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~The Bayou Sara Ledger Of the

rThe Bayou Sara Ledger Of the
Sth inst, says:
On Saturday evening last, Thos
Lake, carpenter, was SO severely
beaten in an ARRAY by man named
Kelley, that he died on Sunday morn
ing the I'd inst. The circumstances,
as near as we can learn, arc as fol-
lows: On Saturday evening Lake
and a man named Smith, both being
somewhat under the influence of liquor,
proceeded to the house where Kelley
boarded, and on their arrival. when,
on the sidewalk Immediately in front
Of the door, the former, who had a
cowhide in his hand, commenced
abusing Kelley and the inmates of the
house, whereupon Kelley stepped out
upon the sidewalk and struck Lake
over the head with stick, knocked
him down and then kicked him.
We learn that Kelley made an at
tempt to fire the Jail after his incarcer-
alton, but was foiled in the execution
thereof
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Who wants it! who wants 1t!

IVES who wants our old Iron Chest
i its drawers are empty-the first Of
the month has gone, and our dear Eleven
Thousand customers, THE sinners-not
more than Corporal's guard, God bic
them) have proved p1nctual. Yes who
wants our old Iron Chest. for while i re-
mains, we cannot conquer the ambition we
feel to have it filled. Yes it must 70, for
if We but hint to our Ten Thousand and
old delihquenfs or eccent,ics that we want
money, our debts must be paid. &C., off
goes our head. and we are don. with him.
All! how we envy the dogs of: rinters and
Doctors-they never want money, wont
some Of them take our old chest! We
pray you do gentlemen before you are
robbed
For particulars. enquire at the Feed.
Produce and Grocery concern, near Wad-
dill's Drug Store. 1
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~See T. Prendergast's advertise.
pent Of receipt Of Petit Gulpa Cot
ton seed for sale.

TIE LATE NoLAN SruARr-It ia
with deep feelings Of regret. that VT
are called Ga this morning to notice
the sudden death, Of our most est.
mable fellov-citizen, Colonel NOLAN
STUART. In doing SO. we cannot re-
frain from paying an humble tribute
10 his memory.
No man in this section Of the Union,
has had a more wide spread reputation
for noble works Of charity, than Col.
STUART. Fortune smiled upon all
his undertakings, and placed at bis
hands an ample estate, through which
to exercise the kindness and bcnevo-
lence Of his generous nature. To
himself, he was self-denying-self-
sacrificing; living in truth for others :;
and in the exercise Of his benevolence,
endeavored to screen and vail it from
the world by eccentricity. He was
more sensitive, on the subject Of his
good works, than any man we have
met with and nothing seemed to
pain him more, than the mention OF
his noble deeds Of generosity-this
trait Of character stamped him as the
true philanthropist. In the bosom Of
his family, he. was loved-idoli-
zed. His servants, paid homage to
him, as their friend, as well as master,
and now alas! all mingle their tears
to his hallowed memory.
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APowssyul Puy1-A, New York,

