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Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1855-08-30
A Model DUN.
STUDYN.

An editor out West thus talks to his
paying subscribers and patrons. II
this appeal does not bring the 'Perfer, we
think he need never try again:
Friends, Patrons, Subscribers, and Adj
rertisers:-Hear us for our debts, and get
ready that you may pay; trust US, we are
in need, and have great regard for our
need, for you have long been trusted; ac-
knowledge your indebtedness, and dive in
to Your pockets that you may promptly fork
over. If there be any among you, one
single patron that don't owe US something
then to him we say-step aside; consider
yourself gentleman. Ii the rest wish
to know why we dun them, this is our an
swer: Not that we care about cash our
selves, but our creditors do. ould you
rather that we go to Jail and you 90 free,
than you pay your debts, and we both keep
moving! As we agreed, we have furnish
ed our paper to you; as we promised, we
have waited upon you, but as you don't
pay. we dun you! Here are agreements
for job work; contracts for subscription;
promises for long credits; and duns for de-
terrcd payments. Who is there So mean
that he don't take paper! If any. he
needn't speak; we don't mean him. Who
is there SO green that he does not adver
tise? If any, let him slide; he amt the
chap either. Who is so bad that he don
pay the printer? If any, let him shout
for he's the man we're after. His name
is Legion, and he's been owing us for one
| two, three, four, five, six, seven, elgh
years; long enough to make us poor, ant
himself rich at our expense. Ii the above
appeal TO his conscience doesn't awake
him to sense of justice, we shall have t.
t try the law. and see what virtue there il
. in writs and constables.S
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He place his hand upon his heart a.,
stopped, and burst OF tears relieved I y;
momentary paroxysm of grief. The he Ill us
dience were thoroughly affected. and ~
honest burst Of sympathy made the wall, pa
tremble.
Women wept loudly, strong men sHar
ly; and during the remainder of the eva
ming his performance was scarcely and;
bic, through the storm Of applause by
which the crowd sought TO soothe the moor
fellows wounded feelings. There was
something very melancholy in the thought
of that wretched mans Coming from ,ba
bed Of death TO don the gay attire and NJ
ter etudied witticisms for the amnsemer,
Of a crowd, not one of whom dreamed of
the anguish that lay fostering under the
painted cheek and stage smile.
And in the the theatre of life, how many
are there around us like that poor actor
smiling gaily at the multitude, while Al
home lies some mystery of sorrow. who's,
shadow is ever present with them in bus,
places, and in solitude, revels upon the
hearts, like ghost among the ,ombs.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1855-08-30
A Good Story.

A certain friend of ours, whose urbaniy
and good fellowship have Won him host
of admirers, amused company few
evenings since, with the following anec.
dote, which is too good to be lost. s.,
captain Of an elegant packet on the
Champlain Canal, was spending few
DAYS, one winter, at Montreal, and to kill
time, went into the thea:er one evening.
During the performance, the orchestra he
gan playin. "God Save the Queen" An
important, consequential looking person
ace, hustled around the the thea,er, touch
inc one with his cane, and mo,oning to
another, all the time saying shafts oil, gen.
tlemcn. hats off, our national air."
Presently he approached Capt. s.,
who is diminutive specimen of the genus
homo. and called out to him, shat of, sir,
our national air!''
The Lilliputian captain refused, when
the very consequential busyboGy, with a
sweep OF his cane, knocked the Captains
hat upon the floor There was a grand
rush, the flashing of bright bade, and
cries of ga fight, fight" but the by
standors interfered, and the parties stood
elaring at zach other like wild beasts.
Captain s. remarked, Il shall know
YOU next time we meet" and was hur.
ried on to prison. In the spring fellow
ing, Captain s. was pacing the deck
of his beautiful packet, as she lay at the
wharf at Whitehall.
The United States had just arrived
from Rouse's Point. with passengers bound
for Saratoga, New Yerk, &c. The Cap
tain eyed the party sharply, and among
them recognized his Montreal acquan
lance. He proceeded at once to the lea
der of the band and ordered him, as sooI
as the boat was in motion. to strike. u
"Hail, Columbia" and after that "lauke'
Doodle" The order was obeyed. an'
the Captain appeared on deck swinging {
huge bludgeon. As soon as the first mote
of Yankee Doodle had been sounded, he
called out, ':hats of, gentlemen, our ma
tional air!''
His Montreal friend did not heed him.
when around came the bludgeon, and away
went the Montreal gentIeman's hat into
the canal. The gentleman was indIs'
nant-got mad-biustered awfuly-bu'
Capt. S was cool. ''perhaps you do
not know me! | am the man whose hat
you knocked of, las, winter, in Montreal.
Glad to see YOU "Quite right, Captain
very right. l have bottle Of the genu-
inc below; come down and we will pass
receipts.
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beauties but rouse them 10 he realization
that they had indeed an az enture-not a
mere hideous nightmare--that before
them calmly browsed the ver:table au-
thor of Their fears-a harr 'ess pony. Yer
ily, may not the pillows laugh! Take
warning, ladies of the Dernier Isle; tol
worser Plutos may haunt its shors for tan
Proserpines.
More anon, perhaps.
STUDYN.
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A Touching Incident.

