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Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-11-30

The CHoLERA AND GEoLoeT.--M. Boubee, Of
Paris, has again, n recent publication, put forth
the geological theory Of cholera, which asserts !,
neyer visits districts reposing on primitive foun-
d<tion, such as granite and mica schists. He
states that u has never visited the towns OF the
fyrenees which reposc on such rocks, and that
since 1882 he has made such observations as have
confirmed him in these views. II we are not
much mistaken, the cbolera has never visited the
granite regions Of New Hampshire, nor those Of
Vermont but we knowit has visited with great sc
verify many places situated on micaceous rocks,
such AZ the city Of Troy, N. ", and other like
places, which have felt the scourge severely this
year.--N y. Scientific American
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-11-30

A WEALTHY LocALrrY.-The following shows
the wealth Of thirteen families that live in Stuve.
SAINT square, in New York city;
Hamilton Fish, Ex-Governor and Senator) So.
100000; Tbos Morton, retired merchant) $780,
900; Nicholas w. Stuyvesant, $500, 900; Peter
Stuyvesant, 100000; George w. Shields (retired
iron merchant,) 100000; VIM. w. Winans, ire.
tired grocerJ $4,000; John Mortimer Catlin,
100000; Family ofMahlon Day, lost on the Arc.
ic,) 100000; Gerard Stuyvesant, $500, 900 Ben.
jamin r. Winthrop, do widow Of Peter O. Stuy-
vesant, do; widow Of ~ w. Stuyvesant ar, do;
Robert Cheeseboro, do; Samuel G. Paxson, $500
Lewis l.. Squire, $4,000. Total wealth Of l3
families, 81, 900.
Some estimate ofthe wealth ofthe Stuyvesant's,
says the New York SIM, may be gathered from
the circumstance that at a recent family gathering
(nuptiaD at the house Of Nicholas w, S,svvesani
esq more than five millions Of dollars were repre-
scented.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-11-30

VOLUME TEN OF THE

$3.50. I'm CASH PRIZES. .s57o.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-11-30

ILLNESS OF GOVERNOR BIGLER.--It il slated. in
the Pittsburg Post that Governor Bieler Il again
so severely III as TO be confined to his bed II a
disease OF the liver, and appeared suddenly in an
aggravated form on Wednesday last, since when
he has been unable 10 leave his room for mo.
ment
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-11-30

AUSTRIA HAS NOW three thousand miles of teIe.
graph in operation, Prussia has four thousand,
and Switzerland a proportionabIy greater number.
The Swiss have, in fact, more teiegraphic line
than any on the continent, allowing for the differ.
ence in territory. Bot ell Europe together cannot
equal the seventeen thousand miles OF wires in
the United States. The wires in these countries
generally run through leaden tubes under the
ground, and not on tall poles, as here. The sub
marine Mediterranean line Is now nearly com
plete so that the islands Of Corsica Sardinia and
Malta, and the African coast will soon be brought
within the line Of teIcgraphic correspondence
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-05-28

will take Northern flight, and must
seriously effect oar great Southern
emporium
Baltimore is u beautiful place.
have visited every Interesting part of
#. aud an very much pleased with its
monuments, its churches and its ele-
CANT private residence. Mr.. Fillmore
arrived here to-day; he was received
with great enthusiasm by Ill parties
and Is much talked Of us the next
Wing candidate for President. Fill
more IS a good man, worth hundred
Scots and 4 thousand Doueiasses. J
goto night TO the lIippodropo aud to
morrow leave for the Federal CITY,
II Geul Pierce does not talk 10 suit
nc, shall cut him I}y the why |
was introduced to many of the distin-
guieled men Of Baltimore today and
among them, 10 Mr.. Barney, the salf
same gentleman who wanted to fight
the French Minister for shooting cats,
on Sunday. Whom was introduced to
him, ! could not help from smiling in
voluntarily and mentally repeating
that poetic line,
ooh Barney let then girls alone'
Good ", dear, Comet hope to
soc You agnin il course Of tine when
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-05-28
brlprrkIq CnIlIrt
Thursday Morning, May 25, 1864

