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Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-09
1onrs very respectfully, &c.
ONE OF THE
Head Quarters, 9Th Brigade, L. NJ. J
Plaquemine, 4th May, 1916.
CIRCULAR ORpERs:

CIRCULAR ORDERS:
In obedience 10 Order No. /, issued from
Head Quarters, L. NJ, dated New Orleans
ID May, 1916, making requisition for vol.
unteers to reinforce the army under the
command of General Taylor, on the from.
tier of Texas, the Brigadier General CON-
handing the sth Brigade, L. NJ, relies
with confidence upon the zeal and patriot
ism of the citizen soldiers under his CON-
mand. He hopes volunteers will come for
ward and enrol themselves for a term of
six months, unless sooner discharged.
On the receipt Of this order, the officers
commanding the different Regiments com
posing the 8th Brigade, L. NJ, win forth
with open in their Regiments, enrolments
for volunteers, and will make returns
thereof to Head Quarters at Plaquemine
without delay, so that the necessary meas.
ures may be taken, in order that the volun.
may be organized into Companies, |
md transported to Head Quarters at New
Orleans.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-09

"An exposition ofthe criminal law of the
State of louisiana" by Judge Dutton.
This valuable work to Justices ofthe peace
and others who wish to learn at one glance
the principles and basis of criminal law
can be obtained at the book store ofGeo.
NJ Heroman, opposite the Methodist church.
The same is also agent for a new french
paper, published in New York, called the
Franco American. 1t is ably edited and
and presents a very neat specimen of ty-
geography.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-09
Here is a pleasant story from Walpole,s

Here is a pleasant story from Walpole's
correspondence. 1t seduced us into a
hearty laugh when we were very dull and
far from cheerful. Perhaps it may have a
similar effect upon some temporarily lugu-
brious reader:
u must add a curious story, which I
believe will surprise your Italian surgeons
as much as it has amazed the faculty here.
A sailor who had broken his leg was adj
vised to communicate his case to the Roy.
a Society. The account he gave was,
that having fallen from the top of the
mast and fractured his leg, he had dress
it with nothing but tar and oakum, and
IN three days was able to walk az
well as before the accident. The story At
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-09
IRISH COERCION BILL.

This bill wa strongly opposed in its
passage through the House of commons
and no wonder. II places a considera.
Bile extent of country in a condition which
is more ~deplorable han could be inflicted
by martial law-among other severe pro.
visions it enacts that any individual seen
out Of doors without a pass after sunset
and before sunrise, shall be punished with
transportation. This is hideous tyranny.
1t is worse treatment than is dealt to our
American s~lyaves. But this provision of
the law will render it nugatory and pre-.
vent it from being executed. One Irish
newspaper proposes hat the whole ISLAND
stay out OF doors all night, and asks, how
will the government arrest the whole is.
land, or find a prisoner large enough to
hold it or a ship sufficiently ~capacious to
carry it across the ocean.
The suggestion of such a remedy shows
how thorough and universal is the hatred
entertained for the measure, and how de-
termined the opposition to it. Ireland Ger.
tainly is in a most dreadful state 1t is an.
pretended that the potato crop of the pre-
sent year will receive greater damage from
the rot than was done to the last crop.
The London Standard says, a slight subtrac-
ton from the Irish pittance Of food is death.
The use ofIndian meal is spreading wide
ly throughout the interior countries, and it
may prove an insufficient substitute for the
But with the partial relief afford.
I'd by the introduction of that new article
IF food, it is awful to think of the ravages
1ffamine in a noble island, so blessed bv
he kindness of Heaven, SO cursed by the
~Hickedness Of man. It is a generally re !
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-09
psome miscresnt fred : borse At Ros,o,

gSome miscreant fired a house at Boston
on Friday night, in two places, at the head Of
a stairway, in a morrow entry. Mr.. Joel Ba.
tes and his family, who lived in the third sto-
~, we're aroused from their sTumbers by the
dense smoke which filed their chambers.
Finding escape by the stairway utterly impos.
sible, he lowered his wife, mother and four
children from a window with a cord, and then
descended himself by the same means.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-09
Ln rnmlnand Ihrm.

