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For Sale.
THE LANDS IN EAST BATON ROUGE, NAfA

L UcioNSIHS 10 tIe AIStdtc VI IL. W. OlcIuHS kSllN
lst. The "Scotland" plantation on the River
about FIVE miles above Baton Rouge containing 1900
acres with all the improvements thereon, which arc
of the best description, comprising new quarters,
stable, steam saw and grist mill and gin. This
place is one of the best woodyards on the River
End sos acres of land about eleven miles from
Baton Rouge, bounded North by lands of Buhlcr,
East by Dcvall and McDonough, South by Mitchell
and Davis, and West by Lewis and Weeks.
There will be sold with No. !, If desired, all the
farming utensils wagons dc, stock Of horses.
mules, hogs, sheep and cattle and corn enough to
supply the place possession given whenever de-
sired For terms, which will be liberal, address the
undersigned at Lobdcll's Store, West Baton Rouge.
If not previously disposed Of privately, the above
lands will bc sold at public sale in December, II
which due uoticc will be given.
w. D. WINTER.
July 2s, Am
CTRONGEST WHITE WINE VINEGAR, for
y picklirg at II. S. BEECIIENO & cos,
iyl4 late Sadders Drug store, Clinton, LII.
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HAVING just returned from New Orleans with
Ill full s,Iply Of goods OF evely description,
respectfully invite all examination,
noy3 G. NFAEuS.
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.Ssa-s L.4y.sSeSj.
LOT of very choice brands Of liayanno Cigars,
y 1T New Orleans pri ca. nCy3 & a NFAflS.
COPY ROCKS, rith aud without copics-fo'
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A BREACH OF MANNERS CONSTRUED AS A
CoMrLIMENr.-The San Francisco Sun tells the
following:
A young gentleman was standing on Mer-
chant street, when lady attended by her
husband stepped from the door of the Wash
ington Market, and hcstated on the pavement
for Il few moments as if uncertain which IL
rection to pursue Fascinated by her great
beauty, the young man gaze,l ul,on her with a
fixed stare. By chance she mct his gaze, and
discovering som,thing unusual in il, made it a
subject Of remark to her lord. That indig-
rant individual approached the offending ad
mircr, aud addressed him rather savagtiy. and
asked him 'what he meant by his rudeness." !"
"Pardon me- said the gallant, recovering
from his fit of abstraction, int, nd no offence
There is loveliness about that lady, face that
would intoxicate ans anchorite, and l was lost
in admiration Of it."
"A'l right replied the satisfied Bcncdick,
I" If you'll remain here till ! escort Susan
home, III return and stand treat for your good
oninicn Of her"
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WEATHER AND WA7ER.

o. 49, T. h. A rE.. ' .+
Since our last issue, we have had several
good showers Of rain. The dust has been laid,
snd vegetation to a considerable extent beue-
nsed' The rains, however, have been partial,
esawe have heard from several quarters of the
farish where they had none. In other sections
they have had much more than we had. The
weather is warm, with slight indications Of
more rain. The water in the Courtableau is
sgaln receding and boats will in a few DAYS
more De unable to reach Washington. The
uppes Mississippi at last dates was only at a
'0ir stage from st. Louis to the mouth Of the
Ohlo,a and rising very slowly and the same was
sne case with the Ohio, there being about s
1881 water in the Canal at Louisville, and the
water ut o stand, s.le.
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CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS.

