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, 1856-02-15
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We clip the following paragraph from
an exchange:
"At Ceresco, Wisconsin, place set.
tied originally by q company of Fourier
ties, under that somewhat noted abolition
ist, Warren Cbase-they have society
called the 'Cercsco Union, made up Of men
and women who believe in abolitiouism,
Fourierism, and the spiritual theory Of
free love- Latterly, they have been dis.
turbed in the enjoyment Of promiscuous fe.
licity by certain old fogies Of the neighbor.
hood, who somehow got it into their heads
that free love was nothing more nor less
than free lust,' and the 'Ceresco Union
was an institution great deal worse than
Mormonism. They determined to break il
up. But the free lovers denied the allie
cations against them, and published q
statement or declaration Of principles
which was signed by the men aud women
who owned stock in the Union"
Whatever of Fourierism, or communism
or "free love-" or whatever else this demor
allied condition may be designated, t6ere
is or ever has been in the United States
must be attributed to the ". Y Tribune
the leading abolition paper in the country
The philosophers Of that journal wcrC
among the first communists on this side
the Atlantic; they nursed the transplanted
sapling. and expected to make it grow into
a great tree on American soil. Their sheet
was the organ of oil tho "phalanxes" and
unions" in the land. 1t advocated Fou
rierite doctrines nearly as earnestly as il
advocates Maine Law doctrines now.
1t is noticeable fact that all commun
lists are abolitionists. Abolitionism is the
high road to communism. They are kind
red isms. "Free love" is the natural state
arising from the prevalence of those loose
cvelling doctrines which ignore alike di
vine and human law. 1t is fruit, con
sequence, offabolitionism.
, 1856-02-15
SnmbO Assisting Sam.

1t is little remarkable, that while The
slaves Of the South are generally Demo
cratic, the free negroes of the North are
in favor Of Know-nothingism, and act will
that party; especially, in those States
where the right of suffrage has been con
ferred upon them.
In Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine
and New Hampshire the negroes have
been rewarded 10y their Knownothng bre
thren, and elevated to absolute equality;
and, of course, these dark specimens oI
black Rcpublicansm are sound, rcry sound
on every question pertaining TO the iser.
ests Of Sam" This may he seen from
the spirit of the following resolution adop.
ted at late negro meeting in Boston:
"Resolred, That the recent nggressions
Of the slave power, in the admission oil
Texas, the passage Of the fugitive slave
act, the admission of slavery into Califor.
MIA. the burning of Greytown, the rendi-
ton Of two unoGending Massachusetts cit
izcns into slavery, the gepcal Of the Mis-
souri, Compromise, the murdcrous outrages
on the persons and property of Northern
hSNhSh ii huhouoi uhh thO oNuhidhOuS uC-
cision Of Judge Kane in the Wheeler slave
case, all call aloud to the freemcn of the
north to form great political party, fully
committed, without concealment, and with
out compromise, to freedom.
This is the language of the negroes Of
DOsion-a race with which black Repub-
lcanism sympathises, and aniliates, and
Knownothingism hugs to its bosom, as may
be seen from the following, taken from the
Cleveland EJpyess leading Knownoth-
ing sheet, in its notice, Of the late election
in Ohio:
"IHe ooiorci population generally rated
for The american ticIet dag Gefore yesterday.
In this they showed good judgment, aud
they will have no occasion TO regret their
action. They rejoice with us in Sans tri-
umph over weak, corrupt Nebraska Ad-
mnistration. The ootOred pcople are ndtires,
and much better eiiisens Man The hOrdcs of
Cdihoiic Irish toAO are ycartyL floating to
our shores"
The above quotation closes with the
true Abolition "Sam" aud Sambo sent-
mcnt, aud VIC desire all KcntuckianS, Vir-
ginians, &c, in this region to remember it,
when Fusion shall be made "thc order of
the day hcreabouts." The Catholic Irish"
will be apt to remember it, and duly mp
preciate the compliment paid to their pa
triotism.
, 1856-02-15

