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Friday Morninsi.. Maruh 40, 1895

AHE JARAOLlTUN STAR! 49, WafNt
ed difference is noticeable in this en-
cellsnt Jetiersonian. " The Star has
a newly engraved head---chaste In
execution, and Of appropriate design.
The head IL tie first place any REFORM
alton OF Improvement should begin
the heart has long been given over as
allied to the flesh, which is blood
relation Of the devil, and no good can
be reasonably expected from It. This
holds as well with people as with pa
pers. for there is really an Individual
" about the hitter that Is often sought
for Ia vain in The former. A Eoud
paper is immortal, it lives after the
man dies and may line a trunk or a
handbook, and thus 20 down as an
heir loom to posterity. TO return to
our Parish of jefferson heighber. He
is d star Of the first magnitude. We
dsre say from tie complexion Of his
paper, that he Is philosopher ar
guing nationally that there is no vir-
tue in remaining fired, whilst all the
universe Of Suns. Moons, Comets and
Stars of lesser magnitude, are contin.
ualy moving and shifting about, like
,ienotselie who keeps pace with the
fashion. We dare say iro,n observa-
ton that the "Star - knows the value
Of merschan likes hot drinks In
Geld weather, and cold III warm.
which is the very climax Of human in
genuity aud reason. What a motto
carries The Star in its head 7 1.-THE
advancement Of man--,he prosperity
Of oar country. Then there Is the
customary picture of railroads run
ming out at all points, and running in
I'd one other meeting houses In the
dlstanee--very suspicious look ing
casks, baskets and barrels, with the
full spread American Eagle---that no
BILE Misunderstanding with his out
streatcled the whole. But what sort
Of an arrangement is that, that You
have full length gentlemen looking
through at a star of the fifty sixth
magnitude !, Tell US Mr.. Gogrive, Is
il a telescope, or an opera glass.
A COMPANION ron CoUrTs The
following extract is from the New
York Mirror: Whoever writes our
cpitaph. may say with more truth
than is generally uttered by tomb
stones, that the underlying sleeper
counted it among the special blessings
Of life that lie lived in the reign Of
6ulletta Gris, and died hoping again
to hear her seraphic strains mingling
II The chorus Of the grand opera of
eternity. "
j, B, Il 0ATca We see many
complimentary notices in the City
papers, Of the arrival of this gentle.
man The Orleanian says "The
journal of the State Capital speak of
him in high terms Of commentator
and, in Baton Rouge. connected wl,h
the Advocate, he has been d resident
for twelve or fifteen years--canse.
qaently, to bis brethren Of the press
he must be well il not inlia. .Aelv |
known. What a source of p,> u ,,re
then, to gentlemen, after so many
years. passed among his fellow citizens,
10 receive tokens Of appreciation from
every party aud all classesl Mr., |.
G. Morris succeeds to the vacated po-
si,ion Of Mr.. Hatch.
-
The Emperor Of Japan seems to
have a sharp eye to his rights and
privileges. He evidently is not be-
lever 10 popular sovereignty. He al. |
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PRAfsiNe ueD5 NJ s,fsAM. II

PhAfsine ueDv ny t,faAn. --1l,e
bellows Of the gfeat organ III FREMONT
Temple, Boston, Is worked by steam
30 we Yankees are going 10 BE- re-
he*ed Of the work Of pfaisibg God -
We have not even to turn Il crank to
grind out our praise, but invoke The
aid Of steam power. What would
Fulton say could he look into tile
Temple and see that ibe verltahle
steam With which he propelled bis
boat mp tho North River is employed
to drive All organ in praise Of God
The time is not far distant when we
shall have miniature organs attached
to the ten kettles. and boil tea to the
tune Of Yankee Doodle. - Waterbury
Dem
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NOW PENN
AND
Constantly Receiving
large and well selected stock OF
GROCERIES and PROVISIONS.

