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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-06-02


College Incident Some of the
students of the Indiana State Uni.
verslty were suspected to be in the
habit of drinking brandy. Where
they obtained it was Mystery
DR. Daily determined to ferret out
tho secret. Calling into a small
drug store, the proprietor asked him
show that sick student, Mr. Carter,
came on Z" Smelling rat, the ijr.
answered IN an evaslve manner,
and soon drew out of the apotheca-
~ the fact that the students under
suspicion had been in the habit of
purchasing brandy for sick stu
dent by the name of Carter; that
they said he was quite low and
kept alive by stmulants that the
young gentlemen seemed very
much devoted to him.
Now the secret was out. This
Carter was a fictitious character,
and the DR.. had the secret. How
ever, he kept his own counsel
The next time the students as
sembled III the chapel for pray ers, he
cast his eyes over the crowd, and
satisfied himself that Carriers nurses
were all present. The devotions
were duly conducted, and then he
called the attention of the students,
remarklng thai he had a mournful
task 10 perform, as President of the
University, il being his duty to
announce the death Of their fellow
student, Mr.. Carter. After ling
er.ng illness of several weeks, dur
lug "A portion of which he was onl,
kept alive by sllmulanls he had
breaihed his last He had no doubt
that this announcement would fall
sad Y on the ears of those who had
so faithfully attended to his wants,
but he hoped they would bear il
with resignatlon--he hoped that
they would reflect upon the oft re-
peated words, =" Memenfo mori''-
said he would no longer detain them
but leave them to their reflections
The result of this announcements
was startling None of the profes
sors, and but few of the students,
had ever heard of Carter. WHO
is he :" was whispered /; none
knew but the kind friend. who at
tended him, and they wouldn't tell ;
aud the President seemed so deep
ly affected, they didn't like to ask
him. -BrooEriU dmerican.
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VOL xLvIIl, NO. 21.~.~wHoLE NO. PASS.

a small stem of flowers, Of the color
and shape of the common garden
sage blow, though much smaller,
between the leaf aud theesralk. 1t
flowers in July aud August and
that rs the proper time to gather the
herb. 1t grows generally m wet
ground, in the woods, by the side
of ponds and streams, and best IN
shady spots The genuine article
may be distinguished from other
kinds by the curl Of the small
leaves toward the top Of the main
stalk. The herb should be gather
ed, dried and made into tea, and
taken every other day, two or three
ounces of it divided Uto several por-
tions.-Boston I'rdreiier.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-06-02
HOLLOW! HOLLOW!

istood beneath hollow tree
The lasl u hollow blew
! III ugh upon M hullow world,
Aud iis hollow crew
Ambition aud IA hollow schemes,
The h il"~ hapss We follow,
imagin tioa's b llow dream.
All hollow, Loilow, hollow.
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I would like TO know where cat
obtain the lest Agricultural Boiler
FOR cooking feed for stock, with the
price Of one Of 30 OF ~ gsllons.-
D P. BAILEY Fsi.hsb, ~
At Hubbard and Biske's, Aosieol-
,ursl Store, Montpelier, w.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-06-02

rst Il. 81 i1sish ~ ,dvance s2,o0 II paymeo
snn u,ds ia 'dsaaoe interest always charged iron
tue end the year.
Ann ,ed ist ~ agent. to receive subscription.
advetiseaeu,s tnd communications, aud acknowledge
payment TOT IA. snmo
Bakotsh. a.. .. NON ROY.
Brookh.ld, ~. -NlTn
Cabot, e.. bhUWN,
Dauvillo nARLE DANA,
Eimote, &c LOTT,
nyaepirt. = WARD R.SAwYER,
Johnson &. vs.. st'HT1,
Nat.bdad, y. .. ~ NAN,
Mou-v,ne, &c. YES,
Hhdicset, IE-sE JOHNSON, j.
Nouhsrid, z. ,MGrn,
Ornnsc, "a Los CARPENTER,
Paiudoid. 4. .nNNc OPT,
South a fdwck, e.. -HIrMAN.
stowe. JOSEPH g.. RAYNOsn,
stfaaird, wIiIINa R.'LLtNs.
south S,fifofl, kNtEL a.. JUDD,
ruusiidee. AARON KING,
wsn-6.lI iad Ffyuon ORANGE sMfTH
wauou. FRANKLIN A. " RlgHT,
Wat tbury bod DuKhury,
vithamsiowu % tRtu PRiDE,
worcester. JONAS ABBOTT.
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CIR Hlum K tbs Dus.
BY L. y. WALTON.

