Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1851-01-11

~fintion Of $4,000 TO ei1ahlu linn to make
experiments. After 1aielfea X was report
cd To tile IoTniilitteo oti Nfsvtl Atli,ifs Mr.,
Benton Introduced il bill to accelerate the
Hale Of public lands TO pay the pubic debt
to eStjuguisl the Government titles to lands
I'd actual settlers, and To eeds the refused
lands TO the States IN winch they lie.
Tho resolution authorizing the Post
Office Committee to employs clerk was
adopted,
The resolution to inquire into The exfed.
iency D lighling Pennsylvania avenue with
gas was adopted.
The resolution iuaitifilg into the exped-
ieney Of erecting II Marine Hospital at
Portland Me- was adopted
Mr.. Benton offered il resolution Tint the
Secretary OF the Navy report OH the ex.
| polieliey Of transferring the coast survey
from the Treasury to the Navy Depart.
tnent. A nesEtlge was read from the
President, IN answer to Mr.. Cass's motion
calling for the correspondence of the State
Department with the Austrian Churge
4 'Anaire4 relating to Hungarian atlaifs
enclosed said correspondence which, was
read. Tho correspondence is very long.
Tho message Of the President was refer.
rcd To the Committee on Foreign relations
and ordered TO he printed Mr. Rusk moved
tnprint l0.O00copies eStrA-lost The
House bill authorizing a change of vtntte
in The Coseusko eaHe was referred to the
judiciary. The joint resolution Of the
.A. la.Iz4.,..a tI.at tA4...,t.. I.~t rs ....a.
shall he assignable, was taken rp aud
after debate referred to the Committee on
Public Lands,
Ia the House, Mr.. White introduced
u bill granting the right of way through
the public lands to Mississippi
The Buffalo and Northern Island Rail
aoad Company bill was read twice.
Mr., Caldwell, Of Kentucky, introduced
Il Joint resolution allowing lani warrants
Under the bounty net of $500 10 be trans.
tefrable prior TO the vacation Mr.. Vlnton
opposed it, aayiHg that the lands would
then fall into the hands OF spectators
Mr.. Caldwell teplyed, Insisting TINT the
boneliciories desired tliis law, and spee1la-
tors did not. The resolution was passed
by yeas l0B nays Of.
On tho motion Of Mr.. Fent.lierstot
resolution was passed calling tpr intorHa.
ton relative TO the Clioetaw reserve lands
for orphans.
Mr.. Seicnk introduced u bill present.
ing the right Of way to the States Of lii
noia. lowu, and Ohio, for railroads to con-
meet the Mississippi with the lakes.
Mr.. McCtefnand offered n substitute
granting lands to Md in constructing
The subject was debated but moi
disposed Of. Mr., Burt moved the tlouae
ill Thureday-reieeied. The
The House then nc adjourned till tomorrow,
LARGE N VALUABLE CAReoaTbe
chip Chas. Croker, Duncan, muster. for
Liverpool. cleared at Charleston on the
3lst ult, with the following c~argo-223
sea Island and 81 bales Upland cot.
ton, 81 bbls torpcqtino, afj l26 bags cot
seed. The coston weighin & |, Gl5
)i2 lbs. mud the whole valued at 1927,
500, being the largestcargo ever cleared,
from the port tf Charleston.
f5~The Boston correspondent Of the
he~te'ligcaccf speaking OF a IA =.
publishing house in that city, which :
las become a sort of lounge for the litera- =
Y wise men of the "Modern Athens"
the following spirited picture of a
cl,ristmas-eye gathering Of "notables': ;,
dropping in II few mornings since, ] :
net that fair specimen of an English gen r
Mr. james, snuli.box in hand, chit.
with the nervous lecturer and essay.
Whipplc. Soon in came Longlellow, II
osy and well dressed. Holmes, the poet, d
.ided up to the furnace as though he was :"
pproaching the bedside Of q patient. y
spes Sergeant looked in on his way to I
le editorial sanctum of the pleasant little Ia
Transcript and II smile all around greeted n
)r. Chou|es, TINT most erudite and COM Y
.anionable OF Yankee divines. Ifaw- al
horne, coming from his country home, NJ
God bashfuly turning over the ANIMALS Of NJ
le counter; the trim Quaker garb of y
proclaimed his allegiance to that III
compromising sect, and Miss Clark, &C
18th red cheeks and red ribbons, nuttercd d'
among the disunioilists like a green ~
ooa Ieaf amid the tickle eddies of freezing 10
1t was a "goodlie c%ompanie." al
S,
FLATTER1NG PoRTR Airs.-A correspon. ),
'ntof the Minden Herald, writing from
thus sketches these gentlemen Z
Il have just heard two speeches from =
lessrs. Toolnbs and Stephens, the two M
eat Senators. They are both good III
but | am rather partial TO the pr
rmer. Probably you would Hike to hear Sc
description Of their persons-well, Mr.. CT
is q large fine looking fellow-by- the III
:, he reminds me Of my gooddaddy- pc
fierce looking, too in speaking,
ia ma named Jacob Loughmiller fre
as killed on the 2jth ut, at Greenville dri
d, by the accidental discharge Of a gun. u
with every portion ofhis body. -
4 the contrary, Mr.. S. is a small ugly -
about the size Of half grown mon De-
Y; has a shrill s~queaking voice, which ed
alarms the natives-more like
old woman's voice than any thing else; ne
7 he i a good speaker, and pleases the ed
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