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The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-22

Yesterday morning, at quarter to five
O'CLOCK the carpenter shop of Messrs Munday &
Chunk, on the south side of street, between
Eleventh and Twelfth streets, was discovered on
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ETAT De IA nU,- u>l...,

ETAT BIZ IA 49, ls4..4,
Tour Iu Si1jeme D5St. Js1atcaGire
Parojsse d'Ea Baton Rouge.
Dams 'affaife De administration No %
de UaIAH Blue, un absen &c. I -
I'M vertu dune commission lance da
- l'afaire ci-dcssus ndnern' Z. e. . n
adressee par j Hon. Ia Cour dti Sixieme DIS
'rict Judiciaire dams ct pour la Paroisse DIES
Baton Rouge. Etat de la Louisiana, J'expo
serai en- vente publique, a ia porte de /
maison de Cour dams ia vile de Baton Rouge
San,edi.. ie 4nle jopr de Jan, A. D, 1853;
II heurer. du maiin, la propriete ci.apre'
esBaser. et decrite. saYoir:
TN certain terrain de terre situe dams Get
te partie de la vile de Baton Rouge, arpentc
aar lie leu Anth my Gras, nesnrant soixant
pieds de face sur la rue de PEglise, sur Ger
ingt pieds de profondeur. ct designe sur
pI m de Ia dit vile, CONNIE rerrsin No q
de pflet No 4. Condit,ons 9e Ia Teate--
CoNfrAsr. Nv. BABIN, sherii.,
Mai 3, 1853 It's
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PennAaDShin.

DAkF.NT AID Teachers are invited to
l. cal at J. C. LANOUE'S. Harnev
aonse Row to examine the Philosophical
Theory and Piretiee Of Pe,,nanshin.
the Theory is divided into three parts.
Primary Mternsdic:e a=d Fxa.. Each Part
n Four Books
This woIk comprises cuts designed to
illu,rate The manner OF holding and conduct.
Ing the hand and pen preparatory excer
clses which lhoroughly train tine muscle.
emp Dyed ia writing. classification Of LET.
cefs ant wor!s actc riding to- their simil.
4riry o! Formation, ard instructions accom-.
raayns the various exercises in each book.
The whole so arranged as to cradle The ru.
pils 70 write over each page twice. Price
Is cents. meyI2.
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"A. " I 8

Cour dm. Si1leme Dist. Jadaciairc
Poroisse PEst Baton Rouge.
A TTENDU que GABRIEL GUzMAN e,
n BERNARD DUPUY. de la d;te Paroiss
.ce sont adressea la dite Cour pour etre nom
ms co,lIointenIent administrators de Ii
uccession de Jacques Mcreau, DECIDE.
Avis est par la presente donne a toute
personnes interesses de iaire SAVIOR leur raj
sons dams dix jours de la premiere public r
lion de Get avis, pourquoila dite applicable
he serait pas accordee. N. MORENO,
mai 10. Grefier
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DELAYS are dangerous.

Delays are dangerous.
Why suffer with cough. colder any dis
w ease Of the Throat, Breast and Lungs
when certain cure is 50 easily effected By
using
"WrsrERs HoURRorND CAHDy.p
This Medicine is a pdicious combination
Of the best expectorants in the Materia Med
lea. The most stubborn Coughs and Colds
yield to it readily, and it is found to give re-
lief even in confirmed cases of Consumption
tits not merely palliative, as many articles o.
its nature, but possesses great curative quail
tiles For sale by WM. BOGEL Agent.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA,
.Sirth Judicial Decentralization Of
East B0tou Rouge.

