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Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-02
A WARNING

Sometime since lady, who has gained much
celebrity both in this country and IN Europe as
a prophecies and phronologi-t, arrived In this
city and took lodgings at one OF our hotels. She
issued her professional cards, inviting the clti,
zens of Nashville to visit her mysterious court,
that to them she might lift up the dark curtain
of time, and enable them to gaze upon scenes
which would transpire in the afteryears of their
existence. Old and young, male and female,
rich aud poor, wise and foolish flocked by scores
to hear her strange revelations of the future.
Wonder at her mysterious power was in every
mind, and praises of her talents and accomplish
ment5 upon every lip. The same good fortune
had attende her since her arrival in the Uni
ted States: and but for causes with which many
of our city readers are acquainted, she might
have continued tie happy recipient ofpopular
favor and patronage up to this period. During
the third or fourth week of her stay here, she
was attacked with mdia dportu. She was
taken to the City Hospital for medical treat
ment. The physician of that institution did
all in his power to relieve her suferings and
restore her reason. But his efforts were fruit
less. She who pro4essed to hold the keys of
Time, and to possess the power of disclosing
the hidden things of futurity, was but mortal.
Her own mysterious power could not resist the
solemn summons of the Angel of Death! On
Wednesday evning, March 23rd, 1853, in the
Hospital of Nashville, Madame LAMONT drew
her last breath. and that breath was poisoned
with the Intoxicating draught! VIII not her
melancholy death serve as a warning to those of
her sex in this city who are welded to that
most shameful and debasing vice--dsTulkeHaeSS
In this good city, in this year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-three there are
those who profess to be LADIES' and who live
and move in respectable circles of society, but
who are so given TO intoxication that they are
seldom capable of sober reflection or proper,
ladylike demeanor. Startle not, reader, nor
yet distrust what we say! We speak the words
of sober truth, although they relate to drunken
ness on the part of Gods first and best gift to
man! Drunkenness among coarse, i'll tutored
and i'll natured men, is bad enough, and richly
deserves the discountenance of respectable
people; but what shall we say Of the soul and
body destroying vice when it is tolerated and
practiced by women-women too, who claim to
be respectable, and who are acknowledged and
treated as such by those who are strangers to
their habits of inebriatiou. Is there no remedy
for the evi-an evil which stands next Of kin
to female prostitution. If no other restringent
can be adoped, we will suggest and urge the
enactment of a Maine Liquor Law which will
apply only to females-NGsh. Daily Netes.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-02
LINES ON A KEG OF BRANDY.

Within these prison walls repose
The chattering tongue, the horid oath;
The first for figtiug nothing loath;
The passion quick no words can tame,
That bursts like thunder into fame;
The nose with rubies glowing red,
The bloated eye, the broken headl
Forever fastened be this doorl
Confined within, thousand more
Destructive fends OF human shape,
Even now are plotting an escape.
Here, only BY a cork restrained,
In slender walls of wood contained,
In all their dirt of death reside
Revenge that ne'er was satisfied;
The tree that bears the deadly fruit
Of murder, manning and dispute;
Assault that innocence assails,
The manages of gloomy jails;
The giddy thought on mischief bent,
The midnight hour in folly spent;
All these within this cask appear,
And Jack, the hangman in the rear.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-02
The French EMPRESS. A late letter fror

The FRENCH EMPRESS. "A late letter from
Paris says:-"A better and more worthy tone
is preceptible in the public mind in regard to
the Empress. She rides every day from three
g five, and the four exits from the palace are
all left open, that people may not know through
which she is to pass. division of the crowd is
thus affected. She speaks English and French
vernacularly, although Spanish is her native
language. The relations to be maintained By
hermother are not fully understood. Shehas not
left Paris, and yet she has been at none of the
fetes given to her daughter. She appeared in
public only once since the marrage-at the
opening ofthe last legislative session..
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-02

A TorcH OF NATURE.-The Springfield Re-
publican has the following incident, which occur
ed few days ago, on the Western Railroad:
One of the passengers was woman, carrying
in her arms a child, who annoyed every one by
its petulance and cries. Mile after mile the
passengers bore the infiction of its noise, which
rather increased than diminished, until, at last,
it became furious, and the passengers nearly So.
There were open complaints, and one man
shouted "Take the child out" The train stop
ped at a station, when an old gentleman arose
and made the simple statement that the father
of the child had died recently, away from home,
that the mother had been on visit to her friends,
and had died while on the visit that herdead body
was on board the train, and that the child was
in the arms of woman who was a stranger to
it. 1t was enough. There was tear in near
ly every eye, and all were melted into pity and
patience. All selfshness was lost thinking of
the desolaton of the poor little wanderer,
who would have found a warm welcome in
hands that moment before, would almost
have visited it with blow.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-02