went one nj ght to see comedy. The
chief actor was favorite, and the thea
ter, a small provincial one, was densely
crowded. The curtain drew up, and amid
burst Of applause, the hero Of the piece
made his appearance. lie had hardly
said twenty words when it struck me thai,
something strange was the matter with
him. ssa
The play was boisterous comedy of
the old school, and required considerable
spirit and vivacity on the part of the act
ors to sustain it properly; but in this
man there was none, he walked and talk
ed like person in dream; his best points
he passed over without perceiving them;
and altogether appeared quite untittedfor his
part. His smile was ghast!y. his laugh
hollow and unnatural, and frequently he
would stop suddenly in his speech, and let
his eyes wander vecantly over the audi
ence. Even when in his character of a
silly husband, he had to suffer himself to
be kicked about the stage by the young
rake of the company, and afterward to he
hold that individual making love to his
wife, and eating his supper. while he was
shut up in closet from which he could
not emerge; his conclusions of ludicrous
wrath, which had never before failed to
call down plenty of applause, We're now
such dismal attempts to portray the pas
sion, that Kisses wero audible in various
parts of the house. ~
The audience were fairly out of temper,
and several inquisitive individuals were
particular in their inquiries as to the ex-
tent Of the rotations he had INDUCED in
that evening. A storm of sillibation and
abuse now fell around the ears of the de
voted actor, and not content with verbal
insult, orange peel and apples flew upon
the stage. He stopped and looked around
at the shouting crowd. never saw such
misery in human countenance. His face
was worn and hasgard. and large tears
rolled down his painted cheeks. saw hi:
lip culver with inward aeony-I saw his
bosom heaye with commissions Of suppress.
ed emotion, and his whole mein betoken.
ed such depts Of anguish and distress
that the most ruthless heart must have
throbbed with pity. The audience were
moved, and by degrees the clamor Of in.
vectiye subsidized into solemn silence, while
stood near the foot-lights, picture of de.
lection. ss... 81. 8..z..-...-'
When all was calm he spoke, and in a
voice broken with sobs that seemed to reno
his bosom, proceeded at once to offer his
little explanation. .-f
Ladies and gentlemen said he, though
in my acting tonight, am conscious o.
meriting your displeasure, in one thing
you do me wrong. lam not intoxicated,
Emotion alone, and that of the most pain.
tul kind, has caused me to fulfil my allotted
part so badly-my wife died but a few
hours ago, and left her side to fulfil my
unavoidable engagement here. If | have
not pleased you, forgive me. l loyed her
grieve for her, and if misery and anguish
can excuse a fault, l bear my apology
here ~ @
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For the houma Ceres.
Last Island.

