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The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-15
Pension and Bounty Land Agency.

Pension and Bounty Land Agency.
TIME subscriber has opened in the city of Wash
IL ington an AGENCY for the prosecution Of
all descriptions Of claims against the General
Government. ssssifa
His perfect knowledge Of all the Pension Laws,
and the places where deposited all evidences Of
service now extant, will enable him to establish
many claims which have long remained suspend
ed for want Of proof and proper attention.
He, therefore, offers TO the public his services,
particularly in the following cases, WIS. b.
Suspended and rejected claims under all the PEN
sion Laws:
Applications for increase Of pension, under any
Of the Pension Laws, where the pensioners are
dissatisfied with their present allowance.
For all those widows who received, OF emit
tied TO receive, the ten years pension due the 4th
Of March, 1S46; under the acts Of July 9Th, 1893,
Ms reh Sd, l643, and June l7th, 1874, being those
who were married before the LIST Of January, 1874,
he will undertake 70 establish, under the act of
February ID, l646, their claims TO pensions for
life, commencing on the 9th Of March, 1913, when
their pensions under the foregoing acts termi-
uated.
For all those widows Of revolutionary officers
or soldiers, who were married AFTER 1893, but be-
fore January 3D. 1900, he win undertake to estab-
lish their claims TO pensions for life, commanding
on the 9TH Of March, 1913. under the act Of July
%, 164S.
To all those widows ofrevoutionary pensioners
whose claims have been rejected or suspended for
wnnt Of proof Of service; or those who are in the
receipt Of pension under any Of the pension
laws, less than that rereived by their husbands
under the acts OF May 18th, 1926, or June 9Th,
1882, he will ensure the same amount per an
mum that their husbands received, from the time
the pension is made TO commence by the Law UNI
der which they claimed or have been pensioned
shla5 81 BOUNTY LAND, - 80 ~ !,
For the surviving. or the widows, or minor child
rem OF deceased officers and privates, who served
in the war OF 1879 with Great Britain, the Mex.
war, or IN any Of the Indian wsrs, since 1880.
Terms moderate, where The claim is established,
othoviss no charge.
The subscriber is also appointed Agent for the
District OF Columbis for tho Brifisk Commented
LIE IasErsnes Company, ,ests bed in lS20, and
empowered by act OF Parism or the Insurance.
Of lives and the endowmeuA 1ildren, in Lon
don, New York and wsshsI On city. Capnsl
"a, 000, 900.
Communications addressed to the subscriber,
Washington, ID. c., will receive prompt attention
IA. THOMPSON, ~
Attorney and Copnseilor At Ls,o, md Cop,snis-
missioner Of Deed for .Norb md Sorth Carolina.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-15
NKw YoRK. Oct. Is.

The steamer Washington met with an acct
dent on the 7Lh instant, in latitude As longitude
81, by breaking the strap Of her cross and tail
link, which compelled her 10 put back 10 be re-
paired.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-15

The revision Of the Constitution Of Switzer
land, demanded by the people, is shortly TO take
place.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-15

The U. s. ship Cysne, Commodore Payne
for Havana, sailed this morning.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-15

LEAVING New York Tor Chagres on The IIth
and 18th Of each month.
The new steamer Fl Dorado and the Falcon will
form direct line between New 0rlesnsand Cha
gres, leaving at such periods as will insure az
little detention ss possible on the 1sthmus, and
forming with the Pacific steamships through line
TO and from New Orleans and ports in Mexico,
California, and Oregon. Passage from New Or
leans can be secured from Armstrong, Lawrence,
Il Co., agents at that place.
The fare for through tickets from New York TO
San Freneisro has been reduced from
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-15

The rates from New York to Chagres will be
the lowest adopted by any safe sea-steamer be-
tween these ports.
Each passenger is allowed 250 lbs. personal
baggage free, not exceeding in measurement 10
cubic feet
Freight win be taken to Chagres at 70 cents per
rate Of 800 rer ton.
For choice Of berths apply at the Office Of the
company, 81 and IS South street., or at their
agency, No. lit West street, New York city.
Aug l0-dlv
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-15

Columbus. (Ga. y March, 1851.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-15

The revisionary movement continues. Thirt!
councils which have hitherto abstained from ex
pressing any opinion upon the subject, have nov
passed resolutions in favor Of revision.
The public mind is stil kept in state o
fcverish excitement, rendering the markets m
settled and the government suspicious and ar
bitrary.
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1851-11-02

