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The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-04-25


SAD OeeuRRENcE.--An unfortunate affair
took place last evening about shutdown, at n
place about eleven miles above this city, on
the same side Of the river, in which the princ-
pies were both dangerously, if not MORALLY
wounded The circumstances Of the ease, us
testified to under oath before p. A. Walker,
Esq j. r., are rs follows: The witness,
named Joseph Dupny an employee Of Mr..
&, Heyronnet, Of this parish states that at
about shutdown last evening, he was going out
TO work, when Mr.. Pcyronnct advised him to
take his gun, as he might kill some rabbits,
and it was to date too work. Witness did so,
and started out in company with Mr.. Pcyron
net. After walking about 200 yards from the
house, they stopped at the gate of an old field,
the right to which is claimed by Mr.. Pcyron-
net and ncighhor Of his named Carl. They
had been there but few minutes when two
persons, riding one horse, came up to them !;
one Carl and the other his brother or brother
ln-laW. One Of them diSmounted and told the
other to so back for somebody else. Mrs.
Peyronnet, seeing those persons at the gate,
rushed out Of the house, and on reaching the
spot, mplored her husband to go back into the
house, us she was fearful he would get into diff,
liculty This he declined doing, saying that he
was not afraid. BY this time, the man who
had gone away, returned with another man and
they both dismounted. One Of them then took
upa piece of fence rail, the size of Il mans arm,
and with it beat Mr.. Peyronnet about the
head, another got hold of the witness and tried
to get his gun from him. while the third was
beating Mr. Peyronnct. The latter snapped a
pistol at some Of the assailantS, and snatched
the gun away from witness and snapped that too.
Witness, while still struggling with one Of the
parties heard IL pistol fire behind him, and
when he turned round, saw Carl on the ground
with pistol in his hand Carls companions
were pursuing Pcyronnet, who was running from
them, aud when he was about twenty-five or
thirty yards from Carl, the latter shot Peyron-
net, the ball entering the left breast and per-
foratng the lungs. The Others then ran at
Peyronnet and one Of them struck at him with
the gun which he had taken from witness,
breaking the stock clear off.
We understand that one of the parties isnot
expected to liyc,-B. Il. 1drocafS, Ipru 20
TIE DEVILS SWAMP TRAGEDy,--Another af-
|fdavit has been sworn to before Justice Walker
in this case differing very materially from the
evidence Of Dupuy, published in our columns
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-04-25

A CHANCE FOR THE MILLION.
THE subscribers are DESTROYS of securing an Agent
i either nalc or ttmaie, in every Town and County
of the Union to engage in light and pleasant bust
ness, by which they can make with ordinary energy,
from SIS to SlO per day. Every information will be
given by addressing with stamp, to pay return letter.
$. A. DEWEY Il co.
a H. st Box l5l, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-04-25
NEW ORLEANS PACK EFT.

NEW ORLEANS PAUKET.
TIIEstcancs BELLA DONNA. Capt. ,SIz-sah
/ WA. McCabc, leaves New orleans, S3!Ft5twEfiis1
every Saturday evening, for Williams sss-ssS-s.k1
port touching at all intermediate points: returning,
leaves Bayou Sara. every Wednesday on the arrival
of the Cars from Woodyillc. touching at Port IIud
son and all intermediate places.
%s'~Particular attention paid TO the receiving and
landing Of passengers and way freight at all hours
oil the day ana ught dec
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-04-25
HO! YE THAT THIRST f!

HAVING complied with all the tormalitics, duly
Ill prescribed by the law, for the selling OF liquors,
am now duly authorized to dispose Of the same,
either by the glass or bottle
Ny assortment Of liquors and cordas, is of the
best, and invite the public, TO call and test the
quality OF Che same. VI. llEiMAN.
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-04-25

4 NlKU.
ENCOURAGED by the urgent wishes Of bis friends,
IL the undersigned intends TO give
NitShC LESSONS ON TNE GEITlR,
in all it, branches. lie will begin by the First Of
March,
TERMS Course Of Twelve lessons. 49,. $40 90
feb. - ADOIPlI MOSES
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-04-25

