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The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-06-30
SHERIFF SHE.

J.. Maycr& Co. vs.. Thomas 7. McCollurn, No 1912.
DY VIRTUE OF 4 WRIT OF Fl IA IN THE
ID above entitled suit issued from the Hon. the
District Court Of the Parish Of Catahoula, and TO the
Sheriff thereof directed, | have seized upon as the
pl operty of the Defendant. Tlos.T. McCoiIum. A
East contain eighty, with all the imp oyemonts there
upon, being the land upon which the defendant now
resides oud VIII on
.So.arI 2 he m day of Aaqu@t 1888.
within legal hours at The Court House Door, in the
Town Of liarrisouburg, offer said property for sale,
to pay and satisfy said writ.
TENS otsalc cash under bcncd OF app'aismcat.
D. II. pEiCuARD,
Shei9's Office June, 70 1858, sAerin.
Prs. Zee s..
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CRors.-The crops are now promising
most splendidly under the influence Of the
genial showers and sunshine Of the past week.
The planters inform us that there was never
a better prospect for crops ia our Parish.
than that OF the present time. Cotton, sug-
ar and corn are all locking finely. The
nights are however rather too cool for the
season.-A!ctandria (Lo) Dcmoerat, l5M
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Nern CrIcn1ls tilnrkets.

There has been no material change in prices.
The demand running mainly on the hiddling and
and better qualities, those descriptions have com
mandcI very full prices, but the lower grades have
been neglected and sold at easier rates.
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Eg The Fourth Of July, this year, We all
know, occurs On Sunday, but the powder
must be saved untils Monday; still, .orno
great battles were fought on Sunday.
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Ev The Concordis Intelligances Of last

| NJ Ahc COHcoTula lntelllSenceS OF last
Friday has tho following local river news:
E~IDAl1A.-TAo river has been considered
on . stand hers for the last six days-tha. ia,
it has not risen porceptib!y, and although
considered By ONO to have fallen, those
slight recessions have been but temporary
and were soon recovered, or nearly SO. Tie
word rijrotory would apply to the stage Of
water in Tho river at this poin. The drift
s'iI! comes, uprooted trees with green foliage
displayed On their branches a. well rs de-
Icayed trunks and The usual Debris Of extreme
high water or an overflow. We are By no
means certain that the late powosill foods
in the Missouri, and the upper tributaries
have reached US.
TnE MAEEHGo AND BULL1r Bayou LEyEgs.
These grand guard levces in the upper por-
ton OF Concordia Parish are constantly pro-
tected with the same vigilance az formerly /;
but it has become absolutely necessary Tor
their safety that they should no longer be
used for the purposes Of travel. Carriage
travelling is esRecial'y prohibited. Constant
" guarded by obstructions OF log defonces
ana yigi!aDt s~entinels no carriage can posi-
bly, get upon these %levoes; aud they need 70
longer make the attempt.
Alfred '. Davis, Esq, OF Tacony, on Lake
Conco:dia, late on his passage to the North,
was 90 impressed with the vast waste Of the
descending waters which be witnessed on
reaching Cairo, that he Immediately trans
mitted orders TO bis Tacouy plantation 70
have sent up to The defence aud safeguard Of
the Marengo Leyee, twenty-five OF lis best
hands, supelintended over by two white men.
to remain there SIS long as DANGER shall ex-
lst.
This generous order was instantly com
piled with, and bis force under the superin-
tendencc he ordered, are now upon the Ma
ren 60 Leyco.
On "wednesday night Tho Marongo le7ee
ca7ed, OF slid IN, near the upper part, where
fortunately the wafer was but two or three
feet deep, and none found it, wav through.
Had the Side taken place forty wards lower
down there would have been len feet water,
and a descent into Grassy Lake. The leycc
guards Instantly discovered The slide, rallied
bands and repaired damages in the ni-ht.
Tho above information was brought down
10 US BY Capt. LoYclady, who has cLalgo Of
he Levee night-watch.
BACK RIvER.-On Black River, at Wild
Cow Bayou, Jos. CDoL'uoste, ESQ, report
ed, on yesterday morning, a total fall Of six
inches below the highest water mark Of the
present year. This is caused both by q fall
in Red River, and in the Ouachita.
TEHsAs EiyEE.-Wo learn from E. L.
Wales ESD Of Kinks Ferry, Parish Of Ten
sas, that up TO Wednesday morning Of the
present week, there had been 4 daily rise Of
some eighth Of an inch, making an inch, or
4 little more, q week. There IS yet about
seven feet bank on tie Tensaa at Kinks
Ferry.
On tLo Tonsas, twenty miloa below Kinks
Ferry, a fall was reported on Wednesday
morning.
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NOTICE.

