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Tue PESlrrNT1ARY AoArN.-The
excitement growing out Of the fact
that the Peni'cDtiary has two Clerk.
still continues 10 increase, whilst the
etore-l'ouso is closed. and the honest
meD on the inside Of the walls persue
their usual avoc"'ion'. Thing. About
Town in noticing the fact on Thurs
day has inadvertently fallen into
slight error in reference TO tho matter.
which we are about to make an effort
to correct. The question he asks
"Has the Penitentiary 4 Clerk :" is
very readily answered. The Psni.
Tertiary has tvo Clerks. and obtu.e
indeed must his moral PERCEPTION he,
not to perceive the fact Fittings"
says:
M II. asks that IN inventory be
taken Of such articles n. are in his
po'sess'on, which he is willing to trans.
fer to Col. Isett. together with the
office of Clerk. provided the latter will
give him the desired receipt, 10 that
he can be released from the condition.
Of the $4,000 bond. This receipt,
Mr. II. informs us. Col. l. refuses to
give, and fur self protection lie argue.
himself bound to retain the Office. If
the facts stated above be true and
our informant is Mr.. II. himself-we
see no reason why the affair should
not be immedia't1 y accommodated, for
there can possibly be no wrong in re.
ceipting for articles inventoricd and
handed over to the care Of the new
Clerk"
This is slight mistake. We have
Col. Is. statement in reference to the
matter. and that gentleman, has in
his possession the receipt offered
Hubb' which embraces everything
and is full clearance, and quittance
for the present incumbent.
We should not be surprised if the
quo "arrant, or mandamus, yet issues
and the matter is brought into court.
Should the affair take this turn. we
shall have food enough to interest the
local press until mid summer.
@ The Virginia Legislature have
authorized the erection Of bridge
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% The:City Council Of Memphis
has resorsd to petition Congress for
~ appropriation to build custom.
house. post office and marine hospital.
u that city.
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Cpnrous LIBEL Eurr.-A novel suit
"r libel entitled Bergen vs.. Ra,bburn,
has been instituted in the Superior
Court Of New York. The complain
ant alleges that the tsf.pdent, who is
a boy about II years .of age, stole the
che mise Of the plaintiff. who is young
girl. and upon it drew some improper
and obscene characters; that be did il
up in nm envelope addressed to her and
handed it to her while she WAS tend
ing store, saving that ut was bundle
for her. that he had found in the street."
She opened it and the figures were ex.
posed to the view Of those in the store.
whereby she was injured in & bod name,
fame and character. etc. She there.
fore prays $4,000 d"mage..
The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-04-05

HEALrE or THE C11Y.-The health
Of our city still continues most excel
lent. TIE total number Of interments
Of the last weekly report was II,
which in : population Of full 200, 900,
u certainly very email. and, indicates
. remarkable degree Of general health,
it being only one death PER week to
every three thousand Of the population.
This IS considerably more favorable
than tho exhibit presented by the NOR
sua,y tables Of New York city for the
same period. aud probably than by
those Of any Northern city. Our i'm.
preston i that the weekly interments
Of this city for the past Eve months
viii not average r,ore than eighty
Ricayxne, lst inst.
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NOTICE.

WHEREAS. JANss r. CAMS, has besn appeisted
0sIvrlrs. late u this Parish. deesaseA. Az per.
sons indebted 10 said succesetoa vii make in.
mediate payment and those havisg claims Will
present them duly auti,entioateA, Is said nAmin.
'strat"r ~ his attorney, J. ". SEYMOUR.
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Rat1 NoaA Ne(lee.

The third snsusl meeting Of the 0toethoiders
Of the sssos Rssss. Crosse Tess snl 0psisusss.
Rail Road. will b he'd On Mendsy, me slss q
April. 1t J. u. Jshnssens store On Bayou G,ssss
Tste. J. n, JOHNSON. yeet.y.
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Notice.

