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A Well Turned Paragraph.

The fact is Nohingsm in East Baton Rouge down
Ti se
ngs Of SERPENT with the school nrGhns arrow pining its
soon cease q move. [Baton Rouge Advocate.
No mistake about it, we do get ont some well
turned paragraphs, and pretty figures OF speech
right here at ENTHUSIASTICALLY, and every man or
woman who has nothing else to do than to read the
above extract from Taylor has sufficient base to
build a fine superstructure upon Samuel Knew-No-
thing, after having been hkened to everything ex-
cept the great National Democratic party is now
compared to serpent with the school urchin's arrow
pinning it to the earth. Valiant boy! He has not
been able to catch the oarm with salt, and he has
deliberately an arrow through his head pinning
him down. "Its lashing tail is becoming feeble and
will soon cease to move" So you have been saying
any day for the last three years. and yet there is life
and strength enough left to strike terror to the soul
of his enemies. You may put your foot on his head
and hold him down, but in doing SO, remember that
there is soul in the PROSTATE body, and the Ameri-
can heart is unit-a single body in whose hand re-
sides the destiny of this nation; European Red Re-
publicans and native demagogues to the contrary
nevertheless and Notwithstanding. You are just sim
ply mistaken when you say, that Known Nothingism
in East Baton Rouge is down to zero, If you mean
was stronger than at this moment We'd argue the
point with you Taylor if it not to your interest
to believe differently Let that pass
We shall not talk about your candidates for office,
as you talk OF onrs. Capt. Sale IS very clever
gentleman; so nearly every man on side thought
about eighteen months ago. Indeed, we thought SO
much of him, that his friends put him before the
Known Nothing nominating convention as candidate
for the Legislature. He didn't get it. Perhaps had
he ventured his chances on half dollar as another
more successful gambler in politics did, he would
have won. However, had he lost on the turn of a
half he would not have quit in disgust and gone over
on the other side, to run for the same place.
We like Col Pierce irst.rate. Heis clever fellow,
will make good run, and good Representative if
elected Politically, like Pierce for the very reason
you don't like him. We like him because he is op-
posed to the PennSdell Smmes-s Swamp Land. David
son faction, in whose service you play-(we were
bear you, Taylor, will not) Pierce says he wish he
may - be run through, if he votes for Davidson.
What do you think of that? Our advice is, to let
US and ours alone; you have quite as much as you
can do. to convince your people that they should sup
port your candidates.
[Baton Rouge Gazette, 9th inst.
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THE OVERLAND ROUTE TO CALlFoRNIA,-We no.
ticed yesterday an article in the Integencer by Mr.
j. r. Bartlett commencing the selection of the South
ern route to California.
Mr.. Bartlett appends history of this route, but
that the omission should be supplied. By reference
to Executive Document So, Thirtieth Congress- first
session, will be found two letters of Mr. Buchanan
under date of July is and July 49, urging and in fact
instructing, Mr.. Trst to obtain the 22d parallel of
latitude as the Southern boundary of the United
States.
These instructions he states, are given upon in,
formation furnished by Major Emory that that boun-
dairy was necessary TO obtain practical route. Fur.
ther, letter from Major Emory to the Secretary Of
the Interior dated April 2 lS49, to Secretary Ewing
says, this route (near the sd parae ISIS practical
route for railroad. belieoe the only one from ocean
to ocean lcithin our Territory.
twill be seen that these dates prior to that of
Mr. bartlets passage through the country, and it is
believed that these the first evidences offered to
the government that this route practicable and
presented advantages yerall others [Wash, Star.
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TEHUANTEPEc COMPANY.
FEHUANTEPEC COMPANY

nv, "a NEW ORLEANS, July 80, 1857.
Whereas the report made this Board by the President as
to his late mission to Washington in rtheance the great
ba WI which object Of this Company satisfies
the owners Of the iaray behalf Of this Company
That il was impossible to obtain the contract for this
Company; and " $3.50
That the title Of the Soe grant not in this Company
Sloo without the knowledge OF this Board: and ~ "
Whereas in the opinion of this Board title to the Soo
grant not being IN this Company the Com
has no basis 70 rest and that
tins board In existence would deceive the public and posi-
be accomplished by this Company the great dis
credit of this Board therefore, be II unanimously -
Resolved That this Board be same hereby dis
solved. ' 49,
Resolved That the members Of the severay hereby
resign herefrom ~ 80
Resolved That of these resolutions published the
different newspapers of this city.
Resolved, That this Board stands adjourned sine de-
Icerty the foregoing to be from the minutes.
L. HEYL1GER Secretary.
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Vacancies In District Court Clerksh,ps.

