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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-12

SrGAR FROM CHINESE SUGAR CANE
We have had the pleasure of exainin-
ing several kiads of sugar made from
the Chinese Sugar Cane, by Joseph
S. Lowering of Oakhill, Pennsylvania.
sen through the office of the Ohio
Cultivator to Gov, Chase, and by
him placed in the office Of the State
Board of Agriculture for the iuspec-
ton of all interested in this new and
important branch of agriculture.
There were five specimens, one
box of coarse brown, one of fine gran
ulated brown, n of white, never re-
fined,one of refined lump,and one OF
loaf sugar equal to any made from
the cane.
Mr.. Lowering raised and manufac-
tured last year 92S pounds of.excel-
lent graduated brown sugar, 293 lbs.
of the coarser kind, making 1921
pounds to the acre.-[Columbus Ga
Zette.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-12

MORE THAN THEY BARGAINED FOR
Thu Legislature passed some time since
a resolution to pay the State Journal and
the Statesman S. per day to publish their
proceedings, and each House appointed a
clerk to report them officially. The report
ers, anxious to show that they are not a
useless s'institution," get up the usual guam
tum of proceedings" whether there is any
business transacted or not-anG hence it
necessarily follows that matters neither i'm
portant nor interesting are frequently found
embraced in their daily summary - and
these being times when news Of stirring in
terest abounds, the papers aforesaid earnest
~ and justly protest against being COM
PEELED, for the consideration of IS per
day, to fill their columns with such stuff
us is frequently imposed upon them. The
journal a few days since thus expressed
itself
I" 1t surely never was the intention OF the
Legislature, in having the proceedings Of
the two bodies published, to have immaterial
matters reported at length. For Instance,
the dehate-if such it can be called-which
occurred in the Senate yesterday afternoon,
about the postponenenl of u bill, is of no
earthly interest to any one, nor is it calcu-
lated to elevate the character of tire body
in the estimation of the people,"
That the reader may judge of the charac-
ter of the reports complained of, We copy u
portion Of the debate referred to in the
above extract:
On motion of Mr.. McCLEARY, the Sen
ate received itself into committee of the
Whole, Mr.. GARD in the Chair; prior to
which, there not being a quorum, an inef-
fectual motion was made to adjourn.
Several bills were passed over informally.
when
Mr.. LANGDoN said that he had grown
weary of this mode of doing business. Bills
were laid over day after day, ut the instance
Of their authors, and now the work wus
brought 10 q perfect stand still, and there
was nothing Tor examination ready for the
committee.
Mr.. GREEN said that there were gentle
men absent who were DESTROYS to speak on
this bill.
Mr.. REID said he felt in a moot to hear
some long speeches from gentlemen on the
other side, and hoped the discussion of this
bill would be progressed in, as he wac quite
unweli, and was under the impression that
such a stirring up as he was likely to get
would do him good. He wanted to hear
the abuse which might be anticipated.
M .a:J - L.. D.
sired 10 get the benefit of a fight, be had
better go into the street and procure some
one to kick him.
Mr. HENKLE wished TO speak on this bill
and was not ready to begin; but when he
did he should be able to abuse the gentle
man to his hearts content.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-12
K,L1,rc THE DruocRA1,c PAIR,

KILLlrG THE DEMocRArIc PARTY.
President Pierce. says the ST. Louis
News, undertook the job Of breaking
up heDemocratic party in the North
EN- States, aud got along SO finely Us
to break its domination in every
Free State but New Jersey, Pennsyl-
wanna, Indiana, Illinois and California.
Mr.. Buchanan has taken up the work
where Mr.. Pierce left of; if he is as
successful during the next the months
as he has been in the past three weeks,
he will finish it SO commpletely as not
to leave a shred of the party north OF
Mason q Dixon'S line. 1t would not
be surprising if it were to crowd it
out of Missouri, Kentucky and Ten
ness also, reducing the once power
full national Democracy to a pitiful
nest of bilious fire eater in the Gulf
States
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-12

A child OF Edward Hoy, of Buffalo, was
bitten about three months since, on his way
to school, by a dog. The wound healed and
the matter was almost forgotten, when a few
DAYS since be was taken with spasms and
died two days after Of bydrophobia.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-12


