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SHERIFF SALES.

STATE OF LOUISIANA--Sixth Judi
cial District Court-Parish of East Bat
on Rouge-MARY H. BRowN, versus
john W. Queens, mo. l7o9.l
DY VIRTUE of writ of seizure and
~ sale issued In the above entitled and
numbered cause, from the Hon. the Sixth
Judicial District Court, and directed to the
Sheriff of the Parish of East Baton Rouge
and State aforesaid, have seized, and viii
offer at public sale at the Court House door
in the City Of Baton Rouge, in said Parish,
Of East Baton Rouge, on
Saturday, the 9th day of July, 1856,
at II o'clock, A, NJ, all the right, title, in.
tsrest and claim Of the defendant, John W.
Quiggins, in and to the following des.
cribed mortgaged property, hereinafter set
forth and described, to wit;
Six Lots Of ground, situated near the
corporation OF Baton Rouge, being part Of
a tract OF land, known as the Gayaso tract,
and laid out in lots by Gates and New
comb, and designated on the plan thereof
as lots No. 4, +. No. S, F. No. 6, G. No. 7,
H. No. 8, and I. No. g. each lot measuring
one arpent front en- the Comite Road by
two arpents in depth and making alto
gether twelve superficial arrents, together
with all the buildings, and Improvements
thereon, seized to pay and satisfy Mrs.
Mary H. Brown, Plaintiff, in the above
entitled cause, in the sum Of one thousand
dollars $1,000, with eight per cent inter-
est, from the first day Of March 1855,
together with cost--for cash.
And on credit until the first day OF
March 1857, for the sum of one thousand
dollars tsloO0l with eight per cent inter-
est thereon, from the date last mentioned,
until paid. TT. HERNENDEZ,
may2l. Depty. Sheriff.
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Gum Drops.
Petroleum, or Rock Oil.

TINE most wonderful remedy ever dis
i covered, procured from we'll in the
Allegheny mountains four hundred feet be-
low the earth's surface, will effectuaIlv cure
Piles, Deafness, OH Sores and Ulcers Sore
and in1amea eyes Rhumatism, Neuralgia
White swelling, EFT for sale by
VIM. BOGEL, Druggist.
march IS. Lafayette salees,
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per ship Andover.
Creole Hair OIL.

Creole Hair OIL.
TSNOW acknowledged to be the best
/ preparation for the hair--it is purely
egetable--imparts deep and rich lnstre.
TO the hair, and will be found most partic-
uIarly acceptable to the light haired. One
trial will satisfy you Of the above assef-
ton. For sale by
nov2o. WIN. BOGEL,
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To REaCksmiths, Carpenters
md GOODerS,

A NvILs, VICES. BELLOWS. Stock
n and Dies, Plates, Wedges, Tongs Files
of all sizes and description, also full as
sortment of Carpenters and Coorers tools
ian sdyl LARGUIER Il LANOUE.
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FIELDING MUSSELMAN.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in all kinds
OF CONFECTI0 NARIES.

Conner of Third and Laurel Sts., (nearly
opposite the Bank Baton Rouge
HAVING this day REDUCED his prices,
IL he is prepared to furnish all kind oil
c A NDY at WHOLESALE and RETAIL, on
more favorable terms than can be had in N.
Orleans and having experienced workman
his candy will always BIZ PURE and FRESH;
care being taken that no "deleterious ingre-
dent is used in its manufacture, as is too
often the case with confectionery purchased
at AUCTIONS and from irresponsible houses
He trusts that the trade Of this, and the
adjoining parishes, will give him their or
defs to fill, which he is prepared to do to
any amount, having made arrangements for
the best quality of sugar in market, and be-
ing in correspondence with one OF The large
est houses in New York, to supply him with
fancy confectionery and articles in his line
September 7,-y
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rHAMPAIGNE! CHAMPAIGNE!-
~ The undersigned has just received a
supply of the genuine piper heidsiek
champagne in baskets of pints, of quarts
for sale by any quantity; also some Of the
celebrated champagne of Desbordes file
Jan "a V. VIM BoGEL. Druggist,
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Liver Complaint,

CAN BE efFectually cured by the use Of
" Hollands German Bitters. Price ie
duced to seventy-fve cents, can always be
had fresh at the drug store of
oct10 VIM. BOGEL.
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FOR CHILDREN.!