NOTICE. Il
nURING my absence Col. WIN. "A
II thorized to receive and reoeiF =
for the year 1857 ~
Marcel 70 lS5S-42r
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Il IL Il MIHNU4I

IN. Il. MLHSHALl
OWL ENGINEER, AND DRAU
" (ate of the Vicksburg, Shreveport
Rail road and Parish Surveyor of Oh
witt I~Ianisonburg professionally on o.
18th Of June next.
Persons wishing their Plantations s
section lines established will please leave
at the Office Of the "Independent'
thai date.
bitches laid out Instrumcntaliy.
Monroe, La, 18th May 1858.
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FIRE AT MONTEREY LAEDIxc.-We regret
to learn that a fire occurred OF the premises
Of 5. G. Scott, Esq, on last Friday, which
entirely destroyed lis dwelling and ware
house. Fortunately lis store was uniniured.
The fire originated in tie kitchen close to
the dwelling and spread with such rapiditv.
that i was with the greatest difficulty that
the family escaped with thei, livss.-Coa-
oo-{tn lnteLIGenter. 25ih.
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MOTTO loF ambitious young phSgicians-
lave patience
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TELEGRAPUIC INTELLIGENCE.

St. Louis. June 22.-The river here has
fallen eighteen inches during the last forty
eight hours and is still receding. All the
upper streams are falling.
Louisville, June 22.-The Ohio opposite
this point is falling rapidly. There is now
six and a half feet over the rocks on the
Falls.
St. Louis, June 23.-The river is reced;ug
at this point about six inches in t%wentyfour
hours.
St. Louis, June 24.-The river at this
point fell one foot dering the t%wenty-four
hours ending last night. All the upper
streams are receding.
louisville, juno 24.-The Ohio here is
falling rapidly. There is scarcely eight feet
of water in the canal.
Tile Tcksbmy's Trip.
Louisville, June o2.-The steamboat
Vicksburg, Capt. Thomasson, has mado the
trip from New Orleans hither in four DAYS
and twenty-five hours.
Tie Ttleqrophic Co5ze.
New York, June 24.-Letters which have
been received here, dated on board the US.
irigatc Niagara, engaged in the undertaking
Of laying the transatlantic cable, state that
during the recent experimental trip, the line
parted five times, although the weather was
perfectly calm.
Serious doubts are felt as to tho success of
the project. |
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|. St. Louis, June 1--we have intelligence
here today, that Col. Kane had arrived at
Camp Scott, on tho 1Gth ult., and reports
that Salt Lake City, and the whole OF the
Northern settlements, were nearly deser-
ted.
About forty thousand were in motion, the
trains extending for miles down the valley.
1t is supposed that tho Mormons arc going
10 Sonora.
brigham Young had delivered the seals
and records to Governor Cumming.
1t is reported that there were no male at
Camp Scott.-Picoyuns.
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Peace IA Utah.
The National Intelligencer, of the

