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r- Orr mechanics and artisans

n- Our mechanics and artisans
are about to get up testimonial ct
their esteem for Capt w. 7. Tunnard,
who has 80 ncbly fought for, and won,
a principal in law, which establishes
Ia them most sarrnh right, without
which. liberty would he but name.
We allule to the case Of Gavarre vs.
Tunnard. for damages, IN tie de'en-
ton of certain four whp'l raEisge.
ON which Tunnard had made repairs
~ the value If two dollars. This was
a small matter for s,nt, but had it
been two cents, the principal would
have been the same. To understand
the matter fully, sume Of the antece.
dents should he referred to.
Tunnard had previously done work
for Mr. g., through his colored ser.
want, who was charged with paying
Tunnard, and failed TODD 50 When
the work on the carriage was done, 7.
sent word to q. that he eust Of re ATS
was two dollars, which on sendiug him
that amount. the carriage would be
delivered Mr.. 9 deposited the tive
dollars, in the hands Of J Il Dufrucq
Mayor, and Justice Of tie Peace, md
then informed Mr. T by letter Of the
fact. Mr.. T. commended that the
money should be brought to his shop.
and at this stagn suit was Instituted by
Mr.. q. Our Distric' Court gave Mr.,
G.. in a trial If the ease, s25 damages
from which Tunna,d, IN 4 commend
able spirit to which every mechanic in
the State should feel Inhibited to him,
took an appeal to the Supreme Court.
where the jnlg cement If the l"wer
court was reversed, and il was ordered
that There be jul 5ement in favor If
The defendent a. II case Of non suit
that the costs "f b til courts be paid by
the plaintiff and arr,'ec." Ard this
establishes the mechanics lien. A
similar case is no, 10 be { unl on our
deckets.
We do not regard the matter in the
light Of triumph" because in our
own mind the principal has long been
established. If it we're not the me-
chanic and artizan would be at the
mercy Of the community, His labor
on any movable article, IL lien upon
that article which must be paid before
the article can be claimed by the
owner. IL the article ia delivered, 1t
is at his own risk, and to recover the
wages Of his labor, the only recource
is the law, ss iaapy other suit.
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A Nur For LAwyERs.-"Wo unto
them that call evil good and good
evil; that put darkness for light aud
light for darkness; that Justify the
srick;ed fsy researd."-Isiah.
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TIE Koov- Nothings shouid MT


TIE Kao,c- Notbings sbouid MT
dchnorieige ,t.-Tbis new organi-
cation. wherever and whatever it il,
certainly has The advantage Of oil 9th.
er secret societies in its name. Az
paridusical as it may seem If a man
shy he is Know Nothing, Of cnurce
il is equivalent to writing himself nm
ass, and if he Say he il not "Know
Nothing" the inference, is that he is
member If The society, and knows al
least few things more. tl,sn people
who kn"w Nothing" know. We
take our nnighbor Of the Advocate to
be The champion Of the know moth
ings" in this neighborbood. because he
is continually hunting up extracts
from other papers, to show what the
Know -Notlings'' are, and he came
out yesterday With a very OMNIBUS
article headed "Nativeism Run Mad !"
Now The question is, what does he
mean Is he not native himself,
end if Nativeism rum mad, is he not
in measure responsible , Therefore
we would advise him to be silent !;
that Ia, If he wishes mt to be consid-
cred know nothing because the
more he says on the subject, the more
he knows, or thinks he knows. which
is tan'enount.
In reference 10 this matter, il is
lust as we'll for us to confess at once,
orr position. We are decidedly in
favor Of Ibe Know Nothinss, because
we believe that BALI the trouble of the
world may be traced TO the fact, that
great many people know great deal
more, than they can put to any prac-
teal use, and hence the damage 90.
casicned by wastefnl expenditure.
In reference to cliques aud clans
know nothing and know something;
if we can see that they can benefit us
any. in a pecuniary point Of view we
are in FIR them body and sonl, and If
not--why not, Of cource. It would
not do for US, as The organ Of the De-
mocracy Of East Baton Rouge, now
to turn against them (when we know
they are going to vote for us for some
important office) because some OF our
constituency happen to have been born
at Lands end or the Tongo Islands.