Democracy in war is Just the reverse o.
paper credit: it is weakness in the outset
but strength in the end. It's uniform want
Of preparation, and resistance to present
burdens for the sake of future advantages
induce the former: its inherent energy and
lneXhanstibo resources, when fully reused
occasion the latter. IL will be wisdom in
British statesmen 10 calculate on both
these occurrences. They should rccollcct
that in 1912 the Americans rushed into Il
long medtated war with Great Britain
with only four frigates, eight sloops, and
GOOO men; but they should rccolcct also
that with these tiny forces they achieved a
greater number Of victories over the Brit
ish at sea than the French did during the
whole course of the revolutionary war, and
baflled on land the veterans of the penn-
snlar campaigns. Iii Il contest with Amer
lea, therefore, more than any other power,
it is Of the highest Importance to strike
hard and successfully in the outset. The
superior military and naval establishments,
more ample revenue, and larger share Of
patrician direction Of Great Britain give
her the means of inncting the most serious
blows on America in the commencement Of
the war; while the extraordinary vigor Of
the American people, aud their native
courage, render it all but certain that sue
cess will come to be more nearly balanced
in the end. Everything, therefore, will de-
pend upon the energy with which hostili-
ties are at first conducted, and the skilful
direction Of the strokes which ar ut first
delivered. In such contest, it is more
than probable that England will, in the
first instance, assume the offensive, and
strive 10 make the United States feel the
weight of her fleets and armies, before they
have assembled any considerable or expert
enced forces for their defence. Towards
success in such Il warfare, however, it is in
necessary that adequate forces
should from the very outset be placed at
the disposal Of her military commanders,
and tho wretehcd system Of starving the
war in the beginning be FROM the begin
ming abandoned"
, 1856-02-15

CAMEIs IN THE UNITED SrATEs.-Thc
American storcShip, Supply, commanded by
Lieut.. Comd. David ID. Porter, was at
Constantinoplc on the 18th ult. A letter
from that city to the N. Y. Tribune says
In her arrived also Major Wayne, Of the
United States army. Ion are aware that
the Supply has been attached to the War
Department by the Secretary of the Navy
for the purpose Of conveying q number Of
camels to the United States. In pursuit
Of this object, she hns visited Tunis, Smyr.
na and Salonica. At the former place she
took OH board three camels, one presented
to the United States Government by the
Bey, and two purchased. These have al.
ready been on board some sixty-Gyc days,
and from their excellent appearance clearly
show that an ordinary voyage across tue
Atlantic would not affect their health in
the least. They are growing quito fat
under the diet and idle life which they lead
on shipboard. l hear that the Sultan de.
signs offering Captain Porter, for his Gov.
ernment, number of tho best camels to
be had at this place. Every person Is quite
well on board Of the Supply. Captain
Porter, Major Wayne, and NJ. Heap, have
gone to the Crimea to examine the Dac
trian Camels with two humps, in use there
They will also be able to visit the ruins o.
Scbastopol.
, 1856-02-15

TnE BASIN OF THE ATLANTIC OcEAN.-
The basin of the Atlantic Ocean is long
trough, separating the old world from the
new, and extending probably from pole to
pole. This ocean furrow was probably
scored into the solid crust Of our planet by
the Almighty hand, that there the waters
which he called seas might be gathered TO-
gcther so as to let the dry land appear and
fit the earth for tho ha6itation Of man.
From the top Of Chimborazo to the bot
tom Of the Atlantic, at the deepest place
yet reached by the plummet in the north
ern Atlantic, the distance in vertical line
is nne niles Could the waters Of the At
lantic be drawn of so as to expose to view
this sca-gash, which sepcrate the continents
and extends from the Arctic to the Ant.
arctic, it would present scene the most
rugged, grand aud imposing,
The very ribs Of the solid earth, with
tho foundations Of the SEQ, would be bro't
to light, and we should have presented to
us at ore view, in the empty cradle of the
ocean, "a thousand fearful wrecks" with
that dreadful array Of dead mems skulls,
great anchors, heaps Of pearl and inestima-
bic stones, which in the poets eye, lie scat
tered in the sea, making it hidcous with the
sights Of ugly death. The deepest part Of
the north Atlantic is probably somewhere
between tho Bermudas and the Grand
Banks. The waters of the Gulf Of Mexico,
are held in basin about mile deep in
the deepest part. There is ut the bottom
Of the sea, between Cape Race in New
Foundland md Cape Clear in Ireland, re-
markable stcppo, which is already known
as the telcgraphic plateau. A company is
now engaged with the project Of subma-
rine telegraph across the Atlant.c. 1t
is proposed to carry the wires along this
plateau from the eastern shores of New
Fuundlnnd to the western shores Of Ireland
The great circle distance between these
two shore lines is 1000 miles, and the sea
along this route is probably Nowhere more
than 10000 feet decp-Pref. MaGry.
, 1856-02-15

