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The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1856-10-08
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WHOLESALE GROCBES and dealers in ~
" Wines and Liquors, Canal street Row, VI
and 2 Common Streets E.w Orleans
We invite the particu.s. attention Of Merchants
and Planters to our very .arge and well selected
stock of FresI' Groceries.
New Orleans, Feb. Stb. 1854
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1856-10-08
Election Notice,

0BCCekV1 GVOS2CCs
RY VIRTUE Of an Act Of the Legislature of the
ID State Of Louisiana, approved March 18th, 1856
public notice is hereby given, that polls win be
opened at the different election precincts of the
parish Of Catahoula, on Monday, tie Sd day Of No
se6er, asz for the purpose of receiving the votes
OF the qualified electors Of the parish, for against
the removal of the Seat Of Justice from the town Of
Harisonburg" to the town Of "Trinity."
Those in favor of removal viii express on their
ballots :" REMOVAL" opposed :" No REMOVAL"
Commissioners Of Elections are required % attend
within legal hours to preside over the same and
make their returns to me as required by existing
laws. Should there be no commissioners present,
any three voters can be chosen BY the electors pres
ent to preside.
Their attention Is particularly called to that sec
Zion Of the election laws which require that the list
of voters should in all cases accompany their re-
turns. +. ROBB,
September Is, 1856. Sheriff
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1856-10-08

NRUGS, MEDICINES, &c.,-ahe Under
y signed keeps constantly : select stock Of
pure Drugs, Medicines and Chemicals, and j.
prepared to Gil orders for country physicians
and familes With promptitnde, It the lowest
rates. Dsals also in Patsnt Medicines, Dye
Htuffs. Paints, Oils, Brushes, and Perfu-
msries. 3. KALTEYER,
Leves Street. between Sarapafu snd
Philip ~. Fourth District, New Or
leans. lost.
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i GU n D!

IN the 9Th inst. pocket book, containing some
" valuable papers, among which are receipts,
bills of exchange. account various correspondence
&C, &C. The owner may obtain the same BY calling
at this Office, describing it, and paying for this adj
vertisement April IL, 1856.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1856-10-08

Dr. VIRTUE Of Proclamation from His Excel
- lehcy the GovanDe Of the State Of Iiouisiapa
--psbnc aetce Is hereby given, that polls win b
opened g the different elections precincts in the
0arish # catahpulA On Zbsad1tks ~ day Of Ne
se.sbeS sss$, ~ lie purpose q ehooAng Electors
e Preddent and Vice Prssidentef the United States
Coupaiestcners Of Elections are required to attend
within legal hours to preside over the same and
- tAeir returns 70 me a. required by law.
- attention Is also particularly called t. that
eto1n = ~ election laws which require that the
1T u voters ahosA in I'll cases accompany their re-
tnsnA r. ROBB,
6sptsmber Is, 1856. Sheriff.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1856-10-08

