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GENrLEMENs FURNISHING STORE.
G. A. LION.

LfyUyette ptkett'
A LII the Clothing in this establishment
IN made to ortier----of FRESH MATE.
RAILS And FASHIONABLE PIT.
TERMS. OF this fact, the public may feel
satisfied. II is an economy to buy such
goods, in prefercnceto slop shop work vend.
ed at what are wrongly denominatod "CheaI
Stores.n The stock now on hand consists
in complete assortment Of Spring and
Summer Clothing.--To which is daily be
ing added every thing new and beautiful.
~ Gentlemen are invited to call and ex
anime forthemselves. may By.
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TO Planters and others.

r WOULD beg leave to call your atten-
J. ton now, and at the opening Of the
coming season TO my large and exceedingly
cheap stock Of Domestic Dry Goods which
Notwithstanding the heavy advance Of Dom
esics, and every class Of negro wear, am
enabled to sell at low prices; am now re-
ceiving and will continue to receive week
" through the season flesh supplies Of No.
Goods ofthis class, oil ask is a call
mar 29-y w. ID. PHlLLlPs
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(lTre of BDGT 81 administrators W He !
Touisiana Institute for the Deaf and
Dumb, md The Bind.
Baron RouGE, 2sih June. 1853.
Sealed proposals will be received until
Wednesday. the 18th day of August 1853
for the necessary Brick work and Carpen-
ters work in the erection of the buildings
for this institution at Baton Rouge and
for the materials for same. Proposals will
no received for furnishing all materials for
the Brick WORK, and erecting the same
Proposals are invited for the performance
Of the Brick work alone. Proposals .sre
invited for the delivery of the Brick, btme
and Sand together, or for the delivery OF
either Brick. Lime or Sand seperately.--
Proposals are invited for furnishing the
required lumber in whole or in part
proposals are invited for the Carpenters
work, in whole or in part.
The Lumber at present required consists
only of the Roor and ceeing joice. the raf-
tiers. Orders, and studding lumber. for the
door and window frames, and the sheatins
for the Roof The present design ct the
administrators is to erect the building and
have il under cover without finishing the
inside. For this purpose, the amount o!
Lumber, which they now propose to con
tract for, will he about 10000 feet the
quantity Of Brick, about s,ooo.ooo, Con
tractors will be required to give satisfac-
tory security for the performance of the
work rs well as for the delivery OF mater
ials. Plans, specifications, and drawings &
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 'he
office Of w. s. Pike, Baton Rouge, to whom
al proposals. will be addressed.
r-The New Orleans Daily Ptcoymne
Delta and True Delta. will please copy once
week. for four weeks. The NatcheZ Free
7ra4er, yicksburg Wing, and Baton Rouge
.Alpmate will also insert for one month once
a week. June ~ lino
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TEAS! TEAS!--The largest and
l. best stock Of pure Green and Black
Teas in Baton Rouge, is that kept by Joshua
Beal. Prices for same range from fifty
cents to one dollar aud half per pound,
and can be had from single quater pound
package, to one of sixty.
> n B. ''rhat Imperial which have
been promising to my regular customers
for the last ten days, HAS come to hand.
iuIv 10th. JOSHUA BEAL.
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OEce-Board Of Administrations, }
Louisiana Institute for The Deaf, I
and Dumb. ami the Blind }

July Sth. 1853.
meeting of the Board, held this day.
n it was observed, that in the proposals
published COR idrishing materials and labor for
building; that through inadvertency, propos-
ais are not invited for furnishing brick IN
.rart, as was desi gned by the committee who
are authorised to receive proposals Tor
Brick in whole or in part, and bids ar
thus invited w. ). PIKE, sect
Advocate please copy.
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NOTICE.

NUIlCE.
TINE Members of the Can't Get sway
l. Club, are notified that the President
to afford them some amusement and cx-
element. has ordered the undersigned Sec
rotary Of the Club to get up Splendid
Rattle In compliance with the above
order | will rattle as soon as all the chances
are taken. -FOUR SPLENDID OH. PAINTINGS.
valued at ninety dollars, two p1zes, 40
chances at 81 per chance
The members sre notified that the list
is now ready, and to call Immediately to
name their chances Persons wishing to
JON the club are notified that the purchase
Of ticket will entitle them to mem bershp
Tickets to be had only from the Sect'y.
BY order of the President.
July 9th J G. LaN0UF. SroT'v.
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CONTEMPORARIES, &c.


