASDs.-Papess from
these islands to the Sd of August have been re-
ceiyed at Boston. They confirm by official pub
locations, the report that the French had estab-
lished their protectorate over The Wallis, and
the Gambler Islands.
a Monument to the gallant General Macomb
is talked Off Washington. His widow, imme-
diately after his death, intended to erect one, but
was dissuaded by some members Of Congress
who wished the representatives of the Nation to
do so.
A~rTAKApas TRADE,---I'he Creole states that
twelve steamboats, are now tradiug to st. Mar
Itinspille. twenty years ago only keel boats
were employed, and the voyage occupied from
3 to 6 weeks. Now it is made from this city in
SO hours.
MIR. Charles ]. b. Bissel, a we'll known citi-
zen ofthc town Of Plaquemine, IN this State,
died suddenly ofapoplexy on Thursday last,
ALEXANDER DUMAS, the celebrated French
writer, has been engaged by the Paris Journal
sLo Pressc, at a yearly salary $4,000 francs.
with the understanding that from the first of
January next, his fertile pen is to be used exclu-
siyely for its columns.
P~ARDoSEE-Dr. John Beadell, sentenced 10
ten years Imprisonment for counterfeiting, by
the u. s.. Court, sitting at PittsblIrg, III 1912,
has been ~pardoned by President Tyler, on con-
dition ofleaving the country.
SourrERN T~RtpuSE.-This is the title ola
new weekly Journal TO be published at Pointe
Coupee, on or about the LIST FEBRUARY next. Mr..
han. a.. Ross isto be the Editor, The Tribune
is to be neutral.in politics and principally deyo-
} ted to the encouragement ofagriculture, science
and the arts.
I SrIcIDE.-We understand that some few days
= acoa worthy and industrious planter Of West
: Baton Rouge, named Jean Dominique Lanoux,
residing about II miles below the Court house,
committed suicide by blowing out his brains with
II shot gun. The embarrassed state of his aE-
fairs, through had crops and oyerfiows, and Sc
we're family misfortune, seems to be the cause
: assigned for this rash act. He was a man uni
- versally respected By those who knew hirn-Ba-
ton Rouge Gazette.
d The SEM1NoLEs.-Ihe St. Augustine Herald
d says there is not the least foundation for apprc.
o tensions o~ffurther difficulties with the SeminoleS
J. in Florida, and that fifth! General commanding
l. is allowed 10 carry out the design of the Govern.
ment, the Indians will finally be peaccably re.
n moved.
The latest report from New York is that the
: Legislature will elect one Senator in favor Of
= annexation and one opposed to.ii, and thus pre-.
! serve the harmony ot,thc party.
il ; GEa. LAmAR.-GeneraI Lamar, OK President
ofTeXas, and one of the most distinguished cit
n zeas-o Of that Republic, is at present in the city
Of Washington.
a gentleman in Georgia has subscribed ST..
= 500towards supplying destitute places IN tlai
State with Sabbath school libraries---a noble
use Of money.
DGFALchTIoNs.-Fhe Washington CORES.
le pendent of the New York Courier says, that in
q the debate in the House of Representatives, on
If the Sllb-Treasury Bill, Mr.. Wentworth asserted,
,c as within his own knowledge, that it was 10,
true, as stated in the message, Of the acting Pre-.
IS sidcnt, that there were few or. no delalcations
by any of the repositories. In illinois, he knew
there were many deftlcations, aud no criminal
prosecution had been instituted, as required b,
II law, against the defadlters.
y Messrs. Dawson, Iaabranche, Morse and Sill.
! dell, Of this State, voted for the third reading d
the Sub-I'reasury Bill.
4 The Richmond Compiler states that an iron
revenue cutter isto be built in that city.
Il A correspondent of The Georgia Journal call
on the cotton planters Of that State to meet il
n convention, in Milledgeville, at an early day, /,
consult upon what appeitains to their interest il
the culture Of cotton.
CUsToM iIoUsE.-In the House DC Repre-
y scntatives, on the 23d ult., Mr.. SIidcll intro
oIf duccd Il resolution calling upon the Committed
on Commerce to inquire into the propriety D
appropriaiing moneys to erect a custom house a
] New Orleans.
q Mr.. CGsHTgG.--RoBBERY OF. MS PApERs II
d MExIco.-Wc learned verbally yesterday, Ina
g the Hon. Mr.. Gushing, late Minister t. China
u has sailed from Vera Cruz for New York. It'll
st reported that he came down safely from the cit,
N Of Mexico with all his public documents, but hi
servant, who followed the next day with all hi
private papers, was robbed of every thing on III,
road by the ladrones. Ii, as VIC are fearful, Mr.
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