CHARLOTTE & HOFFMAN,.
OUR stock was selected by ourselves and
" We guarantee ALI ARTICLES sold Try
us, as is represented. Our stock is too nn-
merous to mention all we ask, is Il call,
and we can furthermore. assure AUX BON
WHATS, that any thing in the Eat
ing, Drinking.C rOCkeryWare.
Tin-vvare and WOOdenWarclln linz
and PLANTATION supply generally. cai,
be had at the very lowest CASH figure,
at our stand. COURT HOUSE SQUIRE, Corner
Of Africa and St. Ferdinand Streets, oppo-,
site Y. Heude's Dr. Cool Store fmaf..5.
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OFFICE or fHE BtroS HurGh Asr CtiNfos
pBasg Iiu&h EnMrAhy.
Bdfott Rpnga Mttth gtt1. 1851.
NAFEGE is hereby given To the Rtackhuiaers,
" of this Company that an 1nstai,nent If ten
per cent Tor 50 ~ per shateJ will be due and pay
able on the 18th day Of 1nnc text, 1sb5)
BY order Of tile hoard.
lAdvocate .e Gaze tte cppyJ W. POPE,
Heerethrps
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Il Is stated that all Napoleon's pre-
parailons are making for visit, not
to the Crlmea, but to Berlin that
the Allies have abandoned all hope Of
taking Sebastcpol, or, at least, have
concluded that it will cost a great deal
more to take the place than it is worth
and that they will march through
Prussia, il she consents, and over her,
if she resists, into Poland,
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COMPREHENSIVE NOTICE.

w +. TUNNARD having purchased
w All interest in my business, becomes
partner from this date, Baton Rouge
March 2lst 1855. j. PIPER.
THE subscribers will continue thu
L Cabinet Furniture Undertaking Il
House furnishing business, under the firm
Of j. PIPER Il Co
A full assortment Of all articles in ouf
line will be kept constantly on hand, to
which the attention Of purchasers is insi-
ted at the old stand on Church ST., opp9-
site The Advocate Office.
J PIPER
mar 90 W. + TUNNARD.
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lust RECEIVED FROM ST. LOUIS

/ VbI NbUKiIV ED FHUW 81. IVVIS--
y 100 Bbs. Flour,
$50 Bills Sound white corn.
10 Kegs prime new Lard.
rs Bills Lumts Tobacco.
so Bbs new Mess Pork, For sale by
maf-27-tf. 8 u. HART & co
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SiaM judicial District Court-Par-
ish of Ea5t Baton I5ouge. In the

SiaM Judicial District Coart-Par-
ISL Of East Baton Rouge. In the
Succession Of Franeois dublin md
Magiaiihe Babin his wVe, b1th
deceased, 7heopiie Bata va. r. G.
Babin et III. No. 40. PRoBATE.
DY VIRTUE Of commission issued in
ID the above Succession, to me directed
from the Hon. Sixth Judicial District
Court in and for the Parish Of Fast Baton
Rouge and State aforesaid.
! will by virtue OF said commission Of
fer at public sale ut the Court House door
of said Parish IN the city of Baton Rouge
on SATURDAY the 9th day OF May next
1856, at II o'clock A. NJ, the property
hereinafter set forth aud described. belong
ing 10 the above succession, TO wit:
Hannah o negro woman aged about 30
years, aud her child Harriet ayed about 9
years--aIso lot of household and kitchen
furniture, and four or five head Of cattle.
Terms Of sale a. follows the said Slave
Hannah 4 Child for one fifth cash and the
balance pavabla one half on the first ct
Mi ch next, A. n. 1866. and the other half
on tlle first of March 1857. in notes well.
endorsed. payable at the Parish Recorders
Office in the City Of Baton ouge-bearng
eight per cent interest thereon after matu-
rity until paid, and special mortgage re.
tanned or said slaves until the full and final
payment of said notes and all eventual in
terest ihereon. and The personal property for
cash on the day Of sale mar-J1-1s55.
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The London Times under date of
FEBRUARY 23d, says: "Only let our state
men dawdle few weeks more let the
war go on title longer On The old
system Of no fighting, but some 1900.
dead or diseased every week, and these
provincial meetings now more angry
than serious, will begin to acquire
a new and terrible import as the only
place where men are in earnest and
intend what they saw
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[F The raupers connected with
the Syracuse alma hou4es struck for
better fare on Monday week They III
sist that. during Leut picked herring
should BE- crossed with salmon trout.
Progressive generation. this
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INDEPENDENCE We like indencn.
deuce. We like to hear man express
his honest convictions on any aud.
EVERY subject on which lie may have
occasion to speak A man who is Il
mere echo Of seme leading politician
some distinguished diviae or some,
slncwd iinaneief--whnse religious.
sentiments are the sentiments IT His
church'-his political views q Jstc smile
OF his party organ who listens with
open mouth and glaring eyes to those
whom accident has elevated pccuui.
arilv, little above himself not daMna
to utter an opinion which dose not
fully coircide with that coming from
such source, may find appropriate
spheres in this world but the moral
and intellectual condition of the com.
mnnlty will not be greatly improved
BY anything he dares to do or say.
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ILLTNARy- SULTAN WILL
Iu LfAMS his t,ken the II u on Third
street opposite BEALEsS LIVERY STA
BILE. and offers her services to the Ladies
of Baton Rouge as millinnera Dress
maker-she has now 81 .nand q go d asscr :
n,ent Of fasoinab!c bonfets. April l-iw.
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PLAsE Hesb COMPANY
Bhfeh Ropge, Fsbruutg 18th, 1860.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Stockholders u
~ this Company. that an Instrument Of ten per
cent tnr ~ 81 per sliafel win he due and payable
on the 10th day uf April next lfst5.)
By Order Of the H6ard
G. W. POPE, Secretary
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Auction! Aucsion!!