or Baton Rouge being the most impor-
tant garrison in the Southern country, and
having at present n large number farms
and ammunition, without any guard or pro-
lection whatever, renders it incumbentup-
IA our citizens, in tho absence orregulat
troops, 70 volunteer to mount a regular
guard in the promises, not only for the pro.
lection orthe U. S. property, but also for
their own safety. The government has
been repeatedly ~petitioned to send troops
here, but for some u OF. other it is more
than nvo.thirds Of the time abandoned to
itself. 1.-THE regular troops are wanted else.
where, au order ought to be issued from
The commanding general ofthe Southern
Division Of the u, s. Army, or from the
secretary or war, for the enlistment Of
company Of citizens soldiers for the espc-
cial purpose, to serve for three months, or
more, IL occasion may require it. We
hope this viii speedily be done.
.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-09

SATURDAY, MAY 9th,

e.
NE Gatrtir. On 7trms-Fron ana after
Nh tstp W. shall invariably charge a. FOL
laws
wv one wears subscription II paid
p]frvinns tu expiration Of term ~ w
n paid after, and the trouble Of run -,
ming after IT. =" Wv
Advertising aid sub, by the year, " w
"sro, - D0''''' ~ 90
Advertising pet s1hate ~ llhes 70
eanstitutute asguate ,ohe insertion, w
t,ypry subsequent Insertion, ooo'
amrn I'M ! .abacrthrrI AZ 90
A-nnannsiav ia. fnan.suhRoriber1 81 90
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-09

We understand that the drafting oftroops
commenced yesterday morning in New
Orleans to Gll up the regular quota deman.
ded by Gen. Taylor.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-09

.e no" many beart-aches should we spare our.
Eind ~ u re were careful to cheek every IN
~ ~ "oaas % ae1lons toward those we love.
~ 1nas anucIPating reflection the time n,
s ~, s.rise; "hen the beings whom / am
aver r. ts Ssh III may oe snatched from ne for@
ed from tbe .onu reeesses Of the grave, secur.
~ ,he no s;e assaults Of my 9etulepce. ami daas
my renorseful panitenca
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-09

town subscribers do not receive their pa.
perr, they will have 10 excuse u7, as The
Young man who has Tor II year past thttls
fully served them, has gone 10 serve his
country on the banks ofthc Rio Grande.
4
OaruoN--By the last arrival from
Nav Orleans, we learn that u report was
Ia circulation and eredited-Thdt Me Ore.
gaa question ras dsflaicely settled between
Che two countries !
WARl WARft VOLUNTEERS
Since the publication of Our last number
thc news from the seat Of war have been
ofthr most exciting nature, New Orleans
has presented i very animated appearance.
AZ The last accounts more than twelve hun.
drrd men had been mustered Ia the service
orthc United States, In that city alone. It
will he sren by m article In another col
Gum. from the Delta, that Mobile has ITO.
bly turned out her legions' These troops
arc 10 hc Immediately despatched to the
relief a. Uen. Taylor, who IL now surround.
"a w i la3gc body Of Mexican troops and
Iis eupplIia cut of. We hope the call for
volunteers has been ma nobly responded to
In Texas ds Il has been IN Louisiana and
Alabama, iii go, n decided triumph awaits
the AmrI ican Arms May success at.
tend thos, patriotic volunteers who have
ttiR shown Il readiness to assist their
hprtl,rrn In distress, and revenge the
wrongs Committed by a treaeherous foe.
The army under Gen. Taylor II composed
az hs bravo men as ever met an enemy,
ald ohiecred Ivy bold aud patriotic men,
who enly want anepportunity to show that
the confidence reposed in them Ivy their
gavernmcit has not been misplaced. With
tie cooperation Of the volunteers now on
their march 10 Point Isabelle, we have no
dub, thnt They will be able to route com.
p~lrtrly thu hand Of tfeachrrous Mexicans
now rncalhpcd on our territory, Let a
decisive blbw be once struck and we shall
hear NO more of Mexieans on this side Of
the Rio Gu aude.
Last Saturday on the receipt ofthe news
that Gen, Taylor's army was surrounded
and supplies cut off from Point Isabel. The
Legislature Immediately suspended their
regular business, and n bill a%ppropriating
onc hundred thousand dollars, for the pur.
pose of cquipping &c, volunteers, having
bcon presented by Mr., Noise, II was unan.
imously passed. The Senate had ad.
iourued until Monday, but ms many of the
Senators AS could he found, forming more
than the necessary quorum for the transac.
tim otbuStdcss, assembled, and also unani.
mnusly passed the above bill Of the House.
In these exciting times, Baton Rouge
has not bccn behind in the noble work of
patriotism, A volunteer company, com.
coscd chiefly ofthe elite of the young men
otour parish, and numbering oveI 90, has
hetn raised in two days, Tho company
met on Thursday and elected the following
officers % command them.
III. W. Fowler, Captain,
X. q. Bea1e, lst Lieutenant,
L. e.. Henderson, 2nd Lieutenant.
Sergcapts-W A Searles, Andrew Brad.
ford, VIM. Denny, Jos. Pine.
This noble band left here yesterday aE
tamoou in the Belle Creole, A large con.
az citizens were present to witness
departure and cheer them on their
patriotic career. They have the best
Of our whole population for their
and welfare.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-09

