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ITO CONTRACTORS OF LEVEEs

" YIN NAV ioNS of LIZ Has
a AND DHAINS.-Publcn notice is hereby given, that
Sealed Proposals will be received by the uadersi .ned until
Saturday, the 29th day of July, 1854, for Excavating n
Draining Canai on the upper line of F. Paul lie larra's,
formerly Nettieton's, plantation, about sixteen niles below
Lockp"rt, on the If urche; said Draining C4nal 10 be
l2o feet vide at the brtt m. tn have a slope one and a half
to one on each side towards the top, and to be Of G ieet
average depth.
On the bottom and sides to he cut Straight and smooth,
t" Tie perfect satisfaction of the Engineer of the District,
under whose supefintendence and directions the whole is
to be completed in a Workmtnlike proper manner, and SO
as to receive his certificate approving thereof.
All materials must be removed not less Than ten feet
from cut.
The whole work from the Bayou Latourche to the marsh
land, to be let in sections OF 400 feet each in length, and
all BIDS. for one or more sections to be ut a stipulated price
per cubic yard, accompanied by the signatures of good and
sufficient sl1reties in the sum of $1,000 Ter section for
faithful performances and com, letion thereof in four months
from date OF contract. Bids subject to rejection by the un-
der: igned when he considers them unreasonable, the par
ties incompetent, or the securities insufficient.
Payments to be monthly, on the certificate of the Ensi-
neer, deducting - per cent. from each payment until com.
p,etion of the whole.
Address G. q. Miller, Commissioner of Second District,
Ihsboad"", at which place l will be on Monday, the 31st
of July, to accept proposals.
~Juiyl-5tJ IL. b.. MILLER, Com'r, Second District.
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NEW AND POPULAR WORKS
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PERSONS & PICTURES-From Histories Of France and
England.
CALAVAR-by Bird.
BEHIND THE SCENES-by Lady Bulwcr Lytton.
PURPLE TINTS OF PARlS--by Bayle st. John.
HILLS, LAKES 4 FOREST S~TREAMs-by s. H. Hammond.
THE HIVE Of the BEE HUNTER-by I. h. Thorpe.
TRAVELS IN AMERICA-by Curzon.
LIFE and LABORS Of St. Observation-Disclosures from
German.
THE BARBER-aT Tale of Morocco-by ". S. Mayo.
LIFE and its AIMS, Ideal Life and Actual Life.
OUR PARlSH-or Annals of Pastor and People.
CALIFORNIA and OREGON TRAIL-by Francis Parkman.
NANETTE and her LOvERS-by Talbot Gwynne.
KATHERINE W~ALTON-by w. Gilmore Simms.
FARNINGDALE-by Caroline Thomas.
THE RAPPERS: or The Mysteries, Fallacies and Absurdites,
Esprit Rapping, Table Tipping, and ENHANCEMENT.
A YEAR AFTER MARRIAGE-by T. s. Arthur.
GIDEON GILES, or the Struggles Of Life-by !. Miller.
II QUIET HEART-From~B lackwoods' Magazine.
ROSA LAMBERT-by Reynolds.
iuly1 J. YATES BENNETT.
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Mcleod & MailOry's
COMPOTND
FLUID EXTRACT of SARSAPARILLA.

MUCH has been said ard written on
~ the valuable medical properties ofsarsaparilla, and
the great success that haF attended it as a curative agent
in many malignant chronic diseases, has rendered it per-
haps the most popular medicine embraced in the materia
medica. Some diversity Of opinion, it is true, has existed
in relation to the certainty Of its therapeulicai effects. It
Is now almost universally employed, not only on account
II its own Alternative properties, but as Il happy medium
for the administration of other medicines. According to
Monartes, this plant was imported by the Sqaniards into
Europe in 1919. About the middle of the last century it
was brought into general esteem by Hunter and Fofdyce,
as n medicine celebrated TO assist the operation Of mercury,
as well as to cure those symptoms which may be denomi-
mated the sequala of a mercuriai course. Its most ex-
tensive application at the present day is to Chronic Rheu-
m1tism, Secondary Syphilis, general Cutaneous Affections
proceeding from a deprayed condition of the blood. and
that shattered state oftfIc system induced ty the imprudent
use Of mercurial preparations. Its importance is greatly
enhanced by the valuable combination of vegetable
al'eratise s peculiar to our preparation. We guard against
the employment of deteriaroted niatariais. We import
our Strsapariila from Honduras, and by a tedious and
difficult process we concentrate its active virtues with
out importing them by excessive heat. Our experience,
which is an import ant desideratum-in the preparation
of this article, is very extensive, and we confidently recon-
mend it us Il valuable medicine. Price-Sl.
may13I MCLEOD & MALLORY, 5S Camp st., NO.
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SCIENCE AND LITERATURE IN AMER1cA.-Dr.
Pierre in his work just published, entitled ga
Partisan Pastors Glance of America" says:
We went to the United States with some pre-
JUDGES, and one Of them, which we doubties
shared with many Of our compatriots, was the
opinion which we had formed of the degree of
cultivation to be found among the
Americans. We were dispose to think, that a
people so essentially commercial and manufact-
uring, had but a low appreciation of science
and literature, and that, with a few exceptions,
they concentrated their activity and energies on
railroads, steamboats,, and India rubber. We
think differently now. The love of knowledge
is widely ditfused in the United States.
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'TO CARPENTERS AND UNDER

