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

JEWISH CONFERENCE.-The present
extraordinary agitation among the Jews
with reference to a return to the land of
their fathers, cannot but be regarded with
interest BY the Christian community, espe.
cially by those who believe in their liter
al restoration to the Holy Land.
"At a meeting of gentlemen feeling
deeply interested in the welfare of the
Jewish people recently held in London,
(says the London Watchman,) it was re-
solved that a society be formed under the
title of ''The British and Foreign Society
for promoting the colonization of the Holy
Land The society is to be restricted to the
making all necessary preparations to IA.
Cilitate the realization ofthe gradual colo
~nizatiou of Palestine, and the present pro.
lection and promotion of fhe civil and re-
ligious rights and liberties of the Jewish
people in every part ofthe world.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

PRoFAN1rY.-There Is no excuse for using
profane words. People may acquire a taste
for opium, tobacco, and ardent spirits, aHd
banker after them-but no one has a taste for
neutrality-suspicious., Of all bad practices this
IL the least ~excusable. Men accustomed 10
swearing are not aware how often they use
p%rofaBe words, or how disagreeable il is to
their friends. But
'rhe use a SHINING lessons not the guilt
Ye who are profane, think before you speak
again-and pollute not your language by ire
v~erently using the name Of Deity.
II would be we'll for females to reproye
their friends who are guilty in this respect.
A word from them might produce beneficial
effects, If en judiciously and whispered
only in the eaF Of the swearer. An English
clergyman was in company with a nobIeman
who was exceeding ~profane. A day or two
after, he met him alone, stopped him and re-
marked, Sir, | was very sorry to hear you
swear. You know it is written, Thou shalt
not take the nam Of the Lord thy God in
vain The .nobleman replied, Sir, | return
you thanks for the reproof you have how gi-
ven me, and shall endeavor to attend to il in
future No one can tell the good effects of a
gentle reproof, even to the bold blasphemer.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02
BATON R0 UGE,
SATURDAY,, MAY 9nd,

4bs Ggaefie. oar TerHs-Trom and after
this date we shall invariably charge At fol
lows
~, "%e sI ~ syrirattaG Of fern, S5 90
IF paid after, and the trouble OF run
ningHtter II. ~
Advertising aud sub, by the year. ~ Wv
Cards Of Doctors, lawyers. &c per g., -,
year, - Wv
Advertising per square 10 lihes 10 -
canFtitututr asqnate. oheinAethoh' Nv
Every subsequent inaeritetb eVe'
~ .,bser,bsr,I f. 90
u",oe' :, a, S,,n.snbspfiher,A 20 90
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

REFLECTIONS At THE To1ET.-A new toiLa
glass has been Invented in England called
the Victoria toilet" which in addition to
glass, as usual in the back part has s glass
on either side Of the toilet. These are made
to be drawn out at any time, so that when a
lady sits at the toilet, she is enabled to see in
the glass before her, the reflected image af The
back part Of her head aud body dress.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

HoME MAyUFAcTUREs.-Carpe weav-
ing is carried on in Auburn, N. York, to a
great extent. Not far from one-third Of
the whole quantity made in the United
States is manufactured there. One es-
adjustment employs 800 men; another
manufactures 10000 yards of carpeting
per month.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

MAY DAY.-The time lronurod custom
Of oelebrating this occasion was not pass.
cd unnoticed. The Ladies' belonging to
Mrs. Fishers Seminary, assembled at tho
U. s. Arsenal, and those belonging to
Mrs. Reid and Miss Osborn, in the beauti.
ful grove Of bay trees, known as the Con.
vention ground. As our paper went to
press before the celebration was over, we
can give no account Of it at present. The
day was fine, though rather windy.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

A Coon SocIEty.-"The Mechanic
Apprentices Library Association" of Bos.
toni was the first institution Of the kind, es.
tablished in the world. Il owns three
thousand volumes ofvaiuabie works, has
a large and well supplied reading room,
an elocutionary class, a course of free lee.
lures every winter, and above all publish.
es n monthly paper called the mechanics
Apprentice" which is written, edited. prin-
ted and published by members " the So
ciety.-1he membership is enjoyed alone
by mechanics apprentices, which of
course expires with the termination of
their apprentices, or the attainment of their
majority.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

