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..~,vrsrvENTs will be inserted at the rate Of Ons
,nunre of ten lines or less for the first, and
yE~cseu ioe every subsequent insertion A liberia
sn1 s1S., made to those who advertise BY the yenr
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tsJs.ee or such n are not deemed 70 be of public
;- nay be inserted as advertisements (at the op-
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.irsRv NOTICES. not exceeding three or four lines,
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tvA -, - taken Of apy eonnunicatioo inteaded fos
:-s;c. .nlees sccompsnied by the name and address
q M vy;ter-nos necessary for publication, but ~
e1enssse Il good nth. Nf - &se
-r.ss.t ..-z .
EssH The Law Of Newspapers.
s.he,sbe.s Who % mot give express notice to the
.onr,sy are eonalsyed wishing % continue thear sub
.abaesber, order The disoostinuance Of their new
uaps,a The publisher may eoatnUe 70 send them until a
.neafaSes are paid
IL sub,esihsn neglect rrf.ss 70 take their news
apeYs from the once 10 which they are directed they
81 responsible fs them snt they nave sesued theaf nn
.,A ordered HEN dscontisued .afaE Hfks
The (nrta have decided that refusing to take news
,pes fton the o0ee erreovng and leaving ihes uis-
r.ned sor Z nrma farie evidence o intentional fraud
~ Used States Courts have also repeatedly deci-
~ thsa Poumnsses VINO negiects n give sea- >onabe
NOTICE. 8 REQUIRED BY the Post Once Department, Of the
he neglect II refss Of person to take from the once
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''}a3i iHIUMA EXPRESS.
r F. HOLDEN has now placed upo

s the line fnn the Railroad Crossing, Terrebonbe De
pot to Ecuma Sage and Express capable Of carryin
eight passengers. Express packages OF light merchandise
win be carried as reasonable rates. The Express stage
will leave Houma every mornirg half past o'clock
and returning IN Hoom,, will leave the Depot Immediate
af,es TIE arrival Of The train from the city, sny half
II to l2M.
N. BAH peEsons exporting packages BY the Express
must be prepared, (by themselves agents with the
cash to pay charges on delivery, Willie impas lille 70
conduct such business on any other psinciple.
OrdersfOr the city, per Express Will be received u ou
all letters BY the Express must be postage paid. s.
This ts only the beginning II system Of Epfess In
tercommuncadOn, with our large conmercal metropolis
and elsewhere which ID inteneed to be carried il
proper encou1seinSnt b extended. Sl 3 fEHtzI
10 If te .-s.ssA tB.F.HOLDEN.1
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,.% Rloaghs: PlOughs:
THE SUBSCRIBER has on hand

- one hundred Plnughs, A. J. Young Mc(;lanahan's
Aanuscture II Maysve, Ky Gxes from No. TO No. 4,
which or the snke Of closing the c0nsgnment be Oes
ibr sale March credit from 50 70 81 per pongh lower
thas be has e5Ne sold in this Skst, prices from
8 % To 3lI OO few Bun Tongues Shovel Ploughs
xt O700 Planters would do well ~ emhracs this oppoS
aniy 70 supply hemsssss with good and cheap ossAs
Respectfully, B.F. F.HOLDEN.
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Neu. Orleans, Ope.ousas, and Great West.
@ ern Erpress.

Neu.Orte0ns, Opetousas, and Great West
4 ern Express.
A DAILY EXPRESS is now establish
a ed on the Opeousas Railroad between New Orleans
and Bayon Lafourche, connecting in New Orleans with
The American Express for all the principal Cities and
Towns in the North and West, and Bayon Lafourche
with b. Ht..-. t-
HOLDEN's STAGES AND EXPRESS WAGONS,
for Thibodaux, Houma Tgervle Berwcks Bay, Patter-
sonvle. Cenervie, Franklin. New Iberia St. Martins
vile, Washington and Opelousas.
SPECIE, JEWELRY, VALUABLES, and Merchandise
Of every description forwarded and delivered promptly
Notes. Drafts Bills etc., collected and ali orders attended
to pnnctualy.
Each EXPRESS in charge Of special messengers.
All merchandise orders from New Orleans for the in
terioF must be left at the Office before NJ the day
previous to departure. Orders Jeff Joseph Barba 13O
Old Levee street, will receive prompt attention.
EXPRESS leaves Adams Co.'S Office. No. 90 Camp st.
daily at H., returning leaves Franklin House, Thibo
daux, 1t ?. ~, and Bay I.fourche al I'm. 81
RAILROAD AND CITY BAGGAGE EXPRESS.
In connection with the above there express for
transportation Of Baggage any part of the city Of New
Orleans that passengers giving their and check
to the Express Messenger have their ggage deliver
ed as directed, with promptness and desp stch
siE-eo STARR s. JONES,
| [nl-t0 e-l7 Office 90 Camp Street.
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STABLING. M
MY NEW STABLE is now abou

