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BROOKLAND SCHOOL,,

- SJIfUUT,
Al GREENWOOD DEPOT, ~ALBEMARLE o VA.
WILLIAM DISwIDDIE, NJ. A, Principal.
j jones' NJ Di HTsG9Dsn' NJ A. Assistant Instructor.
Second Session of this School will commence on
u the 18th September next and close on the 18th July
following.
The Principal was, for the three years Immediately pre-.
ceding the last. Assistant Instructor in the schools of Msthe.
niatics and Ancient Languages OF the University OF Virgil
MIA.
The AssistSn, Instructors arc, also, both educated in
inc University system. The instruction will, therefore, be
thoroughly preparatory for the University, or for any Of
the Colleges OF the country.
Expenses Tor each term Of five months Sl2j. payable on
the Let day OF the term. Lights not furnished.
FOR catalogues, stating particulars, apply to the Princi-
pal Ang l3-rtf
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classical n MATHEMATICAL SCHOOL
TUNhE subscriber will open OIL the LIST OF October, 1857,
Il select school at Grassland, within one mile of Pc.
tersburg. He has reason to believe, that during an ex.
perience of eight years, both rs Principal and Assistant
In Academies. he has given entire satisfaction to those
who have confded their children 10 his instruction.
Board and tuition, payable semi.annually in advance)
tor session OF nine and u half months, S200.
DAY SCHOLARS
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FEMALE INSTITUTE.
LOCATED AT CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPALS FOR GENERAL MANAGEMENT.
JOHN HART, VI. A.
ALEX. p. ABEL.
E~ANACULTf Is COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENTS:
l. JOHN HART. NJ. a., Principal,
Moral Philosophy aud Mathematics.
CRAWFORD II. TOY. W..
Natural Sciences, History and Literature.
WILLIAM n. B~RONAEGH, N. \.
Ancient Languages and Modern Languages.
JAMES NJ.
Music, Vocal and Instrumental.
- --- TO be appointed
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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES,
SCHOOL,

WESTWOOD SCHOOL,
NEAR y NCHBURG VIRGINIA.
CLhSSiCAL, Nh dTICAL M MILITARY
TuNEE next session ol this School, formerly under the
exclusive charge of JOHN II. WINSTON, will com
lnencc on the hrst Mondny OF September aud close on the
last Friday of June, l,5s. For circulars stating terms,
course of instruction, sc, address John II. Winston, ut
JOHN II. WINSTON,
T.. MURFEE.
July li~-ci2nwti1seP'r. Principals.
HILL SCIIOOL.-Thc next session of this
~ school will commence ON line ist Oclub.r, and end
ON 3lst July, following. There nc Two terms in the s-s.
sion. Charges SliO per irrm Tor every thing except lights.
Address for dctricd catalogue,
ANIL SCOOTER, NJ. A.,
Aug ll-c2m Guiney's z. o., Caroline County, Va.
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For further particulars consult catalogue for 1861
Address Lodore p. o., Amelia County, Va.
Aug T-ctf WM II HARRISON.
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VALUABLE FARM on THE DANylLLEK Rail

Sale conducted by GoppIs & ArpERsoN
AuC oQ-ctda
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J. LEE, JONES, NJ. D..
EYTReccption hours, from 9 O'Clock A. M. till S P. NJ.
Sept 5-c&deotf
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KlJoR GUsTAVUs A HENRY,

The Eagle Orator" positively declines to
accept the nomination for Congress Of the
Americans and Wings" of the Eighth Con-
gressional District. We know not why. But
so it is. His parties are stronger in that Dis
trict than in any other in the State, and conse-
qusntly his chances Of success would be better
than those Of any other sandidats on hat side
The Nashville Gazette intimates that even the
{" Eagle Orator" would have accepted, but FOL
the peculiar circumstance surrounding the
nomination. We know nothing Of the eircum-
stances which could have driven Major HENRY
to this course. But certain it is, be will never
have a better chance to be promoted under thu
auspices Of those who nominated him. Perhaps
the Major would like to retrieve himself as q
candidate for Executive hOnors. Perhaps b
prefers the 4" private station" We know not
The Wings and Americans Of the Eighth vii
have to try again.
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DAILY APPEAL
E M P IL /.
FRIDAY MoRNNG,......APRIL "a, 1857
MOUNTAINEERING NOMINATION.

