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Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-06-27

REPoRrED HoMIcrDE BY SoN OF
HEsRY CLAy.-The Cincinnati CONNER
cial Of the 18th publishes rumor that .
quarrel occurredo on the previous Thursday
~ Lexinston, KY, between John Clay,
Esq. son Of the departed statesman, and
horse trainer named Edgar, The Com.
nerc'al says:eii NE suas staloiatsIl .eu
High words passed betwses the parties,
asd'led finally to . personal encounter,
wheA Clay drew revolver and fired
t~ice'aa Edgar. One ball entered bis
mouth and passed out behind the ear.
Aaother ball lodged il the back. Edgar
10 reported MORALLY wounded, and is per-
haps dead before this time. baa' - {si
81 Clay immediately left Lexington, and
has not been heard from since. The par
ties have not,been on amicable terms for
some time. John, we believe, is the
youngest surviving son Of Henry Clay. Iaq
OF his elder pbrothers, aoue-Henry
Clay, jr.-was killed, At the battle of Bue.
M Vista-asd anether. James B. Clay,
10 now . Democratic candidate for Con.
gress. 9il0 waI maa @ins7R iessi5 3 II il
The Lexington Observer and Reporter
gives the following account Of The, affair,
but, i viii be seen. says n.thing in regard
to M. Clay's paternity :ar4aans ri siIsi
On Thursday evening, hst, about ?
o'clock, Mr.. Jerome Edgar w,e,shot twica
BY Mr.. John N. Clay, 10 this city. o. We
lears that Edgar was sitting isthe mer.
chant taiIor's store-room Of George A.
bewyer. on Main street. In cdnversa.
tim with two persons who were sit,ips
near him; Clay came 10 with bis pisol in
bis hand, and advanced to within eisAt or
ten feet Of whsrs they were sitting, raised
h'e Pi',oi and fred a Edgar, the ball en-
lssing bis mouth, cutting bis tongue q.
vsreiy, aed lodging in the back Of hia
nsck. Edgar Immediately rose and aa
ont of the bsck door, but while ID the 1acs
Of Soiag 20 Clay drsw another pistol and
agais fred, striking him in The back. Ed
gar being in . shopping positiss At the
tims, the ball from the second pistol rang.
ed upward, and did not entes the cavity Of
The body. Both have besn extracted, and
Edgar, We understand, is in : tair way Of
recovery. What provocaiion existed to
cause this effort On the pan Of Clay to kill
Edgar. We arc not advised, - the peisons
present concur in stating that not . word
was spoken BY any one from the time Clay
entered the room as'il he lett il, after fir.
ing two pistols.
Mr.. Clay. % som a. he had fred the
pistols, and EGsssr :etrea'ed through the
back door, turned and walked back to the
PhDnix Hotel. A warrant was shortly
after issued lor bis srrest, but the officers
hsvs nor Yet soccesded In finding him. n
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-06-27

THr Er1scorAI cHusca.-we under.
stand that Tie contract ior the erection q
s.. NasAew's (EpiscopaD Church in
Houma has been iaksA by Mr.. John Bell.
80. e I)snalds1avills, I ssntlema1 whose
name = ! tall llansse y ! hithfal and
sxPedaisssi ospssaios. n act pvelimi.
,nap qpsrsiioss arc already commenced.
Ne chsEch : 70 rbeil . haadsoue hsick
Saees.. Gay ~ forty feet and calculated 10
ssat a73 persons. Il is to b located On
bar'ss strsst - = 6as pises Of ground
gsassos deaessd BY r. 4. Barrow,
Eaa.. = lperposs. i We segrs. 4. say
that De. ~ eribed Is not quite sun.
cissaas eosss . anount Of tho builders
contract II esasninss thoPs 10 ses il
incrsdSsd.a L u hbs hoped that an Who
sel q is.sFsa il % town q .vls wish
70 psanots chfisiiani1 aor mss.litJ Win
rssppnd = the call for asistaaes. asaA
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-06-27

-h MUNICIPAL TROUBLES IN NEW York.
-.rke latest New York papers received
inform us thst the conflict Of auahority and
squabhes between the two sets Of police
were Continually growing moro violent,
and had educed the city to = condition Of
complete snarchy. The Governor had
appointed ! Street Commissioner, and
when he Pehisted in taking possession Of
the books, Palers and office. he was for.
chilly elected therefrom BY the police act.
ing under the Mayor and Sheriff: War.
rants for assault we're then issued against
the latter, and a attachment II the new
police sent to aSre.t,hem. While ascen.
ding the steps Of the City Hall tor that
force Of Mayor Woods police
and drove them away, bestinp
them severely with club. and DANCE rously
wounding several, among them Captain
Dilks. who It was thought could not re.
cover. The Mayor and Sheriff; however,
gave bail to appear, but, apprehens,vee Of
further disturbances. the CORNER had !.
regiment Of military called ont, which en-.
5ed the disturbances fyr the ,ine.ss grid,
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TELEGRAPHIC.
Minister reed. D,nner Speech.

