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The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1856-03-22

sG-Thc following well timed hit from tho
editor OF the n. o. Courier is fitting reply I,
the contemptuous filings of the Know Nothing
press, at the proceedings of the late Demo
cratic convention.
DEMOCRATIC DISSENSIONSn
Some OF our opponents appear to be very
much amused and somewhat delighted by what
they consider very erich sccneso and 'ialarm.
ING symptoms" presented at the late session Of
the Democratic Convention at Baton Rouee
we are not so misanthroptic as to bcgrudee
the forlorn Dark Lantcrnites the small grotiG.
catlon OF growing and hurrahing over the i'm.
aslnary dIssenslons in the Democracy But,
out Of real regard for their feelings, We would
warn them not 10 be too hasty and premature
III their fluctuations. or the bitterness of their
disappointment will more than Offset their pres
emu enjoyment. 1t is the privilege and habit
OF tic Democracy to conduct their delbera.
IONS IN public with the fullest liberty of dis
cnsson and of individual opinion, and very
frequently and naturally the exercise of their
right and custom produces scenes of some ami
nation.
these are little storms that serve to purify
the atmosphere of the party and give it new
v'gor. 1t Invariably energies from them with
brighter face and better feelings. "After a
storm comes calm;" and the "lercc Democ-
racy,' who are at times so tumutuous in coun.
Gil, are always united and harmonious in action
against the common foe.
We have our little petty jealousics and RI
Mlrles--our chiefs and our would-bc.chicfs of
cll'qucs and factions-our plots and counter.
Plots--our ms and 0uts-and all the necessary
clements and concomitants of great party
but we suffer not these influences to distract
ana divide us when in the field and in view of
,le enemy. There We are shoulder to shoul.
DER, and our previous differences give greater
earhestness to our emulous efforts in the com.
NV ior those cherished principles which we NIL
Profess pr and are pledged to maintain against
oil opponents.
we, too, have our big and little demagopues
our schemers and agitators-who sometimes
m!sead the honest and nnsuspectiny members
y, the perty into little petty schemes for self
g1orillcatlon and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, and ncrsnode
mem that the great interests of the parrv its
glory and success, are involved in such small
a alairS' But these evils soon pass away, and
harmony and concert resume their influence
"la lead us on to glorious victory.
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1856-03-22

o. A change in the laws of naturolizotio,
making continued residence of twenty ana
years, of all not herctofor provided for os il.
dlsPensaple requisites for citizenship hereafter
ana excluding oil paupers and persons convicted
OF crime from landing upon our shores, but no
meIjerenec m.th Tie rested rights Of foreigner..
IN. Opposition to any union between Church
and state; no interference with religious faith
or worship; and no test oaihs for office exeent
those indicated in the fifth section Of the Mat.
form. P'''-
ii. Free and thorough investigation into
any and oil alleged abuses of public functiona.
RES, ana strict economy in public cypcn1i.
lures. sDt fH'
~. The maintenance and enforcement of
oil laws until said laws shall be repealed mr.
'nan DC deelared null anil roid By competent jndi-
aal autAority ''''' 1'''''
10. Opposition to the reckless and unwise
pollcy OF the present administration in the
general management OF our national affairs
and more especially as shown in removing
Americans by designation and conserva.
ives IN principle, from Office, aud placing far.
cclgners and ultraists in their place; as shown
IN trucking subservency to the stronger
anu an insolentcd and cowardy bravado to-
wards thc weaker powers; as shotcn in reopeu.
ing sectional agitation, By the repeuk of HE 1ns-
sonr' Compromises; as shown in granting 10
unnaturalized foreigners the RIGHT of surface
in Kansas and Nebraska; as shown in It's vncil.
latlng course on the Kansas and Nebraska
question; as shown in the removal of Jndga
Bronson from the collcctorshp of New York
upon false and untcnable grounds: a. shown
IN the corruptions which prevade some of the
departments of the Government, as shown in
dlsgracing meritorial naval officers through
prejudice or caprice; and as shown in the blum
dering Encouragement Of our foreign relations
IA. Therefore, to remedy existing evils and
prevent the disastrous consequence otherwise
resulting therefrom we would build up the
american party" upon the principlcs-hereiu
before stated cschewing all sectional ouestions
ana uniting upon those purely national. and
admitting into said parties III American citizens
referred to the 3S, 4th and 5th sections
who openly avow the principles and opinions
heretofore expressed and who will subscribe
their names to this platform. --Provided new.
theless, that majority of those members
present at any meeting Of a local couuril where
an applicant applies for membership in the
American party, for any reason by them deemed
sufficient deny admission such applicant.
10. a free and open discussion of ali political
principles embraced in our platform.
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1856-03-22
PORT HUDSON uOTEI.