Last Island.
Mr.. Editor: Having deferred it till now
too late to give you a sketch from "Last
IsIaud.'' or the ssDernier lsle," as marked
out on the maps, will make good my
promise, as far as can now give interest
to the subject.
Standing at sunset on its beautiful
beach, as even an unyielding as our own
Shell-Road, in New Orleans, and stretch
ING along its Observation-Disclosures of some
twenty or thirty miles; tessillated, as it
were, by the inimitably fine tracery OF
the surf, and your brow famed by the
cooled and invigorating expirations breath
ed from the lips of Eolus-the mind be-
comes largely exclusive, not to say roman
tic, till its whole history seems at once
comprehended by the magic of your intu-
ition, or you find youseif almost uncon-
sciously weaving the thread of your mag
ininss into the wool Of reality. The into
nations in the voice of the surge seem to
laugh for a moment at the folly OF reck-
less adventures, then TO chaunt songs OF
applause at their success, or sigh q sad
requiem at their misfortunes. Regarding
its crescent form. you think Of its adapted
ness to piracy, and are told that it was
one of Lafi,te's hvorite haunts: you stretch
your mental vision to Cuba, that island
which, situated in the very hiatus of a
gulf gaping upon an ocean whitened by
the sails Of every nation. forms SO deli
cious moroccan to commercial appetencies
and you may almost fancy the Fillibuster-
ing ship, Plumber, scudding before the
breezes of ayarice to the fertile shores OF
that Seem of the Antilles" You become
Selkirk-an, and associating your inquiries
with the ideas that it must indeed have
been the "Reclusia" of some mode IN
votary to solitude, are rather disap-
pointed in your speculations by be-
ing told that for years a pony was one OF
its earliest Inhabitants. You learned that
after so long time Of unrestrained free
dom, its former owner has again reduced
it to bondage; but not without its having
added a somewhat humorous addenda to u
story which, for aught I'VE know, have al
so its preface. .s
Some cast-aways on the beach, fatigued
by the heat of the sun, and plunging into
the surge one star.lit night in May, were
greatly alarmed by the emerging forth
from the water of the pony, himself an
habi:ue, it seems of such cool resorts, for
reasons akin to their own, and quite as
much frightened as themselves. The snort
ing of the affrighted animal, at being thus
disturbed and his fiery appearance, as in
his huge plungings he alternately pillow
en- and tcattered the phosphorescent spray
before him, so completely tinged off their
ideas of the devil, that they really mag
ined old Mich had left his dominions. The
beach attained-the wind strong-the men
running with it, and the pony in conse.
sequence unable to ascertain their direc-
ton, the poor men were yet more fright
ened at finding themselves still pursued by
their imagined foe, and though consoled
that he has dotted his fiery nature, yet
wondering at the metamorphosis. They
fall, faint and exhausted-pony passes on.
He sleeps his accustomed sleep. Auora's
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1855-08-30

a. Arriving at Houtna late on Tues
day evening, we found the first side OF our
paper, (Which is devoted TO selected copy
worked off. This forces us TO delay the
public .tion of an interesting article which
we in.ended should occupy that space OF
the same. Cnr compositions, not aware
of the article in question, had selected the
necessary matter, and had gone to press
Drevi.us to our arrival.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1855-08-30
DEMOCRATIC AND ANTI K. ". MEET.
ING AT II4IBODAUX.


Last Monday, on our way home, we
concluded we would step in at the Court.
House, and see what was going on with
the great ''unwashed." 1t seems that the
Democracy of the Second Congressional
District are sup and doing" They were
disposed to admit the old line and anti X.
N. Wings to a coalition, as far as support
ing their nominee was concerned and in
deed admitted them TO full participation
in their nomination of candidate-pro-
vided, of course, he should be q Democrat
because, as gentleman from Ascen-
sion expressed it, it was sa Democratic
meeting. and none but Democratic nom-
inee should receive his support" La
fourche humlned and hawed considerably,
and was determined on defining her posi-
tion-she of course considered old line
Wings and anti K. Ms. entitled to the
same rights and privileges as any compo-
sing the Convention-an inasmuch as
fair understanding could not be brought
about between Ike balance of the dele
gates and herself she begged respectfully
to withdraw, and declined voting for a
candidate. MILES TAYLOR was declared
the nominee.
Lafourche finally gave in her adhesion,
and pledged herself to stand by the nomi-
nation.
With any chance for success, we think
that it would have beeen policy for the
convention to have resolved itself into an
anti K. N. meeting, and have chosen
some staunch anti X. N. Wing as
their candidate. With such men as Bush
or BEATTY, for instance, their tichet would
have been much stronger than it is, now,
and consequently their opposition to Know
Nothingism would have been rendered
more formidable.
0T During our late visit at Plaquemine
and Bayou Goula, a great number of our
have been loud in their, COM
plants in not receiving the Ceres regular
y.
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,revi..uS to our arrival.

MADAME RAcrIEL.-ihe Pacific ar
rived at New York on the 22d, bringing
as passenger the renowned tragedienne,
Nine. Rachel. We suppose that another
Jenny Ii ID farce will now be enacted,
and the American people once more show
their susc eptibiIity of humbug Try.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1855-08-30
THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1855.