Our friends must not look for this.
No, We want evrey body to vote, who
is entitled to vote, and shall not serious.
ly object to others voting, ifthey vote
the right way tour side) We hope
our friends and the public at large.
will not misunderstood us.
r.. l..i.1, .i;,.,t, a, ,fi..t, 10 cr
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AfOss.--wansed good clean picked, and common
nj Moss put a. Ia good order, for shipment, for
which the highest market price viii he paid By
April 18th 3. u. HIATT / ".
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Tgg NEw YoRK PALACES 1t il

THE New 1ORK PALACE lit II
hardly necessary for us to say into
whose hands this establishment has
fallen. when we inform our readers,
that we are III receipt by mail Of four
Editors Complimentary Tickets Of
admission to the exhibition. Could
it be n,body else than Darnum, with
his characteristic princely liberality :
a liberality that rebounds TO his
rrofit and tn which he il mainly in
debt.d Tor his rr'n"ely riches We
conceive that now, the Exhibition is
fairly opened. not only to the people,
hut 10 a certain and shure profit
to The Company Barnum has our
thanks. II he will send Va free
ticket over the air line railway, and a
machine that will perform all the
functiyus M an Editor Of SO extensive
a sheet as this, we shall most certainly
pay visit to the establishment. pro-
viding We can attach an arrangement
to the Editorial machine" 80 ss to
ruff Barnum, and the Palace every
other day We would respectfully
snurest to the Executive Of the State,
that il he has any Delegates TO send
land We presume some may be found
If their expenses are paid) now is the
time 10 send them. The New York
Crystal Palace, is now open, and It
never has been before.
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Nftu AlpertiseM fnts.
For ulenf.

A DESIRABLE house on Laurel street
n well adapted for small family or
FIR Offices. Appl, 10 Alex, Shaw OF at
this Office. april 2g- Nv.
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Gbr1frrklp Gn1l1tt
Friday Morning -. April ~, 1884

year but we feel, the lark of this i'm
p"rtant element 10 happiness, and the
great marvel will, ia is, that here.
whore there are az many accomplished
amateurs. that we have not me or
more bands. Il leads 10 the sad re-
neclion, that much Of the poetry Ut
life. for which this most ancient settle
mept was once celebrated. is wearing
cfT. to give place to the lealen and
prosev existence Of modern progress.
which interdicts anything and every
thing that does not 'Fturn a penny
snd eater TO the sto,nach's appetites
The day was. when II was deemed no
violation Of The peace. for an organ
grinder the degenerate remains Of
the ancient Troubador, to tune his
pipes in the crowded thoroughfare Of
Lafayette street, and expose his mon
KEY to the gaze Of the wonder loving
Juveniles; but now there is an crdn-
ance Of the tewn against it. Tho day
was. when oar lovely misses could be
prevailed upon to sit down 10 the
piano, and sing us one Of the simple
old songs, that Irvine like ivy about
The heart, and call to mind the by
gones Of former-and may we mot
cay better days, but this Is past; Draw
ling, squaling, operate singers, have
created a new taste, and the elite and
fashionable in society have proncun-
ced old songs vulgar, and they are in
terdictad. The day was, when we
we're often aroused At midnight, by
"soh strains stealing gently over the
back garden fence" but now there IL
an end Of It. We 60 to bed and sleep
scundly, and the current Of unpleas-
ant dreams, are not changed BY music
at midnight, calling up from the "vasty
Deep" the FAIRIES Of Titania to play
the wanton ambling nymph. So
prosey have our people become Of late
years, that we hear tell that Of the in
PRODUCTION Of A wind instrument into
modern congregation Of christians,
was the cause Of breach and dis
cord. almost fatal IN Its consequences.
And IL not music the beautiful hand
maid Of religionl Does it not take
up when exalting elequenee let's us
DOWN. Does IL not supply the detici-
eneies Of language. and elevate the
understanding to sphere, where the
songu. Of the creature is powerless
before the ministers Of the Creator 7
''l'is even so and blind indeed IL the
fanaticism aud the adherence to mere
forms, that contrary to the well-under-
stood ordinance Of Heaven forbids Il.
