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The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-11

election is over in few days the re.
turns will he in and the publ, press will
have another expression uf The soyel-
eign will Of tie people, which will
yender entirely us.e,s any further ex-
preston of opinions; warnings; ap-
peals to the Public, cards of withdraw.
ais, etc, entirely useless until anoth
er great battle day comes on. If the
ncople have not acted wisely, there is
a consoling reflection that it is not the
first, nor will it be the last time. There
is no body to blame--nohody to suffer
for il but themselves. We have an
abiding faith in the intelligence Of the
American people, and believe that
their ipdomita!le will ITO d. when
once clearly expressed on convictions
of right and justice to themselves, can.
not BE- turned aside by any mundane
rowek What now. in the absence of
political excitement shall we do ? The
shnw season has not opened vet
SImlding aud Rogers are at war with
Ba,num about the Giraffe, and we
have no later intelligence of Dan Rice
han June last, and feel awfully afraid
that we shall never look on his trick
ponies and his infant prodigy again
There are no m'nstr.ls posted no ii.
ologizers M sword swaiIrwers; no
panoramns, in + int Of fac'-nothing
TO sotne torA at all interesting or ex-
citing, nearer BY, than the approach
ing session Of the State Legislature,
which for sixty days will fill up va
cant gap Of li>,ess time.
"A word in reference to the election
just past. Popular elections every
where are conlucted in The same fash
ion; there il always more or less bri
barry and corruption. We must con-
fess we never knew less to he used
than has been IN this parish during
the canvass just ended We are s"r-
" to say. that men who should he
proud TO boast that they are A'neri,
can citzers by bir,hright, have been
pulled an! hawl = about hy hrbee, !
threats and prom -o>; in manner i'll |
becoming ircem.n who have the des-
my Of the nation in their hands -
There is every where manifest; a
on the part of intelligent
as are identified with
The best interests Of society to put
forth men for office whose antpceden's
're not damnatorv in moral as we'll
Is political point Of view.
The tnA returns Of the election in
his Parish yesterday, may be found
elsewhere il to-day's paper, Tie re-
lrns are oHc;al
Drendfm Catastrophe at Valparaiso.
: BY the Empire City. whose arrival
It New York we have already no'iccd
valparaiso (ChiIi) Mercury was r.ceiv.
ID, from which the following par"gra-
'hs are taken;
On the 3d of August, loud expio-
ion was h,sr,d in the bay. The !
'owder m gazine Of the Chilian
Infatigable hal been blown
p. This fearful and fatal accident n
5 obe set down, probably. to a want
fProper care. The magazine was s
pen at the tune for the purpose of
utting it in order. A close lantern
Ias in use, Tut some say it was e
r"ken one. s
Tho vessel vas torn to piaces.- f
he hull, so much Of it as remained, Il
INK in three q uarters Of an hour 2
he escape Of the captain Of the vessel, b
,ynch, was remark ble. Tie wa is
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THE FouEraN QuARrERltes. -
Mcasrs.g Leonard, Scott & Co, Pub
fishers. 70 Fulton street, New York
have, BY industry and perseverance
succeeded in introducing to The Amer.
lean public, reprints Of the Z glisl,
and Scotch Reviews, at y figure in
price, 40 low, as to place them within
the reach Of every citizen VIII" makes
any preten'ion to literary reading -
Think Of having the four Sterling Eng
English Quarterlies, with B'ackwood
Monthly, for the sum of S10' This
too, when the same amount Of reading
matter costs where IL originally ap.
pears. five times that sum. II requires
nothing but a statement "of the facts"
TO induce such Of our citizens as do
not take the reprints to send on their
names at once, enclosing $40 which
is required iu advance. and at the ex.
pira'ion cf the year, they will find tina,
instead Of the amount being lost to
them they will have laid away in
their libraries such treasures of the
mind, and gems Of thought" as cannot
be computed in dollars and cents.
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II.
to tell you secret. The way to make
lyou'self pleasing to others, is to show
that you care for them q The whole
world is like the miller at Mansfield,
who cared for n"b"hy because poIuly
cared for him. And tho whole world
will serve you 20, if you give them the
same cause. Let every one, therefore,
see that you do care for them by show
ing them what Sterpe so happily call
the small swert courtesies 10 which
there is no parade, whose voice is too
sill to teas and which manifest them
selves by tender and aftectionate looks.
and little kind acts of attention giving
others the preference in every little
enjoy ment. at the table. in the field.
walk ing; sitting or standing"
We observe that the Tennessee
Legislature is about to strip the Gov
ernortf that state Of much power and
patronage with which he has been
clothed by the Democratic party A
bill has been intro 1uced to amend the
charter Of the Band of Tennessee
the object being to take the appoint
ment OF Directors out Of the hands of
the Governor. and give it to the Leg
islature. Another bill is also before
the Legislature, taking the manage
ment Of the Penitentiary from the
Governor, and giving it to the Legis-
lature 1t is said. that the Superin-
tendant of Railroads will be appointed
BY the Legislature. instead Of by Gov
ernor. as at present. DELTA.
10 The word burra',," says the q
Dalmat'an Observer, is pure Scla.
vo'han, and is commonly heard from
the coasts of Dalma'iA to Behring's