AVlNti taken this well known house formerly
IL occupied by Mrs. Wilson, the undersigned 4
prepared to receive and and Accommodate The ray
n,ng Pnplie ma inc citizens IN general. His ta
pie VIII be well furnished, and no effort shall bo
wanting on his part to render general satisfaction
OCT ~ X. VANSICKIE
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1856-03-22
HERE Is YOUR HORSE

STRAlE ED before the undersigned Justice of the
~ Peace by J. b. Paxton, u bright buy horse of the
following description: has knot upon his hind legs
has one white hind foot, PAGES ueH and is 1. year,
old said horse has been appraised by Julian Rogllio
and Joseph !. Wilson to be worth $50 in cash.
Owner will come forward and prove property, or
said horse will be sold in conformity to law
march 10 II. q. GORDON j. p 3yd Ward
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1856-03-22

troublesome as hills; the crop is wonderful.
ms is not theory, but is my constant practice.
by this mode the vines never turn yellow. The
crop comes forward early in August, and the
owner has no chance to talk about "small po-
tatopsn
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1856-03-22
Sllllman Female Collegiate Institute,
lU NfnnN,

u,IIIc Wy, -.
pils on the Firs, Man ' or ,ns reception o. p'
following Board Of Insruc,ors ''"'o"' unaer ths
! Rev. UrSny McDo.,,m NJ ,-,,
Mrs. May W. Wcrn, "a. ai'''''' rrihcIpal,
Miss WILLIS AM 4, ,ro,,rn, ''''' 'o' irihcipni,
1 Miss p,mour,,, I'nnw,s - Assistant Teachers
Mr.. Cu,nIrs smr,Ty
An accomplished Pianist r. ho s,nl aS'' io"chcr'
| Other assistant ,aachnrs y, ,.,u ~ suppled.
number of scholars mav ,n,;n ~ unBnReu US the
The terms or initnn .n .' rnc,r services
the former prncinal viii H. ag es'aoshed ny
vance. Viz: 80 - "'op'eu' payable IN ad-
Tuition ner sossio, n o,o ,.
!. '.o"'H'' =. e,nss' % W.
/" p ir u"ss ~ w
Music. ON the pjano or C.,i,,r i'''"a'y' 10 W.
Vocal music. each scholar nor 20 w
Incidental expenses. 'e'''''''''''f o oo
Ancient mr. mddarn %
ing. or fancy needle w"rl Iy,rn ''"s' ''a"-
Boarding. DER session or ayemnn,n. 90 a.
A deduction of So per month for osc ho.,a W w
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1856-03-22
HOTELS, --STAGE LINE.
NEW ORLEANS PACKET

VIE steanes BELLA DONNA Capt. fysn.,sak
4 VIM NcCabc, leaves New orleans, ASvmfnS
every Saturday evening, for Williams. -
port, touching at u intermediate points; reiurning
leaves Bayou Sara, every Wednesday on the arrival
OF the Cars from Woodvillc touching At Port lind.
son and all intermediate places
ps-Particular attention paid to the receiving and
landing OF passengers and way freight, at oil hours
OF the day and uight. dec
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1856-03-22
W | LLIAM ELDERS
Clinton and Baton Rouge Daily Line, Of

aGaxsh-S-e HAVING resumed the MANAGE.
AAA1 - &. ment of the Mail Stage Line, be-
tween Clinton, Baton Rouge, and jackson.
,he undersigned would respectfully inform the
travelling public that his Coaches will run
each way, EVERY DAY IN TIE WEEK
excepting Sundays, leaving Clinton and Batoe
Rouge, ut o'clock, An.
FARE.
From o,,ltoh 10 Fran Baton Rouge,
Puton Rouge, .S3 90 Clinton, $50. SO 90
JACKSON, 90 jackson ..... 9 so
NJ W Hing. 90 Mt. Willing. 2 90
Rams, ...... so Plains, ...... so
Avery attention paid to the comfort and
convenience Of passengers.
mar "a WIN ELDER
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1856-03-22
NEW BOOKS.

