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The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-11-04

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This blow, followed up in November.
secures an Opposition House. New
York, Massachusetts,, Michigan, Illl-
nois, Wisconsin and Delaware vote next
month. York Tribune. t+tt5
The Charleston Is. CO. Mercury says
the cotton corp will be distressing short
this year. Cotton is opening very rapid
ly. keeping all hands busy at the one oc-
cupation Of picking. This is usually
the case when the crop is short.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-11-04

Having heard definitely from Iowa. We
are now ready to post the books of the
October Elections with regard to MEM
bers Of Congress- They stand thus : /.
.yaeHa October, 1856, f October, 1853
II, n.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-11-04

The Tribune is printed on a large imperial
sheet, folded in quarto form, and mailed to the
subscribers ON the following tao ehj Gi
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-11-04

Ie'of''fi AS1o. iiu Dctooer, lf-,'
Buchanan. Opposition. Buchan. Op,
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13

JET The NO. Picayune Of the Sd inst, says,
Col. Samuel F. Marks, late Auditor of the State,
has received the appointment of Postmaster of
this city, in place of Gen. R. E. Mediation, re-
signed, and has entered upon the duties of his
Office. ~
Mr.. Marks comes to us from his late Office with
the reputation of b capable and efficient officer,
who adds to energy in the discharge of business
an obliging temper and courteous manners. 1t is
an arduous post he has now taken in which to
give general satisfaction; but we wish him sue
cess in the e~xertions which we are sure he will
make, and shall be glad to give him all the aid in
our power to make the labor light, and the appre-
citation of the difficulties generous and lust.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13
State of Louisiana.

Taflsl OF Orieans-fourth District Court.
A ''t It; +: : S:' g; ): I d;';;''' No. ''s,':
CT. & r. W. McRae
DY virtue ofand 10 satisfy a writ of fl ia. lean.
~ ed In the above entitled suit and to me direc-
ted by the Hon. the 4th District Court in and for
the parish and State aforesaid. to satisfy plaintiffs
demand and costs Of suit, | have seized, and will
offer at public sale at the Court House on
Saturday, the Sd day Of April, 1858,
at II o'clAck, a. NJ, all the right and interes.
that the defendant has in and to the followingd de-
scribed property to-wit:
All and singular that certain tract or portion Of
land situated on the Bayou Fordoche, in the par.
ish Of Pointe Coupee in this State, bounded above
lands belonging to the estate of H. Clark, con-
tanning fourteen hundred arpents more or less,
and the following named slaves, to-wit:
Bob, aged As years; John 80, Dennis ~, Dan.
lei 40, Henry 80. Peter 80, William 28, SQUIRE ~.
Scott 80, Dave rs, Levi 40, John 10, Dick 10,
Seaton SO, Manuel rs, jerry 20, Hern l9, Bob 10.
Cooper %, Eliza 40 and her child Polly, Emily
20, Leaty Is, Henrietta Is, Phillip is, Nelly
40 years and her child Jane, Alexander or Aleck
20, Cyrus Fl, Slzan %, CLANCY Is, Ann 80 and
her children, Mingo Is and York 6, Becky and
her child, Cadence % and her child 7, Suzan rs
and her child, Lucinda 40, Maria % and her
child, Lucinda 20 and her child Alexander or
Aleek %, Julia 80 and her child, Lucinda Wash
ington and her child, Patsy 80 and her child
rem, Hetty 7, viii Is, Chariot Is, Harriet Is,
Arthur 10, Jack so.
Terms Of Sas-CoM 1ih Appraissmeat.
SEVERN PORCHE, Shf.
Pointe .Coupee, feb. 81, 1858. 7tds
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13

Slavery IN MA1SE.-It appears, from
the Portland (Me.) Argus, that the Hon.
Parker Sheldon, Of that State, has been
sold to the lowest bidder,-having,
through a series of misfortunes, old age
and infirmity, become a town paaper.
The effect of the sale is to give the con
troll and benefit of his services to the
purchaser, who in return is obliged to
support him. The slavery in such cases
is generally for a limited period, say one
year, and consequently it is for the
interest of the purchaser to get all he
can out OF his chattle within that time +;
whereas the interest of the Southern
master requires him to prolong the life,
health and strength of his slaves, except
the superanuated, as much as possible.
Would it not be well for some of our
Abolition philanthropists to look into
this matter a little, and see what is the
difference NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and tvee-
dledee IN r. Jouv. Com.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13
State of Louisiana.
LOUISIANA COURIER OFFICE
~ n 1D=D