AvA paete, and am prepared to carry the Livery
business in an its branches Horses and vehicles Of
lfeveay kind needed. ready e short notice. s.sEz
Prices Of stsbnS either by the day month has been
reduced since feed has eheapened Customers rely
upon h2ving their hes well fed and taken care e. Give
me = trial. F. HOLDEN.
Thibodasx, November 1t l6s5-nl6-y
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The Origin of the Dey.Drops.
4 RANrAsIE- -. By Macy Z. BArcHELoa.
ns,ss whispering os leaves, mid the sweet ssmme
{ n, smile on the fruit and the flower, b.a
9has's . su.h and fash Ike the ripping Of seas,
Wne re blossoms laying their Fps 10 the breeze
AsAedaimily floats from lis bower. q e' e.Ss''!e
NJ ataecoel fingered Twilight. 30 beauteow and still
Dsasping her veil ffom The dim world Of sleep.
sslt d.epens the shadows Ger woodland and hill
HeAr Aapiay the willows that dream BY the rill,
WI sutnes - tender and deep. ssoqftki IS
0naeuhjos Il moss, al golden and brown,
sseps. uaiden in gentle repoee.
vhjeeae snowy arm, is 50 casele<sly thrown
b,assA ,le rieh curls ,ha. droop lovingly "owa n
A,fsies;.eek svee.y hinged with lhe nse 5sitll 4
sAssssi aer are ssrown the sweet blossoms Of May,
Fad1y kissed into life BY the spring,
Lsvsf nsesaad lilies In beaute5us array, s 4
~ Iii sArry buds gieamisg like jewels sstray, 4
os he gou Of tie aamming-bird's wing. ssfAH
Esis starlight seems faint with the wealth Of perfume
kaAne up ron the rose clustered vine,
~ y 1ad en- be hsard .hruaskthe sWeetshady gloom
asss1 sartiiss Of bsls - they leap isso blooA, q
asiaeaps filea with clear isws sine. s. sii
III M iAsses whisper. 1 low dreamy sound. t''
49, sighiag of winds through the dells. ~ i9
Ttluokh he bslsean tbat lie ~ ihe sround, hss.
ylfan \. laN. t,.;.- l.. f.r<h 18th Iscsu6
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SOnn -. NlSeS Is Responsible Tor the
following: He said that when Amos Ken
dali was Postmaster General, he took
tour to the south and west, partly on private
business, and partly TO get the film off of
his official optics, and see how postal mat.
ters were conducted. OF course he did
not make himselfknown on every occasion,
but he always looked on at every turn in
his post-route and sometimes he learned
something. At one place in Mississippi
he stopped. while travelling in the stage
coach, at rather Insignificant village, but
where there was distributing office of
some Importance. No one knew that he
was the Post master. General. The Post.
master ofthe place was away from home,
as he had been for some months, and the
business ofoverbauling, sorting and dis.
tributing Uncle Sans mails was in the
hands Of sub, in the shape of an old
negro woman. The post.oftice was kept
in pretty good size room, and on, one side
of il there was heterogeneous mass that
appeared something like a huge pile of
mail matter and it looked, too somewhat
like small tea.garden. There was pa.
pers, letters, large and small packages Of
books. &C., in huge confusion piled
around - si al : r~..sI 'sr.s.
The old black woman very deliberately
unlocked the bags and emp,ied their con.
tents out on the floor. Amos looked on,
and like satan marshaling his legions in
Pandemonium, be admired The darkey,
after emptying the contents of the bag in
the pile commenced putting back, and
in every pouch replaced smiscelIaneous
assortment So The. sPoslmaster-t General
had his eyes opened 'some,' and il occurred
to him to ask 'Aunty' if she could read.
.Oh, no. said she, but puts back jest
about as much as master used to!' As
the c,itic said Of Macready, when he asked
the Danish courtier TO play on the pipe, and
the courtier took him at his word, and play
ed Yankee Doodle! P:,ancy Hamlick' 5
feelinksv Fancy old Amos! But his obser-
vaiions were mol completed.
T. There was an enormous pile Of mail
matter that had been accommodating for
months under The postal supervision o; the
sable sub 1t was after i'M C.'s' had
learned the art offrankiog, and when their
beloved constituents were in the habit OF
applying Tor seeds and other products at
the agricultural bureau ofthe Patent Office.
The cucumber seeds Of those days were
not all sbasswood,' as Kendall can testify.
The. seeds in the moist, warm climate OF
Mississippi had germinaied extensively
throOehout this immense mass Of mail
matter cabbages, beets, carrots, caul.
flowers were there potatoes had spsoutet'
while cucumber, pumpkin and squash vines
had extended out Of the heap, and run near.
ly across the room II is supposed that the
warmth ofthe political documents, stimula.
ted by the fiery nature Of southern politi.
clans, had added to, rather than subtracted
from, the fertile nature Of the postal com.
post!"''sis 4 n eesisast4 t5s zet
sa4i'p7aias- os,--1>~~~~-- 7; Efts
SroRY OF a HIeHwAYMAN.-Not many
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-07-19

