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The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-25
BARON Rouer, Sept. 4th, 1882

DATON nOUGE, Sept AN, lcJ%
A meeting of the friends of the Baton
Rouge and Clinton Plank Road Company,
was held this day--at the Office of VIM. s.
Pike, present:
r. e. Morgan, B F. Harvey J. M. Bru-
not, A. S. Heron, H. r. Waddill Eugene
I.aNoue, w II. CIenshaw, J. W. Seymour,
F. J. b. Romer, Jordan Holt, Philip Win
free. IS. NJ. Hart, VIM. Markham and W.
S. Pike Judge T. G. Morgan was called
to the chair and W. S. Pike appointed Sc
Cretary.
W. S. Pike stated the object of the meet
ing to be--that of adopting charter for the
Road, and fol- the purpose of appointing
commissioners to open the subscription
books. A draft Of a charter was read and
adopted, and it was upon motion
Resolved, That the charter, together with
the act of the Legislature, under which the
Same is formed, be published in the papers
OF Baton Rouge and Clinton, and that the
papers of East and West Baton Rouge and
East Fellciana be requested to published the
same.
The following named gentlemen, were
appointed commissioners to reopen sub
>cripiion GNoks At Baton Rouge, L. 6.
Morgan, SIN. Hart. II. t. Waddill, A. S.
Heron, +. Lahore J. Holt and w s. Pike.
At Clinton, J. II. Muse, II. H. Haynes,
Henry Marston, G. w Munday, ] B. Smith
VIM Patterson and NJ G. Mills.
The sceting adjourned SINE die.
THOS. G. MORGAN, Pre't
WIN. S. PIKE, Secretary.
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versed in, the true principles of international
law than WINFIELD ScoTT. No greater
error can be committed by you. my country
men than to suppose, because he is a great
soldier, a victorious general, ne is nothing
more. He is a scholar, an elegant and pro-
found scholar. He is man, if he had never
achieved victory in a battle, emlnently
Qualified to fill the office of President, because
of his civil qualifications; and it is because of
them / stand here, and mean to stand every
where, ready to support him. Moreover, my
fellow citizens, WINFIELD SCOTT is man
whose experience in public affairs-indepen-
dent of his mere learning from books--is
equal to that of any member of the House of
Representatives or the Senate of the United
States. He has taken deep interest in the
political affairs of his country since
early youth. Originally, before the war of
1912, Democrat Ofthe Madisonian and JEFF
ferson shcooi, warm-hearted, ardent, and pat
riOtc, when the outrages that were commit
ted upon this country by England occurred, he
resolved to leave the profession in which he
had every prospect of brilliant success, for
the purpose of fighting the battles of his
country, and, it secesslry, dhedicng his blood
in her defence. Ny fellow citizens, stand
here and support w iNFiELD ScoTT, not
only for these reasons, not only because he Is
a civillian..and a statesman, butbecause know
him, OF NY own knowledge, TO be q man as
pure in heart, as high minded and honorable
in all his intercourse with his fellow men, rs
any man ever knew"
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A Falae IfenOrf.

