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WEATHER.-For week past we have had hot
east and north Least winds, with rapid eyapora-
ton, very whitening to vegetation. Very little
rain passing In Bossier parish, and We think
mostly throughout the northern portion of the
State, except in this section, they have had
rain enough. On Red River, and some other
places, the complaint has lately been 'stoo much
rain"
In many places drinking water, and water for
stock, is getting very scarce. To our knowledge
it is hauled for several miles by many families
in the country. In Mount Lebanon the wells
are very low and weak-some of them dry.
Mount Lebanon (Bienville parisho Times, 9th.
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MOBILE TaIBuaE.--SIr W. w. Mcclure, for
nine years the leading editor of this excellent
journal, has retired from the concern. having
disposed of his interest to Mr.. L. a Middleton,
one of the original founders of the paper.
We wish all parties concerned unbounded
pecuniary and political success, We know they
viii amply deserve it,
In this connection it is proper We should
mention that the commercial and agricultural
departments Of the Tribune will remain, as
formerly under the supervision OF Dir. MCGUIRE
4 --------z=--=
| huhts Merchants Magazine and Commercial
hesiew Tor August abounds invaluable papers
and statistics. We observe in one of it's tables,
that during the year ending June 8oth, 1864,
there were built in tho unitad Stat0s -
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Il. q. .M0rI0aa's
LIST OF NE.M Zoo K S

Z IL J. . Il " ~ ~ u Wv - " " - ~
s y RECEIVED Per STEAMSHIP GRANADA.
aLAucus orr Wonders Of the Shors--By Chas Kipssy
FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS. complete Indires Of Authors md
TALES FOR THE MARINEs-By Harry a,inga.
A VISIT TO THE CAMP BEFORE sEvAsToPoL-By R. c. Nc
Corpaick.
THE OLD FARM HoUsE-By Caroline LANG
OLIVE HALL-By Miss Sewell $s -74 .
NEW HOPE or, Rsscue-A tae Of the Kapawhs.
ARIEL, md other Poems-By ", vi Fosdick. III es y.
HUMAN LONGEVITY and the Amount Of Life upon tho
ss r. Flouisen. ..ss ....-
fhRPER,s STORY BIC OK for August" Timbeo and Fanny"
HARPER,s MAGAZINE for August.
BRAITHwArTs RETROSPECT OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY
for July.
WESTMINSTER REVIEW for July.
FRESH SUPPLIES OF POPULAR BOOKS.
FEMALE LIVE AMONG THE MoRMoNs.
DOEsITCK'S BooK-Hauerous Aspects Of American Lie
BELL SMITH ABROAD.
HILLARD'S SIX MONTHS IN ITALIA Now Cheap Edition.
PEG WofFINGToN-By Chas Reade,
sTRAUss,JyFE OF JEsUS-sew Edition.
THE MARC JN-ABy w. Gilmore smns 3S
HOMES FOR TIE PKoPIE-By Gssvnse Wheeler.
+#&59 q. G. MORGAN, Bookseller,
sa15 2p2 t Exchanxc Place adjoining be Postolcs.
Shirts .Tguese to Order.
fR We are F1y prepared MEASURES FOR SHIRTS 10
b. tent IMMEDIATELY Mandatory GRAD
Boaway NeTork to BIO made under the
Of Mr. leighton. .0 .=...0 s@.
FIRST PREMIUM SHIRT MANuFAcToRY.
LEIGHTON BARBoT,
aul5 zee. Cornerst Charles Canal streets.
To Lao gers, J1es'cfsnssts . others.
rT Jun. received the ACTS THE STATE LEGISLATURE
OF 1855 including TIE REv1srp STATUTES THE STATE
soi T. b. STEEL,
Law Pubiiaher Bookseller s1tonsr,
,,,4apss~ 30 CAMP STREET.
: Cigars.
- 900 ooo HAVANA CIGARS, direct Importation and coupr
most bianda partagas seyana Gobo
washington Jefferson liz aiore and for sals by
8. DE WISER 6C0.,
-, o,st IA Magazine street.
Sugar. asE .st
.z- ,ooo boxes WHITE, YELLOW AND BROWN HAVANA
SUGAR. In store md Sr'Rale by
$. DE WISER CO.,
| aalssp6s - Magazine street
C0N at .WO0dy's,
CORNER CANAL STREET AND EXCHANGE PLACE.,
and your measure, sample shirt for
a. HANDSOME SET OF SHIRTS,
in any style $40 per the making which he
will personally auperinteud, at the
l Maa4yacto,y No. 1874 broadway, Ne'o Fork,
and take sample pattern with him in ew days
I sui3 2pst MTaTh
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e Helter-skelter, how they fly!
The killed and wounded, how they die ~

