The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-05-08

the Polce Jury. to represent the Ihrd ward. Elcc-
ton Monday. May 10.
Tt~ The Hon J. NJ Sandidge has kindly furnished
Us with copy of his able speech on The admission of
Kansas.
fS- We are indebted to the Hon. Miles Taylor
for Congressional documents.
nTs- With this number closes the third volume Of
the " Democrat" Subscribers will bear this ia mind
and settle lor their subscription without delay
who will object TO revival that leads people tu
pay their honest debts! -Etci0Rge.
No one. We opnc. This would be repentance IN
the right direction and would benefit the poor PRO-
prictols of newspapers to an nimaginabo extent.
Therefore. dear friends, continue your efforts TO gc
up q revival in this parish BE- not disheartcned but
prcss forward z,alon.ly ia this good cause Two iii
ncrs. that We know Of will De most grateful should
your labors ba crowned with success
EuERsoN's MAu,z,NE--Wt had been anxtously ux
pectng the April number olls monthly. the non ar-
rival Of which we could in no wise account for when
all doubts the subject were removed by the receipt
Of both April and May. They are excellent pulljca.
tons and deserving Of public patronage The Mag
aznc and q splendid steel engraving of The Last
Supper can b. had for Three Dollars. Send 10
0aksmith Co.. No 81 Broadway. New York CITY
Ess"Our fellow citizen, L. Nauman returned from
the north on Wednesday last, where he has been
purchasing large and valuable stock Of Jcwclry
Watches Fancy Goods. &C.. superior to any ever br
fore brought to th. place So all who desire an art
Gle that ts good. and what It purports 10 bc, should
call on Nnuman n Strauss, at their 4 establishment
on Commercial Row.
TnE KANSAS Bur.-Ths ill a. amended by The
committee of conference passed The House Of Repre-
sontoves, on the 3oth nit, hy vote Of liz yca- to
l03 nays and was concurrcd in by the senate; yeas
80. NAYS. 81.
In another place will be found the In gsll amend
mcn,. being that recommended by the committee and
adopted hy Congress.
THE DISTRICT CorRr.-'lhe April term Of this
Court was brought to close last evening Too
much credit cannot be awarded Judge Ratcf for
the indomi,ahe endurance, zeal. and industry which
he has displayed during this session. 4 very large
amount of business has been transacted. and every
case in which counsel were ready and willing has
been tried. The judgments rendered number one
hundred and sixty-Gsc, nearly half Of the cases be
ing tried by jury
The WEATHER., CRops &e.-Sunday night and Mon
day morning brought this parish and the surround
ing country, delightful and copous rains Since
then the skies have been clear aud the every
thing that the planters could desire Planting T-7r
finished. and work goes bmyely on, Cotton and corn
look tolcrably well. although some persons complain
of bad stands of cotton. The planters prospects,
generally. are good.
We wish we could say as much for those living on
the Mississippi. Their prospect, look gloomy in the
extreme. The hill parishes. if not rich as The low
land not subject 10 any disasters, equivalent to
these devastating oyerlows which neither the power
nor the ingenuity of man can ward of OF provide suf-
hciently against.
There are times in the history of the mighty Misss-
sipp when lis floods immense, that they neith-
could have been forcsecn or fully guarded against
Al the theories regarding the rise and fail Of It's wa
tors, or continuing the great river within its banks are
bai1ed. and set at naugh by food. great as the one
that is now carrying destruction 70 some Of the finest
cotton and sugar plantations in the state,
Eas- The Introduction of the African Apprentice
Bill in the last Legislature, seems to have acted rs
an emetic upon portion of the press Of this state
Judging from the immense amount Of the very bloug
ofusions that have been discharged from their ilato
pens The editor Of the Advocate was surchargcd to
an alarming extent which he has worked off through
the columns of his paper and generously allowed to
Others similarly afflicted, the same channel Of drvc-
ry. Inshor, he has let no opportunity pass to reyile
the bill and berate its advocates. Lattclly, we have
suspected that he has been acting the cutie fish on
this question, muddying the waters Of journalism
as to avoid questions of higher political import
His course upon these has been most cratic, and his
opinions mild and non,committal, as to create, in
the minds Of many, doubts as to his democratic or
thodoXy.
AFRICAN APPRENTICE Bill Among the objections
urged against this bill, and which seem to be the
most relied upon by its opponents, are that the intro
ductlon OF apprentices would cause a reduction in
the value of the products of the Southern States by
increasing the quantity, and ruinouS depreciation in
the value OF slave property. We have seen these
questions ably met and argued in journal publish.
ed in another State the articles from which we shall
reproduce In orr faturo issues