Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-09-28
BATON ROYCE.

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H.. Our readers NEED not look for ttrnS
q this week. Thtte's none Of The article
~ IL Ind fSr love pr money, 10 ilae tht
expressive laiigttta oF The iarket editor
wl,rn similarly situated, We can truthtttlls
Ssy The news market Ina ''nitl eout-
/, faint Mtr-taiSt %"tlrywli1t, mud nint te
~ found no-'r4sD.' We do not know
that we ever o&S arienecd such n 1eartit IN
THE iiew s.ihurkrt durint oar editorial "a
rart. The contemplated ia absolutely
~ay,4tutisllint. and although We have l'rrc-
@tpfote c~itjo,c,l sonne little reputation for
being able to 'tgct; Hp' something utter
,,nslittH for our readers, whether thetc'Nhs
onrws Or no', we giyrGa D W 'hie v"eRe
I~lIe@Spmpl"te ftngtrtiult Of everything,
and the wi,etiug effects Of n Miserable,
hyer. intlat pxottsr the b]ttrtIneap Of our
]eelutnnh this week.
AcKSnwI spHbryrs We nrc Indebted
,otl,e lion lsaac L. NtSyrse for q copy u
The report of Tie h" Naval Committee on
establishing n line of Mail Steamships To-
the Western CUnbt of Africa, nnd thence
rit The alpdterr,neaiS@to Lonion with
Hl Appendix added Iy the American
Colonization Society, together with other
D.. t%sfil Documents. e-"
We ARE Obliged TO tho Hon Tl,ounas
Ewing fora copy Of Col DAVIS mastery
speech in defence Of The military ailJ per
sotal character off,cn Taylor.
Hon. A. G. Brown lrts our The INKS for
. his cnneidcrnte attention aud kindness in
forwarding us Part I'll Of the Presidents
Message anI accompanying documents,
These volumes contain a vast amount Of
valuable mud Useful ainfortnation-+tnd ~
books Of reference they will be invaluable,
IL Oh tie night If tho 18th instant,
The dwelling lioI,ec OF Mr.. A. Shaw, q
worthy citizen of Baton Rouge, was
burned to tho ground. The fra was SO
evidently tho work ol IN incenainty. that
there could I've 10 mistake ahon, it. Sl,sl,i.
Zion fastened itsnlf will, such force nppn
n negro NM, 10y the name of Jackson that
III affidavit was made against him. and h
wae arrested. On Wednesday afternoon
laat his trial came off before two Justices
If the Peace (NlogHrs. j Il. Dufroeq aud
i A. WaIkcr) unl ten imymen. sum.
it,oieti .,iislef tllc statute in Rttcll raeas mnle
and provided Tie train Of rircumstauiinl
evidence. when cloacly analy zed, was
quite sirulg against the negro, but when
tho negro evidence was ctluccd il was peai.
tive and. overwhelming, o
The circumstances arc these. ntieDy
The boy had hceti staying with a wouian
belonging 10 Mr. Shaw. For some mis-
conduct he had been forbidden to come
there more, and, Oh tho night in question.
IL Proceeded Is Mr.. Shaw'sl,ouac, aroused
the negro woman, obtained entrance, went
UP slaira, and with the aid Of u box Of
matches iuuitcd solnc iuflanmnl,lr sub.
stance he carried with him. p9ccd il IN y
position where il would certainly .hurn the
house down, and lclt-thc tcryaSt pirl
Offering no Resistance, evidently caring
,~rotllttg whether Tho llot,rn VIA burned.
with her muster luistrcse and children in
Vt, or nota Fortunately, they escaped
with Their l,vrH. a.
The jury h~ro5ght in a verdict Of "gnilty
without car,tal punishment. The
penalty u imprisonment for life Public
"e4,tlnent sets the girl (who was the
principal witness J down ms guilticst oftAc {
two, anl very rightly, W. think. We /
tun>, she wiil not be permitted to remain
III this uriehborhouL :
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GEN Twra's HAIR nyr--Sa several
ot our readers have expressed on ANXIOUS
leSirc to lost the merits OF ecu. TWlgg's
,Rir restorative We rcpubliSh tho recipe: /,
II de~s nst dye the l,nir. hut seems to
upon Tho roots and restore TIC $
roloe Tho recipe Is ~ follow
| drachm lac sulphur, ! drocl,m suyar of
cad, 1 oGica& ros, water. NtN them,
shake tho rhjul on e>ing tho miStSr, and !,
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