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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25
TIfth-AVenue Hotel.

The Journal Of Commerce gives
the following account of a new hotel
on the Fifth-avenue, in which 81, 900,
900 will be invested:
A still more notable building is the
mammoth hotel recently commenced
on Fiith-avenue, and extending from
Twenty-third to Twenty-tourth
Qormerly known an the Hippodrome
property for Amos r. Emo. 1t is an
ticipated that this edifice, as hotel,
will be nowhere surpassed in this
country. On Fifth-avenue it will
have white marble front of two hun
dred feet, and a depth on the side
streets oftwo hundred and twenty-four
feet-the whole six stories in hight
1t will be in the Italian style Of archi-
lecture, with projecting porticoes to
the three main entrances; spacious
vaults, dining-rooms and kitchens on
the second floor; suites Of apartments
sufficient to accommodate one thou
sand persons; bathrooms and all the
appurtenances of a hotel of the high
est class. The building will be heat
ed by steam in every part. The cost
will be in the neighborhood of $500,
900; or, including ground and furni-
ture, about 81, 100000. 1t is expect
ed that the building will be finished
in the fall of 1858. The Fifth.avenue
side will form seven stores. A dis
tinguished feature will be the great
width of the corridors, intersecting the
building in every part. None will be
less than ten feet, and that to the din
ing-room will be twenty-eight.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25

How Mr.. BENTON PREPARES HIS
SPEECHEs.-The Maine Evangelist
says:-
"When Mr.. Benton was here last
winter, we took occasion to make some
enquiries of him about his manner Of
preparing his speeches. He said he
never wrote them out. His first
speech he did write in full, and com
mitted it to memory. But he was
blind when he came to deliver it, ard
never wrote another. BE thought ont
his speeehes-became sure Of the
thought-knew what he meant and
did not mean to say-wrote difficult
parts-tangled points-and then left
it unmemorized to be reproduced at
the moment"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25

l said those cross things to you this
morning; | was greatly to blame, and
they've made me unhappy ever since
so I've come clear down here to make
up and hear you say once more thai
you love me-"
The cloud was gone. There was q
world of fond tenderness that looked
down from those dark eyes OH the la
dy.
"Why, bless you, Adeline, you
havn't come clear off for thatl | was
more to blame than you, great deal;
but some business matters were trou.
bling me, and | am a touchy fellow,
any how, | guess"
"No, you're not. | felt all the time
that you were displeased with me-
But do you love me just as well as
everl"
That smile, that glance, would have
satisfied any wife.
"She is a jewel, anyhow" muir
INJURED Harry Leeds to himself, after
she had left, as he arranged his disor-
derly desk, with a face as changed and
as bright as the sky outside, for the
sun had suddenly plunged through the
clouds. olive have pretty good sales
this week, I'll just get her that carpet
for a Christmas present, see if |
don't"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25

BARE BREASTED AGAINST THE Bull
LETs.--A Life -Guardsman was bro't
to George the Fourth, fresh from Wa
.erloo, to give his opinion as to the
question of increasing the defensive
armor of the Englishman.
"Now," said the King, "if there
was another scrimmage like Water
loo, and you had your own choice,
how, should you dress for III"
"Well, and please your Majesty"
said the London Mars, 81 should Ike
to take off my coat and tuck up my
sleeves"
So much for a practical mans opin.
ion Of defensive armor, which, at the
boom Of the first cannon, dropped off
the European, who henceforward pre-
pared to meet death bare. breasted and
open.eyed.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25

The Paris correspondent of the N.
Y. Commercial thus describes the
Russian Grand Duke Constantine,
now on visit to France
Constatine is 80 years of age, and 1
was was able to verify for myself what
many of my friends who had been in
Russia had asserted-that he would be
taken for an American anywhere
He is, in fact, the perfect type of an
American. He is about the middle
size, thin and straight; his hair is
blond, and he wears light tavOris
joined to a mustacEe. He has a
proud, quick, nervous air, and an oc-
casional glance that partakes Of the
bold, or, more properly speaking, the
impertinent. The portraits our picto-
rials have published, and which you
may see, do not resemble him in any
particular.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25
Western EIOQuence.