Nrw YoRk, June 23.-Mr. Reed, the
newly appointed Minister from this Gov
eminent TO China, partook Of q public din.
ner yesterday, at Philadelphia, the city Of
his residence. In the course Of his speech
he expressed the hope that his mission
would have peaceful result, and intima-
ted pointedly that while he should submit
to no insult to his own Government, he
should not join others in hostilities against
China. $50 &ET f8E'f
Mississippi Gubcrnatorial Nomination.
V1cksBuRG, June 23.-On the second
day Of the session of the Democratic State
Convention, at Jackson, after the four
teenth ballot for candidate for Governor,
ali the nominees were Withdrawn but
two. and on the seventeenth ballot Nc
Willie had so and Cannon had Al votes.
Nc Willie was then nominated by accla-
nation. 7sff E1 eBH i'"i a't5s
NATL storm In kentucky 57u
LOUISVILLE, June 23.-There has been
a tremendous hail storm in Buchanan
county. One negro was killed and seve-
raj were wounded. The hail stones were
us large as goose eggs. ..ss~,,eg,,
ST.. LOUIS, June 23.-1'he Leavenwo
Journal says that the IL regular candidates
(Democratic) are elected TO the Constitu.
tional Convention in that county. ia.. 5s.
\ Hops, charged with murder, has been
,cqui,ted. g,s-,sS. ~, .sreif;- s.s5vs sai
| .ft sfss.ss
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-06-27

HoxoR TO THE ARTISANS Mex,
Saturday Is the anniversary of American
Independence, and We verify believe it
would have passed unnoticed by our citi.
zens. but for the intense and "progressive'
patriotism Of the button.hole fraternity.
These perserering men (long may they
find subjects to work UPON have nobly de.
termined to celebrate our national birth.
day in : manner worthy Of their cause.
They are to have . grand dinner At
which it Is expected the shrine Of Bacchus
will DO flooded in bounteous citations,
while the aece.sary substantial viands are
10 be provided profusely enough to satisfy
the most voracious gourmand. Tho Dor.
ing brotherhood knowing their immense
numerical superiority in the community,
have determined not to b. exclusive, but
take al by the hand who show the least
disposition to sympathise with them.
Therefore such Is have not yet received
An inviiation 10 dino elsewhere on that
day would do well TO call on the commit
tee and enroll their .sames among the sub.
seribers. sWeaU happy 70 sssi This %.
cient and everlasting fraternity pursuing
such patriotic course. Il asgurs eel,
for q sssassis tss sa' .zisssd ts.f'ae sizi 9 80
"The turnpike road 70 peoples hearts 1 find
Lies through thsis noslha se1 miltake mankind"
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-06-27

sllssV eaneissaco TBsE3 1903 O stus e
81 t1Y
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-11-19

SPECIE MovEMENT.-It is said that
during the month Of October, this
country gained in specie and its equiv.
alent, about eight millions Of dollars.
Since then, the North Star and Gran
ada from California, have brought
two and half millions, and the Can.
ada, ArSel and arabia from Europe,
have increased the sum two and hall
millions more. Besides this, large
specie imports have been made from
Mexico-making an aggregate Of
about thirteen and a half millions oi
dollars. Scarcely one million Of this
sum has been exported. The pros
pect is that the influx will continue al
nearly the same rates for sometime to
come, and if the banks will only with
draw their rags from circulation by
paying what they have promised, We
shall soon have currency which will
be subject to neither contractions nol
expansions, and which cannot be de.
preciated in value at the pleasure Of
Wall-street pimps and bank nabobs.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-11-19
Democratic Victories I'm 1857.