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. IN, 1857.
SRA vacancy having occurred in the office of
Clerk of the District Court for the parish of Jackson
which was filled by an appointment made by the
Judge Of the court you inquire whether new cleo
ton for clerk is to be ordered by you for November
next, or whether the appointee Of the Judge will
hold over until the general election Of 1859.
Article 70 of the Constitution is follows: Clerks
of the inferior courts in the State shall be elected for
the term of four years, and should vacancy occur
subsequent to an election, it shall be filled by the
Judge of the court in which such vacancy exists and
the person appointed shall hold his Office until the
next general election @.
A doubt, it seems, has been suggested whether the
words general election in Article 70 mean general
election or general election for clerks, the former
taking place in November, 1857, and the latter in
November, 1859.
1t appears to me that if the words general cleo
ton" have q clear, unambiguous Specification, it
would be unwarrantable Interpolation of the con-
attution to add the words Of clerks, after them in
article 49, unless indeed the literal Interpretation of
the words general" election would lead to an alb
surdity. 1t is obvious that nothing absurd or even
ineonyenient would result from the literal construc
ton. Have the words g general electiona clear and
unambiguous meaning The phrase general cleo
ton when used alone, Gas in article 79) has
tab'ished meaning in the public mind, and had at
the time the constitution was formed. 1t is intended
to express the election for members of the General
Assembly, which is general, that is to say, which
takes place throughout the State, and is contradis
tinguished from special election, which is to fill
particular vacancy, local election which is
fined to parish political subdivision of the State
The election for judges is held at time different
from all other elections and hence no one would say
that the election for judges takes place at the time of
the general election but rather it would be said that
the general election for judges does not take place at
time conclude, therefore, that the words Of Article
70 are free from ambiguity, and thrt the true con-
structon Isl that the vacancy in cerkshp of court
shall be filled by an appointment to be made by the
spHr pnft pndf fl,op, ptoI
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THE NEBULous RING.--The astronomical ohserva-
tons made by Mr.. JONES' in the elevated city of
Quito, are of decided interest and importance. His
observations made at an elevation of nearly ten
thousand feet above the level of the sea, and near
the equator, and resulted in the following conclu-
sons: That the theory respecting the nebulous ring
round the earth is true that this ring crosses the
echptic in longitude go degrees and $40 degrees at
an angle OF about four degrees that it is not very
remote distance from the earth that the nebulons
matter Of which it is composed is selElumnous while
aiso II gives Us the suns reflected light; that space
with our universe Of stars, is filed with selflumin-
Gus matter Of great tenuity that the milky.way is
composed OF this seflnminous matter, in some places
worlds were formed, from which perhaps worlds
are now being formed, and into which perhaps
they again resolve themselves that the milky
way is spiral in shape, and that our place in this
spiral is about onethrd or one.fourth of the wav
from the Southern Cross towards Sirius.
Washington Intelligencer.
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To his Excsleney ROBERT Baton Rouge L.

THE ISLAND OF FoRMosA TAKEN Possession or
BY AMERrcANs.-A letter from gentleman on board
the u S. flag ship San Jacinto, dated June 9th says
that Capt j. D. Smons, of the U. s. Marine Corps,
recently dispatched on service, the object of which
was not generally known has, has since been ascer-
tanned, taken possession of the Island of Fonnosa,
and hoisted the American flag in the city of Fung-
shou 1t is to be held indemnity for the losses
sustained by American citizens during the present
Chinese war. This STEP the letter adds, has given
the English authorities in China huge satisfaction, as
every successive step towards further collision with
the Chinese does. The island alluded to is in the
China Sea- between % and Is degrees of North lati
tude. It's length is 24s miles, and widest breadth
100 miles, containing of Is 900 square miles
and population of 100000. The Chinese first
assumed sway over it in 1858, when the Dutch were
expelled from it. Formosa has few available harbors
owing to the shallowness of their entrance.
EPhi. Ledger.
The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun says that the report of the seizure of this island
is undoubtedly incorrect and that if there be any
truth in it, the Navy Department and the Department
Of State are both in the dark.
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[Baton Rouge Gazette, 9th inst.