''He that BY IN. Pillow would thnve
Himself must either Hai.D or paIvE.n
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Going East aid South.
JAMES MOORE,

No,ss,l4, VI, ,,u q. lisa sun y :"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-06-02
RailruaAg.
|M .,.,.;
1884 r. emlral Rail o d. 1854
No ihern = West ~. rriti u aud
nlIrd ~ es VI Ill Route.
rom - follow
Going North and West.

o. ON, q, {, 49, Passenger Trains
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IMPORTANT If True. This is n
common side head for doubtful in
'elligence. 1t is favorite expression
of madam Rumor, when she has found
a balf grain of truth, to mix in with a
hundred weight of fiction. What's
Important if true ? It is important if
true, that the World shall come to
an end in June. If it is not true, it is
Of no earthly importance. and hereby
hangs tale"
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CIR THE MAr.-It will be seen by
reference to the Council proceedings
to-day that the committee appointed
to select sta for the new market.
recommend North Boulevard between
ST. Charles, aud st. Ferdinand streets,
rs q suitable location. IF wo are cor
rectly posted as to the whereabouts of
st. Charles street, we should say the
location a very good one. North
Boulevard St. is evidently the street
wherein the market should be located
1t is central---a wide street, and a
proper market building would add
much to the appearance thereof 1t
is to be hoped, that there will be no
unnecessary delay to setting about the
work Immediately. Before the ses-
sion of the legislature next winter, the
present ungainly cock loft at the foot
Of Third street, must be removed
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s1os,a at.era5as Hnseetity.

|
| ieal, become more complex. having {
tendency TO make The strong, stronger
and The weak. wnsker
We have onlv to look back few
brief ages, to see how rapidly book
have multiplied Oh the varied relations
Of society each having a tendency
to make still more complicated and
mystical, the simple truth for which
they have been written to illustrate
and support. Is not the exclamation
''how uncertain Il the law. cummon
one, the force Of which is understood
BY every Attorney in the practice OF
his profession Is il not rrovefhial
that law and equity, have little con
nectiou. and seldom meet, tuuless by
aenideut.) on the same platform e
This is notoiinaslv Y the fact, and every
man knows within his own observa-
ton and experience thai The simplest,
plainest truth Is not unfrequently
turned aside by mare guibhle n
flaw discovered to screen vt|liany BY
the lawyer himself, in order that he
may recover his fee As the practice
Of the profession now j. The lawyer
is All interested party in the suit, and
it Is not unlfeqneut. that stipulation
is entered into-a regular bargain
whereby The attorney il 10 receive ''so
much" IN case he succeeds il Al TIN
holy and vexatious suit. Farther than
this, we have heard Of cases, where
the Attorney has been client for Plan
tiH and neiendant in the same suit
and other remarkable cases. where tbe
counsel, after having obtained iulg-
ment for one, has afterwards entered
the service Of Tie other to have the
judgment reversed. Now may We
ask, Is human intelligence the result
.ot this If 50, let us speedily fall
back into gnoranee end halharism fer
II is "hliss.' The fact that the most
respectable Merchants Magazine in
the Union, (Hunt'e) advocates the
passage Of the following law.sia what
calls from lis this article to-day The
writer says That Il should Be enacted
"That All the laws for ths collection
Of any debt contraetel- after the pas
sage Of this law be abolished. except
where property is transferred for lts
security Tia property u transferred
TO be the only legal security ou such
debt
Would not this be infinitely better
than the present complex machinery.
in which tha DESIGN Of The original H.
ventor Is lost Would net tho min.
listers Of Tie law, he regarded then, as
the friends Of the weak the practical
phllanthropist and ministers Of relip-
ion, in the daily walks Of life; instead
Of being the sworn friends Of the
devil himself, and his unholySworls.-I
Is 1t not ? common expression. that
such and such a sprout of the rising
generation is TOO tmid too hogew
for a lawyer when his anxious par
ents are casting about them to find
profession suited to his genius1 1t Is
even so.
In the consideration Of this question
should We not enquire, Has the law
as now eSpounded and practiced. u
tendency TO settle the difficulties that
naturally grow up in commercial trans
actions, equitably Has it tendency
to embolden the weak, when acting
under tho coneiousress Of rectitude. |
and doing unto others, as under SIM
liar circumstances they would be done
unto. If it has not--and we pre-
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TnB BAKERS DoNE BRown AGAIN.

