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Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1854-04-16
Assumption, ce IL Avrll 1854.

State ct i.Oti>lai1a. Fun Judicial
District Court.-parl>h OF Assump-
ton.
In the motion of the interdict Pierre Paul
Guillot.
Whereas Louis LerlIle curator of said
interdlct has flied in SAIL Court a final account
OF his administration together with a petition
of praying for the homoiogatten otthe same.
Notice is hereby given to all whom it may
concern to show cause within thirty days at
ter the publication OF this notice, why said
accoun4 should not be approved and homoIo
gated the tounds III his hand distributed i'll ac-
cordance Herewith and the curator dischaT-
ged.
By order oftfle Court.
DESIRE LEBLANC, Cierck.
ASSUMPTION. tins 10th Aprii 1851.
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1854-04-16
SALE.

On SATURDAY, 29th Of April 1854, will ae
sold at the auction sale OF the succession o.,
Ielesphore Michel
A negroe ooy, named Jack King, aged SIS
years,-good field hand and a little blacksmith,
with perfect guarantee.
Conditions :
One half cash and the balance at enc wears
credit, the purchaser furnishing his note With
good security IN soltdo to the satisfaction of
the vendor. A. +. HICKMAN
Sheriff and Auctioneer.
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1854-04-16

Whereas Augustin Hernandez a3-ninistra-
tor to Of said secession has this day filed III
the office of the clerck of said Court a final ac-
count Of his administration together with a
petition praying for the same be honoIoga-
ted.
Notice is hereby given to all whom it may
concern to show cause within thirty days al
ter the publication hereof, why said account
should net be approved & homologated &
the POUNDS in his hands distributed i'll accor-
dance Herewith.
By order of the Court,
DESIRE LEBLANC, Clerck.
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1854-04-16
ANNONC.EllS.
N \ LsENCAN.

II sera vendu lie SAMEDI 20 Avril 1854, d
l'Encan de leu Telesphore Michel, TN negre
nolnme Jack King age de IS ans.-Bon Negro
de champ e. un peu forgeron. Partaitement
garanti.
Conditions /:
Motto compliant ct lautre moi.ie 4 an an
de credit avec bi; let cautionne a satisfacti n
AZ. HiCkM AN, Sheriff ct Encanteur.
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1854-04-16

En- vertu ct Ell obeissance a I'm ordrc de Ia
Cour du Cinqnieme District .Judiciaire de Get
Etat, dams ct pour la susdite paroisse, porta mt
Ia date du 20 Mars 1854. LIE jeudi lime Jour
du mois de Mai 1854 a 10 heures A. M. sur les
lieux au Coteau Ste-Helene, j%'otfrirai Ell ven
te publlque a l'encan les prophecies ci-apras
decrites appartenant a la succession sus-dite,
SAVIOR: ,
10. LIE tiers indivis dune habitation eta
bile en- s%ucrerie situee dams cette p~aroisse, au
Coteau Ste Helene, dams les sections No. 46
ct AZ, Township No-Rang5e No. mesurant
lie tout six cent s~oixante ct queIqoes arpents
de superfcie, y compris cette portion lie terre
qui tient a la terre de la veuye Anselme
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1854-04-16

Etat de la Loui>ianc.-Puoisse Assom-
ton.
Succession de Camille Nicolas.
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1854-04-16
100 REV

joan WILSON, Commissioner.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-03
Bombardment Of San Juan.

Rxy .he arrival of the steamer Prometheus,
have most important news from Nicaragua. The
town of San Juan, or Greytown, as it is sometimes
called. has been entirely destroyed by the u. S.
sloop-of-war Cyane, Commodore HoIlins. The Of
fence given to the United States was tie assault
upon Mr.. Borland, wEo interlered to protect the
captain Of the Nicaragua Company 5 steamer from
the violence of those who claim to rule at that
place Mr. Borland denied the authority of those
attempting to arrest the captain, and for this was
mobl ed and otherwise insuted by the people Of
San Juan. When applied to for apology, expla-
nation reparaticn tie authorities refused either
\ few weeks since, the U. S. ship Cyane was des-
patched to San Juan to enquire into the facts Of
the case, and demand satisfaction for the insult
to the nation in the person Of its minister Upon
her arrival it appears the authorities refused to
| make either an explanation or apology, when
CommodoreHollins bombarded the town, and sub
! sequently landed with body of men and entirely
DESTROYED it by fire. Fortunately no lives We're
| lost.
| San Juan or Greytown is claimed by the Mos
quito King a weak and imbecile half-breed, and
it is through this selni-savage that Great Britain
| has effected Protectorate over the town. The
| Nicaragua Transit Company has suffered great
| annoyance to their business arrangements by the
interference of the 3lfstyied authorities of this
! town Ali means have been resorted to for the
| purpose ofeXtorting money from the Company,
| and when that was denied, the property of the
| Company has been attacked and their interests
| otherwise interfered with. What part the Eng
| lish government has had in this foray upon Anne
rican rights it is difficult to definitely determine,
but it is certain that her agents heretofore have
been busy in stirring up discord between the Mos
quito King and the United States Govern
/ ment.
| The prompt manner in which Com Hollins has
rebuked the insolence of the San Juan authorities
viii, we trust teach them, in the future that this
government or its official agents. cannot be triled
with or insulted. If Great Britain is behind the
scenes, pulling the strings by which the sable
king of the Mosquito domain moves, it will also
furnish that nation clue to the determination
of the United States with reference to foreign in
reference upon this side Of the Atlantic.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-03

