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Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-21
Russian Storm.

A traveller in Russia says that the
storms of that country are divided into
three classes The first and mildest kind
is called the Miatsel; the second, more
severe, the Samjots and the third, which
lis absolutely terrific. the Winga. In a
conversation between himself and priest,
the latter is thus described:
"Wbat, them" cried I. ''is the Win
ga?"
"a prelude to the last day." answered
the priest. Fortunately, unmistakable
indications announce its coming for some
days before hand. Then nobody sets out
upon journey, not even to the next village
though it be but verst or two off.
Precautions are taken for the safety of the
house, by protecting it, on the north side
with heavy stones, and by propping it up,
as we'll as barns and stables, on the south
side. The taunon-troops Of wild horses
-scamper in all haste to the nearest fore 81;
droves OF cattle and hocks of sheep seek
shelter wherever it is to be found. What.
ever the storm overtakes on the open
plain, man or beast. caravans drawn by
oxen or caravans drawn by horses, is lost
without chance Of rescue.
"An icy shower of snow is the
forerunner of the terrible blast; it falls
so thick and drives SO horizontally through
the air that to Withstand it is impossible,
while it avails little to suffer ones self to
be driven before it. For If one ESCAPES
for while this prelude to the hurricane.
he is infallibly overtaken by the formidable
blasts and circling whirlwinds which sue.
coed it, and which gather up from the
earth, like chat, from the threshing floor,
the objects exposed to their violence, and
hurl them to and fro in the air.
And yet the range of the unfettered
element is not here at its height; for
when the storm seems to have been ex.
hausted its fury in the manner have des.
cribed-oflen raging thus for period Of
several days then first begins the real
tempest, blast which nothing can resist.
1t uproots whole forests, losses the lofiies,
fir trees into the air like blades of straw,
and often conveys them high above the
earth, whole versts away. It levels
stables and barns, unroofs houses and
throws down church towers, so that the
district it has visited looks, after its de.
structive passage and for distances oil
several days journey, like land ravaged
by fire and sword. On all sides are seen
herds of dead cattle, and village over.
thrown. In exposed situations, this wind
has been known to tear up isolated stables,
to transport through the air their fragments
and the cattle they contained, and far, ia,
from the spot, to hurl these down shattered
upon fields and roofs. With varying fury
the monster RACES for some days, leaving
behing him, on his departure, death des.
truction and lamentations Happily he
comes but seldom; his visits are not 70,
every generation; but when he does come
all that his icy breath touches is devoted
to humiliation.
"That is the Russian Winga!"
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-21

WASHINGTON IN HIS HoME.-A foreign.
er who visited this country towards the
close of the last century, wrote at the
time the following description of the per.
son and home OF Washington, which will
be read with universal interests crossed
the river from Maryland into Virginia,
near to the renowned General Washing.
toms, where | had the honor to spend
some time, and was kindly entertained
by that worthy family. As to the Gene.
raj, if we may Judge by the countenance,
he is what the world says Of him-a
shrewd, good-natured, plain, humane man
about ifty-ive years Of age. and seems to
wear well, being active and healthful,
strait, well-made, and about six feet high.
He keeps good table, which is always
open to those of genteel appearance.
He does not use many Frenchifed congee.
or fattering useless words, without mean
ing, which savors more Of deceit than an
honest heart; but, on the contrary, his
words sSem to point at truth and reason,
and to spring from the fountain of heart
which. being good Of ITSELF cannot be
suspicious Of others till facts unriddle de-
signs. which evidently appeared to me, by
a long tale that he told about Arnold 8
maneuvres, far-fetched schemes, and
deep-laid designs to give him and his
army up above month before the affair
happened; and though he said he won
dered at many things that he observed in
Arnold's conduct, yet he had not the least
suspicion of any trcachery going on till
the thing happened, and then he cou' d
trace back and see through his intentions
from the beginning; which, from the Cen
erals behavior to him-of which l am
we'll apprized-seems to me to be the
highest sin Of ingratitude that man
could be guilty Of The Generals house
is rather warm, snug, convenient, and
useful than ornamental. The size is what
ought to suit man of about two or three
thousand year in Ireland. The out.
Offices are good, and seem to be not long
built; and he was making more Offices at
each wing to the front of the house, which
added more to ornament than real use.
The situation is high, and commands a
beautiful prospect of the river which parts
Virginia from Maryland"
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o. Mr.. A. ]. Delaporte has been ap.
pointed by the Hon. J. :. Cole, Judge Of
our District Court, to take charge of the
BOOKS and papers appertaining to the Re.
corder's office, till the new Recorder to
be elected shall be indicted into office.
We give this information for the benefit
Of those desiring to examine the records
in the meantime.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-21

