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Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

CoEGREss.-Since our last edition,
intelligence has been received from Wash.
ington Of the passage in the House Of
Representatives of the bill for the protection
Of American citizens in Oregon. By tho
provisions If this bill, the laws Of Iowa are
extended over the territory. 1t provides,
however, that the British subjects in Ore.
gon shall enjoy all the privileges secured 10
them by the treaty Of joint occupancy till
it is abrogated. No boundaries are given
in The bill. 1t provides for the extension
of our Indian policy over the country, and
for carrying the mails in Oregon. II grants
and TO actual settlers, and authorize ihe
establishment of block houses, stockades,
&C., on the route to Oregon. The fate Of
this bill in the Senate is doubtful.
The Iuse of Representatives also PISSED
the Senate resolutions to "give notice."
with two amendments. The first Of these
strikes out that portion of the preambls
which draws the attention OF beth Govern.
mems to the necessity of"renewed efforts
for The settlement of the question the other
strikes out the provision of the resolutions
which leaves ii to "the discretion +" Of the
President to give the notice. 1t authorizes
and request him to give it, instead Of
authorizing him" atbis discretion't TO do so
There was no debate on these amend.
mems, the previous question having been
called upon them by the mover. 1t IS more
than probable the Senate will adhere to
its resolutions, and that the House
viii yield it's amendments in the end,
-Picayune
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

Botp CoNpuCr.-On Tuesday morning
IA some Of the negroes belonging 70
Messrs. Mongct and Lange were on their
way 10 tho butoher-pBn, one Of them nam.
ed Valery, d valuable servant. arrested n
runaway but through some means or 9th
ct was overpgwered and thrown down by
the latter, and also severely wounded with
some sharp instrument. A young son of
Mr.. Thomas Pine, aged about IL yeats,
coming up at the time aud seeing that the
runaway was likely 10 have the best Of the
s%cufle, jumped of his horse, tied u rope
round the body Of the runaway, and then
]remountbd, and tied the end of the rope
tho ]polnncl of his aaddlc, ahi thus dragged
him some distance, and would have brought
him to town, In spite of his superior
strength ifhis saddle, which was not CIR.
ted tight enough, had not turned, and thus
give him a chance to loose himself. The
runaway, however, was eventually secured
aud lodged in Jail, and his conduct since
his arrest, proves him to be n cold and
hcartless villain.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02
For The Gazette.


Mr., Enron
How much deplored-how much to be De.
plored Is The present low condition Of com
mon schools in our state.
Let me eBieayor TO portray through the
medium Of your paper one Of The great eau.
ses Of this condition, and propose a simple
remedy.
This cause is The want Of Incompetent teach
srs. We can no more expect a school sys
tenn to flourish without such teachers, than
we would that an army could avail against an
invading foe, with unskillful and ignorant Of
heers. Though we have In our towns and
cities many talented teaches, still the great
mass OF the people are piiiably deficient
in this primary means Of education with
q dtsagFeeabls sufbciency Of school
wHhters you may call them, instead Of
school TEACHERS. thereby causing an extreme
depreciation Of The standard Of common
school education, and rendering the profss.
sion Of teaching almost disgraeefnt. The
bestoW meht Of public funds is not The only
thing heedful fer Improvement We must
reform more fundamentally. Thus TO reform
and to remedy The aforementioned evil. 10,
there be a Slate Normal or Pattern school.
established at some central point, on the
plan OF the State Normal School Of N, York
and massachusetts, or Of France and some
other European countries in which not only
the principles Of science are taught, but that
great art which has effected such wonders in
The worlds pr6grsss-the art Of teaching re-
~ceives peculiar attention. Let two or three
promising young men from each parisls
who have taught or intend to teach, be eho-
sen TO this school yearly. Let such a course
be pursued, and in a few years we shall have
a large body Of intelligent and we'll fitted
teachers placing the cause of education on
a vantage ground Of which it could not be en-
silly dispossesssd. The endowment of such
an institution could become the subject of
valid legislative enactment and il would not
cost to place ii on a Substantial footing one
tenth Of what our much talked Of university
would and though 10 one would wish TO un.
derrHte the advantages Of a university, might
"'' s"o" " 6eheoA tHough IN q hHthole sphere
be productive Of more good, for whereas in a
university, only q favored few enjoy the
sweets Of learning The delights Of inte ligsnoe
and the benefits Of knowledge ths bensfeent
and enhghteBing influence Of this school
would be directly felt through every corner of
the Slate, from the Pearl TO the Sabine. from
Arkansas 10 the Gulf. II would be en- phati-
cally the peoples institution. May Louisiana
take a stand in The matter which The impot.
lance Of the subject and her proud posi-.
ton require. She is doubtless destined 10 be
the Empire State, let her motto in education
al movement be "Excelsior."
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02
Extract Of n letter dgted.

