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Notice 10 Sugar Planters.

1 II T. " BOSTON oTEAM ENGINE Co..
Il Of Boston. Mass, OTIS TUFTS, Agent hereby give
notice, that having purchased Of Messrs NILES Co. of
Cincinnati, all their patterns Drawings &C., with the good
will Of the connected with the manufacture and sale OF
all kinds of Machinery heretofore furnished by sd Niles
Co., for Sugar Plantations such Steam Engines Sugar
Mills steam Apparatus, &c prepared to manufacture
the ab0vedcfbed Machinery In any quantity and of the
best quality, and respectfully solicit continuance of the
liberal patronage which has formerly bestowed upon said
Niles Co. They win also continue the manufacture Of Sta
tionery Steam Engines Marine Engines and Steam Boilers Of
every description.
We pleased to announce that we have made an ar.
rangement with Mr.. S. H. Gilman late partner Niles
Co.. to act Agent in contracting any Of the above
named Machinery and pledge ourselves execute with
promptness and fidelity any contracts made by him. All
care Messrs J. O. Woodruff Co.. New Orleans at whose
Office he can be found.
BOSTON STEAM ENGINE COMPANY,
Boston, Nov. !, 1853 OTIS TUFTS, Agent.
eg- THIS MAY CERTIFY, That we have sold to the
" boston Steam Engine Company" nil the Patterns, Draw
ngs &c. together with the good win Of the same pertaining
to the manufacture and sale Of all kinds Of Machinery here
ofore furnished by for Sugar Plantations STEAM
ENGINES, SUGAR MILLS, STEAM APPARATUS &c. We
cheernly recommend the Steam Engine Company TO AFT
customers and others desiring Machinery this descrp
tion feeling assured that they will furnish them promptly
and efficiently Our Mr. J. NJ Niles, who is now in New
Orleans, will give any information that may desired upon
this subject and render any assistance in this business that
the said Company may need. NILEs&CO
Cincinnati, Nov. 10, 1854. dec31 limo
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How LADY LIKES IA St. Louis lady.
who married Mormon and enIigrated 10
the Salt Lake City, writes that The Mormon
City is ".first-raie place for a new settle
ment," and. notwithstanding sickness in the
family and the loss Of cows. she is comforta-
Bile and contented. As to Brigham Young
having so many wives. she says, ssthe mum.
Der twenty-five is right, and can tell you
be is about the best man living. No man is
allowed TO have more than one. except he
can well look after them. Everything here
in the Salt Lake is pure and holy. Thomas
has no thought Of any more wives! Every
man can do as he likes about III
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How CANADA OBTAINED ITS NAME.-The
origin of the word canada" is curious
enough. The Spaniards visited that coun-
try previous TO the French, and made parti-
cular searches for gold and silver, and find
ing none, they often said to themselves
: Acanada;' There is nothing here.) The
Indians, who watched closely, learned this
sentence and its meaning. After the depar-
ture OF the Spaniards the French arrived ::
and the Indians, who wanted none of their
company, and supposed that they were also
Spaniards come on the same Grand, were
anxious 10 inform then that their labor was
lost by tarrying in that country, and inces-
sanity repeated to them the Spanish SEN
tence Acanada." The French. who knew
as little Of Spanish as the Indians, supposed
this necessarily recurring sonnd was the
name OF the country, and gave it the name
OF " Canada" which it has borne ever since
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D9 N. Texier, in book on England speak
ing Of the London Times, states, that one Of the
staff Of that journal, who "was devoted to the
study Of sewerage" enjoyed yearly income of
e3, $50 while dawdling through the cities of the
continent on q tour of inspection during two
years, but in all that time he did not write a
single word for the paper. One day the ques-
ton Of dust-heaps, and salubrity in general,
came before the House Of Commons, when he at
once laid pen to paper, and in series of twenty
powerful leaders SO simplfed the science Of the
matter, that at once the public and their repre-
sentatives were forced, as it were, into the
proper course
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AGENCY OF THE
Merchanos' Insurance Company
of New Orleans.