The capacity of the people for self
government is strikingly demonstrated
in the history Of the country. Occa'
sionally deceived by designing men
who have their own private ends to
subserve, the people are not long in
correcting their errors and setting
themselves right before the world
Thus, last year, under the humbug
cries of Bleeding Kansas" and
"Pro.Slavery locofocoism," the Black
Republicans carried majority of the
States in the north by large majorities.
Their majority in New York was so,
900; in Ohio 1900; in Wisconsin
$4,000, in Iowa 5000. This year,
however, after the masses have had
time to take the sober second thought,
the result in the above named States
has been quite different. N. York and
Wisconsin have wheeled into the dem
ocratic column; Ohio is no longer a
Black Republican State; Iowa has
been carried for the Republicans by
only 1000, and Michigan is trembling
in the balance. Add to all these the
new State of Minnesota, and we have
an almost undivided Northwest, with
the great States Of Pennsylvania and
New York, on the East, for the De-
mocracy. Indiana, Illinois and Penn
sylvania gallantly withstood the Stree.
dom.shrioking" tornado last year,
Ohio and Wisconsin have been re.
deemed and Iowa and Michigan will
be ut the next election. Black Re-
publicanism, is, therefore, necessarily
crowded back to the place of its origin
--topuritanic New England, the birth
place of Blue-LightS, Hartford Con.
ventions, Union hsters, free.lovers,
nigger.wOrshippers and political
preachers. There it will remain un-
til repudiated by its authors--when,
nobody knows and nobody cares,
The star Of Democracy is again in the
oScendency in the Free States! Let
us rejoicel
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-11-19

Ihave been informed by citizen Of Swan
township that the Junior editor of the Afri-
can Democrat asserted that some of the
faithful had compelled me to own in the
Court House, on the election night, that
had lied. wish to say that if he did make
this assertion he is liar Ben JOHNSON.
We made the assertion, Ben-that's
so. Whether we lied or not the pub.
lie can decide after reading the affida-
Wits in relation to this matter, in
another column. We believe you to
be either o knave or a fool--some
think you both--and therefore will let
you slide, as the games not worth
the powder"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-11-19
The MOrmons.

| These polygamous and Semi-bar
barous people who have located nea
the Great Salt Lake, have at last com
mitted an act Of open rebellion, hay
ing attacked and destroyed a gov
ernment train of supplies, consisting
of abOnt seventy-eight wagons. This
act will furnish a just cause to the
Government for giving Brigham
Young and his pestiferOus followers
a wholesome chastisement. General
Denvers, the Commissioner of lndi,
an Affairs has just written Brigham a
letter, in reply to bis communication
in which the saint receives a severe
rebuke for the manner in which he
has superintended Indian Affairs in
Utah. 1t appears that ne has excell-
ed the appropriations some 100000.
So fur from encouraging amicable re.
atiOns, Mr.. Denver tells him that he
has studiously endeavored to impress
upon the minds of the Indians that
the Mormons are friends, and that
the Government and people of the
United States are enemies to the In
dians. Young has long been Suspec.
ted of playing this sort of a game,
and we have no doubt that it has been
the cause of much trouble with the
Indians. In regard to the presence Of
troops in the territory, Mr.. Denyers
says that the government has no alter.
native but to crush ont the rebellion,
and for this purpose the Executive
will use all the power with which he
is invested.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-11-19

ed to in the affidavit of Aquila Webb,
between said Webb and Is. +. John
son, and said B. F. Johnson did then
admit to said Webb that he (Johnson)
had lied; and he further states, that
when he (JOhnsOn) saw Mackey at
the election, it pnt the devil in him,
and he was determined to do every
thing he could and he had.
WILLIAM CARSON.
Sworn to and subscribed by said Will
lam Carson, before me, November
10th, 1857.
j. W. SwEPsToS, j. Peace.
Also, J. A. Walden and L. Hol.
land, who, being duly sworn, accord
ing to law, say that they were present
in the Hall Of the Court House, in
Macarthur, on the night of the annual
election, IN Oct, 1857, and heard o
conversation between B. +. johnson
and Aquilla Webb, and then and
there, heard said johnson admit and
own to said Webb, that he (JohnSOn)
had lied; and further, said johnson
said it was the calculation to do 80.
j. A. WALDEN,
l.. HOLLAND.
Sworn to and subscribed by the above
named, j. A. Walden. and l.. Hol.
land, before me, this Nov. 18th,
1857. j. W. SwEPsToN,
Justice Peace.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-11-19

