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Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07


A SCARED NEsRo.-The Nashville
Gazette tells the following story Of the re.
cent negro excitement in that vicinity:
A few weeks ago, during the existence
Of the patrol regulations, an old negro
man was found secreted in . piece ol
woods, = few miles from town, evidently
laboring under great fear and terpidation.
On being asked why he was there, he
said he waz afraid to stay At the house
where he belonged, and which was close
BY. "What arc you afraid Of was asked.
!. Why" be aid, Old Aiaress had gone
to bed with = pistol on one side Of her,
and 4 great big knife on tho other, and he
was afraid she'd RISE"
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" II is contemplated by merchants in
New York 10 offer Nj. Clingman. Of North
Carolina, some complimentary expression
Of their estimate Of his services at the last
session, in carrying, by presevering effort,
the proposition for restoring the Resolute
10 the British Government.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

A DxAR Eee.-At I recent sale in
London, Of The late Mr. Yarrell's speci.
mons Of natural history, the most remark
able pufchase was that of an egg for 800
|-tis ses 81 s6s Crest A6k, : bird d
the diver tribe, included 10 the British
Fauna, but long since extinct.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

. WONDERFUL GROWING SroNE.-We
have received communication from Chi.
liam Beech. Of Leslie, Michigan, in which
he minutely describes stone which has
been in his possession for twelve years,
and which, during that time, by simple
exposure to the air only, has-Young.
erica.like-been performing feats Of a
progressive character. When he obtained
it twelve years ago, it was little more
than half an inch long and three eights
in diameter. The increase Of the stone
is about in tho same ratio as that of our
population, which is not little remarka.
BILE. The most curious feature Of this in
crease Of the stone, is not an equal ex.
pansion, but particular emanation pro.
ceeding from one side Of the parent stone.
!" The stone," he says, " is the most per.
feet white, transparent, will cut glass, and
increases in size and weight with no other
food but common air." He has never yet
found person who could tell what it was,
or give him any explanation as to the
cause of its growth. Wonders will ne.
yer cease" We really had thought that
the days Of wonderful travelling and grow.
ing stones had gone past forever, but this
one Of Mr.. Beach proves that this ago is
not behind any Of the past 10 natural won
ders, and thst ia Leslie, Michigan. there
is . stone At present ~ wonderful as the
famous ono which floated St. Patrick from
old Scotland to old Ireland.
t,. rSei American.
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~ MAxY 3. wAaD.