/ APowERyul Puy1-AsNe York
pill doctor WHO advertised in i Gin
cinnati paper, asked the editor to give
him pun. The editor good natnred-
Jy. wrots "a first rate notice" from
(which we make the following extract :
Zone single pill, worn in each pocket
will instantly give ease and elasticity
to the highest pantaloons. A small
quantity will create an appetite in the
most delicate stomach. or physic d
horse. They will also be found to
give rich flavor to apple dumplings
and peculiar zest to picked oys-
tiers; they will thicken soup. reduce
corpulent persons, and are excellent
bait for mouse traps. One pill dis
solved in bucket Of rain-water will
be found perfectly waterproof lining
for canal embankments; placed in
steamboat boilers, they will effectually
prevent their bursting, and greatly in
crease the speed of the boats. AS for
their medical qualities, they are justly
entitled to be called ''1Nedicamentum
GraciG Pyobatum," "a remedy
approved by grace"-for they effect
ualIy cool St. An.hony's fire. and stop
St. Vitus's dance they purify the
pinples in the small pox, and radiate
the red gum in teething; they reduce
white swellings, and cure the black
jaundice, blue devils, yellow, scarlet,
or any other fevers; they cure also
the thrush in children, and the pip in
hens, the staggers in horses, and the
nightmare in owls.
But further enumeration is unnec-
essary suffice it is to say that this
medicine is combination upon new
principles, discovered by the present
proprietor's immortal grandmother,
and are an exception to all the rules
OF science, common sense and expert
ence; SO that while they are the
most powerful agent in nature, revo-
lutioDizing the whole animal economy,
and eradiceting the most incurable
diseases, they are at the same time
perfectly innocent preparation. and
may be taken with entire safety by
the nursing infant-all powerful, all
harmless
A small dose Of these pills was once
taken under singular circumstances by
! man in Illinois, who had an attack of
he ague, severe beyond parallel. In
sndeavoring to. support himself, he
held on BY one Of the beams compos-
ng his log house, and in an instant
he whole fabric came :umbling upon
hin: and he only saved himself by
'haking the logs off as fast as they fell.
By taking these wonderful pills be
vas not only cured himself but every
tick Of timber in his habitation was
estored to its original position. THIS
S fact
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PEOPLE WHO CANNOT BE AsroN.
IsHED.-I pity the man who cannot
be astonisl'e6. Yet there are many
such men-people Of SO nonmirabol-
ant a nature, SO cold-blooded, SO fshy
d temperament. that they marvel at,
are perplexed, or are bewildered
BY nothing If the ghost Of their
grandmother we're to rise before them
they would request the apparation to
rise and be seated. If the sky were
to rain potatoes, they would simply
thank heaven for its bounties, and per-
haps give themselves the trouble to
entrcat that, next time it rained it
would rain upwards instead Of down.
wards. AS Murat said Tor is said to
have said) Of TaIleyrand-you might
kick them in the back for hours
without the slightest change Of couute-
nance passing over them. An earth
quake i'll Regent street, a maelsrrom
III Chelsea Reach, sirocco in Pail
mall. the sea serpent in the Fleet
Ditch, and an alligator in Fetter lane.
snow in July, and sun strokes in Jan.
uary-al! these marvels would draw
from them no observation more de-
noting agitation than a lapguid Dear
me '" or a feeble "HOw curious,'
Ii the earth were to stand still and
the sun to turn green, they would,
with minutes reference to their al.
manacs, take the phenomena for grant.
ed. With them the world is ball
on which they live; and what there
may be inside it, or underneath
it, or above it, is no concern Of
theirs. In society they are known
as people who mind their own bust.
ness > and being rather a numerous
class, and comprising within their
ranks many peers, landed proprie tors
bankers. and merchants. are highly
and respected for their want
If curiosity and discreet immobility.
they make money; aud as for the
Door people who can be and are as
and whose astonifcation, |
eading them from inquiry to discov-
'ry, and thence to the invention Of
to the calculation Of scien.
ifc truths, and to the perfection of the
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REPUBLICAN ViRGlS,A.-The Rich.
monl Enquirer gives utterance to tue
following naughty and arrogant sen
timent
Virginia IN the coafeaerucy IS
tue representation Of tue ws:l-bo<n
qcell-cducatea q0eit-6rcd oristocrat.
Sac looks down from her elevated Pc
destal upon her 1'arvc1u, Ignorant
n'endac;ous Yankee viliifers as coldly
and calmly as marble statue.
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Tn. NArrrR or BrsS.-Sone

