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no CONTRACTORS.
QtEe Baton RoRge and Ciia,un Pink /
Rpod f1eH,uotu

Baron RottuE JrlY 9th 1859.
Sealed proposals will be received at this
Office OF through the Post office Until We'd
nesday the 18th day Of August next for the
ditchins graduation atid bridging Of the first
two sections ofthe road, commencing ct the
point where The load inteisects tbe 4Corpo-
rrtion limits cf Baton Rouge and extending
eight miles in The direction to Clinton, eath
see ton embracing for miles.
Proposals and profles are ready for In
spection at the office of The company. and
the character and extent Of the work eau
be fully cctnprehende1 by passing along
the road and observing the level Of embark
ment as marked upon the stakes by the
Engineer Of the road. Bids will be feceiv.
ed for one ~ both sections, and proposals
will state the time that contracts shall be
completed. Testimonials as to the charsc-
ter end ability Of the contractors to perform
The work, will be required Of pesons ,,n-
known TO the officers Of the company.
july ltd. Wn. S PIKE, Pfes't
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Notice IL f,nntracfnrs.

Sealed Proposals fer the construction IF
the Baton Rouge Prison, will be received
I by the Undersigned commissioners until
IL o'clock IF the lstii day Of July 1859, and
will he opened on that day
The Prison viii be constructed agfesa
BILE to the plan adopted by the Police Jury
on the 9th ofJune. The plan and specifi-
cations can be seen ut The Office Of The Conn
ct, to which reference Is made for more ae-
cufate INFORMATION. A copy ot the specih-
cations will be furnished to the contractors
to which they will be required II adhere
strictly; for this end the commissioners
were appointed, who viii see HAT The woik
executed, and the materials used are Ii,
strict conformity to the terms and speeiii
cations of the contract
The contractor will be required To ro,r
plete the building hi rinty days from The
closing Of the contract.
1freqlired three thousand dollars will be
paid when the work is commenced and
fifty per cent on the work as II progIessea.
TIE balance when completed.
lfiione ui the bids are satisfactory tu The
commissioners they will be Ut liberty TO
decline TO accept any Of thenl each frbpos-
al must be accompanied Ivy the Signatures
Of two rssronsibe persons as surities fol
The faithful ftlfilment of the contract.
All proposals must be sealed and endorsed
Proposals fur building the Baton Rouae
Prison. and then enclosed in another en-
velrpe and addressed to the undersigned
commissioners at Baton Rouge.
ISAAC s. TAYLOR.
J. b. KlElNpETEH.
lilly std +. ARBOuR.
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sealed PROPOSALS.
0Gte Of Board Of administrators Of The
loutsia,tu Institute for The Deaf uad
U,sntb, and the Hind
BAlroN Rouos, 2sth June, ls51

