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PETER THE GREAT.-ln perfect
death of ncws-whilst fog bound aud
nothing will turn up TO amuse or in
struct, We turn TO our budget Of old
newspaper extracts Of the last century
where VIC find the following Anecdo'e
of the Great Peter, of Russia. It is
from 'Radclif's Register" published
in London A. D. 1886. We offer it
with 20 other apology than that old
things, because new and it contains a
good moral for practical application.
Peter the Great, DESTROYS Of forming
succes sful establishments in his domin-
ions and Of encouraging those already
existing,vis the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and manufactures, with much aflidui-
ty. Among the others that he visited
frequently, were the FORCES of Muller
at lstia, on the road to kalouga; at
ninety wcrsts distance from Moscow.
lie once passed a whole month there,
during which time he drank chaly-
beate waters; and after having given
due attention to the Affairs Of the state,
which he never neglected, he amused
himself not only with feeling and OK
aiming every thing in the most mi
mute manner, but also by putting his
hand to tho work, and learning the
business of blacksmith. He succeed
ed 20 well, that one Of the last days Of
this excursion he forged alone eigh-
teen pounds of iron (the pood alone is
equal to forty pounds) and put his own
particular mark on each bar. The
boyars and acknowledgements his suite
were obliged to blow the bellows, to
stir the fire, to carry Goals, and per
form all the other offices Of journey.
men blacksmiths.
Some days after, on his return to
Moscow, he.weDt. to see Werner Muller
bestowed great praise on his cstab.
lishment, and asked him how mnch he
gave per pood for iron in bar furnished
by a master blacksmith. "Three copees
or an altin,' answered Muller. "Well
thcn," said the Gar, Il have earned
eighteen altins, and am come to be
paid" Molcr Immediately opened
his bureau, took out eighteen ducats,
and counting them before the Prince,
ut is tho least" said he, that can be
given to such workman as your Maj
osty." But the Emperor refused
them "Take again your ducats," said
he, "and pay me the usual price;
have worked no better than another
blacksmith /; and this will serve to buy
me pair Of shoes, of which | am in
great want" At the same time his
Majesty showed him those he wore,
which had already been faded and
stood in need of another repair. lie
took the eighteen altins, and went
directly to shop, bought pair o.
shoes and took great plesure in show
int them on his feet saying to those
who were PRESENT. have earned
them well. by the sweat of my brow
with hammer and anvil"
One of these bars forged by Peter
the Great, and authenticated by hi.
mark, is still to be seen at Istia, in
the same forge of Muller. Another
forged also with his own hand, il
shewn in the Cabinet of the Academy
of Sciences at Petersburgh +; but this
latter was forged at later period a
Olonetz, on the lake of Ladoga.
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Fresh .Al'riCNIS.

1rsr RECEIVED PER STEAMER CAPITOL
y Boxes St. Julien Medoc, Clsret,
4 Baskets Sweet Oil,
10 Boxes c. Morgans Soap,
s i" Winchester -
i" Sperm Candles,
Mornings,
+" Lewis Cass, Fine Chewing Tobacco
2 Barrels No. 3. Fresh Mackerel,
Dozen Clark 4 Cos. Fine Ale,
" Gallon Jars Underwood Pickles..
=" Half o."
Q Barrels Fresh Cramberries,
Dozen Mustard. For sale by
Il. HOFFMAN,,
(DecS Opposite v. Heude's Dry Good Store.
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ChrIslmns Presents.

u CAPDEViLLE OH Laurel street, has
i Just received large To- Of Toys and
Fancy articles, for Christmas presents, and
new years gifts. The cih lens Of Baton
Rouge and vacinity, are invite to call and
examine his stock. II is the largest and
best selected in town. dec22-1m.
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60 SAKE gives the following adj

