The St. Landry whig., 1845-01-16
SCRAPS AND aMARs

M AAtN ANktN hSthtN = 1850 NJ ~ - NNfA@E "a tAN< A
Boston Pilot, wio has slandercd tAa @Feateas and
best men Of the lind, and called AMnKacARB
.teosearas, and The sons al coarards,i by way eK
proof DC his capacity Id form an estimate of AIMEE
rican character and institutions, aud his gsners
al intelligenec, grapely talks In his rabid Jour
nal ofthe ssStaic If philadelphia, sind the wv
sidcnt Of Maryland q The impadsnt foreign
~ignoramns might learn profitable kssOns of ANY
school hoy in the country.
As ~INTEArERANcE DECREASES, lNDusTRy IN
cRRAsEs.-in the year 1912 there passed through
the Dismal Swamp Canal 10 W C~aroffAa, $50
hogsleads OF Spirits, 1850 barrels Of Spirits,
2a7 ,O00 bushels Of Cora, 27,000 bushels Of
Wheat. In lsa3 only 35s barrels of Spirits
passed through the Canal, while there was re.
ceived from North Carolitla, $4,000 bushels Of
Corn, 65, 900 bushels ofsWheats .Agood cHangsg
One productive no less o fpriyate happiness aud
prosperity than o public peace. Il Is thus tem+
%perance Is the bandmaid Of industry and virtue
-Ciacinaqii Gazette. 5s'a
YnRy L.ATR Nnws.-In a paper published
fifty years hence (Jan, 1896 we have the follow
ing gratifying intelligence;
The ladies have the nleagfe majority Of one
hundred ands in the Congress newly elected.
1t is now thirty-oue years since, by AN amend.
ment Of 1.-THE Constitution, the ladies' became ell.
gible to Il seat in either house. n
MurINY IN A C-oNvENr.--The German lTnis
ycrsal Gazette gives the followings "a cohspi~
racy by the nuns IF the convent Of Varateis
against the Princess BreakoSa2, who, sitter relihs
gushing ain immense fortune, took the yeilin that
convent, IL the subject ofgenefal conversation
Atthe death oithe late superior, these 1000 nuns
refused 10 accept the princess as heTsaccessors
sho having excited their luminosity BY eApresainE
a determination 10 make d reform III their corr
duct, which she considered to have been much
too freelq The rebcllious Nuns carried their OPP
y position so far as to break all the windows Cfthc
c0nvenrp
Fox !teS IMMfGRAf1oN.~@ report has beea
4 laid be lore the Senate, ifofH the Secretary of
State, accompanied with statements OF the nulas
Der and designation ofthc pnssengers who havs
l arrived IN the United States on shipbnard during
the three first quarters Of 1s4S, md the year
commencing LIST October, la43, and ending 30th
. September, 1914, SO far ~ the same are exhibit
d cd in tue returns made TO the Department OF
State BY collectors Of the customs, under the act
4 OF I'd ofMarch, 1910. The rcturDa show for the
,e three quarters of 1s43, 0,520 persons; for the
q year ending 30th September, 1a44, s4,764 per-
q sons making for one ycnr and three quarters
O. l1l ,293 persons. Some collectors, iii believed
e. hive made no returns.
= Jul1IciAL DncIsIoS.-Some time ago a sieve
cscaped from Kentucky to Ohio. lie WINS pun.
4 sued and ovcrtakcn. Some Of thu. Ohio aholi
tionists proposed TO l,ny him His master nc
nv cedrd 10 their proposition and took their bOA'
n for $500. Subsequently the rascals refuse'
u payment, alleging that III contemplation 9th,
W laws ofOhiO, they had received 80 consideration
The case came recently before tho Supremt
Court lit Chilicothc, and the court decited thu
y the Kentuckian was entitled TO his money.
on PurrsNc ouT riag FLAsm.-lThe Rev. Tho,
he Allen, who was at the, hnlte Of Bennington. III
der General Stark, was asked IL he killed an
B4; ones He answered, "that be did not know, b,
!. that, obseryinga flash often repeated In q bus
bard by, which seemed 10 be succeeded eaca tim
rel by i fill ofsone Of oar men. he leyelled' Ms mu
70. iset, and firing ii that direction, pHt OUT y
gaship 8a5
AGpArfpYsNc FAcT.--Ihc ransu ~inflaenti
W. i~ournals, al The country, appear Ny be con
,s ing out in favor Of change in tbs naxuaaiixasiC
MA laws,
ii, . DEATH or LEGIsLAroRs.-JeEige Caldwe
by Of Saline, and M. w. Baltimore ofIudependenc
nc both Members Of the Legislature Of Arkanss
on died recently.
orts Mr.. James, the novelist, is abous 10 become
'nu = member oil Parliament.
nhit ~ ~ ~ X III.
OBJ. The Philadelphia Ledger states tnae Ssoaan
use doEe Elliott is to succeed Commodore Readi In I
oyi. coqSfnand Of The Philadelphia Navy Yard, I
with latter officers term Of three years in that servi
cca- having expired.
LEG The Legislature Of Arkansas has passed a
the to incorporate q company for the purpose Of b.
tcct- ding a bridge across the Arkansas river At Lii
mes. Rock, with The privilege, also, Of construct
Q OF bridges across White River and the Ouaehi
Ga. A sale Of American candles in Liverpool
vide noticed as a great novelty, and tha opening
fare, an additional branch OF american uans'