The Know-Nothing Convention which con-
vened at Brownsville on Wednesday last, re-
presenting the Senatorial District composed OF
the counties Of Madison, Haywood, Lsudsrdalei
and Upton, nominated R. H. MUSFoRD, OF
COvington, as a candidate for Senator. We
suppose that this Convention like our Shelby
county meeting at Rsleigh,) was composed Of
q. Americans and Wings" who have I" dropped
all minor differences to make common cause
against a common enemy"
To insure a Democratic triumph in this Dis
trict, our friends have only to put A. K
REED, of Madison, on the track. He is an es
Unable gentleman, and can put to flight thOs'
who have combined together to make war uPOI
the . party in power.D
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ANOTHER WIFE MURDER-Murders Of wives
BY husbands, and Of husbands of wives, by
poison, pistol, or poinard, are terribly frequent
now. We doubt if the criminal annals Of this
country OF any other, can show so large Q
umber of these most cruel murders, as have
been committed within the last three months.
We end the following accounts in the Wabash
Express, Of Saturday:
4 Ayoung man, named Aleck Mullinix, it is
said, murdered his wife yesterday morning
at bis residence near Manhattan, Putnam
county.
Tue facts are these-he got on his horse
after breakfast and rode to his fathers and
told him that somebody had killed his wife
while he was gone to feed his horse at the
stable. He told others, that bis wife fell on
the stove. Those who went to the house found
that the young woman's skull was broken and
that she had received three blows, one from a
sho eel and two with ain axe. She was breath
ing, but ssnseless, when first seen by the neigh
bors, and lived about two hours. They say the
breakfast table was standing with all the
~victuals upon it, and that the biscuits were
still warm, and that, therefore, the horrid
deed had been committed but a short time
when they, the neighbors, came to the house.
The couple had been marriedjust three weeks.
The young woman was a daughter OF David
Sablette.
Mullinix is in the custody Of the officers Of
the law.
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WHAT 1 LOST BIZ KISSING KATE.
Hr WILLIE E. PABos.

There were Lizzie, Kate, and Mary,
All three beautiful and young;
But the name OF Mary ever
fingered longest on my tongue,
And I hopes in secret cherished
OF q home where she was queen,
But one day those sweet hopes p=risteJ.
And left life a desert scene.
They and I were once t0ge. her,
Frolicking benea'h The N lon,
10 the mildest Of mild weather.
In the Od0Ious month q June.
And sweet Mary said. O Since kisses
Ia the mO0Riigh time arc due,
would take this bes- Of kisses
Prom Kate's lips, II I were you"
Scarce y had the thought been spoksn,
Ere, with heart and eye slafs.
had claimed the konled token
fom the rosy lips OF Kate.
But, slack In thus obeying,
had made a sad mi.teke;
For In heart the girl WAS saying,
kate viii lose what I shall take"
"Ktss kdfel" this was what she tod me;
Bat its meaning was-kiSs mel
On, vain heart and oh eyes silly.
Thus 10 fail the truth 10 seef
So We parted I with sorrow,
She with scorn, perhaps with hat.
And my heart srows sad By knoEinK
What l lost by kissing Kate.
HARLEM. n. Y, 1857.
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! 1UE MINISTER TO C~HINA.--It is understood
at Washington that Mr.. Reed, the new Minis
ter to China, with all convenient expedition
will proceed in a government steamer to South
ampton thence to London and a conference
with Lord Palmerston thence to Paris and a
conference with Louis Napoleon thence
across the Mediterranean in a British psssen-
ger steamer to Alexandria, in Egypt thence
to Suez, the Red Sea down which he will pro-
coed in a British steamer to Alden. At this
point he will be picked up by our Government
steamer, which, in the interval, from South
ampton, will have passed round to Alden ria
the Cape of Good Hope. From Alden, Mr..
Reed will proceed direct to China, where, sim
ultaneously with his arrival, all the American
vessels Of war in the East will be collected
with some important additions, under the com
mand, probably, Of Commodore Perry. This
was a feature of Mr.. Walkers programme Of
1853.
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The Approaching Congressional Election.

Elections for members Of Congress will be
held within the next six mcnths in the States
Of Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, Missis-
siPpi. Louisiana, Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee,
and Maryland and already in most of the States
named the canvass has fairly opened, and open
ed under the most favorable auspices for the
Democratic party. So far from there being
any reaction in public sentiment and feeling in
these States, which stood shoulder by shoulder
in the late memorable Presidential campaign,
subsequent events have shown the wisdom of
their choice, and crowned their united aud pa
triotic exertions with the most abundant sue
cess. The Inaugural Address, the selection OF
the Cabinet officers, and the initiatory acts OF
the new Administration, have met with as much
cordial approval at the South as at the North
and the various federal appointments which
have been made since the 4th Of March, always
a delicate, if not an ungracious task, so far
from creating any unkindness Of feeling on the
part of the disappointed applicants and theiI
numerous friends, have as a general rule been
as gracefully acquiesced in by generous rivals
as they have been heartily approved Of by the
people of the several localities immediately al
fected by these appointments.
In a former article we took occasion to sur
vey the field Of coming action, and at the same
time attempted to disabuse the minds Of ouI
friends Of what we conceived to be a prevalent
error in relation to the probable relative
strength of parties in the next House OF Repre-
sentatives. According to our table, the mem
bers elected to the next Congress stood sixty
four Democrats to ninety opposition. In thu
States to elect, the delegations in the last Con
gress stood forty-seven Democrats to thirty
three opposition. Thus;
Democrats. Opposition
Members elected ....... ...64
Members of last Congress..47 -
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Loss OF Srock IN TrNvrssEE.-The Chat.