TuH BAKERS DuNE BRowN AGAIN
Yesterday The Bakers were all ul
before hs honor the Mayor again, fo'
violating tie statue, which says 'thou
shalt not give less than twenty nine
ounces of bread for dime" In the
matter Of bread. there are great
many persons interested --,nany who
would not object to having tue staii g
life furnished them without price ;
aud because the town has heretofore
taken upon itaelf the unjustiGed as
sumption Of power to regulate The
price, they think that the custom
has resolved itself into 'law !" But
such IL not the fact. We have no inn
proper sympathy for the bakers, and
would never say q word for them, i
we did not fnd that they are singled
out from the rank Of other ''mechan-
les and specially legislated against.
We believe The principal wrong one,
and have on more than one occasion
fully and freely expressed ourself
on the subject. The corporate author
tiles have no more right TO fix tue
price Of bread. than Of meat indeed
il they would give the Butchers, some
consideration, and see that they do no
expose to sell. the flesh Of cattle that
have died with the blind staggers, it
would le wholesome legislation In
reference to the Bakers. we hope for
the sake Of the town itself, that they
will succeed in their suit before the
Supreme Court, because we will nev-
ct gel The full measure, in quantity or
quality. until they, like other trades
men are left to compete among them
selves, for custom Competition, ia a
better regulator Of prices than the
board can possibly be,
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Tnn Pol,cR Irny.Lon Monday
next an election is called for members
of the Police Jury FOR this Parish. II
II hardly necessary for us to say that
this Ia an important election--one to
which every man In the Parish should
turn out and vote. We have word
in this connection. The President Of
the Police Jury should reside in this
city, Every one will agree with us
on this point, for during The past
year, much trouble and expense
has been oceasioned by parties having
business with the President because D
his residence in the country.
The power invested in the Jury by
late Legislative acts, demands that nene
but practical business men be elected
to that body, and il is earnestly desir-
CO that The best men alone be brought
out for that important service.
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| HtHl upon tdAtttpH. HtteSsdtY " sup
port tile executive officers Of State
This can never he had. as long as tht
present complex system, exists and has
50 many persons to support it. II
Louisiana law, ihein is much more
comrlexiIy than there is in The system
Of any other State IN the Union. We
have the tacit moltgage system, a CON
lnunitr, aud 10 community system Ito
suit tile lawyer.) forced heirship, and
d thousand other adaurdiies, that renl
the social bonds If society, and sever
the more sacred ties Of coDsanguinitv.
The question is. could The fertile iligen-
uity Of man devise. a more unholy
system Of injustice than The one il
which we are now made to live in
daily dread of
nyln yesterday morning S Gazette
the memorial of The committee Of five,
appointed BY the recent Railroad
meeting to ask aid from the Common
Council fpr The Baton l'ouee and
New Orleans Railroad. inay be found
A series Of ordinances are recon-
,nanded hv the committee, to which
The especial attention Of every prop
erfv holder and qualified voter in the
limits Of the city, is requested. Their
length rreeludes the possibility Of
getting them into the Comet, and as
they are furnished by our neigbbor,
aud are easy Of access. we can do no
more than to urge our readers to OBJ
tain the paper and read them care
fully, at as early m hour rs possible,
for it is to be hoped that the Board
will hold a special meeting at an early
hour, for the consideration. The
Committee on their memorial recon.
mendcd that the city Of Baton Rouge
through Its auhorisies, subscribe to
the Capital stock Of the Company, the
sum ! One Hundred Thousand dol
dars, for which the city is to issue its
bonds, payable forty years after date.
at the rate Of six per cent per annum;
which interest is to be collected by
taxation on real estate. The tax is
to be sepelate and apart from taxes for
contingent expenses Of city govern.
ment, and the Assessor and Tax Col.
lcctor are each to receive additional
compensation for their services.
1t is most certain aud fixed fact,
that the revenues Of such road
must largely over pay the interest, as
soon as put into successful operation,
And 1t il also most certain that our
people will never have to pay more
than The first aud second installment
Of interest, whilst property in and
about Baton Rouge will be ephaneed
Ill value, at least thrce fold Such being
the fact, It is hoped that the Board
will bring the matter at once before the
people for the popular test at the ballot
box The question will be put ''are
you for the railroad or against it 7"
who says my
- ~---~4--4a4=44
CIR THE MAr.~-Lt will be seen by |
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NO. 48
l,er us nn GAY.-Let lis for the

