Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-04-10

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MAuSbbtA RACE CatHsB.-Rntnem5gr
the rates which take place OH THE course,
~ the 10th Tnst i Great amusement may
bs expected,
srtANpR y.-Ahont ffty sais
lors passed our Town Oh Thursday morn
Inv on their way to Memphis, IL man the
war Steamer Allegheny. now being rugged
aud fitted up al that City,
AGRICULTURAL IL MECHANICS soutEFY
on LuutHtANA.==Wt obarFve with pleasure
that MrEsFs. Hereford and Avery, Our
representatives In the Legislature, have
nj tho solicitation IT Tho Treasurer Of the
4octett. introduced a bin making MI affro.
prtation If live hundred dollars for the nee
Of the nasotiatiou.
The Mercury says that Mr., Hereford
rlo1Hently appealed III The patriotism Of The
Senators ~ I,ouisianIaha, ~ those whp
.houii tael the deepest ihterestSp Tho nout'
: llnnnnt If those arts which h,Sld tho pow.
ar and greatness 1T a people, and which h
II 7Iinel III place This country - tho high
oat pinnacle Of earthly EraudeUr-The
Senate responded 10 hia appeal by nh A.
maat unanimous vote lr the adoption Of the
hin, Mr.. Avery uaed hin expptiona In thu
house, where the bill underwent n second
reading. and will we have little doubt he.
eotnt n law,
We tacl highly datteret nj Tho following
complimentary notice of the G4ette by the
PteAYtNE.
'rnB BARON RoteE bAs5trB,-Nr,
Henderson, the editor ri thta long esta.
hlished aud excellent paper, eta in town.
and we bad the pleasure Of krrting him
yesterday. Few papers Ia ths State have
II wider or better support t'lan lie Gatrttu,
For those of our merchants having orea.
aian 10 advertise IN the countre papers, wc
can commend thu Gazette w an eligible
medium,
TIM Ar1ANrto Dock kr New YoRk.-.
This great work, sal5 the N. Y. Journal
Of Commerce., /" rapidly oparoaehing tts
completion. 1t o]oDststs Of spaei"ps wharyes,
enelobtng Ia the form of a square, nil area
Of tn'ty peres, with nn opening Oh The west
front of 300 Get, and n dvpth If water Out
eide Of "a feet. and inside Of "a feet. Tho
proprjetors have already ere1e1 % large
aud commodiouS 0rcproofw arrbousc5, three
at which are rented by the Government.
Four moro arc nearly completed, and 30
others arr contracted for. Tho basin now
contains about 400 canal boats, The New
York yachts, sand about u steamers and
barges. An Irish vessl. the Ellen Fores.
tal, snow lying there, taking in Il cargo Of
corn fir Limerick.
In connection with The do1k, other I'm
portant works are going on. About 100
acres of land have been reclaimed from
tic sra, and where tho tide three years ago
ros, and fell to q depth Of three feet, there
are now erected many elegantAowso of subs.
%tantial dwellings. -- .aa#s
The expenditure thus far has been about
one million of dollars, and N is expected
that \ further appropriation oftwo millions
viii be necessary. The company is how
ever already receiving an incane to n large
amount.
A steam ferry boat plies between White.
hall and The dock, crossing Ia about seven
minutes, and by this route, as soon as the
new avenue TO Greenwood Cehetery is paw,
ed, which win be in about two months, the
distance to that place win be much short.
ened.
ANOTHER Will pv Jupe9 MART1N.--
Let net the reader be startled by This an,
neuneement the will to WHICH we alludc
il a rerE old one, We find o copy Of il
in he Newbernian . paper published ID
Newbern, n. C., made before his appoint,
ment as district Judge BY President Madi,
son in 1911. That paper vonches that thu
following i a literal copy of the will o
1908, which IS q very sensible one, by thu
rway:
In NoMrNE Der. -AMRv. Haec est ultin1;
y~oluntas mea. Habeat FRANCHISE Catha
rlne, mater mea dimidium 2mnium bono
rum meorum. Alterum tAvidetur int
Joseph Vincent, CharIes.M re Jean Bap
ttistc-Fahson Sebastian, P.sul Bartholem,
& Mare Antoine, fratres E4eos Ct Marie
Refine Ct Helene Angelique. sorores meas
$int Frediric Divoux, 3ohn s West
GuiEleiimus, Castor, Francis eus Lamotte g
Salmon Hall, curatores htjGs testament.
Factum lso die, Aprilis, 1908.
Fax. MARTIN.
Direct to Joseph VINCENT Marin, m
eldest brother, care Of Stephen Cataalar
! Vice Consul Of the Ut. 5. Marseiles.
WESTERN LAxDs.-Aces rdiing 10 4 state
nent from the land Office st Washington
: it appears that the following States hav