CrA months absence beholds us again
at our post. We will, with;renewed exer-
tons strive to render our paper a welcome
companion to every family Preside in the
parish.
We take this occasion TO return our
heartfelt thanks to our young and talented
friend, n. Fl. R1cHroR, Esq, for the able
and mastery manner in which he con-
Quoted the editorial department. Of the
Ceres, during our absence.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1855-08-30

A great number OF our SUBSCRIBERS
insist that the Ceres is a knOw-No,hing
organ. Some arrive at this conclusion
because they suspect the Editor Of being a
member of the American party-others
are satisfied of the f,:t, because they
know that our partners, Messrs. WHITE &
ANDERSON, are X. Ms. Others, more mod
crate, say that we shadowed forth our pre-.
objections in favor of thu new organization
by publishing its platform in our first issue
In answer TO these various objections
we will state that this paper is avowedly
independent in It's toac-ihat it is entirely
under the control of the editor, and is con
sequently not responsible for the politica
opinions Of Messrs. WHITE & AMBER
son, who are Simply interested as partner:
in its gains, but in no other manner. A:
for the Editors peculiar political opinions
be they what they may, he is entitled te
entertain and enjoy them, and he consider:
that, as an Independent journalist, the
world has no right to pry into them.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1855-08-30
MARRIED.

Married
On Thursday, August ODD, by the Rev.
-. ALBERT LAUVE. Esq, e lb'
erville Pal fish, to Miss MARINE DOW
UNIQUE of Ascension.
Never before have we beheld such IN
terestins ,otaries at thu hymeneal shrine
The bride was enchantingly lovely anc
displayed all of the graceful bearing OF
May Queen. We congratulate our fr'ene
ALBERT upon the possession OF such ;
bride.
-"She is thine own;
And ou as rich in having such ewe', -
A, twenty seas, ii all their sands 'tre psafi'
Tha water nectar A and the rocks pure gold"
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1855-08-30

Vaccinations.

The learned world is all alive. A ply
sician a man of the world, published about
fortnight ago book upon a subject which b.,
in former times agitated all Europe ! he
book is entitled "Moral and physical de-
generation Of the human race in conse.
quence Of vaccination" and in it Jenner
is accused of having helped to thin of the
European family. Yea may well suppose
that such work will scarcely go unlo'
ticed. Official science has preserved. a
great dose of admiration for the EnsIlsn
doctor who found upon a cows dug tue
specific which is now administered admin
istered to almost every child that is born.
On the other hand, certain school o.
medicine has lately grown up. whose GU
icct is to rid the world of vaccination. Ac'
eordins to these men all modern diseases
result from incubation with the COW virus
cholera, gastritis, scroiula, more he.
quent cases of consumption, and aDo'o
all, typhoid fevers. Thus you see 'hs
question may bring on every specie, ..
discussion, war ofwords, and PainPnie'Ir
in abundance. Our Imperial Acadeii.l :.
Medicine, consisting of the elite OF 'nJ ~
doctors, has made the subject an order =,
the day. Experimental Germany '':u
England. so interested in the quarre'' , WIN
both doubtless take part in these poie, y.
les. Heaven grant the victory MAJ md
some GREAT achievement Of science. and
some new good to humanlty.-fafS ~
Independent Beige.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1855-08-30

T An Emeralder meeting ano'ne' s,s
Of the sod, but whose counteaai.e lin
not quite remembered; sitter sali'Ia Nth,
most cordially, inquired his name, aid
said the other. "Walsh, Walsh ;.bers.
Paddy, ARE yc from Doblin! Be BE-; name,
| knew to ould maids there Of 'n'' Oh ="
an sure they wcrn't Your n'otf's''
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1855-08-30

4 4 4 - : ID
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.-We learn from
the Minerva, that the special train up
from, New Orleans, on Saturday last, mel
with serious accident. A short distance
from Bou;te's Station, the track "spread'
as the locomotive and baggage car passed
over, and the passenger cars ran off the
track, and were completely wrecked. No
person was severely injured, though all
the passengers were more or less scratch
ed and bruised. One man had his arm
broken. The brakeman was thrown a
distance Of sixty feet from the car, and
yet received only a slight injury.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-01-19
NEW V. WATCH az 'EHELAY y1 6
Fancy G.sh Store,
OppOSit BrailOnS Law office.