A SUPPLY OF WORM LOZENGERS,
"A Parents should use these in preference
to any other Drug.
Devices Carminative Balsam, always
made fresh, when wanted.
Bogel's Citrate of Iron Syrup, an excel
lent and harmless Tonic, for children.
Also, Lactate of Iron and Manganese
Pastilles.
All the above preparations can be safely
administered to children.
You should give them trial. For sale at
lnne6. BOGELS Drug Store.
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DER HARDEN'S EXPRESS
L A supeso, lot OF Table and Pocket
Cutlery, Just received and for sale by
anlsdyl LARGUIER & LANOUE.
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DHAN,-The only fresh Bran in market can
ID be had OF the subscribers from ten to twenty
per cent less than elsewhere. Thus clearly de.
monstrahng that strict attention to business and
fair competition, while 1t assures success vastly
benefits the consumer.
jun32 BARBEE Il BENJAMIN
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THE subscriber having been appointed
| Az ent for East ana West Baton Rouge
for Smith Mcleod & Co.'S superior and
pure Bi-Sulph of Lime. Plasters will find
t to their interest to buy here.
novs. WIN. BoGEL, Druggist.
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JOSHUA BEAL. General Produce
- Dealer &c, Church st. between Third and
Lafayette streets. aug20-y.
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g s. HALL, Attorney at Law, Laure,
kJs street, Baton Rouge, La. jan17.y.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

TAMTTS M. ELAN Il JAS. Z. ELAN,
u JMAJ. y. Elan, Attorneys and Counsellors
M Law, Baton Rouge. aug7.ys
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To whom all orders must be addressed
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T y. STUART, Attorney and Coun-
~ sellor at La E--Laurel street. may26-y.
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RATES OF ADVERTISER G

The question was taken, and the amendments
were severally disagreed to, with the exception
of that appropriating $4,000 for additional
stables for dragon and artillery horses, which
prevailed by vote of 81 yeas TO so nays, and
that directing the Secretrry of the Senate to
furnish annually the library of the Military
Academy with copy of all documents pub
lished by that body.
On motion of Mr.. Phelps, of Missouri, the
House then went into Committee of the Whole
on the state of the Union, Mr.. Mace, of Indi-
ana, in the chair and resumed the considera-
ton of the bin to supply deficiencies in the sp-
preparations for the service of the fiscal year
ending June 30 1856, the question being on the
amendments of the Senate thereto.
The entire sitting of the Committee was con
sumed in debate on the amendment appropria
ting S49,200, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, for engraving the maps and draw
ings accompanying the reports of explorations
and surveys to determine a Pacific railroad
route. Without disposing Of the amendment,
the Committee rose.
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DECEMBER.
BY LYDIA A. CALDWELL.

ne "iid North winds came down with thee December
DER all the hills they wander fierce and fleet;
But not as in the time that | remember,
Sound now the marches of their hurrying feet
FOR Men the blast came shuddering up the valley,
Md brought grief too fatal to depart
And all the storms in wild and cruel sally
Beat piiiless upon my naked heart
ANA as my blinded desoate soul, went crying
Across the wintry spaces, waste and bare
heard The bitter, knocking winds replying
&" All things may have end save thy despair"
Hut now another voice, another story
December, have thy Winds untamed and wild;
They tell The strength, the passion and the glory,
Which dwell with thee, stern Winters 6rstborn child
'Phey tell of the mute majesty, forever
Enhanced beyond the utmos, Northern sea:
The type OF that grand unconcern. which never
Arises up 10 question Destiny.
Where the first SHOWS poured their white bation
saw the calmer grandeur of thy moods
Tonight, responsive TO thy incarnation,
Rises the surge of the tumultuous woods
Rage on, December! and tonight awaken
The hercest winds that thou hast known;
Cur hrm-based Northern hills still stand. mistaken,
Their strength and pride as regal as thine
AcGroWoille, December, 1855.
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From the Nov York Evening Post
REFORMS IN TURKEY,