II WAkY 3 WARD.
L,nser. darker grow the shadows
II tho glorious sun descends,
And With brightly cleaning dew drops
Every leaf aad noweret bends;
Thea The moon, In silvery splendor.
Wsnds hss way through starry skiss.
while the welcome spirit slumber
Comes and shuts my weary eyes
BID my mind forget the present.
! Takes me 70 ny home again,
where encireasd With loves sunshine,
forgot all care and pain: g
feus me of . gentle mother,
Lowly wrspt In earth's smbraes,
Whose par,, Heavenly spirit praises
Hin, who saved her By his grace.
Then ny darling infant brother
F1oass before my mestal gaze.
And tie happy hours departed
with the smiles Of other days:
/ Then think of him in Heaven,
RObed in raiment pure and whits,
Yet not purer than the spirit
Born Of Heavenly love and light
Tins when grief and c.res surround M.
Spirita bright seem lowering near.
Ever wa,chful Il the wandefer
- -
AnA vhsa hisNs duh day 10 ended,
"a And death : twilight shadows cone.
Thea vill aneeh. pure and glorious, 81
!, Gently bear my spirit home.
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PHoToGRAPHIC MANuscRIPrs.-Amo
the most curious applications Of photo
graphy TO art, we must class that Of copy.
ing old manuscripts by its aid. Not long
since, DR.. Lee, Of Berlin, found himself
sadly perplexed with the different readings
Of the celebrated gospels Of Ul6la "a
translation Of a portion Of the New Tes-
lament into the old Gothic tongue) and
as the text was so much blurred in many
places that no reliable copy could be made
ny hand. and rs it would be advisable to
have the original tex, alone consulted by
different scholars, he thought that it would
be good idea to have this very valuable
work photographed. 1t was done; and
now the old Gothic gospel Of the fourth
century, 30 deeply interesting to all who
study the origin, not only Of German but
Of English, is in 4 fair way to have du.
plicates, actually more perfect than the
original, in all fIst.class libraries. We
say "more perfect than the original"
since, to the establishment Of every one.
words and passages which were entirely
illegible in the old text came out with the
utmost distinctness on the glass plates
employed.
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IaE DAlKEY AND THE DEER.-The
~ steamer "ln" /" was coming down the
aeaaiful ST. Clair, when 4 noble buck waa
- winning across ahead Of her. To
'swsf away boat and give chase VA.
@l ths work Of Z moment, and with !
sout lias he vas taken by the antlers and
96ly broaght upon the steamers deck.
ASoed deal Of admiration was excited BY
ans proportions, and among bis I'd.
ssers sas the cook. . goodly specimen o.
Alfic's cline" !" who imagined that, from
= doeile appearance Of the animal. be
aaiet rs . sheep. He therefore un-
10 caress him, and to lay his hand
N ts hauach, when hs was astoaished
yevigorous kick that laid him sprawline
~ deck, Nothing daunted, however,
lhonght be might succeed better By
- but the deer, liking this no bet.
nade :, butt that laid the poor darkey
9Qia, and opened an ugly gaah On bid
Aead This was, too much Of ,
= thiag % Cufj, when he recovered
lssk. stood It Z respectful distance, and.
saef u Old buck, aid, Now. look Z
= naef De-, / do'ao whoss de- ysu
Aseo1o.b b'lose. b; hueif jou d dai Il
daf1l b wenson boad die boat, sure,
~ I'VE !"-Porters Spirit.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

9"Do you know, sir, what you swal.
low, every day Of your life? Are you
aware that your food resolves itself into
twelve divisions-aqueous, mucilaginous,
.mylaceous. ligneous pectinaceous. acidu.
ioos, alcoholic, oleaginous, proteinaceous
and saline But do not trouble yourself!
Hsnaa life is barely long enough to as
certain what food may be eaten with im-
nnity. We have returned back to the
dsp Of Sancho's family physician. Flesh
'spo;son,' saith one practitioner Of consid.
enhls no.s. There Is no nutriment in
hs quosh an ultra. Protestant doctor.
'fbs from fowl,' exhorteth = third. sAb.
saia from wine,, snarleth = lantern;j awed
l1posicr. a.,Eschew beer!' cries . biliou.
VleA Fruit is cholera!' exclaims 4
q1lA Hippocrates-and 90 on 10 the end
q ~ chapter. In fact, there is no kind d
seesieat q potable which has not ito as.
saale.s and defenders, except perhaps,
sfsee, which they all maintain cannot be
saad 10 n unadulterated form. and water,
.a'ch they aver is rendered poisonous BY
selag passed through leaden pipes"
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07
New Livery and Trade Stable.

'HE undersigned would most respect
l. fully inform the citizens Of Terebonne -
that he has purchased from Gau.reau & Boud- n
resux their Livery and Trade Stable In Houma, <VN1
may favor him with thr patronage Passengers sent 10
any part Of the country night and horses taken
Livery the most reasonable terms share Of the pub
lie patronage is solicited. noy2y C. A. SMITH
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HO, FOR THE RAILROAD!

