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New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-08
ANTI-CATHOLIC RIOT-CHURCH BURNT DOWN.
Az Eridn NJ

BATH, MO-, rrueyi JuIy 7, 1o01'
The "Angel Gabriel" lecturcd here on "Wednesday and
Thursday evenings against POpery On the lest occasion
Ae crowd was large and disturbance occurred mob
Of men and boys proceeded to the old South Church.
used BY the Catholics as place of worship broke open
the doors rang the bell and displayed the American en-
sign from the belfy They aerward set the church on
Gre and il was burnt to the ground. No further desruc
ton Of property took place, but mob of about one nun
dred parsdod the streets, yelling and hootng until nearly
morning. No arrests were made.
New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-08
TIE CANAL ENLARGEMENT, &c.

ALBANY, Friday July !, 1884
The Canol Board this afternoon resolved to enlarge the
Erie Canal between Lockpor and Rochester in conform
iy with the plan adopted September TO- 1850 The vote
stood to the Engineer voting in the negative.
Murrin who kidnapped Solomon Northrop, was ar
rested at Sandy Hill, Washington County this morning.
being recognised by Northrop. His examination is pro-
gIessng.
New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-08
TIE LATE DISASTER ON TIE SUsQUEHANNA
RAILROAD

BALTIMORf Friday, July I, Ie3f.
Up TO the present time there have been 80 deaths from
the late disaster on the SusquehaDna Railroad and there
are three or four more persons in doubtful condition
warrant has been issued for the arrest OF Mr. Parks
Winchester the Superintendent of the road
Ii is reported that Mr. Winchester has resigned s oice
this morning.
The accident is now attributed mainly to the recent re-
oya of the former competent and experienced President
and Superintendent by political prescription and the ap
poniment % inefficient and inexperienced successors OF
the rioht nolitical strue
New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-08
FIRE AT CINCINNATI FROM LIGHTNING.

CINCINNArI, FRIDAY, july u Io't
During a thunderstorm this afternoon the lightning
strnck a building on Columbiast., occupied by Dean ~
Hale Commission and Liquor Merchants 1t set fire to
some liquor in upper story, and the building was
destroyed Loss s20OOe. Insured for $4,000 Inc al
Joining building was slightly damaged.
The st. Louis papers of Tuesday say that there had
been POI deaths from cholera during the past week IN that
city.
New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-08
Richardson Brothers Circular.

Per Eaiticl LIVERPOOL ON slo., 40.h' '1, -.
Since the sd temperature continues high and some hae snow
en- have followed. , ., ,r.,., o.,
Te ndvees from and other OF the United STATES
fe Asia arrived OF the shipments OF
WHEAT and Flour being likely be extremely small Ir some m9
10 come probably the ApIroac nng harvest ana
hrsshsd qnany of INDIAN .oES has been purchased of
Crest Bri ain.
M e Friday has been inactive state but no qIots
place the value OF WHEAT or FLOUR Co
rather finer. -, a., 49,, ,o.,
We had heavy gale of nd evening T. w W. and
bi, or noon the has unsettled appearance
ur market attended this morning incpsy ~
90 - H. wn and Immediate neehborhood who purchased
uEAr in retail quanies only; the best description we cannot
ouo decline Fridays prices and the mid Hing knds we,e much
nedected -. -
be.e 10 consumers 81 for Phadepha and baltimore
cr od nary runs up 59 foE good parcels Scur were
held st 3i to J5i w -. a. .aaa q
oars and OATMEAL were dull sale quotations.
New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-08
RORRERY OE 4 CHURCH.

PHILADELPHIA, Friday July = lS0i'
ST andrews Episcopal Church in this city was broken
omen last night and robbed of nearly the whole OF the
communion plate Among the articles stolen were four
silver mates four silver chalces two bread-stands, and
LARGE silver straner.
New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-08
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT LOUISVILLE.

LOUISVILLE, Wednesday, July o, 1851
Three large warehouses on Main-st between ESprh
and Fifth-sts. occupied by Messrs Lewis * wilkes
hino dealers. Benedict a. Kennedy, and Lichten,
ne~entbal Co.. dry goods dealers, were destroyed by
f ON Tuesday last The total loss is about SIPS OOo and
;s covered by insurance-prnepaly IN eastern oices'
New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-08
,vorurR FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

PHiLADELFHIA, Friday July Z, Ieof.
The lightning train which left Phladephs Tor 9ahoLs H,aor
MARYLAND killing Benjamin II. Benson the engineer and
Jnscnb Robinett fireman. No passengers were hurt
New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-08
COMMERCIAL INTELLIG ENCE.
Liverpool Cottos Market.

LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Evening, June e7-rhe CorroS
market continues good and prices are impcrcepbly nov
ing up The sales since Friday amount to Al 600 bales
ard the imports to 81 9s of which spectators take 1000
and exporters 5000. Todays business amounts to rooV
bnles. consisting of $3.50 American, at 4d asld; $50
Brazil cd to 6.d.i 200 Egyptian, SD to 7idi 800
East India 3D. to I'D The imports into the ports oil the
United States per ASIA amount to 2.7Os355 bales against
o 195 3aO last wear
New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-08
RELEAsE OF CUBAN FILLIBUsTERs.

NEW-ORLtANs, Tuesday, July Z, Ie1I.
General Quitnan and Messrs. Thrasher and Sanderson
have been released having given bonds under protest
The steamer Mexico left this city to-day for Newfork
New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-08
,o,,oo,,pp ror-vDrRrD AND SIX MEN LOST

ALBANY, Friday July I, lc9f.
II tho heavy gale which swept Lake Ontario on
Tesdav last the schr Duke of Darlington foundered
bont twenty miles from Toronto and six hands including
the captain, persisted. boy named Bailey was the ony
New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-08
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT CARROLLTON, ny:
hA%'' JorrsvrrIr Friday July 7. 1884.

1a d.,;neries of Messrs Root ( Co.. and Mr.. snyders
NJ cnrroton were destroyed by fire last night together
~;tb ali the contents and large number OF hogs HE
loss is estimated at SlO0,00s.
New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-08
& the Russians en- ali points. and drove them

attacked the Russians On ali points and drove item
Pur,uipr iher advantage the Turtr crossed su Of
,be rvcr sczed The opposite Island where the enemy hs
con-<rucieG siege w1rAs ana IRON "hich Slsfis na
I,,n lcrrisrted Tie Russians fed 20 the Walla han
Isrk n the Danube ard compelled TO wtne tho
~ n Is ,hen brought out their guns and erected bat
,e On tho Bulgarian bluk Of The nver before the ncth
Tb R"sssr b,t,slioos eas and west OF Sis;r.a imre
dis,sIv han 10 recror the river destroying their ige-
~ ,o, an MS occasion was assisted by the corps
sent from Shurnla 10 is relief By Omer Pasha SOM OF
he troops Of the laoF took part in toe oaS On '5o ~,
nd the aneiion Of the taIe co,ps VAS Shee'e Oh ''V
evening Of Chat day. s.,.
lLee was nothing voluntary or Strategic in the H'sh
Of the Bcsssns The defeats which preceded te 70 ;h
TIE 18th had been followed By extensive movements WIZ VIA
the object of reinforcing the besegng corps uh tue
snd 18th il said az kalasHsch. s's;rla mas' ee
taken speedily and suy coet. The expulsion OF the
Russsns is entirely the work Of the Turks.
dispatch FROM Vienna dated the 2jtA INST, slys'
"lhe Russans in fall retreat to Moidava Iae h2s
SLAMS in the Dobrcda are also retiring AIdrkish army
$4,000 strong, is advancing to relieve RassoVs Ohas
pnsha dvancng with his entire force 10 the Danube
In Consequence OF the wound received by Prince Pash.
kewi,ch lWho wes also much enieebled by ieyer ana
Prince GOrehakod, General Dannenberg has been APP
oiDted 70 the chief command Of the Russian forces. The
complete defeat of the Russians ON the 10th conhrmei-
portion of the besegng army having been forced TO re-
cross the Danube in all haste The Turks took severai
standards and great quantity OF baggage rive haistah
Generals were either killed wounded In tins aiiar
alone The left leg Of General sehders was anen OUT 9
the socket and he lies in dangerous state. ne Is al
yauced in wears end of nervous temperament Irihee
Corchakof wound is severe. Geneiai Lnlers; "l1 %
also wounded. is said to be doing well Marshal PA,n6e
wioh suffers considerably from hs cotusioh '"un' w
lon Jr., fingers without hope OF recovery
TIE CZAR'S REPLY TO THE AUSTRIAN NOTE.
VirsN, Monday-The night before last the Russian ne
ry TO the Austrian note reached here u u 10 the enee
Il It, mark of high consideration Tor ausua' h"S''
consents to eva:uate the Turkish territories
New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-08

POPULATION or DETROIT, Mieh'-i"' 80. -
Straits" has population e' AV''|'i 81 ~
5,e9l since last year.
New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-08
FCIR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC
IN NINE DAYS, SIXTEEN HOURS AND
FIFTY-TKREE MINUTES.
QUICKEST PASSAGE ON RECORD
THE GAR CONSENTS TO EVAcUATE
THE TURKISH TERRITORIES.
RETREAT OF THE RUSSIAN FORCES FROM
wALLacHIA, GIURGtVO AND SIllSTRlA.