JUST received, by late steamer, a new assortment
y Of books consisting of
Rose Clark, by Fanny Fern,
Lost Hcrcss, by Mrs. souihworth
Life of Washington, by Washington Irving
Plutarch's Lives. spectator, Burkcs works,
American Encyclopedia, Waverly novels,
Life OF .. 8. Pren'iss, Washington Irying's works,
United states, Canada, and Cuba. by Miss Murray,
For sale by N1UW1N &. STR IISS
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1856-03-22
MORE AMERICANS RULING AMERICA

y from telegraphc dispatch published in the
Da'oh Rouge Advocate, we learn that there was n
a'eellng at the Arcade in New Orleans. Nhecall was
n meeting of the citizens generality to nominate
olfy Officers. Major Beard attempted to call tho
a, Se.ns 10 order, when crowd rushed upon the
a@ s''' turned over the table, and pushed Major B,
~, w. Among the crowd was one of Mr.. Hurys depu-
ine know-Nothings ruled and reorganlzed the
meeting, and nominated their ticket
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1856-03-22
TO the Public,

10 the Public.
NROM and after this date the steam hPs~~s-A
L or +. +. kmball, Capt. b, II. ORn, lAyxss "
will leave Port Hudson every SArun. :tss'
p BAY after the arrival of the cars taking Cotton at
FIFTY cents per bale. Passage, "a. oct 20
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1856-03-22

SllEET MUslC--A new supply of sheet music for
~ the Piano and Guitar, for sale by
march 10 NAUN4N & STRA USS.
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1856-03-22

SlLVER WARE-Just received, a supply of forks
~ spoons, butter knives &c. for sale by
march Is NIUI1N (. STP1 /rSS
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-03-28
Important Genera1 rntenigencc.
New York, March %.


Intelligence from the West Indies reports
that the negroes of Guiana, instigated by
Orr, known as Angel Gabriel" had com
meneed to, slaughter all the Portuguese
Coolies. Gov. Woodhouse had sent Orr to
Jail, but the military under his command
are unable to cope with the maddened ne
groes. His Excelency has dispatched cour-
icrs to the Windward Islands for troops to
aid in quelling the instruction caused BY
fanatic appeals to brutal instincts.
Mr.. Groely telcgraphs from Washington
that he has information from a reliable
source that the Administration has ordered
the arrest of all the Free State Government
officers Of Kansas and that President Pierce
believes they arc all in prison ere this.
The steamship Herman sailed at noon to-
day for southampton and Bremen, with l 80
passengers and $4,000 in specie.
The ship Shooting Star arrived here to-
day. She brings adyiccs from Pernambuco
to Wednesday the oath ult. The cholera
was prevailing to such an alarming extent
there as to seriously interfere in all business
The deaths were chiefly among the blacks
There had been a small number of cases Of
yellow fever among the shipping, most o
them proving fatal.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-03-28

WHAT DAVE ATcHIsoN SAYS OF HIM
sELF-Our Loeofoco friends have endeav-
ored to escape the odium which the con-
duct of our Senator Atchison and his bor-
der rufians have thrown up the Admins
tration by declaring that this man had join
ed the Know Nothings, and was acting with
them. This may have been true, as the
members of the Order in the Slave States
have tried to cut under the Locofocos by
being more intensely pro-Slavery than their
opponents dare be. This, we persume, has
been to some extent the case in Missouri
But in a recent speech Mr.. A. denies all
these allegations. We find his remarks
copied in the St. Louis Democrat, and we
have no doubt he spoke as reported. As
to the truth of his statements, we leave all
that to be settled between him and his old
political friends:
''He would take this occasion to say that
he did not belong to that Order. He had
no feeling or sympathy with it whatever.-
He belonged to the State Right Democratic
party, but that Mr.. Moss had spoken good
doctrine. There was a great deal in the
K. N. Order that he APPROVED good deal
that he objected to, but that he was not a
member of the Order and would remain
with the State Right party. If he left his
party at all, he would prefer the Old Wing
party."-O. S. Journal.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-03-28
Whaf the American Navy D,a.

The Philadelphia Ledger, for the pur-
pose Of showing that the boasting of the
English journals that the commerce and
navy of this country would be swept out of
existence within a year after the declaration
of war between the United States and Great
Britain, has prepared list of the captures
made by our little Navy in the war of 1872.
We condense it:
War vessels, Sc in all, carrying sse guns.
Merchant ships, 254; brigs, 6lO; sehooners,
$40; sloops, l35; various classes re-eaptur-
ed, 64o-making 1896 vessels, carrying
$3.50 guns.
To this is to be added % vessels lost by
wreck, or otherwise, carrying 500 guEs, and
we have an aggregate Of 2,s9s vessels car
rying 9,677 guns.
From this brief record it will appear
that our transatlantic neighbors are boast
ing of their skill in game that two can
play at"
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-03-28