Of all the matters which win occupy the at
tention of the Conferences at Paris, after the
signature of a treaty of peace none is more i'm
portant than the future disposition of Turkey.
the innocent cause Of this great EuropeaD
struggle. The Ottoman Empire is menance1
by other and more serious dangers than the
proximity and love Of conquest of her powerful
neighbor, Russia. She has within her the
germs of dissolution and decay, which must be
rooted out at once and it is not merely neoes-
sary that the relations of Russia to the Porte,
but those OF the Porte to all Europe, should be
reformed, if her national independence is to be
maintained, and her territory preserved from
foreign aggression.
Until the present war, or rather until the re-
cent alliance between Turkey and the Western
POWERS, the former occupied an anomalous DO
sltion IN Europe. She was not admitted to the
congress OF Vienna, nor included in the Euro
pean system of States adopted by it, but was
adjudged to be more assimilated in her politi.
cal condition and position to Asia than 10 Eu-
rope. This distinction extended TO her domes-
tic as well to her external international re-
lations.
The administration of Justice in the Empire
was so corrupt, that foreign Governments were
compelled to provide for the safety of their
subjects residing within its limits, by special
u0aieS WIN Ihe sultan, VINO pleuSeu himself
to leave the adjudication of the legal rights of
all foreigners in the hands of their respective
consuls and ambassadors. Treaties of this ma.
ture, called "capitulations," were first made
with the Porte by France, under Francis and
Louis XIV, and subsequently by England, Aus
tria, Russia, and Prussia. According to their
snpuiations, foreigners in Turkey, in ali com,
merclal and legal matters, are not subiec. IN
the law OF the land, and cannot be sued OR ar
raigned in any Turkish court of Justice. A
foreigner guilty of any crime must be delivered
to his own consul or ambassador, with whom i
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has, as we showed yesterday, been already set
tied at Stamboul. Russia raised no discussion
of this point, and the tenor of the Austrian
proposition remains unchanged.
The fifth point, in which the integrity of the
Ottoman Empire, and the right of the Allies
to enforce certain conditions for the interests
of Europe" were asserted, was brought into
discussion before the others. AS the phrase,
!" the interests of Europe" occasioned some
hesitation, particularly on the part of the
Turkish and Piedmontese ministers, who were
only authorized to treat of matters in direct
connection with the objects of the war, the
Plenipotentiaries agreed to refer the matter to
their respective Governments. This decision
opened the conferences to Prussia, and serves
as an argument for the necessity of a Congress,
80 much desired by the French Emperor.
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old friend''
- am SO delighted have inquired every
Gay and was saying to Mrs. Tabbins, this very
mormng-but Mrs. I. goes out so very little,
you know "a prolonged purr
For my part - But Thomas Cate
takes his leave, and Stebbins has to follow him
to the door, before he has an opportunity to
speak the speech SO often suppressed.
NOW, this is so little exaggerated, that will
wager new bonnet that the people in Paris
whi declare that they know fifty different Steb-
sins's, and have heard them talk in this wav
and abuse me for violating the sacredness Of
private life.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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For the National En-
LAMENT.
BY RUTH HARPER.

We mourn the departed;
Night closeih e'er us,
Lone and sad-hearted.
Who shall restore us!
Her, whose bright glance,
Like the sun through a shower,
Poured beauty and light,
A measureless dover,
The voice full of music,
Evermore ringing,
Like the song the wild skylark
In heaven is singing.
The forests lost foliage,
The spring shall restore,
And the violet, withered,
May blossom once more;
But the flower, whose blightimg
Has filed us with gloom,
Awakens no more.
From the night of the tomb.
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Mr.. Allen, of Illinois, by consent, made a
personal explanation with reference to the re-
port made by the Committee of Elections few
days ago, detailing their action in the contested
election case between himself and Mr.. Archer.
Mr.. Washburn, of Maine, chairman of the
Committee of Elections, replied, declaring that
the gentleman from Illinois, under the guise of
personal explanation, had made a minority
report in his own behalf.
The House then resumed the consideration
of the bill making appropriations for the paw
ment of invalid and other pensions of the Uni.
ted States for the year ending June 80, 1857.
the question being on the amendments of the
Senate thereto, reported yesterday from the
Committee of the Whole ON the state of the
Union, with the recommendation that they be
non-ooncurred in; but theyfsere agreed to by
the House.
The House next proceeded to consider the
bill making appropriations for the support of
the Military Academy for the year ending June
80, 1851, the question being on the amend
ments of the Senate thereto,reported yesterday
from the Committee of the Whole on the state
of the Union, with the recommendation that
they be non-concurred in,
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d. G..
For the National Era.
THE BR O T I'll Il K 5.
BY E. d. Z. n. SoUTHwORTH.
BY f. d. e. n. soUTHwORTH.

