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POstuO1eed Sale.

STATE OF LOUlSIANA--Parish Of
East Baton Rouge-Sixth judicial Dis
trict Court-JoHS LEACH, W. Robsxr
BEAL.-lNe. 1671.1
RY VIRTUE Of writ Of Fl. ia. issued in
- the above, entitled and numbered
:s,se, and to me directed from the Hon.
Sixth Judicial District Court. in and for
the Parish + State aforesaid Twill offer al
public sale, At the Court House door. Of said
Parish, in the city Of Baton Rouge, on
SATURDAY, tie 5h day Of Apra nert,
a; n, 1856, At IL o'clock, A., NJ, Of said
day-all the right, title, interest and claims
Of tho defendant Robert Beal, in and "a. the
following property hereinafter set fourth
and described. Surfenderedb y said De-
PENDANT, and to pay and satisfy the irdre
ment. interest and cost in III. above EMIT
led and numbered cause, 10 wit:
A certain lot of ground, situated in that
part Of the City Of Baton Rosgs--laid out
hy A. Gras, and designated on the plan
thereofas lot No. / in square No. 1; being
a corner lot-having front on Levee. or
Water street, of sixty feet by one hundred
and twenty in depth, on Moth street. TO-
gether with oil the buildings and improve
ments.
Terms Of sale.-On credit of twelve
months from the day Of sale. The purckas.
er to furnish his bond with approved per-
sonal security. bearing five per cent inter
est from the date thereof until paid, and
special mortgage retained on the property
sold, until the fsll and final payment Of
said bond and interest thereon.
marc H. v. BABIN, Sheriff.
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Decency il . matter oflatitude. In
Turkey, man With tight pants on is
considered 20 great . vulgarian that
he Is not tolerated in respectable So
ciety. To spit in presence Of an Arab,
is to make the acquaintance Of his
cheese knife. n Russia, that man is
considered bw who refuses a warm
breakfast Of fried candles. In this
country. vulgar people ase s1ch as
keep good hours. and live within their
ineone~s Queer institution that hu.
man family.
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Safes By tbt s bfr1f.
POstpO1eed Sule.

POStpO1eed Sale.
STATE OF LOU1SIANA-Parish Of
East Baton Rouge-Sixth Judicial
District Couft.--JoHN KErrARp,
Undertutor, W. SAMUEL LILY. Tu-
tor No. 1868.
DY VIRTUE Of 4 writ of #. IA. isr,ef,,
Id in the above entitled, and numbe rad
cause, and to me directed from the Hon.
Sixth Judicial Dist Court, Parish and State.
aforesaid. will offe, at public sale, at the
Court House door, Of said Parish, in the
City Of Baton Rouge, on
SATURDAY, the Sch day Of April nert.
A. D., 1856, all the right, title, interest and
claims of the -defendent, Samuel Lilly,
tutor, in and to the mortgaged property
hereinafter set forth and described 70 viii
A certain tract q land, ~ Plantation ait.
uated in the Parish Of East Baton Rouge
at about 81 miles from the City Of Baton
Rouge, and containing one hundred and
twenty-five acres, more or less, and boun-
ded on the north BY Thos. Devall, west by
Dr. Thomas Henderson and south and
east BY Messrs. Sale and Posey, together
with oil the buildings and impro vements
thereon.
Seized to pay and satisfy the judgment,
interest and cost in the above entitled and
cause.
Terms Of sale.-Ona credit of twelve
months from the day of sale. The pur-
chaser to furnish bond, with approved per-
sonal security, bearing five per cent inter-
est until paid, and special mortgage retain
ed on the property sold, until the full and
final payment OF said bond and interest
thereon. H.v. BAB1N.
maT6-4ts Sheriff.
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n OTICE /.

ALL PERSONS indebted to HATCH 1 JENKINS
for Subscription 70 The Rsetly Adcocass previous
y February 1st, 1855, and 70 the Daily A6ctoass
previous 70 the 1st January, 1880, aBd for Job
Work and Advertising, a,e hereby notified that
their aecuonts must b Immediately settled. All
persons having claims against HArm JEsKrHs
will present them Immediately 70 the undersigned
for payment. ..44 J.. J. JONES,
feb9o-M AZ a. a6Vcs ofG & nan.
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Spfftal X9tiffs.