got the Cyane. There was good deal of
anxious looking for the Brush mail steamer
Dee, then hourly expected, and remarks were
made that when she arrived hostilities would
Immediately be suspended Just as the town
was to be fired the expected mail steamer ar
rived, but much to the surprise of all the Eng
ishmen the work of pillaging and setting
fire to the town went forward. When it was
all over, the British mail steamer left for
some other port having the Bermuda in tow.
The burning and pillaging party were on
shore nearly half the day, and passed the time
in great glee Many of them were so much
intoxicated that it was not an easy matter to
get them on board again.
A number of the residents of Greytown
came to New York on board of the Pronetllus
being provided with free passages by the a
gent.
Two persons were said to be missing, and
there were apprehensions that they had been
burned in the confagration.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-03
Prisoners Shot at the Jail.

Yesterday afternoon, while the prisoners
were in the yard of the Jail, washing them
selves, difficulty occurred among them which
led to fight. One of the deputy jailors endea-
vored to stop them but he could not succeed.
He went into his Office and provided himself
with pistol, and threatened the parties that
he would fire upon them if they did not cease
their quarrel. To this threat they paid no
attention, when he fired, shooting two of them
in fatal manner-the balls enteriUg their
body in the neighborhood of theside and breast
The men were taken into the jail ard surgical
assistance procured, but it is believed that
neither oft them can recover. One of the parties
shot is said TO be the murderer of United
States officer, who was killed upon the plains
two years ago, and for which he was sentenced
to three years imPrisonmont An investigation
of she matter viii take place to-day, when
full and authentic particulars will be obtained.
St Louis Republican.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-03

Irepeat that while it is freely admitted,
that any sect of Christians has the right to
establish school in which shall be taught
the dogmas peculiar to that sect, it must also be
admitted that if the organization of such a
school, has "a tendency to bring into disrepute,
and consequently injure the Common School
System, those who establish and sustain such
school, although freely paying all school taxes,
legally assessed, are the men above all others
most to be feared. An open and avowed ene-
my is less to be dreaded than one that acts
covertly. But far above all is to be dreaded,
the man that processes friendship, and who
really may feel friendly towards you, but
whose interest it is to pursue a course, the in
evitable tendency of which must be to give a
death-stab to your interests; so true is it that
''he that gathereth not with US, scattereth
from us"
If, among the many good institutions which
our country can boast, there is one that stands
re-eminent-and one such there must be
that institution Isl our glorious System of Com
mon Schools; an institution that is destined to
preserve perpetuate and hand down to pos
terity the blessings of free government un-
der which we live. Then, let all other insti-
tutions and associations, give way TO that
which must do the greatest good to the great
est number. TRUTH.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-03
A High Compliment-The Known othings
discovered

An Irishman of Louisville has been for
some time pertinaciously engaged in attempts
TO discover the whereabouts of the much talked
of Know-Nothings. Up to Thursday evening
his efforts had been entirely unavailing, and
he had almost concluded TO give up the chase.
He chanced, however, on that night to be
passing by thecourt house, when, deserving
light in the building, he entered that stately
pile Undazzled by the brilliancy of the gas
light, and undismayed by the majesty of the
stone columns, the son of green Erin found
his way to the room occupied by the Common
Council
Here he seated himself and listened for some
time to the discussions of that body, intently
scrutinizing the several members. Having
quite satisfied his curiosity, he slagged out,
and in a hiccupping voice exclaimed to some
of his friends near by: ''And hav't found
'em mceself-the bloody Know Nothings. Yon-
der they be jabbcring their crazy talk" "
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-03
Formulation of Pennsylvania.