~ Tsue vistss Is liksrreeious odsfs-
sweeter the moro inccnsed and chushed.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-07-19
Hotel aud Stable.

friends amp the public that he Is pfcpa,ed
date all who may Call upon him. with confortble lodg
inss and his sahle is always well supplied with the best
that can he procured iD in the market Ever exestio"
Will be made administer to comfort and convenience Of
his .uests. IL esf-ts Is .sstf ~ zs5sza8sz
His stables we'll stocked and Of conveyance
may be procured at all tines Travellers conveyed 10 any
part OF the country at all ,mcs and the most secon
inodating ternls.
- Ulec 61; srssrt .FctrfgtE9F q JOHN RERCER
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HO! FOR THE RAILRO4Di

TOM BERGER has plsced e Stage s-An
= and cypress upon the line from 4zT2E4slE
Houma to the Railroad Cross ng, Tcrre- z=lls
honne Depot capable Of carrying twelve passengers.
The Express viii leave Houma every morning ut eight
o'clock, and returning to Houm, will leave the Depot
Immediately the arrival Of ihe from the City.
say al half past u. -s.sEi - sass 4
FARE EACH WAY, 81 90
He hopes, by attending to and convenience Of
the travelling public merit share of their patronage.
He has constantly on hand conveyanccs Of kinds At
Houma in convey passengers in any direction.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-07-19

SroHY Or 4 HIGHwAYMAN.-Not many
years ago, 10 lrishman, whose finances
did not keep pace with the demands made
On his pockets, and whose scorn Of homes,
labor was imminently unfavorable to their
being legitima,ely filed, borrowed an old
pistoi one day, when poverty had driven
him 10 extremity, and took the highway
most convenient where he was likely to
find a heavy purse. = = '..5
A jolly old farmer came jogging along,
and put him down instantly as party who
possessed The requisites be so much stood
ip need ofbimself. Presenting his pistol,
he commanded him to .sstand and deliver !"
81 The poor fellow .forked over some fifty
dollars, but finding PAT somewhat Of =
greenhorn, begged five totake him home.
: distance Of about halt . mile. The re-
quest was complied with, accompa MED
With the most paironizing air. Old Acres
and Roods was = knowing one. Eyeing
the pistol, BE-, asked Pat if be would sell il.
Is ssIIt 10 70 selltbe pistol / SowI and is
that same thing I'll be afther doin'. What
'ud you beiafher gisin' for itP'ai' ns
b - In give 700 The Eve dollar bill for It. %
3 Done an done . enough between
two gentlemen. Down with the dust, and
here's the tool for you." .li.# sea -lss slss
H The bargain was made BY immediate
transfer. The ADment the farmer got the
veannm M ofylk rad PAT IN shell oaN. and
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-07-29