The Auslrians about to Enter the Principalities
New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-08

RETREAT OF THE RUSSIANS FROM sliisrklA.
On the l5,h inst the garrison Of slsis usde s9rte'
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-03-26
ng-Ths Slrevest,ort Democrat Of


H-The Shreveport Democrat Of
the 10th inst, contains the following
merited compliment to Gov. Hebert
One other gentleman has been men
toned In connection with tile senator
ial election; we allude to Gov. He
bert and a more liberal heightened
gentleman does not live. Gov. He
bert is the ablest and most efficient
chief magistrate that we have had in
this Slate for many years. An en-
gineer by profession, he is well quail
fled to understand, and to carry out,
the best system Of internal improve
iielits III this State. As a politician
Is sotihd to the core, thoroughly
Jeffersonian, and an ardent friend to
southern interests. His late message
to The Legislature of the State has given
him reputation as wide as the union.
He has ardent friends in the State and
no doubt his claims will be urged to a
seat in the Senate. We must draw
our article to close, promising how
ever, to renew the subject at some FIJI
tlire time.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-03-26

UNoouRTEous 1REArMHNr.-The
principle has heretofore been "the
ladies first Bishop Potter has re-
fused to lecture before the Young
Mems Association Of Pittsburg because
the young men in their gallantry, and
good taste had PERMITTED Miss Lucy
Stone and Miss Antonette l.. Brown
TO have precedence over him.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-03-26


/ 1.-THE Delta ofths 22d inst, has
an article headed ian extraordinary
murder trial. In which; The case Of
Mr.. Patton convicted Of Tie murder
Of Col Walter H. Turnbull, ia re-
viewed. The Delta contends that he
was insane at the time Of committing
the deed, and says
"Of his actual insanity, there are
thousands liz this city ready to adj
duce conclusive proofs. Il was az
well known as any fact possibly could
be-" .'.ss'
To Col. Richard Markham will
please except our thanks for special
favors.
- - rf
10 The Rev. Stephen Hildebrand
was on the 18th inst, expelled from the
Methodist conference at Baltimore for
the crime of seduction.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-03-26
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Sirth Juaiciai Dist. C0urt-Pay.
ISL Of East Baton Rouge.
DAvlp PirEs,
J. s. HAMpros. ct al.

J. s. HAMproN. ct al
DY VIRTUE of writ of fa. issued in
ID the above entitled and numbered
cause, and to me directed from The Hon.
Sixth Judicial District Court, in and for the
Parish Of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, !
will expose at public sale at the Court
House door Of said Parish, in the city OF
Baton Rouge, ON SATURDAY. The Isl ddu of
april ,iert a. D., 1864, at ! o'clock. A. NJ.
all the right. title, interest and claims of
james M. McCutcheon of the defendant in
the above entitled cause in or to the Pro-
party hereinafter set forth and described
surrendered by said defendant. james M.
MeCntcheon to pay and satisfy the judy
ment, interest and cost in the above entitled
cause, to wit
The undivided one half Of the following
Ia certain tract Of Land or plantation. sit
uated on Wards Creek, near the Bayou
Manchac In this Parish East Baton Rouge,
at about fourteen miles from the city Of
Baton Rouge, containing two hundred and
eighty nine and half arpents, more or less
bounded on The East and South by land Tor
nelly of WIN. Herrin, now DR.. r. NJ. Here
ford on the West by lands OF tno. G Fore
man, and on the North by lands of Gritty,
with the undivided one half Of all the build
ings and Improvements thereon also the
undivided one half Of another tract of land
fronting on the Bayou Manehac in this
Parish East Baton Rouge, containing six
hundred and Fifty acres, and bounded above
by lands formerly Of Coneaux, now of
Aubin, and below by those formerly OF
Stephen Cobbs now Joseph A:Cotton.
Terms of sale---oAsH, with the benefit
or apprasement.
feb 26tds H. v. BAIBN, Sheriff.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-03-26

trLate lntelliaaRce from Spain
represent the people still in a revolt
ing state. There is an unchecked in
su,rection in the Province Of Arragcn
and the Majorica Regiment, had left
Madrid for Saragossa.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-03-26
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Parish Of East Bat0n Rouge