TOHN BERGER has placed a Stage n-SSD
d and Express upon the line from lEGS1
Houma to the Railroad Crossing, TerFe- CS1AD
honne Depot. capable Of carrying twelve passengers
The Express viii leave Houma every morning at eight
O'Clock, and returning to Houma, will leave the Depot
Immediately the arrival Of the cars from the CITY,
say II half past II.
Another Stage
viii leave Houma every day between half past ten and
eleven O'Clock, in time to meet the their return
from Bayou BGuf that p,ssen1ers for New Orleans will
have about three hours time In this place than
heretofore.
FARE EACH WAY, 4l 90
He hopes, by attending wants and convenience Of
the travelling public merit sha Of their patronage
He has constantly on hand c"nveyances OF kinds q
Houma in convey passengers in any direction
Hotel and Stable.
The undersigned would also inform his
friends amp the public that he Is prepared aeeomo
date al who may call upon him. with comfortable lodg
ngs, and his table always well supplied with the hese
that tc procured in in the market Every exertioa
will be made to administer comfort and convenience of
his guests.
His stables we'll stocked and Of conveyance
may be procured at all times Travellers conveyed any
part OF the country at all timcs and the most
modating terms.
Dec Git JOHN BERGER.
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A CURIos1rY.-We received yesterday,
from " Howard" letter dated Red Bayou,
Jan. 20th, 1857. accompanied by cigar
box which contained what he says is a
squirrels nest. He represents that the
steamer White Cliffs, on her last trip from
Fulton to Shreveport, struck large cy.
press tree in Red Bayou, and among the
limbs that fell on her forecastIe was one
that contained nest, supposed to have
been manufactured BY squirrel"
The nest forms mass of varied matter,
seemingly decomposed for the most part,
and adhcring lightly together. We find in
it two rifle balls Of different sizes, duck
shot, gamblers ivory checks, fishing lines,
percussion caps, eggshells, pieces Of glass
and broom straw, the lead that covered the
cork Of bottle and divers other things.
There is no telling what may be in the
centre, for we have no, broken i, up per.
haps valuable coin and diamonds. The
mystery is how in that wild and unsettled
region such articles could have been found
by a squirrel, and further, how the little
animal should have taken fancy to them.
The nest is in our Office where it may be
seen by those who take an interest in
curiositics.-Caddo Gazette.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

A FARMER's HoAx.-'rhose who know
the value oftimothy for feeding cattle, can
appreciate the following, which was ori.
ginally started by the Geauga (Ohio)
Journal:
"Horrid Murder. r."-Timo,hy Hay, a
resident Of Aurora, Portage county, was
found on the morning Of the l4th, on his
own premises, with his head completely
severed from the body, and otherwise hor.
ribly mutilated, having the appearance ol
having been done by some sharp instru.
ment. An lrishman on the farm. who is
known to have had some difficulty with
Hay, is suspected. He is still at large.
Many Of the papers took i, for a genuine
occurrence, but some editorial genius has
carried out the joke by adding the para
graph below:
We learn by gentleman direct from
Portage county that Hay, in spite Of his in.
jurics, has been completely cured. He
had a narrow escape, however. and he
solemnly realizes the truth Of the Scriptu-
raj declaration, that "all flesh is grass. -
The perpetrator Of the act was not an
Irishman. as stated, but Scyth-ian. He
is at present out Oh (straw) bail; never
theless, from the horrible manner in which
he is said to have mutilated the unfortu.
nate Hay, We shall not be surprised to find
that he is no more (nower.)
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STABLING.
MY NEW STABLE is now