ASSOCIATION TRIED AND PROVED WANTING
Within the last few weeks quito a number Of "a
sociations that were formed years ago have bro
ken up and gone TO pieces Somr we're formed
on one principle, some on another; but all, more
or less were intended TO illustrate the truth Of he
pretended axiom that associated labor was pre-
ferable in every way to individual or isolated en-
terprise.
One of these associations was the New Jersey
Foureirite Phalanx, an experiment intended to
prove the practcability and soundness Of the thco
rcs to which Monsieur Fourier contriyed to attach
bis Names II failed some months since, and the cor
porate assets were sold at auction for the benefit
of the remaining shareholders. Quite recently
we received accounts Of the failure Of the Icariau
establishment in Texas, founded by that amiablc
but weak headed philanthropist, Monsieur CADET.
II seems that he and his disciples quarreled about
the women and wrote pamphlets against each
other, and called each other hard names Just
like so many common mortals; and 50 the
thing broke up, poor old Mr. CADET declaring
in his last manifesto that his heart strings
had broken with il. We note. also. that the
Ebcnezer Society, Of Erie county, has recently
been sold out; that the Beaver Island Mormons
are being disbandcd and driven away; and that
the Rappites, who made such a noise and attract
I'd 20 much attention in Pennsylvania a short
while since, are rapidly diminishing in numbers
and looking as though they would not last long.
II can hardly be pretended that this uniformity
Of failure Is the fruit Of accident II must be the
consequence Of a general rule operating uni
formly upon the various associations Nor can
that rule be long sought for in vain. Assoca-
ton necessarily gives the death blow TO private
enterprise, which has always been the source Of
every great work that mankind has achieved :
necessarily deprivcs the individual Of that indie
pendence which is essential to the conception and
execution of great designs; and brushes society
under despotian which is none the less grind
ing because it i welded by corporate body
and not an individual. Thus stripping men OF
the best stimulus to cxcrtion. the best guarantee
of ability. and the very power Of acting. IL neces-
sarily leads straight to failure.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-07-29

FAurRE or THE UNITED STATES M.us-CL.ru
ron IxDEMxrY.-Mr. J. w. Sullivan, well known
formerly as q newspaper vender Of this city. now
a resident Of San Francisco, has petitioned Con-
gress for naturalization for losses sustained by
him through the neglect and bad management
Of the Post Office Department. The failure of
the mail contractor to perform his contracts has
been the cause Of these losses, and Mr.. Sullivan.
in the memorial which he has sent in to Congress.
asserts legal and equitable claim to this indem-
nifty. II is just and equitable demand. The
government has taken charge Of his newspaper
packages fo a consideration, and they have not
delivered them. The statement is verified under
oath. The account accompanying the petition
begins with October, 1864, extends down to
March, 1856, and shows a loss Of 40 .407 papers.
which, at the cash value 70 Mr. Sullivan. amounts
TO $l2,351 rs! We think be has done right 10
seek redress at the hands of Congress. and IL II
hoped that II will lay aside for the time the law
Of the duello and the schemes Of the railroad
spectators to do little common Justice ami
thus compel the mail contractors to do their
duty.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-07-29