" The printing done for the last Con.
gress by the public printers amounted to
the sum Of one million five hundred thou.
sand dollars. In addition to this they did
work to the amount of FIVE hundred thor
sand dollars for the executive departments.
Two million Of dollars!
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-21

o. A divorce was recently granted by
ono OF the courts ofIndiana, where the only
allegation against the defendant was that
he had cold fed.-[Er.
Bachelors cannot comprehend what she
bed to do with tho fellows feet.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-21

OF Next Monday is the day set apart
for the election Of Recorder of our Par.
isb, to replace J. A. Leblanc, Esq, de.
ceased. We understand there are but two
candidates before the public, Mr.. Della.
porte and Mr.. Dunn; Mr.. Fields having
withdrawn.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-21

HT"Sam Slick" is informed that his
article cannot find a place in our columns
for many reasons. In the first place, his
manuscript is not decipherable. In the
second place, he is entirely too pedantic for
our readers. In the third place, there is
no point in his article. In the fourth
place, his spelling, we fear, would put all
Of the school-boys to flight, and make the
school-master stand aghast. These among
the few hundred reasons which presen,
themselves to our mind just now, must
serve As an excuse for consigning his man.
uscript to the flames.
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Author's Attention.
MAGNIFICENT PRIZES!

MAGNIFICENT PRIZES
TO encourage tho literary talent Of Tie
4 country as we'll as to secure the bss
available matter for their columns, tho
proprietors of the
NEW YORK SATURDAY COURLER
have determined 10 award prize Of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for the best, and
FIFTY DOLLARS
for the second best tale that is Forwarded
to their Office on or before the first dy o.
May next. Said stories may be N ."
style, may be located in any country O
relate to any period /; they must not MAKE
less than ten columns Of the Cosris'
Each must he accompanied by tho s'l ~
of its author in a sealed enveloPs. Al
tales handed in are to become the prop
erty Of the paper, and will be used 10 u
columns if deemed worthy Of publ'ea''on.
The award will be without reservauoa, Y
a committee Of gentlemen, whose nlssl
literary standing will be a guarantee y
the sincerity and fairness Of tbs PROPOSE
Their names are: i.
GEO. pawn QUACKENBoR, 'oI"e'"
Editor of the N. Y. Literary Amer,caIv
CHAUNCEY C. BURR, Editor OF the n. =
National Democrat, and EDIToR OF I'M
N. Y. SATURDAY COURIER.
Knowing that tale writers VINO eJ H..
plete for newspaper prizes are ol'en en- ~
appointed by the chicanery and d,sno ;onsi
Of the parties concerned, the unoeIs's hat
would add their personal assurance .. .ad:
the strictest impartiaIity will be 0D. '',hor,'
the envelopes containing the ne s so the
names will not be opened till a's' w III
Judges have decided, and the a"a'u = In.
be a fair one if it is in the power u
man effort to make it SO. .,sors
Send in your Manuscripts on Of w.
the first day Of May. .,,.,.,eh .nssN
~ Country Editors may secure =. i,ause. n
inserting tina above, together WIN ~. No. rriSs
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-21

A WINDFALL.-A young man named
Harry Grey. who is now engaged as
Waterman at the Kentucky Locomotive
Works, has recently had left him, coad.
tionalIy, by deceased uncle in Englaa,
100000. Mr.. Grey is only twenty-five
years Of age-already having iuheriel
$4,000 from his father, which be spent
for the benefit of himself and ;'mankim
in general" Ills prudent old uncle, know
ing his fast habits in his youth, and moi
knowing his industrious habits now, In
serted as q condition OF the inheritance
that if the said Henry was il debt at lhs
age of thirty.five, he should forfeit the In
heritance. Here is a stronger incentive
to keep ahead o! ones debts than We have
ever seen be!Ore.-LOuisrille Dem.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-21