Conner Of Third and Laurel Sts., nearly
I i opposite the Bank Baton Rouge
.TIAVING this day REbpcsp his prices,
Ii he is prepared to furnish all kind OF
CANDY at WHOLESALE and RETAIL, on
more favorable terms thar can be had in N i.
Orleans and having experienced workman,
his candy will always be PURE and FRESH;
care being takenthat no 'deleterious ingre-
dientn is used in its manufacture, as is TOO
often the case with confectionery purchased
at AUCTIONS and from irresponsible houses.
He trusts that the trade of this, and the
adjoining parishes, will give him their or
.ders to fill. which he is prepared to do to
airy amount, having made arrangements for
the best quality of sugar in market. and be-.
ing in correspondence with one of the large
est houses in New York, to supply him with
fancy confectionery and aficles in his line.
Santeu,her ~ tf FwE
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NOTICE.

PROPOSALS will be received to the
L 18th inst, for the neces airy repairs TO
be made on the Bridge near Mi Roberts. 10
miles from Baton Rouge. Specification
can be. seen BY calling on 3. Wifi'ms or
Seth Davis. The contract to he audicatde
to the lowest bidder, and a bond Of five
hundred dollars exacted for the faithful pc
formance of same. Hour of ajudication y
o'clock NJ. at the Bridge BY order of com
nissioners.
B. WILLIAMS, Clerk.
Comite, 9Th July 1853.
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POPULAR School Books.

Popular School Books.
T C.LANOCE. Hatneg Honse ro'r ha
y. Just received direct from the publish
ers a complete assortment of The most pop
uIar school books. Consisting in part OF
Webster's spelling book; Websters spelier
and dehner McGuGey's spelling book
a RFADEPs. "a
NcGufe,'s Series: Towers Series or
Gradual Readers: N American LIT End
class do;
Smiths New Grammar; Towers Grad
nal lissons in do
GEoGRAPTIFs.
Smiths 1st book; Smiths qr,rto or 2nd
book; Smiths Geography aud A tlasy Mitch
Is Primary Geography; Mitchels Schoo!
do; Morses quarto do. sset
ARiTHMEIrcs.
CoIbu'ne's Mental; Davise's Arithmetic
smiths introductory; Smiths Practical
Smiths New Arithmetic.
ALGEBRA.
Davise's 1st lessons; Davises Bourbon:
GEOMETRY.
Davise's Legendre.
rarley's History Goodrichr's u. S
Goodriches England Gurney's y. S.
RErHoRic.
3oyd'S Rethoric; Porter's Rethorica'
Readers.
Philosophy, Phrenoogy, Chemistry, Co.
oloSY. Botany sc. Also all the popular
Latin Books
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DELAYS are dangerous.

Delays are dangerous.
yE7hy suffer WITH cough, coldor any dis
wv ease the Throat, Breast and Lungs
when certain cure is so easily effected by
using
"WIsrrRs UouBnouNp CANDY
THIS Medicine is a iudicious combination
Of the best expectorams in the Materia Med
lea. The most stubbon Coughs and Colds
Weld to It readily, and Il is found to give re-
lief even In confirmed cases of CongpmptioG
Its not merely palliative, as manyartieles Of
It's nature, but possesses great curative quail
tiles For sale by VS.. BOGEL Agent.
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= Election Notice.
STATE OF LOUISTANA--Parish

n, of East Baton Rouge.
AN election will be held on Saturday the
IA 23d day of July 1883, being the 4th
Saturday of said month, TO be held at the
house of Mrs. rownsand in the plains. and
to be presided by the Ward commissioners
fer said Ward, for the purpose OF electing
a Justice of the Peace and Constable for
said Ward. No. 4. BE- order of THOMAS
DEvArr, President of the Police jury.
i,lv 9th 1883. II. V. BaBrS, Sheriff.
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Notice.

TIME Louisiana Institution for Mutes and
l. Blind, on St. Ferdinand street, Baton
Rouge, is open for visitors from 10 to l2o'-
clock, x. NJ, each day, Sundays only exeep-
ted t 4 ieb.-stl
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Superior Teas,

DACON--5 casks shoulders for sale by
- may lstfl S, N. HART & Co.
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7 ARD-in bbls, and kegs, for sale by
- lmay 1stf IN. HART & Co.
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Just Received
COFFEE
Tobacco.

AZ BOXES SIS SIS and Ii. limp for sale
~ by s. M. HART 4 Co.
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Clear Sides.
=
Sealed PROPOSALS.