The Sun, of Philadelphia, native paper,
which ought to know something about it.,
says:
Mr.. Webster, while passing through this
city s0n "Wednesday, distinctly accepted the
American nomination for President, saying to
his querists: "Gentlemen,I will st-nd iire. !"
The above paragraph went the rounds OF
the Democratic press couple weeks bacL,
and was copied into ast'Saturday's Times
1t has been positively denied, and Mr.. Web
ster has even over his own name declined
the nomination. The nomination was an in
suit to him in the first place, but it is all in
suit to the common sense of the people to
keep the above paragraph before Their eyes,
when they have already seen its authenti-
denial.
At Wing meeting on the Sth inst, held
in N. York, Hon. F A. Tallmadge delivered
a speech in which he said he had seen Mr..
Webster during the day, and had convcrsed
with him freely upon the nomination anl
prospects of the Wing party Mr.. Webster
in that conversation acknowledged gratefully
the attachment and devotion which his
friends had exhibited, both in the N4tiona
Convention and since the nomination hac
been made. But he said he did not see how
any good result could be att aimed by present
ing his name any further to the country, ana
that one common duty now devolyed upon u.
al-that, namely OF raltying to The support Of
the candidate regularly nominated by the rep
resentatives of the Wings of the Union, in
convention assembled. For his own part,
he was ready to give the Wing ticket his cor
dial support, and so he trusted were Wings
everywhere, whatever might have been their
personal predictions.
kThese remarks were received with loud ap-
plause; they seem to put an e(ectual ex-
tinguisher upon the rumors recently circula-
ted with so much industry, that Mr.. Webster
had consented to accept the Native American
nomination, and would not support the Wing
ticket.
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saving the Union, and announcing the fac
that in the late war "my own command and
the Palmetto regiment stood together on the
field of BATTLE" the General again took up
the compromise measures, saying that the
North got the kernel and the South the shell.
He repeated what Mr.. Aver had stated before
'that the present fugitive slave law, about
which so much noise is made, ,caS IN no partt
cular different from the lap Of 93,under which
we had lived nearly sixty years.
Here Mr.. Foss said, that, without interrupt
ing the spesker,he wished to make an inquiry;
"If in no particular different, why was it nee
essary to pass the present law %
Gen. i. replied that the old law could not
be executed because its execution depended
on the STATE courts. He also said something
which was not Iully understood about the law
of 1893, as based partly on the common law.
He was then asked, ''Was either the law
of '93, or the present law, founded in any
degree upon the common law ~
Gen. Pierce.-''I can't go into disqiuisi-
ton upon the common law.''
The inquiry was then made, "Do you re-
gard that feature of the fugitive slave law as
consistent with common law"
! Gen. Pierte.-'Weil, if | must answer,
/ No. do not. / have been asked il liked
this fugitive slave law. | answered, no.
have most revolving feeling at the giving
up of slave; the fugitive slave law is oppOs-
ed to humanity. Here some one inquired,
@Is it not opposed to right! Yes, it is oppos-
Ell to moral right But our fathers made the
compact, and we must fulfill it. | say moth
ing of the humanity oft, nothing of the right
oft"
Gen. p. then gave vivid description OF
the scenes that would occur if the law was
disregarded. First, a party Of twenty armed
men would cross the Pennsylvania line to
recover fugitive slaves; twenty would meet
them to defend the slaves. Then five hun
bred would come, to be mel by an equal num-
ber and before three months would pass an
army of 100000 would be in the field; and
the South ouid be as likely to plant their
banner at Ph!ladel, .hia, as the North theirs al
Charleston.
AN OLD-FAsHIoNED DEMOCRAT.
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EeyOifIr z Gnfrage..Wapc.

4 most brutal and revolving outrage was
perpetrated in Shaker Prairie on Sunday
the 18th inst, the facts in the case are, as we
learn from afidIvi.s iisl before Els quire
Snapp, as follows:
On that day, Lance Hall AMI Lysander
Bartly went to the house Of an old lady whose
husband was absent from home, and who was
with the exception of her daughte-, entirely
alone. There while Hall stood by with a
cow-hile in one hand and large kni lie in the
other, threatening their lives il resistance or
noise was made, the fend BARLEY committed
C'otenc' or rape uDOn tis bodies Of boil m2ttr
and daughter! They left the house in about
half an hour afterwards, but subsequently
learning that the women were about to make
complaint against them, they both fed, and
are supposed to be lurking about OH the Hi
nois side olthe river. II is thought Il irtlev
may have left Tor the Northern part OF Illinois.
He is described as tall young mau. some
% years of age hair red. One OF his fore
fingers is off close to the hand. Hail is about
five feetfivc inches in height, rather talkative
face somewhat marked with frcCkes. He
is supposed to be between 81 and 40 years of
his age. Mu.h excitement prevails in the
Prairie in consequence of this diaboiecal act.
We understand that the citizens haye Of
iered 500 reward for the apprehension OF the
scounlrels - this sum will probably be in
creasek. Our exchang may subserve the
cause of justice by copying or noticing the
above.-l VincenHes Ga-.
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AN OLD-FAsHIoNED DEMOCRAT.
scnit,s Prospec. in indiana.