o. What would you imagine this ar
ticle is written for! Why to fill vi
this space, to be sure
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-21

o. Dickens New Christmas and New
Years Story, for 1856, entitled 1.-THE Holly
Tree Inn," should be procured and read.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-21

o. Considerable improvement will be
made in the appearance Of the Ceres mex
week.
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HOU NJ A:
THURSDAY, February I'll, 1856,

o. Hon. Miles Taylor, NJ. c., will
accept our thanks fer public documents,
forwarded us.
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The ACCIDENT TO GEN. CAss.-The
National Intelligencer, Of Saturday last,
gives the following account Of the acct.
dent to Gen. Cas-:
Between IL and l o'clock yesterday, as
Gen. Cass was decending from the eastern
por,ico of the Department ofthe Interior,
on Seventh street, he fell down several
Of the steps to the midway LANDING, and
sustained injuries Of somewhat serious,
and at first very alarming character.
Several persons fastened in moment
to his side, aud found him insensible and
bleeding profusely from a near perpendi-
cular cut over the left eye and penetrating
to the skull, but without fracturing it, as is
believed.
Gen. Cass was promptly conveyed back
to the apartments Of the Secretary Of In
terror whittier several medicalg gentlemen,
who happened to be in the neighborhood,
fastened to his relief. He continued in.
sensible tor some time, and, when he be.
gan to awake to consciousness, he spoke
from time to time, but very incoherently.
The wound being dressed and bandaged,
and restoratives administered, he was
placed upon litter at about halfpast l
o'clock and conveyed to his lodging at the
National Hotel, where the physicians we
have alluded to resigned him to the care
OF DR.. Miller, his usual medical adviser.
By o'clock he had considerably revived,
and appeared quite rational and calm, and
50 continued throughout the evening.
No one saw Gen. Cass at the moment
ofalling, and, but that we have ascertained
that he had been in the Patent Office, we
should now be in doubt as to whether he
was at the time going to or returning from
that Office. We have seen one gentle.
man who saw him falling when upon the
fourth step above the landing, and we
have the assurance that another gentle.
man well known to US saw him when upon
the fourth step from the top. As there
are eleven steps from the landing to the
floor OF the portico, the evidence Of the
latter warrants the conclusion tnat he fell
down at least seven steps. On that 1.-THE
southern) side Of the stairway, there still
is ice, because Of the exclusion of the sun
by the marble wall, near which Gen. Cass
probably walked for the purpose ofpIacing
his hand against it for security aud sup
port.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-21

Or The bark Robert Mills cleared at
New York for Galveston on the It'll inst.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-21

o. To while away the monotony Of an
evening in Houma, we, partly by curl
osity, but more particularly to pander to
our taste for excitement, concluded to at
tend the grand vocal and instrumental
concert which came off at the Court House
on Monday evening by the celebrated
Miss Reynolds. II it were not that our
gallantry forbids us from criticising lady,
we would endeavor to show that the en-.
the performance was a stupendious hum.
bug, > catch penny affair. The farce wa
not exactly ridiculous, but only q little
funny.
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+g
SurREnr couRr.-The following de.
crees were rendered by this Court on
Monday last, in the following causes ap.
pealed from do District Court Of this Par.
ish: .t $
Justin J. W. Merrill, appellee. vs.. Hugh
II. Wallis, appellant. Judgment affirmed.
Lea, ].
H. Boyle & Co., appellants, rs. J. p.
vignerie 4 Co, apfelIees. Judgment af:
frmed. Stafford, ].
Widow Pierre Gastreau, appellee, vs..
Augusta H. Verrctt, appellant. Judgment
affirmed. Merrick, CT.
John Mcdonald, appellee, vs.. Robert
K. Barrow, appellant. Judgment affirm
ed. Buchanan, ].
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-21

national SoNc.-National soo, n y,
others, holds a powerful sway over ,ha
minds of those in whom It awakens
thoughts of fatherland and freedom. What
would be the poetry Of any nation, or any
age, if sobbed of the spirit of its song !
What would be left Of Scottish characts,
if the ballads of the Caledonian bard,
were swept away; if the harps Of the
minstrels persisted with the fingers that
firs' swept them! The song that cheersd
the shepherd boy while tending his sheen
comes back to him in the hour Of opures.
sion and danger and even upon the bat.
tlefield that melody calls up the and moun.
tains of his native land; the wild woods
and the streams come back, and the frep.
zy freshness of the heather fans his cheek
again, as he marches with iirm step ,nl
a nervous arm to win his liberty or die.
1t is said that he who writes the songs d
a nation may at the same time predict is
history, for patriotism has ever burned The
brighter when music famed the flame, ,ui
the human breast has ever throbbed with
holier devotion when the soul Of ,ony
was stirring at the heart-strings.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-21

G<"Negro Melodies" will appear in
our next. 1t was inadvertently overlooked.
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OpelOusas Railroad.

