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MEDICAL, & o.
DOCTOR BEACH's PREPARATIONS
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anti |a.Sl;lA;S7Is|5IE l|!|a3

A certain, sfsctual and prompt reinedy for
Diarrhra. Dysentery, Cholera, Cholera
Morbus. and other diseases Of the stomach
And bowels. it has been used by great num-
beers Of persons with the highest Satisfaction,
and physicans themselves nave pronounced
Il one Of the most valuable remedies known
as it positively cures the diseases for which
il is recommended. 1y6old by all the
principal Druggists in the United States.
BeAcH's BnEAsr LiNAMENr.--a,n excel
lent remedy for any disease d the Lungs or
Breast. such as Pain in the Breast, Splitting
Of Blood. Night Sweats. Cough, Oppression
in Breathing or any difiiculte about the
Chest. etc. This remedy, without doubt,
produces more permanent benefit 10 Disease
Of the Iangs than any remedy that can be
used. To persons that are any way p'edis-
posed TO Lung Disease, either by the form
ation,of tn. chests or heaedital v, can prev
ent entirely an attack Of the disease, and al
ways enjoys good health by using freely OF
this Linan,ent according to directions.
BrAc1t's FggRuGiNoUs TONGA GER
tain remedy for Chills and Fever, never
known to fail, and ais, prevent a return OF
the disease. -,
(. BrAcu's RHEUMATIC CoNroUND.-Never
fails Ia give relief in less than twenty-folr
hours.
BrAcH,s SromAcmlvF BITTERs.-This is
An excellent article that has been long sought
for, viz, pro,,hylactic or preventive OF
Chills and Fever, and all Autumnal Fevers
To persons living. or haiing business, even
for short period in low, marshy distrctS,
the Bitters are envaluable for, persons using
them will never be troubled with Chills and
Fever. at the same time they correct the
secretions, give tone to the stomach, im-
prove digestion, restores the appetite, cures
dyspepsia and Jaundice, and gives health
and vigor to the general system.
vFor the above remedies we publish
no certificates Of extraordinary cures per-
formed by them. We will say this much
thew are all that they are represented to be.
They are remedies that we have used in
our practice Tor years with tie most salts
factory results. The great demand for these
remedies alone has induced us to put them
On in manner that they can be reached by
address. 10 Prepared and sold by r. ID
BEACH, NJ. d, Chimist and Apo
thecary, cor. Of Charter AMI Gus
tomhouse street, New Orleans.
~WM. BOGEL, Agent for Baton Rouge
La, Lafayette street. Jani2-y.
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EDUCATION, sc.
BATON ROUGE FRENCH
ACADEMY.

A dOlph 0od1uCkd late professor Of
~ Modern Language aud Litesaturs at
tie University Of Oxford, Miss, begs leave
rsspsctfnlly 70 inform the public Of Baton
Rouge and vicinity, that be will open on
TIE second Monday Of January 1853, q So
lsct French School. where oil the branches
cfa elsssie sducation will b taught in
French. For further particulars apply At
the residence Of Prof. A. g. on Laurel street
between Third and Main.
REvERENcEs.
Rev. NJ. Woodbridge, r. B. r. Hatch, :
PA. Walker, Mrs. Read,
OXFORD MISS.
A. B. Longstreet, L. L. D. President Of
the University Of Mississippi.
Prof. A. Bledsoe. A. M. J. Conkay NJ. D.
Psof. J. Waddel, a. NJ. J. Milington, NJ. D.
TULIP ARKANSAS.
Colonel J. Alexander, A. NJ. President
ofthe Arkansas Military Institution.
Major A. Benton, Professor Of Military
Tactics and Mathematics. jan 4-3mo.
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r PROVISIONS.
Qpr roGenf StQck.