Mons repTodnisons aujourd' hui Particle
de no,re defnier Ir1fntre, .qui q pour IL
trer: S6OO Par an au Pionnier de l'As-
senpfio1', sinsi que lc petit article que
nous avons errit sur la Take dune piastre
ct demie, pour arracher son masque au
mensonge ct a la caIomnie. Ce sont Ia
des vefites qu'on ne saurait trop rappeler
au Pcup'c.... Que lie peuple les ap-
prenne one bonne fois ct qu'iI sen sou.
vienne demain, quill sen souvienne tou-
iours ! 1gales4 al 4uf, -ry.r... rs.5.-.-
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1851-11-02

passec a la derniere Legislature; tout lie
monde salt que cette Legislature comp
TAFT une forte majorite whig. Cctte Ioi a
etc done faite par unc legislature essen
tieIIement whig.-ll :faut e,rc proprie-
taiTe dune insigne dose dc mauvaisc fol
pour soutcnir le contrairc.
Qu'ont fat, qu'o ont dit all suyet de cette
Ioi, les ~Kgisiateurs qui representaient
Presumption? L'un Gait absent, pour
causes hi eonnues, les deux antres yo-
talent Ia dispense des fegles, votaient la
loi. 'H .. '.s". 7s .@4I .,.a ~gas
S'ils etaicnt opposes cettc loi cue
ne Sc sontils Ieyss dams l'int4ret dc lcurs
constituents, que n'ont-ils pro'cs'e, que
ont lis vote contre g..
lis ont iait lie contraiec, !c pcuple le
salt, lie peup!e leur fera sasoir l,ndi pro.
chain quill la memoirc dcs actcs.
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1851-11-02
5000 Far AN a..
AU Pi0NNIER De uASSOMpTl0N

Hatitants de cette paroisse, VOLTA. TN
. mcnsonge que d'ambitieux menteurs sont
venus vou7 debitcr, la yeiIle dune
clcCtion.-Nous somn,es AVERT a temps
pour donner le dement, le plus solennei,
4 cctte calomnie, qui porte atteinte au
caFactere de teus les rcspeetablcs men-
bres qni font partie da jury de police
Non, le Jury dc Police de l'Assomp-
lion nc nous :, jamais accorde six cents
piastres par an.... D'infamcs calomnia-
teurs seuls, ~soat eapabies d'imaginer de
parcilles turpit,,des.tI @1'1 7la3fa25 a-
&c Jury dc Police de rAssomption
nous accorde, pour l., publication dc gses
stanccs. soira,tequinze pi:s'res par an,
>ornme Gu'elle@ allouait lanntc dcrniere
a unc fct.ilse voisine. s'sG q %>s1'3
I.c Jury de Police dc lAssomption
nous #ccorde six cents piastres pour la
compilation de trois grands volumes et la
publication en- francais etcen .Iangl,is de
quatre cents brochures fen fermant les
performances fondamentales de ccttc pa
roisse, efpasnnIhabitant, pas IN men,
bre da Juryide Police luismsme ne con.
naissaient parfaitement.-Cet Outrage
etait ordoanea adeP''isz plusicars 5annses
lorsque lie jury dc police nous la7confs.
i Habitants s<omption, quelques
menteurs yous,ont dit que ce
sont les democratcs du Jury qui nous ont
al|oue cettc somr,e, sl,es hommes plus
sdes citoycns plus respec!ables,
de meiIlehrs wings que les wings qui isont
venus vons mentir avec tant d'effronterie.
ont vote comme les denocratcs.
Et saycz yous pourquois e,,,;4i,ars 1
C'est parccquc ces thoinmes plus inde-
pendants ct plus adignes, res citoyens
plus resPectebles, res wings meilleurs
lue ceux qni vous ont mehti, c'est que
80
,es hommcs d'honneur ont sans doute
!'inimitie, racharncment, la
,aine, qui cxiste contre Ia feuiIIe de, no
re paroisse, de Ia part de guelques tres
ares paltoquete, eide apart dun fai-
eur d'embarras qui sent s'ecrouler sous
'cs pieds le pedestal trop i,aut pour sa
allie, sur Iequel il a voulu s'elcyer.as
VOLTA pourouoi. .bista lcH abeG
Habitants de l'Assomption, ap jour de
'eiection faites Justice des rnenteurs....
Les hommcs qui.out ehefcheiavous from.
yer ne peuvent stIe que des traitres. Me
icz.yoiis d'eux, faites micux, s'ils sont
:andidats, tuez les Politiquement par vos
otes, YNfy gfT.It 8g ID
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1851-11-02

