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The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1850-01-03
STlRHli LAND IN TINE OF
DROUGHT.

tnry, the scieRc and experienced Editor o
The Londorsricu;tural Gazette" says:--
Experiences proved that stirring the coil,
so as to insun loose surface, is highly bene.
ficial I" gro~icrops. Air is thereby enabled
to nc. more pAstly upon the substances from
which plant, ave their nuurishment and, in
dry weather. tlesrapc of moisture is Prescn'
ted. In fad, ,s,se soil acis ~ mu'chiag.
Where The .ase is compact, il will have l'een
observed thea suns rays dry the ground 10
a greater deothan they d. where il Is loose.
When the psr.s Of tho soil are in close con.
tart, the uppssst, parched BY the hest Of the
sun. draw h,sfsy from those immediately m.
der them ;sn3pse again from others s,iIl low.
er. On the osnry, when the surface j. loose
and well rsl1d, il may lose i,s npisture
u.pidly and bih very dry: yet. from impar-
zee, c.hesion ttAe inferior portion, the lat.
ter cannot rSly communicate its poisture.
In short, the 9e soil II the top becoues an in.
lerposing meh which protects the under s,ra.
'tum from the ing effects Of The suns rays.
ltis not oaf dry weather that compact
sndace IS PfA'cial 10 crops, in general il
p,'ves very inPus wheG rain comes. Allihe
rain which FALL most summers is fully requir.
ed hr the grqtfcrups, pro,ided the ground
is deeply drai4ipd lrenched Ms il ought 10 be.
Smne wet dis4 Of course, will form rxcep.
tons. u gfiprion Of the ruin which falls
on = given pie4i iground is allowed 10 run of
ty the surface, too often the case when the
Latter Is not kspise, then the crops must sui.
fer from the wsf moisture, unless the eI.
rense notwithstanding is incurred /; but even
this ss'I.plied in 7 quantity has not the geni.
al quality which water possesses for pro.
mut,ng yeseta,iS
Ds. CHANyIpN SELF. .CCLruRE.-It is
,inrce af,hought measures intellectual, and
80 j, is force 0t fpIe which measures NOR.
i sl greatness, ths{est ofhuman endowments,
i,hat Lrigh,est nsl lation OF the Divinity. The
greaie.i maa is 4 cSooses the Right with
Iinvincille resaf1<lRhs q assists the, sorest
Got 3 snd. H.sout, who bears
he hesvi- : ~ ni, !, ant whois calm.
Is; ." st"sms Rost feai Is unoef menace
aud frowns, ttlIanceou truth, oI siriue,
un God, ls "s fring; and 10 this 1 t'lsat.
ness. which bake a'show, or whicE :s.
nbost likely tood in cs9spieunns station !,
The solem fsa'ta reassu with passion =
lhe victeriey dfA" ID rekepss Prisciple oves |
urgent aud ssatesis,ibie; ;eo6ca i~.s q
..If.ind.kspct ~ {.-A->--1 1s:s.s1 se-s..Jv
tbose al deep-G Gled) )ecsisn and IL ihe hexs's !,
saoJe., t hopes q elDls,;so,. hopes, lows, aud
..red v;r..ss {a.se{,s q of ccur,e nns..en an
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The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1850-01-03

P.o.rn.r 4d]is never .sds
which are b. AL be, ard 10 copro.
liass: vlieh rb\d U awo ahirds
fnss ~ - ~ oss-ahird thsis
wright sfsl = 9\e whieh ass 6ssl
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Burea % dn GrrfIier, Dec~mbr "a,
The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1850-01-03

Clerks office, December "a. lsI9.
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SALE OF UNITED STATES LAND ABOVE
GEORGETOWN, ID. G.
ORDNAscE DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, !
March 10 1870 {


