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Gytlprrklp Co1'1rt
Friday Morning. :.. Aug. 25. 1864

- nnbhtlAHH W WV 'hh'''s.'H''' ~ $50
age. to look on the state Of morals il
The great London Of America u
would seem that The light Of intelli
gnprn and the refinement Of human
life, which ia the offspring Thereof /,
dims the eve of frail man. and leads
him into the unnerying efIeminacy Of
vice and immortality This is'a hn
initiating reflection, one That We
would fain get rid Of. w surprising =
steady progression to better order Of
things. Notwithstanding an occasional
ret,ogresaion
Scarcely paper of late reaches ua,
that does not bear on ils face The De
tails of the fall Of some new victim,
at The shrine Of Alnmnon some man
who has commenced life with honor
bright and n clear prospect Of early
acquiring competency il not n super
fluffy, Of The worlds goods and chat
ties. who to crafty the thirst for gain
In order to he the "chief Nahoh Of
Gotham" has fallen from grace to
bring shame and ruin upon himself
and family connection. forever Il
this the legitimate result oi refined 40
cety NJ. We think not The press
should continue e hear the whole
weight Of public o,linm upon such
men, and drag them Down to the com
mon level Of the low Williams. and
thieves who inhabit the "Tnmhs' --
they are no better indeed If we come
io examine the causes III crime in the
lower walks Of he, they are much
warse for they have not the excuse
If poverty, TO tempt them There
should ~ 10 sympathy for them
neither on account q The position
thpy once occupied " ~ "a account
Of family connection l,ei them he
made IL ray back 10 society their III
gotten gains. and a. a partial recon
pence tor their n,iusili'ahle inlqu'ty.
serve the State IL their declining days
in public Prisons to keep company
with the commonest telons There
should hn no effort to screen them, a.
aid extenied ii getting them where
the stern arm Of Justice rannot meet
cat The reward ot sin aud we optnc
thai few iIlustrluus examples. =
would serve to check this growing IN
Equity. and shame to he nation
RotKr,rArtT-Th floating reports
about this celebrated nramatist. arc
exceedingly amusing Five or six
newspaper extracts, from seven Of
eight different newspapers are before
ia, which may he summed up il brief
thus "a five act Drama BY Dion. &.
Rocrr'canlt, was produced ut thcrtrc
in Buffalo on the night Of the 18th,
which proved complete failure"
Rcurccault il damned. all the salt
in the Dead aud Red seas. cannot
save him, Another paper says "The
new five act drama Of Ronrcieault was
produced in this city, (Butlalo.) on The
! lth inst, with entire new scenery.
II was well gotten ur--was received
with applause, aud is pronounced the
chef a'0nrcr Of this great pramatist
Another New York paper says, that
Rourclcault's new drama is rla-
giarism."
a correspondent Of the New York
True National Democrat, writing from
Niagara Falls, says
"Rourccault and his lady, (who
turned y many heads as Agnes Rob
insen. and disappointed so many
hearts BY disclosing her condition Of
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The Surface III Things.