KANsAs.-Late adviccs from the territory
are important and interesting. Abundant
proof has been adduced of the outrageous
frauds perpctrated ut the recent elections.
by Calhoun and his minions. The Terrific
rial Legislature has repealed all the bogus
laws passed by the usrrping Missourians;
has passed a law abolishing slavery, which
goes into effect on the LIST Of March; anoth-
er removing the seat of Government from
Topeka to Lawrence; and another is under
consideration for the election of a new Con.
%vention TO frame a Constitution--and il is
moi unlikely that by the time the committee
is ready to report under the resolution of
Mr.. Harris, another constitution will have
been adopted and admission under it
demanded. All nccounts from the Ter
ritory represent the people as resolved
to resist to the last extremity any and all
efforts to force the Lecompton Constitution
on them.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-12

CosT OF LEG1sLATIoK.--The Columbus
Gazette has been " figuring for the pur-
pose of ascertaining how much their Legis-
lation costs the people of Ohio--and, as.
most readers are not aware of the amount
that is squandered by every days failure to
hold q session, or what occurs more fire.
quently, a failure to devote the time to any
useful or practical purpose, We copy a por-
ton of the figures, which are both ~instruc-
tive and suggestive, and explain themselves:
SENATE.
Per diem, 35 members, at 81 a day, $40 90
Lieutenant Governor, 5 90
five clerks ($4 each), 20 90
" three Sergeants-at-Arms. IL 90
!" 3 messenger boys, at 81 SO, 1 SO
one Reporter, 90
Printing reports per day, 5 90
Total daily expenses of Senate, $50 so
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Per diem of LOT members at 81 each $42S 90
" five clerks, i" 20 90
three sergeants, " II 90
6 messenger boys at 81 so, 9 90
one reporter, 4 90
Printing reports per day, 5 90
Total daily expenses of House, $47S 90
Add daily expenses of Senate, 100 so
Making a total of 1868 so
Other necessary daily expenses,
stationery for clerks and mem
bers of both Houses, so 90
Heating a2Paratus-l4o bush. coal
per day at Sc per bushel, - GO
Two engineers ut S 25 per day, 2 so
Four fremen at 81 per day, 4 90
Water for washing and other purposes, 4 GO
Total daily expenses, S741 so
Which, multiplied by 7, gives the weekly
expenses of the Legislature, $5,I9l 90
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-12

County INFiRmARY BuRNED-SiE
LtUeS Last!-Tuesdav, February 81,
at p. NJ. the County Iafrmary was
discovered to be Oh fire. 1t is sup
posed to have been set on fire by one
Of the inmates. The flames spread
with the greatest rapidly, aud soon
envelo2ed the entire building. And,
horrible as ii may be to state. there
were no less than six of the inmates
consumed in the flames.
The names are, Thomas Memo, Mr..
Minor, Joseph Brunson and Eliza
Percival. The other two we could
not learn.
The provisions and furniture were
mostly saved, in damaged condition.
The barns and small building; near
by were saved by timely exertion.
The inmates who escaped, about
60 in numter, are provided with com
Portable quarters by the citizens of
the neighborhood. Loss, $1,000
Insurance, $1,000 Asi,tabula Sen
tinel.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-12

ly expects TO make one more speech Ia the
Senate, as disunion Is az hand. The plan
is on the rejection of Kansas for the delega-
tons of South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia,
and Mississippi, to vac ate their seats and 90
home. 1t is supposed that those States will
at once call conventions for a dissolution of
the Union, and it is hoped that Texas, Louis
ana, and North Ca rolina will follow suit
Strange to say South Carolina is the most
conservative of all these. Their former tri-
al at Notification makes them cautious"
The Ohio Statesman, in reference to these
reasonable designs on the part of its brother
admirers and supporters Of James Buchanan
in the Southern States, discourses as fol-
lows:
''If the salvation OF The Union depends on
SO slight a chance as the adoption or rejection
of the Leconspton Constitution is claimed 10
hang upon, its days are about numbered at
all events, and there is no balm in in this
question, however decided, which could save
1t long enough to be worth much further
trouble.
1fthere be a party strong enough in the
South to dissolve the Union, in consequence
of the rejection of the Lecompton Constitu-
ton, the rejection would not restrain or post
pone their efforts a single month. IT they
fail in finding one pretext for carrying on
their traitorous machinations, they will soon
seek and find another, and another, until
they come to an end in success or failure.
Ifso bent on their hellish design, the last
means of opposing and defeating them.
which We should recommend, would be con-
~ciliatfon aud sacrifice, The true way to
baulk extreme wickedness is to meet il with
prompt exemplary resistance. Yield one
demand to bad and violent men, and they
encrouch upon you another still more flaRi-
tious ana intolerable. -
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-20
OBITUARY..