pD- 1t is stated that Louis Napoleon
has made his wiIl-according TO which, il
the child, whether boy or girl, to which
the Empress will shortly give birth, should
die, and if at the death of Napoleon ILL.,,
he should have no direct heir, France is
again to become republic, the chief Of
which is to be Prince Napoleon, who, for
this reason, affects democratic tendencies.
1t is also said that the Emperor wears IL
cuirass, and that it was this very cuirass
which turned the ball of Pianora.
, 1856-02-15
ps~ The prico of Panama Railroad sto

paS~ The price of Panama Railroad stock
has risep five per cent within short time
in consequence of the improved prospects
for large dividend in January. The re.
ccipts in October were $l20, 900, and the
November business, it is supposed, will be
about the same. The earnings for July,
August. September and October, were
$685., ,O57-lcaving about 1925, 900 to be
earned in November aud December, u
meet the estimate Of Col. Totten. The
freight business : especially in express
frcight-is continually increasing, aud the
coal transportation has largely exceeded
the estimates Of the Company.
, 1856-02-15

TIE AMERICAN SLAVE TRADE-From the
journals of two missionaries who recently
visited Dolromi, it appears evident that the
slave traders were taking advantage of the
diminution of the British blockad;ng squad
ron on the south coast of Africa, to renew
thcir lawless practices; upwards of two
thousand slaves having been shipped in
one month from Whydah This is but on
instance of what the entire East, West,
and South Seaboard Of Africa would be-
come, were the several settlements planted
there removed, and the English, French,
and American squadrons, stationed in the
African seas, withdrawn.
We will venture to say, If there are any
Americans engaged in the slave trade re-
fcrcd to, they will, on investigation be
found TO be, when at home, rampant New
England aboliionists, Of tho Grcely, Gar
riSon, Sumner and Phillips school.
, 1856-02-15
p ZOE r R "


The Place Where Men Should Die.
How little recks it where men die,
When once the moments past,
In which the dim and glazing eye
Has looked on earth its lIst:-
Whether beneath its sculptured urn
The coflined form shall rest,
Or, In its nakedness return,
Back 10 its mothers breast.
Death Is a common friend or fec,
As different men may hold;
And at his summons each mast 90.
The timid and the boldl
But when the spirit, free and warm,
Deserts Il as II must,
What matter where the 'G!eless form
Dissolves again to dustt
The soldier falls, mid corses piled,
Upon the battle plain.
Where reinless war-steedS gallop wild
Among the mangled slain:
But though his corse be grim " see,
HOof trampled on the sod,
What rccks It, when the spirit free,
Has scared aloft to God.
The coward's dying eyes may close
Upon his dOwny bed,
And sOftest hands his limbs compOsc,,
Or garments o'eS them spread;
But ye, who shun the bloody fray,
Where fell the mangled brave,
Go-strip his coffin lid away,
Aud sec HMM his grave.
'Twere sweet, indeed to close our eyes
With those we cherish, near,
And waited upwards, by their sighs,
Soar 10 some calmer sphere.
Bat, whether on the scaifold high.
Or in the battles van,
The fittest place where man can die
Is where he dies for man!
, 1856-02-15

uCEsAR's WIFE.-The Boston Post
whose wits fly at all gamo, alluding to q
late political speech of Mr. Charles Sumner
in Faneuil Hail. says that the orator "madc
himself very familiar with Mrs. Cesar, wife
Of Gen. j. Cesar-taking hold Of her twice
during the evening"" ia
, 1856-02-15

CLERICAL EFFRoNTERY.-A temperance
paper in Portland, Maine, edited by q cler
gyman, says: ID l
"We affirm that it is the minister's duty
to tell TIE .glsa hoO to rote, and if men vote
wrcs Should be rebuked for it. as fol
any other evil deed.
, 1856-02-15