ANOTHER New INvE#rIoN.--A yankee has
Just invented q mitten fsr wearing on the pro-
boscis on cold mornings 1t is warranted, be-
sides keeping out the coEd, to prevent the wear
er from sticking his moss. in other peoples busi-
ness. There areo .nany.p .persons in this vicinity
who need them. The Inventor is said to be
"blue nose" of Maine gznd first tried it on him
self with complete suctss.-M T. Tri6.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-02
Correspondence of the New York Herald.

WASHINGTON, March IL, l853.-An attempt
was made, day or two since, to Overawe the
President by the appearance of an entire Con-
gressional delegation from large State in the
West at the White House, asking an interview.
The President informnd them that at twelve
o'clock he would be happy to meet them. They
appeared at that time, and 10 and behold it was
public reception. This shocked their sensi.
bilities that they withdrew, saying that such
treatment was unexpected and unaccountable
from Democratic President.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-02

A New Hampshire farmer, going to parish
meeting, met his minister, and told him that
his society thought of increasing his salary II
beg you not to think of any such thing" said
the minister, "for it is about as much business
to collect my present salary as l wish to attend
to; if it should be increased, should be obliged
to devote my whole time in collecting it.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-02

Some more things about the little folks
which we always hear and record with pleasure:
A little girl, by name Abby B, went re-
Gently to pass the night with Kate c., Now
Abby was taught what Kate was not, namely, to
say her prayers, on going to bed at night; so
after they had retired, Abby repeated the Lords
prayer until she came to Give us this day our
daily bread when Kate interfered her with; %,
Abby, why don't you ask for 'toast?' l ike
toast great deal the best
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-02
LCUDON:
SATURDAY, APRIL ., 1852.
PROSPECTUS OF
THE LoUDON FREE PRESS,
For 1885,

duties Of public journalists, we feel the just de-
sire to increase the circulation of our paper,
as it will hot only increase our capabilities of
doing good, but at the same time give us rea-
eonable remuneration for our labors. To ac-
complish this desirable end, we have detcrmin-
ed to send out this Prospectus with request
that all who feel an interest in the increased
circulation of our paper viii send us the largest
number of subscribers they possibly can. Yet
we cannot make this reqtest without rendering
appropriate acknowledgements to several friends
whose exertions in procuring us subscribers have
not been unnoticed by us.
We deem it unnecessary to occupy lengthy
exposition Of the leading features of the FREE
PEEss. Its political complexion is uncompro-
misingly WHIG-but we are truly glad that the
evil times of unrelenting political warfare has
for time at least ceased, and those so long and
so recently in antagonistic array, are drawing
together in friendship and in purpose, to mingle
united effort and united wisdom to advance the
interests and the true glory Of the land. We
look to the promotion of the interests ofAgricul-
ture, of Manufactures and of Commerce. as
being by far more important to the improve
ment of the country, than any political issue
upon which the American people are extensively
divided. These great interests shall have our
warmcst support. Our leading aim shall be to
arouse public sentiment to the Importance of
industrial progresS-of enriching our fields, of
beautifying our hompS-of starting up the busy
hum of industry and enterprise.
As to the merits of the FREE Press ii is for
the public to judge-we can only Claim that we
have earnestly rurcavored 10 puurTsn a paper
worthy of public patronage. 1t is filled with
readable matter-containing the latest Foreign
and Domestic News full and impartial quota
tions of the Produce Markets of Loudon, Au-
Custa, Savannah, Macon, Charleston, and Nash
vlle with occasional quotations from other i'm,
portant points---together with the prices and
number of Hogs sold in Cincinnati each week
during Packing SeaSon----also the prices of Pork
at numerous other points, SO as to give our Ira
ders broad and correct basis of judgement in
regard to this important article of trade. In
q word, our paper is for the business men of
East Tennessee.
We are anxious to increase our circulation,
nnd have determined to offer the FREE PREss
at greatly reduced prices to C!ubs---money to
accompany the names, as follows
Single copy, z annum, ..........."..".... 81 90
Three Copies, ...".............. 90
Eigbt Conips . ID 90
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-02
LOVE .