10 THE CITIZENS or BAroN ROUGE
To each ard every one # you we
earnestly commend the ordinance Of
the city council, in to-days paper il
reference to the New Orleans and Bn-
ton Rouge Railroad. Read It care
fully. understand and vote for it A
nov era is dawning upon US viii i
from our peculiar institutions, gen
Graphical position il the Union aud
other causes, each one potent in it~elf
one would not have supposed that we
could, at this period Of our existence
arisen from our lotbergy and the
heavy burden imposed upon rs, to join
in the onward march Of progress. The
past few years have worked such
change III the feelings Of our people
That it looks moro like the work Of
Alladen than the substantial progress,
it is, But why is il SO F.? We look
about in vain for all tho cnaaes that
have stimulated us tp action. aud set
lie down into the belief that our own
self existence has been at stake and
the people have felt it. Louisiana
our noble and generous emporium the
Crescent city, had either to suffer her
self to be cut oil from the Union phys
ically, or throw out her iron arms Of
affection to her sister cities to let them
know common bond unitos us,
Contrast The present with the past
look back brief period Of fifteen
years. Then The Mississippi was filed
with putting and blowing high pres
sureF, upper cabins p,thom state
rooms,'' and now where are they Z
They have all disappeared, and it is
only now and then, that we find a 81
lent smooth gliding palace from what
Las got to be the far west to us'
And how is it that st. Louis. Louis
Vile and Cincinnati have, become SO
lar removed from us lis the rail
road has ELECTED It. This great fea-
ture Of the age has wlittled time down
to an extremity and by it, produce
from st. Louis, can reach New Or
leans sooner, and with less cost ria.
New York 1t il therefore no cause
for wonder, that the Mississippi IS be-
coming deserted. Many Of our best
men-men Interested in the welfare Of
Louisiana, and who love her with q
pure devotion, have seen this. and
have arisen to action against all tho
adverse obstacles to such works within
our borders There is but one dan
gerous rock in the trackless ocean of
time before us, it is the rock upon
which spectators have taken refuge
to proclaim their disinterestedness.
The people themselves the stock
holders of railroad and other com.
panies, should look well to these, and
view with full measure of distrust
every man, who Processes to labor for
iore, only. There are mono such
such should not be looked for in the
nature Of things.
What will be the effect of the new
era in Louisiana, remains to be seen.
Our own lovely little city has with
zeal stepped forward,
md we feel satisfied she will do as
much more as she can, to advance the {
general prosperity. The railroad" |
70 Crosse Tete, is fixed fact; and .
Clinton will it is certain be united to .
rs by railroad at m early hour The =,
in tho Plank road are, T.
We have reason to believe with one ac !
ord agreed to this. Now, it is for us
o say in few days, what We can do y
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&c" The managers Of the Ball

Iy~The managers Of the Ball 10
come of. at Greenwell Springs, en-
Thursday next, in their generos-
ity extend a general invitation to the
citizens Of Baton Rouge, to Be pres
ent on that occasion. There will be
omnihnscs and other vehccles going
and coming all day.
u The Bella Donna--that excel
len passenger packet, has our thaks
for late favors.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-05-28

TIE LogGY OR THIRD House.. -
There is a Third House at the seat Of
Government. who sell legislation by
the wholesale Or retail Of these peo-
pie you may buy laws by the piece or
the square yard, by the gross or sin
gle dozen. Ifyou are DESTROYS to have
u statue enacted for your particular
benefit, they are ready to get it passed
for you, on condition Of being well
paid a good sum Of money in hand,
and an assurance Of receiving q hand
some proportion Of what you make by
the lay will hire you an active com
pany Of sappers and miners, before
whom the easy virtue Of such Con
gross as We have at present can hardly
be expected e stand long. The more
you girc at once, and the larger pro.
portion Of your future gums you prom
iso, the 3nrer you arc Of success the
more ample viii be the means Of ca
jollng and corrupting the members -
Near Y0rk Euenluc Pogi
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-05-28