In 1913 General Cass received in Indiana
i4,SI5 voles, General Taylor received 69,9O7
votes, ana Mr.. Van Buren, S.lO0. CJss over
TAYLOR. 1895; Taylor and Van Buren, over
Cass. 1862.
The Freesoil votes (Van Buren's) were
ipaiy composed OF Wings who rrius d
to vote 70 General Tdylo because he was :
- II man and STAKEHOLDER. The Free
soil Democ- is had oi course no su obJec-
t O To ar cand date, and vo,td for him.
Ia tle 10th district Cass received 1864, lay
or els, ana Van Burrn 1915. This was,
p rnaIs the strongest Ffeesoii distr ct In the
S ..te. L. 1855 the race lor Consr IS in :nis
district was between Brenton, ""nig) ard
Bor--h, >DemHcrat.) nton receiT ed s.
o23 woes, anu Borden Sag. Thi h Was
Wing gain over T4ylor. as between l. ylor
nd Iass, vi l,o23 vstes: SHOW n that he
freeso!l votes We're gwen to Brentun, the
w nIs cRnd,datt-there being no Freesoil Or
ginization. Taking he 10th district a. a
sample, no Iurther figuring is necessary u
show that in the absence ut third party Or
ganizaiiUn, all other questions aside, General
Scott will carry the Stat BY handsome ma
| jority. There W ere ten Iisticts in the State,
ana the gain in one distr. CT was $50; sup
pose the average gain to be at one-lOurlh the
ratio of the gain in the lon district, am
Scott has IN jJfity OF 4,57o in the State.
| But suppose there should be Frcesoi
candidate in ~: will General Scott DE i.ffec-
ted in Ike manner as General Taylor! With
out arguing the point, We answer simply, we
think noi-General Scott being neither from
an extreme Southern State, >as Was Genera
| Tdy LORI nor a STAKEHOLDER.
Without relying upon this view of the case,
we think we can show clearly that, indie
pendent OF the question OF tliird-partyism,
General Scott possesses an advantage over
General T'aylo which insures him the vote
Of the state No one at all acquainted with
the campaign of lS4o, in that State, will
deny that, but for the hue-and cry raised all
over the State against Gen. Taylor by the
Democracy (and, to the dishonor of Gen.
Lane be it told, he loaned himself to the SER
vice, and gave currency 10 the statements) in
relation to his official report of the battle of
Buena Vista, he would have received the
electoral vote by handsome majority. Gen
erai Scott will have no such sadvdntage to
contend with, but on the contrary he will re-
ceive the votes of hundreds of his early COM
piniOnS in arms, who are scattered all over
the country, regardless of party ties or party
drill.
And again, in lS4S, Gen. Taylor had to
contend against an acknowledged statesman,
and man who at least, ought to have some
sympathy for the Western interests. Gen.
Scott is opposed 10y man who is without
distinction as general or as statesman,
and whose hostility to the West has been
manifested, on every occasion when he had
an opportunity to manifest it, by his repeated
refusal to appropriate a single dollar Tor the
Improvement OF their rivers and harbors and
ior the protection OF their lives and fortunes.
Washington City Telegraph.
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Grn. SCOTS Civ.Ieux,ificatious.

1t will be denied, we presume, that ].
NJ. CLAYTON, eff Delaware, is competent
witness 10 the fact whether man whom he
knows well, is or is not qualified by ability
ana knowledge of civ affairs, TO discharge
the duties OF presidl mt. Others may be better
Judges OF what fits man for that high off &c;
they may know Gen. Scott better; but for
the present we prefer to confde in Mr.. Clay
tons opinion, rather than believe the little
oracles who speak 50 magisterially through
the columns of a neighbo hood newspaper, ar
ellighten the people from stump at the
crossroads. We therefore publish the
following extract from Mr.. Clayton's speech
delivered at Wing ratification meeting on
the % OF June:
SIN the first place,I undertake to say-if
my humble testimony can be admitted ut all
upon such question as thiS-l have for many
yea known WINFIELD ScOTT, ofNew Jer-
sey, and know him to be not only great
soluier-the greatest Captain OF the age
but | know him to be al choa and a states
man. There is no greater error than to pus-
pose, because man is a great soldier, he
cannot be great civilian. GEN. ScoTr has
devoted his life to the study of the profession
OF his early youth. He was. before he went
into the army, lawyer, and although have
met many men well acquainted with the
doctrines of international law, i have never
seen one more familiar with, and more deeply
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Bold Robbery.