Parish Of East Batom Ronge--
Sizfh Judic1M District Curt.
Succession OIL Roman PENNY, deceased
1876 aProbate.D
D1 VIRTUE of commission issued In
ID the above succession, and to me dir
ested from the Hon. Sixth Judicial District
Court, in end for the Parish OF East Baton
Rouge, Louisiana will expose at public
sale at The Court House door OF said parish
in the city Of Baton Rouge, on Saturday,
The first day Of .1prR nc1t, A. D., 1854 AT
/ | o'fterh, a. M, the Property hereinafter
set forth and described. belonging to the
successor of Robert Penny, late of said
Parish. deceased, to wit:
Valentine, a negro man aged about A yrs
Pompey 81 years; Dick 90 Nancy 40
years, and her four children, viz: Judy 10;
Harriet s Wallace 6, and ------- aged 9 yrs
Mary negro womon DO years Lucy
negro woman II; Collins negro man 81
years; Levenia negro woina,i 10 years,
aud her child on infant about months old.
On the following terms and conditions to
wit the woman Mary and her daughter
and the balance payable in four years from
the day of sale. with six per cent interest
from the day Of the adjudication until paid;
the negro man Dick to be sold for cash, and
the remaining savesto be sold for one third
cash, and the balance in one, and two
years from the day of sale, in equal install
ments each installment to bear eight per
cent interest. per annnm from the day Of
sale until paid--purchasers to give notes
endorsed to the satisfaction Of VIM. S. Pike,
tntor to the minorBeniamine & Penny, and
special mortgages with vendors privilege
reserved on the slaves Sold until final pay
ment and payable at the Parish Recorders
Office in the city OF Baton Rouge.
feb-2stds. II. v. BABIN, Sheriff.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-03-26

FASHIONABLE FoLLlEs OF New
YoRK SottETy.-Countless instances
Of the wreckless extravaganza Of tour
first society might readily be addu-
eed. We will take a single article Of
dress. We are given to understand
BY those familiar with the subject,
flat lady's dress-lace and jewelry
inc|uded-such as are worn at our
balls, is thought quite common unless
il cost thousand dollars That is
to say the fair wearer, whose total
stock in life in the way Of intellectual
and physical requirements would
hardly secure her a living, or enable
her to educate a son, spends as much
III one evenings folly-for the dress
cannot possibly be worn twice--as a
gray-haired book keeper. or an inge-
Nous mechanic, or skillful foreman
printer can make in a year Her
nights gadding costs society as mucl,
as would support family for twelve
months. Aud who are the people
who wear those $1,000 dresses =? Are
they sensible, intellectual, honorable,
amiable ? Have they even the poor
Recommendation Of high blood, or
hereditary respectfully Alas Shocks
father was a joiner, aud his own hands
have been hardened by the use of the
plain. Jenkins grew his own pota-
toes, and supplied fashionable families
with the vegetable when fashionable
people lived in Dey street Stub
berslops painted doors and windows
in his early youth. and Mrs. s. mixed
the paint. Worse than this, Shocks
is stupid dog-headed clown Jen-
kins is mean and morrow minded
Stubberslops believes that Dickens
wrote Shakespeare, and that the
Midsummer Nights Dream is the
work Of Mr.. Barry Of the Broadway.
Respectable, though ignorant, in the
station in which they began
life, they are now snobbish, contempt
ible and estravagant. N. Y. Her
aid.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-03-26