he induced Mcs>is. M;rc and Nichols tc
enter into the partnership heretofore re
ferred to for the purpose of specializing
off Messrs. i.abranchc & Dcslondcs, on
the lands thus acquired. .. . ..r
| In regard 10 Messrs. Mirc & Nichols,
snPposing them ignorant as l have nc
doubt they were, OF the manner Of Po.
wells obtaining Ills Information, there
Is no doubt they had a perfect right 10
purchase for their own use, or for sale
again any vacant public land, legally
! subject TO sale or entry however much
may doubt the morality Of such pnr-
chascs, for the purpose Of spec"lating on
the neccssit;cc ofltc tillers Of the soil.
But in the case Of Powell, ! think yon
will agree with nc, that the whole
transaction displays such utter want OF
all MORAL HONESTY, such BASE BETRAYAL
of all public and private confdencc, that
could not act otherwise than dismiss
him at once, from AL public employ and
discountenanco SO far rs in my power,
his employment by private individuals.
have to beg your indulgence for
claiming SO much of your attention for
personal matters, and would i;lin never
have brought the subject of this letter to
your attention-but so long as unfounded
charges are made against me. SO often
must l take the pains Of disabnsing the
mind Of the commissioner, OF any i'm
presSions he may have derived from such
improper presentations. .. -,
The object Of this letter is two fold;
to protect 3myown character aud the
character of the operations of this office.
and to Ereyent the commissioner from
giving faith to any Statements coming
from so UMPIRE ii source as ANDREW
JACKSON POWELL, eventhoagh they may
be preferred through as respectable IL
gentleman a, Mr.. s. d. King, who, l am
sure if he was fully acquainted with the
Of the case, would be the
last man to seek occasion to trouble and
annoy this office. sE@ -@"aszs a@f
With much respect, '-
z.f"A Your Obedt. Servant,
"g W. p. L. LANDRY,
~. . ~. .r...zr Surveyor General, La.
SURVEYOR GEaERAL's OFFICE, 49, |
3sq c DonadsonriUe, Lq., Oct. 22d 1851
The foregoingis "a true copy from the
Record Book OF letters IN this Office.
r. w. BOYD. 9.aa
T,ss fas.7;aas Lon Surveyor General, l.a.
sgg1unH Eat r. ts s4r sE-i |
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1851-11-02
NJ: JACKSON POWELL.
Monsieur.

Dams votrc avis AL PUBLIC, vous par
lcz" de rcpousser fattaquc don't yous
menace-le Pio,tnier." Quoiqu'on ait pu
pctiser dc votrc caractere, Monsieur.
dams lapolemique oil yous ates engage,
lie Pionnier sc croyait, ca. droit d'attendre
que vous rePondriez directement Ct uni
qncment Ia personnc qui ,ous a mis-
sur Ia se'lette. Vous ayez neg|ige dc lie
fairc eft CONNIE 81 ce n'.tait pas assez du
puissant accnsatenr qui sous poursui'.
vons chcrchez maiadroitement a vous
faire un cnnemi de plus. c., nest pas
sage, nais lc Pionniers comprend yotrc
folie, il vous III pardonnei #st5 .2"&
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1851-11-02
ARRIVEE DU STEAMER NIAGARA.
.lG5. I'll / E1aat1y lssfuasp5SI aG &asgE7E
Y Aot,oellfs .n'Europe. 8
DE SEPT tOURS. PLUS .RECENTES.