DsssolWtloM 01C0-paTenersh1p.
ehE co.partnership heretofore existing
L between BoeAN & LEcxrpxR. 10 dis.
solved by mutual Consent. Mr.. Edward
Legendsr, having purchased the interest Of
MI. Began. All claims sgainst the fms.
will be settled BY Nh. +. Legender, and
all those who are indebted to the firm will
settle with Mr.. E. Legendsf. 1890
A. J. BEGAN,
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ARRANGEMENT OF WILLIAM Fl. GAR.
LAND.-William II. Garland, the de.
faulting Treasurer of the city was taken
yesterday in charge Of Chief Moypau
and Lieutenant Adams, in q close car.
riage from the Parish Prison to Re.
corder Bright's office. At one O'Clock
he was arraigned, togeather with
Mr.. E. Mcfarland, as an acces-
sorry in the crime of embezsling the
funds ofthe city Of New Orleans. Mr..
Garland's appearance was haggard and
depressed, but he replied very prompt
ly to the inquirey of the Recorder that
his attorneys we're Messrs. Hunt and
Hunton, and that he was in the hands
of the Court.
The Recorder stated that he should
require bond for 100000, and
would fix the case for examination on
Saturday next. Mr.. McF arland's case
was fixed for the same day.
AS Garland was about to return in
charge Of the Chief Of police, Recorder
Bright with some emotion remarked /:
'"Mr. Garland, as man cannot re-
fraln from saying that 1 deeply regret
to see you here"
There were but few persons present,
but all who were, appeared to be i'm.
pressed with feelings Of pain and sor.
row, to see one who few days ago oc.
cupied so high place in the public es-
TEEN and confidence, placed in the
position of a public criminal, charged
with offences of such magnitude sind
such systematic deception and treach-
ery.-La. Courier. 6 ult.,
FIRE AT GRAND CoTEAu.-On the
night Of the 25th ultimo, at about IL
o'clock the Warehouse of Mr.. Eugene
Petetin, Il Grand Cotoau, was des.
toyed by fire. together with cotton,
bagging, bale rope and merchandise
to the amount Of from $4,000 to
$4,000. The contents we're insured, |
but the building, which was worth
1920, is total loss for Mr.. Petetin. |
l fire, it is strongly presumed, is
The work OF an incendiary.
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Notice.

ALL PERSONS indebted 70 10 VIII please caIl
and ssttae up b. the Asst n March. y*
Our customers szs hereby noti1sd that % the
last ~ svosy month their b1ls VIM ~ rs0itted
70 them, Aeengh ~ 1set oMes, and prompt
pay.sasb sxpsese1, y ssvssy Instance unless
prsvfess asssaeeusnto ~ 80. a&ss~
1eela A. NONTAu eDRO.
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MORE PASSENGERS FOR NICARAGUA.
The steamship Northern Light left
her pier on the North River at little
aftsr 3 o'clock on the afternoon Of the
26th ultimo. having on board 600
passengers. 200 Of whom, it is said
won't out to Join General Walker.
The usual excitement on the dspar-
ture Of the steamers Of this line was
observable. A large number Of police
men arrived on the dock some time
previous to her starting, and there was
an immense throng Of people on and
in the vicinity Of the pier, expecting,
probably. that something might occur
BY which the steamer would be pro.
hibited from proceeding.
A single plank was placed from the
vessel to the wharf, and only one per-
son permitted to pass on it at a time,
and every one compelled to show bis
ticket, which was closely scrutinised.
No arrests. were made. All hands
being on board, the word was given to
east Of, and she started on her wav
amidst tho shouts and cheers Of the
multitude.
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~ Our Baton Rouge neighbor
the Comet We presume. will have
something more to say, as he general.
ly sIays on all sides, and hits Us semi.
occasionally about the lengthy pro.
ceedings Of our Council. Carrollton
in this State. is decidedly a great
town." if lengthy proceedings viii 90
towards making it So" Our neighbor
will perceive that we have another
fresh batch this issue" We hope
that our friend Pike, will some Of these
long summer days take birds. eye
view Of the proceedings, and perhaps
he may reap some benefit therefrom.
Yes. neighbor, we have fresh batch
semi-monthly, and if you will only
take the trouble you may find it Of
some interest to you, dat the same
time ascertain that our Council is
some.-Cdrrollton Star.
If the Star Of Jefferson takes any
offence at what we have said, in the
spirit Of honorable compromise" we
take It oil back. We did notice
his Council proceedings, because we
thought their length demanded it. 1t
is a principle with us never 10 notice
short things. or small things. The
Star from its orbit, is Of such dimen.
sions 1--WE judge from the picture at its
head. where a gentleman has been
standing in the same position this past
year, gasing through = spy glass, at its
proportions). We say again,
The Star is of such dimensions as to
demand our attention the Council
proceeding in the same ditto. We
thought the proceedings were made
|ong expressly to attract attention if|
We are wrong, We are sorry for it,
md this we conceive constitutes the
dn.ende Honorable. @
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The MASONIC GR1p."-At the
festival Of the Provincial Grand Lodge,
at Glasgow, Sir A. Alison mentioned
that during the assault on the Redan,
a small party ofsoldiers led on to one
Of the guns placed in . recess were
received by body Of Russians, and
the English officer was about to be
bayonetted. when, CHANGING to catch
the hand Of the Russian officer. he had
presence Of mind enough TO give him
a masonic grip: The Russian in a
moment struck up the bayonet Of bis
soldier, led bic .newly-found brother
to the rear, and treated him With al
the kindness Of . mason!
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LCgOl .VOffce.