VI INV = ADIAEs ID NOW ABOUT C05n-
Av1 plete, and am prepared to carry the Livery
business In all Its branches. Horses and vehicles Of
H every kind needed. ready at short nOtice.
Prices Of stabng either by the day month has been
reduced since feed has cheapensd. Customers can rely
upon having their horses well fed and taken care Of Give
trial. r HOLDEN.
ThbOdaux, November lst l855-nI6-y
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FAcrs ABOUT TIE KoRAn.-The Koran
was written about A. D. 61O. Its general
aim was to unite the professions Of Idol
airy and the Jews and Christians in the
worship Of ono God-whose unity was the
chief point inculcated-certain laws and
ceremonies, exacting obedience to Ma.
homet and the Prophet. Il was written
ia the Koreish Arabic, and this language,
which certainly possessed every fine quail.
ity, was said to be that Of paradise. Ma.
homet asserted that the Koran was 70.
vealed to him during period Of twenty.
three years BY the Angel Gabriel. The
style Of thu volume is beautiful, fluent and
concise; and where the, majesty and at.
tributes Of God arc described, It is SUBJ
lime and magnificent. Mahomet admitted
the divine mission both Of Moses and Jesus
Christ. According to Gibbon, the leading
article Of faith which Mahomet preached
i compounded Of IN eternal truth and .
necessary fiction. namely, that there is
only one God, and that Mahomet is the
apostle Of God. The Koran was trans
lated into Latin IN HAS, and into English
aud other European languages about 1868.
II is = rhapsody Of 5000 verses, divided
into Ia sections. sa
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-05-22
Sheriff Sa e.

By virtue of an order of sale to me is.
sued by the Clerk Of the Circuit Court
of Franklin county, Tenn, on the first
Monday, being the 9Th day of July, 1857,
a, the court house door in Winchester,
will offer for sale, to the highest bidder,
for cash, lot Of Land, to wit: Said lot
Of land is situated in district No. OF
said county, and known as lot No. IL in
the. plan of lot lottery, belonging to Asa
bel Aldrich, decd, and sold by order o!
the Circuit Cour Of sud county--to be
sold as the property of J.J. Thurston, tc
salty an order Of sale in my hand for col
lection, in favor Of l.. Stone, and against
said Thurston. L. w. GONCE, Shift.
may 20, 1857 I'd prs fee 90
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Sheriff Sale.

By virtue of an order of sale to me is.
sued by the Clerk of the Circuit Court
Of Franklin county, Tenn, on the first
Monday, beinalhe 9th day Of July, 1857,
at the court house door in Winchester, |
will offer for sale, to the highest bidder,
for cash, House and Lot situated and
being in the town OF Winchester, upon
which Grin Hill has a blacksmith shop,
and bounded by the street leading from
the square to the Methodist Church, by
A. G. Blacks livery stable, by George
Gray's lot, and the lot that Grin H i'll now
lives upon-to be sold as the property Of
Grin Hill, to satisfy an order Of sale in
my hands for collection, in favor Of Fl. S.
French, and against said Hill. Sale in
legal hours. l.. w. GONCE, Shift.
may 20, 1857 I'd prs fee 5 60
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-05-22
Sheriff Sale.

BY virtue of an execution TO me issued
by the Clerk Of the Circuit Court of Ham.
ilton county, Tenn, on the fist Monday,
being the 9th day Of July, 1857, at the
court house door in Winchester, | will
offer for sale, to the highest bidder, for
cash, two Tracts of Land, adjoining each
other, and lying and being in Franklin
county, Tennessee, in district No. II,
upon the top of Cumberland mountain,
on the waters Of Wiggam's Cove. and
bounded as follows, to wit: On the West
by the lands Of George Gray and Thos.
Finch; on the South by the lands of H.
L. Tumey's entry; on the East by the
land Of M. Porter and James Robinson;
on the North by the land OF Abraham
Shook. Said tracts contain one thousand
and twenty acres, more or less-to be
sold as the property Of Hiram Brown,
TO satisfy a fl. ia. in my hands for collec.
ton, in favor of the State of Tennessee
and against said Brown.
l.. w. GONCE, Shift.
may 20, 1857, I'd prs fee 5 60
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-05-22
Nashville.

