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Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1855-02-18

tire ainsi les autres nations sur leurs gar
des, en- les prevenant temps du dan
ger qui les menace.
Voyez plutot ce que cette puissance
a tranquilIement accompli pendant LEI
quarante ann6es de la guerre europeen'
ne. Par sa position gsographique, ellie
ne peut atre designee CONNIE nation
maritime ellie ma point de colonies e'
ct he Sc trouve pas par consequent,
dams la neccssite de posseder une mari.
ne formidable, a noins que ce ne soi'
dams le but d'attaquer dams la suite les
au,res nations, Dams ces propres limi,
ties ellie est inyn,n6rable : aussi a>t-elle
peu d craindre pattaguc des etrangers
Ses immenses ct cofifeuses fortltlcation'
ct ses armements navafs 4 Sebastopo
ct Cronstad doivent done aPParaitre
aux autres peuples CONNIE autant &C
terribles menaces.
81 les allies 4chouent dams Ieuy en-
treprise de dompter le pouvoir agressl1
de la Russie dams sa forteresse de Cri
NEE, la mef Noire dcyra elre con.
sider6e desormais CONNIE un basin rus
Sc on cette puissance construira, equi-
pera ct exercera ses dottes en-
toute iberte pour Sc preparer ! Sem
parer, uh Jour de Centlantinople par ua
audacieux coup de main qai, cette fois
ne sera annonce par aucune aote nj
par le moindre pretocole.
El+e n'aura point recours alors aux
futiles preiextes specieux de protection
due a ane croyance religieuse, de Lieux
Saints etc n ais on le vera agir en- franc
voleur ct Sc saisir du joyaux qu'elle a
81 ardemment convoits pendant un long
steele et qu'elle ne perdra pas un scul
instant da regard jusqu'a ce qu'elle l'ait
en- sa possession.
Une fois maitresse de Constantine :.
pie ct, par consequent des Dardanelles,
son premier pas sera ensuite vers CO.
penhague ct le Sund. LA Baltique de,
yiendra ;linsi un second lac Russo ct les
Etats-U Unis aussi bien que les autre.
nations, auroat debattte la question du
peage du Sund ayec I'empercur mosco
vite, au lieu d:avoir wider ce difsrend
avec le Danematk.
Soyons assures que ce nest pas sans
dessein que lie car nous caresse comme
il le fait. II nous prepare en- silence
ON autre Sebastopol. Dams quelques
annees nous le trouvefons sur lc Pacifi-l !
que mais Petropawlowski, ses in
tentions envers San Francisco ne seront
pas plus s paciiques !" qu'elles ne sont
au nilieu de ses fottes ct de ses places
fortes de la Crimee envers Constantine.
pie. Sill peut, suivant son bon plaisir,
laire passer ses fottes formidables par
les DardanelIes ct controller la naviga>
ion du Sund l'entree de la Baltique,
'on etreinte gigantesque comprendra
Europe entiere.
Qui pourra alors Pempecher de con-
centrer de formidables forces de terre
It de mer dams les ports que nous cons
'idsrons deja CONNIE dams notre voisi,
lage, tells que Petropalowski ct priaci-
placement Sitka, qui est situe sur notre
continent, cinq cents miles de l'Ore.
ron.
lie pouyoir colossal de la Russie Sc |
i ouvera des lors sur le Paci6que, al
los portes memes, ct rien n'empechera
lans ce cas- que nous recevions
me lecon de Get :. 6quilibre des puis-
'ances = pour lequel les nations occi-
ientales de lsEurope sc battent en- ce
moment, ct non CONNIE quelques gems
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1855-02-18

DUEL. Une rencontre au fusil de
chase, a eu lieu ces jours derniers dams
un de nos brules entire deux de nos voi-
sins.
Apres lechange de deux coups de.
feu, lie duel a etc suspendu ct l'affaire
honorablement arrahgee.
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1855-02-18

deau ayec une sorte de rage, sans ayoir
egard aux inegalites du chemin, qui
imprimaient a la voiture un movement
de roulis tout i fait cruel.
Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1855-02-18
LE PloNNIER DE- lAssoMPTl0N.
" led t9aag Public. PAR 1 il!Gg
EUGENE SUPERvIELLE.
DIMANCHE IS FEvRIER 1855
Go,lattto,ts ptl 1ottr,tal !:
sRa fsfftl ~ 81 @f'hfAif 4AS ~ III q n
AGENTS DL PIONNIER.