BAToN Rouar. 2Sth June, 1859
Sealed proposals will be received until
Wednesday, the It'll day Of August 1863,
for the necessary Brick work and Carpen-
ters work, in the erection Of The buildings
for this institution at Baton Rouge and
Tor the materials for same. Proposals will
be received for furnishing all materials for
the Brick work, and erecting the same
Proposals are invited fer the performance
Of the Brick work alone Proposals are
and Sand together, Or for the delivery of
either Brick, Lime or Sand separately ~
Proposals are invited for furnishing the
required lumber III whole Or ii part
Proposals are invited for the Carpenters
work, in whole or in part.
The Lumber at present required consists
only of the fl7or and eeeling ioice the ref
tiers, girders, and studding lumber, for the
door and window frames, and the sheating
for the Roof The present design d the
administrators is to erect the building and
have it under cover without finishing the
inside. For this purpose, the amount III
Lumber, which they now propose to con-
tract for, will be about 100000 feet: the
quantity Of Brick, about 300000O. Con-
tractors will be required TO give satisfac-
tory security for the performance Of the
work as well as for the delivery Of mater
ials. Plans, specifications, and drawings OF
the Brick and Carpenters work, as well
as the bill of lumber, and synopsis Of
the covenants and agreements TO be entered
into by the contractors. may be seen at the
Office Of VS. Pike, Baton Rouge, to whom,
all proposals will be addressed.
Gy-The New Orleans Daily Pscaya,w,
Delta and True Delta, viii please copy once
a week, for four weeks. The Natchez Free
Trader, vicksburg Wig, and Baton Rouge
.adpocate will also insert for one month once
4 week. june 0.lme
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From the will Of the great Spanish
painter Murillo, lately published at
Madrid, We preceive that his pictures,
which now sell from twenty, thirty,
fifty. and even 4 hundred thousand
dollars, were originally painted at
psioas varying from thirty dollars to
a hundred and fff4y.
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night for The past few weeks d body Of
half dozen Of order loving citizens,
with a commission from the Mayor s
Court to carry clubs, might have been
seenin dispioportioned squads Of two Of
three, looking about at the front doors
and ID at the back alleys, to see that
there Is mo thieves aud that the
peace aud dignity Of the State is OBJ
served.
That venerable individual, the IMAM
at the corner" has been frightened
from his post, where lie is accustomed
to stand, aud gaze abstraetedly. Posit-
lively the law has been 80 rigidly enfor-
ced Of late, that even ghosts have
been afraid to come UP to ''feyisit the
glimpses of the moon aud make night
| hidious
Our people may rest eenteht@-witli
The present yigilenee our word for
It, there is no danger IF d man Is avak-
Ing 10 find his pockets rihed, and his
thfoat cut,
II was our fortune to be suinmonsed
a night Of 50 aye, III preemptory man
nerf law forms, thus, you are hereby
commanded to appear--atd hereb,
fail not, under penalty.
The summons was o1ayed with the
alaclity which beeometh a good citizen.
We reported at the office IN due time,
md his honor with his usual courtesy.
granted us permission to hear the
Temperance lecture, after which We
reported at head qaatters on Lafay.
cite street, and found the seconed ward
allotted to us, with our friend w
hskew, Formerly uftl,e night WATCH
for companion The orders Of Cap
tain llueston were, that the squad |
should meet in solid phalanx at the
Market about the small hours. The I
second ward watch, Of which we had
the honor to be lean member, went
immediately to work, to come UP to The
requirement. Of the law. We walked
up Ilafayette-.lown Church, across
Third, aud over the sixth ayanue-
looked into half opened gates to see
that nobody was behind, locked in
at every key hole from whence came
a ra, Of tallow candle light, into the
dark street---found nothing worse than
is usual going on in the dark --visited
the lamp post newly erected ON Front
street and found ii burning in a very
credltable manner, and after which
the clock struck and we repaired to
north Boulevard, to see that the mark.
ct was unmolested AT the corner of
the North Boulvard we met our friend
s. who ran over The
Moving accidents by food and field;
VI har-bfeadth scapes, L the imminent
deadly breach
Vi being taken by the insulent foe.'
10 which we listened with attentive eat
as 1t recalled the past. No thieves
came there to be taken, and il we ex-
,ept colcred gentleman by the mark.
It, who was from a late visit to his la
" love, all was well
In connection with this subject W.
would say, that as there are is much
ess honesty practiced, than is preach
%, there should be a regular night
witch ut the expenee Of the prop
'rty That derives The benefit. It'll not
ust that a class Of the community CON- ..
,aritively not interested in the place, !
hould be made to patrol the streets
md guard the property against fire and i
hieves. We are Informed from an
'fficial quarter that at leastS3OO. 900 90 :
# the property in this place is not rep 4
resented IN the p9trOl ut re harn II
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Gbr H)rtklu Cu1ttt
Friday afornins, III. 5uly Is, 1853.
be tIeschacebe and the MALLS.