In the matter Of Curatolship Of NJ ar
URIAH Blue. an absentee, -
10y VIRTUE Of commission issuef
ID in the above entitled and numbered
nse. and to NE directed, from the hon
s KIN Iu1irial district Court, in and for W.
Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louis.
,ana. | will expose at public sale at TIC
Court House door in the City of ato,
Rouge-on. Saturday the 4th day Of .Inne ne1s
A. D., 1853, at II o'clock, a. NJ, The property
herein after .setforth. aud described TO wit:
A certain Lot Of ground situated in ths
part Of Of the City OF Baton Rouge, lat
at by the late Anthony Tas, measurir
4xty fee. front, on Church street by on
lalred and twenty feet IN depth. and de-
ribed in the Plan thereof. as Lot No. a, Z
Square No 4. Terms Of Saie--cAsH. III
Nay 81 1852. II. Y BABiN Shs'7f.
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Death on Rats.
Sorns Cured and no Hurnbus

THE o'iginal Three Minute salve will
/ c.fectually renaovesani cure Whorts,
Moles, Corns, letter, Salt Rhenm, Ring
Worn an roothache in fro n 3 to 10 min
utes. Full directions accompany each vial
call i'm immediately before il is all sold
april II WM RnGEt y ,orr,c4
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q. CUssET, Taller.

On Laurel Street, bet~een Lafayette & Trd
REGS respectfully to inform his friends
- and the public generally, that ie has
lust returned from New Orleans with a
splendid and well selected assor.ment CT
Spring and Summer Goods, for gentle
mems clothing which be offers on the most
n asonable terms.
All he wants is a call, before going else
where. mar ao-3m.
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GCTrLEMEN's rURNI SING STORE
G. A. LION.

LdJa IP7fe Street.
4 IL the Clothing in this establishments
II made 70 ordet-of FRESH NATE
FILLS md FASHIONABLE PAT.
Terms. OF this fact, the pablo may feel
satisfied. II is an economy to buy such
goods, in preference to slop shop work vend.
ed at whatare wrongly denorninated "CheaI
Stores" The stock now on hand consist
in complete assortment of Spring and
Summer Clothing TO which is daily be
ins al led every thing new and beautiful
To- Gentlemen are invited to call and ex
anime Tor themselves. may By.
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For SALE.

ON REASONABLE TERMS - One
~ square of ground with two good houses
thereon sitnrted at the corner OF Govern
nent and East Boulevard streets. For par
ticulars apply to P. A. Kousler on the prem
ISIS. The above property can be had very
low il, immediate application is made.
may l3tf
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S. +. BLANCHARD,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Groceries and Provisions,

Groceries and Provisions,
Corner Of Third and Convcntion Sta,
tNEAR THE Markell BATON ROUGE, La
r TENDER MY THANKS to my
J. numerous friends and customers for
their liberal patronage and would state, that
| intend to merit still greater patronage
by keeping on hand at all times large and
well selected stock and by selling on such
terms. thar II will be All induce u,ent for pur.
chasprs to call on me. SIS
Nh Stock consists Of The toltoaIng staple
l,ttries
6o0O lbs. Stage and Shay's and Dufiield
Sugar cured hams.
4OoOdo plain hams;
1000 do shoulders; 1000 sides;
1000 lbs choice dried beet,
49, 100 barrels mess Pork,
L 10 DO ofprime Leaf Lard
Pc SO Kegs do DO do.
10 bhis No Mackerel
q 10 Mo- do.
50 barrels fresh Flour,
81 20 boxes Buckwheat,
10 hhds prime sugar,
90 bbls loaf and crus'rd sugar,
so hoves star candies,
~ 20 do sperm do
~ 10 Dukes NO. !, soap,
90 do fine Toilet,
do CASTLE soap,
10 Kegs fresh butter,
kegs goshen do
100 lbs. fresh Cheese.
6 boxes fresh pine apple do
10 lbs sugar crackers,
10 Boston do and 10 butter DO,
"a q Tiesces of Rice. ~
l0boxes Mac & Macs Tobacco
/ do honey dew do
a.. l0do best Cayendish 10
:. 10 DO smoking do
10 do cigars, Regalias,
Liquors, pickles, Ale, Porter, Cider,
Preserves, Candies. 4
so bags Coffee; 20 chest Tea.
ALSO. A LARGE STOCK OF sHFIF GoODs.
81 3 ezssss ~ 20 CROCKERY. TN
$500 WARE Ware, Willow-ware
wood ware. &c. All Of which will be sold
alta small advance. u1ar 23-y
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DR.. G. W. DEARING,