1H1 AATTHR OF 0s1S.-o0me
tins ago We had occasion TO- notice
an improvement in the Beef Market
which now we are constrained to cM
back, as it has relapsed into its former
condition. Can we have no compe.
ton in this line, and is there no one
who will make an effort to- take the
lead in this line It is vastly more i'm.
portant to the health and happiness
Of this people, that We have a good
beef market, than all the movements
on the danube and elsewhere COM
bined. Talk Of fluctuations in the
stocks and exchanges, Of foreign mar
kets, there is, after all nothing more
important, than good beef at home,
we'll butchered. Man is carniver-
GUS as well as herbiverous animal, and
his existence depends upon what he
gets to satisfy the imperitive demands
Of the prince who presides over his
stomach and commands his heart,
his head, and his hands to action
We account for the growlings Of our
citizens-their moroseness and selfish
ness on account, principally Of what
they are compelled to eat and drink,
and hence have full authority to say
that the Butchers, Bakers and Bar
Keepers, are responsible for their ac-
tons. This is an awful accountability
and long account will have to be
settled by them hereafter, when each
seperate item will be read in distinct
voice to thier hearing. 1t takes a
heavy weight from the shoulders of
the Devil, and his account stands credi-
ted. How many Of the villianous
deeds hourly committed do you sup
pose can be traced to a whit-leather
steak in the Market house? Many
too many. Now gentlemen Butchers
Of Baton Rouge, pause and reflect a
moment. All crime has been attribu-
ted by incorporate" temperance lee
turers, to "cherries excellent
cherries ; but when we closely examine
he matter, that devil alchohol is not
ialf SO much responsible for them, as
he man who stabs a staggering beef
o feed people on. There is no evil
n cherries-''the vine of France and
milk Of Burgundy they expel the
'apors from the mind-exilerate and
'xalt US, when used in moderation.-
It's from the beef account that all
'ase actions spring. Gentlemen but
hers, look to this matter. Get good
attic for the market, and let it be
;nown that you get them honestly,
o that the heads, hides and horns
ave not to be exposed in the market
hat people may see YOU have not
tabled their poor milk COW in the
ark. We are to have a new market
this is fixed, and pray turn owe: a {
ew LEAF and let us see what you can {
AN>
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FASHIONABLE DANcEs.-The Lon
don correspondent of the New York
Sunday Times, in his last letter,
writes as follows concerning the dances
that are at present SO much in vogue
among the devotecs Of fashion in this
country:
"Archbishop Cullen, of Dublin, has
issued a Lenten Pastoral, in which, un-
der pain of ccosure from the Roman
Catholic Church, he tells his flock
never to engage in those improper
dances imported from other countries,
and returning foreign names, such as
polkas and values, which are 50 re-
pugnant to the notions of strict Chris.
tian morality, are condemned BY many
Of the highest and most respectable
members Of society, AID are at direct
variance with that purity and modesty
Of The female character for which Ire
land has ever been Distinguished It
is Il fact thai, here in London, po!kas.
watzes and scIott,shes are not danced
now. in any company pretending to be
fashionable. Country dances, and the
stately Spanish march, ending with the
contra-daase, down the middle, are
the k0n."
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Lu nm Der.
FREDERICK ARBOUR take,

MIR. FREDERICK ARBOUR takes
lt1 this opportunity of returning his
thanks for the liberal patronage heretofore
received at the hands Of his old customers
and the public generally, and .solicits con-
tinnance Of the same. He is now prepared
to fill all orders for lumber that may be
entrusted to him. Terms CASH and CASH
only. lapril Ill F. ARBOUR.
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DR.. Thilman's Drops.

nR. THILMAN VINO has made himself
u known to eternitv. by the discovery
OF the above named medicine in the time
when ChcleIa was raging to sch fearful
extent in Europe. has also sustained his
high name in New Orleans in $780, Al
though do not recommend Dr.. Us, drops
asa certain remedy tor Cholera, recon-
mend them with the confidence which
they have given under nv eyes in TAG,
and which cannot dissppoint after a trial
ofalmost 100 years, under the eyes Of the
most celebrated practitioners. These drops
are taken from 90 drops to tea-spoonful.
as the urgency Of the case may require.
Full directions will he gived with each
bottle. A. GOLDMAN.
april 4. Apothecary, Post office corner.
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Couv du Siziem. Dist. Judicsaiye,
Paroisse REst Baton Rouge
A TTEDU que Amos Adams ct Clara L.
II Adams. sa femme. de la dite Paroisse,
a iait application a la dite cour pour etre
NOMINEES administrators de lasuccession de
Mary NJ. May, derniere.oent de cette Pa
roIsse, decedee. en- place de James S. Bailey,
decide, president administrator de Ia sue
cession
Avis est par Ia presente donn<s toute-
personnes intfresses de faire SAVIOR leur rai-
son dams dix jours de Ia premiere publicas
ton de Get avis. pourquoi la dit application
ne serait pas accordee.
avl12-ioj. NJ. MORENO, Grefier.
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DIR. h, II, DAY,

Notice to Delinquent.
I HEREBY give notice to those who are
i indebted 10 me TO come forward imme-
diately and settle, or their accounts will
be placed in proper hands for collection.
april II y F. ARBOUR.
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Arrived Yesterday.
100 barrels fancy and extra st. Louis
wv -four; 5 tierces "Duffields'' s,
C. hams; 8 casks bacon shoulders so
bbls Mess PORK for sale bv
april s If S. NJ. Hart & Co.
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roFFEE. BRooMs OIL AND DRIED
" FRUITS! 10 dozen brooms: TO-
barrels dried peaches and apples; 10 bar.
re's lard oil 10 bags Rio coffee Just receiy.
ed and for sale by.
april 9Th JossvA br1,,
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Die0.
At his residence Ia West Baton Rouge on Mon.
day night the 1Uth inst. COL, NOLAN STUART.
y e 70 = 0Dff lis N nj g.
Notice.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Si1th judicial District Court
Parrish 6f E0et Ryfn,, R0Mrp