Il .5yfst
AGENTS DU PIONNIER.
2its ' .,ss..- @D & IN, z. Eude, Passage
NlxEsORLEARs de la Bourse, Ne 35
eacoignure Cent?. y y
ASCENSION ~. !. NM. Richard g. TemIdet.
RtvIsEErNEuvE. -. ~. Nrmin Duplessis.
lBERvILLE "a. .i.,.tM. J. Breau- ss...
sr-JAceuEs ~. M. Auguste Thsriot.
81 sr-'r..' c.. Dalrlsss' NJ. Edgard Perret
Posr-BREAux, At. Edmond Bulliard.
TmBopAux M. Adolphe Blanchard.
FiouMA M. F. Gagne:
6rr MARtr M. Etienne Penisson.
AssoMrrIoH s G.. Rodriguez, Cafe Star
HrELE RIuERE NJ Pierre fheriot.
PAascouRrwILLE, NC. ]. E. Gauthier, w
sr Bans les paroisses on nous n'agons pas
soume d'apeHts, nous prions les Maitres de
Peste De woaluir 10 charger de lagence de notre
fsaills.
ANNONCES: Posr les insertions, annonces
avis, etc., etc, aes conditions sont les suvanfe
Par sdx LrGHEs, pour ia lsre insertion 81 90
Peur sss Insertions suivantes 80: 80
Tout ahonns sui youdra suspendre son abon-
aement, dsvra preyenir, par ecrit, PEditeur
ssinxe isars au moias, avant lexpratson du tri
Mestre. tssi,ll ta4 atf53 7..se5a.f -
On sx4ea.s A l'imprimere du PIoNssER ,et ce
AK prix les plus moderes, toutes especes d'ou-
srages typographiques, (Jobs,) tells que, CAR
rEs FAcTuREs. PAMPHLETS. BLANcs. ETC, ETC
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04

NoS-CoSDUcroR.-" Whiskey drink
ING was never known to conduct wealth
into mans pocket, happiness to his fam
lily, or respectability to MS character :;
therefore, whiskey must be 4 nom conduc-
tor"
No such thing Whiskey is conduc-
tor; it Will conduct one to jail, conduct
him thence to the gallows, UP the ladder,
thence to Potter's field; not only that,
but it will strengthen the body y-snatcher's
courage to conduct the pauper's carcass
to the dissccting room. Whc says whiskey
don't conduct
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04

AN INTERESTING LETTER.--The Ma
tional HtelHgemcer publishes the subioin-
ed letter written by General Winfield
Scott, then a Captain in the Army, dur
ing sojurn at his home in Petersburg
Va, on the 18th of June, 1911, just one
year before the declaration of war. The
letter is not only interesting, but the con-
Guiding sentence makes it remarkable: :
PETERSBURG, June, 1911.
I believe we have very little village
news to give you, nor do I know what
would please you in that way.
OF mysel-that parsonage who fills so
large a space in every mans o,0n imagi-
nation, and so small one in the imagin-
alton Of every other--I can say but little;
perhaps less would please you more
Since my return to Virginia my time has
passed in easy transitions from pleasure
to study, from study to pleasure in my
gayety forgetting the student, in the stu
dent forgetting my gayety. [ have gen
orally been in the office of my friend,
Mr.. Leigh, though not unmindful Of the
studies connected with my present profes-
sion; but you will easily conceive my
military ardor has suffered Abatement
Indeed, it is my design, as soon as cir
cumstances will permit, to throw the
feather out of my cap and resume it in
my hand Yet, should war come at last,
my enthusiasm would be rekindled and
then, who knows but that may yet write
my history with my sword
Yours truly,
WIvFTFr SCnTT
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04
WINFIELD SCoTT.