having on the day OF the election cir
culated and peddled at least three
kinds Of fraudulent tickets with an in
tent to deceive the voters, as B. F.
johnson did-and after standing all
day at the polls slandering candidates
and doing the dirty work that no other
man Of the party is mean enough to
do, as B. F. johnson did, he is the
last man that should open his mouth
abont frauds and foul play. Com.
plant comes with a bad grace from
that quarter.
The kgh.mindea and honorable q
young man is concerned for the honor
and dignity of himself and relatives,
and does not relish the idea that |
should even insinuate that they enter
tain any respect for, orare upon terms
of friendship with,me am sorry for
| his sake that | alluded to the fact of
my friendly relations with the family.
| | did not at the time take into consid-
Grafton the fact that was lowering
the dignity or injuring the Jright
prospects Of the man by an insinua-
tion that his family had treated inc
as an equal and as a friend. lie is in.
suited at the insinuation and pretends
to speak for all but his father, whom
he says, entertains the same opinion
that ho does, and he does not'thauk
Inc. | have only to say if that is the
feeling, and he truly represents his rel
atives, that is the first and only truth
| ever knew him to tell, and that they
have acted more deceitfullv with me
than His Satanic Majesty, the Devil,
desires any one to act; for they have,
| believe, without an exception, aside
from politics) been my protessed
friends, and now | do not charge them
with deception, nor do | believe they
are disposed to cut my acquaintance.
This latter opinion will regulate my
conduct in relation to the family and
connections, until | discover that the
complaint with which the said B. f.
johnson is sorely afflicted (most gen.
orally denOminated "the big head y
has become contagious, and affected
others Of the family. | may then con-
cluGe, as to them, as | now do in his
case, that is, that he is sufficiently
pulled up and conceited to feel him.
self disgraced by comparison with
the President Of the United States (!
have already extended my re.
marks far beyond what at first con
templated, and feel that | ought t
dismiss the gentleman () and the un'
pleasant subject, which shall do will
a word of advice by which | hope thu
young man may profit. And that is
that in the future he had better exer
else a little more caution and not LEI
his zeal in q bad cause lead him t
make and publish false charges agsins
men who differ with him in politics
which he cannot prove, and such as
he made against myselfand others OF
the day OF the election, which was tina
| and others (whom he namely "wer'
iu tipe habit OF hiring IrIshmen Il
vote" least he might be called upor
to respond to said charges otherwise
than through the newspapers.
Very Respectfully, yours,
3. 2. HEWITT.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-11-19
Brilliant Democratic Triumph
in Wisconsin.

1t gives us great pleasure to record,
this week, another Democratic victo-
ry. Despite the lies ofthe telegraph,
and the as sertions of the Republican
journals to the contrary, Wisconsin
has enrolled herself among the Demo.
cratic States. The majority OF the
Democracy will reach about 1900
The majority for the Republicans last
year was about $1,000. The follow.
ing is the ticket elected:
Governor-JAMEs 3. Cross.
Lieutenant Governor-E. D. CAMP
BELL.
Secret@y-DAvID W. JONES.
Treasurer-CARL HAB1cH.
Attorney General-GABEIEL BoUCK.
Superintendent of Public Institu-
tions-L. G. DRAPER.
Bank Controller-JoEL G. SoUIREs.
Prison Commissioner - EDWARD
McGARRY.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-11-19
Mexico.

The news from this peace-fo -forsaken
country states that the political guar
antees of the New Constitution have
been suspended and that President
Commonfort has been clothed with
dictatorial powers. As usual, rev.
olution is in progress.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-11-19
AFFIDAVITS.
Tile State Of Odio,(
VintOn COuntU, So.

Ane Ot1te " Oh1O,
ViatOn County, SS.
We, Robert Welch, Aquilla Webb
and William Fee, being first du-
ly sworn, according to law, state
that we have seen the article or COM
munication in the Macarthur Journal,
of November 9Th, 1857, over the sig
nature ofB. f. Johnson, and purport.
ing to have been written by him, in
answer to an article written by B. P.
Hewitt, and published in the Near
thur Democrat, in which communica-
ton written or purporting to have been
written by B. F. Johnson, we notice
that he denies having asserted that
Judge Hewitt had pronounced "the BIZ
bic and the Methodist Church o nui-
sance" or,that he never offered to prove
that he had said the Bible was q nui-
sance. We also notice, that said John.
son, in said communication, denies
thath did, in the Court House, on
the night of the election, own that he
lied. We further state, that we were
present at the place of holding elec-
tions in Swan Township, on the day
OF the annual election, in October,
1857, and then and there heard said
B. F. johnson, repeatedly, say that
Hewitt had pronounced "the Bible
and the Methodist Church nuisance" "
aud that he could prove it; he also
offered to bet that he could prove the
ASSERTION, and when his proposition
to bet was accepted and not until
then did he recede from any portion of
the above assertion-he then refused
to have the Bible included in the
proposition. And the said Webb
further states, that he did, on the
night Of the election, in the Hall OF
the Court House, in Macarthur, have q
conversation with said B. F. Johnson,
in relation to the charges he (Johnson)
had that day made against B. P.
Hewitt, in which affirmant told said
johnson, that he had lied and acted
the rascal, to which said johnson re-
piled that he knew he had aud that
it was the calculation to do so.
K. WEIGH,
VIM. FEE,
AQUILLA WEBB.
Sworn to and subscribed by the above
namel persons before me, this 7th
day OF November, A ID. 1857.
j. W. SwEPsToN, j. Peace.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-11-19