The National Intelligencer, Of the 18th
inst, has the annexed gratifying intelligence
The President of the United States last
might transmitted to both Houses of Con-
gress the subjoincd message, communicating,
on the authority of an accompanying de-
ispatch from Gov. Cumming, the agreeable
intelligence that our difficulties with the de-
Iuded population Of Utah have, it is believ-
cd, received q pacific termination. The
whole country. We are sure, will share in the
feelings Of satisfaction with which the Presi-
dent communicates to Congress this graft
flying result Of tho measures which have
been taken by his Administration for the
suppression of revolt and disorder in that
distant Territory.
"WAsHIsGToE, June 10, 1858.
To the Senate and House af Representations ::
81 transmit a copy CT a despatch from
Gov. Cumming to the Secretary Of State,
dated at Great Salt Lake City, on the Cd of
May, and received at the Department Of
State On yesterday. From this there is rea-
son 10 believe that our difficulties with the
,Terrilory of Utah have terminated, and the
reign Of the constitution and the laws has
been restored. congratulate you on this
suspicious event."
Il lose no time in communicating this in
formation, and in expressing the opinion that
their will be no occasion to make any appro-
.p%Fiation for the purpose of calling into SER
vice the two regiments OF volunteers author
lied by the act Of Congress, approved On the
It'll Of April last, for tho purpose Of quelling
disturbances in tho Territory Of Utah, for
the protection OF supply and emigraut trains,
and the suppression Of Indian hostilities on
the frontier.
Il am the more g~ratifed at this satisfacto-
~ intelligence from Utah because it will af-
ford some relief 10 tAe treasury a a time de-
manding from US the ~strictesL economy, and
when the question which now arises upon
every new appropriation is whether it be of
a character SO important and urgent as to
brook no delay, and to justify aud require s
loan and most probably a tax upon the peo-
pie TO raise the money necessary for is pay
'la regard 70 the regiment OF volunteers
authorised By the same net Of Congress 10
DO called into service for The defence Of the
Of Texas against Indian hostilities,
| desire to leave this question to Congress,
observing al the same time that, in nv opin-
ion, tie State can be defended for tie pres
ent by the regular troops, which have not
yet been withdrawn from It's limits"
JAMES BUCHAEAg.
Tho accompanying despatch from Cover
nor Cumming is Of graat length, and gives
a full aud satisfactory account OF lis recep-
ION among the Mormons; but states that
he people OF the Territory are removing
rom every part of it towards "the South
md have determined to destroy their houses
md abandon the country.
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Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-02-20
/" STAND BY THE PRESIDENT,

This is the exclamation Of the Chillicothe
(0hio) Advertiser; and il is reiterated, Of
course, by the Union, with all the emphasis
which capitals can give it.
This is the very essence Of monarchy, or
despotism. Stand by the one-man-power (;
"stand by Caesar" stand by Nero;" "stand
by Santa Anna" "stand by the King have
been the cries Of the tools of tyrants long be-
fore the supple tool of despotism out in Chill
licothe, Ohio, cried "STAND BY THE PRES.
IDENT.r
We win venture trife that the Editor Of
the Advertiser who uttered this base cry either
has, or soon win have long columns Of Gov
ernment advertisemt nts, although his paper is
never seen by single man who is expected to
bid for the advertised contract Advertise
ments for mail lettings in Oregon, California,
and Washington Territory, we understand, are
given to country papers that are never seen
Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-02-20
The Ch.lioe Returned ;.

We entertain most thorough feeling Of con-
tempt for the newborn zeal with which Mr.
Buchanan seeks TO bsmboozle the South, by
his support of the Kansas Becompton Consti-
tuition. IL is but the fitting conclusion Of the
humbug treatment our loved section has been
receiving all the while at the hands of the Ad.
ministration. No one can doubt that the acts, the
messages and the speeches, Of Governor Walk
er, found their hearty approver in Mr.. Buch-
anan, and were the product Of the policy which
the latter had marked out The Constitution
to be formed was to be submitted TO popular
approval--not single clause Of it, but tho
whole---and admission was to be applied for
under il II may suit very well the views Of
the Administration, and their craving after
some little hold upon Southern gratitude, since
the Convention has only submitted a part oI
it for that approval, now TO claim that Kansas
should be admitted, and to point the South "a
the fact that the Constitution thus presented
permits slave-holding; but the keen eye Of Mr.
Buchanan sees already what win be the final
result He thinks the indications already con-
elusive, that eventually Kansas will be non
slaveholding. Watches Courier. a."
Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-02-20
MIR. SPEAKER ORR.