The manner in which Mr. Hunt drew the picture,
awoke thunder such as never shook that hall before
His manner we cannot portray therefore our readers
cannot from the words used, appreciate the telling eject
they had upon the audience The horrors Of sectional
war next wildly portrayed and Mr. Bspjamin and
his Southern party finally and deeenty disposed Of
Nh HUNT brought his long and most absorbing speech
close by saying that if the officers Of the Governmen
would only be true to the constitution and to their oths
treason could prosper and the Union would
end He concluded by invoking the Almighty to prosper
the country and to nfuse into the great American party
the heart and the courage to an obstacles and
marchon to victory andretired amid prolonged rounds
of enthusiasm, It about eleven O'clock when the
hall poured It's vast crowd into ths street
We regret that not at present able to give
than the shove very sme synopsis Of the greatest speech
that has yet been made to the American party in Louis
lama in the south The desire -is universal Mr.
Hunt shalfurnsh copy fer publication and dis
rbution and we earnestly hope he viii crafty this DIV
sire at his earliest convenience. h..
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From the Norfolk oorrespondenceof the Anne
rican, We learn the following:
The number Of deaths in Portsmouth and
Gosport for the last thirty six hours have been
sixteen. New cases about twenty. Iregret to
inform you that Mrs Barron, wife Of Capt. Bar
ron, United States Navy, is fast failing; her
physicians think there is no hope of her recov-
cry. Capt. Barron and two children were taken
to the Navy Hospital sick to-day. Two Of the
physicians in Portsmouth, Drs S. Spratly and
Parker, are sick with the fever Portsmouth is
generally deserted, business suspended. We
are now cut off from all communication except
indirectly with any port; the Richmond steamers
have not been in cur harbor for several days
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H,1r.r, Angus 15--The cunard steamship America,
Capt Leitch fron Liverpool on The 9TH inst arrived at
this port this afternoon.
Her adyices ar Eve days later than those brought by
~ I.hanop vhhh arrived here this morning INIT are
not Of marked Importance.
The War.
There nothing of marked Importance from the seat of
war by this arrivd.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
messrs pennispun 4 Co. quote the Liverpool Cotton
market as hayinr declined 1-l6 to X of penny per
nond sncs the departure Of the Baltic the market clos
ing steady. -,',..
wers taken by pecuators and 0o0 bales by exporters
The following we're the authorized quotations Fair
orleans pence Hiddlipg Orleans S-16 Fair Uplands
es<, and Middhn Upands 6psnes per pound
Breadstufs
The Liverpool Breadstus market was, generally I'M.
and dull White Wheat was quoted al lis cd to
1a and Red Wheat los to los Sd per hushe Western
Canal Flour Cd and Ohio Flour As to as Der Dbl
white Cora u.s. Mixed Corn 3Ss to IS 81 per quarter
Heavy rains hid faen but the accounts from the crops
throughout Grea Britain ara favorable
Provisions.
Messrs Richahaon, Spence &Go quote the liverpool
Provision make az generally unchanged.
Money, Gonsols, etc. s..
AIanQpn
oonsols for macy were quoted t9l4.
The bullion inthe Rank Of England had decreased to
the amount of auarter of amion pounds sterling.
Yellw Fever at New York.
| Nrv YoRx August 15,-Three more deaths of yellow
ever have ooeured On board the slospefwar Falmouth
now lying at aasantine.
New Steam Trigats.
The new steal frigate Merrimac built at Boston, was
aoatea out Of tb dry dock at Brooklyn, yesterday.
Maine Politics 4
great mass aeetipg ct the Republican or fusion
psrty was held 1t Portland Me- yesterday. Over ten
Thousand psrscs were present The meeting was ads
dressed by o. ssenatoss Hales Wade, Bell and Butler
spd passed resutops in favor Of the Maine liquor law
and debating tie fugitive slsvs law unconstitutional
I TheYellew Fever at Norfolk.
NoRyotK Aunst 1S-Fhe yellow fever is rapidly IT,
and til city has been nearly depopuated by the
| panic consequst thereon 81
~" Naval Affairs t
J. putt spE1 rms August l5-Eieven hundred worknen
are new employd 1.-THE navy yard hsra- The work on
thesteam ffgah Ws6ash is progressing rapidly and she
vii probably besunohsd in October The steam frgate
hs been dismsntled for thorough repairs
The sleop ~ Louis ssti.l u dock, hnt-w soor
| be hauled out. a.s.a I'd > -., s-u
4 River Intelligence.
e. August Is The river is falling with feet
| inches water ithe canal.
! Tew York Market. -.. .
NEW YoRK August l6--Flour has advanced 1917 cents
per bbt For Whsat prices are sitter but not qaotaby
higher Germ Ia trhs higher, with salas Of mixed ct IS
cents DER busfe
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Coon NEw-But Just as, ape Erpected.-
We take the blowing from that sterling paper,
the Baton Rouge Gazette, ofthe 14th. 1t fully
corroborates #hat we have said heretofore. in
regard to thscanyass, and shows what sort of
&c free discusdon" our opponents vouchsafe to
American spakers. Well, our time will come
in due season Wait for the wagon.
The tribut TO Col. Beale is well merited He
is one.of the lblest and most effective speakers
ia tlIy Hta.s capspls or neetihg ano over
threwingtin Iair debate, the strongest champi-
ons Of the opposite side. Before the campaign
closes he wilrender q glorious account Of him
self -
But, to thiobseryations of the Gazette
Col r. G. BssThis gentleman, who is candidate OF
the Amsricahparty for Secretary of State returned
to cur city Sunday fall OF health and spirits. He
brings the mat cheering Jews from every parish he
had visited he whole people seem be alive to the
Whether AmefEs shall be ruled by American foreign
queBtiolthat applies itself at and with force
to their understandings and the ranks of the antiAmer
leans rapdS decreasing while those Of the Americans
are as rapidly Increasing by the numbers that daily
pouring IN ronhe opposite ranks The work goes brayey
on The gaar Colonel has made telling speeches wher
he has ben and he and his coworkers have spread
dsmay wherein they have had opportunity Of meet
ing them in fiji field Whenever they were invited to
meet their oppnens free discussion they were in
open vioation all eourtesy required to lead off whilst
those who nysd them replied would not allow even
reioinder Wsknow well what discussion means
in this place. specially where 1t invited by blazing
hand bills
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MOBILE IrEMs.--We clip the subjoined items