10 TIIE PURLlC.

THE Partnership heretofore existing between
l. Worms, Meyer Co. has been this day dissoycll
by mutual consent, those indebted to the firm will
please come forward and settle up soon as possd
BE. WORMS, MEYER u co.
March !, 1857.
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-04-25

STONE WARE-Jugs, cans, and pans Just reeeiy
~ d by D'ARMOND.
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-04-25

TnE STATE OF LOUISIANA, ,th District Court.
PARISH ~ Wesr FElI@ANA.l No
Succession Of John Wicker, deceased
TN PURSUANCE TO nm order to N" directed from
l. the Honorable Court aforesaid. will sell at pub
lie auction nj my o1lcn IL ID town ~ jackson, par
i-h Of East Frlicana ~ ! O'Clock, \. VI on
TIlURSDA the 2lSt day Of May, 1881,
the following described property appTianng 70 said
succession. to-wit
Five % OTIS Of ground in the toxin of Jack
son together with all the improvements
thereon said lots being numbered one, two
three and four, and the eastern half Of lots
seven and eight, all in square number thirty
four according to the liglraiiyc plan Of the
town of jackson
TE!tiiS or SALE
One half Of til" purchase price cash the balance
on credit until the first day OF January, 1855 the
purchaser to give bis note with approved personal
security. with eight per cent interest after maturity
and consent that mortgage importing confession
ofjudgmen be retained on the property until fall and
final payment
april IS, 1857. G. W. CATLETT. Auctionccr
SILVER WARE-Just received, supply OF forks
~ spoons butter knives; &c. for sale by
march Is NAUM4N & STRdU SS
TO THE PUBLIC.
THE Partnership heretofore existing between
| W,,,,. Mnvor 10 b,s hnnn this Jnv wall
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-04-25
HOTELS,-STAGE LINE, &c.

5zs~ EXCELSIOR HOTEL. -sa
EAST SIDE OF TIE PUBLIC SQUARE.
rs NOW open for the reception of citizens and Hl;;;N
l the travelling public. The accommodations aI.ll
are OF tile best and pains will be spared to make
MI who patronizc this house, contented and comfort
able.
This house is connected with the Livery Stable of
JARRETT CRANE, where there are ample acconimo
dations for Traders.
Clinton, Jan. l. 1851. Cp JARRETT
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-04-25
PROBATE SALE.

TnE STATE OF I.ntlsAAA, .th pifr.ci Court.
PARISH oF Wesr FEiL"ANA. No.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-11
THE HIGHER LAW.

The State of Ohio enjoys now the
exclusive honor of attempting to
make the state laws superior to a law
of Congress- The United States
marshal and his aids having seized
four persons charged with harboring
fugitive slaves, have been arrested by
force of arms and placed in "durance
vile'' for doing their duty. Judge
Leavitt, of the United States Dis.
tIict Court at Cincinnati, has granted
ia habeas corpus in the case which, if
resisted, will be enforced, it is said,
by the Federal troops Should the
local authorities venture upon the
dangerous experiment of setting at
defiance the constitutional powers Of
the general government, We may look
for exciting times. The Abolitionists
will at once have precipitated upon us
the contest that Garrison and compa.
ny have so long and SO earnestly
prayed to witness, and qualification
in its most reasonable shape will have
presented itself in a quarter where
we bad least reason to expect it,
We may see, from this little incident,
how very hollow and unmeaning are
all the professions Of submission to
the law made by these "shriekers of
freedom" we hope, however, with
profound sincerity, that there may be
no occasion for further bloodshed in
Ohio.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-11
The Comet Receding