The following is said to be not a
burlesque, but part Of a real speech in
a criminal trial out West -
"My speech may not carry it, but it
runs through all the law, that hearsay
evidence is not to be received. How
erroneous is well illustrated by the an
ecdote of the King Of Siam and the
Dutch ambassador. The ambassador
called upon the King, told him that
in his country water CONCEALED SO that
elephants could walk over it. OH!
says the King of Siam. Il don't be-
liere a acord Of 1t. Now l was will
ing that you should look at and in
spect that physiognomy, pointing to
prisoners face of most villainous ex-
preston, and it will compare with
any cOuntenance around. Take for
instance the Prosecuting Attorney,
NTH that elongated face Of his, aciM
that FETLooK OF HAIR, hanging Ov6r
his broR2ed COuntenaace, LIKE A WILD
ASS SWEEPING OVER THE PLAINS OF MEX
Ico, amid tie loud DIAPsoNs Of heav-
ems artillery, and it won't compare
with the prisoners. Don't it 90 with
ERREsistable force? could any man be
SO fool-hardy [thamp,] as to suppose
that he would go and say that [thump,] ]
he stole that coat9 Would he get
down into cabin, plunder coat and
pants, [thump,] could it be poSsible9
"The Prosecuting Attorney has q
peculiar faculty Of preaching a ser.
mon at the opening and delivering a
lecture at the close. This prisoner
may have had an Ingenious method
of getting this coat--there may have
been a cOaCOctiOn, Wion Of joint
Efforts, a cooperation, a combination
among them to put this upon defend
ant. 1t will require tact, it will re-
quire skill, it will be like man at sea
for life and thrown overheard to prove
that this coat was worth one cent
You can't but acquit defendant"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25

living, and that her husband had been
dead over two years. He pointed ont
his cottage, as the cars passed on
but he did not leave the train. He
proceeded forward, renewed his ac-
quaintance, found the lady her own
mistress-proposed to her again, for
he believed her as lovely as ever, and
won her sure, this time. And we re-
cord the fact with no ordinary degree
Of pleasure, that within the last three
weeks the lovers were actually united
in marriage in the city of Boston,
Long may they life to enjoy their
wealth and happiness which must fol-
low their union.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25

HooPs DooMED.--Ladios prepare
for an extreme change in your hab-
its, for Paris correspondent of the
New York Courier and Enquirer says:
Lank as the Recamier OF 1900, tho
substitute for the full.blown rose, we
now behold the belle of1S5S will come
upon US in appalling unmitigated de-
formity, sans crioline, sans basque,
sans hustle, sans wad, sans wool,
sans cane, sans steel, sans every
thing"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25

AN UNFORTUNATE CoMPARIsoN.-
Lord Chief Justice Kenyon was con-
spicuou for economy in every article
of his dress. Once, IN the case of an
action brought for the non-fulfllment
of contract on large scale for shoes,
the question mainly was, whether or
not they were we'll and soundly made,
and with the best materials. A mum.
Der Of witnesses were called, one OF
whom being closely questioned, re-
turned contradictory answers; when
the Chief Justice observed, pointing
to his own shoes, which were regular
ly bestridden by the broad silver buck
le of the day
"Were the shoes anything like
these 2"
"No, my lord" replied the witness,
"they were great deal better, and
more genteeler."
The court was convulsed with laugh
ter, in which the Chief Justice heart,
lily joined.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25

UA lawyer riding through q
town, stopped at a cottage to enquire
his way. The lady Of the house told
him that he must 60 straight on for
some time, then turn to the right; but
said that she herself was going to pass
tho road he must take, and that if he
would wait few minutes she would
show him the way. SWELL" said he,
"bad company is better than none;
make haste" After jogging along
five or six miles, the gentleman asked
ifhe had not come to the road he must
take. "Oh, yes" said she, eve passed
it two or three miles back, but | tho't
that bad company was better than
none, so kept you along with me-"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25

A PICTURE OF SUNDAY LIFE IN CHI
oAGo.--Here is picture ofSunday
life in Chicago, furnished by the Times.
Here in Chicago, on Sunday, we
have Sc churches open during the
forenoon and evening but at the same
time there are no less than so ball
rooms, in each of which the band
plays from morning till night, and
waltzing goes on without intermis-
sion. In addition to these "festivi-
ties" we have two theatres, each with
its performers in tights and very short
garments, rivaling Ellsler in their
graceful evolutions. Saloons have
their front doors closed by public proc
lamation, but do thriving business
through side entrances.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25
"HosP1TALITY n--As UNDERSTOOD

