Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-03-13

Taylor, n yong man, who fopreseh'''
himself ~ tho son Of a wealthy and res
paetablo citizen Of New Yolk, and who
il will be ~rcnembercd igafed tonspic''.
oi=ly nj the boarding house of Mr.. Riley
in this town, suddenly disappeared on
Monday evening last, leaving his board
bill unpaid, and several othes Of oar citt-
tsaha IN tho zeaiS for ~vaFioug sums Of
money borrowed under nl.o rrotences'
IIe las Left for parts rnSnoNn.
From orr CdfreEp0Hdcnfs
Nrw ORtBArs March 81 1a47'
Nine EptFon-Naiot General Butler
arrived here on Sunday evening from the
Brassos 81. Yago. Many we're The s'F'
misses aud opinions Of the Srtid nHnes' on
that evening, as 10 the cause Of Ills sudden
appearance. Had the castlY Of Sa" Juan
dUtoa. actually surtendfhedl Was it
true thai the forces under General Taylor
and Sta Anna had fought 7 These were
questions repeatedly made, hut no one
could answer them, Tn mystery WIS
solved next morning, by its heir1y ahooun.
rrd that tho General was absonf on leave
In consequence Of the wound f~eeeived At
Monterey.
Tb0Cjty Of New Orleans has oontrtbU'
tod very literally towards the vanishing
moor Of ireland. Upwards Of eighteen
thouunnd dollars have thus far iaen oollec-
ted, which | mn told will be tethwilh Sc
mitrd. ......
The receipt Of the intelligence " the
entire remission of the eoru 1aty by the
BrG#h parliament, has eansed Ihc price o.
corn. In this market. 10 fall from 8l.lb to
II cents per busbrL. aud 1t il said thai
aotnn sales Of a good Rrtieln IN inferior
hhra. have hcpn made ne low us 65 cents.
Ga the other hand In consequence Of tho
SR,eIaration Of Sir RobeA Peel, that tht
Use of Sugar j. lieu Of gam, in The dis
~tllpries would be permanent, the staple
!, article of Louisiana has taken anotho1
, risc. Yesterday u lot of frtgars on th'
, /. wee. were shown to f,o hy a broker
which had nst been Fold AT Il cents. Th'
. nroapcrts If good prices for the next crop
O 81 both Sugar and cot'4@ are very Halter
!, ing, ..... ~.
= A company has lately been ostabl'Hhet
-, entitled the City Dispatch Post Office CON
Z, many, l,r the transmission Of letters to I'm
= point within the City. Il sna have beo
placed al diG5renl pahli@ place., and lot
terra u,c dcijv0sd toul times q day for
II cents each. This judgement bids fair
y BE- of great utility to the public anl part
p c~ularly to strangers. /
10 Book. of su]bsoripttol have been openc
for stock IN the Washington and New Oh
- leans Telegraph company, and 1t Ia belle
to ed that little difficulty pm 10 experience
y in obtaining the required amount. n
Id Merchants appear to be frlle aware of Il
40. vast Importance Of the Telegraph for cor
mercial purposcs'
The Ravel family are ECrforning me-
er astonishing foats at the 9le""s 'he"tr
OF Some Of their performances are absolute
We incredible and excite the wonder and a
miration of tho spectators.
nc The attention Of the house Of reprcac
by tat,vcs has for some time Fast, been talk
III up with the bill to establish public scho'
ply in the State. Mr.. Ogden Of RoPidos
introduced n substitute for the whole hi
ny It is believed tha, Pref ssdS Alexander
nj mitry, will be appointed ElSoprtintondo
Id. 4 moro able man cannot. be found.
nfrmed me n few days STAGE, hat he u
shortly 60 to Baton. Rouge to deliver
I'd lecture before the LyceuA, having be
S. specially invited to do SO Iy tho mombc
ear | had almost forgot to state that SAmu
rho nLovrr, the celebrated novelist, has arri'
ms in the City, aud great ,gaticipations
md entertained of a rich full of amuscm
from him, while soj"uning amongst It's.