Ofice Of Board Of administrators Of The
Iouisiana Institute for the Deaf and
Dumb, and The Blind.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-11-15

Of the boiler, and one pair under the
tank. Tho cylcndcrs are 9. inches ia
diameter, and are onrsidc connections
Tie powef, instead of being applied d.
rectly 10 the drivers By connecting rods
as is usual, is applied 10 tho top of on
upright beam placed just in front of tit G
fire box on either sdc of the boiler
From the top of this beam, which moves
about Is degrees OH heavy pivot, runs
rod TO the back driver, aud from the
bottom runs roll 10 the front driver.
The boiler sets quite low, while the
tank hangs belowihe wheels. The link
is also most novel construction, and
is said to be most important improve
ment, the link working between the
block, instead Of the block between the
link. AS no patent has been taken or
intended TO be taken, leave has already
been giycn other manufacturers TO adop,
.anolaT this IE, Ia and MI + will g0O'Oly come into
The advantages lcsvcl by the no cl
construction OF the locomotive, are the
case with which great power can be ap
piled, and the great gain made in bring
ing The whole weight Of the engine and
tender 10 aid ia drDwins a heavy load.
II is said that thirteen ton engine,
built on the new model, can do the same
work as II twenty ton engine built so
that the power is applied TO the drivers
at the fire box. The result will Of course
be great dimnution in the expense Of
procuring motive power for our rail.
roads. The design as we have before
remarked is wholly original, nothing Of
the kind ever having been attempted be.
fore.
] he locomotive when completed is
for ROAD in Texas. There is also in
process Of construction four others after
the same molcl, intended for a road in
Pcnns ylvania.
On Saturday, with view Of testing
the capabilities of the engine, "Texns"
was attached 10 a heavy freigh, train
consisting Of fourteen long cars. 1t drew
them with the greatest ease from South
Btainlrce to Boston, making the time
allotted TO the train to second. This
train, which is one OF the heaviest on the
road, is usually drawn by a twenty-five
ton locomotive. The result Of the cx.
pertinent is ,icemc conclusive that :he
locomotive will prove in every respect
ccesslul. an that twelve ton engine
can, when built after the new plan, do
the work of "A twenty Ton enllup of the
old model.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-11-15
THE CITY.

Hurry and bustlc-noisc and confI
sion--bcsgars md bclzcbubs--thies e
and policemcn-lrnys and Dragons
brazen impudence and brick walls =
what an inlolerable place TO be in. Ev
crything is artificial anl even the sun
shine is second handed. Until last nigh
we hadn't seen the sun set for nearly {
week--about four o'clock it went be
hinl the brick walls and was missing
save the reflection OF few stray CLEAN,
through the distant clouds Of soap fac.
tory, faint and feeble as though they too
had caught the dyspepsia of city life, ana
wanted TO die before their time.
Here goes couple Of bankers, jabbcrna
about the stocks (some Of them ought 10
be in the stocks no dou5,.) And ncy,
comes a be ,gar ofraw ard scarce chal.
ty. On one door sill stands fat rum.
seller goalins over the ciances for tax ..
ing l., victims and on tie next, a Jew
keeping his eys ON ftr soma country
fellow TO shave. Here rcars a tcrsp g
halfway out OF sight ana on its step sit,
a ragged AMI delormed beggar, holding
out her weary hand for black dollars
On goes a couple of fops on their way
TO some party where uppertcnloni is in.
itatel with bad grammcr and worse ew.
clry, TO say nothing Of cheap musk AMI
colo me. Likely lell they are, they will
come to something yet if lis nothing but
The watch house. And next follows a
couple OF lawyers denpIy intere,laj in
the prosperity Of our whole ,om, laws;
the more who lesome because ,hoy arc
,attercd enough for these we'll dressed
and smooihlongucl gentlemen to creep
through into prosperity. There goes a
student With sunhcn check aud hasgarJ
eye. lie is struggling harl 10 become
something amid this jostling mass, and
he ,ViU TO, for ambition courses lhrou. ii
every nerve.
Crowl follows crowd and on we 20
with the mass, looming up at the Pos
Office. There stands in an alley, alone
an old man with soled garments and
rude aspect. He is opening long look
ell for epistlc from the Father Lanl. He
reals and does not get far down the first
page before, with the hack of his brawny
hand, he wipes the ia at falling tears away
Who knows wha, is written there? L
may be a message OF Joy; or perhaps
some Of tho brigh, eyes Of those tho
checrel him in his childhood, (he too
was once sweet little child, have beer
dlmmed forever, and they have gone ,c
their last rest by tho side o. lht
sunny stream where with them h,
has sportc.l many happy day. II,
reals the letter through AMI passes OF
his way trying TO look as usual, but h,
scarcely sees who,u he meets, for memo
ry is alive in his heart again, and my
Rad of bright images from the sunny re
gions are before hin. Poor old man
his path is no doub, checrlcss enough
and no wonder, for no flowers bloon
around i,.---GeniuS oftAs West.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-11-15
Mysterious.