4 TAkERS-TAKEN NOTICE: That on Saturday the
18th day of July, 1854, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, at the Court
House in the town Of Thibodaux, there will be offered by the
undersigned committee for sale to the lowest bidder the
following repairs to be done to the Court House of the parish
of Lafourche.
1st. The roof of said Court House to he renewed in full.
end. With shingles of sound wood and to be of sufficient
thickness, and a width fnot more than four inches and not
less than three inches ana a half.
3rd. The length of said shingles must not be more than
twenty-five inches, and giving not more than five inche.
to the weather.
4th. The steps in front of said Court House to he made Of
sound cypress planks of two inches and a half thick and
eightee, inches wide and the necessary length.
CoSDITIoNS.-The lowest bidder shall have to give bond
with a good securi for double the amount of adjudication
and made payable to the Police Jury of the parish OF La
fourcle, or order, obiging himself and security 10 have said
work and repairs completed and in time to be received by
the undersigned on the second Monday of September, 1854.
J. A.. ROBlCIAUX,
A. b. THIRODAUX.
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70 The editor of the New York Mirror,
in noticing the incidents of the recent grand
excursion to the head waters of the Missis-
sippi, gives a specimen baby the following
first rate notice:
"Even the one rare specimen Of babyhood
on board our boat never uttered a cry or
puckered its face during the whole trip. AS
a token Of profound reverence for such ex.
emplary Conduct. the passengers raised a
large subscription for the purchase of a gold
cup, which was presented TO the model
baby'-a promising little chip, furnished
for the occasion by our honored lost, Mr..
Henry Farnham. The presentation speech
was made by Judge Rockwell, of Connec-
ticut, with his usual huency and felicity,
and the reply of the infant, delivered
through a reverend Interpreter, was tender,
touching and appropriate. Ofall the speech
making occasions by the way. none passed
off more pleasantly or gracefully than this
The subject was more interesting. though
scarcely less handled, than NebraskaBills, In
ternal Improvements, Fugitive Slave Laws,
and other sstereotyped topics, with which
every body was surfeited.
GAS NOT UNHEALruY.-An opinion is widely
prevalent that gas is untitled for the illumina-
ton of private dwellings, owing to the heat and
noxious vapors it evolves; nothing can be more
erroneous. The heat, it is true, is in proper
ton to the light given off and if, as has been
found to be the case, a four-inch pipe will sup
ply as many burners sufficient to outvie the
blaze of 1000 mould candles, leach candle con-
suming ITS grains of tallow per minute, the
quantity of caloric and carbonic acid given off
will be found to be in each case pretty near
identical. The Argand, or s%hadowless gas
a perfectly homogeneous white light, as pure
almost as that Of day. enabling artists to pursue
their labors as satisfactorily during the night
as during the blaze of a southern summers day.
The expense of artificial light is in the follow
ing order, coal-gas being by far the cheapest,
than vegetable oil, sperm oil, tallow, ~stearine,
wax.-New Quarterly Reuiew.
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TUST RECEIVED.
y AND FOR SALE At
Mr.. A. HARRISON'S BOOK STORE.

