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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-04

GRAND FOURTH JULY EXCURSION TO WINFIELD.
VI Persons wishing this excursi,n take the
Twenty third street ferry thence proceed the North
road 70 F.ake the Grand aud Houston
streets ferries Maspeth stages Fisk avenue
thence Fisk to the premises Refreshments
will be provided tho free expense, All persons
who have purchased lots at Winfield icqucsed to BIO
present aud invite their fricads Maps &c 70 be had
the ground
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rye LET, In BROoKLYN-TuE NEW THREE Spo.Y
and basement houe No 1856 Livingston street betw
SIpi,n and Hoyt Streets there Ia good osmened under
cellar fine yard aud fixtures throughout the house
Posss sion ediately Inquire at No. Is -chemo<
ErnollYn.
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DIR. Powell, Oculist, Aurtst, &c., Resolves
Broadway where can be procured his Treatise the
Eye" and his self acting eye and fountains Artificial
Ike the natural and resembles it in color express
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bair resf0hVe tbs f0rceB the air stops W fa
ing dandru and dresses IL finely The depot
moved to 6lmind 6lWalker street Lafonts solution OF
or black Without in jury This Is The best hair dys made
His soap root for the teeth breath inns ne-try It,
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John Wol6s Furniture acare-
rooms ON Church Sat- the land
ing yesterday morning we noticed a
very large and varied assortment OF
new furniture, which is for VOLTS o.
Establishment on Church street Wolf
has a number Of hands now at work
manufacturing, and repairing, and is
gradually enlarging his concern, so as
to meet the increased demands upon
him. Wolf is "a number-one work
man himself, and will;give general
satisfaction. His prices are such as to
suit tie times.
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For Sale.

or ACRES Of lad situated on the
~ Bayou Sara Road. about eight
miles from Baton Rouge. half Of which 10
cleared and in high state Of cultivation,
The coil is well adapted to the culture Of
fruit trees and vegetables. There is attach
ed Il, the land, coc,odious dwelling, kitch-
en-, and other out houses. also a good well.
The place is admiralty fitted for a coun-
try grocery store, and house Of entertain
ment, it being on the main road between
Bayou Sara and Baton Rouge. The travell-
ing being large and constant. The close
proximity to Baton Rouge. where mark
ct can be found for vegetables and fruits at
big prices, makes it one Of the most desire
able and profitable places in the parish.
ANY further Information. can be hal by
applying to THOS. PRENDERGAST.
! Advocate copy dec S-ti.
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r For the past two or three
mornings the Artillery Company at
the Barracks, have been practicing the
field exercises, with mounted ordi-
nance. Fire and fall back" The
cannon, is an ancient war implement
and its use should be abandoned
Every other species of gun, sword and
cutlass, has kept pace with the march
of progress. The ancient "rapier has
been laid on the shelf, the Horse, has
been superceedei by Colts pistol, and
the modern submarine batteries arc a
decided improvement, On old timey
arrangements for naval engag ements
The cannon, lags behind, cumbeours
and clumsy affair, and it should be
brought up to the front ranks. Would
it not be well, for some inventive gent
Gus to modernize the cannon, with an
improved patent-some continuance
that will fire without intermission some
forty or fifty times, and take a whole
army off its legs at once? If this could
be done, and it could be made at the
same time to draw "blood" from the
officers, it would be very powerful
auxiliary to the London Peace Socie-
~.
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The citizens Of Baton Rouge offered

to take 100000 in the stock Of such
company, and the Coast Parishes
would have subscribed liberally-the
road could and would have been built
without any aid from the State; but
now it is futile to talk Of any such en-
terprise, and we hope Our friend in
Lafayette street will take up the more
feaseable plan Of railroad from Pom
peii to Port Hudson which may be
the commencement If not theond OF
the Pacific enterprise
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He rcccommendes the immediate