W~ArEHvtLLE, Oaelda 60. N. Y.
4 most terrible and heart. rendinp
calamity befal orr Deighberhood Last night
between o ana 10 O'Clock. Tho dwelling.
house Of Timothy Leonard, near the old
Dyer house on I'usseI Hill. was burned TO
the ground with all It's contents. together
with three wagons and two sIcigh4, which
were under the w0od.honse. But the sad
part Of the calamity il, that Mr. Leonard,
his rife, and n daughter Of Mr.. Woodard,
about IL years old. persisted in tho f1ames.
Their charred and shapless remains were
taken out Of The ruins about 10 O'Clock
this morning. Every soul In tbs house was
burned. None are left to tell the manner
in which the house took fire, nor any par.
ticulars relating 10 the catastrophe. From
the appearance Of the bodies, it would seem
that Leonard and the girl struggled
desperately with their fate, but Mrs. l..
was found near the bed on which she slept.
The family are known 10 have retired
before 81 the fire must have caught soon
after that hour. The wind blew a gale
from the SOUTH not a neighbor discovered
the fire till the roof fell in, and at 10 o'clock
not a stick was standing. A deep gloom
rests on our community.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02
THE

The scilts, numbering nearly twenty
millions OF souls, were governed by n con.
f]cdcracy Of independent states presided o.
yer ly a sovereign whose residence was al
Lahore, the capital of the puniaub. Their
religion Is a mixture of Mahomedanism
and Brahaminism, teaching the unity Of
ono invisible God and the equality Of al
believers In him, without distinction ofcast
or color. NHuee FOR N8nac1 Shan, the
tottnder of their sect, was born at Lahore.
A ID 1900. Having travelled through the
Asiatic countries becoming acquainted
with the various religious SYSTEMS. he re.
turned home aud became a prophet-he
wrote a book and gave out n new ~frvrln.
ton, A LA Joe Smith, the mormon. sikhs
signifies disciples, and Nantk gave this
nanc to his followers. Ariut, Nanelt'E
succcssor, published his masters writings
and compiled the first religious book oftho
sect, for which the mahomedans put him to
death. A Hindoo Chirfreceived and shel.
tered the little company of peraecntpd
Silths, who were also called Singhs (lions)
for their courage and bravery. They live
very secluded in the mountains, for two
centuries, until 1898, when Nadir Shah
returned into Persia after his invasion of
Lahore, which latter they then subdned.
They had n religious belief, like the Nor.
mons, that they were to re.occupy all the
lands OF their oppressors, and this beliefor
prophecy, or reasoning in the natural otf
der OF huthnt events, was actually fulfilled.
In 1862 they were nearly overtlrrown by
the Atghans n Mahonndan nation Of The
Sunnite sect, but their indomitablr energy
s~irnounted every obstacle. In 1906, their
Singh or King who was a firm ally of tho
British government, mad an army Of one
100 thousand horsrmen. At his death in
1897, there was n struggle for the throne,
and since then The confadrracy has boen
torn by dissensions a%rttilly directed by the
ehlssartes OF the British government. The
present nominal Sovereign Is n woman and
ally Of bntlBtid' In art and science the
Sieks are esttlIed by few. This was
shown in their late battles with the Eng.
llsh, in their niand'uFeflng, in their sttpe.
rior artillery and tho destruction ofthc
British troops by exploding mines which
had been worked before their entrench.
monts. They calculate on the revolt of
the natives IN the British army hit only
one regiment bengal cavalry refused 10
attack the tho Seiks, for which they have
probably suffered.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