mopg us9" The question is easily
answered There are two, Whe Grape
vine line and the consolidated city
press line" Neither Of them will do
ID tie to. ct securely established facts,
because If they have no news items to
send over they must make "sotne."
else "Otl,elo's occupation is gone. II
ne must tie to either for security and
fact, we take the grape vine, to hang
u. "lfrom the Danube. the latest AL
vices state that the Russians have
evacuated Wallaclia since their defeat
At Gr,revn and The Turkish army
are advancing upon bucharest, one
hundred thousand strong
Ad,inos from Madrid report con
tinued tranquility throughout Spain
since the arrival Of Esrarteto at Ma
I,il
roNutrrEr. This Is The word
used to distinguish, entrapred thieves.
from thieves at large. The barrel Or
gan If what i properly Ieno'ninated
Tie "untorritiel democracy If louisa
na." has been regularly ontrarrnd BY
The bulletin, and stands committed
hy confession. The fnurie, has run
ITSELF into shallow water M the sub
irot III the River aud llarhor Bin ,-
nf course 1t had to have a leader lau-
,latory If the President. FIR his able
veto message and this was written in
apparent ohliv,onsuoss to tho fact that
Meaara. +sliloll and Dunbar voted fo'
the hill. Here's a goa most uncom-
Portable situation ~ hn in. The bar
ri Organ, must approve and disar
proyc in the sa,nn breath. How could
this ln done with any show Ut cons,s
tanrv to lu,Hrtples. I" say nothing at
All ul interest 81 self sufficient Iii
pomafs. listen and learn and when
tie lesson il thoroughly conned make
4 note NJ il " The gentleman who
turna The crank nf this most powerful
Organ. !" the foMio, says:
COZ course. gentlemen may vote ii
rertlv opposite, and he perfectly hon
est and manly IN 90 doing Relative
10 this vote Of the President. we desire
10 know how any honest man can be
expected to approve 4 bill which con
tains ono constitutional and wisn ap
Precipitation. and half dozen which
are neither constitutional nor proper
Suppose bill appropriated 100000
to improving the navigation Of Mel
poncne Canal, and a like s,,m to the
removal Of The bar Of the Mississippi
could any honest citizen Of New Or
leans vote for such bill -
On the 21st inst. Mr. J. $. Thrash
Or was 10 have delivered a lecture on
Cuba, 70 the citizens Of Natchez. ---
The telegraph from New York Of the
| 18th lust. informs liz, that cotton is
down. and still declining in the same
paragraph however. we are gratitied to
learn that the money market is better.
"looklng up" On London the rate Of
interest has been reduced five pr cent,
MIR. Benton feeling somewhat
mortified At his defeat in Missouri ;
has resolved that he will not retire but
take another thirty years view lie
has taken the stump, to thump the
common enemy to all parties, the
+know-Nothings." This is the secret
toe--the knight in black-nail who
will for the "nonce put an end to
caucus lniqu'tles, and the secret Jug
giles Of the jackawls, who now abound
native as vol as foreign drought
our whole political system. True. it is
. secret organization, and therefore
may we'll be feared by the over sensa-
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Menu A0pertisem ents
CHOOTING MATCH ATGREEN

- WELL spRiNgs.-Thn next shouting tate,,
viii take Place nm Saturday 9th itnet Friyes
amounting to $50 dollars Entrance one dollar
each
On Thursday following there vii, hn one IN
larger scale witt, prizes amounting tn ftnn, er.
trance tHn dollars each. anrs h, he admitted
must he sroct, brre and not exceeding nne n,,ntn
ralihtn, aug u tahd
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Valuable Real Estate at Auction
nv
J.. r, Powers B. Go, huotioneers