Liver cmOpIafnf, Jaundtce
i Dyspepsia.
Chronic or Nervous, Debility, Disease Of the
Kidney, and all Diseases arisimg from disordered
Liyey or Stomach;
Such as Constipation Inward Piles Fullness of Blood
to the Head, Acidity Of the Stomach, Nausea,
Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Fulness or
weight in the Stomach, Sour Eructa-
tons, Sinking and Fluttering ut
the Pit Of the Stomach,
Swimming of the Head,
Hurried and Diff
cult Breathing
Flustering
at the
Heart, Fe-
yer and Dull
Pain in the Head,
Choking or Suffocating.
Sensations when in lying
posture, Dimness Of Vision, Dots
or Webs before the sight, Deficiency
Of Precipitation, Yellowness Of the Skin and
Eyes, Pain in the Side, Back, Chest, Limbs, &C.,
Sudden Flashes of Heat, Burning in the Flesh, Con-
slant Imssinasicss = -zvil,- snd Great Depres-
sion Of Spirits, can be effectuaIIy cured by
DR.. HOOFL AND'S
CELEBRATED GERMAN BL7TERS,
Prepared by DR.. J. NJ. JACKSON, No. 100
Arch Street, Philadelphia.
Lofe Testimoay From the South in favor Of
Hoofand Celebrated German Bittens, ptepa-
red by DR.: J. NJ. Jackson, Philadelphia
They stand alone and unapproached by any
other remedy now before the public, for the
cure of Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Jaundice,
Nervous Debility, Diseases Of the Kidneys, &c.
II. w. Chainey, Millersburg, KY, Oct
10th, 1852, said: Having sold your Bit
tiers some time, l find it has given satisfac-
ton in every instance that has come under
my notice."
Nelson Edwards, Salvlia, KY, June I'd,
1851, says: ave rejoice to inform you
that this Justly celebrated medicine has fully
maintained the exalted reputation which hat
been given it, and having tested its virtues
we unhesitatingly say it eminently deserves is
IT. 4 ]. w. Benny, Uniontown, KY,
July 81, 1852, said: 1--WE have heard Of
many cures performed by the use of Hoof-
lands German Blttets, and l believe it to
be valuable medicine"
]. Grant, Irvine KY, June 20, '52, said !:
I'VE have succeeded in introducing your
Hoofand's Bitters; physicians and others
purchase them by the half dozen and Dozen"
Dr.. P. Fatio 4 Bro, Knoxville, Tennessee,
June Q, 1851, said: Your Bitters are now
selling very fast, and every person that has
it, SO far as we have been able to learn, has
been benefited"
L. Mayer, Harrisonburg, La, May 23d,
1853, says: (" Your German Bitters is a very
valuable medicine. / have disposed Of all l
have received from you, and wish new sup
ply immediately"
Dr.. Reynold Quail, Trinity, La. June 3oth,
1854, says ]. l have for the last year used the
German Bitten, prepared by you, ia my
practice extensively. 1t will shortly be the
only medicine Of the kind that can be read
lily sold here, and believe that in less than
one year, there win be more sold in this
vicinity, than in any other part Of the
country.
These Bitters are entirely vegetable. they
invigorate and strengthen Che system, never
prostrate Il, and can Be used for infants Is well
Is adnlts.
For sAle Be respectable dealers everywhere.
For sale By dealers in medicine everywhere.
Sold In Harrisonburg At Walls Ding Store.
J. WRIGHT.
b aFtses st., New Orleans.
- IL. ~ 4.
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new GOODS!
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TIE UNDERSIGNED nave Just opened
1 lat theirsstand on Catahoula street, next
door to the plmt-ofice, new and general as
softnent ofxKERCHANDISE. Their
stock has been selected with much care at
the lowest cash prices in the city, which will
anable them to sell as low as the articles
they offer can possibly be afforded. We in
vite the public to see and judge for them
selves.
sHLENKER a. DOsHER.
March ID, 1856. lily.
NEW DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
DR. A. A. WALL respectfully informs the public
~ that having recently purchased the extensive
assortment of DRUGs, MEDICINES and CHEMICALS be.
longing to the estate of the late DR.. J. Holiday, will
offer them for sale at his store, door west of
Mayer Bros.
His stock now embraces very large supply Of ar
ticles in that line, which he confidently warrants to
be fresh and of good quality, the whole having beer
recently selected in New Orleans by competent per
sons
Planters and others who are in the habit of keep
ing supply of family medicines will do well to cal
and examine the stock, which he now offers on invi
ting terms, 81
Harrisonburg, July so-'5s-l4
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NERVOUS DISEASES CONTROLLE
AND ~OONGUERE;D.. -

4uIOO-A0uh0AS Va SA"S f-'y~'~.-
by the human race proceeds from affections
of the nerves. The unutterable agony Of
neuralgia, rheumatism, govt, spasins, head
ache and a, thousand nameless pangs that
dart through every portion Of the system,
and distract the brain, are referable directly
to an Unnatural condition of the nervous
system. =. The weaker sex are prey to va
riety Of agonies that lay truly be called in
finite, all growing out of the disordered action
of the nerves. The nerves are the seat Of all
tpain. Ei!l the nerve Of a Raging TOOTH"
and the pain ceases. Destroy the nerves Of
limb, and it is paralyzed. Render all the
nerves of the frame insensible, and you pro-
duce death. Of what immense. Importance
therefore, must preparation be that will in
fuse health, vigor, hardness, and permanent
energy, into this complex arrangement of
vital agents known as the nervous system.
Experience has proved, the faculty admit,
the record shows, that DR.. Morse's lnvigora-
| ting Cordial and Elixir will produce these
almost miraculous effects. If all men could
witness the changes it brings about in the
condition, of those who are "Ready to perish"
how it banishes melancholy, begets strength
controls pain, builds up and fortifys the con-
stitution, and prolongs life-it would be un-
necessary to advertise it. Newspapers are
merely Used as media to draw attention to it
| To. be universally used, and unhesitatingly
| relied upon, it merely requires to be univer-
/ sally knoxn. The aid Of the press is invoked
to guide the public to this living fountain !;
| Int no nrinted words can adequately set
| forth It's value.
| LOSS OF MEMORY,
Confusion, giddiness, rush Of blood. to the
| head, melancholy, debility, hysteria, wretch
edness, thoughts Of selfdestruction. fear Of
insanity, dyspepsia, general prostration, i;rri-
liability. nervousness, inability to sleep, dis
eases incident to females, decay Of the prop
ogating functions, hysteria, vague terrors
palpitation of the heart, impotency, consti.
patton, etc., from whatever cause arising, j,
is, if fhefe is any reliance to be placed on
on human testimony, absolutely infallible
a GREAT MEDICINE FOR FEMALES
Woman, the most fragile as well as the
fairest portion of animated nature, will find
this hSaf surest reliance in all the difficulties
radical Or ibciaentsl, to which Eer structure
| Is liable; while in cases ofnervous headache
neuralgia, dyspepsia, nervous melancholy
hysteria, feebleness, nervous trembling, in.
Icipent paralysis, sleeplessncss, unnatural ir
ritability:: iainting fits, epilepsy, weaknesso
the back, general prostration, palpitationo
the haart, lassitude, mental Incidence, d.
its effects are as certain aud uniform as the
IIesnltsyo mathematical calculation.
II0SIAH II POLK Affarnav AZ ~ Iau
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1856-10-08

