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The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-16

|TWo DoLLARs pr annum in advance, or
|Two DolLARs and FIy1Y CENTS aRer the lapse Of
two months. 3. :, :,
Ne SUBSCRIPTION discontinued until all arrears are
|,ettled. and an order u that effect
Advertisements insested at 81 per square for the
rst insertion, aud Fifty cents for each continuance,
kyxs Lrsys or less constitute SQUARE, liberal
6eduction made to those who advertise by the year
End ON long advertisements.
| For announcing candidates for Parish Offices IS
Min be charged-lor all other Offices, $40, invariably
In advance.
I ion PAINTING executed with neatness and pune
|<ualty. Payable on delivery.
AIetters pertaining to the business Of the estab-
k;shmcnk TO be addressed J. @. A. TAL.AFERRo.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-16

NEW STOK
TVHE UNDERSIGNED respect Ga
fully informs his friends and the St-.=aS
public generally, that he has just opened at
his stand in Trinity,
A WE'LL SELECTED STOCK OF
NEW GOODS,
adapted to the Spring and Summer seasons and
which he offers at DECIDEDLY Low RATES for
Cash. Having laid in his present stock with much
care, and with reference to cash business exclu-
sive!y, it will be seen, that the prices at which he
is offering merchandise, are really very moderate,
and such as offer inducements to purchasers All
are respectfully solicited to examine his assortment
ascertain his prices and judge for themselves.
JOHN NJ. PHILIPS
Trinify, Nav 12, 1857. v4nltf
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-16

The saying, There is more plsspure il
giving than in receiving" is supposed t6sp
ply chiefly to kicks, medicine and advice.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-16

"'TE LIDDLE PLAcK BoNY.-". Chon YOU
reck.emember dat liddle plack bony pyed
NIT the pedler next week Z"
"Yah, vot OF him z"
"Notings, only gifts sheated burdy bad" !"
$500"
"Yah. You see in de vurst blace he.is
plint NTH both legs, unit ferry lame NIT Won
eye. Den ven YOU gifts on him to rite he
rea.s up pehint unit kicks up pefore so vurser
as cbachmule. dinks dake him lid
die rite yesterday, unit so sooner gifts strad-
die his pack he gonsmence dat way, shust
so like vakin poam on poatsteam; unit
ven he gifts tone, vas so mixed up NIT efe-
rydinks, vnts mineself around packvards,
nit his dali in mine hants vor de pridle."
"Vell, vot you going to do NIT him."
ooh, l vixed him peter as cham up. I
hitch him in te cart init his daIl we're his
heat ought to pc; den gife him apout so
a tozen cuts init hitecow; he starts to CO.
put so soon he see de cart pefore him he
makes backwards. Burty soon he stumbles
pehint, unit sits town on his launches, unit
looks like he veel burty stamped NIT himzelf
Den l dakes him out, hitch him de right
way, unit he goes rite of shust so good as
anybodys bony."-Porter's Spirit.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-16

ES- The New Orleans papers are chrcn-
icing the arrival at that market Of new
.Nolasses.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-16
& STOP ~

\ u DIVI "
AT /. Shlenker Brothers who are now in receipt
of their large and well selected stock Of New Goods
Among which will be found complete assortment of
Fine and Fashionable Clothing, Fancy and
Plantation Dry Goods, Groceries, Saddlery,
Queenswafe, Cutlery Hal, WOod, and
Willow Ware, Beets'aa 4seesA Straw
Goods, &C., &c. -
Call everybody and examine &elyes.
No charge will be made for SID Ig goods
On Sicily street, next door to the st office is the
place. /. SHLENKEK l. BROTHER.
March 25, 3,34-y.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-16

and heartfelt ingratitlH - Il
to light as has never bekS-
since the Falls of Niagara. = 4.
Now, gentlemen, want to ~
liant appeal to the kind symmetriGS
natur, and see if can't warp your judg
a little in favor of my unfortunate cliens3
here, and then shall fotch my arguments
to close. Here is poor man, with nu-
lferous wife and child depending upon him
for their daily bread and butter, wantonIy
fotched up here and arranged before an in
tellectual jury on the charge Of ignominous<.'
y hooking: yes, hooking, six quarts of nj .
cider. You, gentlemen, have all been plas
in the same situation, and you know how
feel for the misfortunes of my client, an -
humbly calculate that you will not perf
the gushings of your symperthizing heaa
to be squenched in the bud by the surry
tions and superogationg arguments Of
ignorant opponent on the other side.
The law expressly declares, gentlemen.
the beautiful language Of Shakespeare, THAI
where no doubt exists CT the guilt of tbf
prisoner, it is your duty to lean upon TIL
side of justice aud fotch him in innocentl
If you keep this fact in view in the case OIL
my client, gentlemen, you will have the hon
or of making friend of him and all his re-
Iations, and you can alters look upon thI
occasion and reflect with pleasure that u
did as you have been done by ;ebats 13
| the other hand, you disregard this great
% ,xss>le Ct law, and set at naught my elo-
- - Il remarks, and fotch him in guilty, the
ssient twitches Of conscience will follow youuA
over every cornfield, l reckon, and my injur-
ed and down-trodden client will be- pretty
apt to light on you some of these nights, as
my cat lights on sasser of new milk.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-16
Eor6 advertisements.