For the inlo5m3t iou 81 Families and others,
.,;ve hAln,, = e,,r,,rr, - ~ s,ch criticize u
! - 49, 81 nr1rr a.
G4kQ0EE5Exl 10vL0S ~
e. =. = - g my have On hsno'
70 Brown Sugs4 "a g Cnclect Crusneo:
loTerinss IhiIedslphia: rulvef1sed
do 90 Double Lon
do @, Small Lces.
81. Jsmes kennefv, Ccisee,
Choice kio and 90 Jaw,
RIGS, LOUISIANA :nd
CA'ouna tEAs.
impenal, Guns
p9wder, 1SnnE
nyson' olsek
IS 81.
PICKLES, quarts and nail Oesions SsIcsss
Ginger, Nutmegs. Cissnon, 0.ovsa ~ Mu.
tard and Pepper; Ion, O'. y ns.-
ring, Vodfsn, Msc.se ~ rS,:..s =
f quarters ana , Mn rSs sy =
Lamp M5 W1MES, 1...1 ~
ANA S'ass'' o"nu lAasD 49,
IN v,,, MNSsnos' -.
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H EEPS constantly on hand large and
n well selected stock Of fresh Drugs and
Medicines. All his preparations are pre-,
pared by Northern manufactures, and put
IN in the very best manner to preserve their
medicinal virtues. In a climate like this
persons shonld not overlook this important
consideration.
m- Prescriptions filed with care at any
time Of night or day. Jan ID
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CITY BOOKBINDERY,
THIRD STREET, BATON ROUGE, LA

THIRD STREET, BATON ROUGE, La
vTNHIS establishment is now prepared to
do. all kinds of Bookbinding and
Handbook manufacturing, in the very neat
est style. and expedition. The proprietor
owes the public an apology for not having
given prompt attention to work for the
past six or eight months. This has not
been occasioned by any negligence on his
part but an inability to procure prompt
workman. That want is now supplied and
orr customers at Clinton. Jackson, Port
Hudson, Bayou Sara. Plaquemine and
Donaldsonville. can send in their work
with the assurance that it will meet with
prompt attention. -.
Periodical, Law Books, Miscellaneous
works Magazines. Newspapers. bound to or
der; Scrap Books. Portfolios nc. &c. made
to any pattern. GEORGE A. PIKE
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NFOIcAL.
H0U6E


HkH1xEx HOUSE.
o6en IF ~, ~ iwSs and complsts
aSeosffn1ht u Nnnoe, M1D1cinBs, SvAsi-
CAL InsrxuN11 IL Eupf1no- 0eAse.s, Ora.
SoAYs TooTi5 on3 Wusrs. WASH; HAIR,
Toorn. Firsp, Mart 1hAviNoS PAINr an.
Sxor bssSnes; toGstAof Nth u thu most
populsS patent mcdieinsj - ~ day
PENS, INK and PAPER
Fish-hoots, Lisss flsafs, 81 6sakss
Low Scr cesh.
fsas! Tsas! 1eas n!
Having bsen sppointsd sfent tcr sne .als
of TrAs idr {hs PEK1N TEA COMPANY
81 M,s fWh, am enabled to offer to the
L1dts. aplendid assortment Of GaErr and
nx.Aux fixs, spdsvaMtxd pwys. They arc
- 10 II quarter, half ant pound packages,
and seld Il from so cshts TO 81 80 peg
pound.
This clase cf remedies, improperly called
PofeMf, are simply secret remedies, found
by Practical Physitiass, after long experiI.
elce, to b. admirably adapted to the cure
Of certaim diseasss; put up and offered for
sale for the benefit 81 Mankind.
Many persons here will tell you, that,
smiths Tonic, Rowaa's Tonic, Speeds
Tonic, Indian Colleagues, Champions Pills,
Jayney Louden's, Sapington's HnlPs or
the G.aiIenbourg Pills, will cure you Of any
case 81 ChiIls and Fever, or Ague and Fe-
yer that may occur, and that too, q cost
Of from rs cents to 81 So; whereas 1t
would ordinarily cost you 50 00-They
would further inform you, that these reme-
dies, warranted genuine. are for sale BY
H. +. WADDlLL
Druggist, near the Harney House Baton
Rouge Louisiana. may2Sy.
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SEoitr -
GEOGE A. PIKE & Co.,
General Agents, Baton ROuge.
We will attend promptly to the collection
of all claims entrusted Jus, either against
the State, or individuals residing in the par
shes Of East, or West Baton Rouge.
The lbeial patronage we have met with
as General Agents.; has not only enabled us
to increase our facilities for the transaction
Of business. but also to GREATLY REDCcE
our former rates of COMMISSION.
Our charges for collecting claims against
the State, will now be as follows:
On sums under 800 2per cent.
do 500. and not over $3.50, l l-2 pr. ct
do $3.50 and not over $500, 3-4 per ct.e
do $500 and not over $1,000 1-2 per Ct
do $1,000 do do. $500, Ia do.
do $500 do do $4,000, 1-s do.
RArEs or EXCHANGE ON NV ORLEANS
On sums from $40, to $3.50, Ia pr. ct.
do. do. do $3.50, to $500, Id do.
do. do. do $500, to $4,000, 1-s do.
~ Information given Gratis. Address
letters post. paid, TO GEoReL A. PIKE Eco.
NAV sy. General Agents
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Fresh Arrivals.
A NEW FIRM
AND NEW "a JEw.ELRY,