We are publishing a statistical table show
ing the number of inhabitants In our State in
1850, together with a statement of the nativ-
tiles in the several classes. 1t appears from
the cencus of 1850 that the population of the
State then was 2,311, ,7S6. The population
now cannot be less than =, 10000. The peo-
pie in the State of foreign birth in 1890 was
294, ,S71 OF these not over 55, 900 were vo-
ters. The proportion of voters III this class
of people is small, because very many were
not naturalized. The number of foreign born
voters would be about 10000 The whole
number of voters In the State is not less than
400, 900. Less than one fourteenth of the vo-
ters then are of foreign birth. Is the for
eign vote dangerous?-Are our institutions in
peril from the foreign vote!" We would like
to hear Know Nothing lecture on the sub
ject. \ large portion at least one third OF
these voters of foreign birth have been many
years in the country: have grown up with our
institutions; raised families of children born
in the country; have become identified with
our interests, and with the American born
by intemarriages and associations. and have
no homes and no country for themselves or
their children but this. Are such voters dan
gerous? What say the Know Nothings, and
their Wing allies to this question? The pass
ing away of each generation naturalizes this
entire foreign element of our population. by
a process independent of the Courts, and of
ali law except the laws of nature. Are our
liberties in danger? Is it necessary to dlsre-
gard the admonitions of Washington, and form
secret political associations to preserve our
Institutions? No sane man can believe 1t.
The very absence of any such necessity or
any danger shows that these secret organlza-
tions originate in other motives. This leading
motive is apparent 1t is to seduce young
Democrats from their party, and carry them
oyer to the ranks of whiggery P0st.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-03
Cuba and the Spanish Insurrection.

Should the Spanish Insurl ection be success
full how viii it effect the prospects of the an
nexation of Cuba to the United States! Fa-
yorablv, many think. Witness the following
paragraph from the Washington correspon-
dence of the New York Courier:
"Ifthe insurrection Of ODonnell results in
the deposition of the Queen, the first act of
the successful party viii be to transfer Cuba
to the United States, for the price which Mr..
Soule is instructed TO offer The temptation
of SO ample a supply to the military chest of
the revolutionary government could not be
and would not be resisted. No part of the
Spanish L mpire III America can survive Sc
rious insurrection like that of 1920, or that OF
Don Csrlos from 1885 to 1912. The success
of O'Donnell is believed here to depend alto
gether upon the degree of union that can be
brought about between the chiefs of the op-
position Should Narvaez and Espartero,
with their partizans, unite, or, as we should
saw form coalition, and should thereupon
Join O'Donnell, the dethronement of the
Queen would Immediately follow.
On the other hand, it has been frequently
asserted and the assertion seems credible,
that the present Spanish ministry would glad
ly exchange Cuba for such an amount as would
replenish Spain's exhausted treasury, but for
the Tear tnat the loss OF the lSlanu WouIu cduSe
a popular outbreak However, let things 60
as they may in the old country-let O'Don-
nell win, or the Queen take new lover-the
future of Cuba is a fixed fact. The stars
have said it, and the deep and impulsive
flame of popular liberty answers with 8 voice
potential and irresistible as destiny. The
'sGem of the Antilles" is destined to be a
bright light in the coronal of American States
despite the croaking of the old fogies of our
day and generation.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-03


SRoHANTIC MARRIAGK.-A few evenings
ago, as the cars of the Carrollton Railroad
were approaching the city, little girl, about
three years old, ran in front of the engine, and
stopped on the centre of the track The brake
man attempted to stop the eng inc as soon as
the child was perceived, but on and on hurr-
led the iron monster, and Just rs 1t was about
to crush into the earth the beauteous victim
which thus so innoceRtly brared Its coming,
the strong hand of an athletic young man wss
stretched forth, and, at the hazard of another
life, the child was saved.
Loud was the shout Of applause from the
few who witnessed the daring deed, and IN
triumph the young man bore the child away
and delivered 1t TO Its mother. An attempt 10
describe a mothers feelings on such an occas-
ion would be more than vain She felt rs %
mother alone can feel, when the darling Of
her heart-her only child-is rescued from
the very jaws of death, and with an eloquence
which no words can convey, she looked and
| spoke her thanks.
The mother was widow, young andfsir as the
| incarnation of a poets dream, and, withal.
| she was blessed with no little of this worlds
goods. OF course she was grateful to the pre-
| server of her child's life, and, he was poor,
| she offered tobestow upon him goodly largess-
! He, however, refused 70 accept any reward for
| doing what he considered TO be his duty, and
| so the matter for the time rested.
Since then, an intimacy has sprung up
| between the young man and the grateful
widow, anh the result was, that yesterday
they went together 10 Mobile, where the Wid-
ow's name is at Hymenial altar to be chang
Cd, and the young man is 10 become not
only the protector, but the step-father Of the
child he saved
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-03
Mortality in Cities.

BosroN, July 29.-The deaths in this city
during the week just elapsed, are reported
$50.
The cholera in the Charleston State Prison
is subsiding, none of the cases have proved
fatal, although 112 prisoners were attacked
W ith more or less violence
NEW YORK, July 24.-The total number
of deaths in this city during the present week,
is 1880, including 241 by cholera.
BALTIMORE, July 29.-The total number
of deaths during the present week, is 645.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-03
KnOW NOthings.