Loss OF SrocK IN TESNEssEE.-The Chat
tsnooga Gazette, of Saturday, says:
"The unusually severe and proiracted win
ter has caused a great loss to stock raisers.
There has not been feed enough in the country
to keep stock in living order, and what little
could be obtained at all by those who were out,
was at ruinous prices. We hear of cattle dy-
ing all over this country from starvation. Even
in sections of the country where there is scarce
ly ever a failure to have an abundance of grain
and forage laid up, they are suffering very ma
terial losses by their cattle dying. A gentle
man from lower Sequatchee, when in this city
the other day, remarked that one Of his neigh
Dor farmers, who had a large number of cattle,
was losing them constantly-that when he left
home his nsighbor was "a day and a half be-
hind skinning.' The mortality is not over. As
soon ss the grass gets up 90 that the cattle can
get enough of it, those that are now very poor
will die under its weakening influence, unless
otherwise fed"
The ROgersville (Tenn.) Times, Of the 1stb,
thus refers to the same subject:
"Truly this is a singular season. 1t is now
about the middle Of April, and is showing at q
rapid rate. Vegetation has yes put on but lit
tie of the appearance Of Spin 2. These are
rather distressing times among domestic ami
mails. The store of proVender is well nigh ex-
hausted. Many have had then stock on "a
lions for some time. We learn tnaTRsn some
regions the farmers are Telling trees 4. keen
their cattle alive. SOME are feeding their sock
on wheat. Many poor families are in distress.
All the necessaries of life bear a high price.
There is, however, enough Of wheat and ba-
con in the country to keep the people from
starving, and we will venture to say that the
hOncst. industrious poor will rot necessarily
suffer. 1t is pretty tight times, however, when
a man has to give a days work for a peck of
corn, as we heard Of some men doing. We
hope that our country is scarce Of such men as
would grind the face OF the poor at such rates
az this. There are always some In the land
that have such inordinate thirst for gain that
they would take FIVE dollars per bushel for
their grain il they could get it."
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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,

SECOND SEASON UNDER TIE MANAGER ENT OF
TIE P~ROPRIETOR)
TINE WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS viii be operei "a
IL the LIST June newt, for the n - ny
friends and the public. 1 have a large Ice House mIst
Ice. An excellent Band Of Music will be in stund luc-
during the en- ire season. The Depot vii De al Burus-
Vile. On the Memphis and Charleston Railroad
IhGve made arrangements with Mr.. J. 7. Ohifrstsr.
Who will nave plenty z fne Coaches at the DepO' an
can rely on s1;ng through direct II same day thy hsvs
MeEnpAis. He viii also have a. = Bugsies nd earrings
at the Springs.
apis-dAW2m GEO.
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The Trade of North MISSjSSiDDi.

THE REPUBLICAN. q newspaper publ shed az the
il town OF Jscinto. Miss, viii b mov-d In a few weeks
20 COrinth. at the crossing Of the Nis~isstrp i C,nfral acd
Noble and Ohio Railroads.. Il = The smctal psper for
the county Of TishOmingo anc having a large ctrculst on
in the counties Of Tish9mingO, 7 p sh. P a Toe lt4wam-
b, and the adjoining counties ia No % Alabama affords
an e Sceilent medium for sdvertisiI z in that region. d.
W. DAVIS. the EDITOR. may be found { r a feWd day st the
Wosham House, and would be pleas TO receive adver-
tisements. ap2I-3t
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GEO. s BRO.