JOSIAH. +. POLK, Attorney, DC, at Law
Washington City, D. C., offers his services to
proseoa.e claims asa!nsItke Cnited States.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1856-10-08

WHOLESALE and retail dealers IN fine fashion,
w able clothing, No. 10, Magazine street, corner
Of Common, New Orleans.
We would rcspcctfuliyinvise our customers, n. -,
ard purchasers generally in want Of fine fash TEaL
enable clothing, TO cab and examine our large Lsj
s.csk. o
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-10-25
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

The following is a summary Of the avs and
constitutional requirements in the election OF a
President and Vice-President
|. Electors elected on the first Tuesday af-
ter the first Monday in November.
.. Electors meet on the first "Wednesday 10
December, and cast their votes. They then
sign three certihcates-send a messenger with
one copy to the President of the Senate at
Washington before the 6rsi "Wednesday in jan
uary-another by mail to the same person, and
the third deliver TO the United States Distric,
Judge where electors meet
3. Each State provides by law for filling
any vacancy in the Board Of Electors, OCCASION
ed by absence, death, or resignation. Such Of
the electors as are preseni are generally au-
ihorized 10 Gil any vacancy.
4. The Governor gives notice TO electors Of
their Election before the first Wednesday in
December.
5. On the second Wednesday in February,
Congress shall be in session and open the re-
turns. The President of the Senate shall, in
the presence of the House of Representatives,
open the certificate Of returns, and count the
votes. The person having the greatest number
Of votes for President, if such number be ma
joriiy Of the whole number Of electors, shall DO
the President
@. II no person has majority as above, the
choice is 10 be made from the three highest re-
turned. The members Of the House, By States,
form themselves into Electoral Committees, and
the majority determine which is to be the choice
Of the State-eaeh State having only one vote.
7. If neither Of the candidates get majori-
~ Of the States before the 4th Of March, then
the Vice President shall ac, as President.
8. If the people do not elect through their
Electors Yice'President, then the Senate Of
the United States shall make the election from
the two highest candidates returned 10 them by
he electors
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-10-25

place, and mind yo, my revolver is ready for
We the moment you show yourself Now lay
quiet.
by this time the two osilers came up TO see
what was the matter, and explained il all to
them, Afler this got one of them to run
and rout out the sheriff, and tell what | believ-
cd I'D got for him. Tke first slteaks Of day
light were jos, coming up and in half an hour
it would be broad daylight. In less than no
time the sheriff came, and two nen with him.
] told him the whole affair in few words
exhibited the handhills | had for him-and then
he made for the cart. He told the chap inside
who he was, and If he made the least resistance
he was dead man. Then ] slipped the iron
wrench out, and as | let the door down, the
fellow made a spring, | caught him by the an
kle, and he came down on his face, and in
moment more the officers had him. 1t was
now daylight and the momen, saw the chap
recognized him, He was marched up to the
lock up, and told the sheriff should remain
in that town all tha, day.
Afier breakfast the sheriff came down TO the
tavern and told me that had caught the very
bird, and that il would remain until the next
morning should have the reward Of two hun
dred dollars which had been offered.
| found all my goods safe, paid the express
agent for bringing them from indianapolis, and
then went 10 work to stow them away in my
cart. The bnlet-holes were found in the top
of my vehicle just as expected. They we've
in line about five inches apart, and had been
where usually sit, two of them would have
hit me somewhere about the small of the back,
and passed upward, for they were sent with a
heavy charge of powder, and his pistol was
heavy one.
On the next morning the sheriff had called
upon me, and paid me two hundred dollars in
gold for he made himself sure that he had got
the villain. ! afterward found letter in the
posi-ohice at Portsmouth for me, from the sher-
III Of Hancock county, and he informed me
that Mr.. Dick Hardhead is in prison for life
So ended the pedlcr's story. In the morn
ing had the curiosity to look at his cart, and
found the four bullet holes jus, as he had told
us, though they we're now plugged up with vi
al corks.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-10-25