TNO BE sold at Auction BY I. E. POW
l. ERS Il Co.. on MONDAY, Nay sth
1855. in consequence Of departure. at IL
NJ. or the premises in Spanish Town, o,
the residence Of H. STOKES, viz:
Six Cane botiomed Chairs, Arm do,
Four Tables. Piclpees. Lounge, / Case Z
dozen white hated knives. Hearth Rug
Carpet. Beslstead Mattresses Wash Stand
Shower Bath. Cooking Stove, Safe. Kitchen
Utensils, Sc. &c. &c. Terus--Cash.
Baton Rouge April /, 1855 d-t-d.
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The Chinese of California celebra.
ted New Years IN high CID style
Among the dishes prepared at III, Bow
Wow Hotel, was a pot pie made Of
the following materials. one d,or mat.
two cats, three pair Of boots, one dog,
four pool parrots one pair Of cotton
socks. sixteen swapping turtles and a
fore quarter OF a horse. The calls
numbered some six hundred. That
. pot pie As is pot pie
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The Emperor Of Japan seems to
have sharp eye to his rights and
privileges. He evidently is not be-
lever 10 popular sovereignty, He al.
rected that all the American gold pie.
ces which Mr.. Burrows, who lately
visited Jeido Bay, gave to his sub
jects. should be returned. The inter.
prefer discovered Liberty" on them,
which alarmed the Emperor.
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Hn BARRELS WHISKY,
w HLAF BARRELS ditto.
ior sale by r. PRsNpeReAsf. & Co
March. 2lst 1866.
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SrEcttATloN.--M Many years ago, d
man named Wnh Bennett entered n
half quarter section Of land in South
Chicago. lie was afterwards com.
PEELED to leave the State for some
crime. Ronor said he was in the
Missouri penitentiary, and many
efforts have been made To Iind him bv
those who desire to purchase the land
Meantime It has. been improved. aud
has passed through various hands, and
is now worth a million and II half of
dollars. The Chicago Press SAYS a
well known gentleman Of That city
has been down South Somewhere. has
found Beunctt. and has obtained Il
deed for all the euiire tract. lie will
commence actions ofejectmeut against
those. who are on the land.
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ion Barrels flour 80 half Barrels
IOV flour for sale by
mar 81 f. pRESDERsAsT Il co.
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Il is announced in recent Paris let
ters, that Immediately gu the arrival
of ex.Presieent Van Buren, in Paris
from Italy, he received a pressing in.
vitaton from the French Emperor te
pay him visit, with which he com.
piled. and the two had q long inter.
view The Hon. Il. NJ. MeLane, Z. s,
Minister to China, who has also been
on visit to Paris, has had several in
terviews, it is said, with the Empero'
and also with the French Minister Of
Foreign Affairs,
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Great excitement had been caused
at Rio Janeiro owing to the report of
the discovery Of extensive gold fields
in the valley of Mavacassume, In the
interior by an exploring party. Senior
Jose Muniz Ferijo, an eminent coffee
merchant had been murdered by one
Of his slaves.
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WoRzn's srHEHh. Charles Dick