The jewelry store of Mr.. Wade was en-
terednight before last, and about $500 worth
of goldwatches, gold pens, bracelets, &c &c,
stolen therelrom. The thieves entered the
store in the rear by the use of an augur, to
bore the bolts loose, and tins opened the
door quietly without being discovered. The
same party also entered the wall paper store
of John c. Devereux, and relieved his money
drawer of what loose change they found
amountingto some Sc. They are evidently
workmen at the business, and will undoubtcd-
ly escape justice.
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0TWe don't often complain of want OF
courtesy on the part of brother editors, but
when we see long articles and short items
by the score copied from the Journal into
other papers without the proper credit being
given, it~makes US little wrathy. In. one
PaPerwe counted FIVE items which originally
appeared as editorials in this paper, and not
one of them was credited. Well, keep 'em
going.
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Nav ORLEANs JuIy11

Tojacro sales OF h. week 2l5 hhds; pri es
feeble with no qnotable change. Flour is dull;
Ohio a, 81 6, s. Louis So 81. Sales # corn,
mixed Al assoc; White Sic; Yellow 80 ST.
Louis oats SIC. Sales of bran at S5e. Pork
nall sales at $40 80 tor mess Bacon-Salcs
of shoulders a, SIC. Prime lard oil slo1 AT s5c.-
Sales ofwhi-ky at i7!lI1t Sales Rio Coffee at
"a,
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.JUnGE DEWEY

We had an introduction a few days ago to
this gentlemen, who visited our town for the
first time. The Judge is fine locking man ;
intelligence is Enthusiastically stamped on
every feature. He deservediy stands in the
front ranks of the legal profession in the
West; and If merit is at all appreciated, Judge
Dewey will easily be elected to the Supreme
Bench at the October election.
Ind. Express.
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ELECTORAL TICK EFT.

srsvroRIlL ELECTORS.
HENRY s. LANE, Of Montgomery county.
PLEASANT A. HACCLEMAN, of Rush county.
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
Psrse Distriet-LExUrL q. DEBRULER, Duboise county
Ssesn8-JoHN ID. FUReusoH, Clark county.
T1ira-Caps. SeoTT CARTER, Switzerland county
HSuvsA--JoHN III. FARauHAR, Frank lin county
EsftA-DAvIp KILLsoRg, Delaware county.
Girfh-FABrrs M. FIScH, johnson county.
SsrsnfA--RIcHARD W. THOMPSON, Vigo county.
Eirhfk-G. o. benin, Tppecanoe county.
kSntA-T. s. SrANrIEEp. ST., Joseph county
7ssfk-JAMrs S. Frazier Kosciusko county
EIspsstA-JoHN NJ. WALLACE, Grant county
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From the Manchester IN. H. Democrat of Januar
eth, lsj2.
Ger. Fierce Jew Boston
New BosTON. Jan. 3. Is5.

NEW BOsToN, Jan. 3, 1852.
Mr.. EDITOR: Some weeks ago Gen. Pierc,
sent word to certain of the friends OF MIR. At
wood in New Boston that he was about L
address the people OF this town, in order tina
he might set himself right in the case of Lee
tita Baisdel.
The meeting was called to order by Capt
b. Fletcher, who, on taking the chair, said
that as Gen. Pierce was unweil, Mr.. b. +
Aver would occupy portion of the time, anC
introduced him to the audience. Mr.. Aver
spoke for three quarters of an hour.
Gen. Pierce commenced his remarks by
complimenting his ''young friend" and an
ouncing that there was no other place where
he could have been induced to make apoltical
speech at the present tine.
The General then proceeded to speak OF his
father and mother riding on horseback
over rough roads, and OF the great improve
n,ents hat have been mace wi,hin Jew
years. He referred to the Constitution Ut
tn. country, and in pious train OF thought
reco ,nized the higher law, anu ''that power
above all constitutions" His position mrs
VS. so unequivocal that the Rev. Mr. Foss,
formerly clergyman of this town, could but
assent to it us sufficiently ".anaticaf' TO sa-
tlsiy the most ultra abOiitioaist.
Gen. p. now proceeded to speak upon an
other topic which he isvery apt to dwell upon
on all occasions, not eXtceping his efforts at
the bar, viz, his Own UalOr in the MeSican
war. Most of those who bad returned from
that war had Jared better than he had. There
had been many foolish lies in regard to his
bravery, anu GooIale's paper was tull OF false
insnuations upon this point. With a single
exception, he III I'd led his command in the
blaze of every battle!"
This Information was precisely what was
needed. No Oil :ial account having been
rendered Oh these Seeds of bravery We nigAt
REMAIN in ignorance OF them, If ten. Pierce
hau not impaired tie needed inIorna ION.
There certainly are two facts i II the Gene
RATS history that have not often occurred To
the great captains, oil either ancient or mo-
dern times:
''Ie fought aud fen,
bat lived 10 tei.h
The speaker nov took up the subject Of
slavery. He said it was the greatest trouble
OF the country, and was SO regarded by
Washington. As iur himself, he never saw
u human beng in bondage without feeling
his heart revolt at it. Slavery contrary To
the Constitution IN some respects moral
blot upon the character OF the nation. But
it can't be helped" He referred to the great
peril in which the Union had been placed.
Some, ana among them Rh 1T, OF Sou Ia "a
rolina, openly dvowed disuniOn; ana joan +.
Hale had so Tar joined in the movement as to
crack his jokes with Rhett and other seces-
siOnists. For himself, he was in great dis
tress when he heard that the Compromise
measures had failed.
Alter few more EXPLANATIONS in regard to
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nfThe following we copy from the Jeffel