CHAPTER IN.
You few that love me.
,,t dare be bold To weep for q such as -
H.. emile friends and fellows, whom 10 leave
I.oniv bitter to me, only dying
,e,,,b me like goo5 angels. TO mine end,
,Ds when the long divorce of "death" falls on me,
a1ats 81 your PRAYERS one most sweet sacrifice,
-hSH H ~, - ~ SouI IN heaven Shakespeare.
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THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS-.
First Session.
Tuesday, april l, 1856.
SIsNI utUN

Tuesday, april !, 1856.
SENATE.
Mr.. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign
Relations, reported Joint resolution amend
ing the act of March, 1855, to remodel the
Diplomatic and Consular system of the United
States. He explained that the resolution pro-
posed to change that feature of the act which
seemed to make it mandatory on the President
to elevate all our foreign Ministers resident to
Ministers Plenipotentiary, and to affix the sala-
ry of each mission. Congress has no power to
command, but could only recommend this to
the President.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Clayton resumed his remarks On the ac-
ton of the Naval Board, and, in order to prove
that it was no disgrace to officers to be placed
on the retired list, mentioned the fact that in
England the heroes of the Nile and Trafalgar
were relieved from active service, and received
less pay than officers of the same grade on the
retired list. lie replied to Mr.. Houston's ct
tacks on Com. Pendergrast, Capt. Dupont, and
other naval officers.
Mr.. Bell, of Tennessee, sustained, in the main,
the proceedings of the Board, and earnestly de
tended Lieut.. Maury from charges made in Mr..
Clayton's speech.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick asked Mr. Bell to give way
for motion to adjourn.
Mr.. Clayton. hope the Senator will finish
now.
Mr.. Bell. 1 shall finish at some time. Laugh
ter.
Mr.. Clayton, Earnestly The attack has
been made, and have right to answer now.
Mr.. Mason. / move the Senate adjourn.
Mr.. Clayton, (excitedly.) No adjournment.
/ am not bound to listen to the insolence OF
that man; IL ia uniust-unjust, sir. Sensa.
ton,
Mr.. Mason. l call the Senator to order.
The President raped briskly with his ham
mer. Meantime,
Mr.. Bell said Let him 90 on with his inso-
lence. | have heard of that gentleman before,
lpointing significantly with his finger to Mr..
Clayton.)
While they were thus engaged in colloquy,
the Chair put the motion, and declared the
Senate adjourned,
Among the reports from standing commit
tees were bills establishing additional land dis
tricts in Kansas and Nebraska.
Ten Thousand copies of the Central Ameri-
can correspondence, together with that between
the United States and Great Britain, on the
Arbitration and Enlistment questions, were or
dered printed; as were also the same number
of copies of the document on the commercial
relations of the United States with all foreign
nations, statistics, comparative tariffs, &c.
The bill appropriating 100000 for restoring
and maintaining the peaceable disposition of
the Indian tribes on the Pacific coast, and
$4,000 for the purchase of gunpowder, was
passed.
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the Presidents Annual Message,
and
Mr.. Warner indicated the rights of the
South in the common Territories of the United
States.
Mr.. Allison spoke in opposition to the extern
sion of Slavery. Adjourned.
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Wednesday, april 2, 1856.
SEN AYE