~ PIANOS, Nelode0ns. $780,
GESS&N modern and antique Cabi-.E
- .ss,l E9g 81 oDc, .&oB Bq,s 81 ~ III
Of a variety from a plain Kitchen Table % the mos ele-
CANT and elaborately carved Rosewood Paror Salts. IA
brocateile and plush.
Carpets, Curtains, Floor Oil Cloth, Mattresses. ? o. Z ng
Glasses, Ottoman, Frames prepared for Fmbrrld- rd
Covers, ReirigerStors, Shower Baths, Water Flurr-.
sc, sash, 500 - Walnut Stairs Banisters always sef
IN store.
Pianos Tuned l. city OF country, by an experienced P o.
fesSor, by ieaving your orders II the same famOrs lis
corner Of Main and Union streets, Memrhis.
ap3f GEO. 4 BRO
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A ROBBERS CAvE-DIscovERY OF GREAT
WEALrH.-It has been known to very few per-
sons in the city for some time that a discovery
of great wealth has been made in the interior
of Kentucky, by a poor family who lived in this
city. The discovery was made by a young
man while blowing in the field about six
months since. As he was blowing %leisurely
aloag, the earth suddenly gave way under his
feet, and be was ~precipitated into an immense
cavern. Much injured by the fall, the young
man, in casting about him for some means
wherewith to get out, discovered numbers Of
iron safes and strong boxes, which, upon inves-
tigatica, were found to contain gold and silver
coin, jcweIry, and other valuables, to a fabu-
lous amount. The plantation upon which all
this treasure was found does not belong to the
fortunate discoveries, who only lease the pro-
perty, and from motives of security they have
kept the secret of their good fortune to them
selves. An eminent legal gentleman Of this
city is about interesting himself to secure the
fortunate family in the ownership Of these
great treasures, the results OF whose labors, in
with other partic ulars, we will give
in a few dsys.-LOsisriHs bemoerat.
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Chickering's Pianos!
FASHIONABLE DANCING ACADEMY,
Odd Fellows Hall, Memphis.
MONS. ST MAUR START

% RESPECTFULLY a incomes that, in con- n
~ plance with the request Of many distin- ~
fE guished families and former patrons, b Wi ~
80 reopen his Classes on THURSDAY, Apr .. -A
At , O'Clock P. NJ, for one session u sixteen ssoI- cav,
Othsr engagements al Huntsville and Nashvl e prcui-
ing him from making a longer stay at this season Tue
newest Dances. as practiced at the Balls and s, Tres %
the Elite, viii be introduced, viz LImperiale, La Ca
melia, QladriHes Les Lznciers, &c, &c.
e Terms for the course OF IS Lessons, Si2. Private
lessons charged according to the number and d gre.
Residence, a. The Commercial Hotel.
su2f6t
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A Good Chance for a Profitable
Investment.

T WISH TO ssl 30 feet OF Ground On the south lie Of
Il Adams street, adjoining the bayou Opposite J. Pie
Ions Foundry on watch there is a good DwelhA house
containing 8 Rooms, with ? CisteIns and all c~Uuveuttt
out houses necessary for family purposes. Ah0, FamtY
Grocery. adjoining the bridge, Containing s r on- iu The
second story AID 2 Stores in the hrSt. with e y 81 ts-
tern. The above property is on nd for sale BY private
contract until the LIST Of next month. either in who'll OF
subdivision 10 suit purchasers II net sold at thst date
IL will be sold 70 the highest bidder for one-thi e. ct-h,
balance N one and two years N bUYD
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The counties of Hardin and Perry are not
included in the above table, those counties bav-
ing as yet sent in no aggregate. am informed
that a few tax aggregates under the present
Assessor law cam in, which show an increase
over the above of 33l per cent.
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NEGRO woman for sale.
PRIZE LOTS IN SOUTH MEMPHIS.
ELLIOTT sfREET-s0 feet

They are, Eithost doubt, as desirable as any Diop uy
In the Ct y, being high. with dne view all around { Es
on We wi escort you out a. any time and see thfui.
7 rms easy-One-third cash, or 80 day paper. wru H.
d0rsed balance 10 3 and IS months with tIuTe-t.
N. T.. CAYCE g. son.
General Auctlonee-s and Real Estate Brok %.
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C. N. AVERILL,
RECEIVING & FORWARDING AGENT,

SUcCEssoR TO T s~TESHOUSE SsOJ
NO HAINE STREET. CHARLESTON. 5. @.
DARTICULAR attention will Be given h the Sale Of
Il Corn, Flour, and Country Produce generally.
anil dIw
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Read and Think.

nN SATURDAY, ths 25th, al 10 O'Clock, ~ VII sell,
a. our store. a beau iul BUILDING LOT ~ ret
front BY l61 deep. south side Of Linden, east u Heinsnd5
street Call on us-We will show the lot. Terms. cne-
fourth cash balance IN s, 9 and - months, with l-n.
N. c. CAYCE s. son.
General Aucticngers and Real Estate B-otrrs-
.r07-4f
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THIS IL The commencement. Monday viii b. , SIsh
Gay. ne several candidates win be in misery an a,v -
know their fate; and the successful snes viii 80 -
mace Ereteheo in August, when they will have 10 go
% against men who have never been controlled bv n,
DARK Lantern OliEsEchy. me
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south Memphis, Awake.