I d
OF st. John the Baptiste, has severe
article Of over column, In the issue
Of The 10 inst, headed ~. T. CALp
WE'LL, an les humbngs du coatrac
,eny he la Poste," We are glad I'd
see that our coast contemporaries take
up this subject, and devote their col
unns to exposing the present gross
imposition on the public, BY what Is
called a aDaily Coast Mail" We
have no objection to its being called a
daily, d weekly, or a monthly. Itean
have but little effect upon the contract
to cali II anything +; but we do say
that the miserable cheat, as ii now eS-
ists, Il anything but creditable to the
Department.
Mr. Caldwell ID under contract for
daily mail and Il is now becoming
rare thing that the coast il supplied
with more than two mails week.
II l. the duty Of the press 70 send up
united voice on this subject and
il she heads Of the Department cannot
be persuaded To give sonic attention
10 us on the subject Of the imposition
Of their land may We tiot say our,)
agents, should we hot throw a fire
brand amongst the people I Yes, we
have just cause to do 50, for the mail
service, on the coast If the Mississippi
has been most shamelully and discred-
itably conducted for the last ten years.
Why is it'll Is the Mississippi as mar
row as the 1ickfaw or the 1echeflnctal
Is there no boats running upon Il that
could BE- induced to carry mail now
and them IL not for love, for something
that can be converted into ajaoRegs
We think So; and we think more
over that IL is the fog5eataaee alone
Of our people that has permitted con
tractors who are SYNONYMOUS with
Court fayolites," 10 grow fat, BY de-
lisering one mail a month, where one
L week ID paid for.
What are the factsl The government
makes monopoly Of the mail service, |
and at every change IN the admins
iration, the party IN power, 70 whom
the spells belong, tarn Out The faith |
FIJI with the uniaitht,ll, and distribute |
the contracts, and the agencies, and
the sub-agencies, and the Deputy,
Post Masters---all, All are made ID
saore, In order 70 give place to the
faithful swcrd4wallowing mounte-
banks Of the opposite faction, because
they have been wire hulIers and scene
shutters and under The motto Of poll
tioians II Is: aJusfstia TfuNtaps
Regina
WE say the mail service Is mono
poly, not only rs regards the ''funds
and the favois" but no letter Is per-
mitted "by the regulations to he
delivered, BY clerk, captain or other
person, On steamboat board, without
first passing through the hands Of the
agent, and thence through the Post
office, that the glorious democratic
government b notimposed upon. We
have no objection to this, Ii the mail
services i performed regularly accor-
ding to the contract; but II Il not, and
has not been for number of years.
lie MescAacebe speaking on this sub.
ject says:
'puand I'm officer de letat NAL
verse DIES fonds publics il doit etre
huni Ct prive de son emploi: quand
IN contrsctuer est infdAle 4 son man
dat il dot en- etre de meme" +,
We endorse this extract. II mat
tiers not who the ''oJfc,ar' is that
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16fee--Board Of administrators,
Louisiana Institute for He Deaf,
and Dumb. and the Blind

July otH- 1903.
A Ia meeting Of the Bosrd, held this day,
II it was observed, that in the proposals
published for furnishing materials and la5orfot
building; that through inadyertency, propos-
ais are not invited for furnishing brick in
part, as was designed by the committee who
are authorised to receive proposals fos
Brick in whole on In part and bids are
thus invited. w. 8. PIKE. Sect
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Communicated.


Mr.. Error Il beg that you will
use your influence with our worthy
Mayor, before he takes passage with
Mr.. Petin in the Balloon to the Worlds
Fair, to induce him to have the cross
ing places at the corner Of the streets,
raised, to enable the citizens to keep
out of the mud, during the present
rainy weather. The crossing at the
corner Of Third and Florida streets is
impossible. There ought to be an
elevated foot path from Third street
across the Boulevard to ST. Philip
street, for the accommodation of citi-
zens having business at the State House
or going to the residence Of his Ex-
eellency the Governor. A few cart
loads OF brick bats deposited at the
west corner Of st. Phillip street and
the Boulevard, would enable pedes-
TRANS to get around the corner dry
shod.
These and many other crossings
should be attended to, and performed
secMndem artem, so that his honor
would not be injured in the pericra-
nam or os coccygss, should he fall
heads or tails from the Balloon.
CesNE FETu.
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been In The tfads since ~ We know ;