MRS. HERBERT and the VILLAGERS, Nv ,,.~u Manic.
COTTAGE CONVERSATIONS, LIST series = ""'' "on'"
LAZARINE-a Tale-By Frances Georgiana Langan.
IaWRENcE' From the German Of schmid.
ATH DRUMMOND-By Mary Edgar.
JESSIE ~LINDEN-By Mrs. J. A.
Wiitoft; or, The Days of Lamas LIST; Lectures toa Young
Man, by George Burnap; Pauline seward-a Tale of Real
Life, by J. D. Bryant; with other miscellaneous English and
French Works. ALSO-A full assortment Of Hanging Paper,
Stationery, and fancy articles. inne24St
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CUNDRIES AT RAGAN's-

CUNDRIES AT RAGAN'S-
~ 25 bbls. MESS r
100 " ST. LOUIS FLOUR;
20 kegs No. l LEAF r
ID bbs. PILOT BREAD; Is do. FRENCH BREAD
is bags RIO COFFEE;
% " COARSE SALT:
2 tierces CAROLINA RICE;
4 " SUGAR CURED HAMS;
70 doz. WATER BUCKErS-assorted;
- " BROOMS;
- nests MARKET X
l doz. LARGE HAMPER BASKETS;
ALSO-A select assortment Of Ketchups, &c.
eY- Persons going to the Sea Shore, can be furnishe&with
all necessary eatables and ~drinkables, at the shortest notice,
by calling at W. H.. RAGAN'S,
~june24-3t 8 and 10 St. Philip street.
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AUX CHARPENTIERS Ell EN-

L A OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Avis; Que samedi lie 15ems
Jour de Juliet, 1854, a 10 he,res A. M, a Ia Maison de Cour
dens la vile de Thibodaax, il sera ohert par lie soussigne
comitth en- vente all plus has encherisseur les separations
suiyaute, a ere fate a la Naison de CoCr de Ia parosSe dc
Lafourche.
lere. La couverture de Ia dite Maison de Ceur a etre
fate en- plain.
2eme. Ayec DIES bardeanx de bois sain, ct a etre dune
epaissenr suifisante ct une largeur de pas plus de quatre
pouces ct pas moins de troiS pouces ct demi.
3eme. La longeur des dts bardeauN ne devra etre que de
yingt-deuNp ouces ct he dormant que cling pouces deehan-
tiion.
Acme. Lescaier qui Sc trouve devant Ia dite Maison de
Tour pour etre de blanche saline en- cypre, de deuX pouce5
ct detni en- epaisseur, ct dix hut pouces lie largeur ct Ia lon
geur ncCessaire.
CoSpIrONS.-Le plus has enchGrisseur aura a donne son
bond avec un bon caution pour lie double du montant de
fadjndication, CONNIE quoi il conlletera ct lyrera au comit6
les dts reparations pour lie deuXitne Iundi de Septembre.
1904. J. A. RORlCIIAJTy
292t. A b. TulBODATy
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HE AMERICAN MINISTER IN RUssIA.-A
correspondence of the Boston Traveller, SAYS
that the Emperor of Russia manifests great
anxiety to cultivate friendly relations with
the United States. Governor Seymour. our
Minister to Russia, was received on his ar
riva! at Warsaw with the greatest honors.
An opera, it is said, was performed in honor
of the Minister, and the opera box of Prince
P~askiewi,ch placed at the disposal of him
self and suite.
On his arrival at St. Petersburgh, the same
disposition was shown towards the legation.
Governor Seymour was presented to the
Emperor Nicholas. Before the presentation
took place, it was intimated to MI. Seymour
that it would be most agreeable to the Court
if he appeared, according to established
usage, in the Court dress. The Governor,
however, took Mr.. Marcy's circular on the
subject, ga la %lettre," and went to the au-
dience in common dress. He was treated
with civility, no notice apparently being
taken of the breach Of etiquette. After the
audience Count Nesselrode is said to have
intimated that the Emperor Nicholas was
"too sensible a man to notice the slight of
the American Minister"
The slight must have been felt, neverthe-
less. and deeply, since from the day of his
reception very little notice is taken of Mr..
Seymour; he has not been invited to any
review or to the Court again; his presence
in the capital seems to be ignored. Also,
Gov. Seymour. it is said, manifests a strong
disposition to leave ST. Pe%tersburgh.
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w. H.. a MS
FAMILY GROCERY O