EQUATION OF Il UNITED srArpa.
estimating the increase of the Der cent
nun On me census Of 1910, the DOB.
! ~ =, me United States viii amount
Q ~ 49, $40, on the LIST June. 1876.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-09

10 Urn suaaeh1BnRs,-If sone Of our
town subscribers do not receive their pa.
pers, they viii have 10 excuse us, as the
yuina man who has Tor II year past faith.
hlly served them, has gone 10 serve his
country on the banks ofthc Rio Grande.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-09

ORFavN--By the last arrival from
Nav Orleans, we learn that a report was
n circulation and eredited-Thdt ME Ore.
goa question ras defaairely settled between
che two countries
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-09

ne sast Union suggests that thu md.
puad len Eeasary, the tariff, and the wayebaus
~ W. should go into operation the ssrns a.
'M . or me Let Of JanusrY. 1917. l'
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-09

Sr. JAMES CHrRcH.-We saw some
days 10, y beautiful plan Of the above
church, with the situation Of the pews, &C.
The building i m ornament to the town,
anil the members Of said church, though
gsw, have displayed remarkable zeal in the
unesnakng--agyling under heavy di!i.
caldsa from the beginning Of their lauda-
ale object. wa hope they will be literally
.E~Ist4iaad-
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-09
From the Tropic OH,

DESTRUCTION or THE SPLENDID STEAM.
boat OREGoN.-A letter from New York.
dated Saturday, morning, Z O'Clock, TO the
editors Of the Philadelphia Ledger says.
u have 10 inform you that The solen.
did steamboat Oregon run on the rocks At
Hurlgaie on coming down The East River.
She will probably be a total loss: the
insurance policy on her is drawn 10 to The
effect That she must not go through Harl.
gate until dayIi. hit. Loss ab ,ut si4Ooon
No lives lost.
The steamboat Oregon has been tbs
admiration of the Union for the past wear,
and was considered 10 be the most mac
nlfcent boat ever built.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-09

III. following article from the pttAtvNE Of
Tuesday, relative to our position towards
Mexico IL so ably written atd SO full If inter
esting details that We deem it worthy to he
republished, and read by every man who
wishes to see the State of affairs portrayedtn
ia lie proper light
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-09

CArTAtH FUtrcN-Wo perceive thai Can
tain'Faltou, latg oftho u. g.. Dragons, ID J.
bout raising . company Of volunteers for Tex.
as. This gentleman Il one Of the INST eff
cont who Ieays our city, and we hope his
muster roll will be speedily filed up. Gen.
Taylor wants men Come ont The rendez.
v1u - at Fivoli G role, AID atso The picayuue
House, corner Of 81. Charles and poydras
streets, where the Captain viii be- happy 10
add 10 the old soldiers already railyinq Under
our eountry's flag.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-06-12
NUMBER :sG.