Parish Of East Bato,, Rouge.
WHEREAS AMos .ADAMs and CLARA
w L. ADAMS, his wife, Of said Parish
hive applied to said Court to be appointed
Administrators Of the estat,. Of Mary M.
May. late Of said Parish deceased. instead
of James 5 Bailey, deceased, former Ad-
minfstrator Of said succession.
Notice is hereby given to all persons in
terested to show cause within ten days Fl ON
the FIST publication Of this notice. why
the said application should not be granted
April 10 lS54td. n. MORENO, Clerk.
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mdrricn

Marric1.
o. Thursday evening. April 9Th, by Rev.
BENJAMIN WAYNE, Mr. z. T. x. EARL, Of
Iberville, to Miss REBECCA BATS, Of
the parish Of Ascension. ........s- -
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o. The BOSTON, journal says: IN
the town Of Bergen. in Prussia, is an
elegant church, capable Of holding ono
thousand persons, constructed entirely
statues and all-of paper machie."
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u The overland mail had arrived
in England = last accounts with ill.,
telligencc from China, in which there
is an annpuncement that : large body
Of Tartars had arrived at Pekin for tho
purpose cf afording support te she
Emperor.
The Imperialists we're still 'bsseig-
ing Shanghai.
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arts Rhiehflmn pnd humsniss socie-
sty-shey liz up steep fights Of stairs.
and don't dine every day.-DickeN's
H0Msclt0l<{ J3z0fds.
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WHISKY AND NEwsPAPERs.-A glass Of
whiskey is manufactured from perhaps a
dozen grains of smashed corn, the value
of which is to small to be estimated. A
pint of this mixture sells at retail for one
shilling, and if of a good brand, it is con-
sidered by its consumers well worth the
money. 1t is drank off in a minute or
two-it fires the brain-rouses the pas
sions-sharpens the appetite--deranges
and weakenS the physical system it is
gone-and swollen eyes, parched lips,
and an aching head are its followers. On
the same sideboard upon which this is
served, lies newspaper, the new white
paper of which cost three -fourths of a
cent-the composition for the whole edi-
ton costing from twenty to thirty dollars
per week. 1t is covered with half mil
lion of types, it brings intelligence from
the four quarters of the globe-it has in
its clearly printed columns all that is
strange or new at home-it tells you of
the state of the market: gives accounts of
the last elopement, the execution of the
last murderer-and the latest steamboat
explosion or railroad disaster-and vet
for all this, the newspaper costs less than
the glass of grog-the juice of few
grains of corn. 1t is no less strange than
true, that there are large portion of the
community who think the corn Juice
cheap, and the newspaper dear, and the
printer has hard work to collect his poor
pittance, while the liquor-dealers are paid
checrfnlly.
How is this Z? Is the body better pay
master than the head, and are things Of
the moment more priced than things Of
eternity? Is the transient tickling OF the
stomach of more consequence than the
improvement of the soul, and the inior-
nation that is essential to rational be-
ing If things had their real value.
would not the newspaper be worth many
pints Of whisky?
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OPPosITEs.-A good wife shou!l be
like three things which three things sIlt
should not be like
First-She should be like snail, to
keep within her own house but she should
not be like a snail to carry all she has on
il r back.
secondly--She should be like an echo,
to speak when spoken to but she should
not be like an echo, always to have the
last word
Thirdly-She should be like a town
clock, always to keep time and regularity
but she should not be like town clock
to speak SO loud that all the town ma,
hear her.
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GS"A PORTRAIT OF THE IzAR.--An
anonymous writer, supposed to be Victor
Hugo has furnished the following portrait
of the Car:
There exists in Europe, man who
weighs Europe down. He is at once Spir-
itual Prince and Corporeal Lord despot
and autocrat-he is obeyed in the barracks
and worshiped in the monastery. He
gives the password to the former, and
draws up the dogma for the latter. He
set in motion, to crush the liberties of the
continent, an empire of sixty millions o,
men power. He holds these sixty mil
lions of men in hands, not like men, bu
like brutcs not like minds, but like uten.
sils, tools. In his double quality of &c.
clesiastic and soldier, he puts a uniform
on their souls as he uniforms their bodies
and says to the one, believe as he says tc
the other, march This man is the su.
preme expression of human might. He
tortures whole nations as he pleases. With
sign he empties Poland into Siberia He
weaves interlaces, end knots the threads
of the great conspiracy of princes against
men.
He has been to Rome, and there he, the
Greek Pope, exchanged the kiss of ALI.
ance with the Latin Pope. He reigns at
Berlin, at Munich, at Dresden, at Stult-
gardt, at Vienna, as he reigns at St. Pc
tersburgh. He is the sonl of the Emperor
of Austria, and the will of the King of
Prussia. Germany is mere hat-boat in
his tow. This man resembles, in some
sort tho ancient king of kings; he is Ag-
amerron OF the Trojan war, that the men
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ADVERTISEMENTS.