SAi10
Lafayette st., one door above Laurel
THEODORE GOLDMAN, watchma.
l. ker and Jeweler--respectfully informs
his old frienus and the public in general
that he has permanently located himself
here, and calls their attention to the supe-
rior advantages be possesses for repairing
Watches, Clocks, Music Boxes aed Jewelry.
He also keeps constantly on hand, a fine as
sortment Of JEWELRT, consisting in part
Of fine gold and silver watches, gold vest,
fob and guardchains, gold pens with gold or
silver helders, gold, silver and german spec
tacles, gold lockets fngerings, earrings, Ia
dies and gentlemen breastpins, shirt-studs
and sleeve buttons, heart slides, ladies belt
slides, necklaces, bracelets clasps, gold and
silver thimbles, watches, earrings. &c. Also
a splendid assortment Of clocks, lamps, cut
Iery and fancy articles, and many others
too numerous to mention, all OF which he
offers Cor sale cheap for cash, at the sign Of
the BIG WATCH.
n B. All work done at this establish
n,ent is warranted TO perform we'll Watch
es and clocks warranted for twelve months.
TEKMs-one price and CASH. Ijuly e-y.
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T PARRY & Co., have just received a
y. fresh stock Of Almonds, and Reasons
Butter, and Cheese, Pickles, and Preserves;
Call for superior articles at
ianl5. ST. BLANCHARD.
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r ard in Tierces, Barrels and Kegs, for
IL sale BY Jan % JOSHUABEAL.
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Carriages, Harness, &c.

Carriages, HARNESS, &C.
lust received from the best northern
j manufacturers. large assortment OF
CARRIAGES and HARNESS.. which,
with number of my own manufacture.
comprises variety worthy the attention Of
purchasers. who are invited to examine De-
oct 19.y. w. F. TUNNARD .
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FAMILY GROCERIES.

CHOICE WINES 4 LIQUORS-l0o
salons of best quality French Brandy; 1875
Gallons of Old Pavilion so gallons Sazarac
Brandy: 10 Casks Common do; so boxes
vines assorted; 10 barrels fine Old Rrctiti-
ed Whiskey; 80 gallons Jamaica Rum; so
gallons Holland Gin. Also, great variety
Of fine liquors and cordials for sale by
July 26-ly .. r. BLANCHARD.
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YNINWARE. Willoware, Brooms, Willow
i wagons, Cradles, and Willow-chairs
Sugar boxes, Tea canisters. Coffee canisteis
&c, by ). r. BLANCHARD
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GENERAL NEWSPAPER
AND PERIODICAL AGENCY.
SUBSCRIPTIONS will be received by
- the undersigned for the following news
papers and magazines:
New Orleans Daily 4 Weekly Crescent
/" Delta.
Louisiana State Republican.
illustrated Family Friend.
San Die 70 (Cai;fornia) Herald
Graham's Magazine.
Godey's
Knickerbocker
Movers Universum.
USpecimen copies can DC seen by cal
ling on JNO. c. LANOUE, Agent
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T1REsf1 RECEIPTS Of Bacon and barrel
II Pork, 10 Casks Clear Sides, % bbs.
VI. q. Pork, for sale, by the cask or lot,
;an1G s. NJ. HART & Co.
niCKLED sARDINES, HOLSTERS, Sal.
I mons. French, Creole, English, Ken
tucky Il New York mustard by
;an15 s. +. BLANCHARD.
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Rodways Ready Relief