Nj. Lucius r. Brown formerly O.
Jericho, in this country, and recently
from Cincinnati, Ohio, suddenly disap
pcaral from Niagara Falls, On the eth
ofJuly last. He left Cincinnati on the
29,h Of July, and reached Buffalo the
same evening, whore his name was regis
tered, and took room in company with
a gentleman who gave the name Of Viii
liam A. Cushman, Morrow County, Ohio
destined for Lockport, N. Y. On the
25,h he registered his name at the Cat
aract House, Niagara Falls, took room
and had bis baggage carried into It, bu
never occupied it to the knowledge o
any one. On the same day his name
was found registered on the Island, since
which time no trace can be found Of him
Mr.. Browns ago was about thr,
his height about five feet ten inches
light complexion, of steady habits an
gentlemanly department: Any in(ormai
ton concerning him would be thankful
ly received by his afflicted friends.
Address Rufus Brown, (Bostwica
House, Jericho, Observation-Disclosures
Sentinel.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-11-15

Vincent Gray, and that the cars left him
at Winchester. After he passed n,thcy
wen east to where they heard the noise
and found II rail thrown across the
track. This was about ten feet east OF a
bridge over gullcy Of ten or twelve feet
deep; and east Of this again was cross
tic thrown across the track. Our friends
removed the distractions, and immc Ii.
alcly after the passenger trnin going
west Numbered by. There was but Il
step between some Of these passengers
and death Information was given this
morning, a warrant issued, ami the mis-
creant arrested; and after patient hear.
ing before Justice Moore, in default OF
bail. for 81 900, lie was fully committed
for trial. The testimony vas very con.
elusive. There are many such vagrants
wandering through the country, and the
lives Of thousands Of the community are
at their mercy; and no prudence nor fore
sigh, of the companies or their servants
can prevent il. The salvation Of these
passengers last night was purely provi.
dental Ind. Slate Jour.
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..Jr,Dlc Phenomena.

1t is no, generally known, says The
Charleston Courier, that in Barbados
there is n mysterious vault, in which no
ono darcs to deposit the dead 1t is a
church yarl on the sea side. In 1907,
! the first coffin that was deposited in it
was that Of Mr.. Goddard; in 1908, a
Miss A. NJ. Chase was placed in it and
in 1912, Miss D. Chase. In the enl OF
1912, thc vault was opene 'or the Hon.
T. Chase: but the three FIRST collins were
founi in a confused state, having be IN ap
parently tossc from their places
Again was the vault openel to receive
the body Of an infant; and the four col
fms, all Of lead, and very heavy, We're
found much disturbed. In lSlG,a Mr..
Brewstcr's bo,ly was placed in the vault,
and again disorder was apparent among
the collins. In 1919, Mr., Clark was
placel in the vault, and as before, the
collins were in confusion.
Each time that the vanlt was opened
the collins were placI in their proper sit.
nations, that is, three Oh the ground, side
by side, and the others laid on them. The
vault was then regularly closed;the loor,
a massive stone,) was ccmentei by ma.
sons, and though the floor was of san | +,
there was no mark of footsteps or water
Again the vault wa7 ope ne | in 1919. Lori
| Combermere was then present, and the
Collins were found thrown confusclly
about the vault, some with their heals
down, and others up. What could have
occasioncd this phenomenon? in no
other vault in tho island had this ever oc.
cured. Was it an earthquake which oc.
casioned it, OF the effects of an inunln.
ton in the vault? These were :he ques.
tons asked by ii Barbados journal al
the time, and no ono could afford a So.
luton.
The matte, gradually died away, un.
til this year, when, on the 10th Of Feb.
uary, the vault was again opened, AMI
all the coflins were thrown about as
confuscdIy as before. A strict investi.
CATION took place, and no cause could be
discovered. Was it, after all the sudden
bursting forth of noxious gas from one
of the collins that could have produced
this phenomenon? If so, it is against
all former experience, Tho vault has
been Theoretically sealed again-when
to be re opened we cannot tell.
In England there was parallel oc.
curfcnce to this, some years since, at
Hau,on, in Suffolk. 1t is stated, that
on opening a vault there, several lead.
en- coflins. with wooden cases, which
had been fixed on biers, had been dis.
placed to the great CONSERVATION Of the
villagers. The coifins were again
placed as befo p, and the vault properly
closed, when again another of the fami.
ly dying they were again found dis
placed; and two years after that, they
were not only found all of their b'ers,
but one coffin $50 heavy as to require
eight men to raise i) was found on the
forth step which led TO the vault; and it
seemed perfectly certain that no human
hand had done this.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-11-15
NUMBER 45