"HospITALITY "--As UNDERSTOOD
BY THE PEOPLE OF CINCINNATI.-Offi.
ciously show gentleman-an invited
guest-the omnibus which is to take
him to different points of interest in
the city-when he is set down, let
him answer the drivers call for "a
quarter, sir. " Give an "invited
guest" a ticket to dine at 70S Hide
and-go-seek alley, and when he rises
from the table, let him in the fullness
ofhis stomach respond to the walters
-"a dollar, sirl" This is hospitality,
and, strange to say, the meaning OF
that term has never been understood
before. "Why," said burly fellow,
whose ideas were formed in the old
school, "Why, sir, ifthis be hospitali-
ty, be good enough to tell me ,0hat
ainf hospitality, ehl"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25
TTbe Bnfalo Commercial Ad

O The Buffalo Commercial Ad.
vertiser, Fillmore organ, thus no,
tees the late Ohio defalcation. II
says: "But two or three hundred
thousand dollars are but small part
of the defalcation, and the fact that
Mr.. Gibson has resigned his office,
certainly indicates a consciousness Of
guilt. If the defalcation were wholly
or mainly chargeable to his predeceS
sor, he was fool TO make the comics
sion which is implied in his rcsigns,
ton"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25

HUMAN ELEvATIoN.-"I know, ,
says Claiming, "but one true elevation
Of the human being, and that is the
elevation Of the soul. Without this,
it matters nothing where a man
stands, or what he possesses; and with
it, be towers--he is one of Gods no.
bility, no matter what place he holds
in the social scale. There are not
different kinds of dignity for different
orders of men, but one and the same
to all. The only elevation ofthe hu-
man being consists in the exercise,
growth and energy of the higher prin-
ciples and powers of his soul. A bird
may be shot upwards to the skies by
foreign force, but it rises, in the true
sense of the word, only when it
spreads its own wings and scars by its
own living power. So a man may
be thurst upwards in q conspicuous
place by outward accidents, but he
rises only 30 far as he exerts himself
and expands his best faculties, and
ascends up, by a free effort, to a noble
region of thought and action"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25
The Hair a Test of the COnSti-
tuition.

The state of the hair on the head
(says DR.. Holland } tends to elucidate
the character of the constitution. II
strong and thick, it implies considera-
bic tone and energy Of the vital pow.
ers. If, on the other hand, It is thin,
soft, or silky--prone to grow in length
rather than in strength-tke anima,
system is almost invariably weak.
and the disposition of the individual
is not untrequently mild, easy, and
destitute of enterprise, rarely display
ins qualities which indicate force OF
intellect. We may further remark,
as the result Of careful observation,
that the curliness of the hair, not
merely in infancy, but in after life, is
evidence Of unusual constitutional
vigor, though not necessarily conjoin-
ed with a well-developed muscular
frame. The vital properties which
throw outthe external appendage thick
and abundant, in harmony with the
requirements of the system are the
cause, from the affluence and activity
by which they are characterized, of
this being not only strong but curly
We have no hesitation in the express
ion ofthis opinion; nor will its accu-
racy be questioned by those who have
given attention to the matter.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25

WRITTEN SERMoNs.-The antipathy
of the Scotch people to reading ser
mons is well known. At Kirkcud-
bright, at an "inauguration," an old
woman on the pulpit stairs asked one
of her companions ifthe new minister
was a reader. "And how can he
read, woman9" was the reply; "the
poor mans blin'." To which the first
made answer: "Fm glad to hear it.
| wish they were a. blinn" "
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25

"Harry," said a young lady on the
seat before US at the theater, last
evening, show | should like to be an
actress"
Gan actress, Henrietta! wbyp
"Oh it must be so nice to be made
love to in such pretty words evsry
evening"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25

ARIsToCRACY AND DEMOCRACY
Compare the splendid apostrophe Of
Burke 10 Maria Antoinette, in the day
Of her radiant state and loveliness,
with the annexed entry relative to her
burial, made by the sexton in the rec
ords of the Madelaine: paid seven
francs for coffin for the Widow Ca
petn
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25

ISacher.--"How many kinds of
axes are there ?"
BOy--"Broad axe, narrow axe, post
axe, axe of the Legislature, axe Of the
Apostles, and axe my pal"
1eacher-"Good go to the head
of your class"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25