GENERAL CAvAIeNAc.- A recent
arrival from Europe brings intell;-
gence Of the death OF Gen. Cavaignac,
an able French military chfertain
and a distinguished man. He was
for many years the commander of the
French forces in Algiers and did much
to bring the war in that country to o
close. In 184S be was on the side Of
the Revolutionists, and when the re-
bellion against the provisional gov
ernment OF Lamartine occurred, he
commanded the troops which quelled
it and saved the nation from total an
archy. He was then invested with
dictatorisl powers, and was after
wards the candidate for President a.
gainst Louis Napoleon. The latter
succeeding, Cavaignac was put under
ban through petty jealously of the
President. No doubt France lost
much in the late war with Russia by
the prescription of such able Generals
as Cavaignac, Changarniere and Lam
oriciere. Either of them could have
sustained the honor of the French
arms quite as well as Marshal Pellis'
sier.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-11-19

EIGHT Persons KILLED. The tug
boat, Noah N. Sprague, of Buffalo,
exploded at Detroit, few days ago,
killing eight out of the ten persons
who composed the crew.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-11-19
An entrance was frat effected Al the

An entrance was frat effected q. the
Cashmere Gate.
An advance was then made along
the ratnparts to the main bastion aud
the Cabul Gate. The resistance was
very obstinate.
Messrs. Wilmer & Smiths TINES
of the S1st ult., IN their financial arti.
cles, say that the effect Of the news
from America received this week, mp.
or the English money market, has
been very reassuring, although the
storm has not passed over without in.
flicting disaster.
The Borough Bank Of Liverpool
has given way under the pressure,
and must wind up its affairs. The
capital represents q million OF money,
but its suspension has created less
surprise than regret.
The Western Bank Of Scotland,
with upward ofone hundred branches
and the head Office at Glasgow, has
been in nearly as sad q plight, owing
principally to the position Of affairs in
America; but the new turn which
things have taken has induced aid to
be forthcoming. The deposits in this
bank represent G6,000,000.
All apprehension, therefore, Of a
drain Of gold for the United States
has disappeared, because, in the pres.
ent state of exchange, speculative
shipments Of specie to America would
end in loss, and thus has ended, for
a time at least, the greatest pressure
which our money market has sustain
ed during the last ten years. The
price of most articles of produce has
been affected by the state of uncertain.
ty during the interval, and some little
time must elapse before the equilib.
rum is perfectly restored.
The demand for silver to send to
the East is still considerable, and i'm.
ports OF silver from the continent, to
be replaced by gold, have taken
place; but this drain is small and hard.
ly worthy OF notice, as compared
with the great American present..
ment.
ENGLAND.
There hos been q large number Of
failures, including Messrs. Thornton,
Hoggins, Ward & Co., of Manchester /,
with liabilities amounting to G500,
900; W. & H. Brand & Co., of Lon.
don, in the American trade, with liza.
bilities amountirgto $4,000; Char.
ter, Smith & Co., Of Manchester, and
james Condie, Of Perth, with liabili.
ties amounting to G1SO,000.
Lord Owsley goes as q Special
Minister to Central America, by way
OF Washington.
FRANCE.
Gen. Cavaignac died suddenly Of
disease of the heart.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-11-19

The Democratic majority over oil
opposition is twenty-five, and over the
Black Republicans forty! In the last
House the Democrats had but seven.
ty-six members. They have gained,
therefore, fifty-five members from the
combined opposition. This is one of
the most astonishing political revoiu-
tions ever witnessed in the House,
We include Minnesota in the list, as
her members and Senators will un.
doubtedly be admitted to their seats
soon after Congress meets. Among
the elect to the House we include Mr..
Campbell of this State, whose seat is
contested and probably will be final
ly awarded to Mr.. Vallandigham.-
The Democratic majority in both
branches over all opposition is suffi-
GENTLY decisive to carry out q strict
Democratic policy, provided there is
no detection or secession from our
ranks. With a handsome majority of
friends in both houses Of Congress,
and sustained and supported by the
results Of the elections North and
South, Mr.. Buchanan's Administers
ton starts Oft under the most hatter.
ing auspices.-Gn. Eng.