What could be moro beautiful tban
The fol ollowins from the pen Of George d.
Prentice, who himself blends moro Of
pa'hos and the fire Of poetry, than ,ny
other living writer:
"Whnt is poetry! A smile, a tear, a
glory, longing after the things oi E,er.
ni'y. 1t lives in all created existencs--
Ia man and every object that surrounds
him. There is poetry ia the gentle in.
lluences Of love and affection, in tho
quiet broolings Of tho soul over tho
m emories OF early years. and in the
thoughts orthe glory that chains our spi.
Ills to the gates Of Paradise. There is
poetry in the karmonies Of Nature. Il
cutters in the wave, the rainbow, the
Lightning, AMI the star-iis cadence 10
t card in the thunder anil in the cataract
its softer tones gurgle swcetly up from
the thousand voice.harps of wind, and
rivulet, and lorest-,he cloud and the
SKY go floating over US to the music Of
It's melodics--hnd II ministers to hsarsa
from the mountains Of the earth, and tho
shrincs Of ocean.
"Thcre is not moonlit ray that comes
dowi. upon stream or hill, not breeze
calling Som its blue air throne to the
BIRDS OF the sumner valleys,or sounding
through mdn'ghs rains its low and sol.
elnn dlrgc over the perishing flowers Of
spring, not a cloul bathing itself like
an angc!.vision in the rosy gushes ofau.
'umn twilight, nor rock glowing in the
yellow s'ar'i 5ht, as il dreaming OF tho
l. len land, but is full of the beautiful
Influences of poetry. Earth AMI heaven
are quickcncl by its spirit, All the hca.
wings of The great deep in tempcs,s and
calm, arc but It's secret and mysterious
bfcathings."
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-11-15
ADVANTAGES OfLaW.

4 young n IAN who studied law in Con.
necticut, became acquainted with the
following facts, which are very remark.
able though not so singular.
A farmer cut down a tree which stood
SO near the boundary line Of his farm,
that i. was doubtful if it belonged to him
or his neishbor. That neighbor claim.
ell The tree, and prosecuted the man who
cut it for damages. The case was con.
tnucd from court TO court. Time was
wastel, temper soureI, and friendship
lost: but the case was gained by the
prosecutor. The last my friend knew
ofthe transaction, the man who "got tho
CASE" cane to the lawyers Office TO ex.
ecu;e deed Of his whole farm, which
he had been obliged to sell to pay costs!
Though houselcss and homeless, he could
thrust his hand into his empty pocket
and lriumphantly exclaim, "l'vs beat
him"
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-11-15
Warming Houses with Gas,

We verify believe that way has beer
discovered Of warming houses by
burning gas, that will. spselily do away
with the use of wood and coal for all
heating and culinary purposes. Thi:
will aslonish old fogydom; bu, we have
entire confidence in the success of thi.
great discovery, and have made arrange
ments to have the Mirror office warmed
by this process. The fame from sin
gle gas burner, such as we now use, can
be 50 diffused as 10 produce any required
degree Of heat-at cost for gas, and
that, too, at present city rates, Of only
about fifteen cents day. We regard
this discovery as one of the latest won
!crs and most useful achievements Of the
ugc.-N. Y. Mirror.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-11-15
PIumS-the CurCuli0.
To the Editor Of the ". Y. Tribune.

To the Editor Of the ". Y. Tribune.
SIR: As am reader Of your Week
ly Tribune, | saw statement in your
Address at our State Fair, wherein you
mention that DR.. r. II. Underhiii, OF
your State. succeeded in saving his
Plums from the ravages Of the Curculio
by planting his trees so as to have them
hang over water. Now. since every one
has not such a situation, will mention
how Mr.. Joseph II. Mather, of Goshen,
20 miles south.ea of this place, sue.
cecded in saving his Plums this season.
After having tried many Intellectual remc'
dies, and when the Curculio had alrea'
dy commenced its work, he mixed sui
phur and lard with little Scotch snuff,
and rubbed it freely upon the boly and
branches of his trees. In few days
the Curculio had all left. The conse.
quencc was that he had such crop oil
Plums that he was obliged to prop up
the branches to keep them from break
ing of. .. >,
+ | shall try the remedy next season. Ii
you think the recipe worth printing you
can do so. see no good reason why 1t
will not do as we'll for others as for Mr..
Mathews.
r. CHAPLIN.
NIL ..,. J,J Oct o.