davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20

Presidents letterto Fillmore Rangers

The NO Crescent has very OPPORTUNITY
produced the following letter from presi-
dent FILLMORE, written to the Fiiim1,e
Rangers, of New Orlea,is, shortly after
the election in 1913. It was written in
atswer to an address from the Runners.
and clearly indicates, to our humble com
~prehension, what his course will be on the
Slavery and Compromise questions. The
Rangers had CALAMITY defended him from
the charge of abolitionisn, zealously circu-
lated by his opponents-and, as an honest
man he could not have written such n
letter to those young men had he felt they
were deceived in his sentiments upon that
tubiect.
He will be found "all right upon the
exciting question of the day I'VE fearlessly
predict
ALBANY, N. " Nov. 10, 1s4s.
r.. M. MeALrrN, ESQ.
Dear Sir am honored by the receipt
VI YOuf u5t6 VI tlle 2lsb wv, blctbSlIlp II
copy of the address of the "TFIImore Run
gers of New Orleans.
II did not reach me until the contest
had closed, and the din of strife had given
way to the civilizations Of triumph and the
song of victory. But | can assure you
that the noble and truly national senti-
uients of that address, find a hearty re-
Spouse in my breast; and the triumphant
Wing vote in your city is the best evi-
dence of the zeal and ability with which
the young men Of your Club discharged
their duty to the Wing party and the
Country. My illustrious associate on the
ticket required no vinlieation, and | there
fofe feel the more deeply the obligation
which ] have incurred by the noble stand
which these young men took i'll my favor;
and / acknowledge it with heartfelt
thanks, and trust they will never have
reason to regret the confidence they have
reposed in me.
Please to make my grateful acknowledge
ments to the Club over which you preside,
and accept for yourself the assurance of
my high regard and esteem.
Respectfully yours.
MrLLARD FILLMORE.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20
O Melancholy Accident.

The cannon squad Of the WASHINGTON
GUARDS, ou Monday last, occupied the day
i'll firing minute gums in hanof Of the II,
mented President TAYLOR. Neareaversna
q most unfortunate accident occurred. aas
Corporal VIM Ii. Smith was in the yct
Of ramming tle eleventh cartridge, Nc
piece prematurcly went oil, badly maHg.
ling his right arm from his elbow to his
wrist, BESIDES INJECTING other injuries. We
are glad TO say, however. that the pros
rcct of saving his arm was quite good, on
Yesterday, Mr.. I. Il. Walters, who was
vcpt-ho!dcr. had his thumb considerably
injured,
A&lar rs we have been able to under
stand the matter no blame attaches to any
one. It was an accident, and a most I'M
fortunate one.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20
Late from Texas.

by the arrival Of the steamship Palmetto,
Capt. Smith, we have received, remarks
the Picayune of the l7th instant, Calves
ton papers to the 18th.
There has been q large and enthusiastic
meeting of the citizens of Mntagorda,
strongly condemning the action of the Cen
eral Government relative to the Santa Fe
affair, and asserting a determination to
sustain the Governor in prompt measures
to suppress the lnsufreetionafthe country
of Santa Fe.
Gov. Bell has issued the following pro-
r%laInatiOu
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20
Grave OF Gen. TayIor44I0uiaiana,

Hsft Is stated III a despatch from Wash
ington 10 the Tcayttae, under date Of 18th
inst. that the rrniAlns of the lnrneutet Pres
ident TaytoH are to ~ renoyelto Louis.
ana for intarfntnt. Ilir ,lespatcl, does not
state ut what point they arn TO ainl their
last resting p~'ace.-but that I'afot ROUGE
will be the spot designated, there can be
little or no doubt. There is Il propriety in
depositing the lust mortal relics Of him
who, as one Of the most glorious actors or
the 10Th centlry, was "lirst in war. first in
peaee, and first in the learts of lis cot,as
trymen'-at the cherished city Of his
home for years, atd at ttte capitalsof the
proud state whose gallant SONS delighted
to honor hiln-wl,o loved him Cor his man
y virtues, who admired him for the mighty
services he rendered his couatfy, and who
revereuce,ta him for his exalted aud self
sacrificing patriotism
III regard to this matter the Crescent.
Of last Monday, has the following
TIM GRAVE OF GEN. T'AYtoR-tpnt-
Siam has a right to claim the sacred guar,
dlansllip Of the mortal renains of this
great aud good man. This wns his home.
When he marched to the frontier and COM
1nenced that campaign which was to re.
fleet so much honor rt@n his country, hs
left his family within our limits. On hiss
return from the field Of duty, he did not
travel p1stffaste through the Union. to
feed his vanity ON popular applause. lie
lett that to the pdyuenus Of military wealth,
he returned to enjoy the pleasures Of his
family circle in Lonista1,n. His sor. in.
herlting the mulesty Of the father, instead
Of wasting his time in the fashionable cir
Lcles of Washington, has purchased a plan-
tation in the n~eighborhood Of New Orleans,
and become q Louisiana planter. Gen. .
Taylor gave the most uneQuivocal proofs
Of his attachment to Louisiana living, he
was elected President rs one Of her citi-
zerls, and his body should now I've restored !;
to her soil. At the.cnpitnl Of tie State at !:
his home, should he repose. His grave
will add to the moral wealth Of the State
it will speak in ''marble language" the:
gratitude Of a people, and Il will be All in-'
centive to the you'll, Of Louisiana to per:
form their duty.
"The aspiring soul is fred to lofty deeds
BY great mems monuments: and they make fair
And holy TO the Pilgrims eye, the earth
That has received their dust'
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20
Honors TO the Memory Of Gen. Taylor.