Braas dan changen,eas de nanistsre e,,
France a:e-ab-4el. Kader.-Lc Prince de
Joiin5ille. Les Frn,caiiss d Rome.
lie steamer Niagara, part de liver,
pool le IL du coarant, est arrive d New,
York le 25; il nous appo1tc1 1des nouveIles
- i .>., FRANCE. 1,so ...,. .acnI ~
Les zbrnits dun enlargement dc mi
nistere d Paris ont en- pour effet d'occar
sionnerg une3 gEande depression a, ia
II parait quill aurait et9 question de
la mise cu' libertez d'Ab-dei-Kader, sans
que le otslegraphc ct les gjournaux de
Paris nous 5eussent communiqtie ce fait;
mais quoi quill ena SOFT fet aquellcs que
soielt les dispositions dui gonvernement
franfais a fegard dn captif, aticune de.
cision ii await e;e prise. Il s'197 aI1.t" 70
Ec prince de Joinvillc 4 decline Ia
candidature a l'Assemhlee Nationatc qui
Iui await etc offertc par les departe mems
du Nord. II a etc decide que aIarmee
fiantaise eyacuerait Rome. ~ go
LITALIE EFT i.'AUTRICIIE.. e.
LIE Papc s'est de6nitiyement place
sous Ia protection de .femPerc,ir d Au-
triche, pour mienx assommer le peurle
italien.. la reouyerturc de Ia diEte GER
maniquc, a cause une grandc satisfaction
4 ll'empcreur. be plan, de, %. nouyelle
dc l'empire autriclaen de-
vait etre sonmis All monarque, quiz apant
de gutter PItalie, IA promis aux officers
en-. cas- dc sguerre, de prendre5 en- per-
sonne Ie commandment de ses troupes.
LA TURQUIE EFT L'ARMENIE. Il
Les Armeniens Sc sont encore reyol-
les; on enregistre -ui, grand nombre de
victi,nes de part ct d'autre. -
~ 49,
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1851-11-02
People OF ASSUMPTION

Remember that the Militia Tax Bit
was passed by Wing Legislature, and
thaton the day ofits passage there was
a large whig majority in the House. %
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1851-11-02
az PlONflER DE pAsS0MP TI0N,Fss
81 E. 70 - ssapUBLIE PAR 5aCy 10 aa .ng.s
EUGENE sUPERv1ELLE.
couoltlo,,a ptt Dour,ral:
ABONN EMENT Il Announcement est pa

E1EA = 4 d FA4Art B e. - -
ABONNEMENT Il Announcement est paya
bic DAvAScE. 4s ~. se.se sgsaz.
POUR UN AN :: ::t:::: -: $5 90 Tow
p, POUR SIX MoIs.: :: $50: -: 3 90
T,oM aboane qui youdra suspendre son abon-
cement, deyra preyenir, par ecrit les editeuTs,
auinze rjouss au moins, await Texpiratioa du
,rinestpe' s3B aH9. -aI1 20. 1900 zEaE .34a
ANNONCES:--pour les Insertions, annonces
avis etc, etc. les conditions sont les suiyantes
Par NIX LrcsEs, pourla ere insertion 81 90
Pour les Insertions suivantes -: =: so
ON execute 4 iimpriinere da PIosNsEE, ct ce
arx orix les plus moderes, toutes espaees d'ou-
yrapes typographiques, (.Jods,) tells que, caRTEs,
AcTonEs, fpAMpHE ETs, sLANcs, ETC, ETC.
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1851-11-02
ascension, 80 oct obre 1851

..'s-a.H1e +-Ft 4~fs'tfsotofts So otkoo'] AC"A :
Monsieur, ic Redacleurl du. Pionnier;
Je mai nj lie loisir nj 'intention de
repondre aux deux pages d'injures i'm
princes dams le Vigilans du)29.1sB.9
81 .Vous lc sayez, Mon.iellr, at ae public
Ie salt a,,ssi, je mai proluit cottrc NJ.
Powell que des doc'tments ofciels; cepen
dant le eNgilans erie = au np,ensonge -
lie Powell hurle IS a Ia calomnic h.. -
REIMBURSEMENT quclniIes cris nj les liur-:
lements ne sont des 'morsdres. .''is'~s
Il .Ces Messieurs de.Ia classeA des 7ui de
,droit, dcmandento psdantesquement mon
nom pour en- imposer 1aa public, sils oo-
blient &c = que &c public n'a pas oublie.'..
lie seul smeyen de connaitre ,ce nom,
moyen que j'aiI fi,it imprimer... lis ne
sculent pas employer ;aqu'iis cessent
done de joucr laiconsdice!tfo 9b gut /
e. NJ. Powell pretend qu'en faisant GER
tain travail, dit g Subdivisions Of Sec
tiohs'' il ma agi que. scion les lois ct les
coutumes du bureau; jc prouverai lie
contraire par ;une lettre dc l'Arpenteur
General au comn1issaireA dh 4 Bureau
General, datee du Is novcrnbre' lS45;
NJ. POWELL afirme qu'en faisant f,ire
ccs rcntrees de, terres, il ne trahissait pas
Ia confiance gau'on await en- lui,, CONNIE
Depntel ArPenteur des Etats-Unis .. ..
M. S1MlLrEN LABRAscNE n est pas de
cettc opinion (soir sa lettre da 6 decem-
bres lS45, enregistree aau Bureau 'des |
'Ierres.1 e97it ssb 6il8g .iQmo7q 89sg i
M. Powell pretend n'ayoira pas etc
du Bureau des 'Tcrres, ,,mais avoir
donne "a demissio,n =. voici comment
cet,e dsmission,a sts donnee
(Extrait dune Iettteade l'Arpenteur
General au Commissaire des Etats.Unis)
g In order TO save personal feelings,
Mr.. Powell to send in his re-
signation. .ato-s8 .io4s
aeQuoi nj. Powell donnc sa demission
1uanJ on !c menace dc lie chassers Pho
,orablc demission '-',' 81 .f-5 ..'"'
MI. Powell public sous lc grand
tire dc DOCUMENTS, dcs cerifcats de NJ.
Boyd qui ne sauraient prouyer qu'une
'eule chose: c'est que i'arpenteur general
,ctuel ne partage pasl'opinion defavora.
Die que son plsdscesseur await &c NJ.
Powell l.... &c predecesseur saura en-
emps ct lieu Sc dsfendre sans doute des
nalvcillantes insinuations du Ngilant ct
lie NJ. Powell. -
Ci-dessous, NJ. le redacterr, je trans
iris une lettre textuellemunt extraite des
egistres du bureau des terres. C'est en-s| !
orc u un document o5Fciel Cetlc lettrc
-E,B ". zEykaF ~ aEv~N& .SsF +
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1851-11-02