DC Two children were recently
sufocated to death in Roxbury, Mass,
by accidently setting fire to the bed
clothes Of the room in which they
slept.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25

" AT Munich, Bavaria, the 100,
600 inhabitants drink 1861, ,421 gal
Ions oflager- beer in 160 days, or one
third of gallon perday to every man,
woman and baby in the city.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25
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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25
Ggs Mt9hBur Democrat,

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY
PEARCE 4 SPENCE.
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Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-01-03
CTATE OF LOUISIANA-PARISH
- OF TERREBONNE-FIFTH DISTRICT COURT.
Edward NJ Boykin

SJAlE OF LOOAoAhANA-iA aus -
| - OF rERREBoNNE-FIFTA DISTRICT COURT.
s ss"..' ; :; .s, Lang. ) No. ''"'
By virtue and in obedience to an order
of sale, issued by the aforesaid Court in
the above entitled and numbered suit,
there will be offered for sale at public
auction, to the highest bidder, by Aubin
Boure, Sheriff Of the parish Of Terre-
bonnie, at the Court House door in the
town of Houma, on
Saturday, January Sd, 1887,
between IL o'clock, A. NJ, and o'clock,
P. M, the following described property,
to-wit:
A certain SUGAR PLANTATION in
the parish of Terrebonne on Bayau Black,
about four miles below Houma, composed
of two tracts.
l. A tract on tho left descending bank
of said bayou, having afront on the said
bayou of twenty-five arpents, bounded
above by land of Gilmore F. Connely, and
below by land of Evariste Porche, sup
posed to contain about five hundred and
fifty superficial arpents, together with the
sugar house, mill, engine and other fix
lures, and all the other buildings and i'm
provements thereon and thereunto be-.
longing.
2. A tract on the opposite side Of said
bayou, fronting thereon, the dimensions OF
which front cannot now be ascertained,
with depth to the back line Of the Robert
Martin confirmation, and comprising an
area of 1913 and 9O.1OOth superficial ar
penis, bounded above by lands of Holden
Wright, and below by those of William
J. Minor, being the same tract Of land
recovered Of the said Holden Wright at
the suit Of Boykin & Lang, by Judgment
of the Fifth District Court of the Parish
of Terrebonne, with all the improvements
thereon and thereunto belonging.
TERMS OF SALE The price payable
by thirds. One third on the first day Of
March, 1858; one third on the first day
of March, 1859; and one third on the
first day of March, 1860. The purchasers
will be required to give their notes to the
order Of and endorsed by some good and
approved security, payable at the office OF
the Recorder Of the Parish Of Terrebonne !;
said notes to be given in coupons, two
notes Of equal amounts for each payment,
in order to effect a partition of the price
between the partners, Edward NJ. Boykin
and the minor Samuel Logan Lang; said
notes to bear eight per centum per annum
interest from their respective maturities
until paid, and to be secured by special
mortgage and vendors privilege on the
property sold.
P. P. LEBLANC, Dep. Sheriff:
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-01-03
CTATE OF LOUISIANA-Fifth Dis.
~ trict Court-Parish Of Terrebonne.
F.S Goode, Administrator
va ! No. 1885,

"A
~ trict Court-Psrish Of Terrebonne.
F.S Goode, Administrator
Philip wa.ther. AVE- ~
By virtue of writ of Fl. fa., emanating
from the above named Court, in the above
entitled and numbered suit, there will be
offered for sale to the last and highest
bidder by Aubin Bourg, Sheriff Of said
parish, at the Court House in Houma, on
Saturday, January I'D, 1857,
between IL o'clock, A. NJ, and 4 o'clock,
p. M, the following described property,
to.wit:
A certain TRACT OF LAND situated
in the Parish of Terrebonne. on the left
bank of the Bayou Black, at about twenty.
four miles below the town of Houma, and
in the village of Tigerville, measuring
one half arpent in front by five arPents in
depth, bounded above by land Of Louis
Valencony, and below by land belonging
to the Estate of Michael Gimble. with all
the buildings and Improvements thereon.
Terms-CASH.
Said sale will be made to satisfy the
principal, interest, and cost in the above
entitled and numbered suit.
A. BOURG, Sheriff:
P.y;.h of Terrebonne November o9th 1856
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-01-03
ETAT DE LA LOUIsIANE-Cour