n WV tHe PARISHES vi HSSUTDptION, La.
l. f,urche and Terrebonne. The undersigned having
been appointed agent for tie above Insurance Company
beg leave to cali the attention of Planters Mechants and
property holders Of the three above parishes the follow
ing clause adopted by the Bord Of Presidents Insurance
Com, anes If New Orle ms, for country Fire Risks.
s PRE- PISKS ont Of New Orleans on buildings or
contents excepting Gin and Su:ar Houses and their
tents. to have the following lause inserted PROVIDED THE
PLACE HAS NO INSURANCE COMPANY OR AGENCY
IN 1T namely
1t is under TODD and agreed be condition Of this Tn
surance that in ofany within the policy the In
su'er< 10 be able only for THREE FOUTIS OF THE
SANE, not exceeding the herein insured and the
OTHER FOURTH to be BORNE BY THE ASSURED
The undersigned Is ready to Insure properties against
Fire Risks and also CARO- per Steamboats,
CHARLES LESSEPS, Agent.
Firm Of L"sseps & Deguilhem, Thibodaux, La
May 9th, 1883 T22-fyI
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Congress.
The Senate was not in session on the 9Th i

The Senate was not in session on the 9Th in
slant
In the House, Mr.. Murray, from the Com
mttee on Printing, reported resolution, which
was adopted, providing for printing, for the us,
of the members, ten thousand copies of the re
ports of the explorations of the river Amazon
and its tributaries, with the accompanying map
and plates. 49, rs~4.
The House resumed the consideration of thu
resolution reported from the Committee Of Ways
and Means, discharging them from the conside
ration of communication from the War De-
partment, explanatory of the estimates of ap-
preparations for rivers and harbors, and referring
it to the Committee on Commerce. A motion
was pending to refer the subject to the Commit.
tee on Roads and Canals
Mr.. Fuller said the Committee on Commerce
were now engaged in the consideration of rivers
and harbors, and therefore the communication
should go to them.
Mr.. Dunbar spoke for Himself, and as he be-
iieved for majority Of the Committee on Com
merce. when he said they were in favor of in
ternal improvements, and will report river and
harbor bill soon.
Mr.. Houston explained that the letter of the
Secretary of War was in relation to continuing
the estimates of works commenced under the
law of the last Congress.
Mr.. Hunt said he was glad his colleague (Mr
Dunbar) had SO warmly expressed himself in
favor of internal improvements
Mr.. Dunbar explained that he was against
general system Of internal improvements, but
in favor of great national improvements, such
as of the Mississippi and Ohio river.
MIR. Hunt said he was not satisfied with the
explanation of his colleague. He did not care
for friendship to river and harbor improvements
ding the estimates to the Committee on Roads
and Canals. ...5r1 s-t-
Mr. Campbell concurred in the view express
ed by the gentleman who preceded him.
Mr.. Wentworth, of Illinois, said to the friends
of the system they could safely trust the Com
mittee on Commerce, six of the nine members of
which he believed were strong friends of river
and harbor improvements. He believed that to
refer the subject to the Committee on Roads and
Canals would be to kill it. .ao
The estimates were referred to the Committee
on Commerce.
The House then went into Committee on the
Private Calendar. 17r-
When the Committee rose, three private bills
were passed.
Mr.. Stanton, of Kentucky, moved that when
the House adjourn, it adjourn to Tuesday, as
Monday is set apart for the celebration of the
battle Of New Orleans. Agreed to-yeas 90,
nays 81. f-'.t"' ~ 49,
The Senate bill, prescribing the manner of
appointing an Assistant Secretary of the Trea- |
sury, was taken up, when Mr.. Orr moved
substitute, as follows: thereafter, as the Office
Of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury shall |
become vacant, the appointment of his success
OF shall be made by the President, by and with |
the advice and consent of the Senate" After
a few words in explanation, he moved the pre-
yious question; pending which the House adj
journed.
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REMARKABLE CASE OF SUPPOSED PErRr
FAcTIoN.-There arrived, within few days
at the depot of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road, in this city, an obIong box represented
10 contain corpse, and il: struck us as
somewhat singular !; it weighed five hundred
and fifty pounds, according to the freigh,
charges upon it. Curious TO know some
thing more about this mysterious box than
the, external marks indicated. we Instituted
some inquiries, and derived the following
information, which, as we got it from pretty
good authority, we are inclined 10 consider
correct until we shall receive better ex-
PLANTATION The wife of a gentleman living
IN Nelson county, in this State, died some
tour years ago, and was inferred in the
usual manner. Being native of Woodford
county, Kentucky, she had requested, before
her death, ~ be buried beside her kindred.
and in the home of her childhood. From
accident or delay. her request was not
complied with until quite recently; her
relations caused her remains TO be disin.