Ninth District Court-Parish of Pointe Coupee
In the matter of Succession of Honore Fabre,
deceased.
10y VIRTUE Of a commission to me directed
IL by the Honorable the Ninth District Court
in and for the parish and State aforesaid; l tn
undersigned will offer at public sale on
Thursday, sM day Of Apr1, 1858,
on the premises lately inhabited by Honore Fabre
at IL o'clock a. NJ, the following described prop
erty to-wit:
Nine Sheep and Five Lambs, One Anvil, Houss
Furniture Kitchen Utensils, &c
TERMS OF sALE--C4sH.
SEVERN PORCHE, Sheriff
Pointe Coupee, March Is, 1858. 9tds
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13

SLAVE CASE DEcIs1oS.-A decision has been
rendered In the First District Court Of Cincinnati,
in the case Of MI. Lenox surget, of Mississippi, VS..
T. {. Twichell. This boat carried, without a reg,
ular permit from the master, a slave employed on
the boat, from which place the slave made an es-
cape into q free State. The Court decreed, Civ
ing verbal reasons, damages for sl4oo, with in
terest against the boat. Another suit is pend
ing in the same Court, against the same steam
boat, brought by R. N. Kendall Of Arkansas, for
taking away without proper authority, a slave
who was a mechanic. Damages are prayed for to
a very large amount.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13

ANTrDoTE FOR STRYCHNA.-The success of cam
phor as an antidote to strychnia, in the two cases
reported last year by DR.. Rochester, Of Buffalo,
prompted to its trial in a recent case, reported at
length in the Virginia Medical Journal, by DR..
Claiborne, of Petersburg. The strychnia was ta-
ken with suicidal intent; in q dose of two
grains, and the patient was not seen until tetanic
and epileptic spasma of intense violence had su-
pervened, which continued for hours, until one
drachm Of camphorhad been administered in doses
OF ten to six grains every half hour, when thew
ceased and the patient recovered.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13

P~AULD1Ns.-The Naval Committee of the Hous'
Of Representatives have made their report on tina
part Of the Presidents message relative to Cen
trail America which referred to the arrest of Gen.
eral Walker by Commodore Paulding. In conclu.
sion the committee recommend the following res
olutions:
Resolrsd, That the act of Commodore Paulding.
in arresting General Walker and his followers,
was not authorized by the instructions given him
by the Navy Department.
Reso5yed, That while the committee have no
reason to believe that Commodore Paulding acted
from any improper motive or intention, yet they
regard It as q grave error, which calls for the dis
approval Of the American Congress.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13
T~ELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE.

BATON ROUGE, March 5.-The bill provi-
ding for the establishment of a branch
of the Citizens Bank at Shreveport, and
also at Baton Rouge, and giving to that
bank the State deposits, passed the Senate
by Is to 4.
The bill closing Bayou Plaquemine
passed the House. Yeas 81 nays 20.
Also, a bill appropriating $4,000 for
leveeing and draining the Swamp lands
in the parishes of Orleans and Jefer-
son..
Several bills appropriating about
SOC, 900 from the Swamp Land Fund
passed the House.
The Senate had under the bill extend
ing the $500,0 600 Of the Citizens Bank.
BATON RoueE, March 9.-The Senate
last night passed the bill fixing the fees
of the Register Of the Land Office.
To-day they passed the bill extending
the bonds O the Citizens Bank.
THE LATE DUEL.
All the parties engaged in the late
duel of Taylor and Gusman have been
indicted by the grand jury which is now
in session.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-The movement
for a Bankrupt law is exciting much at
tention. It is regarded as a quasi adj
ministration measure. Mr.. Toombs has
charge Of it.
Corporations r said to be included,
with an object to protect debtors and
creditors, and fully regulate commercial
transactions throughout the country.
Men ofall parties and sections approve
the measure.
PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS.
HARRISBURG, Pa, March Sin the
Democratic State Convention two sets of
resolutions were presented, the majority
sustaining the Lecompton Constitution
and the minority adverse to it.
NEW YORK POLITICS.
New York, March 5.-A large mass
meeting Of the Democracy was held last
night at Tammany Hall in honor of the
anniversary of the Inauguration of Buch-
.anan, and to favor the Presidents course
on the Kansas question.
John A. Dix presided. John Van
Buren, was among the speakers.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13

MISUNDERSTANDING the past week
several Of our citizens have been stopped
in the streets at night and called upon
for their names by some unknown per.
son i; we understand one individual was
shot at without being hailed. A strange
coincidence is, that all those who have
been followed or stopped are about the
same height-all tall ; and the inquisi.
tive night-walker always answers to the
same description, being about the me-
dunn size and clad in dark clothes.
Perhaps he is some hired assassin
who does not know well his victim, and
is unwilling to do a useless job by MUIR
dering the wrong man.
Take care, a eheualier, lest when you
do wake up the right passenger, you
find him prepared to receive you as such
as you should be received, warmly.
[Opelousas Patriot, goth.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13
State Of Louisiana.