VOttCC.
IN the matter Of the succession Of MAay
Ross ktEiNpsTER. dec'd-Sixth Die.
tr'ct Cou't--Parieh Of East Baton
Ronge. Ls--tNo 4e4.1 p r.
WHEREAS. Jonr B. Kts,r,srxa. ~
'! ssid Parish, has applied to said Court.
to be appointed administrates Of The shove
succession.
Notice 10 hereby given 70 Ill persons In.
ferested to show cause within tan dsys
from the iirst publication Of this notice.
why The said application should not 10
granted B. r. BRYAN.
spl3.3w Cls,k.
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xsseessvs oss,es, BA.os Mao

ISsoefve ots1es, Farm NoSss. I
~srsh -, iooe.
CrALED psepeeais vijl u received ~ the ESee.
y utivs Once IN the city u Baton Rouge. untit
the arst Day q May nexf. TT supp ying fhe l.ou.
isana enftentlsrv with 11t1A bttt ier ~ ~.
suing twelve Oooths.
mss9S. ROBERT g. w1CKlfrfC.
Governor Of teutsia m.
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L0vi11AnA pers5tRsfAAy
- naton knues, MsYeh 81. 10S
0RDERs ~ the Mahtlaotur II shs L>uis,a n
~ Psn'tsntiary VIII ~ tscetvsA asd promptly
attended to By IN. HIATT. 4 O.
(aprii 1.nt m AsssA
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To- Punch asks. whether proper.
y and ;. literally speaking LonQtsllop's
publisher ought not 10 be Loaon,an
The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-04-05

@ The Virginia Legislature have
authorized the erection Of . bridge
over the Potomac at the Great Falls.
The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-04-05

tsr EveRY Man Ds RESPONSIBLE
ron His own Acrs.-An assault was
made the other day 10 New Orleans,
On ! Mr.. Payet. . Catholic Able, a.
b is called BY the papers. The las.
sault," % Il was termed, Wa made BY
". Edward Bouligny and bis brother,
tsr rude and insulting language. offer.
"a their sisters, and - far a. informa.
lion 10 reference to the matter has
reached ~ the young gentlemen were
perfectly jastidsbls. W. rover and
respect every venerable man, who IL 4
gentleman, and would raise our VOICE
Or hand Il needs be, Ia their defence,
& assaulted In our presence. but We
ore silly enough to hold 10 sbs opinion
Nit tho fashion Of 4 Priests coat
whereby hs 10 known. does not r..
move him,as an individual, from The
responsibility Of bis own actions; nor
does il make him any tho better man.
II such arc guilty Of tho crime Of in.
solting . Lady. then il is the duty Of
her father or brother to hold him 10
personal accountability. and the man
Who would not act promptly il case
d this kind. deserves to be called .
coward. Many things have been done
and said. and questions have been
asfpA tsmalss-not = thousand miles
from this place. in answer to which
wsrs' 10 the relative Of the fernale)
~ should have assumed the RESPONSE
biaity Of going promptly to the party
end demanding full and ample salts
factiou-tho prejudices Of the commu.
nifty to the contrary notwithstanding
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re- The Mormons have, in Copen.
hagen. a newspaper called the Skan.
dlnavins Stjerne, or Star Of Scandiua.
via. In late number Of this paper
it is stated that the number Of the
"la'ter-day saints" in Denmark, Nor.
way and Sweden, amounts to 1902
persons, among whom are twenty-onc
elders, nineteen priests, fifteen teach.
ers and eleven dsacons. In Sweden
there are $40 Mormons. From the
LIST Of July to the end Of December.
1855, % emf grated to America. In
Denmark there are 2,257 Mormons
1908 Of whom are in Copenhagen
There are seven Mormons in Iceland.
MARRIED M1ssEs.--Miss Clara Oar.
ling, wife Dr.. J. s. Houghtou. is to
read "Hiawatha," at Boston.
1t seems that every woman who ap.
pears before the public as an artistic Of
any KIND. feels it necessary to repres-
ent herself As miss, whether married
or not. IL wedlock so ridiculous and
prosaio an institution, that ladies' must
hide their connections with il? We
know Of nothing more bitterly .atirical
upon mirage than this rapidly increas-
ing custom.-Loxissalls Densoe,nf
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BREv.rY-The following is the
annual message Of the Governor Of
New Jersey in 1918, and the reply Of
the Legislature to the same. They
are sound on the score Of brevity.
"GESrLEMEN-1 am heartily glad
TO meet You here after SO long an
absence and believe you are not
sorry to meet me in so good com.
pany."
REPLY.
"YouR ExCELLENCY.-It is with
the greatest satisfaction we meet your
E1ceI|.ncy 10 such good company
now, and hope We shall be favored
with it often"
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BArvH Roues lHe Clssror pIAvs RoAn Canary
4srcA ~, 1864.
"Resos0ed. That cali q hvs psr cent ~ sss
capital stock b 1sds. psysbls On The Oh dsy
o, June 1855. -
The stockholdsys - the baton Rouee ana Gin.
ten Plank RosA Company, are not,d 4 ikst psy.
nent Of I'VE Z cent u the sspitaI stock iei rs,
per share, has been >si1.di - per The shove
resolution, payable al me IN Of June NEXT. A.
the counting room ~ q. n. Mart a Co.. Baton
Rouge: ~ order II ths Dosrd. 4. n. DtjNN.
A. WAop'ti, Secretary. President.
0eseo1us1om. ~T4
The pavtnsrsh'p Asrstefoss sxistiSe between
the undersigned, under the style and arm o.
Ward, Mediation I Co., 10 hereby dissolved By
m utus' conrent Either partner will sss 10
name Of The arm 10 llquidstion.
g. q. NOTATION.
GRO. W. WARD.
J. A. NOTATION.
WIN. 3. PIKE
NAYS Advocate I 0ssstts copy month,
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BipLHs IN TunEY,--A boz Of New
Testsmsuts in Turlisb, that were u
b shipped to Thesalonia. were recent.
y sent from the Bible depot 10 Con.
stantipople TO the custom.bous Al
they were books, some copies had to
BE- sent to tho government censor to
be examined before they could p.ss.
They soon came back With the gov
ernment seal on the first blank leaf,
authorizing their free circulation in
Turkey.
The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-04-05