There has arrived in New York since jan
uary lst, 4,235 emigrants. last year du-
ring the same period 15,6os.
The people of Scott county, Kentucky,
held meeting on Saturday, and resolved
to equip fifty young men aud send them to
Kansas.
The peach trees were in bloom in New
Orleans on the 5th of February, and the
farmers of southern Texas had begun to
plant corn two weeks before.
The general appropriation bill of the
State of Pennsylvania contains the sum Of
$4,000 for Webster's Dictionary for the use
of common Schools.
Of the 6O6 convict< in the Ohio peniten-
tiary, 423 are intemperate, 400 have no
trades, 244 cannot read or write, and only
81 are married. Every figure of these sta
tisticS has its own moral.
The Galveston NeVs says it appears to
be pretty well ascertained now, that the
late severe weather has killed the lemon
trees down to the roots, and also many of
the orange trees, though some of the latter
do not appear to be much injured.
During the last year in Silesia, more
than eight hundred Roman Catholics en-
rolled their names on the Protestant regis
ters. A similar increase of Protestants in
that providence has been going on for years
past, numbering substantial citizens Of all
trades and professions.
The House of Representatives of Mass
achusetts have eoncurred in report that
it is inexpedient to legislate concerning the
establishment of an asylum for inebrates.
A State that manufactures and sells so
much rum ought to make good provisions
for its inebriates.
The past hard winter drove hundreds Of
deer in Virginia to the mountains, where
/ they fed on the poison laurel. Cart loads
of them were slaughtered in the snow, and
the flesh, poisoned by the laurel, made both
dogs and men who partook of it quite sick.
Messrs. Cunard are about to start a
steamer from Liverpool to Boston, to carry
cargo and passengers. Freight viii be Ia
ken as low as Sl5 per ton, and passengers
at 800, SIS, and 500. The first Emou,
was to leave on the 5th inst. This is tho
first step to a competition which is likely to
be carried on hereafter with some fierce
ness.
A meeting in behalf of Kansas was held
in the North Church, New Haven, on Turs-
| day evening last. Speeches were made bV
Henry Ward Beeeher, ProfSilliman, of Y ale
! College, and others, and over one hundred
Sharpe's rifles were subscribed.
The New York Tines states that Capt.
Eericsson is experimenting the construction
of large caloric engine to furnish motive
power to a manufacturing establishment IN
that city. Another engine, completed a
sLcrt time since, and intended to be sent to-
England, has been exhibited to several SCI
entifc savans, and is described as complete
success.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-03-28

@ ]. A CREvER, has retired from the
Bucyrus Journal, and is succeeded by D.
R. LOCKE, formerly of the Plymoth AdDer-
tiser, and lately of the Mansfield Herald
In his saiutatory Mr.. LOCKE says:
Politically the Journal will be, as it has
been, REPUBLICAN out and out. We
shall labor faithfully and earnestly to make
it an efficient advocate of the principles of
that party. To the full extent of orr abili-
ties, we shall oppose the further extension
of slavery, the admission of any more slave
states-we shall advocate zealously and
freely all measures which we think will re-
suit in the public good-in short, we shall,
in all things, advocate and defend what to
us seems right, and oppose and denounce
the wrong.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-03-28
De1ightruIly Cool.

The Cincinnati Columbian thus announ-
ces the purpose of gentleman who resides
somewhere down in Kentucky. 1t is about
the coolest specimen of impudence that we
have witnessed of late Who cares a flo
what this Kentuckian may see fit to do?-
The Freemen of Ohio are yet able to take
care of themselves:
"Hon. E. B. Bartlett President of tie
National American Council, has announced
that he will Immediately revoke and annul
the charter of the State Council of Ohio, nm
lawfully retained by the former President,
of the American party in Ohio, Thomas
H. Ford, and his associate seceders; who as
Republicans. oppose the action of the Ma
tional Council at Philadelphia on the 22d
of February. The Ohio State Council, re-
organized under Thos. c. Ware by the prop
er authority, is engaged in the preparation
of new Constitution. S. Journal.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-03-28