1 Everywhere over the Union the highest
honors are shown to the memory Of the
late illustrlous occupant Of the White
Houae-snd the feeling Of grief among the
people is ms broad as the Union itself.
In New Orleans the popular demonstra-
tons of regard were particularly imposing.
and showed co%nelusiveIy the deep hold
whico the great departed had upon the
affections Of the citizens of the Crescent
City.
We were much pleased to sec that Coy.
Walker, as Commencement Chief of tho
Militia, had taken the requisite steps to
order appropriate military honors to he
paid on this melancholy occasion. 1t is
meet thai the State of his residence should
be frzIt in giving evidences of attachment
and respect to her late illnstrious son
Proclamation.
III THE aevERNoR OF THE srATR Or LOUISIANA
State Of Louisiana, Headquarters.
New Orleans, J"iy IL, 1850.
IOrder No. H..
The Commander-i in Chief, with the deepest re-
greet. announces TO the Militia of the State Of
Louisiana the death Of Zen ZACHARY TAY-
LOR, late President Of the United States. @
The exalted station from which he has been so
unexpectedly removed was the gift Of The people
Of The United States, the rewardo of a long life Of
srduous and patriotic devotion 10 the service Of
his country. The same people now join in Ia
menfing the soldier, the patriot, and the Chief
Magistrate.
sympathizing with the grief Of his ~fellow-eiti-s
zens on this occasion, and penetrated with the Ut
most respect for the memory of the deceased, the
Commander-i in Chief directs
That the officers Of the Militia wear the install
badge of military morning, tcrape on the left arm
and on the hilt Of the swordJ and that the eolors
and standards of all the corps be shronded in black
for sixty days and that on the day after the re-
ceipt of this lunless a different time shall have
been designated by the citizens or local authori-
ties) guns shall be fred every half hour, from
sunrise to sunset, by such corps as are in possess
sion Of artillery.
The Major Generals commanding the different
divisions Of Militia are charged with the 1xecu-
JOSEPH WALKER,
Commlander-in-Ch chief
WV. MONAGHAN, Aide-de- Camp.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20

ira rsacted In the city depends tfIe amount
of their rents, and upon the mount Of their
rents depends the yaltte of the property
tliey possess for that purpose. Therefore,
il is clear and uitqatestionable that eteryin
terest incur town will be pfainoted, Ell
larged, and rendered more valuable by ear
rying out the proposed enterprise ,--and i,
is equally clear, for the same reasons, that
etery interest thus involved, should come
to the support Of this enterprise, in pro-
portion to it's means and the amount Oh
the Interests at stake.
We cannot close this article without ak.
pressing our eradication at tile favor with
which the enterprise was greeted in Gin.
ton, and by nearly every person we met
with.-and on behalf Of the party who
were recently ut the capital Of East Felici-
ana, OIL this especial business, we return
to the gentlemanly. hospitable, aud enter
prising citizens of that delightful town,
the warmest thanks aud kindest regards Of
all concerned.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20