DIED-At the residence of Mr.. p. NJ. McorE
in this parish, On the 18th Of March 1853, Mr.
HARLEY CURTIS, Of Saltwater, Minuesota
Territory, in his 5sth year.
The subject of the above, was born in Oneida
county, New York, from whence he removed
some twenty years since, and was one of the
earliest settlers of the Northwest, where he has
resided, filling various Offices of trust and honor.
A few years since symptoms Of Pulmonic disease
developed itself, and gradually undermined his
health and constitutional energies. AS a last re-
sort he determined to try the effect of the milder
climate of the South, but alas! the fell King of
Terrors had too surely enchained his victim. He
found among strangers a hospitable ana friendly
greeting, who done all that human agencies could
to assist and relieve, but all e~xertions were futile.
Among strangers he came whose sad duties it
was to perform the last mournful rites of oil that
is of earth. s**
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-20

A ROUTE 0 THE ESCAPE OF THE Nor.
MoNs.-The St. Louis Leader of the LIST
instant learns from Father Desmet, a
Catholic Missionary, who has spent many
years among the Indian tribes, that on
either slope Of the Rocky Mountains
there is a perfectly practicable and easy
route north from Salt Lake to the British
possessions. Father D. has travelled the
route several times with light wagons.
He gives it as his conviction that if the
Mormons leave their present location
they will proceed northward to New-Cal-
edonia, British America, andsettle at the
base Of the Portage Mountains, near the
49th parallel. The route is described in
The country and climate are
stated to be eminently superior in every
respect to those of Utah.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-20

AN INcoRR1G1BLE BoY.-John A.
was a good natured fellow, not without
wit, averse to toll, and spending most
of his time in manipulating those rectan-
gular forms of paste-board, which T.
Crehore devises, and where the American
eagle sits on the zee of spades. Johns
father was dead, but his uncle, a Boston
citizen, frequently gave him good advice.
"John,' says he one day, "be industrious,
and with your talents you can make
anything Of yourself. Suppose you have
capital. Look at old Billy Gray !!
He came into this city with a pack on
his bach, and went out with a million of
dollars r THAT'S nothing to my case,
Dncle," said the incorrigible John, II
Game into this city with two packs in my
PICKET, and am going out without a red
knt.n
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-20
state or Loudsiana,-

State OF louisiana,
Ninth District ~Court-Parish of Pointe Coupee,
In the matter of succession of Charles Adclard,
FIN. c. deceased.
WILL BE SOLD by the undersigned, by vir.
w tue Of an order of the Honorable the Ninth
District Court in and for the parish and State
aforesaid, at the late residence of the deceased On
Thursday, 25th day Of March, 1858,
at 10 o'clock a. NJ, the following described prop
erty towit:
One horse. One saddle and bride.
On gun and accessories.
Two hand saws.
TERMS OF SALE-CASH.
SEVERN PORCHE, Sheriff.
Pointe Coupce, March 20, 1858.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-20
CARRYING THE WAR INTO AFRICA.