Straits, when any of The population
living in these limits are called on to
give proof of courage and valor. The
origin Of the word belongs to the pri,
mitive idea that every man that dies
heroically for his corntry goes straight
to Heaven (Hu-rcj-to Paradise.)
and it is so that in the shock and ardor
Of battle the combatauts utter that cry,
As the Turks do that Of" a1lsh"-each
himself by the certitude Of
Immediate recompense to forget earth
md contenm, death.
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Miss EuDice E. Culver, of bland
ford, Mass. received q verdict of So
500 d'mages against Fred. Dwight
formerly Of Springfield, for bracb of
the marriage promise The lady is
26 years Of age, and had been c"ustrd
by the gay deceiver since 1849. 1t
is proved that he at one time pres-
en'ed her with changeablc silk dress.
at another, with black silk, and
made innumerable presents Of hand.
kercL.efs, books, shawls, bonnets and
other articles Of wearing apparel or
ornament. In one of the books so
presented, he wrote the name of
Miss Eunice E. Culver Dwight
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u In New York, the liquor deal
crs, have raised the sum of 800. 900
which was TO be used in starting a
newspaper to defer d their rights
They conclude now, to use it, in the
coming election; and have given the
Now Yo'k Tribune $4,000, FIR two
columns Of that paper, to be apprt-
pria'eI to their interest until the elec
tion is over. This might afford food.
for the pencil of the mathematician
lf two columns of tho moral intu-
ence Of the Tribune can bs had for
$500, what is it worth ? a. 6
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~ In the last st. Frencisvile
Chronicle, the fol'>wf,rg strikes US:
Col. Hugh G. Standard will be sup,
ported for Mayor of Havou Sara, TO
fill the unexpired torn, caused by tho
resignation of JAS HALE, Esq.
OF course. this is signed BY "Many
Voters" How many in this. as in
other instances, tho paper does not
say. We hope it is considerably more
dian half-enough to place the Colonel
in the position to which many voters"
have pointed him. The Colonel is
gentleman of many virtues, and would
Gil the post of honor with credit to
the city .
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JAcoB BAKER Esq-This veterr
New Orleans Banker and Financeerer
i abont I" commit suicide by writing
his own life. 1t is rather singular
that with so much evidence of the fact
that an autobiography is "lmost Ger
tain death. to the author vet people
will g"and do the same thirg over and
gyrr again. Barnums decline, com
mences ltc'n the date of his antobop
raphy; ard his star as chief Priest
in the great humhugy'an empire, is
fast setting. d. Appleton Il Co
have the life of Mr.. Barker. in press
u Another great meeting Of
groat men. has just terminated in
New Orleafs; an account Of wl,icl,
may be found in the Delta Of the 5th
inst. According to venerable custom,
q dinner proceed d the discussion of
"the Object Of the meeting" AS the
meeting was intensely American in
feeling, tho cuisine had provided the
following dishes for the occasion
Sours Catfish Stew, Ia Choctay :;
Baked Sheephead, with small potatoes
Boiled Sheephead; Broiled Sheephead.
SIDE Buffalo Hump; Stewed
p cons, with small Pota ocs; Beaver tails.
a la Albert Pike; Es,caseed Pelican, ,c,fh
Creie sanre
MEATS. - Boiled Kentucky Beef; Ken
tn"ky Hams bo led il Longworth's Cham
pagne; Roast Ke lucky Beef; Kentucky
Bcei tongues a Ia Parrnele
SIDE Disu"& Beet lKentucky) a la
mode; W ID piseon&%ith acorns; Shrimps
bollsd Frogs, stewed Hard Shell crabs
G.MF.-Slanghai Roost r, CHAPMAN
sauce; Wild Geese, Hnfty sauce.
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a NEW AND coon FEATURE Dur.
ing tie election on Monday last, there
was not coffee house in this city
open. The whole affair passed off in
n quiet aid orderly manner, during
the day; and at night there came N,
such shower as to ehectually put a
damper on any street excitement, had
there been any disposition that way
The VOC polled was a very large one,
as may be seen from the question OF
Removal. =" 1922 votes were cast
against, and nine N Favor going TO
show the fact that there is a differ
ence of opinion in the very best regu-
lated families. The Parish vote is
with the exception Of Pond, Babip.
Burlington and Stuart; nearly strict
party vote and shows a pretty equal
division between them The Ameri
can party have succeeded in carrying
their entire Parish ticket-may per
hars he desated in tbs district by
Stuart for District Attorney but have
done well for the State ticket Col
Pond. American candidate for Con
gress has run considerably ahead of
his ticket. ~
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NORTHERN PART1Es--It has been
difficult matter at any time these
past ten years. to understand anything
about New York, politics, religion or
social life. The labaryn'hs of Egyp-
tian and Partisan catecombs, may be
tathomed, bu, New York politics. af.
fairs in Gotham cannot be. There
are ten thousand different parties with
twenty thousand different shades
There are "aard Shells" soft Shells"
hall sbellss'' mo Shells" whole
Shells etc, all believing, if not open
y advocating the doctrine "the world
is mine OYSTER As sample of the
profund'ty of these things, what does
tlss mean
The "Half Shell" City and County
Copventi0A met in New York on the
18th and nominated full county AHA
CITY ticket taken wholly from the ba'di
and soft city tickets.
Here are three or four Genealogical
combinations that it would staggcr the
mind of Coup,er, himself to look into.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-13
Personal intelligence.