Cook stoves.
"A NEW LOT Of the Latest style. large
Al and small At LAReu,ss 4 LArou.
spriI3. Cor. Lafayette 4 Florida Sc,
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1874. I have been connected with hospit.

1874. have been connected with hospit.
ais and medicine since 1898.
Question. ask whether in your practice
your treatment depends upon the political
opinions of your patients!
AnSper. No, sir.
Question. Do you treat them with refer
ence to their political opinions, or do you
Judge more by the pulse
Ans1csr. have nothing to do with any
mans politics.
The attempt Of the Black Republicans to
make political capital out of this personal
assault of Brooks upon Sumner, their indg.
nation meetings and fuss generally, were the
most ridiculous procedures that ever charac-
terized our politics. Brooks attacked Sum-
ner for personal reasons and not from any
political motives, and the affair belongs ex.
clusively to the judicial tribunals OF the
country. The passi0n<te appeals that have
been made to arouse political and sectional
feelings for such a cause only shows how
little confidence the Black Republicans have
in their principles, and that they place their
main reliance in passion and prejudice, and
not in judgment and reason.
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From tie Pittsburgh Post, Junel4.
Buchanan and Pittsburgh. 4

On the 10th of April, ls45, large por.
ton of Pittsburgh was laid in ashes by the
great fee. There was no telegraph to Pitts
burgh in those days, and the news ofour Gu
lamity could only reach Washington by the
l4th of April. Dir. Buchanan was then
Secretary of State. On that day the iollow-,
ing document left washington for Pittsburgh,
addressed by Mr.. Buchanan to,Wm.J How.
ard, then Mayor OF our city, Comment is
unnecessary, even to those maligners who
would represent Mr.. Buchanan as cold and
selfish.
[S5OO.l WASHINGTON, April Id, ls45.
Cashier of the bark of the Metropolis
Pay TO the order of w. ]. Howard Mayor
ofthe city OF Pittsburgh, for the use of the
sufferers by the late fire, Five Hundred Doll.
lars.
Dear Sir:-Will you please to accept
and apply the above toward the relief of the
sufferers in the late dreadful calamity. My
feelings sympathy and compassion have
never been so strongly excited upon any
similar occasion. But let the people be Of
good cheer and exert their accustomed ener-
gy, and under the blessings of Providence
all will yet he well, and Pittsburgh will a.
rise more glorious than ever from it's ashes.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
w. ]. Howard, Esq.
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81 Must Co."