GIandc--'he ,haLks oflhe nation have been
nobly Won by this army of hroes.
Dut, 10 Tic praise Of our oan soldiers, let
us not forget the foe. Next 10 Tie ioy lie
solder feels for his osu success Is his adj
mrniion OF the gailaulty Of his enemy. Ii
IS nothing to conquer those uho make no
resistance. There IS no homo, III winning
a battle where The foe alrs at tie h,st "a.
change Of sho,s. There is no honor ouLes
IN dePrecIaiing he gaIlah'ry ol lf.o.o whom
We have overcome. The Mexicahs fought
well. II they could no, stand before ,hu
American arms, though they were superior
IN numbers, md Injured 10 wars Amous
themselves, II was not because they dad rot
hight well, but because they there cncoun-
tered no common for II was the fortpne
oil the MexIcans, IN these memorable lat.
Ties, TO engage an army whose officers were
hiled wlh lie spirit which had conmunlca.
ted itself 10 all their men, and which shut
gu, all thought Of defeat, and excluded oil
idea Of surrender The sentiment Of Ma
poleon's Guard was theirs " The Guard
ntrtr srrenderS."
There is no disgrace in being conquered
by such men. The Mexcaus uugh, 10 fee
his. They did oil they could. They
fought braYely- perhaps never before 50
bravely. 81 saw item shot down. SAID
Mayor Rlnggold on his dying bed, a saw
them fall before The sLoI Of ny artillery
saw The ranks thus broken h.ied Up b. 9th
eFS, vito IN Their 'ulH were Shot down"
They charged our Taui,s with ther drs.
eoons, and were repus.d, and yet they
charged again. Three we're they dnyen
FROM the battery which Cnpl. Noy charged
so CALAMITY, and thrice did they return bud
man II. The fight lasted Tor five hours,
and cur Own effects soy "shey toushInAs
devik."
We conquered Ihem-we conquered lLcm
with force scarcely numbering one mau
10 their thfec-and Ibis is our glory. tits
to their honor that they fought well. We
acknowledge II, because they deserve to
have II said OF them. And in this ae have
even our greatest satisfaction, for 10 lis
Truth consists the whole Joy Of the soldiers
who conquered. |. gives to them that
without which all the glory of the action
would be Ios'-
That true Joys which warriors feel
At ioemeu Wollhy Of their steel
Let no ole among US, then, think that in
dectyiug The Mexican s0lor, IN these bat.
Ties, he exaIs that Of our own soldiers.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-06-12
CHARLOTTE. N. c. JUNE IL, is rs

lake INTO tho Wahluhmath valley, through
a ass alluded TO IN my report III this way
making the road into Oregon far shorter,
md good road IN place OF the present We
~ bad one down the Columbia. Y WHOM !
shall have made this short exploration, /
shall have explored from beginning to end
tbs road 10 Oregon.
| have just returned with my party Of
sixteen, from an exploring journey in The
Sierra Nevada, from the neighbor hood Of
Suffers TO the heads Of the Lake Forks.
We go. among heavy SHOWS on mountain
SUBMITS, there moro rugged than | had
rlseo here met them; suffs- ed again as in
our FIRST passage cot among the "hofsc
thieves, (lndians who lay waste the Cali
ioruia frontier fought several battles, and
fought our way down into the plain agaln,
and back 10 Suffers. Tell your luther that
| have something handsome to tell him OF
some exploits OF Carson aud Dick Owens,
and others.
am going now on business TO see some
gentlemen OH the coast, and will then Join
my people, and compete our survey 10 this
part OF the world as rapidly as possible.
The season is now just arriving When yege.
tatlon is coming out 10 ali the beauty have
often described TO you, and IN lhai part Of
our Iabors | shall crafty all my hoper.
fad the theory Of our Great Basin fully
confirmed 10 having for It's southern boun.
dairy ranges &C lofty mountains. So soon
as the proper season comes, aud my ami.
mails are tested, we turn our faces home.
ward, and be sure thai grass will not grow
under our feet.
All our people arc well, and we have had
no sickness Il any kind among Us; 50 tina.
! hope 10 be able 10 bring back with me all
that | carried out. Many months Of hard
ships, close trials, and anxieties have tried
ne s. yefely, and my BAR is turning gray
before is time. Bu, oil this passes, Ct L
bon temps rtendrd.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-06-12
Magical Pain Extractor.