name imports, State bank; otherwise, let
it be required to pledge good stocks for the
security of its circulation, as the independ-
ent banks are compelled to do.
Finally, we object that there is no suffi-
cient security for the issues of the proposed
bank of Ohio. This mutual security plan
is humbug. It may work well in prosper
GUS times, or as longas the failure of branch
es does not occur too often. Butleta crash
come, so that the sound branches could not
not afford to redeem the issnes of the broken
ones, and the paper of the Bank Of Ohio
would not be worth ten cents on dollar.
1t may be replied that the people have not
lost by the present State Bank, which is or
ganized on the mutual security plan. 1t is
well known, however, that the State Bank
has ouce, at least, trembled on the brink of
ruin, and was only saved by the credit Civ
en- it by its fraudulent name.
Experience, IN almost every State OF the
Union, has clearly proved that there is but
one kind of reliable security for the circula-
ton of banks, and that consists of stocks of
the United States or interest paying States,
deposited with the proper officers, to the
full amount of their circulation. We give
Mr.. Brazec and the present Legislature due
warning that the people of this State will
not swallow his Bank of Ohio. If his bill
of II sections passes, it will be labor lost.
The people viii reject it. They are deter
mined to have banks, if they have any,
whose paper shall be secure in any event.
Their experience with the present indie
pendent banks, shows that they can have
such circulation. 1t will take moro than
II sections oflegal lumber to satisfy them
that any other kind of bank paper is worthy
of their approval. +
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-03-28
The Tax Law Passed.

We are glad to announce the passage of
the tax law through the House. 1t had
previously passed the Senate and is now the
law of the State. 1t attempts to do away
with the great evils that have been felt un-
der the operation of the new Constitution,
as expounded by the courts. Whether it
is possible to do so without change of that
instrument is one of the questions that re-
mains to be tried. The bill has been care
fully considered and digested, and will soon
be laid before tho peoplo,-O. S. Journal.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-03-28
RougIas, Portrait.

The Indiana Sentinel took the Indianop-
lis Journal to task for drawing the portrait
of Stephen A. Douglas, to which the Jour
nal replies as follows:
We are not in habit as the Sentinel
well knows, of dealing in harsh epithets OF
personal detraction, and when we do, we
mean it most earnestly. Douglas deserved
all that we said of him, and more than
ordinary vituperative power could say Of
him. We do not despise him because he
happens to be an "old liner'-that, however,
remarkable as it may appear at fist view. he
could be, and still be an honest and decent
man. But S. A. Douglas is neither. He
is bully in disposition, and a blackguard
in language, with just two elements of sue
.cess-energy and impudence. If any man
in the United States has earned universal
.execration, it is Mr.. Douglas. His life has
been an unintcrmitted plague He has
steadily opposed whatever was good, and as
steadily given all his cunning and baseness
to the aid of evil, and has added to the
weight of disgust he has created by his
private life.
Without principle or eloquence, learned
only in slang, and sagacious in mischief
making, he presents to the world the most
convincing proof CT the insanity of party
fidelity. NJ other influence could ever
have lifted such man TO such a station
And this man is to be the sold line" candi-
date for President. Everything indicates
the certainty of his application to the con-
vention for the nomination, and the proba-
bility of such success.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-03-28
LAD fronl Kanana.

St. Louis, March D.
The Topeka correspondence of the DEM
oerat of this city, writing under date of the
18th inst, says: %The Free State Assem-
bly, would adjourn on the 18th until July
next. A w4s meeting was held at Tope-
ka on the lth inst, at which Gov. Robin
son, Lieut.. Gov. Roberts, and DR.. Cutler,
Gen Lane and others made speeches. A
grand ball was given in the evening"
Mrs. Brown, the widow of the murdered
R. P. Brown, has become a maniac.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-03-28
Hurrnh Tor Free Iznnsas.

A victory in favor of freedom in Kansas,
second only to the election of Banks as
speaker, has been achieved in the appoint
ment of committee, with full power to in
vestigate the frauds and outrages of the
Border Rufians of Missouri in the territorial
elections. The democrats and the whole
horde of slavery propagandists of every
stripe, resisted investigation to the last, with
the true instinct of swindlers The fraud
and outrages they have abetted and defend
ed will now be exposed under the sanction
of the House of Representatives. Let the
good work 90 on.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-03-28

HENRY A. WISE IEsANE.-It is said nd
believed in Richmond, by persons y" . have
the very best opportunity of kr ing, that
Governor Wise's mind is very much impair
ed, indeed so much so that he should not
be held responsible for his language and
writings. An effort has been made to
suppress these facts, but they have leaked
out If this be SO, and there seems to be
no reason to doubt it, Mr. Wise is entitled
to the sympathy and pity, rather than the
en- nifty, of those against whom his virulent,
yet harmless railing3 arc directed-Bolti-
more Clipper.