March 49, 1850. (
PROPOSALS in writing will be received till the
Il first of May next for the purchase, for cash, OF
piece of land situate near the Little Falls OF the
river Potomac, which has been occupied as United
States magazine lot, together with the buildings
thereon This land was conveyed to the United
States by deed bearing date 9th of September 1915,
and is described in said deed " beginning at a
cut stone marked u S. on two sides, near the head
of the canal and 90 feet from the head bank Of said
canal"- (the canal referred TO being the old Poto-
mac Company % Canal and running south 36 de-
grees east AT feet inches to cut stone mark ed
as above same distance from the canal; thence east
36 degrees north AIT feet inches, to another cut
stone marked above; thence north 80 degrees
west AIT feet inches, to another cut stone marked
as above; thence west 36 degrees south All feet
inches, TO the place of beginning, containing four
acres. and no more" And if the highest price Of
fered for the land and buildings shall be satisfactory
to the Secretary of War, deed will be executed
by him, under authority of an act of Congress
passed Sd of March, 1919, conveying to the person
offering the highest price, and to his heirs and
signs forever all the right title, and interest of the
United States in said premises. II being fully un-
derstood that such conveyance is not TO include
any part which may have belonged to said Potomac
Company, or which has been surveyed and laid of
for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, which runs
through said land.
The proposals will not be opened till the above
named lst Of May. They should be endorsed on
the outside Offer for Lot at Little Falls."
GEO. TALCOTT,
b. Brig. GenI, and Col. of Ordnance.
March 2l--lawts
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JoHs KSox's HousE, EDISsuRoH.-ln the same
city, after long struggle with the authorities, an
architectural document Of great value in the eyes
Of thoee who look back with pride ON the religious
history Of Scotland, is finally preserved by means
Of a public ripton-whch, however, VIC be
heve, has not reached the amount that the commit
tee Of conservation desire for all the purposes which
they have in view The house Of John Knox. which
stood in the way Of certain contemplated embel.
lishments OF the city-and was therefore doomed
20 demolition, like any other material thing, beiore
the law Of progress--has. in spirit which strikes
one curiously, in conncxion with the particular oo
lect, at once anti-reform and somewhat idOla
trous, been snatched from the common doom, TO be
erected into n monument in honor OF the great re
former--a Knox shrine. The house " 10 have a
custodian paid for showing the relic To the public
and as we understand the matter, u ~ intended,
with that thrift which makes unfsiling qualih
cation of Scottish enthusiasm, that portion OF the
house shall subserve certain purposes OF general
arcb@ology-the reformer's study and the room in
which he died being more particularly held sacred
10 his memory London Atheneum, Fsb. is.
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Letter to the Hon. Henry clay.

| The Philadelphia Ledger has the following letter
from the faculty of the Catholic University Of Notre
Dame, at South Bend Indiana, addressed TO the
Hon. Henry Clay:
UsIyERsiTy OF NoTRE DANE Du LAC,
Near South Bend, Indiana, March Ia, 1850. 5
Hon SIR: The presidentand culty of the Catho.
lie institution all unknown TO you as they are,
cannot resist the impulse created by the recent
reading Of your great compromise sNeech IN the
college refectory, to address you BRIEF letter oi
thanks for their share in that rich treat. Protesting
a creed widely different from your own, and which
ia generally though falsely, supposed to be anti
American and hostile to civil liberty they yet par
take with you in all those just, wse and moderate
views which you advance in the noble document re-
ferred to, and in all that patriotic and trembling
socitude for the continuance and pcrpetuity OF TINS
glorious Union which you 30 laudabiy manifest. IL
would be discrimination in those who address you TO
affirm aueht else than that they seek the edificaton
and glory of the kingdom of their master, Christ,
before all other earthly considerations but besides
this reigning aim and desire, they know no greater
love and affection than what they bear towards the
Constitution and Federal Government OF these
States
With the integrity, stability, and unchecked pro-
gress Of this land Of religious liberty they see lden,
tilted the highest interests of the church OF Jesus
Christ, and the highest hopes Of humanity; and
greatly they venerate your exalted patriotism'
evinced not only now In this painful Crisis put also
through long and illustrious life Of unselhsh and
unreauited devotion to your country, they VIII not
yield to you in the alarm they feel in view OF the
dangers now threatening the Union, or IN earnest
and continual suppications to the God OF Nations
that He will be pleased for his church's sake, to
avert from US those imminent periis which now
menace
While you are assailed by the violent and insane
Of both sections Of the Union, we thought IL might
be agreeable to you to know that in secluded re-
gious house, whose inmates have their citizenship
and conversation in heaven, who commune more
with the mighty past than the present and whose
invisible companions the noble army OF saints,
your kindling oratory has warmed and cheered
many heart infiexibly and altogether American.
In behalf of the president and faculty, have the
honor to be- with the greatest consideration, your
obedient servant, GARDNER JONES.
Hon. HENRy CLAY, Washington, ID. c.
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TO THE PUBLIC.
JVlu ,,iu ye die 2''