ems never wrote anything more beau-
tirul and true than tile following
Tie true woman, FIJI whose ambi-
ton d husbands love and her chill
dren's alteration are sufficient; who
applies her military instincts TO the
discipline Of her household, and whose
legislatiuns exercise themselves III
milking laws for her nurse whose Ia.
tellect has field enough for her in com
tnunion with her husband. aud who's,
heart asks 40 other honofs than his
love and adnliration |, woman who
duee not think it weakness to nt-
tend to her toilet and does not dis
dain to be beautiful who believes in
The virtue Of glussy hair and well-tit.
ting gowns, and who esehews rents
anu favelled edges, slir-shod shoes
and audacious make-ups woman
who speaks low. and does rot speak
much; who Is patient and gentle and
intellectual and Industrious; who loves
lnore than she reasons, and rarely ar.
CUES, but adjusts With stnile stitch
4 woman Is the wife we have all
dreamed Of once in our lives. and who
Is the mother we still worship in the
backward distance Of the past such a
woman as this does more for woman i
cause than all the sea captains, ballis-
ters, judges. and members of Parlia-
inent pui together-ahd God-given
and God blessed as she Is. I.
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person then living in the United States
was 140 This person Is MI Indian
woman, residing ii North Carolina.
In the saule State was an Indian aged
125. negro woman Ill, two black
slaves Ito each, one muattu male 12D.
and several white males and females
from lO5 TO la. La the parish of
LAFAYETTE, La, was female, black.
aged, 1p0. In several Of the States
there were found persons. white and
black aged from 40 to 115. There
were in the United States, in 1859,
2,555 persons over 100 years. This
shows that bout one person in 5000
viii be likely to live to that age.
There are now about 10000 persons
in the United States who we're living
when the Declaration Of Independence
was signed ITO. They must nee
cessafily be nearly so years old now.
in order TO have lived at that time.
The french census of 1861 shows only
l02 persons over 100 years old
though their total population was near
36,0U0.OUn Old age is therefore,
attained among us much more frequen
tls than in France.
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Mons. dc st. James, the husband Of
Nine Augusta, the danseuse, died re-
Gently in New York. He was de-
scenJed from one of the noblest fami.
lies in France, and was generally be-
lieved to be the only living lioeal de-
scendant of the Stuart royal family OF
England. NJ. de Saint James held
the rank of an officer in the Garde d1t
Corps Of Charles x and had high
position in the Court of that monarch.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-06-16
yet 1HE A4LIE1 J14DE MNcEaa

YET ~ #ALLEDSsI4DE MNcE.@
We toaehsaaa tender SPOT "a itseems when We
noticed, w6k before lastzthat the sopelousas
Courier W. . Democratie paper sailing under
two fagsAonssfSSr- Calcastt5su, where The citizens
ore generally Democrats, and the other for St.
Landry, where they were generally Wings In.
its last issue, the Courier treats the very idea
Of its being Democratic with indignity. To
get out Of the difficulty, and hold on to its
Wing support in st. Landry, it is compelled to
bring its prctegs, the " Calcasieu Pres, !" into.
. difficulty, BY charging It with making on as
l%sertion that is not true. The " Press " must
have had assurances from some source that they
were stating THE truth, or they have placed
themselves in On awkward predicament by as
sorting in their. very first number what they
can net sustain, III n i..
The Courier's professions Of faith amount to
but little for it rarely puts forth q declaration
of its W origin on any subject, except occa-
siopally Q feeble attack upon the Know-Noth-
ings. We do know the Courier has had the
sympathy and the support of the Democratic
party. It has done the job printing and the i'd
v~ertising mainly Of that party, and its chief
owner and controller is q Democrat. Besides, it
admits that it is very much given to making
extracts from Democratic papers. These things.
We opine, go very far toward sustaining the as
sertion Of the Calcasieu Press. "Straws show
which way the wind blows."9 '' Wy f1 "
We care very little what sort Of politics the
Courier processes. All we desire in that re-
gard is to see it sailing. consistently under one
flag. The fact that it is supported by a Wing
Sheriff and a Wing Clerk argues nothing
against its Democracy, as these very officers
formerly withheld their patronage from the st.
Landry Wing, the organ of the party, hence its
discontinuance. W. leave the matter Of the
Conrier's politics to be decided by the public,
with the remark that our insinuuation Of its
Democracy was not intended to engender un-
kind feelings. We meant no disrespect for
we know some very clever Democrats, and like
them, and some Of their principles, exceedingly.
TO them we would say, Don't feel hurt at the
indignant manner in wuich the Courier denies
Democracy. tf 59f % sAl
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THE STORM AND THE CALM.