NOTICE is hereby given to all whom
IN it may concern, that l, JAMES s. Moe-
AN, will, after legal delay. proceed to
emancipa+e the following slsve, d bright
quarterroon, named HELEN, aged about
- yeafs. Those having aay legal obisc-
ton to the emancipation Of said slave, ,
must enter their opposition within the tim.
prescribed by law.
March s-6ts-w. JAMES MORGAN.
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tice .introdseed = ast 10 provide for
subscription BY ths STATE 10 the capt.
tai stock Of tie New Orleans and
Baton Rough Railroad Company-re.
ferred to committee on Internal I'm
provements.
Mr. Walker also introduced an act
to provide for the sale OF certain books
in the State Library, referred to com
mittee On the Library.
Mr. Semmes moved to reconsider the
vote taken yesterday on . bill TO ap-
propriate $4,000, for certain works
in the Third Swamp Land District
The House refused to reconsider.
As the order Of the day the city
charter of New Orleans, came up.
Mr. Maokey. called for the yeas q nd
nays on every section a. it came up
seconded by Mr. Estlin.
Mr. Wright said that the opposition
to the charter grew out Of the fact that
the time for holding the elections, from
March, had been changed to July
He W, willing to compromise the
matter and move to reconsider the
vote fixing the time to July. The re-
suit was that the third Monday iu June
was substituted.
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RAILROAD NOTICE.

i Rouge, Crosse Tete and Opelousas Ran Road
Company, win Be held on Monday, the 17th Of
March 1855 1t james n. Jehnston's Store. on
Bayou Crosse Tete. JAHW h. JOENsTON,
febA-6 Secretary.
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~ A philosopher. who had mar
ried a vulgar but amible girl, used to
call his his wife Brown Sugar." be.
cause, he said, she was sweet but unre.
fined.
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Laugh at no man for bis pug nose
you cant tell what may turn up"
is a wise caution.
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Gbe Gully Comet.
BATON ROO E,::s:::MAf. ., 1866.