vice to the rising generation:
In going to parties just mind what you're at,
Beware Of your head and take care Of your hat.
Lest you find that favorise son of your mother
Has an ache in the one aid q brick in the other.
The following is offered as an ad-
denda to the above, by a Church street
aspirant for political fame:
In going to parties beware Of your lass.
Or a snob will lay hand on-and hold to her fast,
lie will squeeze her more tightly than you ever
dare,
And in doing it, whisper soft things in her ear.
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CUNDRIES =
~ Choice Havana Cigarcs 1000
English Pickles 2 doz.
French Mustard Sc"
Tomato Ketchups case
Pepper Sauce as
Spanish Olives g"
Just received to hand and for sale by
Jany I'd So. JOSHUA BEAL.
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U100OIWtJOn Of F0ftnefSm1ps
TIME hrm Of W. F. TUNNARp + CO.,
i was dissolved by limitation, on the
3Ist Of December 1855. The business will
be continued by W. F. TusNARn, ON his
own account The name Of the firm will
only be used in the settlement Of accounts.
w. F. TUNNARD,
Jan 2nd 1856. A. u. HEDENBERG
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MRS. N. MAY,
.MNmtW n NJ a ker

No. 81, Harvey House.
THE LADIES Of East and West Haton Rouge.
l. are respectfully invited to call O.. MRS. MAY
nt the Harvey House, where she Is now located
for the winter and ready to attend to any orders
for cutting, and fitting dresses, making I'LoAks,
TALMAs, and other articles Of Ladies sppaI te, 10
the latest fashions dec29-y.
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Warming 4 Heating Stoves.

lust received per Ohio Bell, lot Of
y the superior Semi Parlor semi-Cook-
cry Franklin Stoves, also fine assert
ment. Semi Front, JuNo CRATES. For sale
low at u. G. MONTAN'S.
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breast Pipes, Nipple shells. speculatums
d gum elastic and glass pesraries nipple
shields, prepared traits, ect. ect. For sale
at the Drug Store Of, WM, BosEL
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Avon THE LAw.-We think it was

questions IS law, replied, III
is tho perfection Of human reason
This may be so, and for the sake OF
argument, we arc wiling to conccde
it. The perfection Of human reason,
ought, in its application to the laws OF
nature as well as justice, morality and
the social virtues, be the perfection Of
human happiness. But that it is so,
no one will pretend TO say. 1t has
become a proverbial saying that law
and equity are two different things,
rarely ever meeting on the same plat
form. All honest people concedc that
justice is the right of every member Of
society, free and without cost, and yet
there is no tribunal known to the pres
cnt inhabitants Of earth, where u man
can go and get it, without paying the
full market value If the commodity
which is retailcd like other wares, in
small lots to suit purchasers, We as
sert it without fear Of contradiction,
that more persons go to law, in order
to perpetfatc wrong, than to estab-
fish "A right Ii man desire to per
petra,e a wrong on his neighbor, what
is more easy than for him to do SO, ac-
cording to law, if he have full peck
ct? In the primitive history Of this
branch Of moral science, the lawyer
was one removed from the suspicion
of mercinary motives he was a great
arbitcr to Judge between men, when
they became blinded by selfintcrest
and prejudice. So with the Doctor
He was satisfied with pursuing some
other profession for livelihood, than
living upon human misery; now it is
to his interest-as the practice OF
medicine is tho means whereby he
livcs-to physic his patient, not to get
him well, but to keep him sick. Now
men think that they owe their lives to
the physician and arc indebted to the
lawyer for the pcaceable possession Of
their estates. Falacious notions-bOth
that cannot come too soon to an end.
We are told by those interested in the
completely and obscurity Of the law,
that as society advances, that individ-
ual rights become more delicate, COM
pick and intricate, whilst the very re-
peyse of this ought to DO the result of
the perfection Of human reason. 1t is
amusing to hear people talk on this
subject. They will say There is no
use in making efforts to better the So
cial condition of society. We have
arrived at the climax Of moral and
physical science" Yet could these
very people transport themselves a
hundred years ahead, when the pres
ent imperfect order will be at an end,
then might they see the folly of en-
dcavoring to put snafflc bit in the
mouth of the progressive spirit Of the
age.
How much better it would be now,
if people, instead of dragging family
and other quarrcls into court-not I'M
frequently to the prejudice of the NOR
al tone of society-for them to call in,
each, a neighbor and let the two Sc
lect a third and arbitrate the matter
The existing laws of the State make
provision for this, and it accomplishes
the ends of justice without either trou'
bic or expense.
AS society now is, we are taxed an
nually millions for law making pur.
poses, and to keep in idleness, ten
million and one Office holders to en-
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The WY they do az Dude.