SENATE.
Mr.. Seward reported the House resolution
for enlarging the custom-house post Office, and
Federal court.bpildings, Of Buffalo, which was
passed.
Mr.. Mason, from the Committee on FOREIGN
Relations, reported joint resolution, permit.
ting DIR. Kane and the officers associated with
him in his search for Sir John Franklin, to
accept such token of acknowledgment therefor
as the Government of Great Britain may please
to present, in accordance with its wishes On the
subject.
bar. Seward inquired whether, under the res
luton, title of nobility could not be conferred
on DR.. Kane2
Mr.. Mason said he had no idea that the Brit.
ish Government would think of Offering an &C.
acknowledgement of that kind, which it might well
suppose would be unwelcome to citizen of the
United States.
Mr.. Butler said he could not vote for the
resolution, unless he knew what the British
Government intended giving Dr. Kane.
Mr.. Cass said he hoped the resolution would
Immediately pass.
MIR. Crittenden said he was quite willing that
all proper acknowledgment should be given to
DIR. Kane by this Government, hat he thought
it a bad precedent to depart from the ancient
usage.
Mr. Seward desired to express-in behalf of
Henry Grinnell, Esq., of New York, who fur
nished the funds with which the expedition Vas
prosecuted with SO much epe.gy, 80 many sac
rihces, and such great results-his hope that
the resolution would be adopted.
Mr.. Bayard opposed the resolution.
Mr.. Mason admitted the wisdom of the pro.
vision in the Constitution relative to the recep-
ton of presents from foreign Governments; but
as that instrument has given to Congress dis
cretionary power in the matter, they could
determine whether this was not a proper occa-
sion to make an exception to the general rule
He cited the instance of Lieutenant Maury,
who had been permitted to receive gold medal
from the King of Sweden.
Messrs. Toucey, Reid, and Bayard, spoke
briefly on the subject.
Mr.. Benjamin moved that the further con-
sideration of the joint resolution be postponed
until tomorrow, as the hour had arrived for
taking up the special order. Agreed to.
Mr.. Jones, of Tennessee, promised in few
days to present triumphant vindication of
Lieutenant Bartlett, of the navy, from the as
saults of Mr.. Slidell the other day.
Mr.. Fessenden then rose, and addressed the
Senate at great length, touching on subjects
relating to our affairs with England.
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For the Spirit Of Democrat
Answer to "D'S" Query.

Mr.. EDIToR:-In your paper of the
9Th inst, I saw the following question
prepounded:
eff a hole were made quite through the
earth, and a cannon ball dropped into it
where and when would in come to rest?''
Mr.. I'D" is not very explicit, but I pre-
sumo he means through the centre of graz
ity of the earth.
Omitting analysis as too tedious, ! con-
ceive the circumstances to be as follows:
The body would move under the constant
action of the force of gravity, which varies
directly as the mass, and inversely as the
square, of the distance, and therefore with
On accelerated motion until it reached the
center of the earth, where the living force
would be maximum. But in falling it
would have acquired a velocity due to the
height through which it had fallen-the
length of the radius OF the earth
This living force would be sufficient to
carry it with a constantly retarded motion
to the surface on the other side, when by
the constant action of the force of gravity
in a direction opposite to the motion, its
velocity would become zero, and the bal
would then return under the same circum'
stances as it first fell and thus become
compound pendulum the oscillation being
tantochronal
This supposes the p~erforation tobe en-
tirely void of air, or the Infinitely more
at~teuuated medium AeAer-supposed tt
permeate all space and all bodies. Thu
lpresence of ether or of any other media
acting as they would by their inertia, il
opposition to the motion, would con
%tinually diminish the living force andfnall.
bring the body to rest at the center o
gravity Of the earth. NJ w.
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For the "Spirit.''
Answer 20 aD's" Geographical Cues
ton.


The circumference of the earth being
divided Into $50 equal parts, called de.
grees, over which the sun passes in 81
hours, it will pass over one-twenty fourth
of $50 degrees in | hour, which is Is
degrees; and if the sun passes over Is
degrees in l hour, it will pass over l de-
gree of longitude, in 4 minutes of time.
Therefore, if the time is 3 o'clock and 80
minutes, A. NJ, (the time as stated being
incorrect on the Island, when the time at
London is 2 O'Clock, NJ, the difference of
the time, which is l hour s minutes, is
the time TO be considered, which being re-
duced to minutes is 4SS minutes, which,
being divided by 4. tue number of min
utes of time which it requires the sun to
pass over ] degree, is 1872, the number Of
degrees eastward from London, the time
being earlier as we go eastward. The
Island must be on the tropic of Cancer,
that being the point farthest North to
which the sun travels.
Then taking the meridian on which
London stands, and travelling southwark
to the tropic of Cancer, then eastward
l22 degrees, we arrive at the Island o.
Formosa, where the gentleman resided
S. "A. GRAHAM.
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One Act of Retrenchn,ent.

The Sheriff of this coanty, a short time
since, took a lunatic to the Columbus as
sylum. After returning he calculated the
expenses of the trip; counting only such
outlays as we're absolutely Indispensable,
and putting these at the very lowest fig
ures. The result was, thatt the cost amoun-
ed to about three dollars more than the
fees, besides the loss of the time. This
is the work of the same Legislature which
has provided nearly three times the ordi-
nary sum for the support of the State
Government. IF the Sheriff was getting
too large a fee for any part of his labor,
in that was the place to retrench. Oh
ye sages of antiquity, where are your lau'
rels now?