New MAYoR.-The history of Mr.. Mickle'
the new Mayor Of New York, is, among thou
sands of others, an instance of what good con.
duct and upright intentions will effect in pla.
cling even the poorest OF our youth in the most
elevated positions of society. Mr. N. was a
poor boy. He was bound apprentice TO a to-
bacconist, and ia now at the head of one of the
concerns (Mrs. Miller's) of that kind
in New York.-Deha
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

A"HoHEIBLE STATE OF SectETY 49,. The fol.
lowing paragraph. from The Washington
(Ark) Telegraph, which is an extract Of a
letter from Evansville, shows q bad state Of
things truly
/" have nothing Of interest TO write you.
You will see from the papers all and more
than Is true in relation 70 Indian difficulties
on our frontier. They are bad enough at best.
Every week some one or more Ia killed or
wounded. Quite a number Of those outIawod
follows are hid about in the country, commit
ting frequent outrages at night. We cannot
stop II, and the worst has not yet come , when
the leaves put out, moro frequent murders
will be committed. The people who remain
In the Indian Coun ~ are IL constant dread Of
having their houses burned. They have not
patience to see what the y. s, Government
will do towards adjusting the difficulties"
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

Tine PbHsEcUrtoN.--A letter from
ConslsnIinoble, dated Feb. 10, says
Since the Armenian Patriarch has, CT
cathedrd, uttered the curse, fathers and
mothers @ho have gospeI.reading children
have turned their SONS and daughters out
Of doors, in n state Of restitution. le-t lie
curse they have incurred should spread
through The whole family. Many, too, Of
The exCof1nuu,Catod have been df5mi Fed
from tlio employment Of Their tnas'ofs
from the samo dread. or their Couu.
trymoh no one viii buy Of them, and no
one will sbIl 10 them. And even tbs wafer
carriers IN The streets, who ar0 mostly
ArnteHians refuse to take water TO any
house where any Of The accused reside.
But these are merely what may DO called
the legitimate effects of tho curse ;it5
iIIegitrmate effects, or those which super,
AIDED malice has brought about, arc stir
worse"
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

\ GENTBBb LApY.-A fashionable la
dy Of more show than substance, residing
ut Nassau street, Now York. lately went
into a thread store in the Bowery, and aE
ter busying the clerk for nearly two hours,
purchased a single spool of thread, She
Thought II too vulgar, however, taBarry It
home, and requested to have II sent. No
sooner had she left the store than Il hand.
dart was procured, the spool was deposited
on It, taken to the door of her residence.
and dumped upon the sidewalk after the
fashion Of a tonAof coal-for which opera.
ton she had TO pay twenty five cents. car.
rtape.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

Several of the property holders, have
during the last week exhibited praiswor-
thy zeal md diligence in fixing their side
walks pursuant to the ordinance adopted
by the board of seleetmrn. The side.
walks leading to onr churches are sadly in
want o rrepair, It Is with difficulty they can
be reached at all by ladies' in wet wealth.
er. We hope the example shown by the
proprictors IN lafayette street, will have
a ]salutary effect on our public spirited cit
izchs In other parts uI the town.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

SANTA ANNA.-We mentioned last
week thata vessel had arrived at Charles.
ton, bringing a report that Santa Anna
was to leave Havana on the sth inst, for
Vera Cruz. A similar report was current
in Baltimore on the 18th inst, brought BY
n vessel which left Havana on the 9th inst.
4 vessel has arrived at Philadelphia from
Havana, having sailed on the 1Oth-as
late as our W advices direct-but in her
advices no mention is made of the report.
We look with some Impotence for an ar,
rival from Havana.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

yan riI c. T6s4etter {, will begin
The name Of the next President n the
United State; Cor iuStance-C-Iay c
,utsnden Clayton; Calhoun Cor.
w,n o., last and least, C-1ss.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

The Weather which for some time past
had been rainy and unpleasant, suddenly
changed on Tuesday night to fine, clear
and pleasant weather, though accompanied
with strong westerly winds. We hope we
shall have a long spell ofsuch weather or
rospccts Of our planters will be rather
g,enay-
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