TIOUSE AMI LOT on s0uth street a. auetisu. 50 fst
III front By 30 feet dep containing six ROOMS. porch
and good cisteTn. all 10 good order. Terms, 500 c4sl,
500 in seven years, the balance in s 3 ard y nonias,
with lien on tie property.
Sale on SATURDAY, 26th, at our store.
II. c. CAYCE s. son.
GsnsraI Aucf0neers and Real Estate Es.s -.
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PORTRAITS TRTE no LICE.

HAVING returned, after a short absence from town
n to my Studio over FIJI. G ark n Co = Jewe y
estab ishment, in the Marble Block I will b. m 81 happy
70 wait on all who may favor me with th,ir o drrs-
HIS Portraits shall be sue 20 life.
au2f wy frye
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INTERNATIONAL COURTEsY.-Upon the ap-
pleation to our government of the Russian am
basssdOE at Washington, orders have been is-
sued (says the Journal Of ComHssrce) to Capt.
HUDsOS, Of the steam frigate Niagara, to re-
esive on board his ship (abOut to depart for
Europe to participate ia laying the ocean tele-
graph a captain and a lieutenant Of the Rus
sian navy, who are now sojOurning in this city,
that they may have an opportunity to witness
the accomplishment of that great enterprise.
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EOR SALE

kA A HOUSE and LOT on Eehols street h~twrca
In Vance aud Elliot, fronting aftv feet on EchsIs.
" and running back three hundred and nuy feet 10
EAn1 an alley. The improvements consist az a en-
Portable dwelling house. with four rOOme, kitCh-n, ci@-
tern, stables aud other Out-houses.
TERNS-A credit OF seven years viii be given on =
part Of the purchase s;Oney-the balance on liberal tisr.
For further particulars apply to Philips Il White, ~
}. II. Unthank. Esq or to
apI9-dtwaw2t n. B. PHILIPS
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u The Washington Evssiag Star says the
crowd on the Avenue has disappeared, yet in
the r~~sptiOn rooms Of the Executive mansion
0unu..- --tmsnts the throng eontIp,
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NEGRO MAN FOR SALE.

A. He is large and very likely h althy aud ~ubedient,
~ we'll skilled in any kind 81 Turning. 5 VS. Whfst,
and all kinds Of Farm Seed. He Is q superior MIX
~@r. BE can be had on CREDIT or cash Title perfe T.
He Is sold for the reason that the own r hasm re than he
wants. Enquire Of } AO~NTGOMERY.
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Exchange.

r WILL make an exchaf &c Of EIght or Ten Tl1r-sui
Il Dollars Worth Of good REAL ESTATE in Me- rh 5
for CARPENTERS WORK and BUILDING MATERIAL
Call on J. N. PRONINE
EnT-Fw
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ONE SLAvE.-There 10 but one slave return
ed in the SePteunisl census for 1857 in Pennsyl.
Yania, and that one in Lancaster county. II
win be remembered that by the emancipation
act Of Pennsylvania in 1870 all eolored person.
born after a certain day in that year were to
be Jres at The age Of twsnty-eight years, and all
darkies who were in existence at said date were
TO remain slaves,
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GARRoTISe IN NEW ORLEAEs.-The Tru,

GARRoTING IN NEW ORLEAEs.-The True
Delta, Of last Friday, says:
"Last night, between the hours Of II and 1
O'Clock, a gentleman by the name Of Ferguson,
from Red river, was passing along st. Charles
street, near Canal, when his midnight walk was
suddenly stopped by the strong arm Of a man
being wrapped around his neck so quickly
and closely that be could make no alarm and
no resistance. On his recovery be was minus
bis pocket book, which contained notes and
other valuables amounting to upwards Of forty
three hundred dollars; also, a costly gold
watch and chain. The gsrroter was assisted
by two men and a woman, who deliberately
helped themselves to the valuables of the gem
tleman, while he was rendered helpless and
speechless by the scientific operation afore-
said. We would advise our friends from the
country to be on the lookout, in their mid
night rambles, and to avoid passing too closely
or carelessly suspicious-lookihg characters or
places. We regret to learn that Mr.. Ferguson
is living dangerously i'll from the effects OF the
operation performed on him last night but he
has the honor (f he can call it SOY Of being
the first subject of the garroters in the Crescent
CITY,"