1t is strange to contrast the man
ners, customs and fashions, Of the PEG.
pie on this side Of the mundane globe,
with those Of the people on the other
side, who are always walking on their
heads to us, feet foremost. Perhaps
too, it may after all be attributed to
climatic influences, this antagonism
of custom and life. We relate an in-
cident in the career Of Nerisser-u-deen'
king Of Dude, as it is stated:
"Rajah Buktar Singh Hindoo,
as the name indicates-was The gener-
al Of the kings army, and chief Of the
police. Up to certain minute he
was the prime favorite Of the king
Then he was disgraced and ordered
for immediate execution, with great
difficulty avertcd,) for tie simple off,
ence Of making bad joke. The
king twirled his thumb through the
top Of his hat, and the general said,
There's n hole in your majesty's
crown Instantly went forth the
mandate, Take off his head BY
means Of tho interference Of the Brit.
ish Residents his life was saved, but
he was literally stripped to the tkin,
ofhonor, property and cloths. q
All the garments Of the disgrac.
cd chief had been removed-his richly
ornamentcd turban, lis magnificent
oriental dress, his tulw.r or sword,
his pistols bis cashmere scarf. used as
n lt,-all had been removed. With
a scanty cloth tied round his loins,-a
cloth such as the lowest Of the labour
ing classes wear,-hc was lying when
we entered, on this uncomfortable
couch "a rough native bed, such as is
used by native servants, without mat
or mattress otherwise naked"
He was placed after this in an iron
cage and kept for two months, at tic
expiration of which time, he was res
tored to honor and place.
This incident should prove warn
ing to jokers; even with u, where
every body affects smartness, and it
grows indigenous like coffee weeds, il
is fatal to make bad joke.
10 The London correspondent o
the New York Herald states that the
manufacturers Of the North Of Eng
land intend, ere long, to hold two
great national meetings at Liverpool
and Manchester, TO denouncc the bel
ligercnt policy Of Lord Palmcrston
aud to express Cor the United States
those sentiments of rcgar! which feel
ing and interest alike dicta,,.
| q Centenary College j. agaio Tin.
der way, and is in gate iio'rl>lne
condition in spite Of the panic, occasion
ed by the visit which the yellow fever
paid Jackson this last summer. Tho
number of students is quite large, aus
many more are expected. Those wht
have sons to educate. could not d.
better than to place them at Centenary
College, which at this time is one o.
the most fourishing literary Institu
ton in the Southern States.-Felici
ana Democrat.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1856-01-09