time being, throw down, every oonsid
Grafton Of what's called a "weighty
character" and indulge in the luxury
OF the imagination and soul, in the
consideration Of the pleasant enter
talnment al Mrs Reads on the night
Of May Day. The "lnerry May" It
must not be forgotten, and eannot
be, as long as the flowers bloom, and
the dormant ereepers Of the past year,
resurfeet, TO wreath triumphant arches
in the shady grove, where the baImy
breath Of Heaven, calls into existence
the beautiful shrubs and flowers Of the
past that have not been dead but
sleeping quietly i'll the bosom of the
earth for spring time Is this poeti
cal IT not, let it pass-we lead not.
but are led in our description Of the
beautiful. In all the ten thousand
celebrations Of the approach Of May.
| that have passed in different sections of
the Union for the year "a, we place
Mrs. Reads at the very head Of the
list, in all its appointments, Of enchant-
ing song--beauty in its snowy white
emblem Of innoeense-- music. poetry,
and pleasure
Professor be Ceniel presided at
The piano. and the harp, aud accom-
panied the young ladies in their melo-
dramatic performance, with his mas
terly music. The room and gallery
was decorated with wreaths Of flowers.
interwined with garlands, formed Of
magnolia leaves. Miss Sowel--a state,
y. majestic. and gueenlike figure.
personated the "Rose," and was ulti
mate crowned Queen Of the May
a character that she pictured with
Princly dignity Miss Barnett per
sonaled--it should have been the
Primrose or the Morning glory--Miss
barnett was the right hand bower Of
the Queen. and proclaimed her males
tvs commands in measured and aps
propriate dlction. Miss Russell stood
TO the left Of her majesty, and held in
her snowy hand the emblem Of her
office n large Lilly, that seemed to
have came into existence for the oe-
casion, of which it was justly proud
and dangled its bead in appreciative
token Of honor The hand that elapsed
it, and the head that commanded the
hand, was classical picture, not often
met IN the every day walks of prosey
existence. Miss Thompson personated
The ounilower-~-a stately Sddons like
form with symetery Of feature. Miss
Calvit was The Hollyhawk, and in her
contention with tho Rose and the Sun.
flower for the "palm' might have just.
ly come of victorious. Miss Marigny
was the graceful spirit of the occasion,
and might be tilly termed The master Of
ceremonies. When the coronation
was over, and. her mWesty's subjects,
had all paid graceful homage; then
The male gentlemen, Of the audience,
were pre-emptorily ordered before her
Highness, and perhaps we should say
acquitted themselves Royalty, before
the royal assemblage; but alas, alas,
there is no grace--no ease, no elegance
in the male population when placed
in the centre of such bed of flowers
It's like decorating a beautiful nose
gay, with the thistle. Lights have
shaddows-roses have thorns--a iud
icious admixture Of "bitters,'' make
the cup palitable and here--where we
should say how well the gentlemen
acquitted themselves, we will abruptly
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Tyt t'll)trkly Cl1lurt
GEORGE A. PIKE,
rp,ron AND rRoPR1RToR.

n- nmy,oi tpm.,i II the Parish pf East
MIN. R,pgr .Aiso of The Crosse lete u'a
pstgn Rouge avi Of the Boten Rouge and
si,ptpn lf,nt Rssd Conpat,tes =kn
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ng-Thc Delta calls the Picayune to
task, for a half column Of matter pub.
lished under the head Of I'm advance
Of the mail" when the same items
were published iu the Delta the pre-.
ceeding evening. The Picsyune be.
longs to the fast line. but we believe
never gets very much in advance of
the times. Tho only instance we
know of. is in the matter of tho Presi.
dents message short time ago, when
through some freak known alone to
the initiated, the Presidents message,
was in substance delivered in New Or.
leans. before 1t was visible in Wash
ington. This however. is but one Of
the many marvels Of the telegraph
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BATON ROUGE, la, SUNDAY MORNING. TTay 7, 1864