TERED: when they were found to be of the
extraordinary weight mentioned above
over fee hundred pounds At the time of
her death, her weight was about one hun.
bred and ten pounds. Only the foot of the
coffin, which is still in state of preserva-
ton, was broken open, when Ler feet were
found to be in perfect state of petrifaction,
the stone partaking of the character of the
hardest limestone formation in the locality
OF the grave. The inference is, that the
whole body is thus completely petrified
The gentleman in charge of the remains is
having them conveyed to Woodford county,
Kentnckey, according to the request Of the
deceased.-Wheeling Inteligeneer.
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new YORK LEGIsLATURE.-Both houses met
and organized on the Sd inst, at the capitol in
Albany. James Monroe (whig) was chosen
President OF the Senate, and II. p Pruyn.
(whig) Speaker of the House.
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"a On the Sd inst, T. g. Hunt and Ram
dell Hunt Of New Orleans, were admitted At
torneys and counsellors Of the Supreme Court Of
the United States, 5szs a - -. =
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The ERIE RAILROAD DIFrIcuLrY.-A Cincin-
natl dispatch Of the 10Th ult. says:

Agreeably to call signed by a number of
citizens, a large meeting assembled in the Mer-
chants Exchange this evening, with reference
to the railroad disturbance at Erie. The mee-
ting was addressed by the Hon. Thomas Cor
win and others, after which series Of resolu-
tons were adopted deprecating the proceedings
OF the people of Erie, and the action of the
Governor Of Pennsylvania, who is supposed to
sympathize with, and encourage the citizens in
their proceedings.
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INTERESTING STATIsTIcs.-Some interesting
facts may be CLEANED from an examination of the
movements of population of California during the
present year, as contained in the San Francisco
Herald. F.sG
The Panama steamers have brought 14,577
passengers to that port; the Nicaragua steam
ers but S745-while 1928 persons have returned
to the Atlantic States by way of San Juan to
95O4 by Panama. This variation in the course
OF travel arises, In measure, from the fact that
most Of these who are about to leave the State
OF California, having come originally BY the
Panama route, are DESTROYS Of seeing the natural
beauties which abound upon the Isthmus of
Nicaragua. The immigration from foreign ports
has greatly fallen off during the year. From
Mexico the arrivals have been but 562, while the
departures to that country have amounted to
515. Taking into consideration the number who
have returned to Sonora and Lower California
overland, it will be found the Mexican popula-
ton has diminished within the last ten months.
No one will grieve for this. From Chilli whence
hordes Of the natives used to pour in, but 726
persons arrived, to the same point 1926 departed
leaving . net addition of only 400 to the
Chihan population. But 4O78 Chinese have
come over, while 1869 have returned to their
homes. The total homber of passengers that
have Travelled both ways between the Sandwich
Islands and San Francisco, amounts TO 355-not
sufficient to sustain = steamship between the
points. The very establishment Of steamer
upon that route, however, will induce travel.
From France there have been received an adj
dition Of 1876, to the population from England
direct but 234-from Germany 172. The de-
partures to the Australian Colonies have ex-
ceeded the arrivals from that quarter BY 3176.
During the last few months, however, emigration
thither has altogether ceased. The result Of
the years operations shows that the total num-
Der Of arrivals from al foreign countries amount
ed to 1898; the departures to the same, 8494- |
showing as far as this can be test, that the |
foreign population of California has diminished
l96 during the last ten months.
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ExTRAD1rIoN Casa New York letter of
the 29th ult. says:
The case Of Alexander Helibroun, an alleged
fugitive from justice in Great Britain; which has
been before our Supreme Court of some time
past, has eventuated in conflict for jurisdic-
ton between the State and Federal Courts. A
writ Of habeas corpus has been obtained by the
prisoners counsel in the Supreme Court, and
on the hearing of this writ Judge Mitchell has
ordered the discharge of Heilbroun. On the
other hand the department at Washington
thought the case Of SO much importance that it
directed Charles OConnor, Esq, the United
States District Attorney, totgive the matter his
personal attentions The hearing before Judge
Mitchell has been adjourned several times on
the application of the United States officers, and
Mr.. O'Connor yesterday stated in Court that
the United States Marshal must refuse any fur
Their obedience to the orders of the Supreme
Court in this case. The counsel for Helbroun
is about to commence an action against the Mar
shall for the penalty of one thousand dollars
provided for by the State laws in such case, and
so the whole question of the authority of the
State Courts to interfere with the action of a
Federal magistrate will be presented for adjudi-
cation, first in the State Courts, and then on
appeal to the Supreme Court of the United
States. The questions involved in this issue are
of great legal nicely and importance.