One Of the most surprising episodes
that has occurred in the issues pertain.
ing to slavery, has lately been exhibited
in the lower House of the Massachusetts
Legislature, as we learn from the Wash.
ington States. In that seething cauldron
OF Black Republicanism, negro philan-
thropy, Abolition howlers, and other
elements tending towards national dis
cord, Mr.. Caleb Gushing, who, by some
happy accident, was elected to a seat
in that ~unwholesome body, pitched a
live she'll into the camp, upon a motion
giving petitioners for the removal of
Judge Loring leave to withdraw. Mfr.
Cushing, in fact, has absolutely begun
the same plan of attack in Massachusetts
that the men of that State have so
sedulously carried out in the Capitol of
the country for the last five and twenty
years. No one may safely predict what
this renewal of agitation within the
enemy's lines upon their most cher.
ished though fragile principles-may
yet achieve but we believe it by no
means improbable that before another
quarter OF a century goes by, there may
be an overwhelming majority in the
State of Massachusetts, in support of
slavely, as an institution, and as much
larger capital than they have at present
invested in the importation of the colored
laborers themselves.
tJTo return, however, to the opening of
Mr.. Cushing's campaign. He INDUCED
a crowded Legislature, on Tuesday of
last week, with a clear, sharp, singing
piece of logic, which must have been in
the highest degree distasteful to his
hearers. He told them that they shrunk.
like whipped spaniels, under the lash of
Lloyd Garrison, who drove over them in
the carof the Anti-Siavery Society I; that
the Legislature had been intimidated
and bullied into voting the Hall for negro
agitation, though the Society had merely
the game Of c%ompulsion, and
refused to accept the Hall when it was
voted. In a word, Mr.. Cushing told his
hearers that it vas a question whether
the members Of that body were freemen,
acting without restraint, or whether
they were covering under the menaces
Of a Society which openly advocated
disunien in its worst and most reprehen-
sible aspect
We may imagine what must have been
the effect produced by these home thrusts
of our late able Attorney General. There
he stood, alone in that arena of nigger-
goring his enraged audience from
tail to brisket ; and not a man of them
all could find words to reply to him.
'' The behavior Of the House." however,
as we learn by the Daily Advertiser,
was admirable. When he closed, al
at least a dozen members, doubt
less, burned to reply to him, with a rare
but a most commendable forbearance, no
member of the majority accepted his
invitation to wander away from the leg.
business of the day"
This we a readily understand =; but
we go further, and believe that the
majority will yet burn in a mitch hotter
place before any one of them can shake
the position taken by the member from
.ewburyport.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-20

On motion of Mr.. Claiborne, the House took up
and passed a bill to allow pedlers to sell goods in
Pointe Coupee, by paying the same tax as the
merchants in said parish pay.
This is a mistake. Mr.. Cottrell, the Senator
from c~alcaseu and ST. Landry, passed bill thro'
the Senate in relation to Pedlers travelling in
boats. Mr.. Claiborne took the management of the
Senate bill in hand for Mr.. Cottrell and passed it
through the House. The bill applies solely to the
parishes Of Calcasieu and st. Landry. The mis-
take on the part Of the reporter, we suppose, &C.
Cured from the fat that Mr.. Claiborne is one
Of the Representatives from Pointe Coupee.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-20

lPARsoN BRowNLow.-The Parson seems
entertain serious misgivings about
5 claims of the Abolitionists to place
fhe Kingdom of Heaven. when |
there, as I expect to when I die"
b the reverend editor, "if / find q
Eular built Abolitionist there, | shall
(clude that he has practlced a fraud
10 the door-keeper ; for, in my opinion,
ansas agitator and freedom shrieker
no more business in our Fathers
kgdom than Commodore Paulding
in Nicaragua when he captured the
pnsters.n
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-20

"a Love OF A BONNET" is something that
every woman loves to talk about, read about, and
lock after. Simon Il Loeb have just received one
dozen Of the aforesaid articles, and assure us thai
It viii give them great pleasure to show and sell
them to their lady customers There is nothing
prettier--to us-than o neat bonnet-especially
with a sweet face in it, We advise our lady read
ers to call soon as such articles do not remain
long On the counter.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-20
SEVERN PORCHE, shr.
Pointe Coupee, feb. 81, 1858. 7tds
State of Louisiana.

State of Louisiana.
Parish of Orleans-Fourth District Cont.
Ridgill, Roberts & Terrell,
for the use of J. Lalande. No. 1928,
VS..
CT. e. r. W. McRae
DY virtue ofand to satisfy o writ Of f.fa, issu.
IL ed in the above entitled suit and to me dieo-
ted by the Hon. the 4th District Court in and for
the parish and State aforesaid, to satisfy plaintiffs
demand and costs of suit, l have seized, and will
offer at public sale at the Court House on
Saturday, the Sd day of Apra, 1858,
at IL o'clock, a. NJ, all the right and interest
that the defendant has in and to the following Do
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 II. Clark, con-
tanning fourteen hundred arpents more or less,
and the following named slaves, to-wit:
Bob, aged As years; John 80, Dennis AZ, Dam
lei 40, Henry 80, Peter 80, William %, Squire ~,
Scott 33, Dave rs, Levi 40, John Is, Dick 10.
Seaton SO, Manuel 25, Jerry 20, Hern 10, Bob 10.
Cooper %, Eliza 40 and her child Polly, Emily
20, Leaty lS, Henrietta Is, Phillip AZ, Nelly
40 years and her child Jane, Alexander or Aleci
70, Cyrus 81, Suzan %, CLANCY Is, Ann 80 and
her children, Mingo Is and York 6, Becky and
her child, Cadence % and her child I, Suzan Is
and her child, Lucinda 40, Maria ~ and her
child, Lucinda 20 and her child Alexander or
Aleck %, Julia 80 and her child, Lucinda Wash
ington and her child, Patsy 30 and her child.
rem, Hetty 7, Will 18, Chariot IS, Harriet Is
Arthur 10, Jack 80.
Terms Of Sah-CaM wiM AYpraisem<at
SEVERN PORCHE, Shf.
Pointe Coupee, feb. ~, 1858. 7tds
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-20