music. it is a eoptrafto-Sliotpno uuo
,auebaSso-tetteto movement. If il
Is 4 passage in singing, the movement
tnay be understood and Observed tc
come on, when the LADY advances q
pace poises herself on tip-toe, throws
up her hands and wiggles her whole
body in the effort to get clear tone
in an alto part. which The fashionable
world has concluded to suspend mid
air. and it has to be diyed after in q
froggish manner This is 4 "Granl
Fantasie' in music. In dancing, a grand
Fantasie is very peculiar movement,
| that few ever successfully attain The
Grand FanIasie is made on the stage
| in this wise rs near rs we can come al it.
The lady duHstuuSe. goes t. the back
Of the stags-makes IN agile bound
in which agility is visable-sides
gracefully down to the foot lights -
thrusts her left foot out at the angle
90 -uhirls violently around a few
times. and before the whirl is over
comes down on her knees, in such n
manner. as to leave her garments in
very corkscrewey fix about her IF
this fett is well performed, it "calls
down The house"
t1yTbe other day we had the
pleasure Of visit fron, our friend
Blackburn, Of The Pla1nelnine senti-
mel. The 1st Of May being The time
fixed to act On COMMUNICATIONS from
brethren Of the Pi'ess, in the State,
relative to a list Of prices and other
matters. Blackburn came up to at.
tend the adjourned meeting Of The
Press Union.
There being no communications 10
open, none uere opened The bretb.
eren present. concluded to address
circular letter to editors and publish
ers, proponnding questions upon which
to elicit their opipion--the informal
proceedings Of the meeting will be
made public in few days.
--s e--=
7He Gaveraor's s Horse GUayd.-
This troop is summoned TO meet at
New Orleans. The notice briefly in
forms them that every member who
does not appear at that time, will be
stricken of the roll This leads to
the presumption that the Governors
Horse Guards are not as vigilent in
the attention to muster calls. as they
night be.
IL The Plaquemlne Seminal says
that a few days ago a bona fds Shad
was caught n bayou Plaquemine. In
high water the same paper says that
"Shad' are caught in great quantities
in that stream There must be some
mistake about this. The Sbad does
not, or rather did not inhabit south
ern waters, a short time ago, and if
they migrate to Plaquomine, it is
fact, for which, the Sentinel
will oblige us to give his philosophy. |
ng-Friend White-Jona c. is out as a
candidate for tho Mayorality of Thlbo-
daux, Quite change. There is
yet. hope Of salvation for iona, if he
will only walk in the path OF rectitude,
and not follow the example Of his IL
lustrious name sake. White, is get
ting prosey. and that's right. He comes
down out of the head of Minerva"
to take scat 1--WE hope SO, if it is his
wish) in the flag bottom chair, of the
of Thibodaux.
IMPORTANT If True. This is n
"side head for doubtful in
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MlssisstrrL-Judgc Price, who
was shot few days since in an affray
at Ripley with Col. w. J. McLin,
died on The 18th inst
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BIBLES PROHIBITED The Arch
bishop of Mexico has addressed to all
the clergy circular, in which he re-
commends to them the greatest vigi-
lance in preventing the circulation and
reading Of Protestant Bibles, which
are being introduced from the United
States in Tamauipas, across the Tex
an frontier.
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Cold BLOODHD ATRoCIfY-THB Oy1KNDER
STILL Az LARal.-Mr. Fry, the musical critic
of the New York Tribune, thus notices Madame
Crisis Norma:
"The music Of Casta Divi was we'll observed,
except at the notes on the penultemate chords,
where the composers meaning was destroyed,
and poor commonplace substituted. Piano
naestros and singers are not composers, and,
therefore, We often have curious solicisms and
barbarisms in the alterations of the music
In this case, one of the most delicate pieces of
phraseology, 80 beautifully expressive of
prsyerful, almost fearful, religious intensity,
and the response in exact symmetry to the
phrase Immediately before it, was ruined by
an alteration. As Bellini wrote, it is b natural,
O, b fat, 8, and then the closing f. The first
half tone in that position, the sentiment con.
sidered, is exquisitely eloquent, and answers
symmetrioslly to the f Of the antepenulti-
mate phrase. Genius cannot mend this, but
the vulgarity which demands q more positive
note for tho natural, & ives us gaudy trump
cry for an accented climax, which tho com
poser did not want, and would have shrunk
FROM
Crime stalks in our midst unrebuked, un-
checked, UNPUBLISHED. We have decent re.
spect for the rights of women but We have no
hesitation in declaring it to DO our settled con-
viction, that any woman-no matter whether
native born or of foreign growth-protestant
or catholic-who would be guilty of giving
US gaudy trumpery for an accented cli-
max richly deserves to be fried by the Lynch
Judge Of the Tribune. Such conduct is per-
fectly strocious in a public foreign singer !!
We feel sure that no native American lady
singer would be guilty Of such conduct. What
says Mrs. Young?