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Constantiuople.

The city occupies triangular promontory
OF land between the Bosphorus and its inlet
the Golden Horn. It is about three mile:
} and halt in length. and from one TO fouI
miles In breadth, and is inclosed by triple
range OF walls, twelve or thirteen miles in
circumference and entered by twentv-eghl
gates. 1t is built ON an undulating declivity
rising towards the land side. Externally ii
mas an imposing appearance, with IFS mos.
ques cupolas, minarets and expresses. and
its port crowded with shipping: but inter-
naIly it consists mostly of a labyrinth of i'll
paved. crooked. dirty lanes, and low-buit
small houses of wood or rough-hewn stone.
There are a number of public fountains,
which amply supply the city with water.
Its population is estimated at 100000 in
GLIDING Galata and Pera, and it is composed
of about 10000 Greeks and Armenians
10000 Europeans, 10000 Jews, and the
remainder Turks and Arabians. There are
between 800 and 400 mosques in the city
and suburbs: 40 Mahomedan colleges. 1873
hospitals, SO Christian churches, 100 public
baths, and 1870 khans or inns, besides hume
rous baZaas, coffee-houses, and caravanse.
rails. The seragIio is to the east of the city.
and comprises an area of about three miles.
separately enclosed by walls, and extending
down to the sea of Marmora. The Golden
Horn is a fine harbor, deep enough to float
ships of the largest size; it can receive 1900
sail of the line, and is always full of mer-
camille and other vessels On the north
shore of the Golden Horn are the imperial
arsenais and dock yards. There is always
very strong garrison of troops in this city
and many new barracks have been built by
the late and present Sultan The commerce
of the port is extensive, but not SO great as
might at first sight be anticipated The
city is the see of the Greek, Armenian, and
Catholic-Armenian patriarchs
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Further hv fEtx Canada.

The steamer Canada arrived at Boston on the
9th, from Halifax, with the foreign mails.
RUSSIA AND TURKEY.-The reports of bloody
action near Kalafat are contradicted. The
Turks left six thousand men there when thew
retired to Widdin.
Fort St. Nicholas was taken by surprise, and
was accompanied by great slaughter Out of
], 800 Turks only 80 escaped.
Five thousand Russian cavalry attacked the
Turkish camp at Valee Doogee but the Turks
defeated them, the people joining in the pursuit
The Turks lost one thousand men.
The Sultan had appointed Abdallah Pasha, q
Georgian, governor of Georgia.
The Car had sent an autograph letter to-
Prince Menchikof, congratulating him on the
victory at Sinope, and says that the feet on the
Black Sea had shower itself worthy to defend
the honor and glory of Russia.
The Gar has given a part of the force on the
Danube u furlough until March, the ice render
ing operations there, impossible till spring.
lTALY.-The Piedmontese Legislature met on
the 18th. The Kings speech congratulated the
country on its prosperity.
BELGIuM.-The Minister of Finance has pre-
scented to the Chambers the promised bill rela-
tive to the foreign code. The bill does not fix
the duties, but authorizes the government to re-
duce, suspend or establish them.
PRussA.-The Minister of Commerce has
given notice that the treaty of commerce and
navigation of September, 1914, concluded be-
tween the Zollyerein and Belgium. expires with
the current year, and that negotiations for its
renewal had led to no satisfactory result
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Important treaty with Mexico.

The N. Y. Herald has dispatch from Wash
ington announcing that treaty has been con
Guided by Gen. Gadsden with Santa Anna, ant
is now before the President. If the Herald
information is reliable, the treaty is one Of tn.
utmost Importance We annex the Herald.
Dispatch: ~ F
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, s1S54.-We are enabled
to state upon ample authority, that treaty with
Mexico has been negotiated by Gen. Gadsden,
and is now before the President, and will pro-
baby soon be communicated to the Senate
The first article of the treaty in question pro-
vides that Mexico shall give to the United States
such boundary as will enable MS to protect
Mexico from the incursions of the frontier In
dams
The second article provides for right of way
for railroad to the Pacific, g as means ito
quote the language of the treaty-stof forming
9 commercial barrier against the attacks Of the
Indians q
The third article provides for al abrogation
o. the eleventh section Of the treaty of Guada-
lupe Hidalgo, which guarantees the defence Of
which is to be in full of all past depredations.