sdmc large gentlemen who had stad with him
over the night, and were now on their way to
town, he called his overseer, and said 10 him
"Mr Allen, I desire you to impound Big
Brindle, in order that may hear no more ami
madverslons on his eternal depredations
Allen bowed and walked on, sotely puzzled
to know what the Colonel meant,
So after Col w left town, he went 10 his
wife and asked her what Col w. mean, by
telling him 10 "impound'' the OK.
"why," said she, "tho Col. meant to tell
you to put him in pen"
Allen left to perform the feat, for il was no
inconslderahle one, as the animal was very wild
and vicious, and after great deal of trouble
and vexaion he succeeded
well" said be, wiping tho perspiralon
from his brow, and soliloquizing, "ihis is i'm
pounding, is it Now I'm dead sure the old
Col. will ask me if have impounded Big
Brindle. and bet III puzzle him as bad as he
did me-"
The next day the Col. gave dinner party,
and as he was not aristocratic, Allen, the over
seer, sat down with The company. Aler the
second or third glass was discussed, the Colonel
turned to the oveTseer. and said,
"Eh, Mr. Allen, did you inpuund Big Brin-
die, sir I"
Allen Strengthened HIMSELF and looking
around at the company, said,
Eyes, ! did but old Brindlc transcribed the
impane Of the impound, and scat,erlophisticati
ed all over the equanimity of the forest"
The company burst into an immoderate ct Of
laughter, while tho Colonel's face redeemed
with discontinue.
"What do you mean by that, sir, said be-
"Why, mean, Colonel, said Allen, THAT
old Brndle being drognoslieaie6 with an idea
Of the eholery, ripped and tared, snoried and
paved dirt, jumped the fence, tuck to the woods,
and would no, be imPounded no how"
This was too much; the company roared
again, in which the Colonel was forced to Join,
and in the midst Of the laughter, Allen left the
table, saying 10 himself as he went, IL reckon
The Colonel won't ask me TO impound any more
oxen"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-10-25

at all he has a purpose 10 every dodge, an
aim in every new invasion. That purpose is
the advancement Of the Rev. Swivel Sneak
For that he iawns on the rich, and ignores the
poor. Here is a portrait Of our Mr. Sneak,
drawn by The master hand Of the poet Kings
ley.
"a shallow, stony, steadlast eye that looks
at neither man nor beast in the face, but at
something invisible yard before him, through
you and past you, at fascination, ghost OF
fixed purposes tina, haunt him, from which nei-
iher reason nor pity will turn. have seen
such an eye in men possessed-wiih devils or
with self sleek, passionless men, who are too
refined to be manly, and measure their grace by
their eheminacy crooked vermin, who swarm
up in pious times being drowned out Of their
earthly baunts by the sprngtide Of religion
and 50 making a gain of godlness, swim upon
the first of the food ill il cast them safely
ashore on the firm beach OF wealth and station.
| always mistrust those wall-eyed saints"
On his maternal side Mr. Sneak is allied to
the Dodge family. II we continue these
sketches we will give portrait Of the head OF
the Dodges, at our next sitting. The Dodges
are great poliiicians.-Reforp,cr
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-10-25

THe PosIrIoS, PERsoNAL AND PoLIrIcAL, OF
JoHN G. FREMoST.-We consider that no can
didale for the Presidency since the establish
ment of our government has ever occupied a
more remarkable position than John c. FIRE.
mont al the present time. The fortitude and
sefcommand which he mas eynced during the
canvass are almost unexampled in the history
Of our great men, Many-whom the nation
delights to honor-Clay, Jackson, Gen. Scott
under less severe pressure than Col Fremont
has had to sustain, gave way, and gave the
people practical evidence that they could not
command themselves. Yet how small their
proyocation compared to FIemont's! Assur-
edly no man was ever so much abused n this
country as this man. He has been called H.
ar, perjurer, traitor, defauier, a dishon-
est runaway, bEawler, a coward, blundsr-
er he has been attacked in his faith, in his
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-10-25