We want music---not only on public
occasions, but at noon and nightfall--
We want Il al essential to civilization
and reiinement---we want 1t to occas-
ioaally awaken the soul, of the plod-
ding speculator, aud the devotee Of
trade, and turn the current Of his
thoughts upwards, Where is the
public benefacter among US, who will
unite tho talent we have, and turn Il to
account Where il the band Of min.
istrels to make the midnight hour
melodiousl And where is the lovely
Miss, who will lead us back among
the old songs Of the past, the holy
path to Heaven from which We have
strayed to listen to discordant foreign,
brawling and squalling.
. N------44-------
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Milton's Paradise Lost" has been
dramatized for the National Theatre,
New York, and Is now In rehersal.
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STEAMBOAT ExrtasloN.---The boil
or Of the steamer Gen. Scat, a ferry
boat at Pittsburg exploded on the
10th inst, BY which the engineer, Mr.
Magenis. was killed. and several other
persons were injured. The explosion
took place just as the boat was leaving
the shore. She was shattered to
pieces.
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TT rF,y lie Ia f.rine htaut A. % lie batii-ies
" hrulartps irrrerrnt ~ epces de pain, IL se+
maine eunrante pour ~ suus.
avlta ! ntIFR0CO, Marie.
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NTANTED--A servant girl from Ia 10
w Is years Of age-apply at this
office.
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Cam m uHicdfed.


En-. C,MEr-Si, Tile Plains
Buhlet's Plaius--is a plain place
Everything here is planned down to a
level, AMI il would be difficult 70 say
who Is the plainest man, or the + ain
est woman amongst us. Our plain
ness is what makes the Plains a
pleasant place. aud our close prosim-
nifty to rompeii, leads us to indulge
the hope that the Plains are destined
to he a re,y important place. prosPec-
lively. Now sir. as Il ings are, the
whole earth has put on her emerald
pea green garments, and Is as pretty
the heart Of FACILITATING swain could
wish, or soul Of man desire. The leaves
are out. and the flowers are out. and
lovers are out making the most Of the
spring time. The COMET" comes up
hy regular stages "A most we'eom viai-
tor. We like 1t for its hrevity.--
Every man and woman. commits its
contents to heart, and follows its holy
precep's. II is q great Improvement
in the newspaper line. and sends a
blush Of shame to bed-hlanket litera-
tnra. Allow me to subscribe myself
one Of your plainest friends in the
PLAINS.
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n,scovERy or Human REMAINS


nlscovERv or Human REMAINS
Yesterday afternoon some laborers.
while engaged in excavating and pre-.
pairing the foundation for new build.
ing about to be erected in the rear Of
No. I Oak street. dug UP human
skull and the bones Of human frame.
which they found about II feet below
the surface. News Of the affair soon
spread, aud a large crowd collected,
many Of whom believed that some
person had been murdered and buri-
ed on the spot. Captain Ditcbett.
with force Of the 4th ward police,
repaired to the place and preserved
order The bones were placed in a
box and conveyed to The store OF
Messr~, Fowler, phrenologists, who
pronounced the skull to be that Of an
Indian. The remains had probably
been deposited in the place in which
they were found for nearly century.
~N Y Suu. 1ifh.
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april-ii-1s5i

TAKEN up on the goth inst, by Mr..
l Sylvester Davis living on Monticello
bayou about 7 miles frrm this city, spffel
pony about twelve years old Said pony
is marked with both saddle and gear, and
bears Spanish brand. .-.....
aptil.gl-ls5t. M. @. BRYAN,
Hanger.
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f,f7rr nftte B't,p puppr mi fVfntOn
Finnk Fond tumprSY.
NOTICE 10 hereby given tr the Stockholders ~
~ the Company that an Ins'alnent Of Ten per
cent IN she amount Of stock subscribed az 80 rer
sh're} will he due and payable on the first day Of
June tabt) ny order ei the Board.
April 1854, ALFRED SHIPPERS.
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TAKEN mp by Mr. G. NJ. Pierce ~
| near the eorrn,stion Of Baton
Rouge nm the 10Th inst, dark
brown mare m',le, medium size, supposed
TO be thi,te.n % fonrteen years old, With
out any brand. has nick in the right ear,
and bears mark of the gear. ...