M The Pope is suffering from an in-
curable disease, and it is said Louis Napo-
leon has his eye upon the papal chair for
bis cousin Lucien Bonaparte, son of Charles
Louis Bouaparte, who is 10 be made q
Cardinal.
, 1856-02-15

D1 Mr.. l. F. Jones, q compositor in
the Boston Journal Office, recently compos
cd, distributed, and corrected one hundred
and twenty thousand three hundred ems
in one week, which, at the price paid-32
cents per housand-amounted TO $3S 40
, 1856-02-15

psr An English soldier writes from the
Crimea:-
"Some Of our men, who were severely
wounded in the Redan, and remained after
we rctreated, were treated very generously
by the Russians They tied up their
wounds for them and gave them some run
and water 10 drink, and kindly bid then
good bye when they were going away
themselves"
, 1856-02-15
SHE;

NorIoE-WnLrAM BRAY having caution
ed the public against trusting me on his ac
count, would respectfully state that, as
he has lived upon my means since our mar
riage, it is not likely should try to live
upon his credit since our separation.
,-.-,...r..... MARY BRAY.
West Philadelphia, Nov. Sd.
, 1856-02-15

$l47,OOO,OOO

bar A printer, whose talents were but
Indifferent, turned physician He was ask
ed the reason Of it.
"In printing" he said, "all the faults arc
exposed to tho eye; but in physic they arc
buried with the patient and ono gets oil
mere easily" ......- -.......
, 1856-02-15

R6- Among the exports from Philadcl.
phia to foreign ports in October, werc 81 !
049 bbls. flour, 1851 bbls corn meal, $50
bbls. rye -four, l02, ,ssG bushels wheat, | :
986 bushels corn.
, 1856-02-15

bar Lord ElIsmore, in recent speech
10 Parliment upon the war, took occasion
to remark that the United States are the
the most warliko nation in the world"
, 1856-02-15
ShGrp!-We find the following in a late
number Of the Philadelphia Ledger:


NorIcE.--All persons ore hereby eau
toned not to trust my wife MARY Bray, on
my account, as will pay no debts of her
contracting from this date.
, 1856-02-15

tle only one ball Of eighty-ive takes effect.
others, that only one in forty strikes and
no more than one in four hundred is fatal.
At the battle of Tournay in Flanders. in the
year 1874, 1t Is calculated that two hundred
and thirty-six musket shots were expeuded
in disabling each soldier who suffered.
Bay- 1t is rather curious incident that
when the Americans sent Dr. Franklin. a
printer, as minister to France, the court of
Versailles sent M. Girart, book-binder, as
minister to Congress When DIR. Franklin
heard of it-'WeIl,' said he, III print the
Independence of America, and NJ. Girard
will bind it,
p4r At the recent election in Louisiana,
the Know Notlings tried their hands at ruI-
ing America after the same fashion of the
bloody Monday in Louisville. They burnt
the ballot boxes and ballots in the Tth and
9th wards in the city of New Orleans, and
killed two men and wounded many more.
bD- The Seneca Indians have law TO
the effect that no treaty is valid without the
consent Of twO-thirds Of the mothers of the
tribe.
nS~ 1t is estimated that about three thou
sand barrels of flour are manufactured daily
by the mills Of San Francisco and its neigh
bohood
B0~ A regular express has been estab-
Gshed between Salt Lake and California. r
New lNvEXrIoN.-A Yankee down east
has invented a machine for corking up day
light, which will eventually succeed gas
lie covers the interior Of flour barrel with
shoemakcr's wax-holds It open to the sun,
then suddenly heads up the barrel Tho
light sticks to tho wax, and ut night can be
cut out and sold in '1ots to suit purchasers"
D6r The depth of the Niagara river under
the suspension Bridge, is estimated by tho
engineers, to be seven hundred feet. This,
we believe, is deeper than any other rapidly
running stream in the world.
R6- The passengers in q balloon excur-
sion, state that at the height Of $4,000 feet
above the earth everything spoken distinctly
by them was returned in about minute in
an echo as clear and distinct as the words
spoken.
R6r Ono Of the most interesting relics in
Philadelphia may be seen ip North Second
street, viz: the first lightning rod erected
by DR.. Franklin, which still stretches its at
tenuatod fingers towards the heavens.
B~"A Lawyer" said Lord Brougham,
in facetious mood nis learned rentIeman
who rcscues your estate from your enemies,
and keeps it himselfn
.I.,.,,.. a.. cn...
~ IL ls sala that tne ChlIese NIX arse
nlc wltn Ine TOBACCO tney smoke, ana tnat'
tv ~ ~s rosv and [ nowcrfOIIv Scr U 1rn,sS ' ''' "'
HV Inc Umted States possess a nnnoreo
mililon acres Oh puDnc lanu snat inc lOO' Oi
inc whl0e man mas never uOu.
pa- In Greenland the ice freezes 50 hard
that they burn it for coal, as il burns before
it will melt. 4Y a.cg
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U@D n Su0Oe'Siui e'U0inP' ~ P'Vr6
, 1856-02-15