$500
organization of the Smithsonias In
stitute upon certain prescribed terms.
He takes strong grounds against
internal improvements by the Federal
Government, and asks,-If the policy
were once settled against granting APP
preparations by the General Govern
ment for local improvements for the
bepeft Of commerce, would not such
localities, by means clearly legitimate
and proper. raise he requisite funds
for themselves ? He hopes that this
question will be deliberately consid-
cred, and plan matared to promote
the permanent interests OF the country.
He thinks that whenever any CON
structions are being made by the Gem
eral Government, the right to the soil
used should be first secured.
Referring to the means of atfording
communication between States on the
opposite side of the Rocky Mountains,
the President maintains that it is in
power OF the Federal Government to
construct military roads and improve
harbors of refuge. lie thinks, how
ever, that it is Of doubtful! power, and
more than doubtful propriety, for the
General Government to administer
the affairs of railroad or a canal. and
that, therefore, its connection with
such should be incidental rather than
primary. He says that no grandeur
Of an enterprise, or inducement bear
ing promises Sof popular favor, will
lead him to disregard the limits of the
Constitution
The President refers to the settle
ment Of the exciting questions that
had disturbed the country, by the
compromise of 1850, as giving new
vigor to our institutions, and cou'ri-
buting efectually to the repose Of the
country lie urges fidelity to the
constitutional rights of the States, aud
the avoidance Of agitation, and WINS
up bya general review OF the past and
prospective advances Of our country.
He again urges strict obedience to the
Constitution, and forbearance from the
exercise Of doubtful powers, as the
only means of maintaining our nation
al cohesion. The cardinal virtues of
public frugality and integrity should
be cultivated and a wise economy IN
troduced with the administration of
affairs. lie refers in appropriate
terms to the death of Vice President
King, and concludes by soliciting the
warm cooperation of the coordinate
branches of the Government in the
discharge of his duties.
THE foregoing synopsis of the Pres
ident's Message is taken from the
despatch to the True Delta, and pub
lished in Thursday mornings edition
of that paper.-ED. CoMEr.l
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State OfLOyyisiaua.

PARISH OF EAST BATON BOUGE,
SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT.
HENDERSON & PEALE. VS.. BATON RoroE MILLS Co.
EFT AL, No. 929.
pY virtue OF a writ OF plur e., fa., issued in the
IL above entitled and numbered canse and to me
directed from the Honorable Sixth Judicial Dis
trict Court in and for the Parish Of East Baton
Rouge and State aforesaid.
I have seized and will expose o public sale on
81 TURDA y, the It'll day ofJon, neot, A. d.,
1854, at / o'clock, A. M, the grounds Of the
Baton Rouge Mills Co., situated in said Parish
above the United States Garrison on the Mississip
p River.
The mortgage property hereinafter setforth and
described 10 wit:
A certain tract or parcel of land together with
all the buildings and Improvements thereon, mill,
machinery, fixtures, Sc. situated on abe river
Mississippi near the United States Garrison, in
said parish Of East Baton Rouge and containing
about twenty-eiRht superficial arpents more or
less, and bounded rs follows
On the north by lands of the late Jas. McCalop
formerly of Jacob Drake.
On the East by said McCalop, formerly those Of
A. Gras.
On the South by lands Of the United States for
merly those of John Oracle;
And on the West by the River Mississippi.
Also the following named slaves on said above
described premises, together with all the increase
of he same, viz:
Lewis Fisher ~ years on the "a day Of October.
4. ID. 1850;
Aleck Berkeley then 26;
Ned Henderson, then q;
Stephen, then 81
Allied, engineer then 90;
Parker, then "A years:
Spence, then %;
Dick, engineer, then 20;
Alfred, then Sc;
Harry, then So;
John, then 20:
Fred, then 10;
Black Dick, then 29
Jordan, then 10;
Mary, then i6
Gily, then is:
Harriet, then 49,;
Jane, then II;
Louisa, then "a;
Ard Kate, n child, years old !;
Also Margaret IS months George, months
Children Of Gy)
Sinner, months old, Child Of Nary increase cr
said slaves since mortgaged. Also
Lewis, then %;
Cass, then 90
Tom, then ~;
Henry, then SO;
Davy, then % and
Mly, then rs years old
The SIX last mentioned mortgaged slaves said tc
de dead.
siezed TO pay and satisfy the Judgement, interest
and cost Of the above entitled and numbered cause
cause.
Terms Of sale--Cash, with the benefit Of apprais-
ment.
December 4, 1853. Fl. v. BABIN, Sheriff,
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~ The Democrats of Caddo, held
a meeting On the Bird inst, to nomi.
nate candidate for the Legislature
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
death of WIN. K. Douglass, Esqr.
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that elects that officer.