JAMES BUCHANAN AT HoME-It is made
plain by the news from Pennsylvania, given
elsewhere, that the Buchanan democracy have
been beaten in Mr.. Buchanan's own town by
four to Eve hundred majority, and in the coun-
~ by three to four thousand This shows a
wonderful want of popularity in the nominee of
the border ruflian democracy. The people of
Lancaster county and towns arc respectable and
intelligent men Of logical minds and reason
ing habits. They have known Mr.. Buchanan
for thirty or forty years; and with all their
knowledge Of him, both personal and political,
they now declare solemnly at the polls that he
is not their choice This is a mos, singular
fact; it indicates tha, Mr.. Buchanan has in his
own State and his own neighborhood no per-
sonal or political popularity. What can be
the reason of thisl Mr.. Buchanan is general
ly considered to be a gentleman of unimpeach-
able character, statesman Of fair aitainments,
and man who has discharged with the utmost
fidelity all his duties to his species, save one
that Of becoming husband and father.
We are driven 10 the conclusion that Mr.. Bu-
chanan does not enjoy the good will Of the peo-
pie Of Lancaster, simply from the same reason
which has kept him bachelor-his utter want
Of human sympathy; he has made no friends
for the same reason that he has had no wife and
no children to cheer bis old age. This is no
doubt the cause Of his contempinons rejection
by the people of Lancaster it will operate
elsewhere as well.-N Y, Herald,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-10-25
WHEN WE HusKED CORN.

October scorching fires the trees,
And naked lies the shiyering vine
While dimly o'er the distant seas
The fading lights Of summer shine.
Along the lawn the negro blows
Deep summons on his MONDAY horn,
And homeward troop the girls and beaus
From husking of the corn.
l mind me well that autumn day,
When fye-and-twenty years ago,
We turned our labor into play,
And husked the corn for neighbor Lowe
Ali wife, we were the blithest pair
That e'er to welded love were born;
For l was gay and you were fair
A husking Of the corn.
OH how we sung and how we laughed
Our hearts sat lightly on our lips,
As we the golden cider quafied,
And passed the bowl with rustic quips.
And when sly hints Of love went round,
You glanced at me with pouting scorn,
Yet smiled although you fain would frown,
A husking Of the corn.
Then when found the scarlet ear.
And claimed the old traditioned kiss,
You babe me not approach too near.
And pleaded that and pleaded this
Away you fed and pursued,
Till all too faint you were to warn,
And-know you not how well | wooed,
A husking Of the corn
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-10-25

WHAT THE USTrKD STATES WERE OscE.-
Capt. Nat Johnson-eterybody knows Capt
Nat. Johnson--was travelling in the cars the
other day, when he overheard two Englishmen
commencing this country iu terms of unusual
warmth.
"Do you like this country, thought" asks
Capt, Nat.
"Indeed we do" replied The Englishmen.-
eve are surprised and delighted with every.
Thing We see your institutions, and habits, and
life, are all SO different and SO much more won
derful and attractive than we had ever expects
ed"
III you think 60 we'll of our country now,''
rejoined Capt. Nat, "Good God, what would
Mt you have thought Of it II you had seen II
before Pierce was elected president ''-Na6
York Post.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-10-25

morals. in his character, in his past history, in
his present circumstances even his parents
have been dug out Of their gfave 10 insult and
vilfy him through them.
Under this unesampled torrent Of provocai
,ion, Col. Fremont has not once lost his self
command Not line has he answered to the
slanderers no sign have they had that he knew
Of their existence till creatures like the Brook
ses and the McMasters have gone crazy with
rage at not even getting kicked, and loaned i'd
otcally into letters which Fremont reads with
a smile
Such quality is precisely the requisite for
President. 1t is the rarest, the most valua-
BILE, and at tho same time the most essential Of
all qualites.-lNelc York Herald.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-10-25
BIG BRINDLE.

In Nashville, many years ago, there resided
a gentleman of great hospitality, large fortune,
and though uneducated, possessed of hard knot
sense. Col. w. had been elected to the Leg
islature and had also been Judge Of the county
court.
His elevation, however, had made him some
what pomPOus. and he became very fond Of us
Ing big words. On his farm he had a large,
mischevons OK, called "Big Brindle, which
frequently broke down his neighbor's fences,
and committed other depredations, much to the
Colonel's annoyance.
One morning, after breakfast, in presence Of