F.. DISH,
FASHIONABLE BOOT d SHOE MAKER.
MOULD inform the public that he has established
w himself permanently in this place for a
purpose Of carrying. on the Boot and Shoe
mandatory and invites the public to call and
examine his work, which he guarantees to give sat
isfaction in every particular.
Harrisonburg Nov. 26, 1856. Silly.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-16

AUTHORS Nor FfN y - IS IS cts;;,s,ss.. cst;ss.
how few Of the great n1enakof EnoIans EIs'
whether in literature, science &c govern ,s
Fment, have left descendants. nSline ~
Shakespeare is.extinct; SO is that of Milton
Bacon, Newton, Harvey, Pope, Gibbon'
johnson, Swift, Lord Mansfield, Pitt, Fox
Gray, .Cowper, Collins, Thompson, Gold
smith, Gay, Congreve, Hume, Bishop Butler,
Locke, Hobbies, Adam Smith, Bentham,
Wallaston, Davy, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Flax
man, Gainsborough, Sir Thomas Lawrence,
either were never married, or never had
children. Burke's son died before him, and
so did SmolIett's daughter. Addison's daugh
ter died unmarried. We are not aware that
there are any lineal representatives Of Chau.
Ger, Spcnser, Dryden, Jeremy Taylor, Hook
er, or Barrow. We have mentioned only
such names as occurred to US without
book; a little research might doubtless much
increase the list. .
A WIRES PRAYER.-If there is anything
that comes nearer to the imploration Of Ruth
and Naomi, than the subjoined, we have
not seen it !: Lord bless and preserve that
near person Wnoin Lnou nast CHOSEN 10 %
nv husband let his life be long and bless
ed, comfortable and holy; and let me also
become great blessing and comfort unto
him, sharer in all his sorrows, a meet help
in all the accidents and changes in the
world make me amiable forever in his eyes
and forever dear to him. Unite his heart to
me in the dearest love and holiness, and
mine in all its sweetness. charity and conf
placency. Keep me from all ungentleness,
all observation-disclosures, and unreasonableness
of passion and humor and make me hum.
bic and obedient, useful and observant, that
we may delight in each other according to
Thy blessed words; and both of us may re-
joice in Thee, having for our portion the
love and service of God forever"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-11-12

The Star OF the West arrived at Havana
on the 10Th OF October. Her news was
brought to New York, in advance of her ar.
rival, by the steamer Quaker City, from
Mobile. The following Is the news from the
Pacific
The steamship star Of the West. Cant,
Gray, from Aspluwall for New York ar
rived ut Havana at 3r. NJ on the 29th,--
She had on board ~ passengers. all well.
the mails. II BOO 900 in gold Tor Europe
She will leave an the a0th.
twenty-five of her passengers, among
whom were Cot, Fremont and Senator
frederick. came 10 New York in the Gun.
her City, The cause %. her detention was
the nonarrivul OF the Pacific steamer, Golden
Gate That vessel left San Francisco on
the 9th Of October, but on the following
day her machinery in part, became disabled
and she WIS CON He'd to return 10 port
where she arr,v The 10Th. The cnsu.
ing day, her ors, specie and mails
were transi,rrci Gamer Golden Are.
AMI again took Jmre and arrived Of
Panama on the z ut the same day the
passengers rac'oi Aspinwal and imme.
dlAlely embarked on tic Star Of The West
which had awaited their arrival
The official returns from nearly nh the
counties in the state give Weller ll,T36
majority over both the other candidates --.
The total vote was about 10000 The
SENATE stands - Democrats 10 3 Repnbli.
cans, The assembly ~ Democrats. . Re
rnhcnns, I Americans. aud Indcpcn-
dent The majority IN favor Of the pay.
n,cni Of the state debt II abou, 30 1000
The crop OF CEREALS rai~d in California
viii he largely ahead OF the consumption
u was snid thn, the overland mail route
from san Diego to San Antonio, Texas.
VIII take passage o'l Ia trip Of October 9th
The news Of the commencement of Tie
panic in New lo,k did not create much
surprise in California
The trial of the late Treasurer Bates had
resulted IN verdict Ia favor Of the STATE,
TO the full amount If the bonds 100000.
An expedition sent on, from Fort Bu-
chanan against the Apachea, killed 80 and
took lao prisoners, who had been sent 10
New Mexico lor trial. dra, excitement
existed between the Sonornpa and those in
the Gadscn Purchase. aud no Americans
Was allowed n passport IN Sonora
The l'irno Iminns ~ Arizona had cl,as
ilsed the iumas and Apacl,s for killing
some OF their women and children The
fIrnos killed 80 or 100 Of their opponents,
anI loai only - Themselves.
Late accounts from the head ii the Hum
bolt, safe kifk'a wagon road party Ind
been attacked by the Indians, hut had driven
them oil without any loes
The Oregon Constitutional Convention
thus lar had done literally nothing
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-11-12