Y "A petition to the Secretary Of War
to cause the swamp lying adjacent to
Baton Rouge, and belonging TO the
U. s., to be drained is in circulation
and is receiving the signatures Of the
inhabitants of that place generally"
The foregoing is from the Delta, as
it is rather new to us, we give place to
it, in order that the people at large,
may know what is going on in our
midst, unawares to them.
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Eg-In our article yesterday, in re-
ference to L. S. Senator, we speak of
the coming legislature as having to
elect that important public servant
The election does not come off at
the first session-it is the second ses-
sion Of the same body in January 1855
that elects that officer.
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Avis pour dies Propositions.

nES PROPOSITIONS seront recues
IL jusqu'a ..Ieudi, lie I5ne courant. a 4
heures De fapres midi. pour la charpentre
ct encloturc della nouvellle eglise catholique.
Les propositions scront depos6es avec Mr..
Wm Spike. 4 Ia Blanche de la Banqne de
Ia Louisiana; on lie plan les dessins ct spe-
ci6eations peus ent etre WIS MarJi proclaim
ct jours sobsGluents. II. v. BABIN,
dGc3-d Seeretaire.
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70 Yesterday morning we had the
pleasure of visit from our confreye.
j. w. Mason, Of the Springfield Pi-
nv Woodsman. Mason, has sold his
Unrest in that establishment, and is
now at large for any enterprise.
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ET There vas rumor in New
Orleans on Thursday, that Louis Ma
poleon has been assassinated in Paris.
How it gets there the papers do not
say.
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H Will Col. Gaisford please in
form US, what his contemporaries
mean when they talk Of the "Seat OF
War;"
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10 Capt. John Markham has our
thanks for city favors.

CAppEvELLs' VARrErrEs.-Capde-
veille is getting in, fresh stock Of
Fancy articles; Toys, Perfumery,
&C., for the Christmas times.
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Court Notice.
STATE OF LOUISIANA-Pa1Tsh
&c Eaat Rnfoaa Ra.ua

o. EU1 DUZOW JtOUgc.
DY VIRTUE Of an order from the Hon.
ID VIM. B. Robertson. Judge OF the 9th
Judicial District Of the State of Louisiana.
Notice is hereby given to all whom it
may concern, that special term Of he 9th
Judicial District Court of the State of
Louisiana in and for the Parish of East
Baton Rouge, will be held at the Court
House of SAID Parish, on Monday the ninth
day of January. next, A. D 1s5i) Eighteen
Hundred and Fifty four, it being the 2nd
Monday of said month. by the aforesaid
Julige-to transact all business, Civil ard
Criminal, and to try all cases as if the term
were regular term of said Court. with
jury) II. V. BABlN, Sheriff.
December end 1853
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ment, and other kindred subjects, that
it devolves upon us ts take a hand in
the controversy. It isa solemn duty,
involving the whole interest Of the un-
Owed Southwest, and 1t should be
treated Of, without leyity. The ques-
ton is, "what would be the effect Of
railroad from Pompeii to Port Hud-
SOM" How would the interest Of the
planters be efiectedl Would not the
price of land enhance! And would
not Port Hudson become AN immense
commercial depot for the merchandise
of all nations These are some of the
questions that should be calmly con-
sidered; and as we have to refer to
de Bows Commercial statistics"
Hunts Merchants" and the "Rail-
road Magazine We must be pardon
ed for occupying mora than the allot-
ted space for Comet leader" The
text is 1.-THE general effects of railroads
generally" In discussing this sub
ject, we cannot do better than take
| the New Orleans and Jackson, and
Great Northern as a great, if not a
very good example of"What railroads
will do The subject of a great rail-
road to some underlined point in the
Northwest, was ''happy idea'-a
subject of vast magnitude subject
thatcalled all the great men in the
State-and a few others besides into
Convention Convention aoas held.
we don't recollect when (see De Bow
and that Convention decided (see re-
cord page 7G) that the said railroad
"shall be built" along the coast. =
The same Convention appointed--or
rather elected board Of Directors,
WHO scarcely organized into The Great
northern company before they changed
The location of the route, in order to
bring into market, lands that had been
previously bought for similar specu-
lation. The result is that the Great
Northern Railroad runs out into the
swamps of South Eastern Louisiana,
where it will remain monument.
There could be no objection to this,
if the State were not made the prin-
cipal partner, and the people the suff-
erers and all this to build up the
overgrown estates Of foreign capital
lists, and New Orleans money brokers.
Suppose for moment the Great Nor
them road ever gets as Car as the Miss
issippi line, it can never go farther,
until a more honest set Of people in
habit that region than the present race
The people there will never suffer a
direct tax for road, and as to selling
"their bonds it would be better
speculation to get up all her '37 shin
plasters aud the Union and Brandon
notes, and take tkem into market.
X Talk of railroads in Louisiana, with
her great monopolizing sugar estates ;
and the lands that are fit for cu!tiva-
ton, all in the hands Of parties, who
would rather see it wilderness as it
is, than occupied by an industrious
population; the idea is simply redicu-
lous. Some few roads may be droned
out of the Great Commercial Empor-
ium, but they will never go much far
ther than the Pontchartrain, the Mexi-
can Gulf, the Carrolton, and the Nash
vile establishments. When it is dis
covered that any other place in the
State, than New Orleans is to be bene-
flied F.; the locomotive will come to a
dead pause, and blow off steam.
Our neiglbor in Lafayette street
has lately furnished the world with two
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Notice