notwithstanding the distressing national
bereavement with which orr hand has
lately been afflicted, still It is nlatter fol
f~5fofotlnd satisfaction that the tivic mantle
latels worn, by IAdHAHf ThsDoR has fallef
epsa The shoulders Of apatriptie aifsf virtu.
Gus citizen, every way worthy to wear h
and to wear II ntlrlv. We believe that the
people of the United States will have III
MttLAnp FILLMORE a Chief Magistrate
worthy their palnliest days. He is a states.
man of enlarged, Of comprehensive and
soi,id views Of public policy, to he relied up.
Oh on AL great constitutional questions, and
a man in whose prudence, integrity, firm.
ness, administrative qualities, and lofty md
genuine aat,ondi patriotism, every reliance
may be safely reposed
The new President will 1szsatta the
control of public afaits Mt b time when the
country il full Of agitation, caused by long
aud angry discussion Of d sectional gnes.
tion-when the North and the South are
beginning to look with alienation and
distrnst the one upon the other=and when
ins,ead Of that fratefial union and hatirtBny
which ohght to prevail throughout all our
borders, angry discussions and bad
passions are rife in many localities to an
alarming extent. These circumstances,
however, we are firmly impressed will, the
belief, instead Of dismaying the Arm
heart of Mr.. FIbbMoRE, or of causing him
to swerve from a high and patriotic course
Of policy, which will in its operations so
far as he il concerned, know ,o North or
South, or East or West. as a favored seq
tion-but the trhoie Union, one and in
divisible@will strengthens his arm in the
discharge Of his patriotic dtties-cause
him to labor still more s%trenuously to pro-
mote the harmony and per,nannncy Of the
phole contedetacy, and result in making
bis administration one of the most valuable
and brilliant upon record. We believe in
all these things, for we have rs much ron
fdence now in the honesty and patriotism
of Mr.. i. ss we had in 1913, when. in
another State, during All exciting canvass,
we advocated his claims for election to the
Vice Presidency with all the zeal and
ability we were able to command. IF he
is not true and faithful, there Is little faith
to he placed in man. We believe him to
be as sound, trne and patriotic, OIL all
questions, as any statesman in the Union.
To those Of the opposition, who have
already commenced clamoring against him,
as well rs to those who are likely to follow
in the same course shortly, Mr.. FILLMonE's
friends have a clear right to demand that
the "tree shall be judged by its fruits -
not condemned unleard and in advance.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20

Tue PANAMA RAtLRoAD.-~H ia statpd in
the New York papers that Stephens, the
Vice President of the Panama Railroad
Company, who arrived Mt New York j IN
the steamship Philadelphia, from Chagres
has procured from the Congress of New
Grenada important notifications of the
contract for building a railroad across the
lsthmus. among which is the exclusive
privilege Of constructing a plank or wagon
road Tor temporary purposes, until the com
pletion of the railroad.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20

How PRINTERS ARE CHEATEp.-The
New Hampshire State Patriot says that /,
has 1890 subscribers, and thinks that it has
the best paying list Of any political paper
in the country, yet 700 owe for 8 years,
400 for FIVE years, and 1000 for one year,
making the aggregate due the office SIC,
600, for their paper, time and labor. This
is the fashion with which printers are
cheated. The National Intelligencer is
said t have over 100000 due that con.
Germ from its subscribers. 1t shows how
many fortunes are fleeced out Of the pro-
fession.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20
Election In New Orleans.

At thu special elections held in the First
and Second Representative districts in
New Orleans, ON Monday last, three
Wings and one democrat, were elected.
The democrat was elected by a majority Of
oHe vote. The result. however, clearly
toots up Wing gf,in of three members Of
the Legislature.
Mcssers. Hunt, Billiard and Prize, arc
the Wings, thus chosen, and Mr.. Shields
the democrat.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20
WV. MONAGHAN, Aide-de-C Camp.

CHOLERA AT CrNcINNATT.--We regret
to see that this terrible scourge has reap
peared in Cincinnati, and is extending its
ravages with a fearful rapility. The
Board of Health have officially notified the
public that the disease is on the increase.
On the 9Th inst, they reported for the pre@
ceding 4s hours, 105 deaths, G5 Of which
were from Cholera, and the returns were
not considered complete.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20

rTGen Pillow lately gave n toast at
Nashville, that the South would shake
hands with the North over the line Of the
Mo. Compromise, bat would not be driven
beyond, except at the point Of the bayonet.
To this a contemporary suggests, that per"
haps Pillow would like to superintend the
digging Of a dttch along that line.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20


At the meeting Of the citizens Of Baton
Rouge md vicinity, he'd Oh Monday last,
n committee was appointed to fix upon q
day, select an orator to delivers culogv
upon tie life and services Of tWn. TAYLOR,
AMI to make all other necessary arrange
'Scnts for manite'tlng proporlyOllr priet OF
our citizens upon the sad bereavement
which has lately bctUllen lls ms IN community
and "a q milton.
The Committee ;hayc pranmed their
duty Thursday next 18th 81. has beSn
sclSctca IA the day.
Jmrs NJ, ELAN, Esq, has been chosen
Ivy the Committee TO deliver the address,
and has consented to- do so. We may
expect an able, eloquent, and beautiful
eulogy, upon the memory of the departed,
from Mr. ELAN,
The following Programme Of tho %oxerci-
scs Of the day has beers l4nded ue by
direction of the Committee.
PROGRAMME,
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20