| reno the pune SCHOOLS, ana they on
an averec. less than six months ii b
year. Now it is to he borne IN mind
that this calculation embraces the
working Of The school system in New
Orleans, where the corporation makes
liberal appropriations to keep NJ
schools continuously. And such is
the case in Thibodeaux, Opelousas,
Franklin and some of The other large
interior towns in tho State, while in
some Of the Parishes il receives large
y from private libernity, and yet with
all these extraneous aids and coutribu-
tions tbrown in, il il seen ttat less than
ono haIfoftho sehoolabIe children ret
instruction, less than si9 months ia
year, But even this view Of the case
nnlayolable as it is. is quite beyond
| The truth
It is well known BY every school
director, as the reports Of the State
Superintendent show, that the school
fund only divides 70 each child about
"a 60 a year Now if tuition be ~
per month, per scholar, this amount
will only give ono month ind half
schooling III q Yoar. # however we
even put tuition as low as 3 per
month, still il cannot yield five months
instruction il 4 YER l'ut this II
much lover tban tuition is afforded
for, anywhere IN the Slate. II then,
we mike an average Of the prizes of
tuition Throughout the State II tie
small sum Of 10 per month, which is
certeinly as low as il can be Iad for, |
it will be seen, that W. can only OF
an average Of instruction in our free
public schools Of mere FRICTION over
two months IN a year
II this does not demonstrate The TO-
tai ineIliciency Of our public school
system, ! know not the force Of demon
slration; ana how aUy Intelligent
Legislature could permit such hide
Gus system to be fastened upou the
people, and tho people to remain quiet
under is oppresive-siekly and jnelH-
Gent operation, | am at n loss TO know.
II" be Nsonaneal =
THE "Mog4reop4 Rratnrvr or
WomrN. The New York Tribune
has the following notice Of an extraor-
binary "Woman9 Iiiglls" denotstra.
ton ii that city
"Our city i to be visited On Tues.
day next. the Rfh inst. ly three mi
formed companies Of orgat;za1 mil
deciplped companies Of female Jng.n.
try, dancers from Pennsylvania and
Nowe Jersey, known as the Fairy
Light Guard. commanded a. n bal.
talon BY masculine colonel and lion
tenant.oolonel but tho several com
panies will be- Differed throuehout
by hides. including captains on horse
back. The battalion will be met At
the Jersey City ferry, nj 10 o'clock,
by % company Of or National Guards
and escorted to The Park, whore our
fair visitors will rive evidence Of their
in military evonfions and
exercises, rFrgITinr thence nj nh carl u I
hour to tie Astor house for dinner.
visiting the American Museum in the
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-05-28

/ state SnHG HGat tOF. JeOe/ky was
launched from what is getting to be
quite Navy Yard on the lower
| border of the town The Coy. lie
bert was built on order Of the State
EpgueerE Department, ut our land
ing, whore it seems every thing need
FIJI can ha had, and boats built with as
little cost rs elsewhere The Coy
iIeberi il l0l feet from transom Of
| bow to trunsom of stern, greatest
transverse, section. or main breadth, 40
feet aft from ransom Of the bow, or
81 feet forward from the centre Of
propulsion. Her launching line is |
foot 10 inches, her load draft, that is
wien haying the machinery on board,
will be q feet six inches.
The hull wds built by John r
D,rgin, Esq, according to drawings
furnished BY the State Engineers Office
Moszrs It'll Il Henderson, are to sup
ply from their Foundry and Machine
shop, IN ongino fitted mp expressly for
he boat!
A BLVD Man PtAytNG Gan t,s .--4~
We haVo always boon told that the
sense of touch in The blind beeUfues
very acute, and correct and often
herr Of remarkable things being done
by tho Guidance Of the touch only.
bit never before knew that blind
man could 1lav cards Such is tho
fret There il in this city blina
man who can take pack of cards.
and nfier passing them through hia
Aands and bsipgaold what each card
is, separately can SO mark them as to
tell uneringly each one in the deck
So readily does be do this, that he not
only phys promptly but is considered
a good player
r. In Baltimore pepper we soc
euri01s looking suit ut law. headed in
this mohner Con the Equity side
Of ITO Circuit Court If Queen AIMS
county, Maryland WHIST is tho
meaning Of The "Eqni'f side o. Up
to this timo we have been thinking,
that q suit was nothing less tban two
wrongs thrown together into caul
dton Of costs, fees, daraaecs, Il M's,
md other Court fumilidles. il order
that lawyers may havo angling, and
refer ~ the aueients. Up to this
time VIZ have thought that if there was
any equity either Way, at HE com
Of u suit, that it had to be
boiled down with the other clements
until nothing more should be left, than
, mass Of fees and then If small
norsal Of justice should accilently Lc-
come disontangI8d from tho mass, and
Loaf tG the surface, That it was the
'igIt of Plaintiff and defendant tn
scramble" after il. We never knew
'quity to be arrived at in any suit,
until the pockets Of both parties, be-
,amc exhausted.
Err Sundays Delta contains very
Interesting communication, from one
t his constituents in the parish Of
7ensaP, to the Hon. John Perkins, in
which . graphic sketch-a true pic
nre IL given Of the mail service along
he coast Of the Mississippi. The
ritter says:
"a soon IA it was known that
our blouse had refused to make pro-
isions for the postlnasters in the
outh, the postmaster at Manchac
acLeI3 bis Office into a cart, took it
, Ia ION Rouge, and tumbled the con
,nts at the door Of the postoffice at
,at a,laca dpelarinr that ha H,vouIi
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The Dadeville (Ala.) Banner states
that silver has been discovered in large
quantities in the Southwestern part Of
Tallapoosa county.
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ri a Wing triumph has occurred
in tile city Of Cincinnati. all the Judg-
es of the Superior Court just elected,
bein ! Wings Cincinnati has always
hitherto been q strong Democratic city.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-14
Nrw91ork DaiIp T-ibh1ts
THURSDAY, DECEMBER "a.
CONGKEss. YEsTERDAY.