MOBILE IrEMs.-We clip the subjoined items
from the Mobile Tribune. of the 18th inst:
The Railroad. The breaks made in the.
Mobile and Ohio Railroad by the late severe
storm have been repaired, and long train Of
cars left yesterday evening for the Mississippi
terminus A large amount of produce will
pour in for several days.
7 Lquest-The coroner held On inquest yes
terday evening, at the City Hospital, on Alfred
Champin. A man by the name of Beyls and the
deceased became embroiled in o difficulty Sun
day evening, at a place just below the light
house, when Besis rushed upon Champin head.
foremost and butted him in the lower abdomi-
nal reeions with such violence as to cause deRth
within twenty -four hours. Bevis has been ar
rested and committed. A new way Of commit
| ting homicide.
Bark Mobile City.--This splendid sea yes
sci, recently built by the Mobile Dry Dock
Company, under the direction Of Mr.. Sidney p
Porter, was cleared yesterday By Messrs Barn
well and Filter, for Boston, with cargo Of 2l5e
bales of cotton and 200 slaves. The Mobile
| City measures 6l8 tons, and, during her con-
struction, it was calculated that she wonld carry
I 1900 bales, yet she was cleared with 500 ba4es
\ and 1900 stayes above her estimated capacity.
4 A better constructed merchant vessel was never
| launched; and from the celebrity of Mr.. Porter,
4 the architect, we expect TO hear that her sail
! ing qualities are equally beyond the calcula-
IAtion. The custom house officers informs us
! that she has taken away the largest cargo for
her tonnage ever cleared at this port.
/ The .Ne,o Court House. AT called session
yesterday, Of the Commissioners Of Revenue, it
was announced that the neW Court house was
| finished and ready fer occupancy. The COM
mtttee was directed to provide for tho removal
there of all the county Officers on Monday next.
l The interior arrangements Of this building com
-bine all that is requisite for eommodiousness
| and comfort At the same time the decorations
in the way Of plastering, stucco work, painting,
etc, are very handsome, and present, as a
whole, quite an imposing appearance As to
the exterior, eyey body is lond in praise of II,
and it is classed among the handsemest public
buildings in the city.
\ County Tares 1.-The assessment books for
1856, were examined yesterday by the Commits
sioners Of Revenue and accepted, The footings
show the State taxes be $56,S24, upon which
the county assessment at last years rate vii
amount to $33, 944. This is an increase Of over
| $4,000 on the assessments Of 1854, and wher
the footings from ali sources are made, tht
amount for the county will reach all of S35 900
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ONE QF THE 1HILANTHR0P1STS. - Inc New
York Express says that Gsrrit Smith, who'sis
engaged in speaking throughout the State on
s. The Educating Power Of the Government is
Of the opinion that Government should have
nothing to do with schools. In the disposition
Of his fortune Mr.. Smith intends the bulk of it
to foundap instituiionin this State for the edu-
cation of youth During the past four years
the gifts of Mr. s., which havesbeen made pub
lie, amount to $755 900, as follows:
Library to the City OF eswego eof
$3.50 each TO $40 poor women 2a,ooe
500 loss of SO acEes 'eaeh coored men, making
total OF Is 600 acres at Sb... l2500o
90 aores each 500 poor men, and SO to each in:
! e oaa n aasa bsra +. vss T.
an association of young men-S20 per AGO 000
To the anti-slavery cause, over 10000
He has now pledged fund for, education,
says the same paper, double the sums already
bestowed Mr.. Smiths father was o partner
with John Jacob Aston, in the fur trade. He
purchased near 2,000,0 900 acres Of land of the
Six Nations, before the right to sell was taken
from them by the State. They are in Central
and Northern New York-a large tract in Madi-
son county and ut oswego and vicinity.
Mr. Smith is we'll known, prominent aboli-
ZIONIST, although not of the Tribune school
Greeley and him seldom agree. There is much
of henes9 leaven in his fanatioism, while there
is not particle in that Of Greeley. Besides,
he is liberal and generous, and evidently wishes
the advancement of his kind. Your regular
blue bellied 'abolitioniat, isas niserly in his
charities as he is dishonest and contemplate in
his claims to especial philanthropy. Here is
the difference, and we think it decidedly In favor
of Mr. Smith No wonder, therefore, he is un-
popular with the ranters and ravers of the Fri.
bune clan.
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Meayueeas gslee,sqspO.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER AMERICA.
FIVE d AVS
L ATER FROM EUROPE.
COTTON DEcLrME ED.
The War News Unimportant.