-.
BATON ROO an, :.:s::MAR. ., 1860
- - -.
wHAr INV MiLrs WITT Do.-
The facts ID reference to a most vii
ainous case Of Thuggery at Pompei
short time ego, were given in this
paper last, 'week by our regular cor
respondent. Some Picayune CORES.
pondsnsi il this city, writes a commun-
ication 70 our Crescent City cotempor-
ary, il which be gets the facts all
wrong ] There Is nothing recognizable
in the account. except the name Of
the innocent victim Of the Thug
ging operation. The Picayune cor
respondent signs himself IS. r." and
here's what he says:
The latest case Of "horrible trag-
edy" on record took place on the
corner Of St. Napoleon and Maximil.
liam streets the other night. A fire.
eater who had made himself obnox-
ious was wsylaid snd slupg-shotted
with 4 hens egg done up in hand
kerchief His name was Smidt, and
The Comet contains = long obituary Of
him this morning.
- :. In the first instance, Pompeii was
the scene Of this disgfscefal proceed
ing and not Baton Rouge. The at
tempted assassination did not take
place, on the corner Of st. Napoleon
and st. MAMMALIAN streets, but in the
full glare Of gas.light, midway be-
tween the Office Of = The Torch Light
Of Liberty" and Smidt's residence in
Patipan Place. The miserable at
tempt Of the P;cayuns writer, to
throw serious matter like the one re-
ferred to, into contempt, and ridicule,
BY substituting an egg, ~ the nipple
mont Of death, when it was a slung-
shot, and nothing shorter !; will meet
the disapprobation Of rigLt-headed
men. Any levity about 10 grave a |
subject Of the grave. as poor smidt is
i unwarranted-unpardonable.
SurREns CouRT DEc1s1oN-Mor.
DAY, March Sd, ls5e.-Farmers Bank |
Of Kentucky. appellant. ". VIM. Steph.
ems, ,st ole, appellee. Sixth District !
Court Of East Baton Rouge judy
ment reversed. Lea, j.
Ramon Lafon, appellant, ". John
h. Dpfocq, and Edward Cousinard, |
appellees. Sixth District Court of East
Baton Rouge. Judgment affirmed
Merrick, Gu. ~E
State Of Louisiana, appellee, ", Hen
y Wilson, appellant. Sixth District
Court Of East East Baton Rouge
Judgment affirmed. SpoFord, ].
Succession. Of BIS. Willis-R. H.
Burke and wife, appellants, vs.. Eliza
beth Chaperton appellee Sixth District
Court Of East Baton Rouge--Judg-
nent affirmed. Lea, j.
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VOL. 3.---NO. 10.
THE DRuNkARp,s DAUGHTER.

! That night | was ont late. / returned by
| Lees cabin about ii O'Clock. AS approach
ed saw a fstrange looking object covering
under the low caves. A cold rain was falling.
1t was late in autumn. drew near and there
was Millie wet to the skin. Her father had
driven her out some hours before; she had
laid down 10 listen TO the heavy snoring of his
drunken slumbers, so that she might creep
back to her bed. Bat before she heard It, ma
ture seemed exhausted ard she fell into trou-'
bled sleep with the rain drop pattering upon
her. / tried to take her home with mes but
no, true as martyr to his faith, she struggled
from my arms and returned to the nov dark
and silent cabin. Things went on so for weeks
and months. But at length Lee grew less vio-
lent, even in his drunken fits, to his self-de-
nying child and one day when he awoke from
heavy slumber after debauch, and saw her
preparing breakfast for him, and singing a
childish song, he turned TO her, and with
tone almost fender, said
ssMillie, what makes you stay with me !''
ssBecause you are my father, and love yor.'
s'You love mel'' repeated the wretched
man; sSlore me - He looked at his bloated
limbs, bis soiled and ragged clothes; sslove
me- he still murmured-'.Millie, what makes
you love me! i am a poor drunkard, every
body despises me. Why don't you ?''
''Dear father" said Millie, with swimming
eyes, s'mother taught me TO love you and ev-
cry night she comes from heaven and stands
by my little bed and says, sMillie, don't leave
your father; Milie love your father; he will
get away from that rum fend one of these
days, and then how happy you will be- %
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\ TERRIBLE EvENT.-Russian journals are
maka. in the Caucasus. On the morning of
the 1lth July, the weather was very sultry.
and general feeling of suffocaton was felt.
At length, a heavy -umbling noise was heard,
followed by a very violent shock of an earth
quake. Although the shock lasted only about
thirty seconds, 300 houses and more than 100
shops were completely thrown down, and
great many others seriously darnaged. Only
one person was killed five were Wounded
The loss is estimated at upwards of 100000
francs
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per. magazine, pamphlet, or circular, CONTAIN
ING ANY DENIAL OF THE RIGHT PERSONS TO
HOLD SLAVES IN THIS TERRITORY, such persons
shall be deemed gully Of FELONY, and punished
by IMPRISONMENT AT HARD LABOR for q term NOT
less than ftco years.
Sec. 10. No person who is conscientiously
opposed to holding Of Slaves, or 1cho does not
admit the right 10 hold Shares in This territory.
shall SIT as a Juror on the trial of any prosecu-
tion for the violation of any of the sections of
this act.
This act to take effect and be in force from
and after the 18th day of Sept. a. d. 1855.
Sigaed-J. Ii. Stringfellow, Speaker of the
House. Attest, j. II. Lyle, Clerk. Thomas
Johnson: President of the Council Attest,
J. y. Halderman, Clerk.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-10-22