TO SUGAR PLANTERS.
r HAVE just received, and will continue
= 70 keep, good supply Of very fine Su-
m Hcuso ond Wster cistem cement
JOSHUA REAL.
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SCHIEDAM AROMATIC SCANlPPs.

TAR. D. L. MOTT, an eminent chemist
u of New York says be recommends
TIE aschiedam Aromatic Schnapps," inn
snrted by Mr.. Wolfe. 6f New York, q the
unrest and best article Of Holland gin to be
procured in thu United States, and peculiar
f. valuable for medicinal purposeA For
sale Il this plses By =. Z. WADD1LL.
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RRIA G. ES, & C.
To Planters.

To Planters
ATKINS Corn and Cotton Cultivator.
n This truly useful agricultural imple-
me MT has been fully tested by highly res
pectable and practical planters who after full
trial. say that by its use, in the cultivation
of Corn. Cane, or Cotton, there is saving
of at least one third the labor to man and
horse over the common plow. IT S new
invention, Patented March 20 1s4o.
Planters are invited to call and examine 1t.
A supply on hand and for sale by
may II Y. w. r. tUNNAhD.
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Chem icals.

CnCm1caESs
TUST received from the Manufacturers 200
d or. Fairs Quinine, rs or. Morphine, %
bis Calomel, 20 bis Blue Mass, Is IBIS Chic
reform. ect. ect All of which will be sold
at New Orleans prices, by WIN. BOGEL,
Druggist, Lafyette st. feb-l3tf
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M EDICA L..

TOWNSEND'S. Sands, and Bulls Sasa-
i parilla, warranted genuine, and fer sale
by VIM. BOGEL.
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School books.

lust received and for sale, large and
j general assortment Of SCHOOL Books.
AN 90 &C. L,NOUF.
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lightning Rods.
lust Arrived.

JUST ATrlVcu.
WE HAVE now in store, besides ON
w large stock of Western produce, q
fine assortment Of Groceries, selected with
special reference to supplying the TRADE
of this city, which we feel confident Of be-
ing able to do, at as fair price as can be
done elsewhere.
OUR STOCK CONSISTS IL PART OF
Salt. coarse and fine, Coffee, I
Candles, Sperm and Star,
Rice. Soap, Sugar crushed and loaf,
starch, Butter, &C., &C.. &C.
Merchants and Traders will please give US
a call. before going to New Orleans or else
where to purchase. s. M. HART & Co.
Corner of Front and Laurel st.
natcnt Medicines.--A fresh supply
Of ali the principal Patent Medicines Of
the day. inst received and for sale by
WIN. BOGEL, Druggist,
Lafvette st. feb-13-tf.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-20
The Cold Water Fanatic:
A TEMPERANCE STORY.
BY t. ARTHUR.