The latest dates from Baltimore are 10
the "a of November The eIsrtion, where
il was feared ar outbreak would take place,
came on On Wednesday, the 4,h The de-
patches are as follows:
BALTIMORE, Nov. This morning be
fore daylight, some rowdIts threw bricks
al the Church Of the immaculate C0Bcep
| ton, situated u, the western extremity n the
city, and broke several windows. and II IL
said did some other Sigh, damages. The
Srton tappei the bell, and the people pur.
sued the gang who fed after firing upon
the police.
Gov Lyon has withdrawn his proclsma-
ton calling on, the military, and oceo,ia
,ions have been going on all day between a
committee u citizens representing the May
or, and the Governor, and finally this even
| Ing, The committee issIed the announcement
jointly, that they were authorized 10 state
| the Governor being satisfied, that the ar
rangrfn'pts made by the Mayor, for the pre-
yryailon Of peace. and 10 secure the uDin-
rrrup,el eaercise Of the RICH, 81 suffrage
/ are sufficient, and that the military will no,
be made use d. The day has passed with
out disturbance. though the streets in the
vicinity Of the Mayors Office AMI Barnum's
Hotel were crowded all the afternoon.
Crowds we're standing abou, awaiting III
result Of the negotiation.
Another Dispatch from Richmond con
firms tbs report Of the loan IL 5000 mu.ket
by Goy. Wise 10 GOV Lgion Of Maryland.
-iHb containing forty each, pass.d
through this city yesterday abou, SIXTY
boxe. more arrived this morning, and re-
main at the depot.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-11-12

A despatch dated Philadelphia, Nov a.
gives the following dc,ails of II terrible tray
edy in that city;
Richard Carter, President OF the Antlra
cite Bank, OF lamaqua, was shot dead this
evening in the parlor of the 81, Lawrence
Hotel, by Thomas Washington Smith, OF
Cecil Co. Md Smith fired first four balls
from hi revolver, and two after Carter fell
on tho floor Carter wasa il,i,ldle-ag,d man.
wealthy. aud has u family. Smith Is ngcd
30, and wa. laboring under great excitement.
Garter had accused him Of the seduction of
II ward or adopted daughter OF hi. smith
states that he met the girl al boarding
school and married her he subsequently,
discovered tina, she had been the mistress OF
Garter she had child four months after
marriage. The shooting was in revenge. ~-.
Smith was arrested aud h waiting hearing
IA, the Mayor Office.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-11-12

CIscixSArr Nov. 3.-Thrcc slaves he
longing TO Thornton Wi,hers en- route from
st. Louis TO Petersburg, Va, were seized
yesterday, on the steamboat at the whnf by
writ Of haL,o, co,p,'s. issnod by Judge Bur
goyne, aud placed under the charge of la
rious Egglcson, by order Of the court. A
writ 81 to,eas eo,ptn was sworn ont before
Judge Carter by witness. claiming that the
slaves were Illegally restrained Of their lib-
er'y, claiming that they owed him service in
Virginia. whittier he was carrying them
when wrst,d from hs hands
The writ was served by the Deputy Sher'
~, and the slaves brought before Judge
Garter this +. VI
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-11-12