OFFERS his professional services to the
" puzzle Office on church Street. two
doors East Of Waddilps Drug Store.
Residence on st. Hypolite St, between
church and north streets. may 7-y Z
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Mothers Relief.

ONE of those remedies that should be
~ in the hands of every one expecting
70 he .ort1e mother, its virtues can BEST
be known by the use it For sale by
A. r. WhDDILL, Druggist
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DAGlEREEGTYPE MIEIiTI2FS.

ia l. Iusi se t1fued fIora tAc y eSt-snd
/ am pfepafed icr business Aow
whilst the opportunity oilers, is The in.e to
SECURE d lietffe.
Obfai. The Sid lew rethe suhstsuce fades
zen out iii'lts tel lives and sweet.
hearts ere VII, ~. i wopIi fe.f7 pseless to
have liFenesN ui tieaA but TIE jdmen9sy
separate Us, ~, Jeaib nay take then, e.
way foreaef, ana iGen correct and life.
Ike resen blauee of them, is iN aiUalie.
have all tie t. stytes Of ca Is, Gold
Enaneed, Papiel kfache: Pearls, &c Cold
Locke's. Pins and Blsceinte.
% Pictures taken al 81
Rooms on Lafayct'. stfeet-cver II
Bufingtcn's Office. where the ri,iilie is 10
yited to call and examine +retirrens
nov l4-y WI SON
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M lp Of Louisiana.

THE new and improved map of IIouisi-
L ana compiled from the latest and
most authentic surveys. both public and
private. by G w. R. Bayley. civil engineer
1853. For sac by J.. C. LANOCE.
may lily Haney House Row
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EorSale,

4 HOUSE and Lot ca Penitentiarv St.
n desirable residence for small fam
iiy. The aoove can be had very low if i'm
mediate application is made At this office
ap. I'D If.
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Notice.

s1HE Louisiana Institution for Mutes and
l. Blind, on ST. Ferdinand street, Baton
Rouge, is open for visitors from 10 to II o.
clock, A. NJ, each day, Sundays only excep-
ted feb.-8d
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DAGULKREOIYIIS
- rnae.,.

DO, HiLiiAM deaf, 10 Niiaog. 20,
: Ard TOT your iiktuess at,
THROW IT'S tine enough ny dear,
Aud Won have .ronired IL;
E'it aiae Is On Ike ny NY love,
As Gets 81 Ia. suta,
Ate you'll he fading soon ny dear,
go &c 4 while yoU'ie young.
Wilson's Office lafayette Street, Pic
tu1es;saken il Cloudy weather SIS ven Us
SaEny weather
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ID chopin rendess his thanks to the
L :. Public for the patronage he has re
ceived, begging continuance of it: he has
established an Omnibus for the accornoda-
ton of his customers, which willpass daily
through the principal streets of Baton Rouge
without charge. from to l2 A. NJ. and frorn
2to Or. " TO his Cheap Store No. Syuth
Boulevard street. - !. mav1 02w.,
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SUPERIOR Teas,

A FINE assortment of Green and Blacl
II Teas, in quarter. halves and pound
packages, just received direct from New
York. Prices from so cents to $50 per
pound. iapril 90. JOSHUA BEAL
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ColOgne Water.