We have always considered Mr.. Orr fair,
upright man; but the constitution of Mr.. Har-
ris' select Kansas Committee does not comport
with fairness or justice, and he is therefore not
upustly censured for the wrong he has done.
The Union comes to his defence, and justi-
fies his action for reasons which are an insult
to the body over which Mr.. Orr presides.---
Men are not great, even though they reach
high positions, who cannot rise to the dignity
Of being just, and who show that they are &C,
tuated by motives that usually move small
politicians, rather than those which govern
Statesmen. f
Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-02-20
THE AMERICAN PARTY In con-
NECTICUT. .a

We stated q short time ago that the Ameri-
can party In Connecticut had issued call for
State Convention, As the Americans in, that
State acted with the Republicans last year un-
der the designation of a "Union Party" it
may be necessary to state why they no longer
act together. The reason is thus given in an
address lately issued by the American State
a. Son the 14th of january, 1858, in accor-
dance with call issued by the Union State
Committee, inviting a Convention by delegates
of I" the Freemen of Connecticut who are OPP
posed to the present National Administration" "
Convention was held at Hartford. AT that
Convention the following was offered by q mi
nority of the Committee
/" Resolped, That the frauds and corruptions
perpetrated at the ballot box in cur elections,
through the agency of class of voters Of our
foreign population who blindly obey the lead
ers of the Democratic Party admonish us Of
the necessity of resisting tho undue influence
of unintelligent foreigners in our political az
fairs and we therefore favor the adoption Of
such legislation as may be necessary to protect
the tight of suffrage and the purity of the bal
lot box.n 1H Ei5Eof r. ,ira ,sgwgb
gaAter a long and ardent debate, conceded on
all sides to cover the question whether distinc-
tive American doctrines should receive any
recognition from the Convention, the consider
alton both of that resolution and Of the one
on the same topic reported by the Committee
on Resolutions was, on motion Of a Republican
member of the Convention, indefinitely post
pond During this debate, the Republican
leaders denounced in the bitterest terms both
the Americans and their principles, and avow-
ed il as their policy TO drive off that wing Of
the party for the purpose Of conciIiating and
thus securing in its place the foreign vote.
The American Party, believing in the JUS
tice and present practical value Of their dis
tinctve principles, have accepted the decision
thus pronounced that they have no place,
either as party or as individuals, in an organ
ization which, having been assembled as a
Union Party in a Union State Convention, has
by its own act become Republican Party on
distinctive Republican Platform"
We are rejoiced that the Americans of Con-
necticut have shown proper spirit and come
out from those who thus treat them with con.
tumely.
In their address they advocate ga radica
change in the naturalization laws" "tbe pro
lection of American industry and genius
against the adverse policy Of foreign nations,
and the support for political stations Of fthos'
only who do not hold civil allegiance to any
foreign power, whether civil or ecclesiastical
and who are Americans either by birth or b,
thorough education and training"
Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-02-20
D. g, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1855. I.