THE celebrated hoary headed COM
Ell which has been announced rs tam
pering with the wea' her, making de-
monstrations towards turning up jack
generally, has been failure; il is not
g DING to bat its brains out. or do any
other foolish thing shortly. This seems
truly hard. /. will doubtless wiring
the hearts Of myriads of wouder-loveIs
to read the following news, although
thousands OF the washed aud terrified
may derive great comfort ard Joy
therefrom:
The New PERIODICAL CoMET. BY
the assistance OF e. w futile, &c
late assistant at the Astronomical
Observatory of Harvard University,
now resident in this city, We were a.
bic to see this comet on Friday night
last with Mr.. Greenough's acromalic
/ telescope. At that time it Was on
the confines of the circumpol.r con.
steliatiou Cau,eLeOpad near Ursa Mr.
jor. 1t exhibited round, nebuIou.
mass Of light, slightly concentrated,
of about two minutes Of arc 10 diam
eter. The elements of this comet
resemble those of the comets of 1882
and 1861, aud if they are ideu.
teal, then this comet has continued
to revolve around the sun once in ey.
cry ten years since, unseen by human
eye till the 25th of February. 1916
when 1t Was discovered by Broascn
The dimensions of its orbit are non
we'll ascertained. Its apheliou is be.
iyon,l the orbit Of Jupiter BY more
than thirty.six millions Of miles. Il
VISA nearest the earth on the Sin In
slant, being about twenty millions o.
miles distant. 1t is nov rece,lIng
FROM US, and will not be visible to the
naked eye during its present appari
ton. This is the comet which The
Europeans announced would strike
the earth in June. But in Americs
lit has been COMPOUNDED with the greaI
comet of 1856, which has not yet ap.
lpeared. The return of this comet
according TO prediction, may he re-
garded as another of brilliant So
ries of astronomical triumphs.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-11

Prices OF PRODUcz Vow AND THES.
"A comparison Of the present. prices
OF The leading articles Of produce
aud merchandise, silh those which
have prevailed for twelve yeats past,
shows that many articles are uow be-
ioE the average, particularly Inanufac-
tured goods. With the exception o.
cotton the raw material having
risen largely. while the cloth bar
advanced but siIghtly-ihe principal
advance is in sugar, coffee, nolasses,
pork aud besf. In 1913, on the
first of May, sugar WAS 4 cents d
pound; Java coffee &C., mess pork
$40 Is per Dbl, and commoa naul
So % per Dbl. In 1854 sugar wa;
4 &c. per 10: coffee l44s: mess pork
Si4 90 per bbl- and flour 81 62
In 1887 sugar l4Ic, ID; coffee IA Sc
mess pork SIS aud -four So.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-11
THE ARMY WORM.

The Charleston Is. Co. Mercury
publishes from correspondent the
following account of the appearance
Of the Worm in Edgefield district
Mr.. EDIToR:--Allow me through
your paper, to call the attention Of
planters to a remarkable occurrence.
| was called :o-day to visit planta-
ton on James Island. A short time
after | had arrived, was informed
by the overseer that Caterpillars had
nearly destroyed the oat crop; 10 fact,
seed would not be made. | walked
out into the fields, and found patch
of some ten acres of oats, which |
had considered some time since as
good for fifty bushels, almost entire
ly consumed. Had not been pre-
viousiy informed Of the cause.
would have inferred that, the line
fence being defective,a neighbours cat
tie had been benefited at the ex-
pense Of my friend.
They have crossed, and are now
crossing, deep and wide ditch be-
tween the oats and cotton. They are
also destroying the latter. The dri-
YER has covered both fosse and ram
part with trash from the woods, there
by burning myriads, and is still keep.
ing up this doubtful mode of war
fare--the enemy still advancing to
the assault.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-11
A Screw Loose.

Despite the vauntings of the dis
trlbutiOn papers of the State, says the
Richmond Enquirer, as to the brilliant
prospects Of the one idea party, we
gather from the organs of public
opinion. that there is nothing like u
nifty of sentiment in the "Whig and
American" party itself. In several
quarters we hear that many Wings
refuse to be entrapped in the meshes
of an expiring humbug A striking
evidence of the fact that we find re-
corded in a declinatory card Of Ed. A.
FREEMAN, Esq, who had accepted the
nomination as the distribution candi-
date. He writes in the following re-
proachful style Ito the Wings and
Americans"
"When requested a second time to
yield to what seemed to be the general
desire, ] accepted the nomination, and
entered actively and earnestly upon
the canvass. | thought, under the cir
cumstances, ! had a right to expect
the united and jealous support OF the
whole ptrty-but | soon discovered
(what had been suspected) the exis.
lance of dJectaon in our ranks, which
would cause defeat, if not removed
I used my best endeavors to remove
this difficulty, and to keep the party
in tact. but every effort was vain.
"Fellow-cltizens, the honor yon
have shown me has touched my heart
with the liveliest gratitude, and ]
should be willing to fight on, and fight
ever in your cause, but convinced, as
| am, that in the present state Of
things defeat is inevitable. have de-
termined to withdraw from the can.
vass. Permit me to suggest that you
clean your party Of fathless members,
or you will not only lose your power
but you viii cease even to be respectq.
We."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-11