for the handkerchief, Soaps
T. shaving Cream, poniatums. Hair and
Tooth Brushes, Chalk bats &c. for safe
by II. L. WADDIbL, Druggist.
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stearn Engines e. Sugar Mills
AT

steara Engines & Sugar Mills
BATON ROUGE FOUNDRY.
THE subscribers are fitting up Fou'
l. Stean-Enanes, as 70 lows:
One Engine , inches cylinder # stroke
With sugar-Mill. Rollers #. long, 90 in
iameter, with wrought iron shafts.
One do II inches cylinder, q feet stroke
With sugar-nill Rollers Il. long, &c in
iameter. ~
One do IL inches cylinder 4 feet stroke
With sugar-mill. Rollers 4 feet long, &c in
iameter
One 10 inches cylinder engines Ia stroke
uitable for saw-mill or medium size
.ugar mill
We are now extending the buildings con-
,ectei with the Foundry, and increasing the
Machinery, and are enabled to do all kind o.
york in our line that may be conhded to US
The patronage of the public is respectfully
olicited. HILL Il HENDERSON
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Notice.
Siath Juaicaak DIST. Court, Paa'aSl
.of East B1t1u Roupe.

1f East Baton Rouge,
w HEREAS GABRIEL QUINN. 40
w BERNARD DUPUY, OF said Parish hay
ap lied to the Hon Sixth Judicial Ilistric
Court, for sad Parish, to disappointed JON
administrators of the succession of Jacque
Noresu dec, ased.
Notice is hereby given 10 all persons in.
crested to show cause within ten day
rom tie first publication of this notice, VIII
the said application should not be GRANTEE,
my 10. NJ. MORENO, Cierk
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HDsrInnnY,

Hosnmony.
A FRESH supply Just received per steam
Il or Mediator. and for sale by barrel or
al retail. JosHuA BEAL.
Hay, Fran, Corn, and Oats.
A FINE4of on hand at the Feed, Produce
n and Gr,cery Store Of
iapril col JOSHUA BEAL.
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Restaurat & Oyster saloon.

Restaurant 4 Oyster saloon.
Corner Of North Boatesard and Rcpemtence SITS
me.- LA M Is. O. -
.SasxxsSK OPEN at all hours, w.
night anil day. with the bcat,of eatable that
Restalirat and Oyster Saloon can etford.
here all the delecacies OF the season may be
found. Our Wines and Liquors are well
selected-cigars as goodas the hest. ard hos
coffee at any hour. No pains will be spared
TO pleas ec,.stomers. janis. LAMiS.
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To Planters and others.
A CARD.

A CARD.
DY request of my numerous patrons, !
ID have been itluced TO get Soda Tickets
of which | will sell Is for nne dollar or six
tor Is cents. WIN. BOGEL, Druggist
LADIES' KID GLOVES AT COST.
T HAVE on haai a large assortment Of
4 LADIES' Kid Gloves of al! colors am
sizes which am prepared TO seli a. cost
april 20. W.'D. PHILLIPS.
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More Light.

CtALL at H. r. Waddills and see new
~ Lamp. that gives better light than
oil, without greese, smoke OF smell, and
we'll not blow up, as canphine does.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-05-27

-, Twigg's Hair Restorativeli
(,HIS compound possesses the virtue Of
1. restoring grey hair to its original color
and for preservation and growth Of the, hail
has no equal Prepared from the original
recipe and sold in quantities to ntpurchas-
ers by WM. BoGEL. Druggist.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-05-27

For Ssle
ELOUR. Extra, Faecy and Fire Bacon.
L Hams and Shoulders Barrel Pork and
lard, 20 boxes Tobacco, S s, & IS. Just
rom Cincinnati. Sugar and Moasses. in
Quantities TO sun the trade, with many other
articles. for sale at our usually low rate
janis S. NJ HART Co.
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Dionesass 50 Fall & Spears, for sale ty
l. feb-1l-ts THOS. RRENDERGAST'
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-zyar-PRIME in b is. for sale by
; fb-27~ 6. " HART & Co
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z ,cffec.-4C Bags Rio. for sale by
" feb-27. S NJ HART & Co.
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Ctar CandlEes-50 Boxes Star Can
- dies Just received and for sale TO the
trade at reduced prices.
April POLY. JOSHUA BEAL.
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SchitdaIR SChMapps.
J. MOTHER supply OF Volts hromati
s 4 Schiedarh Schnapps, just received an
sale by WIN. .cooxL, Druggist.
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T ard ciE.-10 Barrels for sale by
IL TEOS. PRENDAGAST.
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.'Or Fancy Sugar Cured Hams
i Treduced prices, call at
4 feb Z BEALS. Z
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COFFEE