Ut is said that red cedar shavings,
distributed in the rooms where those Off
ensive insects, reaches and ants prevail,
will cause them to disappear. The ex-
pertinent is very simple and worthy of a
trial.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20

n-WN. r. HING, of Alabama, has
been elected President of the Senate of The
United States to fill the vacancy caused
by tic accession Of NJ. Fillmore to the
Presidency.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20

CovxEcTIcUT.-A bill has been intro
duced into the Connecticut Legislature
fol the fine and imprisonment Of clergyman
and magistrates who shall unite white
with colorcd persons in matrimcny.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20
TELEGRAPHSC INTELLIGENCE.

We tiud the subioincd Photographic
Items in the NcyS Orleans r%icayune, Of
tho 18th instant o
TIE GALrHtN CLAIM.
WASHINGTON, HcdacSttay, Juiy ~
Secretary Crawford has prepared a letter
to be sen to Congress, proposing to ,lepos-
it the money received on the GaIphin
claim, subject TO The decision of the Su-
prcme Court.
CoNfOY PRISONERS.
Dispatches received ut Washington
warrant the exrection of the arrival of the
Contoy prisoners in the L. S. ship Ger.
mantown.
THE ATE CABINET.
President Fillmore has accepted the
designations Of the Cabinet, but requested
them to continue to discharge the duties
Of their respective offices for thirty days
They wanted to quit Immediately.
No vote was taken i'll the Senate on
Tuesday.
NEW PROGRAMME Of THE CABINET
The new Cabinet is now reported as
composed of Winthrop. State; Vinton of
Ohio, Interior; Graham, 1--WE suppose of
North Carolina,) War; Butler King, Ma
Wy; Morehead, Post Master General; A. f.
Hopkins, Attorney General; I. NJ. L. Nc
KEENAN, Of Pennsylvania, Treasury.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20

OFFICERS or STATE
OFFERS IF the t. s. ArmN
NR ArOR OF THE DAY.
Committee OF Arrangements.
UISil{NG 9ON lizards.
Sons of Temperance.
Independent Nndcr of Odd Fellows.
Masonic Fraternity.
CLERGY.
JatistS and lfcW6cyS Of tie Bar.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ~
STRANGERS.
Citizens. %
UNITED STATES TROOPS.
The Ladies arc earnestly invited o.
'ttraa, ut the State Capitol.
The Grafton wall lie delivered 1t |
o'clock, A. VI
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20

We were in error, ia orr last, wlof
We published ~, extract from the Wash.
ilinton Union. IN favor of Mr., Clay
Compromise, putportilg to I've from the
pen Of Ex-t,ov Isaac Johnson. We lin.
dcrstand TINT we should have printed Fix.
Gov. lInN,y Johnson
The mistake, however, involves no renl
m,iaapprel.eneion. E8-Eov. Isaac John.
eou is rs strongly in favor Of the ComWo.
mise ~ is Ey-Gov, Henry Johnson Both,
like true patriots, take strong grounds Tor
their country.
For the information Of the Natclre7
Free Trader, then, and other dtStrtssed
journals, we will state that both Er,Ger,
leaar Slolt,aon and Gotcy1,oy Joseph
Walker are in favor Of the Compromise.
As these gentlemen probably under
stand a. mnel, about democratic sentiment
in louisiana "a the Free Trader. wl,icl,
assumes to I've 50 well informed. wfSnppe
the latter will have q good time Of it. in
it's disappointment.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20

EsIGNArtoN.--' \" of the Baltimore
Sun. writing from Washington on the
lst inst, says Mr.. Orlando Brown, the
able Commissioner of Indian Affairs. left
his Office Yesterday lie resigned for
private reSsone, aud is succeeded hv Col
Lea. n very able and merltorious officer.
The rnnor@ of d'S'e"I',es IN the Indian
Bureau are not correct.
We trust that the above report Is correct.
We know the Hon. LUXE LEA well
lie is an able, nicritorious and gallant
g~ontIcn@n-a true and reliable Whig-
and n ASn of business habits and great
experience. He fought ~gaIlantlv for: his
party III years gone by-nud in the last
state canvass in Mississippi, ms candidate
for Go0rnor, nolly threw himself into the
breach and strovc, as others should have
~striven, TO save the party from utter annihi-
latlon The appointment is one that
reflects credit upon the appointed and
upon the appointing power.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20
Proclamation.