Come, Parker, SAID young man
named Franklin, 'there's to be tenn
perance meeting over at Marion Hall.
Don't YOU want to hear the speaking?
mo, | believe not, was answered
indiferently, 4 have very little fancy
for such meetings.
'Sturgess is in town, and am tod,
will make an address, ..+..
4 heard him once, and that was
enough for me- replied Parker. He
is a cold water fanatic.
This was said in a group of half a
dozen men, most of whom were stran'
gers to Parker. Some of these looked
at each other with knowing glances.
Here separation took place, and the
different parties moved away.
4 think you'd better go with me-
said Parker's friend, who still kept in
his company. If Sturgess is little
enthusiastic in the cause, he is yet a
very interesting speaker. Perhaps he
may say something that will even set
you to thinking.
4 am not drunkard, replied Par
ker.
No; still you are not beyond the
reach of danger. No man is, who
daiIy pratifes a desire for a glass of
brandy
Don't you think | could do without
it?'
Certainly; you could do without it
nOw.
why do you say now so emphati-
caIIy!'
Now means at the present time
'Well.'
4 cannot speak for the future. You
are not ignorant of the power of habit
Upon my word! you are compli-
mentary Then you really think me
in danger of becoming drunkard?'
Every young man who daily takes
glass of brandy, is in that danger
You really think so!"
Most assuredIy! How are drunk
ards made! You know the process
as well as l do. Every mighty river
has its beginning in scarcely noticed
stream. Ask the most besotted inc
briate for the history of his fall, and
you will find part of that history
running parallel with your own at the
present time.
You are serious, as I live,' said
Parker, forcing a smile.
1T is hardly a matter for jest. But
come! Go with me to hear this cold
water fanatic, as you call him. You
have no other engagement for the
evening. Now, that your thoughts
have been turned upon the subject o.
a daily glass Of brandy, it may be as
well ior you to hear something farther
as 10 The consequences OF such habit
"A wise man toleseeth the evil anC
hideth himself.'
But the fool-why don't you finish
the quotation, Franklin?'
That is needless. Its application
you fully understand. You will &c
with me?
twill, as you seem so earnest abou
the matter
And so Parker went to Marion Hall
which he found crowded. After som,
difficulty in procuring a seat, he mad,
out to get one very near the platform
upon which were seated the presiden
and secretary of one of the temper
ance associations in the place, witt
two or three others, who were to ac
as speakers. One of these latter wa
man past the prime oflife. His hal
was thin and gray, and his face leaI
and withered; but his dark, rest!es
eyes, showed that within was an &C
tive mind and quick feelings. Thi
was Sturgess, the individual befor
referred to. After the usual prelimi
naries, he arose to address the meet
1
Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-04-09