A common word, and yet full of mean
ing "The school bell is ringing" says
the innocent little prattler at play. 81 must
CO." ''Tbe hour of labor has come," says
the man oftoil, "and Imust 60"
"A dying parishioner has sent for nae,
says the clergyman, 'und must co. San
other weary, cherries, thankless day calls
me to the sanctum,' says the editor and Il
must go! Il have weighty case on hand
to day, demanding all my time and atten-
tion,' says the lawyer, 'and l must go!,-
as if the universal motto of the age is heard
echoed and re-echoed on every side, by old,
and young, high, and low, rich and poor,
happy and miserable.
A II must 60, all are going, and yet the
restless, heaving tide of humanity is never
gone. We might perhaps introduce this ex-
pressive phrase into scenes ofgreater length
and Of more than ordinary interest, but hav-
ing other thoughts and other things, and
other duties to look after, we, too, must 90,
and be content with sketching one or two.
Tis getting late,' says the lover to the
loved one, and must CO. must bid fare
we'll for time to those charming blissful
hours, once more to mingle in the cares and
perplexities Of busy world. Then clasp
ing her fondIy to his bosom and pressing
those sweet lips to his own, he is gone till
those happy days may return or perchance
till he lead the gentle charmer of his life c
willing captive to the hymenial altar.
One short year rolls round, and how
changed the scene! Again, as then, it is
night wan, pale being, of emaciated and
fragile form, is lying on her dying couch
The long weary days and weary nights have
passed oway. Her hours of anguish are no
more. The insidious destroyer has done
his work. Friends near and dear are around
her-a tender husband bends over her-but
these cannot arrest the hand of disease or
postpone the parting hour. 'HFrk the an.
gels are whispering come, comet and II
must go; countless shining ones in white
are waiting to welcome me I must co.
Farewell till we meet in heaven!' The
snowy hand falls lifeless, nerveless, by her
side; smile of ineffable sweetness and
beauty rests on those paIIid, marble. like
features, and she is gone--gone forever!
Gentle reader. like her, when the last oi
earth shall come, may you hear the welccm-
ing of whispering angels, and, like her, res.
pond. Il must co. Palmer Journal.
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4 Got % Going and Couldn't Stop

A little boy named Frank was standing
in the yard, when his father called him:
| 'FraDk!' ae
'Sir!,' said Frank, and started full spec
and ran into the street.
His father called him back and asked hin
if he did not hear his first call.
yes sir said Frank.
well them said his father, what made
you run into the street!'
'O,' said Frank, I got going and couldn'
STOP .
This is the way that great many boys
get into difficulty; they get going and cam
stop. The boy that tells lies, begins frs
to stretch the truth little-to tell larg,
story or relate an anecdote with very littl'
variation, till he got going and couldn't
stop, till he came out full grown liar.
The boy that was brought before the po.
lice and sent to the House of Correction
for stealing, began by taking little things
from his motheI-by stealing sweet meats
and other nice things that were put away
Next he began to take things from his com.
panions at school. He got a going and
couldn't stop till he got into Jail.
Those two boys that.you see fighting ont
on the green, began by bantering each 9th,
er in fun. At length they began to get an
cry and dispute and cul each other names
till they got going and couldn't stop
They will separate with black eyes and
bloody noses. .-.-
There is young man sitting late with
his companions at the gaming table. He
has flushed cheeks, an anxious look, des-
pairing countenance. He has lost his last
dollar. He began by playing marble in the
street, but got going and couldn't stop.
See that young man with dark lantern
stealing from his masters drawer. He Is
merchants clerk. He came from the coun
try promising boy. But the rest of the
clerks went to the theatre, and he thought
he must go too. He began, thinking he
would only 60 once, just to say that he had
been to the theatre. But he got q going
and couldn't stop. He has used up his wa
ges. and wants more money. He cannot
resist the temptation when he knows there
is money in the drawer. He has got 60
ing--he will stop in the States Prison.
Hark! do you hear that horrid oath! 1t
comes from the foul mouth of little boy in
The street. He began by saying by-words,
but he has got going and can't stop.
Fifty young men were some years ago in
he habit Of meeting together in room at
public house, to enjoy themselves in social
,ilarity, where the wine cup passed freely
around. One of them, as he was going
here one evening, began to think there
night be danger in the way. He stopped
md considered moment, and then said to
himself, 'iright about face!' He turned on
lis heel; Went back to his room, and was
lever seen at the public house again. He
las become rich, and the first bloch Of build
ngs which he erected, was built directly 10
ront of the place where he stood when he
made that exclamation. Six of the young
hen followed his example. The remaining
Il H y 4 "a s y E y
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Wonderful! Instance of Sagacity
i'm a Dog Saving a ChiId's Life.