DEpEcuEs TELEGRAPHIQuEs. & 5
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1851-11-02
lssi'AGNE..

ARRIvEE DEs rRiscSNlEi,s AMER. .cAfss.
s5 Laosfiegatc espagnole 1G,tatenlala,s IA
bord de laqueile ont etc expeaies les pri
sonrticrs atnericains dc Ia Havanc, est
arrivsc en- Espagne.f Nine. Emma, ,yeuyc
du general Dc. I cenom, tue dams iunesren-
contre,s ainsiaaquca M. l.aborde, consul
csgagnol iaojIla' eNouselle. Orleans, sont
egaIemcnt arrives 4 bord dc Ia meme
fragatc. ...4.s@ 80 80 .,..t,,.. ss'. 80.
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1851-11-02
AGENTS DU pIONNIER.

sag9g 4i5tr al 80 I'M. Z. Eude, Passage
NILE ORLEANS de Ia Bourse, No So,
encoignure Cont.
ascEss1oss. /. ~. M. Rich ard T. Tcmp'et.
RsvIERE-N1gyE, NJ. Firmin Dup!essis.
iaERvfLLE -. l. i. M. J. Breau.
slsr-JAceues .o;lg .aM.-Auguste Therio..l
'sST.JEAs BApTfsTE, M. Edgard pcrret. a'os
ii poaT-BKEAux, At. Edmond BnlliaEd. F5a
ST. CHARLES =. sRizan Frsfes, negoc'ants
TRasonAux y. NJ. Adolphe Blanchard.
fIcUmA 49,. =. {. M..F. Gagne. e-r
ScE-MaRIE NJ. Etienne Penisson.
ASSUMPTION -. &C. Rodriguez, Cafe STIR.
BELLE R1g1ERE NJ. Pierre Theriot.aLss
paIacouETyILLE,d. MsC. j. IL. Gauthier, r. NJ
II Dams les paroisses Oh nous nsavens pas
nolnmed agents, nous prions les Maitres de Poste
le souloir Sc charger de l'agcnce de notre feuile
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1851-11-02
Il A cELEeRE aTAxEl
DUNE. PIASTRE EFT DEMIE.


-a54iG 5asfsao3 sef3 .------I Ysd3 bun ,ss4.4ts6a
III nacst des hommss pour qui tous les
noyens d'arriver au success sont bien
tristement bons: 4s.,ot.,,, III. f,.,aa e;esl,4.,
-iqDans ee nombrc sc tronvsnt tbeaucoup
dc eabalsurs qui appartiennent su part
whig. 0s.5l,s.s 80 90 .s.aga4s ss.sssI
ai Ces cabaleurs n'out pas eu honte
d'afirmer i plusieurs habi,ants trop Gre
dulles que Ia take Dune p,ossre q densie,
imposee sur chaque habitant, pour payer
les officers de naiicc, 5existe en- vertu
dune loi dsmocratiaue. II faut vrai-
ment supposerb le tpeupia bien stupide
pour croire quill sajoutera foi ade pareii-
les assertions. g ssia 2 'sss 81 a5aas s
Tout 70 monde salt que cette lci etc
ysfs rsEr rs4a .+@ar
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1851-11-02
PITS REcENTEs EUROPE.
lsb ARRIVEE DU PACIFIC.