m BAGS in store for sale by
'fO feb Sly S. M. HART & Co.
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- R R-2o dozen more of Railway
ID. Ready Relief, in large and small bot
es, just received by WIN. BoGEL,
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-05-27

.yn,,ar: lew hhds of Prime sugar
, iu,t suited to the Trade, for sale'by
I feb-12-tf s. VI. HART, Il Co.
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DD- We owe our gentlemanly cotem-

porary-the StoningtOm Adrertiser-an
apology, for having incidentally stated,
some two weeks since, that he had been
on the stage of existence only about three
months, whereas we should have said
six months. The mistake occurred in
our having looked at the number of the
paper and not rccollecting at the mo-
ment that our friend was semi-month-
ly instead Of weekly. 1t affords us
much pleasure to make this ameade
honOraJb; but, friend Advertiser, you
really must spare our bushes. Indeed
you lay on the soft sawder" little too
thick to stick we'll, we are afraid But
we will excuse you this time, in consid-
GRAFTON of your ignorance Of our ex-
treme modesty. And then to think
that you should close your remarks by
requesting us, in our "prayers, to re-
member the Postmaster General and
his amiable associates" All you
didn't know the vexations that we have
been subjected to when you made that
request. Why, it was cnly yesterday
that man came tearing into our office,
declaring that if he couldn't receive his
paper more regularly, he wanted back
the dollar which he had paid. Now,
we are willing to take an oath on the
almanac that the paper for that man
hasbeen as regularly mailed as Thursday
came round !; and one-half Of them are
not received. We are commanded to
pray for all sorts Of hard cases but we
are afraid you ask almost too much of
Us this time.
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Total, Go 176 333

Sixty-fvc casualties, hundred and
seventy-six deaths, and three hundred
and thirty-thrce persons injured. There
is total which should put our civiliza-
tion to the blush, and almost make men
foreswcar the progress Of the age. And
yet this table does not comprise these
numerous casualties which have been
wholly or partly owing to the careless
ness Of the victims. 1t only contains
those disasters which might have been
avoided by the proper management of
the roads and by the attention Of the
officials. We leave the above synopsis
TO preach its own eloquent story, trusting
that it will arouse, not managers and
directors to proper performance of
their duty to society-of that we have
no hopc-but legislators to devise and
enact such coercive measures as shall be
sufficient, so far as human wisdom can
effect, to protect the community from
those terrific, daily disasters which, in
their consequences, are hardly less fatal
to life and limb than would be the ex-
istence of q state of civil war.
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WOMEN AND LADIEs.-In the days
of our fathers there were such things to
be met with as men and 1Omen-but
now they are all gone, and in their place
race Of gentlemen and ladies, or to be
still more refined, race of " ladies and
gentlemen" has sprung up. Women
and girls are among the things that were,
But "ladies'' are found everywhere.
Miss Martineau, wishing to see the
women wards in a prison in Tennessee,
was answered by the warden, owe have
no ladies here at present, madam" Now
so far as the ladies were concerned, it
was very well that none of them were in
prison, but then it sounds little odd
ladies IN prison. 1t would seem bad
enough for acomea to 60 to such place.
A lecturer discoursing upon the cha
racteristics of women, illustrated thus :
"Who were the last at the cross
Ladies. Who were the first at the
sepulchre /; Ladies'" On this modern
improvement, we have heard Of but one
thing that beats the above. 1t was the
finishing touch to marriage ceremony,
performed by an exquisite divine up to
all modern refnemcnts. When he had
thrown the chain Of Hymcn around the
happy couple, he concluded by saying
81 now pronounce you husband an(
lady," The audience stuffed their hand
kerchiefs into their mouths, and got ou
Of the room as quickly as possible tt
take BREATH
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The corridor, however, was