Royalty consists not in pomp, but
in great virtues.
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Nv MONDAY Morning last, in this city
~ a pocket book con aiming about forty
dollars in bank bills. The finder will be
rewarded by leaving the ZANE at this Office.
Jany. 9Th So.
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a YANKEE DOAST.-A cOrfeSpOn-
dent furnishes the following report of a
conversation..which recently took place
in store 10 Boston. He says:
An innocent purcminded Jonathan,
in a warm argument with John Bull
on our National institutions, was en-
deavouriug to floor his antagonist, who
had sneering remarked that FORUM
ately Americans couldn't 60 further
westward than the Pacific shores. -
Yankee searched his pregnant brain
for an instant, and triumphantly re-
Piled" Why, good gracious, they're
already leveling the Rocky Mountains
and carting the dirt out West; I had
a letter last week from my cousin,
who is living two hundred miles west
Of the Pacific shore.-on made land.
Advices from Rome of the 9th
of November state that the battalion
of the first Swiss regiment, in the SER
vice of the Holy See, had arrived in
that,city to form part of the garrison.
This is the first time any portion of
the Swiss troops employed by the
Holy See, which were first raised in
1881, have been sent to Rome, and
their arrival accordingly excited con-
siderable curiosity amongst the popu-
lation. Another battalion of the Swiss
was about to be employed against the
brigands, whose excuses were becom-
ing more serious every day.
THEY WOULDN'T BE DIVORCED
The Sober Second Thought.-The
Louisville Courier, of the 2Sth ult.,
says:
Recently there has been some de.
yree of excitement in Bardstown and
vicinity, growing out Of a suit institu-
ted by a husband against his wife, for
divorce. Able counsel were employ.
ed on both sides, who spent some two
weeks in taking the dispositions of va
rious witnesses. Everything had been
in readiness for trial, when to the ut.
ter establishment of those who were en-.
gagged in the case, on Monday morn
iny, the lawyers found that the liti-
Sants forget and forgive. They are
now living together.
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INDIAN BURNING-We take the
following from the MaysvilIe Express ;
We are indebted to friend for the
following scrap of Indian news. A
few days since the Indians had a burn
ing, between Yreka Flat and Evans
vile. 1t appears, according to our in
formant, that it is an annual custom
with these Indians to assemble and
with solemn ceremony burn such ar
ticles as may have belonged to their
departed friends. On the occasion re-
ferring to, after the pile was prepared,
the following singular and tragic affair
was enacted. An Indian known as
big Tom, who was brother to the chief
Whale, and who was notorious for
his crulities, he having murdered sever
al of the tribe. while standing with
another Indian at some distance from
the group, was suddenly pierced
through the body with an arrow. The
fire was instantly lighted and before
the Indian, whose wound was mortal,
had done struggling, he was seized and
cast upon the pile, where he was con-
sumed.-Such is savage retributive
justice.
Var and Potatoes. -The Peace So
ciety of Glasgow, in Scotland, taking
advantage of the high price of provi-
sions, has been placarding the streets
with large bills bearing the title "The
War and Potatoes" in which it is af-
frmed that but for the war the price
of potatoes and other food would be
considerably lower
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Eixht YeaIsOld..

lust to hand and tor sale by the gallon.
y One barrel very choice Year Old Mon.
ongahalia Whiskey. June q J.BEAI.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA-Parish Of East
Baton Rouge.
A LII PERSONS who own property in
n this Parish, will please make out a
list Of their Taxable Property, immediate
", which must include all the property
which they owned, between the months OF
A pril and October Of the year 1888.
Jan. slw. o. HACKET,
.Assesor
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ASSYRIA.
same light

Of ell the mighty empires which have
left q lasting impression on the memory
none has 50 completely persisted as that OF
Assvrig. More than two thousand years
have gone by, since, the two great cities"
renowned for their strength, their luxury
and their mapnificence, have crumbled into
dust, Leaving no visible trace of their eXls-
tence, their very sites forgotten. a chance
traveller, Layard, riding through the Meso-
potamian valley, discovered ''the buried
CITY," and with success that will immor-
talize his name, has commenced to unrol
the book of Assyrian history and clvlllza-
ton, which, of all the histories of the first
period of the world, is most clearly con-
nectcd with the subsequent destinies of the
human race. The discoveries already made
furnish ample testimony to refute the scephc
and unbeliever of Scripture truth. Colonel
Rawlinson, who IS at present engaged IN
prosecuting the discoveries commenced by
Lavard and Botta, and in exhuming from
the mounds of the long-lost rival cities OF
Nineveh and Babylon, the instructive re-
mains of this once gigantic power, has lately
discovered, in a state of perfect preserva-
ton, what is believed to be the mummy of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The face of the rebellious
monarch of Babylon, covered by one of
those gold masks usually found in Assyrian
tombs, is described as very handsome-the
forehead high and commanding, the features
marked and regular. This interesting relic
of remote antiquity is for the present pre-
served in the Museum of the East India
Company.
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TABLE DELEGATES.