M. q. BRYAN,
anil 1854. Ranger
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WayVYalty.
THE price cf Flour beine A. 10 per barrel. f,a-
hers will give 20 rnnres Of preaa frt IN cents.
the ensuing week. tapllsl J. r. DuFROOg, Mayer.
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deed in the very speech from which you quote in
speaking Of his and the object Of his amendment
he distinctly states:
And although cannot fatter myself that il viii be
satisfactory those Of my constituents and feow-ct
who have thought proper to commit their memorials
and remonsrances me- IL will at least to the
consciousness of having discharged my duty to he to
my country and to that for the rights of
kind which rejects without reserve the principle that
by the law of Nature Of God be the property
of man."
This announcement Of his rejection, without
ton, of the principle that be the property Of
man. take it, intended to apply south Of the di-
vding line as we'll north Of it. And question, gen.
tlemeu whether with all the facts in view you would
undertake to say that slavery provided for in the Con-
sttution Of Arkansas not the main and controlling
for Mr. Adamss opposition to her admission into
the Union notwithstanding she lay the south side Of
the dividing line In his speech the subject which
to have undergone his careful revision he urges
no other objection And even before the bill for her ad
mission taken up he stated, in debate another
question: "that when the Arkansas bill came into the
House, if else moved the subject of the restric-
ton Of slavery he shoud"-Sse the proceedings Of
the House the 9Th june 1886, as given in Gales
Seaton's Debates, vol. IL, part 4, page 4,2OS.
May not then ask, in conclusion, as do not wish to
trespass further upon your indulgence, wherein can
justly be charged with having uVu'tty assaied' his
memory?
Yours, most respectfully,
49,. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS.
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How TO Know THE ACE HoRsE.-The colt is born
with twelve grinders When four front teeth have made
their appearance the colt is twelve days old and when
the next four forth it is four weeks old When the
teeth appear the colt is eight months and when
the latter attained to the height Of the front teeth
is year DID, The two year old colt has the kernel
the dark substance in the middle Of the tooths crown
ground Of all the front teeth In the third year the
middle front teeth being shifted and when three
years old these substituted by the horse teeth The
next four teeth shifted in the fourth year. and the
corner in the fifth At six years the kernel is out Of
the lever middle front teeth and the bride teeth have
attained to their full growth At seven years heck has
been formed the teeth Of the upper jaw the
kernel of the teeth next to the middle fronts is out
and the bride teeth begin to off At eight years Of
age the kernel is out of all the lower front teeth
and begins to decrease in the middle upper fronts In
the ninth year the kernel has wholly disappeared from
the upper middle front teeth, the hook the corner
teeth has increased in sze and the bride teeth lose their
points In the tenth year the kernel is worn out of the
teeth next to the middle fronts Of the upper jaw and in
the eleventh year the kernel has entirely vanished from
the teeth Of the jaw. AT twelve years old
the of all the front teeth in the lower jaw has be-
triangular and the bride teeth are much worn
down. As the horse advances in age the gums shrink
away from the teeth which consequently receive long
appearance and therkern have become meta
morphosed into darkish point gray hairs increase IN
the forehead the eyes, and the chin the form
Of an angle--Pittsburg Gazette.
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North at the time referred to, merely for the pur-
pose Of keeping Slave State out of the Union
Such an inference would be irrational.
Mr. Stephens, in concluding his letter, refers to
the proceedings of the Sth Of june, 1886, in which
Mr. Adams is stated to have declared that he would
move slavery restriction when the Arkansas bill
came into the House. This would seem to be con-
elusive of his intention, if might implicitly rely
upon the newspaper report. But an impartial his
torian--one usually as accurate as Mr.. Stephens
is-who had carefully examined what Mr.. Adams
said and did when the Arkansas bill came up for
consideration in the House, would have discovered
that on the 9th of June, 1886, oaly one day after
the alleged promise to move slavery restriction was
made,) Mr.. Adams simply moved an amendment
intended to be declaratory of the opinion of Con-
gress on the ninth article in the Constitution of Ar
kansas, which article forever prohibited the Legis
lature of the State from passing any emancipation
laws; and he would also have discovered that Mr..