THE Eagle Hotel is now open fpr The ac-
L. commodation of the Public The
establishment is in good repair. and every
effort will be made 10 make i pleasant and
agreeable to the travelling public.
nov. 22ly SAM. HARBOUR. Prop'i
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v r The Governor has appointed
Gen. II. Davis, Master Warden of the
Port of New Orleans, vice Walter
Turnbull, deceased. Y
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-12-10

UJoseph Eisely and John Mellow
ell, have purchased the Concordia In
telligencer.
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WANTEp To HrRE-bv the year or
w moNh-f bodied Nagro men,
for which the highest wages will be paid
Apply to dee. G-tfl ]. c. LANoug.
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EOR RENT-THE upper part Of a brick
J. store on Lafayette street-a very de-
sirable place for family rcsidencc--aprly
inIniediste!y to r. Pigneguy. dec 3tt
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Nem A0pertisem e nst.r

AVIS. NyE
C0ur dM Siziene Dist. Judiclaiye,
Paroisse dEst Baton Rouge.
A TTENDU que John d. Fridge, de la
II dte Paroisse, a fait application a la
dite cour pour etre NOMINEES administrators
de la succession de sa defunt mere Tabitha
Began, reinforcement de ce. Paroisse dece-
dee.
Avis est par la presente donnes a touies
personnes interesses de taire savoir leur raj
son dams dix iours de la premiere publica-
ton de Get avis, pourquoi la dit application
ne serait pas accordee.
dec. l0-2s. VI MORENO. Greflier
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vi I S G E L L A N E US,
From tie Southern Recorder.
Bz33IIaDP GApMn8.
INTER- RESTING INCIDENTS.