The following isancXtrac' from private
letter from Lawrence, addressed 10 gentle.
man Of Chicago
Tell our friends at the Chicago Pre-, thai
we this afternoon, Friday Oct. %. received
the certificates from the Secrctarys Office for
the Free State members from Douglas AMI
johnson counties The Governor AMI Sc
cretary have thrown out, also, the fraudu-
lent returns from Niece county, and that
2ivcs the Free State men two,lir,ls If both
houses Judge Cato issucd writ of man.
Janus 70 compel the Governor TO give the
certificates 70 The pro slavery candidates
from the district. Int the Governor would
not recognize the officer who served tic writ,
and they seemed 70 have dropped the matter,
a. ,he certificates came 10 hand TO-DAY.
The fre-caters al Ecompton are foaming
mad abou, H.
Walker ordered sherman battery AMI The
Company 81 infantry from here last Monday
and tonight Col Sumner with six co,npa
MES of cavalry are encamped in Lawrence
ou their way 70 Lecompton. also. Chuogo
Pres.
81 Lor1s, Nov a. Dates from I<cornp.
ton 10 October 22d state that Gov. Walker
has issued another proclamation relative 10
tie votes rturnsd from McGee CO., which
are thrown ont for the same reasons sha,
governed his actions in relation ~ oxford
district, in johnson county.
The proclamation states that In neither
Gaze has lie gone behind The returns, and dis
claims all right 10 do az, but The vo,ez were
regulated in Consequence n fatal defects 10
the 'orn,r.
Governor Walker and secretary Stan.
ton were AZ Lawrence On the 10Th. and
nothing was aid sbout having the Terri.
tory.
81. LEls, Nov. Ga letter in thu
DSmoera' dated Lcompton, %, says tia,
General Walker 'ef. there few days be.
fore. His destination il thought 10 be
Washington
!, ia stated that Walker object 10 s,a.
,ionins troops "a, I/oompton wa. not OK.
actly 20 protect the Convention or u watch
and b. prepared for any action which their
pro slavery ene'nies might make agains.
him, bu; because the legislature having a
large FIRE. STATE majority they will proba.
big reIssl Tie obnoxious Laws and der,z~
the Office bddsrs. in which cae a rere,itis,
Of the bloody scsrs. 10 thc early hi,,Dry o.
X ans&s nigh, ~ sIprsfeyied
The Consultation viii b. submitted n the
poy,le With slavery clause. which will t,e
obj~ctionsite 70 the Free state, and tn
El,!era'e FOR he pro-slave,y uls,aists.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-11-12
From Washington.
W ARLINGTON, dc, %. ~


Arisaros, De, %. 81
,usresr''udshea ot The rrvsa
lion. Fred stanton. Secretary Of Stat,
Of Kansas, Is here The nrws he brings
from ausas ia favorable 10 order aud lhu
sacc'ssess Of the national Democracy Of the
Territory The Constitution. when framed.
will b. submitted for the ratification Of the
people. When admitted, kauns will come
into the Union ~ free rtat,
The Legislature oi Kentucky meets dur
ing the first week Of December next Their
first and chief business will De the election
Of United States senator Tho coniesi
for this position li'p between cxGovcrnor
Powell. Guthrie il'iuce's Secretary of tho
Treasury and Hon Linn Boyd. fotner,
Speaker oi the House Of Representatives
From one gentleman learn ihat Linn I,oyds
chances are best, ard from another that The
fight il between auih,r md Powell The
contest u closo. each candidate having
strong friends and supporters
Hunter may bc reelected from Virginia
but jovrrnm Floyda brother Is In the field
M candidate. Hon John ietcher T. put
forward for nomination for The Governor-
siIp, hut ! should not wonder II his friend
pre>Srd him with SUCCESS for the vacant Sen
ator.hp. iie IL conceded to be the rts,dies,
and most effective Jsbater Virginia has sent
10 Congress Tor years past
The land Office ba. bccn Inquired Of every
day for months. IN reference 10 presumption
right on alternate sections under granta by
the Government Tor railroads and other pub.
lie improvements, and Tor the beneiit OF your
readers, ] will give the main point Of thu
Commissioner decision
ny the presumption act oil The 4lh Of sep.
tember, lS4l no sections vi Land reserved 10
the United State, alternate 10 other sections
granted TO any Of the State. ior the con-
siructlon OF any canal, railroad or other
public improvements. are subject To the
operations Of the pree'np,iop law But this
acts Of ID Of March, 1853, and 9th of
March, 1854, materially modify the restrict.
i've or iuterdictinR clau.~ ia the act OF lsli.
The law of 1888, partly take IN the nbi.
bition contemplated in the act OF lsal by
extending the presumption laws nj mini
mum Of two dollar- AMI fifty cent per
acre over the alternate reserved sections oi
public iaDiis along the lines OF the railroad
Of tho United stats where the party had
,etiied and ,mproeod the land prior 10 the
final allotment III the alternate ections 10
'aIch railroads by the General Land Office,
Preeinptions under ths net Of 1873 attach
within the following leriois Of time 10 the
intel State reserved sections First. from
the date OF the 'ietinst. location OF the road.
that IL. according 10 At,orWy'ieneral Cush-
ings opinion, when the route il surveyed and
taxed of on the ground and econd, until
the final alIo,mcn, by the General Land
Office on the railroad s.,ctions that j., the
date OF the final list certifying the latter
sections 10 the state. y. y,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-11-12