Well, we've been down to our Capt.
tal once more-enjoyed ourself very
we'll while going, but much better
while stopping at the St. Cloud, kept
bv Dr.. D. T. ScorT, one Of the best no.
Tel keepers extant. People talk about
Obard times" and that sort of thing
but one thing is certain--no one can
find cause to grumble at the st. Cloud
for want of nice rooms and good eat.
ing, for the table is every day loaded
down with everything a sane mans
appetite can possibly crave. Then
the servants are polite and trusty. A
good house that.
We also went to see SNYDER & FRIz,
sELL, and spent a little while in look,
ing at their new stock of Boots and
Shoes. If any of our friends visit the
city soon, and want n nice covering
for the foot, patronize Snyder e. Friz'
cell They have the prettiest and
largest lot in the city. Their house is
No. 81, Public Square.
And if anything like shirts, cravats,
pants, vests, coats, &C., is needed, "a
10 CLIFTON g. ABsoTr's. on Ceder street,
between Cherry and the Square. They
have the best lot of any house there.
Then. after being thus gifted up
60 TO HusHEs BRos'. Galleries, on the
corner of College and Union, and on
the Square, and have your pictures
taken, Melainotypes are all the rage,
bat Photographs take the lead. Don't
forget eln--Hughes Bros.
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WARNING TO PuYslCIANa.--A 81

WARNING TO PnYsICIANs.--A sad
affair took place in Barstrop, La, IN
March. Dr. Armstrong had a negro
man sent to him with some disease
like the dropsy. The Negro had been
lingering long time, and finally died.
The Doctor undertook to dissect him
and made his own negro man assist in
the operation. 1t seems that the Doc
tor had scratch on one Of his hands,
and the negro letter on one Of his.
They were poisoned by the effects of
the dead negro, and both died in a few
days, and in ten minutes of each other.
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-05-22
Sheriff Sale.

BY virtue Of an order of sale 10 me is.
sued by the Clerk of the Circuit Court
OF franklin county, Tenn, on the first
Monday, being the 9th day July, 1857,
at the court house door in Winchester,
will offer for sale, to the highest bidder,
Tor cash, tract Of Land, 10 wit: lying
and being in said county, in civil district
No. l, bounded as follows: On the North
by the land Of Green Brazclton, former.
~ +, s. Decherd; on the East by the land
OF said Brazoton and VIM. L. Hannah,
and on the South and West by the land
Of William Brazelton, and being the
same land upon which Sanders Farris
now lives--to be sold as the property OF
said Farris, to satisfy an older Of sale in
my hands for collection in favor Of R. S.
Hollands, and against John G. Brazel.
ton, said Faris and others.
L. w. GONCE, Sh'f.
may %, 1867 I'd prs fee 60
The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-05-22
Sheriff Sale,

By virtue Of an order of sale to NE is,
sued by the Clerk Of the Circuit Court
of Franklin county, Tenn, on the first
Monday, being the 9Th day of July, 1857,
at the court house door in Winchester, |
will offer for sale, to the highes, bidder,
for cash, House and Lot, OF lot upon
which there was house, situated and be.
ing in the town Of Winchester, and
bounded as follows: On the East by Sol.
ONION Covers lot; on the South by the
street leading to Judge Green's old place;
on the West by the lot of Will. Ed. Ven,
able; on the North by the lotof M. Por.
ter, containing one acre, more or less
to be sold as the property Of John Y.
Forbes, to satisfy an order of sale in my
hands for collection, in favor of James
Harris, and against said Forbes.
L. W. GONCE, Shift.
may %, 1857 I'd prs fee 5 80
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COMM ERClAL.
Nashville Market.

NASHVILLE, May 81,
The river is very high, and continues
rising,
Trade is good, though not very active
No change in either the Cotton or Gro
Gerry markota.
Breadstufa have steadily advanced
since our last,
Flour-Superfno $5 rs a 9 rs; Extra
Family S7as. Stock ample.
No change in wheat,
Corn, without sacks, 75c; with sacks
90c.
Rye, in demand at SOC,
Oats, firm at soc.
Bacon--Shoulders lllal2c; hams l2l
al3c; sides l3lal4c.