own ROOM The corridor, however, was
impossible.
" You will be lost you will be lost ~
he exclaimed, holding her to his heart.
"And you will have thrown away
your life to save mine ~ said Alice.
9" | will die with you, at least" re-
piled Henry :" that is some consolation.
But no ! thank God, they have got a
ladder-they are raising it up-dear girl
you are saved !"
He felt Alice fall heavy on his bosom,
and when he looked down, whether it
was fear or the effect of the stifiing heat
or hearing such words from his lips, he
found that she had tainted.
"It is as well,n he said; I" it is as
well !" and as soon as the ladder was
raised, he bore her out, holding her
firmly yet tcndorly to his bosom. There
was death-like stiffness below. The
ladder shook under his feet the flames
stretched forth and licked the rounds on
which his steps were placed; but stead
lily, firmly, calmly, the young soldier
pursued his way. lie bore all that he
valued on earth in his arms, and it was
no moment to give one thought to fear.
When his last footstep touched the
ground an universal shout burst forth
from the crowd, and even reached the
cars Of Alice herself; but ere she could
recover completely, she was in the com
Portable drawing room of a good mcr-
chants house, some way further down
the same street
The St. Lawrence sailed on the fol-
lowing day for Quebec, and as you well
know, went down in the terrible hurri-
cane which swept the Atlantic in the
summer of that year, bearing down with
her every living thing that she carried
out from England. But on the day
that she weighed anchor, Alice sat in
the drawing room Of the merchants
house, with her hands clasped in that
of Henry Ashton's; and ere many
months were over the tears of those dear
beings she had lost were chased by
happier drops, as she gave her heart to
the man she loved with all the depth of
first affection, but whom she would never
have seen again, had it not been for the
fire at Bristol.
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pS85n From accounts in our exchanges,
the potato rot, in various parts of the
country, seems to be quite as destruc-
tive this season as ever before. We
notice that potatoes in this vicinity are
rotting badly-they arc hardly worth
the trouble Of digging. A gentleman,
who lives short distance from the mar
ket, in this village, told us, few days
since, that he purchased bushel of
potatoes at the market and started for
home. When he got there he found
about half of them rotten. Supposine
that they must have been so when he
bought them, he took them back, and
when he arrived he found them all rot
ten. This, no doubt, is somewhat ex-
aggerated ; but we have heard of verit-
able cases where one-half of a lot OF
seemingly fair potatoes have rotted in
forty-eight hours.
The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-08-18

The Postmaster General has recently
given decision that the new postage
enrelopes must be used as q whole, other
wise they cannot be received. In other
words, the stamp from governm ent en-
velope cannot be taken and placed upon
another envelope and pass the depart
ment in payment for postage.
nayH A decision quite in keeping with
all other mail arrangements nowadays.
IF, after a man has sealed his letter, he
should happen to think of something
further to say, he must lose the stamp
must he, Mr.. Post Master General !;
The fact is, the new envelopes are a
humbug-and in that we opine they are
not much different from the whole Post
Office Department, as now conducted.
The sooner the carrying of mails is
placed in private hands the better for
the public.
The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-08-18

D@- The St. Johns, N. B. papers Of
Aug. 6, state that the hay crop in that
vicinity is so short that farmers are kill
ing off portions of their stock. The
fisheries in the gulf are reported as being
unusually prolific, and that American
mackeral schooners are making good
fares within the prescribed limits, by
keeping some of their number on the
watch for the war steamer.