4 CHURCH OF ENGLAND CLERGYMAN IN
CArToN.-The British residents in China
have made a LIBERAL subscription for the sup.
port of a clergyman of the church Of England
in the city Of Canton for five years, and have
appointed a committee to communicate with
the Bishop Of London and request him to ap-
point a suitable person. The movement ap-
pears to have been commenced by the Ameri-
cans, who had in view a joint subscription for
the common benefit. The Hong Kong Gazet-
te of Jan. 18th, says:
1--WE are we'll satisfied that the American
merchants in Canton are always willing to
contribute towards the support of religious
and charitable institutions, and in the present
instance they would not have been backward,
but difficulties might have arisen in the selec.
ton of a clergyman which would tend to dis
turb that good feeling which so happily exists
among the British and American residents.
1t was probably from apprehension that such
might be the case, the British were induced
to carry out the good work without asking
the aid of their American friends"
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

UNtAwFUL ~AssEMBLAGE Oh sLAvgs.-A
batch of slaves was arrested by the first
municipality police The night before last,
for holding en- unlawful nssemblago in the
cabaret Of Domingo Herrera corner ofBlent
vile and DauplIioe. Shortly after this ares.
another assembIage in the cabaret Of
Manuel Munoz corner Of Customhouse
and Bourbon. The slaves will be sent to
Jail, and will each receive five lashes. The
cabaret keepers will DO sent before a civil
tribunal and fined $50 each, for permitting
these assembIageg. We are glad to fnd
that our police have made these arrests,
and trust they will continue vigilant on
this point, in order to destroy these PERM.
sions and unlawful meetings W. are sorry
the fine is not greater.--Bec
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

4 NATIONAL FAfR.-Wo SEQ in ths
" 'ttonaI lntelIlgoncer, a Card, signed by
several members Of Congress, requesting
The Artisans, mechanics of the u. States,
to send specimens If thor various produc.
tons TO Washington City, to be exhibited
~ competition with similar specimens Of
British skll now exhibiting there. Tie
design is said to compare prices, skill and
extent Of American manufactures with
those Vt England. to enable congress 10
act k~nowingly IN The Tariff subject. As
lar as it g'es, this project may answer
some end worth The tnal-bnf 90 inTptun.
lion will be obtained fom il showing thel
opefat'On Of the Tariff ON The aeficnitutn
products. Ii does not follow tlrnt The tariff
should ten,al0 unuItefei simply because
certain Is mo manufacturers highly pfotec.
tod may be- spId rs Oh AN sa the f,fci IN
Articles can b. %pprchatGd tbs protective
tariff operates both to l~pcreasg The prices
OF manu- %'ctur"s, aud to diminish IN pficts
Of agricultural products.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

SpECIE AND THE TARtFF.-The New
York Morning News complains in an arti-
Gle against the Tariff and in favor of the
subtreasury, that in ls43, the first year Of
the present Tariff, twenty-five per cent of
the United States produce sold abroad was
brought back in specie. That is to say,
$23, 100000 of the precious metals arriv-
ed in the United States, according to off.
cial r%etttrns, during the nine months end
ing 1une 30, ls43." Such were the re-
suits ofthc tariff and the repeal ofthe Sub
treasury. Abundance of specie, a sound
currency, an overlooking treasury and a
prosperous people. Are these the evils of
which a reform is sought by the Sub treas.
ury bill ?-PhIadetphia North America.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02
WHICH IS THE BRTTTsH pRRTY.