u. -. fVWegS q 10, RWbbl0n0hTS.
TIE undersigned. GoHsrANeF TFr-
rn's Wishing tn leave Baton Rouge, will nfrnt
FIR sale NJ Public Auction, At The fonrt Hcusc
'n"t IN tht t'itv NJ Ratnn Rotge, m WUFH 4 =,
1HF iG1H mr. DF Ot7URTR NFXi,
1851 nt / nelrek, 4 ~ a her property, sua
ted in the Parish If Fast Baton Rouge ~ fellows
let ANFrTsIN PLANTATIONS ~ TRACT ~
limit about - tnna East IT The fitr IT Ration
Rouge. tte rad lending n TIE Amiin Rive,
continuing IN all so artes; NJ which $50 900
"l"arn.l, and The balance nf III" land wnll
timl,eted This Tract presents unsurpassed al
rautngre far raising I'll kind NJ stock
ind PLANTATION Within three mites ri The
City cf 1'a'eu Rouge. containing al5 atrents #
which i2o are cleared, and under fence witt,
good Dwelling. N"etn cabins, Kitchen. 49,
f'laeksnilf shop and other necessary plan #4i!i
tatien l,o,sns The indicated and on the MNlsJ.
'rarf is well imhe,ed. n 10 hcundn1 unrtl, nv
aeni Ireer, nernas,l, east Nv Lewis pvlu,u, snuil,
hg Mrs Y Davis, and vast hv lands Of i "
Perkins THIS ,,lare contains all the necessary
cane Wagons, rn,ts, Horses, Mules ~wus6
tnge'h", with hto'arrels nf Corn, Hay CNZ1~
ri"e slaves, rs sci,ows!
HsRHY. JEAN IAnK, CHARLOTTE. t4T0RGF J,
BARRON. ALFRED, ALFRED, md JAMIE
ht', 4 IOl and HOUSE in the fity If pst
Rouge. 1T the corner ri north Rpuie yard and Sri
streets fsrutt side,
fth y LOTS OF GROUND in the City Il Baton
Rouge, IN Heantegatd 'cwn-a plan of Witch will
he exhibited ~ the day Of sole
APPROXIMATIONS The plantation Wing IN ~
miles NJ this place $500 81 sla-haianer |, Q 4 = vte
credit rettgaged retained Mates well secured
THE Plantation lying miles Of Baton Rouge,
fthah CASH balance IN T. ? and years credit
mortgage retained and notes yell secured hear
ing re, interest ftarr date till ma intity-anf
per cent after flur until raid
fF The - AFFs~nne third rash i lst MAJ
isfa- FIRST Nate, iahG
The House and bot and The ~ lhiE ri ground,
i Tasl-'s first Of March tstht$ first IT
March 1876
The Wagons, Eatts. Oxen, Mules Horses IIny.
Corn. Hogs. mud all the mnyables % days credit
with notes we'll secured Acts of sale at The ev-
pnnse Of purchasers. angtg hw II tw-d 1T
sW Ration Rouge Gazette, Visa Wis. Haytu
Sara Ledger. Patrte,nne santinet, STATE ruint
Clinton, nlease copy twice and send bill TO Geofea
A Pike. f,r cnariion
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THE Vo,cE OF Sr. JosErH
are grieved indeed 10 he allnonished
daily that The voice Of st. Joseph has
lost its old familiar ring--so well
known throughout the length and
bredth Of The mile square, as the
herald of day, The approach Of mid
day. the warning Of night-tbe mes
senger Of light and life, and also the
warning of dark and dusty death,
When the cupola Of the old build
ing was taken down. TO give place to
the beautiful new ediiiee, the old bell
was taken down, and planted upon
posts, without the building During
the whole time, we have not missed
his voice in the regular warnings Of
the flight of time" and the near ap
proach of us all. TO the threshold Of
eternity And now, we feel an in
describalle melancholy when we hear
its altered tones. How is ,t-what
has caused this public calamity ?
Why, we are informed TINT it has
been the common practice Of boys to
resort to The churcn about dusk. and
throw brick bats nj it This tells n
volume for the parents, Of such chill
dren--they are, aud should be, held
responsible for tho damages done by
their criminal negligence. in turning
ont upon sooiety these juvenile saga-
,.onds 1t cannot be called mischief.
there is degree Of crim'uaity about
it, for which the parents should be
held accountable These same rag
ged utehins, are in The habit Of going
elsewhere .o break the window glass,
in churches and other public build
ings We doubt not that the boy
whoever he is. that broke the bell II
ST Joseph s, will remember the net
to his grave, and will think Of it in
after years as The first step, to ~ series
Of i'll deeds-tnr it is one that must
lead to series Of others Parents
should not forget. that they arc re.
sponslhle in n lecun,n,V point Of
view for the mlss-dee,ls Of their ire
spons'ble offspring A few examples.
would teach this profitable lesson. For
ourselves, we must say. in reference to
the bell at St. .Iosepl,'s, that in The
fall of this faithful old seminal on the
watch tower Of time, We recognize a
public calamity
/
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[=-Soon after the revolution in
Spain commenced, minister Soule left
Madrid on pleasure excursion send
ing his son Soule .Jr. to Paris. Lon
don, and Washington, ms bearer Of
dispatches to the Legations
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HALLretNAr1oN or GREAr MEN
---Spinello who had painted the Fall
Of the Angels" thought that he was
haunted by the fr'ghful devils which
he had depicted He was rendered
SO miserable by this hallucination
that he destroyed himself An artist,
who was much engaged in painting
caricatures became haunted by the
distorted faces he drew, and the
deep melancholy and terror which ac-
companed these appartaions caused
him to commit suicide Muller, who
executed the coppor-plato Of the Six
tine Madonna. had moro lovely Wis
ions. Towards the close of his lfc
the Virgin appeared to him, and
thanking him for the affection he had
shown towards her, invited him to
follow her to Heaven. TO achieve
this. the artist starved himself to death.
Beethoven who became completely
deaf in decline of life, often heard his
sublime compositions performed dis
tinctly It is related of Ben johnson
that he spent the whole of one night
in regarding his great too around which
he saw Tartars, Turks, Romans and
Catholics climbing up, and struggling
and fighting. Goethe, when out a
riding one day. was surprised to see
an exact image of himself on horse
back, dressed in n light-colcred coat,
riding towards him,
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r-Mr. Fry Dramatic critic who
writes for the New York Tribune ex
presses himself in the following man.
ner in reference to Women playing
male parts in the Drama
We have q constitutional horror Of
seeing the worst Of farces that of wo
men dressed in mems clothes--touch.
ing sword hilt, chllonging, and so forth
all in the harmonic tones of the sex :
consecrated by nature to gentleness
and love. Alboni even was q NUS.
ance in such characters, they are ut.
terly and irredeemably bad, running
in the face of Nature.
Alboni. we agree, was stoutish MS
Oys,n,. and Pico was a bouncing
Picretto but what do ,Messrs.-
Dwight and Fry say of Beetboven's
Ftdcl1o, Rossini's 7nn1ed, or PIP
pc. lay, or Donizetti's Orsini and
Pieretto, when personatcd by less
obese contralti than Alboni } and to
leave the lyric drama-of Ellen Tree
as Rosaliud, or Vioia, to say nothing
Of Ion, Of Shakspeare's lusogenc and
Portaa and Ncyassa.
70 1t is reported that Ex-Gov
Mortar Of Massachusetts, is hopclessly
i'll with dropsical affection,
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70 1t is reported that Ex-Gov.,
Mortar Of Massachusetts, is hopclessly
i'll with dropsical affection,
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o Regular showers at 4 o'clock
= v. Daily in this city.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-02-02
River and Harbor Appropriations.