SEyATE Dec. ia proposition to entcrs 'in a.
the public expense lie Conyention OF Soldiers OF
1872 to MEET during the winter at w s-hingtpn, WIS
referred The Invalid Pension bill came In from the
House Mr.. Badgers bill increasing the salaries Of
JUDGES Of the Supreme Court and raising the pay Of
Members Of Congress from s. to sl2 per day was in
troduced and for the presen. laid the table Tae
bill TO improve St Clair Flats was reported 10 the
Senate. A bill vas introduced and referred to the
Finance Committee, granting railroad companies
three years time in which to pay duties on iron i'm
ported for railroad purposes. The Senate then went
into Executive SessioE.
Housr, Dec. l3-The Judiciary Committee were
instructed to inquire into the e1pediency Of repeating
the Usury Laws. The Public Lands Committee re-
ported in favor Of extending the California Land
Commission The Bouse voted to print Is 900 copies
Of the Abstract Of the Census for the Of the mem
bers The House then went into Committee on the
Indian Appropriation bill when Mr. Mace rose 10
offer bill restoring the Missouri Compromise line,
and Of course prohibiting slavery in Nebraska and
Kansss. Mi. Mace supported his plan in a brief
speech, saying that he meant the to bring the
country back to the quiet produced by the act Of
1920 His bfl ia exact copy Of the eighth section
of that act. Mr.. Oliver, of Missouri, replied,
charging Mr.. Mace with desiring TO throw into
Congess apple Of discord lie also deuiod that
tie people Of Missouri had nterferred in the recent
Kansas election. Mr.. English suggested that Mr. Mace
was ole Of tue originstors OF a Kansas Emigration
Society, which Mr. VI. admitted. Mr. Oliver IN ought
the bill introduced because the Emigration So
ciety had failed to elect AntSlavery Delegate to
Corgress Mr.. WashburD, Of Maine thought the
Pro Slavery members ought not to be surprised at an
effort to restore the Miss Jur Restriction Due notice
was given Lat session that such would be tue case,
and if not done this session. the next Congress would
DO il. Mr.. Stephens, Of Georgia, got the floor, and
the House adjourned.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-14
DEATH OF LOCKHART.

The London journals received by the Pacific an
rounce the death of John Gibson Lockhart as having
taken place the 18th ut. His health had been
failing for the last two three years. and ia 1881 he
made on Intellectual attempt for its improvement by
travelling on the Continent. LOckhart WAS we'll
known in the world Of letters by several fictitious
productions of considerable merit but his claim to
distinction mainly rests his biography Of Sir WGlter
Scott and his connection AZ editor in chief with The
Quarterly RerieU. he the OF Glasgow
clergyman and originally intended for the profession
Of law commenced his academic education at the
University Ct that city, which he completed at Balio
College, Oxford. Admitted 10 the Scottish bar, hs
made no progress in the legal career his pr )les0n
fees falling short of $50 year. His inclination led
him TO literary vocation, and from the first he relied
for support on the productions OF bis pen. After the
peace of 1915, he went to Germany for purposes OF
study, end became acquainted with several Of the
distinguished authors Of that country. Here he laid
The foundation for his knowledge Of German ltera.
ture, in which lie subsequently attained uncommon
proficiency. His fret meeting with Scott was in
1919, after bis return from Germany. few month,
aiterward he published the work entitled Peters
Letter. 10 bic Kinsfolk," which soon became famous
for is gossipping sketches Of the popular ceebr
ties then the stage and It's cau-c satire OF the
wi;.ees personal and political opponep's Al later
period Of life, Lockhart confessed that twas book
which none but very young and a very tboughtless
person would have written In 1890, he p15-Tshed
"Yslerius, Roman Story" which attained certain
degree Of emIeuce, and is now REGARDED as an I'M
commonly successful specimen of the classical novel.
This was followed by " Reginald Dalton" Adam
Blair" and Gilbert Earle, which made marked
impression on the public mind both by the yigor Of
their style and their effective delineaton Of passion.
His Life Of Burns appeared in 1925 a. conlrbu-
ton to Consables Miscellany, aud in the same year
he took the place of Clifford as editor Of The Quar-
ttriy Rerier. Upon the decease Of his lluStrious
father in-law, Sir Walter Scott, he commenced the
preparation of materials for his life which in due sea
son be embodied in tho memoirs that, in spite OF
numerous defects Of temper and execution form ons
of the most fascinating pieces Of biography IN the
language.
The per,onsl character Of Lockhart appears to havs
been unamiabs and repulsive He was OF skept'cI
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-14