FURTHER FR0M TnH ARMY.-We men.
toned in our last that Gen. Worth wns on
his way to this port from the Rio Grande
on the steamer Hunter. We have since
learned, with great regret, that Gen. Worth
has resigned his commission. II In we'll
understood In the service that the cause Of
this step Is that old Source Of complaint,
brevet-rank. But whatever may be the
cause, the whole country viii regret the
loss Of Gen. Worth. II il no disparage-
ment to others in the service TO say that,
in the highest and best qualifications Of II
general officer, Gen. Worth has no supe.
rior IN the army.
Another uncovered event in the service
we have to chronicle. On the morning of
the l0ht inst, Colonel Cross, the acting
QuarterHiaster Genesal Of the Army, left
the camp o n horseback unattended, or
business in his department. Not return.
ing within a reasonable titie, alarm was
excited in regard to his safety, and parties
were sent out for him, but could obtain no
satisfactory tidings Of him. Three or four
days elapsed, and The gravest fears were
entertained for his life, when happily,
through the energy and adroitness Of an
officer ofthb dragons, il was ascertainsd
that Col Cross had been taken prisoner by
o party Of Mexican rancheros, consisting
Of d captain, lieutenant and five men, and
carried off, Not the least apprehension
Ii now entertained for the personal safety
Of Col. Cross, but it IL not known in Gen.
Taylor's camp where he Is Mexican off
GERS positively deny that he is in Matamo.
ros, and we must wait patiently n little
while for the mystery to be unravelled.
But let lis repeat, that, ut least accounts,
the officers in Gen. T'aylor's camp felt 10
alarm whatever as 10 the personal safety
of Col. Cross.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

WRECK AND DREADFUL s%uFFBRrNg.-
Ship Goodwin, Davis, from Liverpool, ar.
rived at this port this morning, reports on
tho LIST instant, lat. ~ 2G, lon. 81, fell in
with a boat belongin TO brig Juno, of and
from Greenoek for 81 Johns, " r wrecked
among the ice, March 9Th, 48 30 w aud
took from her John Gibbs, master, Adams
Carran, mate, Peter Brown, second mate,
Alexander Burke, and John Gafiney, sea.
men, the survivors of the Juno's crew Of
10 persons the others persisted in the
boat those taken on board the Goodwin
were frozen and in exhausted state, having
been "a days exposed in a small boat, and
for a length oftime without any water, and
a small supply Of provisions. John Gafi-
ney died an hour after being taken up
Boston transcript of he gth.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

10 committee 10 consist alike Of jew
iEh and Christians. Englishmen and For.
eighers. The cooperation Of politicians
aud good men Of every country, sect, and
rank, Is invited, II being d fundamental
rule oftho society that II shall DO entirely
silent and neutral as to every point Of re.
ligious controversy.
In reference to the present state Of Pal
e%stino, as being fully open for n return Of
the Jews, a distinguished writer says
IA country, once deiBely inhabited. lies
solitary her pastoral hills unfrequented
by the shepherd; her rich fields untitled,
aud shaggy with thistles and pfiehly
shrubs her villages sunk into heaps Of
ruins, and her cities without inhabitants.
During the identical years In which ire
land qiadrdpled its population the poptla-
ton DfPalestine had sunk TO b tenth.
This is surely n very extra ordinary fact /;
and when all seem to agree that there re.
mains nothing but emigration for the sore.
" afflicted race of Israel in Poland, it
seems scarce less generally held that the
only land which remains for them TO &C.
eupy Is just the land ofPalestint, For is 1t
mere enthusiasts Of tho Jewish or Chris.
tian that unite in indicating this country MS
a country emihently fitted for colonization,
we find It recommended by men Of the most
practical character"
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02
|MECnANtCs, AasOCIAfiON.

The monthly meeting oftbis association
win be held on Saturday next, 9th May
Btthr Mtrtet house, NJ half pr 1t 7 O'Clock.
4 pumctual attendance ia requested.
Nv order Of the President,
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

"r,rvtc boutstauai se,' Il the maine of a
new and interesting periodical, recently
published wcckly IN New Orleans II Is
ALLY edited and deserves TO be sustained.
We wi4h the projectors success in go
iaidabIr an enterprise.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02
BABY TALK.

Where is the baby | hess It's heart
Where Is muzzars darling boy !
Does IL hold It's ittee hands apart,
The dearest bessen toy 7
And so il does ard will its lite chin
Grow lust so fat AS butter I
And will It poke its little fingers in
tfs tummin lille mouth, and mutief
Nlcy, wiCey words,
Just like ittte yallar birds
And so It will ana so 1t may,
No matter what It's pappy. mathmy say,
And does II wink Its title eyesa6s.
When lis mad and ups and grieses1
And does II squall hhe ehieksib-ssdeeg
At every thing il sees
Well IL does I Why not, pfayt
And II m~usaar's dafiin every day
oh whats The matter. oh my, Oh my,
What makes my dearest chicken NY
Oh, nasty, ugly pin, TO prick It,
fts darlin muttef's darIln chicken I
There there, she's thrown II in
The FIRE /; the kruej, wicked pin
There, hush, my honey GO to sleep,
Rocked in G Aadle o. a deepl
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

ppr,cnrNa.-Tho Rev. Mr.. Burke will
preach tomorrow morning at the new
Episcopal Church. Service to commence
nj eleven o'clock.
Baton Rouge. May 1nd ls46.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