TNHE light Of science is penetrating the mist
i which has 30 long shrouded the cause of Asiatic
Cholera. Eminent physicians and naturalists in
Europe, and in this country, have ascertained be-
y0rd doubt the presence of vast numbers OF animal
cule in the atmosphere of places infected by this
as we'll as other diseases. The ssmyriad races of
these insects, in their various kinds, therefore
believed to be the medium by which epidemical
and contagious diseases are spread. similar
opinion was advanced by the French Medical
school, and different persons, in 1882; although the
admirable scientific plans for investigation, above
noticed, were not then attained, nor published
early enough in the past season TO be of general
advantage. 1t is well known that eminent
physician of France asccrtained, by an experiment
on his own person, that the disease commonly
called 'fItch" Is caused by anmalcula, which the
fume of sulphur (anlong its other admirable quail
ities) promptly desroys;a strong coincidence with
which, appears in fact published late in the past
season, that persons whose systems intention
ally impregnated with this "potent agent" or ac-
is obtained from bituminous coal enjoyed perfect
immunity from cholera
The only known means, even at the present day
for applying this, any other vapor, to the human
system in portable and safely recunbent manner,
the apparatus invented by the undersigned, in the
State Of Ohio, and lately completed by him in Tur
key; by adapting il to giving the far-famed ano
salutary baths Of that country. This machine car
be used any trhers, with perfect ease, then placed
entirely out of the way, and costs but trife, al
a considerable part can be made by females. Am
pie testimonials at hand, from numerous Uni
| ted States surgeons, and other respectable physl
clans, in and out ofCongress, on which was found
cd the unanimous adoption of the inrenfion by both
Houses. These documents show the admirable pow
of different applications in this apparatus OF pro-
noting health at all times, ("means which no tam
lily should be without,') and aiding the physicians
in its restoration. For sample Of their opinions,
10 its advantages In Cholera, the following ex-
tract from given by the estimable and we'll
experienced Chief Of Bureau Of Medicine and Sur
gerry, is offered: "The improvement which you
have made in your bathing apparatus, very high
ly approve, as II combines means which must b,
highly servceabe. Its structure Is simple, and
easily managed in its adaptation TO Cholera" &c
Statements OF recent remarkable cases also given
Applied at the Office Of the undersigned, City
Hall, east wing basement, No. 2S, and at the resi-
dence Of the sick. Plain drawings and instruction;
furnished TO families individuals, at five dollars
including patent right Public institutions in pro
portion. A powerful and safely graduated electro
galvanic apparatus also applied.
Press please notice. BOYD REILLY.
March 12-lawl2w
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JACOB SNIDER, JR.'S

Wines and Liquors.
rT,HE UNDERSIGNED would respectfully call
i attention to his stock Of WINES AND IL
QUORS
The facilities possessed by him for obtaining
from abroad all Wines, &c, in their purity, bis
longer experience IN The business, conducted by him
and more direct personal knowledge toi The rUiou,
,rins- erotpnx districts Of Europe than is possessed
bp anu Other house in s city, afford for
the character and quality Of all articles sold by
him.
The arrangements Of his store and vaults are
such ms 10 make them, fact, the substitute for the
cellar of every consumer.
Persons wanting small assorted lots OF choice
Wines for special occasions be supplied, at the
shortest notice with w mes decanted for immediaf,
use, including Wines o France and Germany, not
usually TO be obtained here
COUNTRY TRADE and HOTELS supplied nj
wholesale prices on most favorable terms.
CLUBS will find Il much TO their advantage 10 or.
der from the subscriber.
FAMILIES can command the best OF Table Wines
at perp ioto prices as also the cheapest sorts OF
Wines and Liquors, FOR CULINARY PUR-
POSES
MEMBERS OF LEGISLATIVE BODIES, Messes,
and others at n distance, can be supplied (and
haze them sent by "PdCRAGE EXPRESS IS
FREE or CHdRGE,) with Wines, &c, for
table, by the dozen, or in cases OF ASSORTED
SORTS, at the shortest notice, by addressing
their orders through the Post Office, to
JACOB sNIDER Jr.,
Importer and Dealer in Wines, &c,
76 Walnut street, Philadelphia.
by-sEGARS, of direct importation from Havana,
Of various sorts and brands always on hand, from
919 to $40 per thousand, and sold by the single
box cheaper than at any other store in the city
Jan. 16-dtf
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VIEW OF WASHINGTON CITY AND
GEORGETOWN