No. 8 st. Philip street. -
THE undersigned has now in A@ssxxaNH
Il store, and is constantly replenishing, alllaEA
well selected assortment of GROCERIES con sis,in9
in part of the following, viz.
APPLES, Dried an Green GARDEN SEEDS,
ALspIcE, HyMs. Sugdr-cursd
As1sETTe, INDIGe,
AXE HANDLES, KErcurp. Watnut, Tomato
BACON, Hams, Sides, aud LARD, No. 1 Leaf
S%hoAIderS; LoBsTEBs,
BEEF, Sngar-cnred Lemons,
BUTrKB, Goshen and YES LAMP Wien
tern MEsPAsD. Creole and KY
BEANS. Mary MoLAssEs,
BIscUITs, Soda and Butter MAcARoNI,
BREAD, Pilot and Nary MATCHES, Friction
kegs d boxes MACE,
IRcoMs, assorted NuTMEGs
BLACKINu, "Mason's' NUTs, PccaEs and .9{mons
BASKETS, all sizes; OILS, Oioe Lump and LdrG
BUCKETS, Tin and painted ONIONS
COFFEE, Rio, lima, Mocha. Pickles. .4sserted
CANDLES, Sperm, Star and Pork, Ness and Prime
French taHoho PorATogs, SDeet and Trisb
CHEESE, Pine -Appte, Eng PEACHES. Dried
lisA Dairy and Westcrn PEPPER, BtGck
CHOCOLATE, No. PEPPER SAUCE,
CANDIES, assorted POWDER, Sporting md Riffs
CIGARS, an ~e1csleMt as'mt P1PEs, CIay and Stone
CABDs, Playing RArsISs, Malaga
CINNAMON, RIcE, Cdroiina ard Creole
CLOVES, SALT. course, tine md Table
CLorHEsPIss, SUGAR, Lent md Broyn
CoRKS. London SOAP, bar Castite and fancy
CAPS, Percussion STARCH. Fo1's andCoigate'st
DEMlJOHNs, MI sizes SNUFF, Sfhtch and .Mdcaboy
EaGs, SARDISEs,
FLOUR, st. Louis and Ohio SHOT, Buck and Drop
FISH. Cad. MaekereI and SAL f;RArrs,
Herring TEAS, asserted
FISHING TACKLE TOBACCO, do.
GINGER, TN WARE, 10.
GARLIC, WASH BOARDS ETC, ETC
16~Iy ". II. Raglan, 4 St. Philip street.
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10 The man who courted an investiga-
tion, says it is not half SO good as an afec-
tionate girl. We expect not.
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STEAM BOILERS FOR SALE

~ W second hand CYLINDER BOILERS, twenty
eight inches diameter, twenty feet long, with front, &c, in
excellent order, viii be sold cheap for cash. Or a good ac-
ceptance payable in March, 1855. Inquire at this office.
Jnly limo.
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T OOKING GLASS PLATES
IL Bring on your frames and have them filled witha
fine Looking Glass Plate, which can be had of
Isl j. s. ERIZEIL.
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DOR SALE.-A Sugar Mill and En-

CINE; Mill "a inches diameter, and s feet 4 inches
long. Engine 10 inch climber, and 3 feet 4 inches stroke.
Also, 10 Sugar Kettles, from 36 to 81 inches diameter. Also.
the lumber Of 4 Molasses Cistsrns, and the Juice Boxes Of a
Sugar House-aD sound. For particulars apply to
jume24 J. a. sCUDDAY.
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% Why are teeth like verbs7 Because
they are regular, irregular, and defective.
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DOR SALE-2MD Engravings Of Scrip
l. ture Scenes and Personages. Price-S6.
june Is j. YATES EMMETT
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PoLIT1cAL lNTELLleENcE--The Legislature
of New Hampshire has postponed the cleo
ton of United States Senator till last Thurs
day. 1t is now considered doubtful whether
the Democrats will be able to concentrate
sufficient strength to secur the election of
their caucus nominees, Messrs. Wells and
Hibbard.
A Concord dispatch of the 18th says:
Mr.. Morrison, it is asserted, refused to
allow his name to be used in connection
with the United States Senatorship by the
boiling Democrats.
Notice has been given Of the introduction
Of a liquor bill in the Legislature.
The session will probably be a protracted
one. - s
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GLARET.-A few boxes Of good Old
~ Bordeaux and other Wines, at $419 and IS per box
received by may6 BE HOLDEN.
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SAVE YOUR BROKEN WARE
~ Broken Glass, China Ware &c, can be firmly cenented
by Aodyson's Diamond Cement, which is kept for sale by
T22-tfl T. 8 FRITEII.
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MovISC WEST" Phiiara, DEAR" said a
loving husband to his loyal spouse, who was
several years the junior, What do you say
to moving out West %
"Oh, I'm delighted with the idea. You
recollect when Morgan moved out there, he
was as poor as we are, and he died in three
years worth a thousand dollars"
The husband phainted."
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The Races of Russia.