Parish Of Pointe Coupte-Ninth District Court.
a. Niltcnbcrgerd CO.
VI. No 1872
L. v. Mc1ae
By yirtpe Of and to satisfy q wri: Of Fl ia, i+
! sued III the above entitled suit end to NE direct
ed BY the Hon. the 9th District Court in and for
the parish and State aforesaid. to satisfy plain
TIL $ demand and costs of suit. | have seized, and
will Offer at public sale, at the Court House On
Saturday, tie 81 day Of AprA, 1858.
at II o'clock 4. H., all the right. title and inter.
81 that the defendant has in and to the following
described property toWit:
\ sugar plantation situated In the parish Of
Po'H;e I'uloe having fourteen arp6nts front to
th' Mississippi river BY eighty arpents in depth,
1o'1,i''et above by the plantation Of James Nc
Cullum and below by hat of Can't. MORRISON, and
the following slaves toaait:
Chariot a~"i ~ wears. Hamilton 80. Jackson
~, Joseph 81. t.-imer 81. Mars %. Perry &c.
frank -. Polite 10, Avril 10. Ali 4, Sallie 6
Prosper -. Mary 81, Mary Am Is. Lonisc is
l'rl"nn" -, Jenny So, Matilda 50, Rachel IS
Ie'sihttte. -. Mira 80. Brigotte, Fl. IIamn 2a'
aadv -. Jose -, Bony IS, jenny 50. Jack Fl,
Harry u. Joseph Il. FANNY -, and her two
children. Caroline Is. Hester Is, and bor chi,s
Della +, Manla Il, Noriah 81. phiIo Is Pnnrh
~ Mayer .: Isaac $. Eliza 5. Lncy Is. Milly IS,
SaFah -, Intor -. Letha 10, King rs, Ga6e a.
narlah 80. Mary Holt 80 and her infant, Sally rs,
SGzan 40, Silva AZ. Amy II, Antony II. Frank
-, Jenny Il. Linda Is. David -. Bill 10, Ponv
Is, Martha 4, Charles 80, Leah. 20. Sally 6. Rev
erly 81, Alexander "A, Dave q. Nancy "a ,Patsev
and her infant SCH. Linda No. .. u. Liza n
John II, Catllarine Is, Ellen Ii.
Terms Of Sale-Cash with Apnraise.
neut.
SEVERN PORCHE, shr
Pointe Coupee, feb. q, 1858. 7tas
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13

OUrRAGEs UPON AMERICANS IN PERU
The New York Herald, of the 18th
publishes a letter which purports t.
come from Mr.. G. NJ. Jefferson, an Ameri
can citizen, commanding the bark Teres;
Terry. 1t contains allegations of thu
commission of outrages which, if true
demand the prompt interference of ou'
Government.
The story is, briefly, that the writer
went to Callao in October, 1855, in per
suit of his ship, with which he alleges
his crew had abscended from China
that the authorities and the United
States Minister failed to render him the
requisite assistance !; that he was at.
tackled in the public streets by an armed
mob, composed Of his revolving crew
and a number Of Peruvian soldiers,
thrown into prison at Callao castle with
out ever having a hearing as to the
charges made against him, and that he
has been imprisoned ever since, and
treated in the most cruel manner about
fifteen months, despite his appeals to the
American Minister and the Peruvian
Government for redress.
We extract the following extraordi-
nary statement from this letter;
l have now, as my companions of
captivity, two American mechanics, who
were cruelty and publicly whipped like
negroes on q plantation, hung or sus-
pended in the air by the thumbs, while
the fagellation was going on-receiving
one hundred lashes at the hands of the
police of Callao on the night of the 10th
of November. Their bodies were nothing
more nor less than a solid mass O fmatter
when brought here but after the execu-
ton of Judge Lynch's sentence, they
were then taken, their hands tied be-
hind, their feet dashed together with
whip cords, the line passing from hands
to feet another line or fall thrown over
OuC VI GllS DGdiuo vi tLS uOuSC, oAd biiC
end made fast to the center Of the line
of flashing. In this way they were again
suspended in the air, bending the body
in an uneven position from that of its
natural way, and left in this position
until clots of blood were raised from the
stomach. They were only lowered at
intervals to keep them from suffocating,
and when life was nearly extinct from
this torture, they were put head first
into the stocks, and left in that position
all night, except when any of the brutal
soldiers should please to amuse them
selves by kicking them.
Mr.. Miles, the United States Consul,
took my deposition on my nationality,
and was locked up and had to pay ransom
before he was allowed to make his exit
by the woolly-headed sable corporal of
the guards. Thus was one of the
greatest nations on the earth insulted
by those vile wretches in the person of
its representative. But what matters it ?
He is nothing-only the Consul Of the
assassin, flibuster, ladrone Yankees.
He as yet has pocketed the insult.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13