BAD DoCrRISE.-"The truth ia that the people of the South
aorey the patriotic of the Consuonoyng
Democrats Of the North their protection against the nvasos
of the steaers To deny the debt them be
ignorant beyond excuse ngraen beyond PARDON Sepaa
ted from the CoDfedeacy the united South could
rights without external gid but in the Union and while con
upon the patriotism justice and nmity Of Northern
mocrats for the security Of her equal rights"
We clip the above from the Louisiana Courier, be-
cause want to present it to our readers for their
disapprobation. There never was more suicidal
admission. Really one would think that some papers
in the South in the secret service of our enemies
[Natchez Free Trader, 25th inst.
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PLANTATION MAoHINEay.-No planter should visit
the city without visiting the establishment of Mr.. Samuel H.
Gmanhe oce at No. 70 rsvr street. and the warehouse
at the Of Lafayette and Commerce Streets The chief
articles Hoard Sons portable and stationary engines
Of all Sizes from TO horse power for which Mr.
Gilman Is sole agent in Lousaas Mississippi Alabama Ten
Arkansas and Texas. addition to these Invaluable
Mr. G. Is constantly supplied with gs and mills
gins screws and all the needful accessoreak kinds of
chinery fact that the planter We direct attention
In his adyartfseru emit
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Winners CANADIAN vEKmrFuGE.-l

" ShNAD1hN = n
Sond the shadow Of doubt ~ the exPerence #
diseases with which children afflicted cansed by Worms
the either known attributed something
various are the which have been recommended as
or less Intellectual the length attained
they have existed This assertion Is supported by the
s the eeanry the and respectable nd
"lSSks cAs f6RhfY y 7HSETIB WARRANTED
any other symptoms which indicate the existence
oa he ~ Worms the bowels follows the m
eyes heavy and dull the breath d the lip swollen
the sleep i disturbed the patient often awakening in great
fright and liable to starting and grinding the tee the aPpe
feeble and in some instances deprayed as.5 Init
w TNERY CA GANA Hob yERMFUGE is SUPERIOR
'' " MEDICAL EVIDENCE.
Say$S
Gent remedy for the expulsion from the insstine
Lceniate of the R. 6. Of Surgeons il Ireland, etc.
Member of the R. G. of Surgeons in London, etc.
FROM NIUE TIFF REy FLANAGAN OF BASgRooE 0W
yemifuge, with the happy results In my fam
pSon WORN ssS follow ed
point gained in giving medicine to children. ~
Hy- Physicians generally WINERS CANADIAN
VERMIFUGE This medicine simple vegetable prepara
always be administered with perfect safety and
confidence the result and will always destroy Worns and
restore the patient to health.
Over thousand certificates have been sent Agents from
planters and physcRs bearing testimony to the
hicRcy of this infaibe remedy Warranted in all
Prepared only by JOHN WINER Manufacturing Chemist,
nd Wholesale Druggist Hamilton, Canada West.
H Sold wholesale and retail at manufacturers prices by
j. WRIGHT h CO, NewOrleans,
fe23 15l and q Charities street, New Orleans La.
CAROLINA SEED cow PEAs-lOO bags Sc.
A. r. COCHRAN & HALL
jyS Nos. Is New Ievee and II Fulton street
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EXTRAORDINARY METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENON
A block of pure crystalline ice, weighing nearly 25
pounds, was discovered on Monday last in a meadow
belonging to Mr. Werner in the neighborhood of
Crieklewood. On the day prior storm passed over
the spot Mezery in his history of France, mentions
thunder storm in l5l0. [Lond0n Star, 9Th inst
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THOMAS H. SHIELDS, Secretary 0. F. Rest.
General Relief Committee.