yXTE are indebted 10 the publisher, Mr.. Casimir
view Of the city of Washington and Georgetown,
and the adjacent country, including, upon the
Margin particular representations Of the important
public buildings and other objects ofnterest in the
city and vicinity. The view seems 10 have been
taken from the terrace at the Capitol, and embraces
the whole range Of Pennsylvania avenue. and the
remaining portion Of the city westward from that
point Il is very correct and very faithfully exc
cuted.. II is altogether superior TO any view Of
Washington and its vicinity which we have ever
seen. II forms a beautiful and pleasing picture,
and will be deemed very desirable ornament for
the parlor. II is work involving great labor on
the part of the artist and considerable expense on
that Of the publisher which we trust may be amply
rcmunerated by liberal aud generous patronage
on the part of the public. II may be bad Of Mr.
Bohn the publisher at his stand at the Capitol, and
probably at the stores Of the booksellers IN this
citv-I Union Feb. 26-T&S4w
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LAW SCHOOL OF HARVARD COLLEGE,
CAMBRIDGE MASS.

TINHIS Institution affords complete course Of le
i gal education for the Bar in any of the United
States, excepting only matters Of merely local law
and practice; and also systematic course of in
struction in Commercial Law for those who propose
to engage in Mercantile pursuits.
The Law Library, which is constantly increas-
ing, contains now about 1900 volumes. II in
cludes a very complete collection of American and
English Law, and the principal works of the Civil
and other foreign Law. II is open to students, and
warmed and lighted for their use during both terms
and vacations.
The first term of each academical year begins in
the last week of August, and-the second Term in
the last week of February; each term continues
twenty weeks. Students admitted at any Pc
rod Of term or vacation. The fees s so a
Term, and $25 for half a Term. For this sum stu
dents have the use of the Law Library and text
books, and of the College Library, and may attend
all the courses of public lectures delivered to the
undergraduates of the University.
The instructors of the Law School are Hon. JOEL
PARKER, LII. D., Royal Professor; Hon. THEoPHI-
LUIS Parsons, Ii. d., Dane Professor; Hon. Fred
ERIcK H. ALLEN, University Professor, and Hon
LUTHER s. CUSHING Lecturer upon Parliamentary
Law, the Civil Law, and Criminal Law. Instruc-
ton is given by lectures, recitations, and exami-
nations, and Moot Courts.
For farther information application may be made
to either of the Instructors.
JARED SPARKS, President
CAMBRIDGE, Feb. IL, 1850.
Feb. 26-lst& 5themly
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MORNING, APRIL 3, 1850
GREAT SALE.

DOCKS, drawings, paintings, engravings, and
ID statuary, at auction, by order OF the assignee
long known as a collector and dealer in rare books
and works art, by Cooley & Keese- John Reese,
auctioneer;) at No. 3O4 Broadway, New York,
commencing on Wednesday, 10th Of April, and
continued for seven days.
This extensive sale will include MIR. CoIman 3
private library, and will comprise more than four
thousand numbers, embracing very large and rare
collection OF old classics, viz:
More than sixty numbers Of photography.
Illustrated works, including many of the best,
and of the finest proof plates.
The division of poetry and the fine arts is quite
unique, and will make the entire sale of the last
evening.
A subscribers copy Of Audubon on the birds OF
America--the plates Of which are destroyed and
the work out of prnt--valued at 81 900.
One copy OF Musee Royale and Musee Francas.
Travels of Macmillan, illustrated with many
colored drawings-yalued at . l5Qs.a
Shakespeare iliustrations-2 vols, 4to., compris-
ing etchings and proofs, very scarce-valued at
One copy Encyclopedia Britannica-$l60
Penny Cyclopedia, early London copy-27 vols.
Smiths Catalogue Raisonne-S vols, royal Svo.
Antiquities of Herculaneum-6 vols, folio.
large and entirely unique scrap book, mostly
original American and English drawings
The Unknown set of six marble busts of the
Napoleon family--valued at $4,000.
And among the paintings, the Dying Gladia-
tor--valued at $4,000; the Roadside, by Agasse--
$ 900.
ALSO,
A fine collection Of er-color and pencil draw
ings, by the celebrated artists, Holland Leigh,
Gunton, and others
Terms: All purchases, to the amount of $500
and over, months credit, approved notes, or p
per cent discount for cash; smaller amounts, for
cash on delivery.
The stock may be examined few days previous
to the sale.
0u- Orders or bids for any work will be carefully
attended to- if sent to the auctioneer; they may
bs executed by the nearest bookseller.
Bids received and catalogues may be examined
at the store of TAYLOR & MAURY,
March 9-d&cp2aw3w Penn. av., near 9th st.
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LIFE ASSURANCE.