PIX THE NATIONAL I,ax.1
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SEBASTOPOL TAKEN.
10000 KILLED.

HALIFAX, Sept. 27.-The Cunard
steamship America, Capt. Leitch, ar.
rived at this point this forenoon, from
Liverpool, on the 18th instant. Her
advices are consequently one week la.
ter from all parts of Europe. They
are of the highest Importance, as will
be seen by the following summary
Fail OF sebnstSpoI.
Sebastopol has fallen
On the 9Th instant, after a lombard
ment of three days duration, the AL
lied army assaulted the city, and after
six repulses sustained by the French
before the Malakof, and one repuse by
the English before the Redan, it was
taken.
The slaughter was terrific. Two
thousand Of the English, fifteen thous-
and French, and about the same num-
Der of the enemy were killed, making
total of slain of upwards of 10000
men.
The Russians evacuated the town.
after blowing up all its defenccs sink
ing the ships, and firing the town, thus
leaving for the victors nothing but a
mass Of smouldering ruins.
During the assault, five French Gen
erals were killed, including General
Bosquet.
A large Allied force was marching
along the coast for the purpose Of in
terrupting the retreat Of the Russians
inland.
The Allied Generals have orders
to demand the unconditional surrender
of all the Russian troops, stores and
defences, among the latter being in
cluded Odessa.
The fruits Of the capture of Sebasto-
pol were an immense quantity of ma
terials Of war.
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G6f dQeeklg! Gol>1tt
Sunday Mornings September 40, 1855.

re- The other day we put oul
head into 1.-The Advocate office, on
Church street; where we met again
the pleasant phiz., Of our friend
JONES" who has entirely recuperat-
ed from his late indisposition and is
al. courteous and pleasant as ever
He took us through again, and showed
US, all the screws, bolts, cog, and band
wheels, plattens, friskets, spring ETC.,
Of large and new cylinder press, of
Hoe & Cos manufactor, which the
Advocate is now putting up, and
which is to 60 by steam. This will
be the first steam press, lin this expan-
ding city, and gives evidence Of sub
stantial prosperity; not only on the
part Of the people at large, but on
the part Of the press. The city is
much indebted to the Dali Hpress, for
what it is-9the fact is, it would be no
place at all, without it.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-09-30
The HEALTH OF BATON ROUGE