II n OI LA AOO ASAEAASA ~NH
~ du SEINE Dstric, Neutrality-suspicious. Terrebonne.
J.B. Boudreaux, Administrator
IA. Gagne, Administrator.
En- vertu dun writ de f. IA, eman@ de
Ia Cour sus.nommee, dams Paffaire CT
dessus intitulke ct numerotEe, il sera offer'
en- vente publique Ia Maison de Cour a
Houma, par Aubin Bourg, Sheriff de la
dite Paroisse,
SAMED1, LIE JANv1ER, 1857,
entire IL heures A. NJ. ct heures P. NJ, la
propriGte ci.apres decrite, savoir:
La moitie indivise DUN certain Moroccan
de Terre situe dams cette Paroisse, sur la
rive droite en- descendant du Bayou Petit
Gallon, mesurant cinq arpents de face
avec Ia profondeur de Parpentage, avec
les authorizations qui sly trouvent, borne
en- haut par la terre de Hotard ct Watson,
ct en- has par celle de Louis Verret.
TERMEs EFT CONDITIONS Pour du
compliant, pour satisfaire la somme de
quarante ct une 663-1OO piastres, avec
HUT pour cent par an depuis le Ter Avril
1856, ct les frais; ct a credit pour salts
taire la somme de quarante ct une Co.,
100 piastres. payable en- Mars 1857. ct
Ia meme somme payable en- Mars 1858,
les dites sommes devant porter hui, pour
cent par an d'interet depuis le II No.
vembre 1855, ct la balance du prix
compliant.
La lite vente sera fate pour satisfaire
a la somme principale, linteret ct les
frais dams Ia sus.dite cause.
A. BOURG, Sheriff.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-01-03
TENIE DE SUCCESSION.
ETAT DE LA LOUISIANE-Cou,


ETAT DE LA LOUISIANE-Co
Adu SEINE District Judiciare, Paroisse Terrebonne.
Succession do MICHAEL GIMBLE.
Au nom ct par l'autorite de l'Hon. la
Cour du Cinquieme District Judiciaire,
siEgeant dams ct pour Il Paroisse Terre-
bonne, il sera offert On vente pablique a
l'enchere, par Aubin Bourg, Sheriff de IL
dite Paroisse, sur les lieux Tigerville,
Lundi, le Janvisr, 1857,
IL vente devant commencer IL heures
a. H., les prophecies ci-apres decrites ap.
partenant Ia dite succession, SAVIOR:
l. I'm certain terrain dams le village de
Tigerville, mesurant trois.quarts d'acre de
face, contenant q peu.pres cling arpents,
borne en- haut par Ia terre do Philip
Walther, ct en- has ct en- arriere par Ia
terre de Madame L. C. Price, ensemble
avec toutes les bAtisses ct authorizations.
2. I'm autre terrain dams le village de
Tigerville, mesursnt environ IN demi acre
de lace, par une profondeur d'a peu.pres
sept arpents, borne en- haut ct en- arriere
par Ia terre de T. A. Il w. w. Wallis, ct
en- bas par Ia terre de L. Valencony, avec
touies les bAtisses ct ameliorations.
3. Albert, homme Negro age d'environ
40 ans.
4. Hunter, negrillon age d'environ IA
ans.
S. Clara, ngeresse age d'environ -
Aussi-du mobilier, CONSTANT de Bou.
cauts vides, barrils, cercles, etc., etc.
TERnEs EFT CONDITIONS :-Le prix du
mobilier payable en- tout Mars 1857, lie
Prix de IL terre ct des esclaves, payable en-
trois termes <gaux, un tiers en- tous ct
chacun des mois de Mars des annees 1857,
1858, ct 1859; les acquereurs devant
bonner leurs billets avec caution up.
Prouvee, sign&s conjointment ct solitaire
ment rordre de F. 8. Goode, Admins.
trateur de IL succession de Michael Gin.
bel, avec huit pour cent par an d'interst
depuis leurs echeances respectives jus.
qu'au plein ct entier Placement, payables /
Police du Recorder de Ia Paroisse Terre.
bonnie, les billets pour Ii terre ct les
esclaves assures par une hypotheque, ct le
privilege du vendeur sur ID propriste
vendu. A. BOURG. Shsric
Pa.sisss Terrebonue, e - NovsnLrs. 1856.