We are opposed to all secret political or
ganizations, says the Louisville Times, be-
cause in a Republican government all politi-
cal action should be public. Our political
institutions are based upon public intelligence,
and they are only to be perpetuated and made
popular by free, frank and open interchange
of opinions, and fearless exposition of the
principles of free government, whether feder-
al, State, county or city. And then We must
have suitable agents in each and all Of these
governments, to administer and execute the
laws, and to act as conservatOrs of the public
peace, and guardians of the peoples rights
1t is just as important to discuss the principles
and qualifications of candidates for Office as it
is to discuss any measure of public policy.
Secret organizations subvert all the rules and
regulations which have heretofore been deem
ed sufficient in determining what shall be done
to promote the public good, and who shall be
the peoples representatives in the various en-
ployments and positions deemed necessary to
carry into effect our system Of government
Viewing the Know-Nothing organization in
the light it has yet been presented to US, we
shall feel bound to oppose the election of those
candidates believed to be favorites of the Sc
cret faction, although otherwise we might re-
gard them as the best qualified and most wor-
thy of the place
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-03
Powder Mill Explosion.

WILMINGTON, July 30.-At seven o'clock
last evening ona of Mr.. Garresche's powder
mills was blown up from some unexplained
accident and totally destroyed. There were
three heavy explosions which were severely
felt throughout the city and caused much
alarm.
The watchman, James Lynch, was instant
ly killed, and Dennis Connor. the engineer,
much injured
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-03
The Cholera at Niagara Suspension Bridge

We learn from the most reliable source that
the rayagcs of the cholera at the Suspension
Bridge, on the Canada side, have been far
worse than heretofore represented. Our in
formant visited the scene yesterday, and found
that almost every soul capable ofmoying had
deserted the vicinity, leaving the dead without
burial. He discovered in one shanty wo-
man so far gone as to be unable to move. and
dead body-her child, seven years old-ly-
ing in bed, by her side, in an advanced stage
of decomposition.
In another house he found two men, one
dead and the other dying, without succor.-
The latter died shortly after. All three Of
these bodies he inferred with the aid of lad
employed in the telegraph Office. In yet an
other shanty he found three unburied bodies,
so much decayed that he could not venture to
disturb them. This morning he set fire to the
shanty and consumed the bodies.
We learn, as a reliable fact, that several
bodies only partially consumed were to-day
beiug rooted up and devoured by parcel Of
hogs, which found their way TO the spot.
We can rely firmly on these horrible state
ments, whatever may be said to the contra
ry.-N Y Herald, 29h.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-03
RE A LEARNED LADY.-The American

RE A LEARNED LADY.-The American
lady Mrs. Putnam, has, perhaps, no eqaai Ia
the world for critical knowledge of languages
she converses readily in French, Itallan' 0et-
man, Polish, Swedish, and Hungarian ana Is
familiar with twenty modern dialects De-
sides Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Persian a.lo
Arabic: This extent of the linguistic acc SH p
ements is parallel only by Cardinai -ee2zoi,'l.
Flibu Burritt, and some half dozen oEheE
great names of both worlds.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-03

WAsHISGToS TERRIFIC EY-Governor Stevens
has published letter in one of the Olympia
papers, addressed to the American whaling
merchants, urging them to select some port OF
Pugets Sound as a rendezvous for whale
ships, on account of the harbors to be found
there and the abundance ship timber and fac
ilities for obtaining fresh provisions. He has
also, in accordance with the instructions from
Washington City, notified the authorities Of
the Hudson's Bay Company, in that region,
that their right to trade with the Indians in
the territory is not recognized, and that they
must wind up their affairs there before the 1st
of July. \ party which had been out pros
pecting for gold six weeks in the coastrange,
have returned to Olympia, well satisfied with
their search. and bringing abundant specimens
of gold bearing quartz, They intend to start
again on the 1st August, fully prepared for a
more through and protracted exploration. The
money market in the territory is suffering from
a terrible stringency. No cash can be obtain
ed, and. in consequence. trade is at stand
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-03

n,-A German, named Andrew Goetz, blew cut
his brains over the graves of his wife and ohilt,
in Tnion county, n. Y, recently. Their ,o-s M
settled his mind.
ns-Elections are to be held in twenty five OF -
States within period Of about three months.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-03

e,-The taste for Italian opera and music in its
higher branches is developing iteelf rapidly
throughout the county.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-03

Gcs-3o,a Houses Of Congress have votad 70 al
iouro on tbs ith Of August, AZ noon.
0s-6overnnr William Bigler IS noT at Bedford
spIings.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-03

es-Attorney General Cushing decides that re-
cruitng officers may enlist aliens for the navy anu
army
Washington sentinel., 1854-07-20
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