Tnp LpntstkruRE.-fherc has boon
very III n done IN this body for the last
wrrk, the wheels Of the government are
completely stepped, for in the present I'M
certainty relative 10 tho judiciary, no le~
pal business can bc undertaken, Tor Tear
It haying to begin anew. We hope our
lrpislaurc will take this matter in consid.
GRAFTON, and net promptly IN the premises.
On TUESDAY tho Senate took up the bill
nppr,priatinp the sum Of $4,000 for the pnF.
chase Of mashinery and tools for the Peni-
p%ntiafy.
Mr.. MApKS explained the object Of the
Hill. II was to provide machinery t"r cot
tnn and wooden manufactures that would
not como IN competition with the labor OF
the mechanics OF the State.
After d prolonged discussion Mr. kEN-
NrR submitted 4 resolution referring the
hin 10 q Committee and authorizing the
Governor to farm the Penitcntiary upon
conditions which would enable the lcssees
d ta 10 tlH required expense. Adopted
Ia he House on Tuesday MIR. ChambllaH.
from the Committee who visited the Pehlten.
liary, reported adversely To the bill referred
IA thrm In relation 10 the mechanical work
done within thc pentlcntary. Ordered to be
printed,
Air. AVERY, from the renitentiary con-
mittrr, reported a bill to revent the %ccnpett-
,,on Of convict with mechanic labor which was
nrdpr,d to b printed and made the order Of
tho day tot this day week
We shall now eco which Of tho two bills
win find the uatnest support in the House,
c,arW N,ktxu,-We have n an mes suS.
tanned the idea that we have as good and Of.
acIcnt mechanics in the town Of Baton
Rouge MS can be found any where in the
United states. SEINE days ago il passing the
shop Of Mr. w + Tunnard, our attention was
attracted TO a new aud splendid carriage, fin
i.heA in as beautiful and werkman.like style
Az any NC have ever seen. We were sorry
1, learn that though many ~ our planters are
N raay, anil some in ndloen, eircumstan.
ceS, no encouragement is given for such
Workmanship. We hope the day is not far
distant when our citizens, will End II to their
advantage to encourage home industry, for
wa repealh, as good work can be done in on
town in all branches Of mechanism, as any
" ere else.
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Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

10 orR pBApEns,-On DIR first page
will be Fouad the conclusion Of the story
commenced In our last. entitled ''Ihe ley
Veil" ly Mp Willis, Through some
cause Or other, thc heading II inadyerant-
~ emitted, and for want Of explanation
might appear nj first sight, rather indeltn-
,l,
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

and modification Of those who arc strongly
in favor ofthe foreign manufactures, Mt the
SUCCESS and confidence ofthe exhibitors Of
American goods, that they are reduced to
the miserable necessity Of stating hat the
Americans have not put the real selling
prices on their goods. This Is shameful
and pitiable. Why might not The same
thing be said of the exhibitors Of British
goods 7 Is 1t not as likely that they state
their prices to be loNtr than they will nc.
tually sell at, AZ that tho Americans have
done TT Or does the NJ O. Courier in
which we sec this miserable resort taken,
really believe the Americans are more ras-
cally than the British 7
The Wings have since General Jack.
sons time, been styled by the opposition,
as the "British Party" In this exhibition
Of British and American goods we see who
takes the American and who the British
side, of the question. II there is d British
party in this country, 1t certainly Is not the
whigs.-Natcheg Courier.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