Love is monarch eternal,
His temple the souls of mankind;
Ever his chaplet is vernal,
His freedom no senate can bind.
Love is a peerless magician,
Beauty his mystical spell
Never the voice of seditiOn
Against him has dared to rebel
Jupiter's Temples are shattered,
iris to ruin is hurled;
Love still is worshipped and fattered,
Love is the prince of the world.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-02

PA1xr FOR COATING WIRE WoRK.-Tsks
good linseed oil and boil it along with as much
litharge as will make it of a consistency to be
laid on with brush. Lampblack is also pat
on at the rate of one part for every ten, BY
weight, of the litharge; boil three hours over
gentle fire. The first coat should be thinner
than the others; experience has proven this 30
be the correct method Of applying the paint
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-02
Success to country newspapers!-Uace Bran

A NoreI COntriUance.-The Boston cores
pondent of the Springfield Republican, finishes
a sketch of member of the Legislatures po-
litical opponent-as follows:
at is said that he brings his noon meal to the
House in leathern satchel, and for the Pur-
pose of keeping his repast warm, sits upon his
bag until dinner-time. This is a contrivance OF
Tartar origin and cannot Of course, be patented
in America
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-02

named Robert Sutton, confined in the Auburn
State Prison, New York, for robbing Judge
Harris, of Albany, has just received intelligence
that he is heir to ninety thousand dollars, by
the death ola relative in England. He has
vet some five years to remain in prison.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-02

The other day farmer called at shop and
looked at some rattraps; but finally remarked,
that ''he didn't spose he could catch one of the
plaguey, sly critters, if be had dozen traps,
and went away without purchasing. The Irish
lad who had waited on him, sent him word next
morning, to 'jist step over agin, for, be jaberS,
he'd now got thrap he could sell him. with
rat in It ready cotched"
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-02

CINCINNATI; Mares %, P. .M.-FEARFUL AccI,
DENT.-Dr. AlexanGsr Duncan, ex-member oil
Congress, was so scSerely injured by LUMBER
wagon passing overaim, this morning 'na' h'S
recovery is considerSd doubtful
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-02

Mn. FILLMoRE's TRIP Standardization
Fillmore, in a letter dated the 4th March, to
Hiram Barton, Mayor of Buffalo, in reply to
the tender Of a public entertainment upon his
return to his home there, gratefully declines
all public display on his own behalf, and says;
Hany of my friends, hArey.sr are doubtless
aware that l have long slesfed to visit the
Southern States and the sgreat valley of the
Mississippi. had made 81 arrangements to
do this four years ago this 3ring, but the prev
alence of the cholera revdAed Since then, my
official duties would not pc ylit it, and now for
the first time do find mA Aelf in a position to
crafty this long.chcrishedS desire. Mrs. Fill
mores health, which has beAl delicate for some
time past, and which might aslffer from sudden
transition from this warm \ a colder climate,
but which | have reason IS hope may be i'm
proved by the journey, oSers an additional,
inducement, and | have acsprdingly concluded
TO return by the way of ChaA Aston, New Orleans,
St. Louis and the Lakes, and hope to reach
Buffalo about the first of My.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-02

The lamps used on railways in England are
of three colors-Red, to signify danger; Green,
to note caution, White, to indicate safety. Ap-
piled to trains in motion, White implies that
full speed may be attained; Green, proceed
slowly; Red, stop.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-02
The Journal Of Commerce, analyzing the

The Journal Of Commerce, analyzing the
Thirty-third Congress, says:
"By the election of six democrats in South
Carolina and three in New Hampshire to the
United States House of Representatives, that
body now comprises ninety-eight democrats,
fifty wings and three aboltionists. The same
districts sent to the last Congress Lightweight
democrats, sixty wings and two abolitionists.-
Eighty three members of the new House are to
be elected. Total, 234. The democratic men,
bers will be to the wings about two to one The
democratic majority in the Senate will be ff
teen to twenty. For the next two years at least
every department of the government will be
democratic. The high tariff men have hung
their harps upon the Willows"
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-02

A LADY OFFIcEE-Jean Paul says that a
lady officer, if she wanted to give the word
halt" would do it in this strain: "You SOL
diers, all of you, now mind, order yon as soon
as have finished speaking, to stand still, every
one of you on the spot where you happen to be-;
don't YOU hear me? Halt | say all Of YOU
Now Monsieur Jean, it was an unlucky day
you wrote that sentence. May you never hear
ANYTHING bat that little concise word MOI from
every ROSY lip you meet between this and your
tombstone! May you shalt" wifeless through
life; may your buttons be snaPPsh, your strings
knotty, and your stockings holy. May your
beot-iack be missing, your feet be corned, your
shaving water be cold, your razor dull, your
hair stand up, and your dickies lay down; may
your beard be porcupiny, your whiskers be thin
" settled, and your mustache curl the wrong
way; may your coffee be muddy, your toast
smoky, and your tea be arater-bewitchcd; may
YOU dream of Paradise, and wake in-some 9th
er place! and with never-dying desire for affec-
ton, may you crawl through creation meek,
miserable, nasty, forlorn fdgetty, ridiculous ru-
ined, rejected, ragged old bachelor! Amenl
FANNY FERN.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-02
REMARKS,