How MAN GOT TRUsTED.-eSir, /
want you to trust me for barrel of flour
Knowing the customer, the merchant
remarked,
4 cannot trust YOU
you shall have your pay in week
from to-day, and no mistake. IF [ don't
pay you, you may call me liar
If you will certainly pay me in week
you may have the four
4 certainly will
The -four was rolled out and carted
away.
The week came round. The merchant
called for his pay.
4 am short to-day will pay you in
few days. said the debtor.
But you remember your promise
4 know it; but l can't always fulfil my
PROMISES
But you said I might call you liar il
you didn't pay
'Well-call me liar, then-I have no
particular objection to it
The merchant walked off, and has been
extremely careful ever since whom he
trusted.
There are men who have peculiar fac
ulty to put off bills from week to week,
and year to year; trifing bills too, which
they might contrive to pay. But they
care nothing about an honest debt, and
live like heroes on the purses of others
Such men should be avoided. An honest
poor man feels his obligations to others,
and is seldom if ever tormentcd, by hav-
ing bill thrust in his face. Creditors
know he will pay when he is able, and
feel perfectly easy
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04

tense
Sec. g. All notes, bills, bonds, mortga-
ges or other securities or conveyances what
ever, in which the whole or any part of the
consideration, shall be for any money or
goods, won by gaming or playing at cards,
dice or any other game whatever, or by
betting on the sides or hands of any per-
son gaming, or for re-imbursing or repay
ing any money, knowingly lent or advanc-
ed, for any gaming, or betting, or lent and
advanced at the time and place of such
gaming or betting, shall be void and of no
effect, as between the parties to the same,
and as to all persons, except such as shall
hold or claim Under them in good faith,
and without notice of the illegality of the
consideration of such contract or convey
ancc.
See 4. 1t shall be, and is hereby made
the duty of all District Attorneys to pros
ecutc all offcnses against this Act, and to
make quarterly reports to the Courts of
Sessions, or Boards of Supervisors of the
county i'll which such prosecution was had,
Of the names of all persons who shall have
been convicted under the provisions Of
this Act, during the preceding quarter,
together with the amount of all fines so
imposed and collected from each person
so convicted.
Sec 5. The District Courts, Courts of
Sessions, Justices of the Peace and Re
corder's Courts, in the several counties of
this State, shall have full and complete
jurisdiction over all cases arising under
the provisions of this Act, and it shall be
the duty Of the Courts of Sessions to give
this law in charge, to the Grand Jury,
whose duty it shall be to inquire into and
present all cases of violation of this law
prorided, that nothing in this Act shall be
construed to include the games Of Billiards
and Tenpins.
Sec. I. One fourth of all fines collected
under the provisions of this Act, shall go
to the District Attorney one-fourth shall
be paid into the Treasury of the county
where the offense was committed, and the
remainder shall be equally divided among
the various Orphan Asylums in counties
where such Asylums exist, and where there
are no such Asylums, shall go into the
"General School FUND.- of the county.
See 7. An Act entitled can Act to
license gaming" approved April 30, 1851,
are hereby repealed
Sec. s. This Act shall take effect and
be in force, in thirty days after its pas
sage; prorided, that no license referred
to in section seven Of this Act shall be is
sued after the passage of this Act.
Approved April II, 1855.
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04
WHOLE NO. 26O.