Mr.. HERBERTs CAsE.-Some weeks since, Mr..
Herbert-a member of Congress, from Califor-
nia-entercd Washington breakfast room late
in the morning. and demanded breakfast. II
being contrary to the rules Of the establishment
that breakfast should be served so late, Mr. Her.
bert's request was refused wbereupon he assailed
the waiter with violent language and threatening
gestures Having attacked the waiter first Her.
bert. when the waiter and his friends gathered
together around him for the purpose Of meeting the
fire eater, drew revolver and shot waiter dead.
For this Mr.. Herbert was arrested and tried.
The first jury could not agree, and were dis
charged: the second found him not guilty
When the verdict was brought in the whole
audience applauded loudly. The tone Of the
press of the District has also been rather favor
able to Herbert than otherwise.
Now, a question arises-what could prompt
this singular apparent general approval of an
act, which, IL IL was not murder, was surely
manslaughter? II is shown that Herbert pro-
voked the ARRAY; and il 10 not shown that he
stood in danger Of his life, or in any reasonable
fear of such danger, when be shot Keating dead
How, then, can he be not guilty? Examine the
subject as we may, We can come to but one con-
cluson, and that IL, that society at Washington
is 10 utterly debased and degraded that people
think nothing of murder, If the murderer is a
man "of condition" and his victim nobody.
In olden time, noble could kill his vassal, and
be quit for throwing four sots on the grave !;
though, If he killed a man Of his own station. he
was liable 10 find himself in serious trouble The
question in those days turned on the sort" OF
the parties. II seems that these old times are
being revived at Washington and that men "of
the better sort" may beat fight. challenge and
slay as they please, without fear Of the conse-
quences.
The only inference We viii draw at present Is
this We strongly advise every one having a
neck 10 be broken, or skin TO Ne perforated. to
keep far away from Washington; for he may BE-
beaten or killed there al any time. with
immunity.
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NIsuals for Europe .

new yGaK HEEALD--EDITIoR FOR EUeorE.
The GUARD mail steamship Niagara Captain Leach, VIII
leave Boston on Wednesday at noon, for Liverpool.
me European mails viii ctose in this city II half pass
two O'Clock This afternoon.
me HxRAID printed In English and French) win be
yusnaned 1t ten O'Clock In the morning. Single copies,
- wrappers, sixpence.
subscriptions advertisements for edition OF the
nv YoRx HrRAIp viii DO received at the following
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pxrn- do 40. 8 Place de Ia Bourse.
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me contents Of the Europesn edition Of the HExAIp
vn embrace the news received by mail and telegraph at
she ONCE during the previous week. and 70 the hour Of
sHhoc~tion
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ing II was extremely difficult to do any business
over the wires east of Boston.
Congress entered upon the thirty-ffth week OF the
session yesterday. In the Senate the bill amenda-
tory of the diplomatic and consular syste was
furthey considered and passed. resolution, caa-
ing on the President to communicate whatever in
formation he may have respecting affairs in Gallon
mia, with reference to the opera ions o. the SAN
francisco Vigilance ,mmittee, and whether appli'
cation has been made by the vernon Of that State
for aid in enforcing the laws, was adopted. petit
ton from Commodore Vanderbilt hat con-
tract be made with him for carrying she mail
between New York and Southampton, was PIE.
ssnted. A bill was also introduced authorizing
contract for menthly trips between the wo ports Tor
ten years at Sl66se the round trip, the service to
be increased to semimonthlY trips If considered ne
cessary. Bills making appropriations for the i'm
proy. ment of the hsrbors at the mouths Of Grand
liver and Black Lake, Michigan, we're passed. In
he House the bill providing for the improvement of
the Des Meines Rapids, in the Mississippi river, was
passed. Al unsuccessful attempt made 20 take up
the Senate bill for the admission OF Kansas. mo,
ton to suspend the rules in order to enable the Sc
lect Committee to report on the Pacific Railroad bill
was negatyed and subsequently ten thousand copies
| of the report ordered 70 be printed The
| House went into Committee on the Army Appropra'
ton bin. An amendment that no part OF the mill
| tary force of the federal government SHAH be em
| ployed in Kansas in enforcing the existing laws
there, and otherwise carrying out the doctrines Of
the free State party with regard to the Territory,
was adopted by vote OF Lightweight against forty
The evening session was devoted to the discussion OF
political questions generally
Colonel John w. Geary, of Pennsylvania, has
been appointed Governor of Kansas, in place Of VIII
i son shannon, removed.
| The Health Commissioners, at their meeting yes
terday, took action TO secure, in the present ab
sence of rain, thorough cleaning at night, with
Croton water Of the cutters in the streets This is
one of the most important steps taken yet FOR the
preservation Of the he alth Of the city.