A SAD AsE.-A few days since q number Of
forged notes, to the amount of several thousand
dollars, bearing the signature of Col. Thomas
Learned, OF Watertown, were presented, along
with others which were genuine, to that gentle.
man ior payment. The genuine paper had been
gwen IN iavor OF the son, by whom it was alleged
tne Iorgeries had been committed. The old gem
tieman was satisfied Of the spurious character OF
most of the paper, but was not able to distinun;sh
between the true and the false, and rather than
nave ms son suffer punishment, he took I'M the
notes % they matured, for which purnose he was
Obliged to sell his goods ana mortgage his estate
In this way he has been reduced from a nosit;nn
o. comparative ease to poverty, and TO-DAY. at
the age OF seventy-three years, he finds himself
incarcerated in prison, at the instance of one of
his creditors
Where Is Harriet Beecher Stowe that she is not
out in . book denouncing this cruel and useless
oppression? A venerable and respected citizen
Of her puritanical State is now incareerated in
one its prisons, guilty Of no crime-unless power
tybea crime. In this case there is no need Of am
to the imagination-no necessity for
drawing upon fancy-no use for Misrepresentation
slander-as was the case when she penned her
calumnious works respecting the South and the
Southern people. = Truth is stranger than fc-
tisn n Massachusetts,, it seems. They will weep
over me Imaginary sufferings Of contented and
happy slaves; they win steal negroes from com
portable homes, and decoy them into hyperborean
regions, under d~attering promises they will VIC
late the laws o. Congress; ignoresih Constitution
Of the United States; heap contumely upon the
judicial tribunal OF the Land to chew their love
Fer the African, and yet, right in The face a All
this, they will inprison a poor old man, xhose
have passed three score and ten, in the
county Jail, because be was unable to pay his
Can hypocrisy 90 farthersor deeper I
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13

MURDER IN MIss1ssIpPI.-On the even.
ing of the 10th ult., in Lexington. Miss,
DR.. D. G. Sharp was murdered by Col. J.
W. Wood. The circumstances of the
affair are thus related by the Adver-
tiser:
It appears that DR.. Sharp was seated
by the fire in the back room of the drug
store of Hoskins & Antony, in conversa-
ton with Mr.. Hoskins his back was
turned towards the door which led into
the store, when Mr.. Wood entered, and
walking up within a few feet of the
deceased, Immediately fired some three
or four times with a revolver, one of the
balls passing from his back through his
lungs and another through the head,
killing him instantly. Two pistols
were found in the waist of the pantaloons
of the deceased.
1t is said that an old feud existed be-
tween the parties in regard to some
property transaction, and that the
deceased threatened to kill Wood. DR..
Sharp represented this district in the
Senate some years ago.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13

Gen. Whitfield, in a letter received al
Washington, says that Gen. Lanes party has
served upon him a notice to quit Kansas, threat.
ening that, unless be shall do SO, he (Lane) will
assassinate him. Gen. w. adds that he has sent
his family out of the Territory, but that he, him
self, will remain. Gen. W. also says that house
burnings and murders are frequent. In the coun-
ty opposite 81. Joseph, Mo-, Mr.. Ferman and his
family have been driven out, and several other
persons living there killed; also one in the county
above.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13

FRANcE.-The trial Of the conspirators,
who were engaged in the late attempt
to take the life ofNapoleon, has resulted
in the conviction of four of the ringlea-
ders, viz Rudio, Pierri, Orsini and
Gomez.
The three first named are sentenced to
while Gomez is condemned to
penal servitude for life.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13
State OF Louisiana.