IMPORTANCE or FosEsT TREEs.-Tke
following is an extract from a paper read
by DR.. Hawks, before the Geographical
Society of New York
Civilization uses vast amount Of wood,
although for many purposes it IS being
fast superseded out 1t IS not the necessary
use of rood that IS sweepiny aacay the
forests Of the United States, 50 much as
its acanton destruction. We should lock
to the consequences Of this. Palestine,
once well-wooded and cultivated like
garden, is Low a desert haunt Of Be-
douins Greece, in her palmy days the
land of laurel forest, is now a desolate
waste Persia and Babylon, in the cradles
of civilization, are now covered beneath
the sand of deserts produced by the Grad
ication Of their forests. It is compara-
lively easy to eradicate the forest of the
North, as they are of gregarious order
one class succeeding another; but the
tropical forests, composed of innumera-
bic varieties, growing together liz the
most democratic union and equality, are
never eradicated. Even in Hindostan all
its many millions of population have never
been able to conquer the pb@nix-life of
its tropical vegetation. Forests act as
regulators, preserving snow and rain from
melting and evaporation, and producing
a regularity in the flow Of the rivers drain
ing them. When they disappear, thun-
der storms become less frequent and heav-
ier, the snow melts in the first warm days
of spring, causing freshets, and n the fall
the rivers dry up and cease TO be naviga
BILE. These frashets and droughts also
produce the malaria which is the scourge
of Western bottom lands Forests, al
though they are first an obstacle 20 civiIi-
zation, soon become necessary to It's con-
tinuance. Our rivers, not having their
sources above the snow line, are depen-
dent on forests for their supply of water,
and it is essential to the future prosperi-
ty of the country that they should be pre-
served.
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04
nAs Before an election in PENNSYLVANIA,

nGABefore an election in Pennsylvania
few years since, Hans, who was Loco
foco, went to see his father-in-law, who
was strong Wing. How te do, Hans :;
said the old man. How tie to, fader p
How you Going to fote dis fall, Hans :;
'Oh, nit te locos, of course, fader.' 'Vat
you Going to fote dat locos dicket" 'Yes
fader, you know Is loco, and I must
fote de locos dicket.' Now, Hans, I'll
tell you what I'll do nit you-you no
fote for tie locos, and I no vote for te Wigs,
and den you sce-don't you, Hans =
Very well, fader.' 'Vill you do it Hans
'Ye es, fader' After the election Hans
went again to visit his father-in law. How
te to, Hans , said the old man. How
te to, fadcr:' 'Vcll, Hans, did you 90 to
te boll:' yes, fadcr, [ had to do it ;
dey cot around me, and wouldn't let me
off, fader.' 20, you rascal, you do not as
you say, Han Hans was discovered,
and in his confusion rather meekly asked,
Did you 90 to te bolls, fader:' 'To be
sure, Han" And did you fotc, fader :
TO be sure l did, replied the old Dutch
man, in tones Of earnest excitement,
don't you suppose | know peter dan to
drust tam loco =
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04

Riggs X Observation-Disclosures. Washington City.
Lucas X SmontS. ............. st. Louis.
Fg-Goid Dust Bullion and Certificates OF nepositorS
purchased at tn" highest market rates.
JAMES H. LrCAS, WILLIAM T SHERMAN.
JoHN SINorpS, HENRY : TURNER,
Henry L. PATTERSON, BENZ r. NsBET
81 Inns, No San FrGHCtsco Cal.
The events Of the past month demonstrates the pro
rrety OF modifying the present mode OF conducting the
Banking Business in California. The undersigned have
adopted the ollowing rules which orrepond with hat
experience in other cities has shown to be right and
proper
Checks other Banks, received on deposit before 3
oclock p NJ. will be presented the day; those
deposited after that hour wil Jc held till morning
ut the rj-, of the dcIoslor
Parties dcsirous 10 their mus, in all cases
ohtC'n orr consent the day pcHious o their turitr-
10 application for renewal viii be entertained after that
lime.
over draft, will not he permitted unless PARTIES before
hand Procure the necessary credit by consent by de
posting collateral security.
We viii issue Certificates OF Deposit heretofore pay
able on demand without interest. And for the benefit
persons wishing to avail themselves of the advantages
usually conferred ty savings Banks VIII issue two
other cl1~sc> of Certificates.
~t'ertdcates At ten days sight bearing interest at
tn" rae rI seven Per crnt PER aunum,
- rrhsatcs fer SIX months and over at the rate Of
!en pur cent per arrum.
Al'r Arrl it. Ranking hours will be from 10 O'Clock
a. u. i'll ?. NJ.
These rules considered by advantageous 10 the
public a. well as ourselves.
March 30--lm LUCAS, TUNER x co.
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04
THE EXEMPLARY WIFE,
ltu.
Belleville, Mass.