Robert j. Walker has caused to be ex-
hibited In the Committee room of the Post
Office and Post Roads committee, various
articles of English manufacture, with the
prices ofthe goods annexed, in order that
members Of Congress may see the neces-
sity of reduction of the Tariff. Sir Robs
ert desires that the superiority of British
over American manufactures should be
made apparent to our law makers, hat
they may see more plainly the ~proPriety Of
breaking down the protective system
which keeps alive and prosperous our wv
codntrymen, and that Great Britain's pau
per labor may be enriched at American
expense.
In order, if possible, to contract any mis-
apprehension which might be created by
this British exhibition, a number of Amer.
lean citizens have proposed that a Nation
al Fair be held in Washington at which
American Mechanics and Africans are in.
vited to display any articles of their handi-
work. The circular of these gentlemen is
published in this days Courier. This fair,
it is anticipated, will be one of the most
magnificent exhibitions ever held in the
country, and a complete triumph for Amer
lean mechanics. Already numbers of ar
ticles Of American manufacture have been
exhibited in the same room in which are
the articles of British manufacture, and
these American goods are pronounced by
competent judges to be superior to the Brit
ish, and are sold at lower prices. This
willingness to show their goods in compe-
tition with those of foreign manufacture,
~evfnces a confidence in their work which
subteriuge and misrepresentation cannot
eradicate. And 50 great is the chagrin
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

The apathy of the Parisians upon the
occasion ofthe recent outbreak in Poland,
contrasts painfully with the enthusinms
such nm event would have excited ten
year ago. In the last letter Of Mr..
Walsh to the National Intelligencer, the
subject of the outbreak Is thus mentioned
Nearly two hundred Of the members OF
the French Chamber Of Deputies have sub
scribed IN aid Of tbe,cembatant Polcs-,ot
fifteen hundred dollars altogether. NJ.
Theirs would not appear Mt all tho Peers
htve all kept AlooE, No tactics will 8 f.
flee to bring the national'sul ,ription to
$4,000. "What a prodigious emotion T"
says In Presse, ironically "what q sub.
sidy for the twenty four millions of opprea.
sed and struggling patriots | Fine relieffor
SO many thousands Of victims The COL
tinns of our journals are filed with IN
of subscribers, but the contributions SIRE 50
small that the aggregate, instead of evi.
dencing deep French sympathy, can be in.
terpreted by Europe into nothing else than
proofs of our Indifference or parsimony."
This Is true. Our bourgeois of Paris get
money, such money, from the Russians,
Austrians and Prusians ; they see the Ell.
e%emosynary Poles with less favor than
their opulent customers /; every effort has
been tried to band the National Guards as
subscribers ; but the manufacturers, shop.
keepers and mechanics, Of whdm that body
is mainly composed, sympathizb only 80
far as they are of French radical politics.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02
BLOCKADE nF MATAnnRna

The sehooners Florida, Capt. Hopkins,
and Equity, Place, cleared from this port
tor Matamoros IN the 2sth March, arrived
on the l4th inst. off the mouth Of the Rio
6rnnde. They there found the United
States brig Lawrence and the schooner
Flirt, ~blockading the mouth of that river.
Being ordered Of, the officers ofthe schoon.
ers inquired how long the blockade had
existed, and were informed that It com.
menced on The 18th inst. This IL proba.
bly, a precautionary measure taken by the
Government to prevent munitions of war
from being thrown into Matamoros during
the continuance Of the present hostile atti.
tude Of Che two arnies.-Deha
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

SAnaptEs.-Ata meeting of the board Of
Scleetmen, held on Wednesday, April spth,
the salary Of constable was raised to $50 del.
lars per month, and that Of the street over
seer $40 per month. As some miSrerreSen.
t,tionS may have taken place On this ques-
ton, we viii state for public information, aud
in Justice to the board-thatt the same salaries
have been paid ID the constable and over.
seer for the last two years, and that not a
word was said. that previous TO the last two
years the salaries were much higher. But
at a meeting n the last board OF seleotmen
held one day and a half before the election
the saiaries we're reduced 10 twenty-five dol.
lars, a prlce entirely too low 10 secure the ser
wees Of vigilant officers, and the present
hoard thought II THEIR duty to replace the sal
aries where they had been Ter two years
nast-let il be understood, that the salaries
are the same as allowed to the last constable
and the last overseer. IL the laws have 70 be
strictly observed. the faithful performance Of
them cannot be done without adequate com.
pensation. Corporate bodies viii always
find il 10 heir advantage to give a REAsoSA-
BUS compensation to have their work well
done. than to allow an u~RkAsoxApLE sun to
have it loosely or neglectfally performed.
Tn ali matters Of this nature, reason should be
cur guide.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