~ L---- rL4-
We learn from the papers Of the northern
part Of the State, as well as from other sources,
that Mr., H.. A. Kidd, of Homer, Claiborne
Parish, is favorably spoken of as a candidate
for Congress in this District. Mr.. Kidd we
have known for several years, and are sure he
would represent us faithfully and respectfully.
He was for q long time connected with the
press of this State, and is a lawyer Of handsome
abilities. Il sG0 ~
We notice also an ,editorial in the NewOr-
leans Crescent Of last week, complimentary to
our townsman, Hon. E. N. Cullom, in which
his name is suggested rs a candidate for Con
gress. The article goes on to say that it is
believed Mr.. Cullom does not desire the nom
nation, but would likely accept if rendered
him. We know not ourselves that Mr.. Cullom
desires q nomination, but, should he be select
ed, he would be found very popular in South
west Louisiana. He is possessed of that ability
as q debater, and those pleasing manners,
which would, make him a competitor to be
feared throughout the District. E.
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|tios ii political privileges to- this foreign and
Etoo frequently hostile element AS .
Much objection has been urged against the
American Order as secret intolerants pro-
scriptiye, and oath-bound. As to its secresy,
such an objection comes strangely from either
| Wings or Democrats, who have been secretly
caucussing, for years to keep each other out.
Prescription and iintolerance,y all knew, were
never among the sans of the Democracy! Why
they not only won't let q man withdraw If they
lcan help. it, but instead of letting q r~ecasant
leave them quietly, as It is said this Order does,
thew s pneeArssecute him for desertion all his life long
afterwards. As to oaths, if the Order only
swear to. effect the great public objects they
have IN view, let them be believed oil the more
readily, By their fruits they are They
comprise our neighbors friends and con l
5tions, and for one he did not think their secrecy
hides aught that is dishonest or 'unpatriotic.
Association is the order Of they day--a neces,
sity III this country dictated by the genera!
Equality Of conditions. Labor, charity, and
Temperance are all carried OIL by association
and why not politics. }F si ~
In, some parts Of the country the dependence
of the laboler upon the will Of the employer,
1added to the trammels Of party allegiance, had
well nigh extinguished all individual freedom
Of thought and actitm This organization Of
fords to such . safe and easy escape, from both
thence its amazing success. Here where free
and open voting and discussion prevail, and the
popular genius, is perhaps Of d bolder cast,
there may, not be the same reason for these
features Of the organization, and it may happen
that even the thin veil which now obscures its
proceedings will, soon disappear, and then o
Of our patriotic friends will be surprised to find
what q very harmless thing they have been
| abusing,
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Mr. Danie1s, Of Virginia, on Amer,can,,,


This distinguished lawyer i'll the course of q
characteristic speech made the following re-
marks /: l..
There is a revolution going on in this coun-
Try, and he who could not see and feel it, could
not feel the earthquake if the world trembled
under his leet. He hailed it as the dawn of a
revlving nationality almost extinct-a recom-
bining OF the scattered element Of Conserya-
ilsm-and the knell of that de~magougeucu,
whose whole function is the keeping of great
men out OF Office, and the putting of little ones
in. The condition Of things when the new era
began was alarming. The old issues, which
made parties national, were dead. The cur
lency question was settled, whether well or i'll.
1t was no time to discuss. The tariff, modified
by MIR. Walkers treasury orders, leeaiized I'LL
der the auspices, he believed, of Mr.. Hunter,
was SO protective, that the manufactures them.
selves cried out-EnougAl The lands had
been given away, or were about to be. under
,he same.and i'll the absence of old causes Of
DIVISION, the country was fast settling down into
'he most deplolabie OF all conditions-that Of
mere geographical and sectional divisions-tbe
flres of an unholy tanaticism blazing ON one
side-on the other a deep, silent, sullen, brood
tHS ASoSAltlllCHl.
Yet there were men laboring for selfish pur-
poses to keep up their machinery of old eifete
organizations, after their vitality had passed
away The new movement substitutes some
thing higher and better. 1t aims to put down
slavery agitation. 1t aims to put power in this
country where it ought to be, in the hands Of
wise, national men to restrain that immense
and growing evil, which should long ago have
engaged the active interposition Of the govern
ment, which makes the New World q penal
colony of the Old settles on our public domain
'he refuse OF foreign societies, the scum and off
securing Of European population, there to build
up free-soil communities, hostile to the South,
alien to her in sentiment, with the growing
power to nominate and domineer in the affairs
Ct this nation. This process is going on at
the rate OF hundreds Of thousands a wear. The
slavery representation in Congress is, or will,
soon be, asMere drop in the ocean. All this
foreign emigration, being labor, is deadly hos.
tile to slave labor, and to the political infuen-
ces OF slavery. The South may now make a
stand. If she can enlist the free native labor
Of the North against the foreign immigrant
element, she may check both in the assaults on
the South. The new movement promises to do
'als. IT will check the too easy c%onmunie,.
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s.coNSTgT6EYoMAkn z