Adams not only did not oppose Arkansas because
she offered herself as Slave State, but, on the con-
trary that he distinctly and unequvocaly declared,
al cannot propose or agree to make it a CONDITION
that convention of her people shall expunge this
article from her constitution" To show more
fully what Mr. ADAMS meant AMI what he really
proposed, we copy the subjoned prtions of his re-
marks bearing upon the question. Gas recorded in
the Register of Debates, from p. 1885, P. 1855,
inclusive.) @:., f..
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LARGE HoG.-Mr. Peyton Davis, residing in the
neghborhood Of Snickersve, in Virginia, has hog Of
huge dimensions. We informed by gentleman who
to his hngship that he nine feet ten
inches from tall feet two inches in girth
and is four feet high His supposed weight is 1900
pounds, and his age two years and six months If any
farmer in the State beat this specimen of Loudoun
growth, we request him to " trot him out" Mr.. D.,
when killing time comes, surely 60 the whole hog"
among his neghbtrs This animal win be for exhibition
at eur Agricultural Fair during the coming month.
GLeesbur0 Democrat.
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DESTRUCTIVE WHIRLwIsD.--At Wilmington IN. c. on
Saturday night violent whrwind struck the north side
of Market street. and took off the roof and otherwise
badly damaged the dwelling house of Mr. VIM. NJ Harriss
demolished his kitchen and other out-budings, badly
wrecked house belonging to Mrs. Mills, grazed Mr..
Gadsby's house, and destroyed some other small build
ings. After passing the buildings the wind-oolumn
travelled off in northeastery direction, sweeping OF
tops Of large trees like sickle cutting grain.
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LAWYER IN A TREADMILL.-Mr. Garden, the wealthy
lawyer recently convicted in Ireland Of attempted abb
duction was, Immediately after his sentence attred in
the jail Dress his head shaven and he set
upon the treadm TOR the usual space Of time He is
locked at six every evening and rises in the morning
six. He is however, allowed entire cell to HIMSELF
his servant attends him, and he is permitted to sup
ply himself with food. He goes the treadml at ton
O'clock and remains working at it, with the usual rests
until two.
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novelty in sporting has been presented in New York.
which will contest the palm with the most celebrated
rottng nags trottng BULL Of full Spanish Breed is
offered to take the field against oil trottng nags in the
United States for wager Of 81 900. The bull is de-
scrbed to possess oil the running points Of fast beast
is Of beautiful symmetry with etback tufted hair and
has accomplished 240 in harness He is called Don Clio
vann and claims his sire the famous fighting bull who
acquired such great year ago by killing tiger
in the Plaza de los Toros Madrid.
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SPLENDID CoRN.-From the specimens Of ears Of Germ
left with us by Mr. Henry Pulse residing few miles be-
low Harrsonburg should judge there is danger Of
starvation in this county for the next twelve months.
The shown tremendously large ones, and
tain twelve hundred large grains each Mr.. Ps crop Of
corn will average he informs at least fifty bushels
the acre. This was raised on land which few
years since considered comparatively worthless and
was bought at 81 per acre. Mr.. Pulse would not new
take $40 per acre for it--Rockinghdm Register
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SAD AcoIpEYT-While two lads of sixteen years OF
age we're on cunning excursion in Worthington Miss
Monday last the gun Of one Of them Albert d. Hew-
e fell to the ground in such manner as 70 explode u
head near the eyes, literally blowing his skull of and
causing almost instant death.
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During the election of justice Of the peace in the
Irish citizens drove several native Americans from the
polls This outrage has led to much rioting and the
Irish have been badly beaten.
row took place between some Irishmen and Ameri-
cans in New Orleans last week. and three persons were
shot, not fatally.
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The Boston Mail says: "We should like to know who
first started the idea Of holding all the college
ments in the heat Of the dog days He certainly ought
to be entitled to all the honorary degrees those nsttu
tons are able to CONFER hundred degrees Of Fshren
heit included"
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ARxpryy-nshsll I help you to alight2" said a young
gentleman addressing bouncing country girl who pre-
narine 10 lump from carriage. "Thank you, SIR she said
sweetly "but / don't smoke.