By THE GOVERNOR or H STATE OF TEXAS
Whereas, III the opinion OF the Exc.
HMa1dfss a,, nm "occasiin 'sfns transpired since
die adjournment Of the Legislature, such
as il Contemplated in the constitution,
rendering it necessary and proper to con-
vetie the Legislature of the State in extra.
ordinary session
Now, therefore, I, ?. Hansbrough Bell,
Governor of the State Of Texas, by virtue
OF the authority vested in me by the con.
stitution, do, by these presents, hereby re-
quire that the Senators and Representa-.
tives composing the Legislature of this
State shall assemble in special session
at the capital in the city Of Austin, in the
county Of Travis, on the second Monday
(the 18th day)of August next, to deIiber-
ate and take action upon, as their wisdom
may direct, such matters as shall then and
there be pre- scented involving the honor and
rights of the State.
In testimony whereof, ! have hereunto
set my hand and caused the great seal Of
the State to be affixed.
Done at the city Of Austin, this 1st
day Of July, in the year OF our Lord
L. s. lone thousand eight hundred and fifty,
of the independence Of the United
States the seventy-fourth and Of Tex
as the fifteenth. p. FL BELL.
BY the Governor
Thomas II. Duval, Acting Sec'y Of State.
All information from Texas goes to
show that the people of that State are not
going to give up New Mexico without a
struggle. We imagine they will find it a
somewhat more difficult job to whip Uncle
Sam than it was to dernolish Santa Anna.
AFRICAN CoLosIzATIoN-Labeyan.-A
letter fromPresident Roberts, Of Liberia,
dated May 18th, states that the famed
territory of GaIlinas has been secured to
the Liberian Republic. The purchase
will cost about $1,000. This transfer Of
the most noted slave mart on the African
Coast, breaks up the slave trade in that
quarter. There are now some twelve
hundred miles of African Coast from which
the slave trade has been driven, through
the ins~trumentality Of the colonies planted
there. If the mysteries Of the African
continent should ever be laid bare to the
page of science, or her thousands of tribes
ever become civilized or christianized, it
will be through the benefcent influences
set in motion by the colonization scheme.
IA Washington despatch to the
Memphis papers, of the 18th inst, says
that Mr.. Taylor and John Bell Of Tennes- I
were both lying dangerously i'll
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20
pRON,R +

The Procession will form ut the prcsbv-
trrlau Church, nj Q O'Clock on Thursday
mo0'lng next, AMI will proceed thence mp
Maiu, through Church and down lafayette
streets, TO the Capitol, We're the Grafton
viii I've delivered.
ORDER or PROCESSION.
MktStlhLS.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20

We do not deem it necessary to enlarge
upon, or attempt to illustrate, the above
general estimate. Although hastily made,
without the use of instruments, as far as
the examination of the route was con.
cerned, it may be relied upon as approximat.
ing the real cost Of the road, so neal that
there will be no material difference in the
ultimate cost should the project succeed, as
it inevitably must. IF constructed, accord.
ing to the closest calculations of business
men with whom we have conversed, it
cannot fail to yield t the stockholders less
than sixteen per cent, per annum, after
reserving a sufficient fund to keep the road
in good, permanent repair.
70 show to planters and others the way
in which Plank Roads are appreciated
where they are known, we give the follow
ing extract from "Oucn on Plank Roads"
After reading it we have great doubt
whether any one-but more especially the
planters of the country-will have any
thing to say against Plank Roads on
account OF the necessary tolls charged to
reimburse the stockholders, and keep the
roads in order. Says Mr.. Owen:
drove out on the Syracuse road two
miles, to the first tollgate, where nearly
five thousand dollars a year are taken in;
and had some conversation with the gate
keeper. l found a common country road,
coming IN at the right angles to the plank
road just at the gate house. And wagoners
coming n by this cross-road had the
choice. either to pass through the gate,
paying toll and taking the plank road, two
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20

IA Washington despatch 10 the
Memphis papers. of the 18th inst, says
that Mr.. Taylor and John Bell offences
were both lying dangerously i'll.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20

Tie above estimate, although approx
imately made, we feel confident will fully
cover all expenses attending the construc-
ton Of the above contemplated improve
ment. Very respectfully,
Your obi. Serv'ts.
HENRY Il w. G. WALLER,
Surveyors Il Civil Engineers,
Baton Rouge, La.