FIRES IN NOVEMBER far as heard
from, there were eighteen fires in Noyem
Der, exclusive Of those where the loss was
less than $4,000. Seven destroyed man
ufacturing property, and the aggregate los:
is not far from $735,OOO. The losses by
fire since January lst 1855, amount tc
$ll ,49S,000.
PJ~ The Fayetteville Observer says ;ht
cottonfrop of North Carolina docs not ex
ceed1half the production of last year. Th'
late spring, wet weather, and carly fros
have cut short the crops.
CD' The British Admiralty is out will
tenders for 5000, 900 lbs Of beef and pork
for delivery before the lst Of January
1856.
, 1856-02-15

PURCHASE OF GRAN.-The u S. EcOnO-
mist thinks that the foreign governments
named will be compelled TO make purchase
Of grain to the extent of $4,000, 900
thus:
, 1856-02-15
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Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-08-09

DARING HoRsEMANsHIr.- putting
the officers horses of the Clare Militia on
board the Calypso, an incident occurred
which excited universal admiration. One
of them became exceedingly restive, and
obstinately refused to pass the gangway,
when its owner, observing the occurrence,
promptly ordered it TO be removed, and,
before the crowd could guess the object,
he vaulted into the saddle and leaped the
noble animal from the quay into the ship.
The officer who performed this feat was
Mr. Walton, and, wonderful to relate,
though the fall was eight to ten feet, the
tide being low at the time, the horse and
its rider escaped unhut.-Irish Paper.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-08-09

THK DANGER or SURGICAL OPERA
TIors.-lt is our duty to record one of the
most sad, and, At the same time, singular
occurrences that has ever come with the
sphere Of our observation, which has al
ready resulted in the death Of two Of the
parties concerned. and so badly injured
one other that his life is despaired Of.
The circumstances are these: DR.. John
Potter, residing in Prattsburg, Steuben
Co., brother Of Dr.. Hazard Potter, of this
village, well known as one Of the most
skillfal surgeons in this State, was called
upon to dress q mans arm which has been
mutilated in the cog-wheeIs of some ma.
chinery. He made every effort to save
the arm from amputation, and in this, at
the sacrifice of his own life, he has pro.
badly succeeded. The arm having matu-
rated, he called on his brother, Hazard
Potter. Of this village, to assist in opening
it. During the operation he, by some
accident, cut himself slightly, and allowed
the virus from the arm Of his patient TO
mingle with this blood. ID This in few
days had 50 poisoned his entire system
that no earthly power could save him.
He died on Friday last. While attending
his funeral, his brother, Hazard, who had
= slight scratch on his hand at the time Of
performing the operation, and whs had
also become poisoned by the virus, felt an
itching about his fingers, which proved to
baothe workings Of the poison, and al.
though attended by al the physicians in
Geneva bis life is despaired Of Another
man Who assisted in dressing the arm was
poisoned, but we had not been informed
Of bis situation al the time Of writing. Z
p. s. Since writing the above, we have
been informed that the man who helped
to dress the arm is dead. '1fsF ssl1 lp {
rst siiltit gsisL .ft.sit Geneva (N. - Gazette.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-08-09

~ Two wealthy ladies, Mrs. Ann and
Elizabeth Sherwood, Of Sheffield, England,
have just been liberated by the interven.
ton Of their friends, after fourteen years
imprisonment for contempt Of the Court o.
Chancery. They continued in prison
fourteen years rather than produce an un.
important document in their possession.