tn True Delta ventures upon an Indication
Of aiss Constitutions" ticket for State. officers,
and introduces o new set of men-hitting o
hard lick at the entire membership Of the last
Legislature, saying that it will ,not,do to take
all or any Of them for the important officers Of
the State1u damper upon the aspirations Of
Senator Maftel and all the heretofore honored
Democrats in this State, IS well as significant,
We think, that the old hacks now in Office will
stand no chance for a denomination. New and
untried, men are to be placed on the track
among them, to our establishment, the name Of
our citizen, Col. William OHatt, is introduced
for Lieutenant Governor, to whom the True
Delta pays the following compliment =
=" OF Col. VIM. Offutt It is unnecessaryto say more
than that his name is synonymous with all that Is
|"higf.minded, independent and honorable, and that
in the great Parish of which he Ia q native there could
not be mustered, by the utmost efforts Of adverse
parties, one hundred votes against him 49, a';
-attributing to him on enviable reputation
and q boundless popularity.
We were not aware that the Colonel had
any political aspirations but as We are not
in the secrets Of the party who have such a
horror Of secret associations, and who meuer do
any thing IN the dark, we have no reason to be
surprised. We would, however, inform the
True Delta that Col. Ofatt is not a native Of
st. Landry, though he has been q resident here
since boyhood; and we can bear witness to his
zeal and activity in whatever he advocates or
opposes, his claims to the title Of good citizen,
and his possession Of popularity yet we think
that, with'a great effort, at least two hundred
votes could be polTed against him in the En-
ppire Parish.
The balance of the ticket consists Of r. G..
Nicholas, Of Carroll, for Governor /; II. Van
Antwerp, Of Plaquemines, for Secretary OF
State; Thomas j.. Durant, of Orleans, for
Attorney General, and G. II. Dabbs, of Qua
chita,, for Auditor.
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For THE BENEFIT OF kNOw-NorHINGs IN THE
souTA...seveno of the following nine States had Dem
ocrauc governors last year, who were in favor of the
constitutional rights Of the South. Now look at
them, you men Of the South who are continually
boasting of the defeat of the national administrators
Of Gen. Pierce !: e. III "-T -
Nep Yo,k-M. II. Clark, Abolition Wing.
Pennsyrania-James b. Pollock. Abolition Wb;r
and know.Nothing.
Mu,sachuseAs N. J. Gardiner, Abolition and
Know-Nothing.
Maine-A. P. Morrill,, Abolition and Anti. Nebras.
ka Dcmocrat-worse than Wing. -.
C0nnfriicu.-H Dutton, Abolition Wh;r.
Iotra-J. W. Grimes, Abolition Wing and Know
Nothing.
M,chisan-K. S. Bingham, Abolition Wing and
know-Nothmg. N
penssnt..stephen Boyce, Abolition Wing and
Hode kiand-W. W. Hoppin, Abolition Wing
and KNOWN othing. e
A beautiful set of fellows for Southern slave-hold.
ers, who have Joined the order of know-Nothings to
DC found in company with. Go on, gentlemen. in
your dirty work, and we sincerely hone that your
repentance will not be too late for your happiness as
q people.
The above, credited to the "Piny Woods
man" is going the rounds Of the small fry old
fosy press. We find it III the " Echo of La
f%ayette." of whose editor we would ask, what
has become Of the Democratic party Of the
North? Has it dissolved into Whicgery,
Abolitionism and Known thingism, or is it
yet q party? Eight out of the nine States
enumerated voted by tremendous maiorities for
MIR. Pierce in 1852 and now, with the inAu-
ence OF the Administration, its money and army
OF otiice-holders, backed by the foreign vote,
every one OF those States has repudiated the
Administration Certainly q screw is loose
somewhere tremendous change has taken
place. And we would ask if it is that the
wings and Abolitionists are stronger now
than i'll 1852. We think not. If they arc,
we ask, where does the increase come from!
1t must come from the Democrats.
These results, however, are not occasioned
by Wing or Abolition strength, but are re-
Dukes OF the Administration by the very party
VINO put 1t in power, for both its open and un-
der-handed hostility to the American move
ment, and its s~ycophantic conduct toward
foreigners. The South need not be alarmed nj
these results, nor is she. When the occasion
offers, she will do likewise.
There are as many Democrats TODAY, if the
old party lines were to be drawn again, as in
1852; but there are enough that have the can
dor, moral courage and patriotism to withhold
her support from any party or principles that
have not the good of the country in view, to
make their influence felt. They have made it
leit in the North, cnd they will make it felt iii
The South before the year closes, to the over
throw of all opposition.
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Home Of the Two Hearts.