The BoLLs AND BEARS OF THE "CoRN
EXCHANGES. The Chicago (Illinois)
Tribune has the following brace Of
paragraphs bull aud bell:
Making Money "A corn dealer Of
Water street sold $4,000 bushels OF
corn last Friday, at sixty-one cents,
which he bought not a month ago at
tbirty.nine and forty cents, making
The comfortable little sum of $4,000
in one Transaction. and that in cash.
Luck of that kind beats real estate
transactions. Such a pill is not Dad
to take.
A Failure There was rumor on
Saturday that corn Spectator had
gone under 1t is said that a month
ago he contracted TO deliver on board
ten cargoes Of corn, amounting to
100000 bushels, during theirst weel,
in My, for forty-eight cents pr bush
FL. He "sold short" that is. he bet
on the price OF corn at the opening
of navigation, and lost, corn having
advanced to sixty-three cents. He
consequently lost, aud. not being We
ny heavy in the pocket, broke
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-11
For the Fayetteville Observer.
A CALL.

Mr.. VIM. WnsoN, of Swan Creek,
is hereby requested to become cam
didate to represent Lincoln county,
in the lower branch of the next Leg
islature. Four years ago Mr. Wilson,
as a candidate for the above Office,
was the able and Jealous advocate Of
the "quart law" The system as
advocated by him then was enacted
by the General Assembly Of the State
two years ago, and now we call upon
Mr.. Wilson to bear the standard Of
that party who advocate that law, a
gainst the restoration of the odious
tipping system. We believe that a
respectable majority of the voters oil
Old Lincoln are in favor of letting
the present law remain a sufficient
time to test its eilicaey-at least,
they are tired Of the "poor compli
ment" so frequently ''lavished,' that
to be successful as candidate for eli.
Ither State or county office, they must
favor the most liberal system of Ii.
quor selling. MANY VOTERS.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-11
A GLORIOUS VICTORY!
20O 600 Majority !!

We congratulate the Democracy o.
Tennessee upon the glorious tidings
from the Old Dominion. Richmond
the Sebastopol of the enemy, hereto
fore impregnable, has at last given
away. The Democracy have swept
every thing, leaving scarcely a ves'ige
of the know nothing Distribution
Humbug. by which rail roads were to
be built from her borders to the moon,
and school houses and colleges erect
ed in every county and town. We
send back greeting to our friends In
Virginia, the assurance that Tennes-
see will soon follow the glorious ex-
ample that has been set her.
The South Side Democrat, of Mon
day last, says the returns ARE suffi-
GENTLY satisfactory to indicate the
election Of all the Democratic candi-
dates for Congress, and an ore,wheln-
snq Democratic majority in the next
sadffe niass~ -
t yeariing. f1ss,~
teson, near Pulaski j.
%.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-11


New WHEAT.--We were shown
yesterday, says the Augusta Consti.
futionalisi Of the 3lst ult., some sam.
pies of new white wheat, (raised bs
Messrs. John Miller and Samuel
Clarke, Jr., farmers in the neighboF.
hood OF this city, which looked ex-
ceedingly fine, although not dry e.
nough for the mill.
The yield of wheat on the farms
near Augusta, is very promising, md
IN a few da, s cutting will be over, and
thresbing will commence. We be-
lleve it is the general impression TINT
the wheat crop Of Georgia and Ten
nessee, and we might includs the
whole country has never presented
more asttering appearance for an a.
bnudant yield.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-11