HE HEALTH OF BATON ROUGE
The Physicians and nurses generally
agree in the opinion, that the fever is
near its end, and that the city may in
a few days more be pronounced con-
valescent. There are no new cases on
hand that we can hear of; and we do
not believe that for the week ending
tomorrow at noon, that the list Of in
terments will be more than eight or
ten, which is low, if not healthy
rates of mortality. Of the Health Of
New Orleans, the Delta of Thursday
says;
The report of the interments pub
lished in our local column this even
ing, shows a very gratifying decrease
in the deaths by yellow fever, and es
tablishes tho fact, that the health Of
our city is fast being re-established-
it IS in convalescent state-and few
days more will entirely restore her en-
ergies. Only eighty-nine deaths of
yellow fever is a very flatteriDg return,
especially when we take into consid-
Grafton that for the corresponding
week last year, the deaths from the
same Cause, in Charity Hospital alone,
were one hundred and forty-seven,
and there were one hundred and sixty
three in the entire city. Our absent fell
low citizens may at once begin to make
preparations for their return, as, by
the time they reach home, there will
not remain vestige Of the dreaded
plague and our business season will
open earlier, and with brighter pros
poets, than have attended its inaugu-
ration for this many year.
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The Louisiana Penltentiary.

On Friday morning we paid this
institution an official visit. At the
store we we're met by that courteous
gentleman, Mr.. VIM. HUBS, who
as there was no customers just then,
and it was near the hour for dinner
he closed the store to take us through
the several apartments Of this perma-
nent and flourishing institution. We
find now 237 white male convicts, "a
black. II Black Women, and 2 white.
Although there has been much sick
ness in the Prison, and is now some
26 on the sick list; still there has
been but IL deaths since the first of
January. The convicts are divided in
the following occupations: Brick max
ing, Casting, Barrel making, Shoe
making for the convicts and cotton
and WOODEN cloth weaving. The fac
tory turns out about 5000 yards of
cloth daily, besides batting, thread and
yarn. The discipline is rigid, and
the Prisoners seem to be we'll cared
for. When the rules arc violated the
lash and the ladder is resorted to, as
the only means Of keeping up proper
subordination. The machinery is kept
in good order, under the direction of
our fellow-citizen Mr.. WILLIAM LOCK-
WOOD and the institution, is apparent
ly well managed, under the direction
Of Mr.. Ed. H1R1ARr, chief Warden.
The desire seems to be on the part of
all concerned in the management Of
the Prison, to conflict as little as pos
sible with the mechanical interests;
yet, in the mandatory of Barrels,
Bricks, and in the Foundry business,
they do come in direct conflict with
these several branches Of industry in
town, and one of them Barrel max
ing" has been nearly, if not quite
broken up.
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c C@7 r E spON De N &c.
Crusros, La, Sept. 25th 1856.

CIrsTos, La, Sept. 25th 1856.
Mr.. EptroR -
AS there are many conflicting reports
abroad respecting the health oil this place
have come to the conclusion to inform
you that, with the exception Of A. J. Law
who contracted the disease at PolS Hud-
son, there has not been a death caused
by Yellow lever in this place since '53.-
There has been some few cases Of sickness
within the last month two of which have
been pronounced yellow fever, but they
are non convaesng. At this pres emit time
there is no sickness worth naming About
three lourths of our inhabitants have left
town, ard but very few come in from the
country. There being but few persons
remaining will probably be the cause of our
escaping such an epidemic as we had in
1853, when we lost between so and 80 of
our citizens.
Since my last letter, there has been /" a
few more withdrawals from the anil
American party. They have joined the
natives For the last four or FIVE weeks,
our ranks have increased about twenty fivet
By Noyember we calculate that 25 more
will come to our aid and assistance. The
members of the "dayk lanteren mt throat
party,D are our very best citizens. flour
party deserve the above name, what name
should be given to the anti Ameicans
Can you think of anything mean and con-
temptible enough7 If you can, let lis have
it. give it up.
When the anti's find one of their party,
have lett them, they say at once. he has
been bought over" This shows that they
ale perfectly aware that the members of
their party are in the market, ready 10 go
to the highest bidder. Our party is not
made up Of such material. 1t is true that
occassionly we may find one who has been
that would batter bis Interest
in heaven, for small considerat' on y on
the Other side, but such exceptions are few
and far between. The sooner we get rid of
such "old heads,' the better.
THE Lord bless 'em let 'em co."
Since the above was written have been
informed that the fellow fever is raging to
a fearful extent in our sister town OF Jack
SON. Two have been buried to-day-two
more expected to die-and four new cases
since last night. There are but few re-
maining in Jackson. Mr.. Thompson, who
was making brick for the college, left yes
terday, with all of h's hands, numbering
about thirty five. do not think there are
over one hundred and fifty persons now in
Jackson. They have acted wisely in
leaving. am, very respectfully.
JUL,AN.