RpvoLurroNARY ANncporr.-The mr..
my in Cambridge, in July, 1878, were
Joined by a company of ridemen from
Philadelphia. The captain when no was
ordered to form his company, had so manly
applications that they exceeded his do.
tnands. He resortcd to a singular expedi-
ent to limit his number without giving of.
fence to any one. He chalked out the
figure Of u nose Of the common size on a
board, aud placed tat a distance Of one
hundred and fifty yards; and said such as
could come nearest the mark should enlist.
Sixty odd hit it. The Philadelphia papers,
IN relating this anecdote, added to Il, seen.
Gage take care of yonr nose |"
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

RARE SPoRT. - MBsmerism in On In.
roar.-The Newark (N. j. Advertiser Of
The 10th, thus describes a mesmetic "hub.
bub:"-AII the ~mauipuIatious Of the whole
race of mesmerissrs, from the original
conjurer down to the present hour, proba.
bly, never produced just ouch a scene rs
was witnessed at a public exhibition IN
this city last evening. A large audience
convened TO hear a lecture from Dr.. CoIIysr
and witness his experiments with Ere.
derrick, and others by professor
Rodgers with "Miss Martha" Soon after
the performance with Frederick com.
menced, some gentlemen in the house
manifested q disposition for a rigid scrutiny
and in the excitement q call was made for
Mr.. Durant, who came forward and decIar
ed the whole thing 10 bea cheat Instantly
the house rung with almost every magma.
bic cutlery, the voices of friends and
opponents-non.combatants, and lockers.
on. mingled together in unimaginabIe
confusion. Order being partially restored,
q call was loudly made that Mr.. Durant
be put upon the stand to verify his decIara.
ton and expose the cheat. Hundreds
of dollars were promised if he could read
like "Miss Martha" with his eyes
bandaged. lie good naturedly submitted
TO the experiment, the bandage being so
coDtrived that he succeeded in spelling put
a sentence or two, when he pulled off the
handkerchief, and the stage was immediate
Iy filled, amid roars of laughter, applause
and Kisses, by mesmerisers, some three or
four being persent, their subjects, the
committees; the curious and the lovers of
fun-the audience, a large company of
both sexes being present, crowding up and
completing the confusion. This farce was
kept up till IL o'clock.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

W. copy the following from the Bee,
In another column will be found the joint
resolutions MS il passed the senate 4:
IMPORTANT FROM WAsurNGroN.-"Our
report of the Congressional proceedings on
the 18th instant, show that the House OF
Representatives have concurred Id the res.
obutions relative to notice which had passed
the Senate, but not without materially mod.
flying them in several important p~articu.
lars. As the resolutions now stand, the
word ''amicable" is stricken out and the
word speedy" substituted while the Civ
ing ofthe notice instead of being left to the
discrestion of the executive, is perempto.
rily required by Congress.
In regard to the first amendment, we
conceive thet it is little more than an at.
tempt to maintain a sort of stilted dignity
by the House. Why they should efface
the word 'amicable," we are at a loss to
conceive. A speedy settlement can be eff.
6cted in no other than an amicable way.
In fact the word Settlement ITSELF presup.
poses friendly negotiation. We can hard.
" imagine that by the cragure of "amica.
ble' the House meant to intimate that thew
were not disposed to see the dispute ter.
inmate in any other than a peaceful man.
ner.
The second amendment is more mate.
rial. 1t strikes at the root of the princi.
pie maintained by the Senate-that the
President is the best Judge in the premis-
of the period and mode in which the
'notice" should be given, and that the res.
possibility of the act should devolve exclu.
Shelly upon him. By the amendment OF the
House, this theory is overturned, and the
national Legislature presumed TO be the
recipient ofthe authority.
The Senate may agree to the first
amendment, but what will be done with the
second remains to be seen.