Major 4; ogden, o. S a.; VIM Hoydsy, Ph,IsdsiPGis:
Boston; O. b. Mcndsh San rransiisS j. r. Prss,iy. Pa
A. Dulal Haws Maryland
nsen n' Rev. S. Sas sksao TsSs 4 S'sS'S wss
Wsshington Col. Thomas MeBurney, Ilinois Col A. NJ
Lieut. Alien, an Hon jaGsc watson, vas s'''A
At the rrying-I Hon y s puEsPi Albany Hon T .
D BartSa kse.yilIe 4 cha@berlas, Sayaansh; Rsy.
Torrey Burlington, VI
VIM whi,eTrsh, Jr AsLisd l. car, stout, D. Tonnes,
s Iss. ana 'rS,s u 1hspcs ", Johnson and o
All infant Haywood, Wo mrs Tirro il ssr ks.
Ia! eadPsss Williams. "l,' III as %1S
vhp a0 Lssh' barch lsdy sh,d AID sOryaat.
dnus, CD Geo u Toitcn j = Woodbury., Dr 5 T Lyon
and cor, stoutsn5ery, Rawson, Chester W Nc.
GoRsS NATE s cSrah wsi,s H TsSrS,s
Chapman, Cocrsft, and 23f Others.
DEPARTURES.
For Aspnwa via Nicaragua in tho steam hip Star the
senger u stephens and wife, W Edwards and wife
9s i1s ES NJ s n saa w a MTs M ss
and s s Nj n ME- Mrs Mary n'f Sr A.. 5 JAM
HURLEY, Miss Mary stanton, Mis- Ana Woods, Mrs ;
srSi and wife Mrs Cath Kssi Miss Cath carroip Jaad
saa s VIZ sis e'5 hS.,
ney Judson w II Scott, II Ketcbuu Hugh Gillian Geo
Rely, q TowgssId Lane, John h6e.ty, Iar,sell,
SrTssss Gee o. Parker Pine VIM Haley, VIM koeIgr
Lssd Lsys ana ye VIM Witt sSmss T9.H and
ESwd Worm, La,iea Connolly. > James, JAM;
pison MT Wary nsms Mrs s.sr,s Al infant nr,
.hiser VIM Raukin, Wln Taylor. vi. w Ford, Mrs A
rTa M. f cd rsr h' w. nSrra ,a a,a co ,
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Malls for Europe.