We publish the above communication with
great deal of pleasure. 1t emanates from a dis
tinguished source and the initials at the bottom
are anything but correct, for the authors name.
We wish to make but Few comments on it, pre-
feelng that our temperance friends should duly
consider the matter, and freely express their
opinions. If the Judges of the elections, at the
coming State canvass, would make the record
suggested, and if the temperance men, anti
te5pcrance men, would all vote their senti-
meats, there would be no objection to the plan
proposed. twill require an effort to secure the
attention of the judges of the elections to the
matter, in every precinct in the State. If all
the presses of both parties, will maintain the
matter-seyeral tmes-beforc the August elec-
tons, the thing would probably be attended to.
Any way to get an expression of opinion on
the great question from the voters of the State.
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CERTAIN CREDrrORs OF THE LATE RI.
PUBLIC OF TEXAS.


Y "a Act Of the Legislature Of Ne Stste Of
IL Texas, approved February 7th, 1858, the
Time for auditing the claims for personal services,
civil and military. and Tor supplies furnished,
known heretofore ~ I'd Class Claiins,) IL cxtei ded
for the period Of eighteen months from the da.s OF
said act:
This, therefore, Is to notify ali claimants, Of the
character aforesaid, whose claims have not previ-
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justment to the undersigned Auditor and Comp
troller, within the time prescribed by said enact
ment 18th Of August ls54,) otherwise thcy shall
be forever barred.
To prevent confusion, and for the protection Of
claimants, certificates Of adjustment will hereafter
be delivered, ONLY, to the claimant Ia person, or
70 hs agent or attorney. A simple order attestcd
by two Witnesses In the following form will suffice
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%. my agent and attorney In fact, 20 present, prose.
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OF the State OF Ts1As. nay claims OF every descrip.
don against the late Republic Of Texas, and To 70.
ccivc and receipt for the proper certificate or other
evidence Of said adjustment.
Given under my hand this---day of-ls5 (.
WirStSs: A. B."
CERTIFICATES can be rcmiticd by mail, II the
parties so direct, otherwise they win remain ON llc
in the Auditors Office until called for.
JOHN N. SSyISlfER, Auditor. .
JAMES Il. SHAW, Comptroller.
Austin, February 70, 1853. l-8m.
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COMMERCIAL.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec, is, 1854.

CoTox.--on Monday morning NO laid befor,
our readers stnl later aud rather unfayorab,e intel.
igcnce by the uumbolE. Il seemed, however. rath.
or to stimulate the demand. $500 bales heing sold
y. inside figures, wits.9it any quotAblc dcclinc.-
Yesterday the inquiry Was rcuewcd, with saIes Of
1000 balcs. at previous ratss. To-day the inquiry
IL lair, with sales OF $500 bales, ut stcadier prices,
making n total for the week Of 1850 bales, taken
mostly FOR tc continent Of Europe and Great Brit.
ain.
The receipts from ii,v ist September to date,
compris, 36t,Sto bslcs against 0gi, 7pe to the cor.
responding date last year, showing a decrca~. ci
s3o,t56 bales. The stock on hand Is .07 ,1l6 bale.
against 29S, 2i8 At same time In 1852.
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Z. III. WOODS.
For sale.

Fol Sale.
JNoUR LOTS eligibly situated In the inner town
- OF Gonzales, on which arc the following Inn.
provoments: A good fiame dwelling house with
six rooms, neatly finished from top to bottom and
painted, with Venitian blinds TO the windows; a
good Kitchen, Store Room, Smoke House, Stable,
Carriage House, Corn Crib and other out buildings
a good brick %cistern, and u good supply of choice
Fruit Trees and Shrubbcry.
Also, a Store House on the corner Of the Public
Square, one Of the best locations for business In
town.
Said property will be sold low and terms of pay.
ment made easy, II application Is made soon.
Inquire of THOS. j. PILGRIM.
Gonzales, July 2S, lsba-s-at