We have the following dispatches in re-
lation to election day in Baltimore. 1t up.
pears that the precautions of the city OH
cials prevented the occurrence OF any very
serious outbreaks:
BALriNoRx. Nov. 4.~~The election here
Is proceeding quietly There arr indications
OF large vote
The taverns are generally closed, and 50
far, there has h'en no disorlcr beyond some
tipping. and Indications of large vote,
The Mayor is visiting the polls, and ey'
hor,ing all to deal fairly, and preserve the
peace.
IArER.--We have reports Of serious dis
turbances in the remote wards Of the city
In the eth Warl an lriShman has been
killed. and another man ha, been fatally in
iurel. A difficulty took place in the lath
Ward and the na,nralzei voters were driven
from the polls Many rumorS are ailoat but,
in the absence OF reliable information, we
,orbear 10 give them In most Of the wards
matter are quiet.
LArrR.--s. 60 p N--The election passed
oil more quietly III The latter pnr' ol thcunS
than was expected, although there has been
great deal OF disorder and blo"lshcd. The
parties in the 18th Ward, mentioned in n
former dispatch, are no, dead, but both are
seriously If not fatally injured. Another
man was sho, near the lth Ward polls this
evening, bu, whether fatally or not Is not
yet ascertainel The police have captured
u large quantity OF arms that had been taken
from one or two of the armorics.
9:30r. NJ. The Americans are now march
ing the streets with music and Transparent
cics, firing gun aud 'i@'ols. cheering loudly
aud claiming the election Of their ticket.
The scattering returns indicate gain on
Fillmore vote. whose majority was 900.
There j. no doubt tina, the Americans hay"
swept the state.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-11-12

The Canadn arrived al Halifax On
Wednesday ast. the itb with about one
million in specie The Canada Ief' Liver
pool on the 2ith. The financial new II the
most interesting news. We make the fol.
lowing abstract from the dispatchea west
ward:
EsoLAxp--1he Tame, city article Of
Wednesday evening. the 10Th ays the al
vance in bank rate. .rios greatly 10 have
checked the export 81 gold 10 New. ork.
The City Of baltimore took only Lo21.
!, va intended to sId E200OO by her
but the principal portion wa' counter
mauded.
The India Company have given notice Of
further rpe II 1 per cent, tor bills on
India.
The Times says the money market IL en-
crtdingly quiet, and owing 10 the ab-ehce
d any important failure, and the sig'A 81
great liability, a very satisfactory feeling
wa ob-ervablc. Uncertainty prevail ~ 10
the probability u any further upward
movement on tbs part Of the bank. The
demand Tor money ia comparatively quiet.
Numerous suspensions are announced on
thu Continent. especially among the manu-
featuring firm iB Germany.
The Bank Of England had thrown out
-Dme American bill. connected with III
tended shipments OF spec'e 10 he United
State. On Friday the fund continued
bpoyaot. There wa. gold withdrawn from
tie bank
The rate II discount a, Hamburg had
declined 70 = ~ PER cent.
The Tmrs say. the Canada take Out ten.
der. for C4O0,O00 Of : per cent boDd4 Of
the Michigan Central Itailroad, for the e1-
tpsion u q portion Of th'ir floating debt.
The value Of money on the s'ock er-
change remains ri , pr cent.
The 1une Of Friday, the 22d, .ays the
Ieirafd for money nj the bank was heavy.
The American hor,e Pryor h dad.
Baron Mscaulay has bsn eIec'@i High
steward u Cambridge.
MIscuLAxDpY.- bulliOn IN the
Bank ofFrance decrea,%d $4,000 900 francs
-inoe the lat monthly retnrns.
Failnres were exyes''ed IN Paris.
',old Wa henry taken out II France Tor
Ameyica-
The banks Of Beigiam and Denmark
have advanced rate, Of dirDunt u :, per
ont.
There bad been luIi 10 the crisis al Vien-