An English periodical, that treats chiefly
of subjects connected with the ARMY and
navy, entitled the United Service Journal,
asserts that Mr.. Polk was taken prisoner
by the British 4lst regiment during the
last war. "Ihe regiment is no doubt ig.
norant of this circumstance" says the
Iournal-that it is nevertheless true, that
the man who now presides over the Amer.
lean people, and holds, as he proudly fan
cies, the destinies of Oregon, California,
Texas and Cuba, was captured on the ice,
with one or two others, by Captain Bul.
lock, the younger, ofthe granndiers. Mr..
PRESIDENT Polk was then "a aubaltern In
some regiment ofthe line, and had been
accommodating Canada, II study which he
has seemingly pursued until now. The
president in embryo, was subsequently, in-
troduced TO the other officers Of the reft.
ment, dined frequently at the mess, and
WIS made rs comfortable as u prisoner ol
war could reasonably expect" We quote
the whole ofthis paragraph, in order to OK.
hibit a specimen of the cool itnpudence
mud detailed minutencss with which the
British journals do lie. Mr.. Polk was
never a prisoner to tho British nor to any
other description of men in the whole
course ofhis life. These f~nlsehoods orthe
English press are so frequent mud so gross,
that they no longer have power TO deceive
any body except the ignorant and 'bigotted
mob, high and low, of Britain. The story
about Mr.. Polk hs ving hnpn n ur;sonnr 4,
the British army will be swallowed by all
ranks of those English, and it will tickle
their vanity not a little.
General Jackson was once made prison.
or by a corps of British troops--but the
circumstance, so far from being honora.
bic TO the British army, reflects eternal dis.
grace upon 1.-THE officers behaved like
brutes TO him, struck and wounded him
while unarmed and d~efcnceles, after he
was taken. Why are not these facts re.
corded In the United Service Journal
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02
WINNEBAGO DISTURBANCE.

~ AIpptt Http ty Tim 'VFSAiibl
Dodge has some 900 men on the north
side Of the Wisconsin, opposite Muskiday.-
that he has about forty Indians in irons,
because they wont DO kept still without
them. Dandy, n Of the principal chiefs,
was taken after a hard chase by the dra-
goons, who had to leave their horses and
follow him on a~llsfours through a windEall.
He was brought TO Fort Crawford yester.
day, TO be sent to Fort Atkinson, where he
was to have been confined till his band,
l60 strong, came to him from far up the
Wisconsin. But Dandy Is no fool. He
feigned himself sick and sore from the
chase, and pretended to be unable to turn
himself in bed. He was too i'll to ride on
horseback, so a buggy was provided to
convey him to Fort Atkinson, and Just
before Nc was TO start to-day, accompanied
by the two dragons who had him in Gus
tody, he desired one ofthein to go with him
o the privy, walking half bent, and groan.
ting at every step. But when about half
way across the area within the Fort, he
suddenly sprang like u deer, bade the sol
der goodbye In English, and made for
the east gate like n strgak-the sally port,
or little gate, being open. The soldier,
not thinking that gun, pistol or sword was
necessary to guard n half dead Indian, had
no weapon with him but gave such rapid
chase that Dandy was fearful he could not
pass the gate before his guard reached him,
and to avoid a ~re-capturo, he dropped sud.
denly upon the ground u few feet short of
the gate, and across the path, by which the
soldier was pitched over him and struck his
had against the gate with such violence as
te stun him, and before he recovered, Dan.
dy was out of sight, and has not been
heard Of since in these diggehs.@[N. Y.
paper, 18th inst.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02

The following is a copy Of the notice to
quit the joint occupancy Of the Oregon ter.
ritory, adopted by the Senate on the 10th
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-04
FAIRFAX INSTITUTE,

Fairfar Co., Virginia, near .aierandria, d. c..
THE second term of the eighth annual session
l. Of this institution, will commence with Feb
ruary, and continue to the second week in July
from which time to September first the annual vaca.
ton extends.
The subscriber believes that he can offer to pa.
rents having sons to educate very peculiar advan-
tages in the arrangements, discipline, and instruc-
ton Of his school. His system is adapted to Sc
lect number Of pupils, with view to the exclu-
sion of bad Materials and the best results to boys
of good character disposed to study willing to sub
NIT to discipline and capable Of being influenced by
honorable and vrtuous motives. much larger
amount Of time and labor is devoted to them than
is common in schools generally; the number Of
assistant instructors is large in proportion to the
pupils, and of high character for competency and
fathfulness; and the course Of instruction in
the different departments, including the English
language the classics, and mathematics, is thorough
and extensive. The French department continues
to enjoy the very valuable services of Professor
De Loutte.
References can be given, if desired, to gentlemen
in the cities of the District in Virginia, Maryland
and numerous other States, whose sons have been
educated at this institution during the eight years OF
its existence.
Further particulars will be communicated on ap.
pication to the subscriber, Theological Seminary, P
o., Fairfax county, Virginia.
GEORGE A. SMITH, principal.
T.n m 1gAc