r. waL --. p" ~ .@-r 49, HLN.' ~
The union of two kindred hearts in the bon
Of affection forms the purest, sweetest home
love known on earth. Such a union ID the 81
poiinttment Of God; and with his blessings andh
smiles, it forms a sanctuary of domestic felicits
almost akin 10 that If Heasyensoi8 q 5{fisff''
To form this home lofi two hearts, much is
needful. The first inquirysofs 9 woman after
marriage should be-"aiHow shall | preserve the
love l have inspired? How shall / preserve
the heart / have won -t3 I5 4 @gs
i. Endeavor to make your husbands habita-
ton a%lluring and pleasant to him. Let it beto
him a sanctuary to which hisheart may always
turn from the troubles Of life. Make it q re
pose from his cares, a shelter from the world, a
home not only for his person. but for his heart.
lie may meet with pleasures in other houses,
but let him find pleasure in his own. Should
he be detected, soothe him !; should he be
thoughtful and silent, do not heedlessly disturb
him should he be studious, favor him with all
practicable facilities !; or should he be peeyish,
make allowance. for human nature, and by your
geantleness and good humor, urge him contin-
ually to think, though he may not say it, " This
woman is indeed o comfort to me ]; l cannot but
love her"
2. Invariably adorn yourself with delicacy
and modesty. These, to a man Of refinement,
are attractions most highly captivating, while
their opposites never fail to inspire disgust.
Let the modesty and delicacy Of the bride be
always in a great degree supported by the
wife.
5. If it be possible, let your husband suppose
you think him a good husband, and it will be a
strong stimulus to his being SO. As long as
he think she possesses the reputation, he will
take pains to deserve it but when be has once
lost the name, he will be apt to abandon the
reality.
3. Exhibit, with the greatest care and con
stancy, cheerfulness and good humor. They
give beauty to the finest face, and a charm to
the whole character. On the contrary, a
gloomy, dissatisfied manner is repulsive to the
feelings.
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sss cnr French side for Review Of NewOr.
Ans markets, Prices Current, Arrivals and
Departures Of steamers It Washington, etc.
THINGS ABOUT, TowN.


The rete.hipe showers q IN mast sav days
saveI done more toward reyiyi;nu tbe droon;ne
spirits q Our citizens. and rendering nleaaant
.nd comfortable our homes. than any th;no that
souldshave happened. For weeks mast we have
bssn suffering dust ~uupayoidably and ;nces.
anuy. Every horseman and every vehicle
which passed along our arrests. raised clonds ii
dust from which there was. no refuge. Street
walks, buggy, riding, and equestrian exercises Is
have been done with the sacrifice Of comfort,
and TIE expense Of soiled clothes, until even the
fir ones, whose presence had heretofore broken
the monotony Of . village life, were driven
into close quarters, and their pretty faces and
handsome forms rarely seen, ~
The business aspect Of the town is gloomy.
One Or two stores, have closed, others complain
Of tie indisposition to purchase. and all If tbe
di6cultysof collectinu. W. rot;ca .be .,.;,,.,
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BAYOU CHlcor.-We invite the attention of
our bayou Chicot and Bayou Beuf friends to
the card OF Messrs. Landes & Sloane. They
are Just receiving and opening II large and CELL
9sl stock Of assorted merchandise, which we
sse assured they are marking at small profits.
Give them . call they are accommodating,
prompt and reliable young men, worthy Of
confidence and ratronsre.
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W----
She
begged herto ezplain t~hemystery.