AN ERRoR.-English travellers generally re-
present the Americans as deblitated, degen-
crate and sickly race, and the nonsense is reit-
Grated in this country by those who ought to
know better. 1t is little singular that such
an enfeebed race should have accomplished
more physical labor in subduing an entire con-
tinent in less than two centuries than all the
nations of Europe have effected for their own
countries in the same time. Physically, NOR
ally and mentally there is no more vigorous
race than the Americans on the face of the
globe. They live as long, are as hardy and
well developed, can endure as great an amount
of fatigue, and accomplish as much labor. men
tally and physically, as any other people,
They have peopled continent and cultivated
it till it produces abundance, have t.aversed it
with railroads and telegraphs, built up CON-
mercial marine equal to the largest, and estab-
lished the best constitutional government that
was ever devised by man. We want no better
evidences than these of the vigor of their phv-
sical, or of their mental constitution.
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LIFE

l walked tho earth in life's spring time,
With guiltless trusting heart,
And deemed its flowers would never fade,
Their sweetness ne er depart;
] quaffed the cup of pleasure deep,
With many dangers rife,
And with n childish faith exclaimed
How beautiful is life
Around l saw but natures wealth
In rich profusion lie.
Ny soul drank in the beautiful
OF earth, and air, and sky,
And gentle words and pleasant smiles
| met with everywhere;
The world seemed full of living hearts,
And life, indeed, was fair.
And then came love, with fervent vows,
To add one pleasure more
My heart with JOY o'crhowing was,
1t had been full before.
And oh. il came with dove-like wing,
And nestled fondly there
l welcomed it-hope sweetly smiled,
And life was very fair
But time passed on and youth promised joys,
Att my approaching fled,
Life's fairest flowers, their sweetness gone,
Lay withered meath my tread.
/ saw their sad stems droop
And blacken one by orc.
As roses fade and pine away
When shaded from the sun.
The love L gave was returned awhile
With passion wild and deep,
Until careless lip betrayed the change,
And / ALONE am left TO weep.
Oh, now l see earth's beauty marred
And feel til at bitter strife
The charm is broken-now l sigh
Then, this is earnest life.
In gentle tones I've said,
May thy pathway cheer?
Thou art my life-my guiding star
My world-my pleasure-here.
No, L must battle on. ALONE,
Lifc's never ending strife.
The dove has flown. ALONE I WEEP
At weary, ainiless life.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-10-22

WoNAN.-An exchange says that ssGod in
tended all women to be beautiful as much as
he did the roses and morning glories and that
he intended they should obey his laws, and
cut incidence and corset strings, and indulge
in freedom and fresh air. For girl to expect
to be handsome with the action of her lungs
dependant upon the expansive nature of a
cents worth of tape, is as absurd as to look
for tulips in snow bank, or q full grown oak
in 8 little flower pot
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-10-22

MIyYEsoTA.-It is estimated that at the pre-
sent time the territory of Minnesota contains
population of one hundred and forty thou
sand souls. This is probably under esti-
mate, as last winter an off cfal reckoning made
the total one hundred and twenty thousand
II is calculated, however, that by the close of
the emigration season Of the year 1857, the ag
gregate will be three hundred thousand. If
this be SO, Minnesota viii enter the circle of
States with three members Of the lower house
of Congress. She is now entitled to two.
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A GAscoS officer, demanding his salary from
the Minister of War, declaring that he was In
danger of dying Nth hunger, the Minister,
who saw that his visage was full and ruddy,
told him that his face contradcted his state
ment. sAh, sir,'' said he, 'sdon't trust to
that; this face Is not mine it belongs TO my
landlord, who has given me credit for long
time past -
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When young men have nothing TO live upoa
but love, they commonly fall in love and get
married-just as if hugging and kissing were
substitute for mutton chops, or as if terms
OF endearment would supply the place of
mashed taters and fricassed mackerel. The
philosopher who said that love was a beauti.
fui madness, was not far from the mark.
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stone"
eyes, Pat.''
The he'd stone was mile stone on which
was engraved 80 miles to Pittsburg.'
Pat spelled a while, and then exclaimed
s.Arrah, Joe, spase softly and tlIrad lightly,
he died in Pittsburgh. It's crate comfort
TO know how to rade such things.''