VHE subscriber has permanently located
Il in Macarthur and opened good assorted
stock of
Clocks, Watches, Je,uclry,and Fancy Articles,
consisting in part of Clocks Of every variety.
gold & Silver Watches, Levers, Escapments,
Lapeens and Quarters. &c. Gold and Metal
ic Pens Spertarles Seals. Notices, Pocket
Books, Port Monies, &c:, Also Jewely. such
as Ladies and Gents, Pins and Finger Rings,
LOckets, Ear Rings and Drops, and other ar
ticles to tedious to mention all for sale at
the lowest cash prices.
CLOCKS & WATCHES cleaned and repaired
at short notice, and warranted ifwell used
to keep time, Jewelry of all kinds repaired in
the best manner. Having been in the trade
numbe. OF years know can give my cus;o-
mers good work, at reasonable prices.
A. STAHLBERG.
July % l85l-Gmo.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-01-19
Ene IndicC for. the yenr 1855 il


lNDicEs OF FTHEhOETn3IlNDIcEs TO THE DAYS
une.'''...'''''".l Sunday, ..........l
Sept. and Dec, ''.'2 Monday. y,...........2
April and Juiy..'..S Tuesday. ..........S
Jam and Oct,' ''''''4 wednesday. a
May. .'''''''''''''5 Thursday. ,'......".J
August '.'''..''. q Friday. ............
Feb, March & Now, e Saturday, .........7
To ascertain, what day OF Tie week gwen
day Ct tie year will fall on, the value of the
above table to the businers man, is incaltula-
BILE. Clerks of Courts, aud others fixing le-
turns of wits &c, on a given day of any
month of the year 1855, needs no Almanac
with this table but the one on this sheet.
tsuic.---Add the day given, the lndice of
the month and lndice OF the wear; divide by T.
(the days of the wtek) and The remainder will
be tie day Of the week required, coun ting
from Saba tn as first.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-01-19

Sale Of Real Estate by Order Of Court.
6 N the Seventeenth day Of February,
u A. D. 1855, between the hours Of
Eleven o'clock A. NJ, and three O'clock
p. NJ, at the door Of the Court House
in the town of Macarthur. county Of
Vinton and State Of Ohio, will be sold
to the highest bidder the following Real
Estate, as the property of jeremiah
Robson, deceased, TO wit: Fifty acre S
of the West end Of Lot number eight,
Section number -four, "a Township No.
nine, Co. Range No. sixteen, in the
Ohio Company's Purchase, and in said
county of Vinton. Appraised at s24l &c,
and must sell for two third Of that sum.
TERMS OF SALE.-0ne.third Of the puT.
chase money in hand; one third in six
months and one-third in twelve months,
with interest on the deferred payments,
from the day of Sale.
EFF. BINGHAM. Admr. Of
JEREMIAH robson, decd.
Jan. l9, 1855 -4w.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-01-19
S. 6 Fl. V. RAILROAD.

S. r. Ross, Wholesale Grocer, Portsmouth,
Ohio, invites the attention of Merchants, Fur.
mace Proprietors and Traders, of Vnton and
adjoining counties, who may visit Portsmouth
for supplies, to his large and valuable assort-
ment of Groceries, and offers them at the low
est prices He will also receive and forward
Goods, arriving by River, by the earliest train;
and receive consignments of Produce &c., in
tended for shipment, or sale in this market.
All letters OF inquiry, as TO tie spirit of our
markets, answered promptly.
Address, S. r. ROSS.
Portsmouth Jan, 90 tS54,-ly
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-01-19

CHAS. A. M. DAMARIN & Co
D ECEIVED direct from New Orleans,
"a 575 hhds fair TO prime n. o. Sugar.
20 " clarified do.
l60 bis loaf, crushed & pulveriaed sugar:
81 bSs white Havana, for candy and syr-
28S7 lis N. O. Molases;
15 do "St. James" choice sugar II, mo.
lasse;s
100 do Common sugar H. moa9seS.
10 do Golden syrup;
55 Tes' Rice;
500 bags Rio and Java coffee;
Which, together with full and completed
stock Of,
WooDwARE-Buckets, tub, zine washboards,
brooms, &c.
FRUlTs & NUTs-Figs, rasins' almonds Pc
cans, e. Walnuts, ilberts; Brazil nuts; &c.
SPIcEs-'Ground and unground-Pepper;
alspices; cinnamon: cloves; ginger; nutmegs:
FIsH-macheral; dried herring, Goldfish; say-
dimes:
TEAs-A large stock of fresh imperial; Y;
Hysou; gunpowder and black tea:
ToRAcco-Fives; eights and pound plug OF
good Virginia, Missouri and Kentucky brands
also, Gedge d Bros and other good brands
Of twist tobacco:
DYE.sTUFrs-lndigo; coPperas madder and
alum:
SUNDRlET-Soap; candles, starch, chocolate;
saleratus; super carbonate Of soda; EPSON
salt; lead shot; Wrapping paper; &c, &c
We will sci at the regular Cincinnati
whulesale prices;
c. A. NJ. DAIARIN & Co.
Portsmouth, April /, 1854.