STARVATION! STARVATION! = We met
a foolish story at every point We
were attn ourreceGt tour through Ala
bama, Mississippi and West Tennes.
see. to the effect that the people OF
East Tennessee are actually starving
for the want of the necessariAs of life
This whole thingis exaggerated--no
one has persisted in this end of the
State, nor is any one likely to starve.
There is general scarcity of grain
and ''roughaess, +" in East Tennessee,
and more especially in five or six of
the upper counties. The crops failed
last season, with the single exception
of the wheat crop; and that article
brought such fine price that the
temptation was very great to sell out
too close. Add to this, that the win
ter sat in one month earlier than usu.
al, and has continued month and a
half longer than usual. which has very
naturally produced this panic. But
the cry of starvation in East Tennes-
see, is vile SANDER upon the country
Its a false alarm. KnoxliHe Hhig
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-11
ABOLiTIONlZED.

The American Trlct Society hav-
ing decided that it will , in its pubIica
tons. discuss the mor,l evils and vices
Of slavery. as condemned by Scrip
ture, the South should give cold
shoulder TO the Society. Having
Abandoned its neutrality and gone
thus far in one year more it will be a
mere Addition couc m. Let it,
Their fore, receive no more mon " from
the South. Not a cant more!
The American Home Missionary
Society has also becom, mere abo,
lition engine. Witness the following
resolution adopted at its late aaniver.
sary m citing:
"Reso'red, That in the disburse
ment of the funds committed to th il
trust, the Committee will not grant
aid to churches containing slavehold
ing members, unle.s evidence be fur
nished that the relation is such as, ii
the judgment Of the Committee, i.
justifiable, for the time b.ing, in the
peculiar circumstances in which it ex
lists"
W. hope the S,cisty viii use it
surplus funds in ehrlssi.aizing the nu
merous clergymen throughout tn
North who now figure 80 fr-quenti,
and 50 disrepusab.y 10 erimlsai trials
And also, in scAtteriHg the light o
tn gospel among the poor heaiaen Il
their largs cities
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-11

KANSAS. = The New York Daily
News publishes short but interes-
ting letter from Fort Riley. Kansas
Territory, dated April 20. We
make the following extract:
"The emigration to this country
is unprecedented. There seems to
have been second exodus from
Jerusalem. The roads were fillec.
with wanderers, many of Jewish pre-
clivities, all in tent npon making
money. This pervading sentiment
absorbs all political asperities and
in consequence apprehend no dis
turbance. / assembled the Missouri
in the largest steamer. with two hun
dred and fifty passengers. composed
of every political cast aud character;
but during the whole trip of five
days | never heard political dis
cussion.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-11
Fugitive Slave Trouble in Ohio.

LIN sciTe, Gidy 29.-By tele-
graph from Cincinnati We learn tina,
Marshal Churchill, snd eleven assis-
tants, attempted the arrest of four
persons at fredericksburg. charged
with harboriug fugitive slaves uine
months ago. A writ of habeas corpus
WAS taken out. but before it could be
served, the United States officers,
with the prisoners, escaped beyond
the county bounds. Another writ
Was taken out and served IN Green
county by the sheriff aud 4 large
crowd Of citizens. The Uuiie,i STATES
officers resisted and several shots
were exhausted, but they were over.
powered AMI taken prisoners aud
brongh. to Springfield for trial. for
resisting the CO unity sheriff. Great
excitement prevailed.
Caennati. My 29-The United
States Nj Irshal of Cincinnati has tele-
graphed to the Secretary of The In
terror at Washington, respecting the
arrest of the United States officers ut
Observation-Disclosures received
not yet trans pired. Judge Jewett,
of the United States District Court,
has issued habeas corpus to day,
and the Marshal has gone to Spring
field to serve it. and if resistance is
made, to send for United States troops
toeniorce the process.
Cinannati, Nay 30-Fgits'ue
Stare Case.--The United States
Deputy Marshal and assistants we're
arraigned at Springfield, aud Chief
Justice Christie held the party TO
bail for ST. 900 for assau'iing Depu-
ty Marshal Compton and Sheriff , ~
ton with intent to mnrder the whole
party. They were committed in
default of bail
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-11
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