Parish OF Poiute Coupee-N;l:h Ds.-.ct Court
". B. Wood, and wife
vs.. No, 1852.
John S. Scott, alias .
pY virtue Of, and to satisfy a writ of fl IA, L.
ID sued in the above entitled suit and to me d.
rected by the Hon. the 9Th District Court in and
for the parish and State aforesaid, to satisfy
plaintiff demand and costs of suit, / have seized
and will offer at public sale, at the Court HOUSE
on
Saturday, tie Sd deg Of april, 1858.
at II o'clock, a H., all the right, title and inter.
est that the defendant has in and to the following
described property to-wit:
A certain tract or parcel of land established Is
a sugar plantation, situate, lying and beingin the
parish of Pointe Coupee, in this State, having .
front on the Mississippi River twelve and one-half
arpents by a depth of fifty nine arpents, con-
tanning seven hundred and thirty-seyen and one
half superficial arpents; bounded on the upper
side by Ponce Colomb and below by the land Of
the defendant, together with all the buildingsand
improvements thereon, rights, ways, privileges
and advantages thereunto belonging, and the fol-
lowing slaves:
Dick aged SO, Rachel his wife IS, George Rey-
noids rs, Judy his wife 90. Lefty 20, Lewis her
son 10, HANSON 80, Mariah wife Is, George An
derson 20, Susan his wife rs, and their four chill
dren aged from nine years d~ownwards, Nathan
As, Courtesy his wife 40, Wexford 20, Milton s,
their sons, Allen, mechanic As, Lucretia SO, Wat
son Sc, Peter 20, Andy 26, Simon 81, Wansait 80,
Henry Hern rs, Jane his wife %, Mary II, Beck
EFT 8, Mahamia and Coranda twins 4. Also Is
mules, Is horned cattle, and sheep.
Terms of Sah-Cah 10Th Appraisement.
SEVERN PORCHE, shf.
Pointe Coupee feb. 81, 1858. 7tds
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13

SUPREME CouRr OF LoU1sIANA.-The fol.
lowing case, appealed from the Ninth
District Court was decided in the Su.
preme Court on Monday last :
$500, Benz. T. Young ct al, appellants,
VS.. M. Courtney-Pierre E. Tanneret ct
al, warrantors. Appeal from the Ninth
District Court Of ,Pointe Coupee. Judg-
ment affirmed. Merrick, G. J., Judge.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13

JU5lICG OF tue TedCe OOUrV-FO ITIeeHlu DlstTIC
Parish of Pointe Coupee.
Widow Paulin Guerin,
VS.. NO. I.
Paulin Broussard.
DY VIRTUE of and to satisfy a writ of seizure
ID and sale issued in the above entitled suit and
to me directed by VIM. Delahay a Justice of thu
Peace in and for the Parish and State aforesaid, tt
satisfy plaintiffs demand and costs of suit, l have
seized and will offer at public sale at Livonia or
Saturday, 9th day Of March, 1858.
at IL o'clock a.. m, all the right, title and inter
est that the defendant has in and to the following
described property to-wit:
Two creole mares, and one creole horse.
TERMS OF SALE-CAsH WITH ApPRAIsEMENT.
LOUIS MAJOR, Constable.
March Is, 1858. 9w3 Sc
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13

BAYOU PLAoUEM1NE.-One Of the most
important acts Of the Legislature is the
bill which passed the House on Friday
night, 9Th inst, to close Bayou Plaque
mine. The vote on the passage of the
bill was 81 yeas to % nays. A motion
to reconside was tablet by a vote of
"a to 80.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13

~ We learn that, on Wednesday,
10th, Mr.. William McPhaul was killed
at Williamsport, in this parish, by a
mar named Wilson, a blacksmith. They
were both residents Of the place. The
perpetrator of the act has fed. In the
absence Of particulars, we forbear com
ment.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13

1Gr An hours industry viii do more
to beget cheerfplness, suppress evil
hunors, and retrieve your affairs, than !
months moaning,
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13
ODDS AND ENDS.

"San." says one little urchin to another,
"does your schoolmaster ever give you
any rewards ofmerit ?""Is'pose he does"
was the rejoinder ; che gives me q lickin,
every day, and says l merits two"
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-13

|-The solar eclipse which takes place on the
18th Of March, 1858, will be the largest eclipse of
the Sun which has been visible for many years.
The Almanac don't tell us any particulars res
pecting the time or place of exhibition.