ONDO1O90SG4S 1AG3AAlVAAus
In few days this road will be COM
pleted to the Bguf Under the manage
ment of its chief Engineer G. w. X.
BAILEY, ESQ.,; its works have progressed
with an astonishing rapidly.
1t is a fixed fact that the road will yield
very fair dividend when it reaches this
terminus.
The communication between the Buef
and the Attakapas is SO direct and easy,
that all of the travelling including most Of
the freights will come throug by the Rail-
road.
TO give our readers an idea of the state
of affairs Of this Railroad company, its &C.
tive mass consists of-ss Amount due on
shares, $l95,l36 81. Arrearges of taxes
due by the parishes New Orleans includ-
eO S476.475,15; city bonds 100000 {;
exceeding the par value of the city bonds
over and above the amounts for which they
were given in guaranty $477,s22 is {;
making a total of $l38O,OOO. This
amount does n OF include the materials of
the company nor the amount subscribed
by the State, which under the law will
equal one fourth OF the entire stock sub.
scribed by private individuals.
The road will be offered in guarantee in
the sum of S2,5OO,OOO to capitalists
negotiating the bonds of the company.
There remains still $1,76O,OOO of stock
to be taken up. If they we're disposed OF
by the company, the amount to be sub
scribed by the state would then amount to
$4,000, thereby increasing the present
resources of the company in the amount
of $2,2OO,OOO.
From all appearances the aspect Of the
company's affairs is quite encouraging.
~~~-U-~~>-~>
LOUISIANA STATE TEACAERs' AssocIA.
T1oN.-The second Annual Meeting of
this Association will be attended in New
Orleans on Thursday and Friday, the 9th
and 7th days Of March next. The session
will be opened at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, of
Thursday, with an address. Addresses
are also expected, during the session, by
eminent men Of the State. Reports on
some ten or twelxe important topics con.
nectcd with education and the business Of
teaching, will be presented by able Com.
mittiees, and an opportunity afforded for
the discussion of some of the most inter-
esting questions relating to popular educa-
ton. The Friends of education in all
parts Of the State are earnestly invited to
attend; and Teachers Institutes, County
Educational Societies, Boards Of School
Directors, Colleges, ETC., are requested
to send delegates.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE
ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA.

HALIFAX, Feb. 1.-THE royal mail
steamship Canada arrived at this port, EN-
route for Boston, this morning.
The advices of the Canada are to Feb.
Cd, one week later than those of the Per-
sia.
BREADsTUFFs.
There is a considerable decline in
breadstuffs. Western Canal flour is quoted
at BIS. and Ohio 4Os.
Corn has declined. White is quoted
at BIS. Cd. to 39s.
PROVISIONS.
Beef has declined and is quoted at
1l4s. Pork has also declined, and the
market is quiet. Bacon is quiet at SIS.
Lard has declined and is quiet at 60 to
63s.
Our circulars quote a decline Of one
shilling in sugar.
THE PEACE PROSPECTS.
Everything speaks favorably for peace
now.
The Peace Congress meets in Paris
about the 18th inst. 1t is said to be doubt
(ul as to whether Prussia will be admitted
to the Congress.
ENGLAND.
The Queens speech to Parliament is
very meagre and does not touch upon
American affairs.
The London Advertiser says that Mr..
Buchanan and Lord Clarendon had an in
terview at the foreign office on Tuesday,
and that very angry words passed between
them touching the Central American ques-
ton.
The peace protocol memorandum was
signed on Friday by the ministers of the
five powers, and short armistice will
next be agreed upon.
A despatch received at Vienna from
Russia confirms the telegraphic announce
ments of the unconditional acceptance Of
the propositions of the Allies by the Gar
as the basis of negotiations.
The Congress will meet at Paris on the
18th, and the preliminaries will probably
be settled by the 25th.
1t is asserted that Prussia refuses to
agree to the conditions exacted by the
Allies preliminary to admission to the
peace conference, and she will conse.
quently be excluded from the conference.
Baron Brunon and Count Orloff repre-.
sent Russia Clarendon, England Daze-
glo, Sardinia Count Buol, Austria Wa