W.. take the following from the Trinit,
California Times. 1t certainly records OH
OF the most remarkable instances we hay,
ever heard of, of canine "sogacity" as it i
called, but which in this instance seems NOR,
like the exercise of the same reason will
which man is gifted, but the exclusive pos
session of which he arrogates to himself
VIM. Dred!e lives about five miles from
town, at the base Of the mountains which
tower North Of us. A short time after mid
night on the morning of Wednesday last
he was aroused from his slumbers by thu
mourniul howl of a dog. No menace on hi.
part could rid him of the presence of the
strange intruder. The dog continued tc
walk around the cabin, still repeating his
dismal moaning and bowling, occasionally
making efforts to effect an entrance through
the closed doorway. Surprised and some.
what alarmed at this singular demonstration
Mr. Dredge at last hastily dressed himself
and unboted the door, when a large mastifl
rushed within. The dog at once caught hold
of his pants and employed every gentle
means to induce the gentleman to accompa.
ny him outside. Dredge's first impression
was that the animal was mad, and yet SO Pc
culiqr and earnest were the dumb entreates,
that he finally yielded and proceeded without
the cabin. A joyful yell was the result, land
the delighted brute now capering and wag-
ging his tail before him, and now returning
and gently seizing him by the hand and
pants, he induced Dredge to follow him.
The course was up the PERCEPTIONS sides of
the mountain, and soon they were forcing
their way through snow drift that had set
tied in one of its numerous abrasures. Here
comes the Wonder. Upon the snow lay the
body of a woman, who had evidently perish
ed from cold and exhaustion. Her limbs
were already stifened in the embraces of
death. But what was the surprise Of Mr..
Dredge to see that faithful dog ferret out
from u bundle of clothing that lay by the
SIDE of the woman, young child about two
years of age, still warm and living. A lit
tie inspection, aided by the pale starlight
and the brightness of the snow, enabled him
to discover that the person of the woman
was nearly naked. With mothers affec-
ton she had stripped her own person in or
der to furnish warmth to her exposed infant.
The trusty dog had completed her work of
self-sacrfce and immolation
Mr. Dredge Immediately conveyed the
child to his cabin, and arousing some of his
neighbors, proceeded again to the mountain
to secure from attack of wild beasts the per-
son Of the unfortunate woman. Her body
was buried the next day. The ch lid and dog
have been adopted by this good Samaritan.
But as yet he has been unable to obtain any
light as to the name of the woman, or how
she happened to stray on the dismal noun
tain side at such an unfortunate hour. The
child is doing we'll, and is truly handsome
boy.
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II Ell e o L I'D MILL.
BY WILL w. HARVEY.

nY WILL w. HARVEY.
Live and die! live and die!
And all the weary, weary years go by,
And the quaint old mill stands still;
The sun-miXed shade, like spotted snake,
Lies haf-hdden in the bosIy brake
And halfacross the rill.
The summer comes and the winter comes,
And the flower blooms and the striped bee huns,
And the old mill stands in the sun;
The linchen hangs from the walls aloof,
And the rusty nails, from the ragged roof,
Drop daily, one by one.
The long grass grows in the shady pool,
Where the cattle used to come to cool,
And the rottng wheel stands still;
The gray owl winkS in the granary loft,
And the sly rat sinks, witha pit pat soft,
From the hopper the quaint old mill.
The mill wheel clickt. and the mill-wheel clackt,
And the groaEing grooves once crenkt aud crackt,
And the children came and .layed;
The lazy team, in the days ofyore,
Munched their fpdter at the old mill door.
Or drowsed in the grateful shade.
But the good wife died, and the miller died,
And the children all went far and wide
From the play ground by the dam:
Their marble ring is grass 'crgrown
AS the messy foot of the rude grave-stone
Where tho old folks sleep so calm.
But the millor's son D.. in the city thick,
Dreams that ho hears the old mill click,
And sees the wheel go round;
And the mler's daughter, thro' her halfshut eyes,
Can see her father, in his dusty guise
And the place where the corn was ground.