Q blest is he whose arms enfold
A consort virtuous as fair
Her price is far above the gold
That worldly spirits love to share.
On her, as on a beauteous isle,
Amid life's dark and stormy sea,
In all his trouble, all his toll,
He rests with deep security.
Even in the night-watch, dark and lone,
The distaff fills her busy hand
Her husband in the gates is known
Among the elders of the land;
Her household all delight to share
The food and raiment she bestows-
Even she with a parental care
Regards their weakness and their woes
Her plying hand supplies the poor,
The widowed one, the orphan child,
Like birds assembled round the door,
When sweeps the winter tempest wild
Her lips with love and wisdom fraught,
Drop, like the honey comb. their sweets
The young are by her dictates taught,
The mourner her coincidence meets.
Her lovely babes around her rise
Fair scions of holy stem
And deeply shall her bosom prize
The blessings she receives from them.
Beauty is vain as summer bloom
To which transieet fate is given;
But hers await a lasting doom
In the eternal bowers of Heaven.
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04

CRY OF WoNDERs.-Sacramento may
well be termed the Getty of wonders,'' as
every week they announce something new
in the shape of natural curiosities. The
last was as follows, in the Union. The
scene is located at the establishment Of
VIM Brainard, near the Fort:
GA hen, having, contrary to the ex-
pressed wish of the proprietor, persisted
in setting, the eggs were removed during
her temporary absence, in order to "breaB
her up" Before she returned, the cat Of
the establishment deposited in the nest a
litter of kittens and left. The hen resum-
ed her position on the nest during the abb
sence of the cat, and after extending to
her feline charge the protection of hel
wings, repeatedly left the nest and sought
to induce them to follow by her cluck,
cluck, cluck. The kittens being young
unsophisticated, and having no instructive
ear for such music, continued snugly IN
the hay and down until the old cat grew
jealous, and asserted the rights of mater
nifty. The hen circled anxiously around
the nest for some time, but finally yielded
her pretensions.
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04

THE MILITARY STRENGTH OF Russia.
The last computation of the Russia, acco: :
ding to Russian sources, is as follows: l..
Army of Tavride, 10000 men IN the
Crimea, and 10000 men garrison SeblS-
topol. 3 Black Sea Army, 4O,0CO DDS
sa and around Odessa garrisons of Kim
bourn and Orzakof. 3. Army of the
Danube, &c, 900 men, including the garri-
sons of Reni and Ismal. 4. Army of Po-
land, 12O, 600 men. 5. Baltic Army, co.
900 men. 6. Great Reserve Army, 30,-
900 men. That is to say, 10000 men,
exclusive of the Asiatic armies in the
Trans-Caucasian Provinces, or the Oxus
and Jaxatres, in Kamtschatka, and on
the mouths of the Armour, which amount
together to 10000 men more. This
brings the Russian army up to 10000
men, and seems scarcaly to be exaggera-
ted.
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04
GOD THE CREATOR.
BY MRS. II. w. S, GrosvENoR.