The fourth article provides for the specific
enforcement of the Tehuantepec right of way.
The fifth contains an alternative proposition
to the second article to the effect that Mexico
shall cede to the United States boundary which
will include the route known in Lieutenant
Parke's map as '.Lieut. Colonel Crooke's wagon
route, extending nearly to the thirty-fifs
parallel, and going due west, SO as to give US a
large accession of territory, and taking in the
whole Of the peninsula of Lower California,
including Sonora, upon the payment by the
United States to Mexico of fifty millions of
dollars. f s55
LOWER CAL1fORNIA.--This new Republic Is
about 700 miles long and from so to 100 miles
xlde.e 1t is Peninsula, which commences
about latitude % north. and runs about south
south west, and forms the Gulf of California.
u has over 1900 miles Of sea coast, and some
very good harbors, among which may be named
San Quintin, Magdalina, San Jose, La Pas, Null
iga. and Encinada, nearly opposite Gnaymas,
and the present capital Of the Republic Of Fill
D. busters. La Paz was captured by the United
States sloop-of-war Portsmouth in 1847, and
was retained for several months by q battalion
o. New York volunteers. At that time the pop
ulation was estimated at l0, 800 Of which 200
were Indians. t 9as
chain Of mountains, broken and irregular,
runs its entire length, about 700 miles, with
spurs running each way, to the gulf on the one
nde, and ocean on the other. Captain Hallock
sstlmates some Of the mountains to be 5000 feet
aigh. The plains between these spurs, he says.
are numerous, broad, and covered with stunted
uees, and in the wet season, with thin but /
nutritious grass, which in the dry season affords
Mluable food for herds of cattle aud horses, /
aaere are but few perennial streams, and wa
g Y scarce, but in the plains it can be found
" digglng fifteen Or twenty feet. Vegetables
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EDUCATION OF FEMALES IN FRNNeE.=Th,
Paris correspondent of the New York Cour
Ter, Boscdocea, in a late letter, makes sugces
tons which are worth attention He saws
/ In France the ladies are educated in ;
manner to make them most agreeable ii
society. and while all are taught TO keep the
accounts of household expenses, many of Z
poorer class are taught bookkeeping SC
thoroughly as to enable them to follow il a.
a profession In almost every Paris shop
consequently, the hooks are kept either BY
the wife Of the shopkeeper or BY some Other
female employed for the purpose. Thus the
French system u.s. TO teach females the use.
tul or the agreeable, according to their world.
" condition. Our American system is, to
teach them little of everything; in fact,
We take more pains with them than with
our boys, though it would seem from the
results that hitherto our efforts have been
none too well directed. While we have
female sentinaries and colleges in which
degrees are conferred, and which produce
many shallow and discontinued philosophers
who immodestly take the rostrum at public
meetings, and have begun to invade the
pulpit, we have very few who can take
charge of husbands counting-room while
he2is engaged in the directions Of other de-
partments Of his multifarious business. In
Paris, you buy carpet of your upholsterer
who shows the goods, makes all the necess-
airy explanations, and sends il home. But
when you pay, you walk to the neat maho.
gany desk where madame sits enthroned
behind her large folio ledger, and it is with
her TO regulate the account. The French
bridesmaids wifeis no mere steering partner.
She takes an active, useful and appropriate
part in the management of affairs-she
knows to what extent the business is pros
perous-and is therefore never in danger,
like many American wives, of demanding a
new carriage or other extravaganza, when
her husband is on the point Of falling
These remarks are suggested by an account
OF meeting in London, 4of the friends and
promoters Of the Hyde Park College for
Young Ladies'" II the English will occa-
sionally borrow the notions Of their younger
brother Jonathan, it is pity they do not
make wiser choice; it would have been
much better, for instance, to have commen-
sed as we did, with common schools 70, girls
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" LATE RIOT ncrsclssxArI.-A Cincinnati
'sspsssh' q the alst VIZ. ..ys:
Il. = .ae Germans who ~ere arrested last SIM
night have been acquitted tbs n.o 80 s;n
salele tonake ont their es.e pa s peu.scluon
8 aow With the 0ermans and IN I'VE p ,ps.uy
eyider.s :. 10 unmeasured terms. From the
a. ~ :. ne t1'ai i i considered 81 MANY
a - conduct Of the police vas outI.eeor,,