OAK HAIL WHOLESALE Axt RKTslI
CLOTHING EMPORIUM. CLEVELAND
\ calling attention TO my extensive and vari-
ed stock for the FALL AND WINTER
TRADE, l feel il incumbent on me 20 renew
my feelings of gratitude ~ my many friends
and the public, for the liberal patronage. which
confidently assures me that my earnest endeAy-
ors and untiring efforts have been fully appre.
'ciated and viii be fully sustained
Having greatly enlarged my establishment
and increased my facilities both for PURCHAS.
ING aud MANUfACTUR.N Nc my goods, | feel
assured can offer inducements this season un-
equalled by any house in this city, and UNSUR-
PASSED by astern markets.
The widespread reputation nv clothing has
gained for its SCFERlOR TYLE and DIRA-
BLE MAKE. which renders it EQUAL TOCUS-
TOM WORK. | am determined TO maintain. and
all who purchase my clothing to sell again. will
hnd that the bare mention Of its being from
DAVIS OAK HALL. CLEVELAND will I've
sufficient to ensure ready sale, at fair and prof
liable prices.
The confidence which the pubic has so gene
rously bestowed upon me. am still determined
10 merit 10y leaving "no stone unturned " in my
desire 10 render my establishment tie ne plus
ultra model one of the West.
MERCHANTS OF ONO, Indiana, Illinois
Michigan, and djoining States, are respectfully
invited 10 call and anime my large and vari-
ed stock, as | feel confident they will find il in
every way TO tn ir advantage to make their
purchases of me. GE RGE A. DAVI
Oak Hal Clothing Emporium. corner Superior
and Water SITS, Cleveland Ohio.
Sent % SIN
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VI + re Al NTlLE COLLIE G. L
CLEVELAND.
E.G. FOLSOM, PRIyCIPAL.
Inc0rp grated May 9, 1851.


& Fci5Am, n, PRINCIPAL, Teacher # Practical and
Ornamental Penmansh'p
Gondnough, SupprlR ts ndent, Prof OF the Theory
and Practice ~ RrnS keeping and Lecturer ON Mer
camille Customs General Laws of Tradc, Accounts.
Gray and Hoister, Ass stants in Book Keeping Depart
Uent.
Geo Wiley Tlos II Hav. and u Palmer of the Cleve
land Bar, Lecturers on Mercaui le law
Rev. Nevin and Vaughan, Esq, Lecturer on
Political Economy.
RF Il n'sl'n Lecturer on the History OF Commerce
aud the Art uf Computation,
TERMS:
For the Mercantile Course, time unlimited, $40 90
The same course for Ladies', - 90
Twenty lessons IN practCa Penmanshp, simply 500
For iull course IN Flour Shlng, SC.
The Principal uf this Institution, guided by the wants
and experiences Of the mercantile community has re
Gently secured of the ahIest the state as
Instructors and Lecturers IN the various deplrtme us u
the College.
The Professor Of the Science Of Accounts has had
an experience of eight ten years in Commercial At
IlirS a'eTnanr his partly TeGcher in he Mer
ctnlie Cole ge> of Cincinnati PShurgh and Cleveland
AM partly ms an actual hunk Keeper in the best
house in tie country. These qualifications so de
Sahle vet seldom found mercantile schools
Will enable this college to mplta more thorough kn0w
edge nf the real minutIa nf PlacUcal and Theoretical
Book Keeping than can be had probably in any simila
Institution III 'e nited states
For further particulars Circulars Just issued and
the regua catalogues, send for them b, mail
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The best joke we have heard for long
time, was cracked by village preacher.
lie was preaching on a very sultrv day in
a small room, and was ANNOYED by those
who casually dropped in after the services
had commenced, invariably closing the
door after them. His patience at last ex-
hsusted by the extreme oppressiveness ot
the heat, he vociferated to an offender,
Friend, l believe, if were preaching in
q bottle, you would put the cork in -