The Collins line OF steamers has changed the
day Of departure from this City and Liverpool.
Heretofore the steamers left New. York on Sat-
urdays and Liverpool on Wednesdays. Here
after, until further notice, the departure from
New York will be every alternate Wednesday
and Liverpool every alternate Saturday, thus
fOrSiIg a weekly line with the Canard steamers,
whose trips have been reduced one-haf in CON
sequence of the withdrawal Of several Of their
steamers for the transportation of troops TO the
seat Of war. In conformity with this arrange
meut, the Pacific will leave New York on Weioes
day Dec q, and tao Atlantic On the lOtn Jan.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-14
HOUsE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

On motion Of Mr. BOYCE tho Committee of the
Judiciary instructed to inquire aud report "a 10
the e1pedeDcy Of repeating the Usury laws, with
leave 10 report by bill, or otherwise.
Nh DUNBAR Introduced joint resolution, which
vss passed modifying or changing the orr saal p IN
Of corstruetion Of the New-Oreans Custom. HoHse
Nh. LATHAM made report from the Committee
~ Pubic Lands, in favor Of extending the California
Land Commission.
Mr.. MI RRAI, from the Committee on Printing
reported resolution for printing for the use OF the
House fifteen thousand Of the Abstract Census Re
turns comprising vital statistics and other inf1rma
ton recently resrranged by the Superintendent Of
the Census.
Mr.. JONES IN Y spoke of the vital statistics as
berg OF vast importance to the medical profession.
Mr.. CL1NGMAN replied so they would be If they
were correct, which not the Ease. He had exa
med the returns made for Maryland and found many
ludicrous blunders.
long debate ensued, during which,
Mr.. JONES Tenn said be could see no possible
necessity for printing these statistics. He supposed
every physician knew how many Of his patients as
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-14
XXXIIID. CON G. X ES S
SECOND SESSION.

SENATE. .WAsHfSGrOS, Dec. 10, 1884.
Mr. SEWARD presented letter from a convention
Cf old soldiers, stating that there would be- during the
present winter, g convention of all the surviving
solOieTs Of the War OF lsl2 and other wars Of the
United States held in the City Of Washington the
sh day OF January next at which the attendance was
10 be mOst numerous.
The object of the convention IL TO urge upon Con-
gress the justice Of granting them bounty lands The
Immediate object Of the present letter is TO apprise
Congress OF this intended COnv eDtion in order that
il a. take the Necessary steps 10 provide at
the public expense for the reception entertainment,
sDd accommodation Of the members OF the COnven-
ton during their s'ay in Washington. Referred to
the onmitiee on Military Affairs.
The CHAIR laid before the Senate = Message
from she President ia relation 70 the bill passed at
the last sesson for the relief of the heirs Of PrOeau
which has been discovered 10 have been previously
paid.
Tbs Invalid Pension Appropriation bill was then
received from the House.
Mr. BADGER introduced bill increasing tine CON-
Fensstion Of he Judges Of the Supreme Court, and
The per diem allowance o. members OF Congress fifty
FER cent. He explained that the increase proposed
fur preferable 10 a change of the mode Of COM
FersatiOn 10 q salary. He argued at length the
cessity of the allowance for Congress and for the
Judges Of the Supreme Court
The bill Wis tbs laid upon the table for the present
Mr.. STUART reported back the bill for deepening
the channel over tie ST. Clair las and the Fats Of
:, Mary.
Mr. SHIELDS gave notice IF bill establishing e
Marine Hospital at Galepa, Illinois.
A biz tor he r5lef of Isaac swain W AZ then passed
NJ JONES Tenn Introduced bill, granting -
the Rail DAD Companies three years in which 10 pay
tie duties or non imported for Railroad purposes
Referred to TIE Finance COMMITTEE
Executive Session. Ad;,,grpe1.