The result Of the Virginia election has been
the cause of much jollifcation. The old line
Democrats claim it as a victory achieved by
their W arms, and exult accordingly, while
the Wings and the Foreigners take much credit
to themselves for the defeat of the Know-Noth-
ings. Let them divide the honors between
them /: we care little whose they are.
Mr.. Wise, in his Washington speech, made
acknowledgements to the thousands Of Wings
the cream Of the party" as be felicitously
termed them-who voted for him. Our cotem-
porary Of the Echo of Lafayette +" is SO greatly
delighted with this barren victory that he
wakes eloquent, giving vent to his feelings in a
long editorialin his last issue. Rejoice, friend!
it's the first opportunity you have had for a
long time, and may be the last. The adherence
OF the Old Dominion to her idols is no evidence
that other States will do as she has done for
while the motto of almost every State in the
Union has been /" Onward" in politics, in the
arts and sciences, in agriculture, in
in internal improvements and in general intelli-
gence, Old Virginia never tires /" in adhering
to her primitive principles and customs. Good
old State we hope it will not always be so!
We would inform the " Echo again that
the sentiments Of Mr.. Flournoy, prescribing
Catholics, and his religious intolerance, were
not, nor could they have been, endorsed by the
American party and we can not comply with
the request to publish a sentiment we do not
hold to-. So far as we have heard an express
sion of opinion, it is generally in condemnation
Of Mr.. Flournoy for. his Anti Catholic feeling
and proposed prescription and hundreds of the
American party rejoice in his defeat. We re-
assert that we wish not to interfere in matters
OF religion-would prescribe no man because he
happened to differ from us in his worship of
God. We presume no member of the Ameri-
can party would object to the roar Of of cannon
in honor of victory over religious fanaticism !.
but we know that the party does object to the
success OF demagogues and time-servers, who, to
keep in power their masters whose bidding
they do, would not hesitate to sacrifice their
country's best interests. %
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mo COMPOSE THE AMfRIcANS
! pIRTYs s#

localities ,xhefe the Democrats are
in . majority, as is tthe case in several adjoin-
ing Parishes, their leaders and their papers tell
them that the Known othing or American
party consists only of Wings; that it is a
Wing scheme, planned to seduce them from
their original faith, and once more put the
Wings in power. This, intelligent men know,
is not true. By these dishonest misrepresenta-
tons, hundreds and thousands, who are good
aAmericans-in sentiment, have been prejudiced
against the order, and kept from attaching
Themselves thereto. r Re ,s3sa a5r
That we may produce something to disprove
this position, we clip from the Citizen, the
organ Of the Irish in this country, and whose
editor is an Itishman, the following extract
from an article on "The Old Dominion and
Mr.. WISE: ,9t so4
" His speech at Washington, reported in another
column, though cut short by the violence Of the enc
mics Of free speech and public discussion, will be
read with interest by every genuine American, whe-
ther he be Wing or Democrat. For this i not a
party conflict, but a battle for the Constitution and
the integrity of the United States-a battle Of men
Of all parties against a miserable junta Of traitors Of
the same type but without the heroism Of Benedict
Arnold and Aaron Burr"
And Mr.. Wise, in the course of the speech
referred to, alluding to the Known othings,
who were giving a groan now and then, said {:
{" l tell you, you have fonnd your master in a puri-
fed majority, which consists of the conscientious
and conservative men Of both the old parties"
And when the "noise and confusion" had
well nigh drowned his voice, he said "a. tn
al leave to conservative Wings and indomitable
Democrats to say whether this disgrace shall abide
here.' sH35 If1 &s4957t -f.f GiTf
Do these words indicate that Wing and
Known othing are all the same ?-or that there
are no Democrats in the American ranks
Assuredly not. 9 2' te|'
The AMERICAN PARTY is made up from both
the old parties, Democratic and Wing alike.
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SHENRY m WIsF For PRES13ENE

Already ~ the Foreign and AntLAmeri.
can party loqkiDg y sMr. Wise as anAvailab'e
casdldate forsspext Ffesidspt. The ocean, Of
abuse which, Ne has heaped upon seventy thou
sand American citizens, in whose veins runs the
best Virginia blood, and his triumph in the late
contest by a diminished majority, seem to have
made a d great man Of him in the estimation Of
a few, and eminently to entitle him to the Chief
Msgistracy Of the General Government. 7rgl
The New ork Citizen, the Irish American
organ, says:
q We trnst the State that has given birth to a ma
joority of all the Presidents Of the United States will
add tothe list the name of Henry A. Wise.l Heisthe
author Of the best expose ofithe Know-N othings and
there is no better man to fight their champion in
1862 ,,sg gdY vi 49, eas ~ 4s,b. aar II
What are we coming to? 07l q