Eating is but matter of taste, and varies
with the climates. ATTITUDES, and boundaries
of the world The Roman considered the
brains of peacocks and the tongues OF
nightingales the choicest delicacies possible.
The greatest delicacy in the estimation OF
a Greenlander is part of whales tail
rendered soft and easy of digestion by being
half putrid. The Laplanders live upon bear
meat, and drink whale oil. In Nova Zembla
the blood Of the reindeer and its raw flesh
are highly esteemed. The Caln1uc I"Ftars
eat raw jack meat. The Chinese highly
esteem sailed earth worms, and little balls
made of sharks fms, pounded srimPs' and
worms of immense size. These things,
however, are for the aristocrGtic Celestials.
The lower classes consider cats and dogs
first rate, and deem a rat dainty morsel.
The Siamese devour, without distinction,
rats, mice, putrid fish, scrpentS, and all
sorts of garbage. The Caifres in Africa
devour with gusto large caterpillars white
ants, grasshoppcrs, snakes and spiders
Some of our Indian tribes have penchant
for sliced rattlcsnakes. CrocOdiles, lizards
and the Sloth are held in high estimation by
South American epicurcs. And Americans
90 Cor things more palatablc, such as Mince
Pies and Mush and Milk. And 50 it is the
world over. Our tastes recoil at these
recitals of the food wherewith the great
majority of the human race is sustained
Perhaps they regard us and our diet in the
same lirht.
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VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS.

The following are among the resolutions
adopted by the late Democratic State Con-
vention of Virginia:
That Congress has no power to appro-
pirate, directly or Indirectly, the proceeds
of the sale of the public lands, or to grant,
directly or indirectly, the public lands to
the purposes of internal Improvement.
That specific duties, taxing, as they do,
the low-priced necessaries of the poor as
heavily as the costly luxuries of the rich,
are unequal, unjust and odious that duties
designed for protection, foster one branch
of industry and cherish one section of the
country at the expense of Others, and are
utterly inconsistent with justice, sound pol
icy, and Democratic principles; and that
we are opposed to any increase Of the du-
ties on imports, especially on articles of
general and necessary consumption, such
as iron, coal, sugar, salt and coarse cot
tons.
That we reaffirm the resolution of the
Baltimore Convention of 1852, as far as
applicable to the present condition of the
country.
That the vote of the State in the Cincin-
natl Convention ought to be given for such
candidate as will command the greatest
strength in the Democratic party through
out the Union, and whose principles are
known to conform most strictly to the cay
dinal tests of the Democratic Republican
faith
That we approve of the act known as the
Kansas Nebraska act, repeating as it did
the Missouri restriction, which was I'm Just
to the South and in conflict with the con-
stitution and the equality of the States.
That this Convention approves fully and
endorses cordially the principle contained in
the aforesaid act, which secures to the Cit
zens of territory in applying for admis-
sion into the Union as a State the right to
establish their own form of government with
such powers, limitations and restrictions as
they may think proper-subject only to the
constitution of the United States, which
requires the form of government to be Re-
publican.
That while this Convention disclaims any
knowledge of preference of the democracy
of this State among the distinguished gen.
tlemen who may be presented for the Gin
cinnatti nomination, they have no hesitation
in declaring their cordial approval of the
cardinal measures, and the bold and able
State papers of President Pierce, by which
the fundamental principles of the democrat
| ic faith have been illustrated.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-03-11
POPULAR LIES.

Rev. Z. H. Chaplin, in his lecture before
the Mercantile Literary Association last
week, upon ''Practical Life" hit off one of
the popular vices of socicty-lying-in
very effective manner:
Lilies of action (said Mr.. c. are blood
relation to lies of speech, and oral lies con-
stitute q small share of the falsehoods in the
world There are lies of custom and lies of
fashion; lies of padding and lies of whale
bone lies sandwiched between bargains :;
lies in livery behind republican coaches, in
all the pomp of gold band and buttons ; and
lies in the name of glorious principles that
might make dead heroes clatter in their
graves.
Need we say what ali uneasy, slavish
vanity was that which won't let man ap-
pear as he really is, but makes him afraid
of the world and himself, and so keeps him
perfectly at work with subterfuges and
Shams. He is dissatisfied with Natures
charter, and so issues false stock. oh, how
much better for himself and the world, for
man to be brave and true, what God and
unavoidable circumstances have made him
to come ont and dare say am poor, of
humble BIRTH of humble occupation, or don't
know much! What cure this ingenious
ness would be for social rottenness and
financial earthquakes. How much swee-
ter and purer these actual rills of capacity
and possession than this great brackish
river Of Fretension, blown with bubbles, and
cooperating with gaS-how much better
than this splendid misery, these racks and
thumb-screws that belong to the inquisition
of fashion and thousands of shabby things,
the shabbiest of all being those too proud
to seem just what they are"