s !" On my arrival there will call around ~,
persons of influence who true love- me those
open III n s1adse with saS and d
gate caPricious and mistaken opinions ana 10 abne
find men of heart to make obstinate dsin finally if
our rights against the aggressors from The Whence
that the only crysis INDEPENDENCE Ok mr. ,'l and
,u,h s een %ys surSSs hs to new
Ican nationality, and desire to bury myaaIs me Mex,
ruins. u. alter the Mexicans have done ,bei, IN Its
the great Regulator Of the destinies of duty
order tor us such fate But if my hopes s sboI
never can be other than the veal and oIo.S' which
nation will return disconsolate to this Js o. Our
and dePlore the blindness of people that
believe it can do everything when it leaves
path left open to it, and will not initiate o,ba, only
like them, have found themselves in sjmar ~; Who
tion,o Ndf sltus.
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Practical KNOWLEDGE. People make no
greater mistake than when they confound learning
with wisdom. The former is as much inferior to
the latter the body is to the soul. The one is
the cunning hand of the artist, the other may
serve him very we'll as a tool to work with. AS
the tool is worthless, aside from the skilful hand
so learning without wisdom IS a dead and useless
thing But how much the hand can accomplish
with no instrument whatever
Mankind has been slowly awakening to this truth.
Formerly it was supposed that I" liberal educa-
ton was the making of man. A Greek quo
tation password among the learned. A man
was reverenced for the mum Der of languages he
had acquired, the sciences he had mastered, the
sayings and facts of the ancients at his tongues
end. A classical education was to the mind what
a fashionable coat is nowadays to the body. One
honest man is worth more than all the taors'
shops in creation and the genius of Shakespeare
was worth more than all the learning of all the
scholars of his or any other age.
The spirit Of America has uprooted and exposed
to ridicule this ancient AS in other things,
the Yankees have taken the lead in substituting
substance for show, practice for theory, in the mat
ter of education. We are beginning to value a
man for what he does, not for what he has learned
We laugh when it is said in commentator of AN
inactive man, that he " knows everything" What
use has he made of his knowledge? Here is a
farmer with barn full of scythes and sickles; but
because he has not the skill of a reaper mower,
he starves, while the grain rots, and the grass
withers.
man wants just so much knowledge as he has
the wisdom to use. Eat more, young friend,
than your stomach will digest. A fool may get
through college, but he will be no less fool with
| his academical honors than before. A wise and
energetic youth, even though he never sees the
chimney of q. university, or the cover of Greek
lexicon, will, by the force of his understanding,
gather practical experience every day and every
hour of his life, and know how to apply every item
oft His bucket-fulI of learning is poised on the
| curb, and is worth more than all there is in the
well Prattle-Greek, who does not know how to
draw it up. Yankee Blade.
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NEWSPAPERS. Every man, when he awakes in
the morning, finds that the reflections suggested
by the preceding day have been, If not wholly OBJ
liberated, at least suspended by sleep; that new
is on tiptoe for new calls. A family would often
drink the tea of Lethe and eat the feast of tact-
turnty were they not happily relieved from torpor
of thought and immobility of tongue, by the en-
trance of newspaper.
1t is possible, indeed, that the weather might
furnish brief subject of debate, but the wind must
blow hurricane, and the rain descend in torrents.
to be worth more than moments conversation,
W hen the newspaper appears however all Ameri-
ca is united to refresh the languid memory, to
quicken the dull thoughts, and give expedition to
the communicative tongue.
No publication surely was ever so fertile in sour
ces Of reflection to those who choose to think, or
Of conversation to those who prefer the more noisy
business Of talking.
When newspaper is introduced at the break
fast table, what copious source of conversation
arises for the rest of the day. A man may give
very able account of an estate without the least
desire of purchasing it; and the whole family may
dispute on the merits of an entertainment, which
not one OF the company means to partake of. 1t
possible to compassionate the distresses of orphan
families without contributing sixpence to their re-
lief and even to read of the cnres De rformed by
! " famous syrup" without desiring to taste drop
OF 1t. Conversation and action are different things
and if newspaper furnishes the former it is doing
much.
To appreciate the true value of newspapers, we
have only to suppose that they were to be totally
discontinued for a mouth We turn with horror
from the frightful idea! We deprecate such a
shock to the circulation of table talk. It would
operate more unfavorably than the gloom of Nov
ember is said, by foreigners, to operate on the
YES of Englishmen, and there would be nothing
but accounts Of sudden deaths which had happen
ed in the interval, with the deliberate opinion of
the coroner's jury: Died for want Of inteIli-
genceT
LET us praise newspapers" says Dr. johnson.
" One of the principal amusements Of the der is to
read the works of those minute historians-the
writers of ncws-who, though contemptuously
overlooked by the composers of bulky volumes,
are yet necessary in nation where much wealth
produces much leisure, and one part of the people
has nothing to do but observe the lives and fortunes
of the other"
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CorToN PICKER. The editor of the Pamela (Mis }
Picayune, says he has seen machine for the pur-
pose Of picking cotton which bids fair to be very
useful to the planting community. The machine in
question is perfect one; it is only temporary
one for experiment, test the principle, but from
what the editor has Of it, he has do doubt it will
be perfected so that it be made to pick from five
hundred 10 eight hundred pounds Of cotton per day.
1t is simple in construction and light in weight, and
is the invention of Mr.. Burdine. If the machine,
when perfected, do what is claimed for it, it will
be Of immense benefit to the planting interest,
Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-04-09

WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S WAY"
The French have been applying for Napoleon's
will, deposited at Doctors Commons. Now we
should have thought that the French had had more
than enough lately Of the will of one Napoleon not
to have wished for another; but perhaps this cra-
wing of the French for the wills Of other persons
may be accounted for by the fact of their having
very little will of their own.