State OF Louisiana.
Parish Of Pointe Coupee-Ninth District Court.
Widow Joseph Picard
We. NC. iioo1
Joseph Picard.
DY virtue Of, and to satisfy a writ Of 4 ia, is
ID sued in the above entitled suit and to me di-
rected by the Honorable the Ninth District Court.
in and for the Parish and State aforesaid, to salts
fy plaintiffs demand and costs of suit, | have
seized, and will offer at public sale. ut the Court
House on
Saturday, the Sd day Of April, 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:
A tract Of land situated on the Island of False
River, measuring two arpents front on said river
by forty arpents in depth, bounded on the upper
side by the land of Alcide Dautheir, and on the
lower side by that of E. Major, together with all
the buildings and improvements thereon; also the
following named slaves:
Gillette, negro aged about 46 years.
Joseph, negro man aged about 70 years.
Arlot, grif, u
Terms Of Sak-Cad NTH Appraisement
SEVERN PORCHE, sh'f.
Pcinte Coupee, feb. 2T, $50. ids
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-20

The ECLIPSE SoLp.-The Picayune of
the 18th inst. says the beautiful and
mammoth steamboat Eclipse was yester-
day sold at auction for something over
$4,000, the purchasers being Buchanan,
Carol & Co. 1t is rumored that the u
chase was made on behalfof Capt. Harry
SPOTS, of the II. D. Newcomb, and that
henceforth the Eclipse is to run with the
Natchez and Princess, as Vicksburg
packets. These three boats will make
a strong team in the packet line-such
a trio, indeed, as cannot be rivaledi in the
interior trade of any country of the
world.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-20

HIGH PRIcEs.-Negroes are bringing
tremendous prices in Virginia. The
Richmond Enquirer note sales as fol-
lows : "a house servant, rs years old
sold for $1,000 ; a seamstress $145O !:
field hands from $1,000 to $14OO, one
family, a young n and three
children, very small, for $500 /; another,
same number, for $2725. There were
about forty negroes sold, averaging
nearly 5000 for old and young. They
were sold Oh a credit of six months, with
interest"
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-03-20

The DEMOCRATIC PARTY AYD THE UN1oN.-The
Democratic party, says the Richmond Enquirer,
has arrived at a critical period in its history. The
American people have arrived at a critical period
in their history too. A Reorganization of the
Democracy now must inevitably and speedily lead
to o disruption of the Union. The one would fol-
low the other as surely as night succeeds day
And for our part we would not separate the &C.
quence from the cause if we could for, when the
Democratic party is disorganized, Black Republic
cansism must triumph and when that takes
place, the only, safety for the South will be in
secession. We have not yet lost our regard for
the Union. We would perpetaate it if possible.
We would not kneei at an altar that is desc
Grated, and mock the Creator by doing reverence
to . symbol Of sacrilege, in the name Of religion.
We would not corroborate the imputation Of fall
sity upon selfgovernment, by acquiescing in such
an outrage upon the Constitution of the United
States as would be perpetrated in the inaugura-
ton of an abolition executive. We would sooner
show to the world that constitutional liberty is
rracacabI, by establishing a separate republic on
the SANE basis of principles promulgated by the
founders Of the Confederacy. We would preserve
the Union by making the South secure. And to
both these patriotic ends, the Democratic party
is equal. Divide the Democracy, and, as
we have said, you destroy the defence of the slave
States, and dissolve the Union.