lewski, France and Dervish Pacha, Tur-
key.
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o. Our roads are once more in a fair
travelling condition. We would sugges,
this weather as very favorable for oul
planters to ditch and otherwise repair
their roads to provide for the next rainy
spell.
Since the above was in type we have
been visited with heavy rain.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-21

@1n consequence ofthe failure Of the
Mail, HARPER, for February, reached us
but few days since. As usual it is re.
plete with the choicest literature Of the
times. Everybody should become a sub.
scriber.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-21

o. We are under obligations to our
Representative, Hon. ]. B. Robinson, for
important State documents.
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NJ. line y R9n n:e OF RrA1 L,,y =
sketch of a parsonage at one ~ =. following
known in the newspaper wo,n ae widely
It is strange to watch how Ill.,.
at different times occupy a l, ~es' Who
for =, the moment, either in public i'st :. ''ss
public scandal. disappear sudds, h}Ase
the scene and are forgotten. as NY IT,
of time passes over, until aaa;, ,ae va
at some distant spot. where one lucy lucy, lis
poets to find them. This ,b' least es.
brought to our mind on rcad;a "ousnt is
news fro" Asia of the death in A sS l'&
Lady Peterborough, one who >, -, asa IA Of
was the star of London fashion, !; and vIv vI ta'
beauty and wit ', the champagne ' Of fa ass
versation, full of sparkle and md " :. Coz.
gathered around her all that va. " a;s'l
guished in English socie,y. Anon, u's'a
admirers were George Canine Is, l ne
Duke OF Wellington /; but to the dis sau lie
Of her amours with the Duke Of SsS'
zenberg, which led to a trial ,h., Dsal''
years since created an intense sen. ssls
among the aris'ocratic circles Of Eu ,''a
was owing her separation and d;rsts'
from her naughty and arrogant lo, gIv wts
became so memorable by the poup a., ,nt
majesty Of his short rule in Ind;, r aal
years she had not been heard Of w ~
now we find her an Easteln Zula;s, ael l
the victim of a harem's revenge. + k !;
said she has been assassinated p .u,
by Lie Harem dun cheik Ara6e." How
beyond all fiction would be the romano
of such life if faithfully told
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See SUGGESTIONS and Sheriff Sales.
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AGE.-But few men die of age. AL.
most all die Of disappointment, passional,
mental, or bodily toll. or accident. The
passion kill men sometimes, even sudden
Iy. The common expression. choked
with passion, has little exaggeration in it;
for even though not suddenly fatal, strong
passions shorten life. Strong bodied men
often die young-weak men live longer
than the strong, for the strong use their
strength, and the weak have none to use.
The latter take care of themselves the
former do not. AS it is with the l,ody, so
It is with the mind and temper. The
strong are apt to break, or, like the can
die, to run the weak burn out. The in
ferior animals, which live, in general,
regular and temperate lives, have generally
their prescribed term Of years. The horse
lives twenty-five years +; the Oh fifteen or
twenty the lion about twenty; the dog
ten to twelve the rabbit eight; the
guinea.pig six to seven years. These
numbers all bear a singular proportion to
the time the animal takes to grow to its
full size. But man of all the animals, is
the one that seldom comes to his average.
He ought to live hundred years, accord
ing to this physiological law, tor five times
twenty are one hundred but instead of
that he scarcely reaches, on the average,
four times his growing period the cat six
times ). and the rabbit even eight times
the standard Of measurement. The rea-
son is obvious-man is not only the most
irregular and the most Incorporate, but the
most laborious and hareworked Of all AMI
mails. He is also the most irritable of all
animals; and there is reason to believe,
though we cannot tell what an animal
secretlyfeels, that, more than any other
animal man cherishes wrath to keep it
warm. and consumes himself with the fire
of his own secret Observation-Disclosures
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OF Never take paper more than ten
years without paying the printer.