Resignation probable du aaainistere fran.
sais.-.ariose des prisonaifrs ans6ri@
cams en- Espagse. ..-og..@ - = ! I. "a, s
lie steamer Pacific parti de Liverpool
le Ii da courant est arrive hier d New
York. Les nouyclIes d d'Europe quill nous
transnnet sont plus reeentes dc squatre
jours que eelles qui nous sont parvennes1
par lie steamec Niagara, ct que nous pr
bliens ci-dcssus. = IN '5. r .'ss'72 =, z. -
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-11-26

since that hour has he crossed my thresh
old. Ny wife is now confirmed Home
pathist.
"He needn't have gone off," she said,
when | ventured to remind her of the
warning l had given, sin such huff.
Can't body take a pill without asking his
leave? He needn't be afraid I'll ask him
to come here again: l wouldn't have him
to prescribe for sick kitten"
Fortunately 1 have not, since this oc-
currence, required physician. Once,
indeed, being little ailing, consented to
take nux vomica, at the urgent request of
Mrs. Jones. My disease, must confess,
disappeared, but in its stead came a ner-
vous paralysis, which did not get rid of
until | had drunk half bottle of port
wine. Whether the nux vomica produced
the paralysis, or whether the wine removed
it, are questions which Mrs. Jones and |
debate to this day: though, to be candid,
the victory is generally hers for as the
subject is one on which her enthusiastic
nature is apt to become over-excited, |
usually give in out Of respect to her nerves.
.PterS0a's Wdyazine
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-11-26
Strength of Rr.ckS.

Some months since, the Catholics were
building house for worship at Loretto,
Cambria Co, Pa, when the tower fell
before the house was dedicated, fortunately
without any injury to life or limb. The
Editor Of the Shdetd, in giving his opinion
Of the cause Of the calamity, makes the fol-
lowing statement Of the ability of various
qualities Of bricks to resist pressure
"The tower was s. feet high, which, if
the bricks are Of the usual size, would re.
quire 425 of them to be laid on top Of each
other to reach that height. Good hard
bricks will resist pressure of 562 lbs to
the square inch, but brick inches long
BY a. inches broad, well laid in good lime
and sand mortar, will resist much greater
pressure per square inch. Now, multiply
424 bricks by 81 lbs, which is suficien,
allowance for the weight of each brick and
mortar, and We have weight Of 1882 lbs.
on the first or undermost brick, which is
not equal, supposing the brick to be 81
inches by Al inches, to 20 lbs. per square
inch not, actually, one-eighth of the pres
sure good hard brick, well laid in proper
lime and sand mortar, can sustain. We
assert, that good sun5urned brick will not
crush under .tire times the weight that the
undermOst bricks of the tower of the Lo-
retto church were subject to. We have
above shown that the lower bricks in the
tower were not subject to more than 20
lbs. pressure to square inch and We now
declare, that, to subject them to pressure
of 562 lbs. to a square inch, the tower
should have been raised to the height Of
3404 bricks, or very nearly sir hundred
and eiyhy-one feet Our readers will
therefore, We think, agree with Us, that
the setiness of the bricks is no. the cause
Of the falling of the tower.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-11-26

Sixty-nine years ago, the 4th inst, .
party Of adventures from the Eastern
States, after long and toilsome journey,
descended the Ohio river, and encamped
upon the spot where Newport Barracks
DOW stands. They there separated for the
several "stations" in Kentucky ,and turned
their steps through the wilderness, FIRST
pledging each other to meet upon the
same spot, or such of them as might sur
viye, in Jitiy jears from that doyi This
agreement was made, and on the 4th day of
November, precisely fifty years after the
time of agreement, .foar Of the old band
met rpon the sPo, to fulfill their promise
One of them was over ninety years Of age;
the res, were under three-score and ten.
After remaining few days they turned
their steps homeward-not through will
derness as they did half hundred years
before, but throug gh scenes of busy life, and
hum of industrial millions nor did they
promise another meeting, as that was An
event fixed by Higher will and it has
taken place They are all dead,