LIE NEW YORK HERALD-EDITION FOR EUROPE.
me Cunard mail steamship Canada, Capt. Stone, win
leave Boston Wednesday, at IL O'Clock, for Liverpool
The European mails viii close in this city It quarter
20 two O'Clock this afternoon.
The HERALD (printed in English and French) win be
published at ten O'Clock this morning Single copies
N wrappers, sxpence.
Subscriptions and advertisements for any edition Of
ne NEW YORK HERALD will be received at the following
places in Europe
LsvmPooL. John Hunter, No. Paradise street.
DoNpoN. Edwards Sanford Co., No. II Cornhin.
VIM. Thomas Il Co., No 10 Catharine street,
PARE. Livingston, Wells Co.. Place de Ia Bourse
The contents Of the European edition Of the HERALD
win embrace the news received by mail and telegraph at
Me ece during the previous week. and to the hour Of
publication.
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To Advertisers.

me pressure of advertisements created by the demands
II he spring trade necessitates greater strngencJ in
sar Office regulations as to the period of their
ssption OF present average OF advertisements, ap
ysoaeh.ng close to thousand per day, the greater por
Mem does reach before late hour of the evening
sor the future if the pressure continues, we shall be
compelled to postpone to the following day the pubca
hon of all advertisements which not delivered before
sPM. By adhering to this rule getting to press
s be much facilitated and our readers enabled to re-
,,saye their paper at earlier hour Of the morning.
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Navigation OF the western Rivers

CINCINNATI, March Q, 1855.
Within the past few days have had copious rains
which has caused the river TO rise some four feet and
enable many steamers TO get aoat that we're aground
on the numerous bars in the Ohio river. There was
report in the city yesterday that the steamer Garden
City bound to Pittsburg, had got aground and the Ice
had caused much damage to her and cargo There was
however, no foundation for such report The river Is
now freef from ire
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OF the Know Nothinrs.

movements OF the Know N0things.
KNOW NOTHING STATE CONVENTION IN VIRGINIA.
BALTIMORE, March Il, 1885.
The Know Nothings Of Virginia win hold convention
on Tuesday or Wednesday next at Winchester vrgnia
to nominate candidates for State officers
KNOW NOTHING VICTORY IN BANGOR
BANGOR, March IL, 1855.
At the municipal election to-day, j. T x. HAYWOOD
Know Nothing, (also on the citizens ticket was CHOSEN
Mayor. The vote stood-Hay wood, ], $50; W. H. Mills
1885, The Aldermen and Councilman are elected in the
same ratio.
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THE CANADAs hAILs-THE CHARLES RIVER RAIL.
ROAD
BosroS, March Il, 1885,
Phe Canada sails Hom here at 10 o'clock on w.dues
day morning. Her mails win close atsA
In the Senate, to day, the Committee en- Railroads and
Canals reported on the petition of the Charles River
Railroad bill authorizing the corporation to alter their
locality, and extend their line to some point ON the
Rhode Island boundary convenient for junction with
the New York Central Railroad
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-13

THE GARDNER CLAIA-A SUSPICIOUS PIECE
OF BUsYEss-It appears that the resolution
which passed Congress in August last, request
ing the President to institute proceedings in
law and equity against all such agents, attor-
neys and confederates as may have assisted in
prosecuting the fraudulent claims Of George A.
Gardner and John II. Mears, has never off,
cially reached the President to this day. This
we believe, was House resolution, and as
such was under the charge Of Forney, the
Clerk. Why did be fail to communicate it to
The President? Was he also party to this
Gardner conspiracy and II 3d. has he been
guilty Of suppressing this resolution of the
House? II guilty, as we understand the laws,
he is clearly subject for the District peniten-
tisry.
We call upon the Washington Union for an
explanation Of this mysterious transaction. As
for these Gardner and Mears claims, and the
outstanding balances due the treasury, we
have no doub. they will be thoroughly over
hauled by the next Congress What Gays
Forneyf
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The News.

Neither the steamer Pacific, fer this port, nor
ne Africa, due ut Halifax, from Liverpool, had
made their appearance at one o'clock this morning.
The steamship Illinois arrived at this port last
evening from Aspinwall, bringing later news from
San Francisco, the Sand wich Islands, Acapulco,
the South Pacific, New Granada, Aspinwall, and
Kingston, ia. The dates are
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-13
Large Fire I'm Weston, Missouri.