E , LuuCfiON FOtkFuLD Is PRICES
nothing u tke asa 9 roi dt'igAifa ruh
u N arullo thai every family must consider
iu4eFEasahic, when th,y kuoa ~ power and va.
ls,, and shieh has heretofore been sold too high
% reach al classes, has now bccn reduced togr.
ira 10 Fuce Siik yicw that rich and poor, high
aud low, and IN fact every human being may en-
loy IS comforts, and all WHO rot !, shall have
The ptec returned to them Il they ar MT delight
" R'th ~ use. We assert, without the plssibtl.
i'y Of contradiction, that all Barni Or Scuiis, RI
e'y fH1Aas Sore, old or fresh, aud all external
PA.Ns aud achcs, no matter Shtfe, shall be rgdu
- ~ comfort by II 10 i've Misunderstanding life,
LIMB q scar No turn cur b. faiaI II this 10 ap.
Fifi, aa'sss tte r,tsls arc destroyed b. f4e aeot.
at Il + truly magical 10 appearance, in It's
'asc's Enquire for" CONNECTS Magical Pain TX.
Naclo' Salyc,' at Coms,Ock & Co.'S p Cortland
greet fucu - cent?, % four timcs ne much for
'J cenls, end ten timua az much tot 81
Al country merchants are requested to ,abc II
70 heU towns on commission. ~ the greatest blcs.
H'R" m1aklnd that has bcon discgyercd in med.
l.''e To agcs This is strong language, but yuu
may pend lis power will Justify IL sold nj q
,y,NEni Street, whore II can be found genuine
N Neg Yatk city.
IAu lluS.-He cure you get CoSSEL's, as pui
P+.e @llh bilyt's name on II has been stolen
"'a e0pntctlel. and worthless stuff may appeal
uhsef mat name See that IT Is direct from Com
ss'cA 70, OF never touch il. For sale at The
'nafi0llc Dug Store hy II. Oates,
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-06-12
Upper California.
Extract. from Letter from Capt Fremont, U,
y. Army, dated

ETifgcfsJf Letter from opp. FREMONT -
\, Army, dated
lFRR, BuESA, BAY OF ST. FRANcIso0,
GrFER CAIIfoKNik, Jan. 9Th 1876.
Now, a. rapidly as possible, vii tell
you where have been, and where ! um
going. crossed the Rocky Mountains on
the main Arkansas, passing out at It's very
head waters; explored the southern shoe ut
the great Salt Lake, and visited ou- Of its
islands. You know that on every extant
map, mauuscrp, or printed, the whole Of
the Gtcat BASIN IS represented as sandy
pluiH, barren, without wo,er, and without
erase, FELL your t1'hcr that, with a ,olun.
Ieer party Of fifteen men, crossed It be-
tween the parallels OF 35 deg. and 80 deg,
Instead oil plain, found IT,, throughout lis
whole extent, ttayersed by PARALLEL ranges
OF lofty mountains, their submits White with
snow, October wmlc below the valley
had uoue. Instead OF bnrren country, the
mountains were covered with grasses OF tho
best quality, wooded with several varieties
Of trees, aud containing more CIR aud
mountain sheep than We had seen IN any
previous part ct our voyage. SO utterly vi
variance uiih every description, from au
lheutIc sources, or from rumor or report, Il
,s tar to consider tins country as wholly
unexpIored, and never before visited by u
white man. J met my party al the Fcnd- q
yuus, luke southeast OF the Pyramid Lake,
aud again separated, sending them along
the casleCn side OF the Great Sierra, three
or four hundred miles, IN soulherly dlrcc'
llon, where lhey were to cross ,ulo the val
ley OF the 81. joaquin, near It's head. DID,
ring oil tho time that | was not with them.
Mr.. Joseph Walker was their guide, Mr..
Talbot Uell his mo'herhe is veil, aud does
weII) IN chutgc, and Mr. hefn topograPh
er. The eleventh day niIcr leaving them
reached Captain Sducr's crossing the 81.
era Gu The 4h Of December before the
snow had Julien there.
Now the Sierra is absolutely lmpassabIe,
aud the place of our passage two years ago
IS luminous with masses of snow By the
route | have explored con ride in thirty
five days from the Fontaine qui Bouu' rv.
er to Capt. Suffers; aud, for wagons, the
road is decidedly far better. wish this
known 10 your father, as now, that the
journey has been made, 1t may be said that
this too was already known. | shall make
short journey up the eastern branch OF
the Sacramento, aud SO from The Klamath
Boiling Spring river in English. This is
tho outside settlement on tho Arkansas, about
seventy miles above Bonrs Fort, where old re'
tired hunters and traders, with Mexican and To-
dian wives, and their children, have collected in
to some villages, called by the Mexican name fol
civilized Indian villages, Pueblos, where they
raise grain and stock
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-06-12

California viii bring hundreds Of people
here this ard the next year. iir. Hastings
arrived at New iIclvetia 10 January, with
eight men from Independence. Capt. F,c-
non, came three degrees south Of fo,i
Hall, which made his route about 1000
niies, III was supposed abou, 10000 lie
took route that was supposed to be DE.
,ef', and found II pleasan, aud delightful
country, almost level road from The South
Pass IN the Rocky Mountains 10 this place
lie IS now preparing and fitting his party
for the Oregon. will return here il June,
and be ~ the States abocl September.
loufs &c. PAlSANO.