Deen IN fne tfaQ0 01llce ~ We KNOW
and Ne has made his regular bi.weekly
trip. Every body Oh The Coast knows
when The ''Uipsy" will arrive and regu.
larly our people assemble at the Post
office on Mondays and Thursdays, in
anticipation other mail. Now We are
told that "Ure'' Is supplanted- that the
contractor cannot afford to pay as
much as he has been paying to the
Gypsy, TO bring Dur daily iiiail' twice
i week. We would ask The contractor
II the government has failed to pay
him the amount stipulated IN the
Bond I Or reduced II one single dime
less, than what was first agreed to I
And at the sanetilne may we ask Mr..
Kendall the table and efficient" z. NJ,
at New Orleans If the Department is
informed regularly every day as the
law requires, when Mr.. Caldwell fails
to comply with his coiitraet' Or are
the failures summed up At the end Of
the month II tile route upon which
Nj. Caldwell il contractor, has any
other END, we pruputnd the same
questions to the r NJ, there. III the
meantime We shall puff and blow and
cool on with Ice water, and puff and
blow again, until some Of the questions
are answered.
REv. ]. w. HAaMos.---This talent
ed gentleman, delivered lecture on
tie subject Of Temperance ut the
Methodist Church, last night md HE
night before. The audience WINS good
pti both occasions. and Mr. Harmon
presented the question III his usual
bold and eloquent manner. H. is 4
sincere and enthusiastic advocate of
the ca,isp, and deseryedlv stands at the
head Of The Temperance question in
this State. lie Is however rather
yindictive III his Recommendations. aud
would have the strong arm of the law.
To turce the State to march up 10 tile
platform and be checked into total
abstenance, Mr.. Harmon should not
forget, that there are great many
0aedtocgfts seisseable people in the
world, who think that Ihtemperance
i more the result of great social evils,
han the cause and as long as they
keep sober and temperate in their
views be should not ,lenounce them.
We notice that he saysa great many
.hi,gs IN his discourse which he means
y be taken fgs,fattreiy. For In
stance he asserts that III Maine and
''her states, Tie prisons and jails, AMI
work houses are all plaearded, "For
'ent.' lie certainly would not have
Il believe this, with All the evidence to
he contrary which lies before us9-
Another thing III his New Orleans
statistics he puts all the crime and
Il cost Ia ao1tats, to the account Of
ntemperance, and makes no allowance
Of the base passions Of man, which
lave now and ever must have full
way. Perhaps 1t is deemed intem- :
erance I'd exercise themg We grant I
! is. All things are good in modera- {
ion, and the excess il intemperance.
--s-A-s------4--
Iy-The ''Bloods Of Lafayette ST.
re too warm. Their desire to pitch |
ato our T,s-a- tts friend. for line /
+ two in his paper, which was copied ,
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Clear S1dea.
A SPLENDID article for sale by
II June 2s y. JOSHUA .bEAL.
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Ty-The sBloods Of Lafayette st. :
are too warm Their desire to pitch
into our r,s-o-t',s FREUD, for a line
or two in his paper, which was copied
from some other, and only adapted
to that locality BY The editor. We
are very certain ID was not intended
to reflect upon tho "Bloods, and We
canno, publish their communication.
A treaty Of amity and friendship
has been entered into between the
Fis and tho Comet. aud we do moi
want to disturb the compact. If it
we're now opened by tho "Bloods, Z
we should certainly get involved in
a more intricate controversy, than
that occasioped by the Whale fisheries.
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WAt . conviseal meeting where
Talleyrand was present. the converse.
ton turned on he anion Of an elderly
lady of respectable rank, How
could Madame d S. make such
: nAtch !! PEARSON Of her birth to mar
~ = sslst n eAam6ye = mid one ii
~ pAysrA al" replied Talley-
rand. II ~ ~ j. Tho sAns Il
nine We dont reckon honorl. =
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Miscellsneous Intelligence.

= Mahame oontag gave concert at Norfolk,
va On ast friday evening
Gov Robinson. Of Vermont del;rsred b;s
message to the legislature at Mou,nser on 49, On ~
A printer in Detroit, named @ y sal;.h,,rv
has bscouoe heir to an estate in Ohio v,lnss :, ss -
IT. - fr,...: - y '"
Inc new CONSTITUTION mas peen rejected In
tne state Of Delaware by majority vote or 200
a Museum similar 10 the one IN Newfork is
's'ng erected IN chicago by r. T. Barnnm the Snowman
For the week ending the s5th there were in
philade mia xhcb 10. ,,nIato, ~ ovsr foo ooo onI
lss deaths ~ ~ n P'P " ~ 'i 'y
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GREAT NORTHERN
X N ..s -.s.l..-s. = -
u - s1-s. :: 80