National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society.
26 CORNHILL, LONDON, AND II WALL
STREET, NEW YORK.
l. 1Empo,oeed Sy Act Of Par7liamert,y ID Vse.~
Royal Assenf, 27th July, 1888. ga Sayings' Bank
for the Widow and the Orphan" t. Lamie MUIR
ray, George street, Hanover Square, Chairman Of
The Court of Directors, London.
UNITED STATES BOARD OF Local DnEcToRs.
New YoRK.-C. Edward Habicht, Chairman
John s. Palmer, James Boorman, George Barclay,
Samuel s. Rowland, Samuel nj. Fox, William Van
Hook, Aquila G. Stout, Tanning c. Tucker, Bache
McEyers.
PHILADELPHIA Clement O. Biddle, George r.
Graham, W. Peter, (H b. M. Consul,) Louis A.
Cooley, William Jones.
BAiTrMonE E.-Jonathan Meredith John McTavish,
III B. M. Consul,) Donald McIlvain, Samuel Hef
man, Henry Tiffany, DIR. ]. II. McCulloch.
BosToS.-G Gorge M. Thatcher, Israel Whitney,
Franklin Dexter BENJAMIN "a ssayer, Sc C Elijah D. Brig
]. LEANDER STARR, General agent.
EDWARD t. RicHARDsoS, General Accountant
for the United States and b. ~ a. Colonies.
Pamphlets containing the rates of premium, pros
pectus, examples, names of Agents, medical exam
iners & c., can be had free of charge on application
at II Wall street, and of ag snts.
Part Of the capital is permanently invested in the
United States in the names Of three Of the local d
rectors ss available always to the assured
in cases Of disputed claims (shoud any such arise)
otherwise.
Thirty days are allowed, after each payment OF
Premium becomes que, wltnout Iorfeiture oi poncy.
The United States Local Board meet every We'd
nesday, at their Office in Wall street, where all
business connected with the Societys operations in
America is transacted-afiording thereby ever6
possible advantage Of promptncss and attention to
parties in cases Of leave 10 travel loans settlement,
&c.
Medical examiners attend daily, at O'Clock, p.
m, at II Wall street, and at the Office Of the DIFF
ferent Local Boards and Agencies.
All communications 10 be addressed 20
L. IEANDER STARR, General l4genf
for The United States and for b. ". a. Colonies.
Inn.
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE, March 81, 1850.
ON the petition of George S. Griggs, of Rox-
" bury, Massachusetts, praying for the extern
sion Of patent granted to said Griggs for an i'm
provement In Railroad Frogs for seven years from
the expiration of said patent, which takes place on
the 3lst day Of July, 1851:
II is ordered that the said petition be heard at the
Patent Office. on the first Monday in June next,
appear and show cause, if any they have, why said
petition ought not to be granted.
Ordered ALSO that this notice be published in the
Republic, Intelligencer, and Union, Washington
city, ID. c.; Pennsylvania Inquirer, Philadelphia;
Tribune, New York; Journal, Providence, r. L.;
and Daily Bee, Boston; once week for three sue
cessive weeks previous TO the first Monday in June
next.
THOMAS EWBANK,
Commissioner Of Patents.
p. S.-Editors of the above papers will please
copy and send their bills TO the Patent Office, with
a paper containing this notice. Mar. 22-law3w
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INSTITUTIONS ron TINE EDUCATION OF THE BLIND.
The Thirteenth Annual Report for lS4e Of the
Trustees and officers Of tho Ohio institution for the
Education Of the Blind, has just appeared.
/, The number Of pupils in the institution, during
the year. sixty seven; thirty -four males, and
thirty three females. The present number is sixty
eight.
There pay pupils in the school from this
State, and il is requested that the institution be
thrown open TO all free Of expense. The pupils
employed part Of their time In productive industry
The receipts Of the institution for the year ending
October Ist Is49, including a balance Of $50 %
from the previous year, were, from all sources,
sl3,76i %. The expenditures for the same time
were Sl0,446 95, leaving balance Of S3,3l5 03,
which, with the exception Of 5000 % yet in the
treasury, has been expended in carrying the school
through the first quarter of the year. ending Jsnu-
airy !, 1850. Since the opening Of the school one
hundred and seventy y-seven pupils have been ad
mitted. There are at present nine institutions for
the education Of the blind in the United States; one
In Boston, one in New York. one in Philadelphia,
one in Columbus, ono in Staunton, Virginia, one
in Louisville, one in Nashville, in Indianapolis,
and one In jacksonville. Illinois. Gin. Com.