BUFFALO, March IL. 1855.
On the It'll inst. large fire occurred at Weston Mis-
souri,, BY which two blocks, in Dye and Market streets
in the businsss part OF the city destroyed aud
many Of the merchants there heavy losers The 1s
Is estimated at $50 600 The insurance In mot stated
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SOUTHERN DIRECT TRADE-CoTToN CONFER
ENcE AT AK LA CHAPELLE-It will be seen by
letter elsewhere in these columns, from Wash
iDgtoD, that the cotton growers Of the South
are resolved upon direct trade with Europe
that, to this end, they contemplate sending out
lot Of volunteer diplomats to the principal
European Powers; and that, for the purpose of
grand coup d'fiat, these cotton diplomats,
following the example of the late Cuban con-
ference, are to meet in convention at AK la
Chapelle, for the final arrangement of their di-
rect trade and free trade policy. Very well.
We presume that these volunteer ambassadors
from the cotton growers, should they secure no
thing else, will at least secure their expenses
to the Crystal Palace exhibition at Paris, and
il our Southern planters are willing to accom-
modate these gentlemen thus far, we have no
objection. This Southern theory Of direct trade,
however, is fAllacy. The laws of trade regu-
late themselVlh, and until the transportation of
exports and imports between Europe and the
United States can be done at less cost and In
less time between our Southern ports and those
OF England and France, than it can be done be-
tween New York and Liverpool and Havre, all
these Southern conventions and all this South
ern diplomacy will amount to nothing. That
tells the whole story"
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VIII be concluded. II Is the intention Of the ausho
rites to send steamship in pursuit OF tho vessel Ii
which Baker escaped.
An alleged charge of extortion In the ofhoe OF
the Receiver OF Texas was brought before the Board
Of Supervisors last evening. The correspondence
between Mayor Wood end Mr.. Harvey Hart, in rela'
tion thereto will be four in the repor. of the pro
ceedings. The subject Of the want Of proper accom-
mediation for the city grand jury was brought be.
fore the Supervisors and referred to the Board Of
Aldermen.
The Board of Aldermey. were In session last
evening. A resolution rendering the Inequalities
OF the city to The members Of the LIE gisature was
adopted, and q complttee of four appointed to do
the honors. The Board non-concured with thu
Council in makiay the term Of leases Tor wharves
one year instead Of five. An invitation from the
Ten Governors to join in the visit to the pubic in.
stytutions WINS accepted, Of course.
The Board OF Councilmsn met last evening, and
transacted considerable routine business, the par.
ticuars of which may be found in our report. A
communication and resolution from the Chamber of
Commerce, urging the erection of the proposed new
public buildings ON the site Of the Ola City Hall, In
the Park, the ground Of facilitating the legal and
commercial business Of the city, vas received and
referred to the appropriate committee.
Dealers in cotton yesterday were waiting later
foreign news. The sales only reached about 500 a
600 bales, without change in prices. Flour con-
tinued firm, with fair amount of sales. Southern
brands were frmer, with q good demand. Cana
dian was unchanged. Wheat was quiet, being in
light supply, and held above the views Of buyers.
Corn was firm, with moderate sales New mess
pork sold in los at SIS rs q SIG; old mess, at
$14 Is, and new prime, at $14 81. Beef was firm.
Sales Of good Chicago repacked were made at SIG.
There was no change Of moment in other articles Of
trade.
The Know Nothings of Virginia hold State
Convention at Manchester during the present week
TO nominate candidates for State officers.
The Know Nothings Of Bangor. Me-, elected their
ticket for municipal officers yesterday By six hun.
dred majority.
The steamboat Santa Claus succeeded in forcing
her way up the North river ss tar as Rondoat yes
terday. Above Newburg, however, the river was
filed with floating ice, rendering navigation very
dangerous
By way Of Charleston, s. G., we have some items
Of news from Nassau, N. P, to the 18th ut, which
may be found elsewhere.
A communication in another column contains
vivid description Of fire in the pine woods Of
South Carolina, on Friday last along the line Of the
Wilmington and Manchester Railroad. A vast
amount of property has been destroyed, and 1t is
feared that portions Of the railroad have been d.
mayed to such an extent as to seriously interrupt
travelling.
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y hUNpvNI, hIhrch II, 1000.
The steamer Santa Claus, Of Thomas Cornelrs line,
arrived here this morning The captain reports CON
siderable quantities VI ise between this place and We
burg.