RGAf R6I4f E1h FJPsfEl EhnH 80
LI9HTN1y kTE-Ihe gay Ra74l q iboa.h 20 NJ Es'-lP M
% iRgs 9o,Ga r.,@ "a TRrE P b1Ts
SUMNER ARaANGENENT,-o of the nnoi. River
connecting with chicago Lasae
4, SoSea % -, 'sSn s9a MeaP sSasrS % %
rom cRsso va cisgssnd Buas Albany or By the Baao and
One Gsp only On sunday from Lssae O'Clock connecting
Win the O'Clock tram from Chicago for The East,
s. Lou, morning. SUNDAY stepte at
a. Alton VII & The u 09s ~ :, EI BoannsS
next morning ooek by 50 miles staging with R road E,Frsf.
gan % Tram, ''St az oost sress tiy1
hoaI. gu ksr than other Northern route.
THREE TRAINS DAILY.
l LIGHTNING EXPRESS ! caves Chicago at n vhieh con,
Daukk Telegraph Day Erores. $50 which arrives
and NewYork city Wight Erpes, which Buffalo
'yis % sExFRss AND MAsss .s Chicago ay which
with arrives Dunkirt time
morning Also connects Win the Buffalo and cy Ns6
Express which leaves Buffalo Al arriving in at 1856
81 TELEGRAPH EXPRESS chi;sgo making th.
pnnkTk tims r the $50 Lightning Express which arrives in
aaS il ns for n ia gS3ps aa5 ss aig,J Ro
Only one '..in esys cGcseo on sundsy
miles distance BY Mehgnn Southern Railroad as miles, IN favor
RAILROAD CONNECTIONS
Connecting Toledo with T9do SOrwsk and Cleveland Ral,Cad
Also Moneeve with Mansfield Road r Columbus and cnsn
bu,Th & Brno and .N @H'snsiSo s direct
Also Al Buffalo NewYsrk Albany Hudson River
Also at BTaso with HcrnssIe RSiiOsd to NewYorE
% 1s 'S%Ps Il with all the i'm
.a ss asSc sS u.a esasS %sn %n 1' sp9 % M %
the oss9g esSd Gr sie9Tss h: SOUTHERN MICH,
eSS npas aI
9s 6, e 1S a sa s y siPs
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The SUGAR CRor-frOm all the information have
received on this subject constrained to believe
that the crop Of this parish will fall far short Of the
eral expectation month or two since. Some few Will
MAKE an average amount of probably but gener
ally Speaking the cane is small hard aud dry and the
yield consequently poor, and particularly unproduc
tive of mossses. One gentleman planter of much
perience told the other day that he had made bet
bat the sugar crop OF this parish would not amount
within 5000 hogsheads of that Of last year notwhtapd
ing the larger quantity Of planted this year and
that he willing to deube the bet certain he
TO win. The yield far understand to be
about 1200 lbs to the but hope speak more
farorably in short time planters generally
up the poorest cane first. PLANTERS frankiin La
Banner.
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GREENE ON BEssKrr.-Col Greene, of the Boston Post
is down upon Bennett after the following style. Hear
him:
The venerable Mr. Bennett, of the NewYork Herald,
appears to be earfuy exercised in mind at this time
partly consequence his great debility from sea-sck
suffered during his late voyage from Europe and
partly in consequence political disappointment But
his waning apparent than in his
indscreet alliance with the Sewardites in abusing the
general administration Since he has gone into the
ard service he is wild the swine possessed Of evil
spirits lie wasn't to blame, poor old for desiring
the President to appoint him foreign minister but it
was humane in Gen Pierce to the young Empress
Eugena from the danger of looking at him Just ct This
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CHLoRoroHsuSG BxEs-A statement has recently been
very extensively circulated that chloroform had been
found by Mr.. Smith, Of Edinburg, to be most admirs
Bile Of putting bees sleep for short time during
which much honey could be removed as was desired
writer in the Boston Cultvator has tried choroform
according to Mr. Smiths plan, and found not only that
the bees put to sleep bat they hare ote 'oundy
cI,c sim
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KEoKuK-The st, Louis Democrat says that WONDERS
being done at this place in the way OF
The travail tn that town is immense and the hotels and
boarding houses are crowded their utmost capacity
The packets bring crowds of passensers|eften three
hundred at trip Near twenty stages and hacks arrive
and ansr daily and the filed with freight await
;n binn,en The increase in building in proportion
Twelve three brick stores are to be put ul
on Main street alone. brisk business particularly n
hnrs is nre paring for the winter
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L. MARsHAL's SALE -on reference to advertisement
it will be that the Marshals sale of Guano the
Of the ship skaway (receny found derelect
will be continued this day and day day until the
entire cargo is disp posed Of
On yesterday, pursuant to notice, 27 tons dry uano
from the Harkaway, sold by Thos D. Condy Esq L.
s Marshal at average price of S51 $4,000 per
short ton of 1000 lbs About remain yet be
sold. charleston News 9th.
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DIsrIy6ysHEp ARRWALs.-M Delbrck, Privy Council
or TO the King Of Prussia aud DR. Kicker the Charge
FIXTURES of the Republic Of Hamburg, at Washington
City arrived in Memphis yesterday morning, board
the steamer Martha Jevett These Gentlemen
visit Of observation pleasure and expect to continue
their trip through several Of the Southern They
leave in few days for Charleston South Carolina Mem
phs Eagle 9th
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EXPLOSION OF A PowprR MLl.-Bemis's Powder Mill at
Spencer few miles from Boston, blown up on the
4th and i've men, named Henry Avis, Richard Avis,
Robert Perkins George Swallow and John Laughln were
killed They all blown distance of fifty rods, and
their bodies shockingly mutiated wagon with
horse attached the mill blown to pieces but the
horse escaped uuipiured