TO have precedence over him.
ADAMS Il Co.'S EXPRESS. The
New York Courier makes the occa
sion Of the opening of new and
splendid establishment by Adams &
Co. in that city, answer for the rela.
ton Of the following Incident
On certain day Of The year 1910.
man with ii carpet bag might have
been seen las james would relate the
story) embarLing on board the steam
boat for Boston. The man was u
Boston Yankee, Alvin Adans by
natDe : the carpet bag contained n
few parcels, with which individuals
had entrusted him. to be delivered
promptly in The city OF his drstina-
ton. His capital was his business ;
his reputation was his personal nc
quaintncc he was nothing in short.
but man with his carpet bag. or
what is now called an express mess
cngcr upon the smallest scalos.--
Faultloss integrity, pro'nptless and
enterprise brought wonderful things
out OF That carpet bag u richer
treasury than Fortunatns purse, aud
q more magical agency than Alad-
din's lamp. The po~ssssor$ is now.
after the lapse of fifteen years. the
head Of q house Which carries to and
fro in it's carpet bags for the an
com'noda'ion Of the public, ac-
amount Of treasure, in The shape Of
merchandise, gold aud silver, notes
and valuablos, not less than one mill
ion Of dollars every day $500, 600, 900
per Mnum.
Their Offices ore in every city or
commercial depot, from New York
to San Francisco and Anstralia--not
to mention The Japan Office for, which
Commodore Perry has gone TO pave
the way. 'Iheir agents and assistants
number about three hundred Their
capital is. Of course, immense and
the circumstances Of the gold market
of California, their connection with
it ms torewarde.s, and and the extra
ordinary share Of public confidence
earned by their public career, have
lately constrained them TO act in San
Francisco MS bankers on a large scale
where they have just sustained run
(occasioncd by an accidental rumor)
to the amount Of $500, 900, in a man.
ner which has added largely to the
and popularity which they
before enjoyed. Such is one of the
features of the wonderful age in which
we live.
GREAT STORM AT THE NoRTH.--A
tremendous storm ragged on tho 10Th
in parts of Massachusetts and the up
per part of New York, doing great
of damage. Many houses
were .unroofed at Boston and Albany,
chimneys were, blown down, and rail-
road 1epots and workshops abolished.
us 4 $3.50 -------
A mans genius is always in the
Of life, as mnch unknown
to himself as to others--and it is only
after frequent trials, attended with
success, that he dares think himself
equal to the undertakings in which
those who have succeeded, have fixed
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-03-26

~It will be remembered BY those
who took much note Of political affairs
two or three months ago, that ou1
name was brought out in connection
with the next Presidency by our po
litiual admirer, COT. Gro. "A. p1KB
Of the Baton Rouge CoMEr. Imme.
diately after the reception Of the
Comet containing q manifesto In our
favor, we publicly declined the ''equiv.
ocal honor, and authorized our friend
Pike, through the medium Of this
Journal to 'unhoist" our name, and
cay we could not accept the nomina-
ton If rendered us, for divers good
reasons which we then and there, ana
In manner and form aforesaid ex-
pressed. Our objections to being a
candidate, were as we think, satisfac-
tory TO our friend, if we may be al
lowed to Judge from the following,
clipped from late number of the
Comet
Well done, say we for the Jetfer-
son Herald. Clark viii not have
'equivocal" hoaors thrust upon him.
Our little notice has had the effect to
introduce to us a very clever fellow if
nothing more, and we should like 10
shake hands, in fellowship with the
man who il Of our own mind. When
we get to be President land the
Comet has aleady been spoken of in
this connection, at PompeiD we will
make Clark, with his eoneent, Prime
minister. @ .tt#
Out Of respect to the many public
aud private virtues Of Mr. Pike, we
have wrung from ourself II most reluc-
tant concent to accept the position
here offered us Meanwhile, as the
duties Of that position will require
settlement of our present business,
all those indebted to us for either Job
work, subscriptions or advertising,
will please call up with the castings 7
jefferson Hetaia. tl.H
R~ln the local columns of the
True Delta, we find an account of the
trial Of JAS Patton, for the murder of
Walter Turnbull, the details Of which
are too fresh in Tie public mind to
need recapitulation.
"Col Turnbull was standing with
friend near st. Mary's Market, and
seeing an omnibus approach, he hailed
II, and II stopped. As he went to-
wards II to get In, the prisoner, who
had previously occupied a seat
III The omnibus, arose and fred re-
volver at him through one Of the win
dows. The shot took effect in his
left side. Patton then stepped out on
the steps Of The omnibus and again
fired at Turnbull. This time the shot
took effect in Mr.. rs right side. AZ
ter being thus wounded. Col. Turn
bull staggered towards the tagging Of
the market and fell. In a few mint
ties he was a corpse. Before dying
however. he recognized man named
Kelly, who was standing over him,
and in answer to the question, "who
shot your" he answered, "Mr. Patton
The plea Of insanity was set up
On the examination of some Of the
witnesses to substantiate the plea, the
prisoner sprang to his feet and ex-
claimed ~ ....5..
IF ! am mad, there is a method in
my madnessl Ny plea is not insan-
Ity; deep wrong was done me, and
that justified my act
After brief trial the jury retired
about fifteen minutes, and brought in
4 verdict Of Guilty, without capital
punishment"
The Mormons.-On the last trip
Of the steamer st. Louis from New
Orleans, to st Louis, she took up 400