begged bert explain tie mystery. She
as she said
NY GU must forgive my ruse, Harry s..
said personal beauty had no weight with
and / wished to sprove you. You see me
in my proper shape and person. Con you
me as we'll as when / wore specs and o
wig?"
He could answer only by gazing admirint
on her graceful figure, SO delicate, SO spirit
and those soft brown curls shading her ia
eloquent with sweetness.
Harry was of course enhanted. The seq
may be guessed. Harry is q firm believer
.phrenology. ea,a
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SOMETHING ~UNusUAL.-The cotton planters
'lv'ng on Eayou Bout, despairing of a rise in
that stream are now hauling their cotton to
the junction of the B9uf and Cocodra, whence
it is being boated in fats to Washington and
some OF the sugar planters near the junction
are talking @ bsulnr th.;;r sugar.
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OUR CHURCHES.

we have been pleased to see recently an in
creased interest among our people in matters
pertaining to religion. The inactivity for some
sime manifest has to some extent been nut of.
end many have been brought to a sense of the
Importance Of enjoying and practicing religion.
our catholic friends, more than any other
branch Of religionists, have been enjoying them
selves much, have added to their numbers here
and at Washington many new converts, and
have built VI. anew in faith and hope many
vno mad grown familiar with sin. We con-
graduate them upon the efficient ministry Of
the Rev. Gilbert Raymond, their present priest,
Who We recently heard deliver o sermon full
O. argument and beauty Of language. Our
friends Of the Episcopal Church have also been
aroused from their stupor though the influence
o. Bishop Polk, who spent some days here and
q Washinrton. Several persons were con-
urmed' Others Joined the church, and q consid-
cradle number of children were christened. We
nearo the Bishop preach while here at the
aie.hodist Church, and were deeply impressed
WIN the truths which he uttered, coming as
'oey ald roma maj whose face beams with
omlaolllty and goodness. Our Methodist friends
seem m aatu quo, and that. with a minister,
hev. Reynolds Trippett, who deals in scripture
doctrine, done up with a forcible delivery and
appropriateness Of language. WI
Our thanks are. again tepdered the ever
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Doors AND sHoEs.-lf you want a hand
some and well-made shoe or boot, call on PEI
mrkorn. lie is a faithful workman and a ROOD
citizen. See his card.
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ANOTHER Boar AND LOAD Bvns7.-It ap-
pears there is to be no end to the destruction
Of cotton by fire. In addition to the Bulletin,
Huntsville and Texana, we have now to record
the loss of the Yazoo packet Alton and cargo
Of 22OO bales cotton. This makes II, 400 bales
cotton destroyed by fire on the river then there
are numerous losses from the same element on
land. Our insurance Offices will we fear suffer
heavily, though they are all in q condition to
meet a few more losses yet these repeated dis.
asters will have a telling effect on dividends.
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Our thanks are again ~tepdered the ever
obliging officers Of the A. W. Glaze and sv.
donia for files Of late NewO rleans papers.
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kNow-N oTHINGIsM N THE SoUrH.-South.
erners have been stunned, for the last two
months, by the clamor Of democratic orators
and presses against knowsNothings as another
and more dangerous form ofAbolitionism. En-.
couragcd by the easy and careless credit given
by our people to this maddog cry, and relying
upon the known prejudices Of the South against
all political movements supposed to find favor
in the North, these presses and orators have
kept up a furious and incessant uproar, as .
means OF silencing inquiry and exciting the mas.
sions, if it could not convince the judgments Of
our people. 1t is almost laughable to see with
how simple and brief q statement the whole
wordy commotion is siienced. In his late
speech in Spottsylvania. Ex-Governor Smith. OF
Va, as if with a breath, overturned and shat.
tered the whole baseless invention. Lis4ensto
MIN for o moment '"N -ai D.
The origin of Know-Nothirgs IA . struggle n,
bread-a frlghtiul and angry question. 1T the North.
~ the south 1t Is q political question Of high impor.
lance The North has % more Representatives than
The South already-The natural increase OF the South
is one-third greater than that OF the North. because
there are greater checks on population there. hut the
aitllicla element OF foreignisn brings 500 900 who
settle annually i'll the Free States, with ~iustiucte
against slavery, making so Representative in 10
years to swell the opposition TO the South. To stop
this enormous disproportion what is our policyt
What is the frightful prospect before us, The effeyt
OF AnoW-N0thlnglsm is to turn back the tide Of i'm.
migration, and our highest duty to the South is 10
discourage immigration. Ideprecate it az o great
calamity" Raleigh Star. 4
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