In the U. S. Senate on Thursday, Messrs.
Badger and Seward expressed desire to
have bill reported making appropriations for
rivers and harbors, instead of waiting for the
House to report bill as usual. Mr.. Bell, OF
Tennessee, whig, enquired Of the Committee
on Commerce, whether it was the intention to
report bill making appropriations for this
purpose.
Mr.. Hamlin replied that the Committee had
no intention to depart from the old custom.
1t had been usual to report bill for some
particular improvement, such as the inn
provement of the Mississippi or its mouth
and such might be done now He had al
ways been in favor of considering all these
appropriations in separate bills,-in which
case meritorious works would not be retarded
by or made to Gerry the odium and opposition
of other measures but he had been in that
particular always in 4 minority-both in com
mittee and in senate.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-02-02
Maj. Hobbie, LIST Asst. P. M. General.

Maj: S. R. Hobbie, first assistant Postmas-
ter General, is lying hopelessly i'll Of consump-
ton, in Washington. The Baltimore Sun
says there was an affecting scene in the sick
chamber of this gentleman on the 10Th instant.
His daughter Mary was there, in the presence
Of her PROSTATE and almost dying father, united
in holy wedlock, by the Rev. Mr.. Butler, to
Nathan Reese, Esq, Of Newburg, N. Y
The fond father, experimenting his speedy dis
solution, requested that the nuptials should be
celebrated before he had seen the last of earth
Major Hobbie was at one time member of
congress from New York, and as an officer of
the government it is universally conceded that
he ever faithfully and assiduously discharged
his responsible duties Ign r
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-02-02

n Our gentle admonition to certain "neu-
trail editors" last week, we had no idea would
take the patience" right out Of our up-river
neighhor of the Hallowell Gazette. He rears
and kicks like an unbroken colt unused to
bit and bride. An editorial spur in tender
spot generally produces similar results, es-
peclally in cases where conscious deservedness
Of censure is added to physical pain, Instead
OF manfully acknowledging that his party
predictions sometimes led him astray, our
friend launches out in TRADE of political CON
domination for ,us--accuses US of political in
consistency the. infallible acknowledgement
OF his own-7and winds up with the declara-
ton that there may be a little 'ssand'' at the
foundation Of our political faith. Well, sup
posing there is--we do not belong to the whig
party and know little about such s'founda-
tons" If we did belong to them, we wouldn't
bolt at caucus and lead off free sand or free
soil and ramrod drive, out Of revenge, because
we did not get nominated to the Legislature.
We trust these good neutral fellows will keep
cool under the lash.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-02-02
The Soule Duels.