About the middle Of January last,
in goingfrom Macon, Ga, Oglcthrope,
by railroad, it was my good fortune to
have scat next to Dr. C, one
of tho Bishops of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, South. During the first
mile of travel, the Bishop gave me q
very minute description of a gentleman
who had that morning breakfast with
us in the city of Macon, and inquired
ifI knew him. | replied that did
Said the Bishop, "lIe has acted to-
wards me rs no man ever did before,
save one" Fearing that there was
some misunderstanding, felt exceed
ingly anxious to know what had occur
red. Said the Bishop, "Just before
the gong rang for breakfast, and before
it was clcvcrIy light, whilst standing
in the entry, this individual approach
ed me, and asked if my name was C.
Yes said |, that is my name. lie was
pleased to say, that it had been his
good fortune, about twenty or wcnty-
five years past. to have heard me preach
sermon. lie then remarked. that
ministers, in travelling over the coun-
try, no more live upon the wind than
the rest of US, and with this remark
rendered me bank note of $50
accepted this kind offer, and felt par
ticularly anxious to know something
more about him."
gave him the name and residence
of the gentleman, and said to him, he
can well afford to give, and is in the
habit of doing so whenever a worthy
object presents ITSELF. was pleased
with the result of the last interview,
and begged to be informed Of the ma
turc OF the first. "It occurred" said
he, Shortly after had been licensed
to preach, and in South Carolina.-
After the labor Of my circuit had
closed, ! had started home, and at the
end of n long days journey, to put up
for the night at decent looking coun-
try inn. y number Of travellers like
myself stopped for shelter likewise
Among all who were present, there
was not one whom had ever seen be-
fore. After Parlaking a substantial
supper, the company (mysclf among
the numbcr)retircd to a sitting room,
where wc found a fire and other nee
cssary comforts provided. noticed a
small lad seated in one corner, aud as
near the fire rs he could comfortably
we'll get, with his toes pecping out
through his shoes. For a time, no
one appeared to take any notice OF, or
care for the lad, at which apparent neg
lect, he manifested no concern.
CA short time after We were all scat.
ed comfortably around the fire, our
landlord said, "John | would not 90 to
night if were You" AT these words
the little fellow burst into tears, and
said, "Why do you say so, you know
must CO." After hearing this re-
mark, felt deep interest in know
ing what it was the boy had to do
was informed that he was mail car
rier, and had to 90 that night twenty
one miles. Afior obtaining this in.
formation, | made inquiry of the lad,
and found that the clothing then upon
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suitable season for harvesting-mak4
ing thoroughly and sailing, with from
one to TITO pecks Of salt per ton (the
quantity i'll all cases to be graduated in
conformity TO the use to which it is to
be applied) q very excellent and
salutary winter food will be secured.
Sheep do well, III heost cases, much
better on this than on any other
hay. They partake cagerly, and are
seldom sick. In marshes appended to
most of the farms, or where salt-hay
can be obtained in almost any guam
tity, and at merely nominal price, tile
wild grass of meadow and fresh bog
land, possess intrinsic value; but even
then it is not by any means to be
thrown away. Even if you have on
use for it in your barn, it will
DC found an excellent article for
manure. When used for this pur-
pose, cart it into your yards green, or
in q partially made condition, and
spread over the surface, or else pack it
away, after "making it," rs hay, in
some convenient and unoccupied out
building, to be thrown out occasion-
ally during the winter, or to supply
bedding for your horses, sheep, swine
and other animals, and thus be mixed
up with the manure for future use.
But there few places where n good crop
of wild hay will not be valuable to
the farmer for feeding. In the in
terror, it is cmincntly SO, and there is
generally demand for n much larger
quantity of it than most farmers find it
practicable to obtain. In such places,
the most imperfect of the wild grasses,
if properly salted, will be found to
possess high value. 1t is an error to
suppose that long standing improves
the quality of this description Of
hay. The earlier it is cut, after the
season of haying commences, the bet
ter -Germantoun Telegraph.
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require it, keep it until you have use
Tor it," handing me a twenty dollar
bank bill.
"Now," said the Bishop, "see how
soon got back my eight dollars with
more than one hundred per cent. inter-
est And that was not all,' said he.
"When ] got home, | enclosed to the
tavern keeper where met with John,
$3.50 for my bill, In short time, ]
received on answer, with the money
returned, saying they never charged
preachers for staying all night, and
begged that would again call, i'll ev-
er passed that way. Ihave many times
since made inquiry for John, but nev-
er could obtain the least trace of him.
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LEARN TO BE RELrG1oUs.-Thefe is
religion in every thing around us;
calm and holy religion in the tinbreatli;
ing things ofnatnre, which man would
do well to initiate. 1t comes it has no
terror; no gloom in its approaches, It
has to rouse up the passions; it is uns
trampled, led by the creeds and un-
shadowed by the superstitions ofman.
1t is fresh from the hands of the author;
and glowing from the Immediate pres
ence ofthe Great Spirit which prcyades
and quickcns it: 1t Is written Oh the
arched sky. 1t looks out from every
star. 1t is among the hills and valleys
of the earth; where the shrubless neiiii-.a !
tain top pierces the thin atmosphere of
the winter-or where the mighty for
est fiuctuates before the strong Winds
with its dark waves of green foliage.
1t is spread out like a legible language
upon the face Of the msleeping ocean:
1t is this which uplifts the spirit within
us until it is tall enough to overlook
the shadows of our place of probations
which breaks link after link, the chain
that binds us to mortality; and which
opens to Imagination world ofspiFit-s
ual beauty and holiness. G. Whit,
tier. 5