/ asked the flower as it petals spread,
What power had the gift OF fragrance shed,
What hand had pencled the beauties there,
And framed its cup with an artists care.
Then a voice stole out from the Summer bloom,
1t Is God who hath given me my sweet perfume;
Who hath tinged my robes with Il rainbow dye,
And looked TO him with trusting eye
| asked the stars in their home on high,
Who had lit their lamps in the midnight sky;
Who had bid them roll in their orbit far,
And heard voice from each beaming STAR
II is God who hath kindled our svery light,
Like gems We CLEAN on the brow of night
His hand hath created each rolling sphere,
And lie hath upheld us from year to year.
asked the stream in its peaceful flow,
Who had given its waters their sparkling glow
Who had bid it gladden. the verdaht lea,
In IFS onward course to the pathless sea.
From the ripping streamlet heard strain,
As it fastened on TO the swelling main;
1t is God who hath given me my gentle flow,
He hath traced my path as l onward go.
asked the birds in the spring-time hour,
When their strains made vocal the forest bower,
Who had taught each soDgster his tuneful note,
And the thrilling lays that around us float.
The answer came in a burst of song,
From the choral band of the feathery throng,-
1t is God who hath given us the power to sing,
As we cleave the air with a rapid wing
asked the green earth arrayed in bleom,
Ere its verdure was blighted by Autumn's gloom
Who had spread it out as an open scroll,
And bade old ocean its waters roll.
And voice arose from the hill and plain,
And the depths of ocean re echoed the srain
God, God hath created the land and the sea,
Flowers, stars, birds and sreamlets that flow DER
lea.
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04

BE- In the House I heard part of de.
bate on a report from a committee, re.
commencing a division of the State into
I three. The discussion occurred on mo.
ton by Mr.. Douglass, of San Joaquin, tc
print 5000 copies, and substitute by the
same gentlemen to adopt the report. The
substitute was lost, 80 to 80, and the
motion to print adopted Thus the argu-
ment in favor of division goes before the
people without an answer. The report
argues that question of interminable dis
cussion, slavery. Of course it had to be
discussed over again in the House, not
withstanding the friends of the motion
maintained that the report settled the
question forever
They wanted the House to adopt it,
not, of course, to add any weight to it
1t did not need that. The argument it.
self was suficient-was irresistible. They
only wantedit it adopted by way of clinch-
er-to make it a y"-that the
subject might never more be heard Of
like the compromise of 1880 and the Ne
braska bill each of which in its turn, put
the subject at rest forever. BY the way,
the duration of this term, forever, is a
subject of controversy among theologians.
Wonder if our Nebraska friends could not
throw some light upon it. Is it not
strange that the same party that has so
often assured us that the subject was dead,
buried so deep that even the power of
thought could never reach it, are contin-
ually reyiving it And now they must
conjure up the "dark spiritn in our Leg
islaturc, solely, it would seem, for the pur-
pose of allaying it. Though it is ever
ready to rise, it will not down at their
bidding.-Sac. Cor. Ere. Jour. 2Sh.
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04

HARD TINES ALL GoNE.-The Mir
ror thinks " that the clouds SO gloomy
and oppressive, that recently lowered upon
New York City, are breaking, rising and
scattering, The radiant bow of hope
CLEANS upon their departing skirts; and
glimpses of clear skies give promise Of
milder, brighter and better days. The
soup houses are no longer thronged by
the famishing poor; and the beggars in
the streets are subsiding. We hear of nc
more clamor for bread, or for work and
as all departments of Trade and Industry
are reviving, we believe every honest,
able-bodied, willing laborer may find
something too do at a rate of wages that
will enable him to live comfortably"
The Nevada journal., 1855-05-04
BE- On no occasion, says Missoul

DGA- On no occasion, says a Missouri
paper do people seem more prone to COM
NIT blunders than at wedding The
following occurred in that State
In the midst of crowd of witnesses, the
clergymen had just completed that inter-
esting ceremony which binds in the silver
bands Of wedlock two willing hearts, ard
stretched forth his hands to ilnplore the
blessings of heaven upon the union. At
this point, the groomsman, seeing the open
hands reached out, supposed it was the
signal for him to surrender the wedding
fee, which was burning in his pocket. Ac-
cordingly, Just rs the clergyman he'd clos
ed his eyes in prayer, he felt the pressure
of two sweaty half dollars upon his open
palms. The good man hesitated mo-
ment, appalled, at the righteousness of his
situation, but cooliy deposited the money
in his pocket and proceeded with hi de-
yotions.