The Hartford Times throws some additional
light upon the origin Of the duels in Madrid.
We copy as follows:
The Duels of the Hon. Pierre Soule and
his son, at Madrid, have reused an unusual de-
gree of interest throughout Europe, as we'll as
in this country
The duel of young Sonle was with the Duke
of Alba, the brother-in-law of the present En-
press of France-the Duke being the husband
Of the Empress Eugenie's sister.
The duel Of the father was with the French
Minister to the Court of Spain, M. de Turgot.
It was personal encounter between the Min
lister of the Republic of the United States and
the Empire Of France. History does not re-
cord contest like this, in which the repre-
sentatives of two powerful nations have met
in deadly combat at the capitol of a third ma
ton, to which they were sent to represent and
to protect the honor and the interests of then
respective nations, and to officially express the
views of their respective governments.
The mother of the Empress of France anC
of the wife of the Duke of Alba, has had much
to do with the circumstances which resulted
In these extraordinary personal encounters
She is woman of high ambition-meddle
some to an annoying degree, and artful. She
was In Paris for time, about the period o
Louis Napoleon's alliance with her daughter
But she was not permitted to remain there
She was thrusting her opinions and scheme:
into the councils of the nation to an offensive
degree, and the new Emperor, after he haG
secured the daughter, sent her home TO Spain
When it was found that Pierre Soule wa:
to represent the Government of the United
States at the Court of Spain, this old woman
left the bedside of sick daughter, and repair
ed to Madrid to intrigue against his reception
and the Cabinet of the Spanish Government
actually passed vote to reject him. But the
English Minister advised them to reconsider
this vote, as the rejection of Mr.. Soule would
rouse the public. Indignation in the United
States to point that would probably lead t.
trouble with Spain, and wrest from her tn,
Island of Cuba On this view of the matte
the Cabinet retraced its hasty steps, and re
solved to receive the United States Minister
and to treat him with due respect.
From this time the old lady, who has mucl
influence in the Spanish Government since tn
marriage of her daughter to the Emperor 0
France, commenced a system of intrigue
against Mr. Soule, to render his situation a
Madrid so uncomfortable that he could not re
main there.
The reason of this unusual proceeding ma
be traced to The fact that Mr. SouIe is nativ
of France, where he early espoused the caus
of Republcanism, for which political offenc
he was exiled from that country, and came t
this land of liberty, where he could enjoy hi
own opinions and express them freely. Ha
he been native of the United States probabl
no such intrigue would have found favor eve
at the corrupt Court of Spain. 9."
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-02-02
Testimonyto Capt. Ingraham.

The resolution expressive Of the thanks Of
the country to Capt. Ingraham of the Ship ST.
Louis, for his brave conduct in resisting Aus
triantyrarny in the harbor OF Smyrna, was adop-
ted in the House of Representatives by an
emphatic vote OF ONE HUNDRED SEVEN
TY-FOUR to NINE 4vH
This result, says the Washington Union,
will be hailed with qualification throughout
the country, and it will not fail to produce an
impression in Europe. The debate was closed
by Mr.. Dean, the author of the origial resolu-
ton, and the member of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs who reported the resolution
ming vote. Mr. Dean repudiated the idea
that the resolution did not approve and sustain
the grounds on which the administration usti-
fed and endorsed the conduct of Captain In
graham. When we saw one or two members
50 constituting the resolution as TO leave it
doubtful whether the reasons of the President
for his action were approved or not we ex-
pressed a regret that any room was left for
such difference of construction. We stated,
however, on yesterday, that the exposition Of
the grounds on which the resolution was sup
ported, made in the debate, diminished our
regret, as that debate made it manifest that
the resolution was sustained as an approval,
not only of Captain lngraham's conduct, but
Of the grounds on which that conduct was APP
proved by the President. The remarks Of
Mr.. Dean fully sustain the construction Of the
resolution, and we are therefore justified in
hailing this result as full and complete en-
dorsemeHt Of those great principles Of interna-
tional law SO ably argued and so conclusively
established by the forensic argument of
Secretary Marcy. The whole country will
rejoice in this emphatic approval Of the for
eign policy Of President Pierce, wh+lst foreign
foreign governments will regard it as clear
proof that the people are prepared to sustain
him in that policy, bes ags W
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-02-02

The Soule Dne1e

Mr.. EDtTUR ~ have become really dis
gusted with the sneers which have been thrown
out in certain quarters in regard to the duels
between the Messrs. Soule and others Il
Spain. For myself I cannot conceive how
any man with an American heart can con-
denim the course of our countrymen. a
gross insult was given to young Soule, in Tie
remarks made about his mother and in my
opinion, he would have been black-hearted
coward not to have resented it, and the old
man was perfectly right in backing him up at
whatever hazard. Just lookat the circum-
stances. A large diplomatic dinner was Civ
en-, where all the assembled talent of the ma
ton was invited, and those remarks were
made there and at that time | love nv
mother as much as any man on earth can, and
if she were insulted, think could resent it.
And, say, in the high position in which Mr.
Soule was placed, he was perfectly justified
la conclusion, | say curse the man that in
suits mother, simply because she wears a
dress in the style Of (allowing it to be true)
the Duchess of Burgundy. Yours,
A WING