~ NC IUIiOWII VIC OUVI IIUIII IIIt JGIItT-
sonville Spirit of Progress:
"A company has been organized in our city
and the stock, $500, 900, mas all been taken.
for the purpose of constructing marine rail-
way around the falls OF the Ohio, on the In
diana side. A petition is nov pending the
action of our city council, asking the right of
way through the city limits.
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Gallon Lnrnl.


SECS = dog CT of for cash. ................1!as
COOS Q d''Z do do do ------.--..-..-.. .6.a
7GOs doz do do DO .l.a
The lower prices above generally, where two pr q
are mentioned are for full packages and the higher
small who esale.
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QUEREC. June IS,

QUEBLC, JUNO 10,
Three houses were destroyed and eight men
were killed by slide OF 70 ks at Cape Din
mOnd. Two other slides occurred subse-
quently, destroying both lives and houses.
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6TThe wings of TerreIiaute hold grand
ratification meeting on Saturday, the I4th of
August next.
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DACoN.-3.OOO rs clear Sizes Shoulders anil Hams.
- IN hne order, rec this day and for sale lowoss
mdrket r"tes oy y13l KARCOCk BROS.
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HOPKIYsvMLE, July IL

1t is automatically announced that the
cholera has disappeared and that not a single
case has occ urred for week.
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NEW MUSIC

NEW MUSIC
~ Tn, Gold Digger:
All, Yes, remember &c. just reed with an assert
ment of other music and Burins Piano Instructor.
jy.l i. NJ. HOOD q co.
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We, John jeffrey d Co., the firm named in the above
Ordinance, do assent the above Ordinance. and
agree Ia erect Gas ork, lay pipes aud furnish Cas-
PROVIDED for in SAID Ordinance, and upon the terms aud
conditions therein specified.
illness hands, the fifteenth day of June, A. D.
le52. N-lu JoH.' JEFFREY =. co.
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WOOL

OTH0USAND pounds Of Wool wanted for vhic.
~ the highest hiarAet price VIII be paid in cash,
goods AT the lowest figures by
jyIO I'm ". & w. RALEIGH,
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JacKsoN'S COOKING STOVE.

Owing IT, the burning of the Foundry at Cincinnati.
engaged in Ia manufacture of Jack sons celebrated
Double Oven Cooking Stoves. unable TO satisfy
the demand just present. We WILL however oon have
hand large lot of these excellent unsurpas sable
stoves. and will then promptly fill all orders.
iyi5-u JAS. SCANTLlN & SON.
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Flour and Meal

Wabash 4. S.S. Il : % . 81
Lafayette choice" 3 90 a3 G.,
Fancy y" =" 3 .5
cit. Mills : D.
Locifharts brand. 3 5Ca3 -
Corn Meal.-...-. ~
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Live Geese prime 30 Il %
ISL.

II = y ~ ~ ~ = -
ISL.
Dry Cod........ "a 5,
A;.okcrel no L.. IL Jual4Jt
do 10 g.. 9 a IL
do no 3...9 10
Salmon picked.
sa;.d CO:b $500.
iicrriG - sVaied.. - al G
10 10 L.. % Il s5
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com NJ EKCiA!,.
~~~~~~~~~~~--~~~-~~~>~~>
SVlLLE WHOLESAL
PRICES CURRENT.
Indigo.
f.afIaS.

Oak Countr, 81. ! so
Poplar saw'd 81. ] 50 al IS
do do AZ. 2 90 a2 -
Pine do 81. ] 75
Lead and Shot.