The following officers and members for the
term, say from July, 1857, to January, 1855
Gerard Sih President be found at Recorders office First
District Thos Shields Secretary, at Odd Fellows Hall
Thomas f. Walker l2S Common street. Theodore
Marks IS Magazine street, A. Thomson, As Tchouptoula
f. F. l. Hoste of Orleaus G. Ianeenbecker, Iuzeu
berg Hospital Allen Canal JAMES Glough,
ehsuc and Dealers Exchange ST. Charles street David
Moore 10 Poydras street, MeDouga box US Mechanics
aud Dealers Exchange ST. Charles street, CzarnowSk 10
rchoupous street, o. VOORHEES, Magazine street, H. Press
ler Chippewa street. between Jackson and Philip; Edw. VIII
son, Agiest Graham, IS Camp street, F. Miller, Boards
watehonse; Jones Third Districts W, Rolling Fourth Dis
trict II Ds3rpy, Second District; EneAs Smith, Common
between Camp aud s., Charles streets. -
THos' H. SHIELDS, Secretary.
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FRENcH FURNISHING FANCY GooDs. Messrs.
Lion Pnsard the of Royal Benyio Streets
from France Of furnishing and
fancy goods of the most beautiful and attractive descriptions
for ladies' gentlemen children We attention to their
advertisement. in another column
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ORNAMENTAL IRON WORSHIP. G. a. Miltenber-
No. lo Gravier street, Is in this city for the fancy
ornamental iron works of Wood Perots celebrated oun-
philadelphia This foundry out every description
Of fancy iron ratings stairs fountains chairs seees
boxes garden animals statuary etc. etc. Mr. MIL
spberger has book which all the works Of the foundry
pictured and which will enable the purchaser to select what he
wants. have sent without delay See advertisement
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Doors, SHoEs AND oGANs.-Large supplies of
these articles have just received Messrs Reed Field
No 50 Gaye who receive but the and sell
the cheapest. See their advertisements
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DALLEY's EXTRACTOR AND WILSON'S DESTROYER
These Famous preparaonkone annhiaior of bodily pain
aud The Other nanhaor of and rosehesare always
~ had, in quantities small, Of Messrs. j. Wright Co..
81 Nos n and ISL Charities street. The advertisements in
anQiher column specify their merits. - fi.,t
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n NEW Books At WHiTE's. Fresh supplies of the
reading been received BY Mr. Thomas White No.
los Canal street. Sac list in our advertising columns.
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"A New Goops AT SoANLAN's.-The ladies will start
y this Silks, poplins, cashmeres LANES
French caicoes embroideries aces and millinery goods
most charming variety open, awaiting the inspection
& Of the feminine community. Sec advertisement.
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GRocERlEs Fresh supplies of whisky, flour, lard
candies brandy been received by Joseub
Lands Co., No IS Tehoupitoulas street See advertise
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"A COCHRAN Il HALL gents, No. sc Gravier street. who
prepared receive and he favorable
iroad and Pig Iron, Lyerpooland Bulk Salt,
For terms, ecn apply as above = s. A.. se22
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The undersigned Recorder OF Mortgages and for the parish
and city of New Orleans certes that the within charter
recorded this dag in his Office in book society folio 49,
JOHN HOLMES, Recorder
New Orleans, L. 1851 lpw5t
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X FERT1IzERs arge quantities of guano, bone
dust bone black phosphate of lime. land plaster Of
fered gardeners and farmers by Mr. Alfred Kearny No. ~
Magazine street. See advertisements.
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srnpprD Pslsrrsa. Oh friends, Messrs. Clark q

SPLENDID PHN1rNG. Our friends, Messrs. Clark b
Btia6u of die JOB ce, have attsrly turned out
soas obs which, II they could be BY old Faust
or them to that their pet art had
passed The hands Of and become the paste Of fairies.
Letters picture ROBBED in the coors Of the rainbow and
glitter Of the caves and tasefuy arranged mpart
~ steamboat bill the fascination Of landscapeand other
displays equally pretty smbcdying the perfection of the
topographic art decorate the walls Of Mcsrs c. BIS Office
But hisi what would particularly set FORTH Messrs
CLARK Bbin the material and facilities for executing
description Of plain printing well as
phles cicnars banking and mercantile blanks Of ali
kinds Of all thing IN fact that type can be
putto And Whist they execute their orders quickly
charge 1t the moderate rates In all respects ms job
printers they superors South and few If my,
equals We advise friends who want printing done
tocsl Camp street. story, and leave their orders
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"odd Fellows Rest"

BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 0ticers-Henry Bier
President s. Boullemet hos H Shields Secretary
Goding. Finance Commttee1E Patterson H. Il. Dentze
j. Y. Miller. Sextou-Danel Merritt Memhers-James Flu
neaux Lewis Goldman, t. f. Peterson, JOS Allison
j. p. Warner, j. C. Wagner.
VAULTS IN "oDD FELLOWS REST'' may be procured
by applying F. CORY aSckes Co IS Canal street;
al D. FELT SrErsoSs 81 Camp street, H MuLsPAUGH u
Mint and at the Secretary oce IN Odd Fellows Hall
ner OF Camp and Lafayette Streets
Price Lots and VsultsRegular lots 10 feet square, $780,
ditto by efee S75 Vaults {iouble to Stockholders Lodges
sos ditto to ali others 70; single to Stockholders Lodges
S45; ditto, 10 all others, $50.
Information the purchase of Lots, etc., be had
on application - -
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n GRoyER b BAKERS SEWING MACHINEs.- These in
valuable articles always had Of MI. Cushing
the agent Camp he being the sole agent for the
sale Of the machines in Louisiana Mississippi Arkansas
Texas He sells them at manufacturers prices and under
guarantee Of perfecon the teaching Of their and the
keeping Of them in good order for year. being gratis We
readers to the advertisement concerning them in
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Grand Encampment.

THEIR. W. GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF LOUISIANA, I.
o. o. regular the first Mondays
ruary August year the Odd Fellows Hall
of Camp and Lafayette Streets
Officers for the year ls-Jas Stockton NJ W. Grand Pari
arch A. Hero NJ W. G: H: Priest E. Smith, ". G. S, War
dem James Furneaux, r. w. G. Scribe ii. Williams, w,
G. Treasurer s. NJ Todd, r. W. g. J. W.. H. Millspangh W.
g. Marshall b. Dasva W. G. Sentinel; John Frankford W.
Dep. G. Sentinel.
Oscar Barbee R. W. D. G. Patriarch of District No g. Ba
trict No 4 Clinton; John Orchard, r. W. G. Rep
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Interior Encampments.

MAGNOLIA No. meets in Baton Rouge the second and
fourth Saturday in each month.
q. SHAW No. 10 the first and third Saturday In
each month"; Clinton, parish of East Felieiana.
communications intended for the Grand Encampment
addressed to Jas FurneauX G. Scribe Odd Fellows
Hall, New Orleans
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Odd Fellows Hall Association.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ODD FELLOWS HALL.
ASSOCIATION at their office in Odd Fellows Hail.
the first Monday of every month,
AEdward Psbury President; Thomas H. Shields Secretary
John D. Ben Treasurer j. G. Dunlap, John Orchard d.
Seson II. Howard, Eneas Smith, James Davis, George
Rareshde A. W. Bosworth, Geo. Dirmeyer, Bernard
and W. B. Cook.
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II. MONDAY MOANING. AUGUST 81, 1857.
Y
n penR xsas scral district ~ Colonel
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-04-09
More Traces of Sir John Frank
lins Party.

Capt. Sherrard Osborne has forwarded
TO the editor of the Times the following
extract of a letter, dated Red River Set
Element, Hudson Bay Territory, Dec. 6:
| received a letter from Roderick, by
the last mail, and he expresses a wish that
| should write to you by the first oppor-
tunity, and state more particularly about
the reports we heard last summer about
some traces of whites being seen in the
North. have just returned from -,
who was at Norway House last July, and
saw the man who brought down the ex-
press to Sir George Simpson from Mr..
Anderson, in Maclenzie's River [dist-
rict,1 stating that Indians had brought
over reports 10 one of the trading posts in
that quarter that Indians had seen two or
more encampments of whites on an island
on some point where Anderson and Stew
art turned back, Gin 1855 and that one
of the encnmpments particularly was quite
fresh, supposed to have been abandoned a
day or two before the Indians saw it, and
from the traces thought there might have
been ten or twelve men. | could not hear
of the exact locality further than that An.
derson and Stewart were within a shor'
distance of the place where the trace:
were seen. l hope you have heard more
particularly about the report.