The Russian empire is inhabited by u
number of nations and tribes of different
origin and language, and of various degrees
OF civilization. from that of the refinement
attained by a portion of the Sclavonic race.
differing in nothing from that of the most
advanced people in Europe, down to the
condition of the half-wiId man still roaming
over the Siberian deserts. and subsiSting by
the use of the bow and arrow. Neverthe-
less, all the seemingly distinct races, which
we find settled, or following still their pas
toral or nomadic lives, between the Ural
Mountains and the western districts of the
empire, appear to derive their origin from
two sources, from the great Caucasian
family, and from the Monaghan tribes.
From causes, however, the details of which
belong TO the history of barbarian conquests,
to that constrained, aud voluntary emigra-
ton, and the effects of manner, morals. and
customs upon the increase and decrease of
numbers among particular races, the por-
portion OF the population of Mongol origin,
which was once considerable. is not now
supposed to exceed a hundredth part of that
of the entire empire. The portion of the
population belonging to the Caucasian
family, inhabiting Russia Proper, has been
divided, and probably very justly, into three
branches, the Sclavonic, the Thule or Finn,
and the Tartar. And 1t is with toIerable
exactness ascertained that the first of these,
the Sclavonic, compose about nine-tenths of
the whole of the population of Caucasian
origin In the empire. The people of this
race are, however, subdivideu into Russians
properly so called. Lithuanians, Poles,
Lettes; Wallachians, and Servians, the Rus
slams OF all these being so greatly FREEDOM
inant as to compose about two-thirds of the
population of the empire, or amounting to
about forty millions of souls. Those, indeed,
of this branch of the grand Caucasian family
may be considered to compose the more solid
portion of the entire population. In a word,
the true Russian nationality is formed, like
our own, from the amaIgamation of variety
of races, of which one chiefly stamps the
character and shadows the destiny. Just in
the same manner that all the races that
successfully settled in Britain have mingled
the elements of their character, only to
modify that of the Saxon, it is evident that
all the blood of all the races that have settled
in this empire will finally be confounded
with, and only modify that of the FREEDOM
inant branch of the Sclavonic race of the
grand Caucasian family which has given
its lame to the country and its inhabitants.
[TTarels in Siberia.
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NOTICE.-Persons wishing PEWS
~ in the PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH will please call on
apl29tf o. OSBURN, Treasurer.
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HoUomoy's Pills, a certain Cure for Asthma.
These Pills have effected several w,nderful
cures Of these complaints. The following is
one out of five hundred. James Earnshaw, of
Philadelphia, suffered with asthma for fifteen
months, the continual cough completely shook
his system, caused him to spit blood, and ut
times almost choked him. Every thing he ate
he vomited, and he became the mere ghost of
his former self; Holloway's Pills in this in
stance, were as usual efficacious, (aided as they
were by the Ointment, which lie well rubbed
into his chest and in seven weeks by these
remedies, he was cured he has since regained
his wonted strength, and warmly recommends
Holloway's medicines to his fellow citizens.
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AN OLD GoosE-Mr. Everett, farmer, of
Kirby Lodge. near Rockingham, has a goose
which he vouches to be at least ninety three
years old. 1t has been on his farm full fifty
years, and passed the former part of its life
on the farm adjoining. 1t is a large fine
fowl, with a head and neck as white as
snow, and has lately Matched a brood of
goslings from its own eggs. Mr.. E. has a
book stating its history, which he can
authenticate. If we were to pluck a quill
from this %antiquated goose and write its
biography, it might not be an undressing
record. The echoes of the Scotch rebellion
had scarcely ceased when it first peeped
from beneath its she'll into the wide world,
and possibly its immediate ancestor smoked
at the festive board al the coronation Of the
third George. 1t cackled at the Gordon
riots, and Kissed when WiIked was made a
state prisoner. 1t was Matching with the
first French revolution, and screamed when
Napoleon lie Grand threatened to invade our
shores, and also when Castlereagh was made
Prince Minister. Like many other bipeds,
it has brooded over scores of added eggs,
and grown no wiser from experience; but
though year after year has flown by, they
leave the "giddy goose" still.
Leicester (Engldmd Mercury.
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~"Your old Kentucky home! you
poor soul YOU" said Mrs. Partington, as she
thrust her n ightcap out Of the window away
almost into the midnight to catch the notes
of song an individual was singing, in a
dismal voice, near her dwelling. II wish
to my heat you was there where your
friends could take keer Of you and do for.
you. II is a terrible thing 10 be in distress
away off among strangers. particularly
where you amt acquainted with any of'em,
but I don't think it looks well for a man TO
wake up a whole neighborhood at midnight
with his sorrows" She saw him disappear
a moment afterwards in a shop with a red
curtain opposite. and with the remark that
she guessed the poor creature had gone in
to get something to "invarigate his cistern"
when. she shut down the window and in five
minutes, BY the wooden mantle clock that
licked sleepily in her chamber, she had for
COTTON all about the Kentucky home.