cd me to look at my right hand As though
I had not the power to refuse, ] extended it.
The truth is, felt strange thrill pervade me
at his touch !; he grasped It and held it near the
light, thus aifosdins me full time to examine
every feature. Itwas the face Of Washington.
Gentlemen, shuddered IS beheld the horri-
bly, dead alive Of that visage. After holding
my hand fora moment, helooked ct mesteadily,
and said in q quiet way. amHiaa
"And with this right hand, Senator from
South Carolina, you would sign your name to
paper declaring the Union dissolvedi"
Y 81 answ cred in the affirmative. Yes /
said, 'if certain contingency arises, win
sign my name to ) Declaration Of Dissolu-
tion.' But at that moment black blotch ap-
peared on the back Of my hand, an inky blotch,
which 1 seem to see even now. What is thatf'
said ], alarmed, / knew not why, at the blotch
on my hand. aA Arg
'' ..That said he, dropping my hand, is the
mark BY which Benedict Arnold is known in
thenext world" rp f8 etslqs
He said no more, gentlemen, but drew from
beneath his cloak an object which he laid upon
the table laid it upon the very paper on which
| was writing That object gentlemen, was a
skeleton. aap afqri H5e,sig fots R
Il NThere," said he, "there are the bones Of
Isaac Hayne, who was hung at Charleston by
the British. He gave his life in order to estab-
lish the Union. When You put your name to
Declaration of Dissolution, why you may as
well have the bones Of Isaac Hayne before
you; he was South Carolinian, and SO are
you. But there was no blotch on his right
hand" if1 M NJ ajH-
4 "With these words the intruder left the
room started back from the contact with
the dead mans bones, and-awoke. Over
worn by labor, had fallen asleep, and had
been dreaming. Was it not singular dream3"
" All the company answered in tho affirmative,
and Toombs muttered, "Singular, very singu-
lar" at the same time looking curiously at the
back of his right hand, while Mr.. Calhoun
placed his head between his hands and seem
ed buried in thought si! fW H
Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-02-20
THEIR FATE rs sEALED.

No party can long stand under the odium
Of gigantic, shameless and reiterated frauds
any more than an individual can stand up and
defy the universal denunciation of honest men
for base crimes The Democratic party fell
in ls4o, under load Of defalcations, stealings,
and other rascalitics, which all came 10 light
about that time, and shocked the public feel.
ings The Democratic party is now stagesr.
ing under q load Of odium broughtupon IL by
the most abominsble frauds and viElanics per.
petrated in Kansas beginning with the pas.
sage of the Kansas-N Nebraska sct--ever hoard
Of in any civilized nations These frauds, and
the just odium thcy bring upon thcir authors
and abettors, are accommodating daily, and the
party reels under tbsm, soon to fall prostrste
helpless and dsspised h iri d pod
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OF THE WASHINGTON
\; e ,,...-s,a w. AMERICAN. NJ If ,@g4f 4

We can hardly think it necessary to urge
upon. those who hold that Americans ought to
rule America, the importance Of havinga paper
at the seat Of the Federal Government, which
shall enunciate and advocate the doctrines Of
the American party 0lla hne sgsirsaT ssi
A paper issued from any of the great centres
of nation, but especially from the political
Metropolis, in the present age, not in this
country only, but in Great Britain, France, and
wherever there is the least freedom Of discus
sion, is medium thrlpgh which those hold.
ing similar sentiments Ia regard to public af-
fairs snd public policy, may make known, dis
cnss and defend their views, and expose the
impropriety Of the principles, and the impolicy
Of the measures Of their antagonists. 1t should
earnestly Iabor to give proper. direction to
public opinion by enlightening the public
The AMERICAN is the only paper published
at the seat of the Federal Government which
advocates AmericGn doctrinesj the only SEN
inel of the party stationed where . near and
clear view can be had of the movements and
doings Of their opponents at their headquarters.
Here political information concentrates, and
from hence it radistes 10 every part of the en-
pire here party measures and movements are
determined, and political campaigns planned;
QcTo buutaKcA1lo ~ 70 SouOpStou 1Au bAW hIiC<l,
and here at certain seasons Of the year politi-
clans most do congregate here, In short, is
the centre of the great political maelstrom In
which so many thousands are constantly plung-
ing and forever gyrating. rs,r9 iadF nos
ffthe American party is desirous Of being .
national party, It should not be without q
paper here through which It can make known
to al people its views, aims and opinions and
which shall also refute the calumnies that are
from time to time uttered against 1t through
Ignorance or less excusable motive; and We,
therefore, take hope that the AMERICAN, stand
ing, As II win stand, upon the platform Of the
American party, advocating, as it viii adyo-
cate, the paramount rights of natiye-born citi-
zens, eschewing, as 1t will eschew, all interfer-
ence with slavery as national concern, and
maintaiping as il win maintain, perfect free
dom Of opinion and Of conscience In religion,
will find favor in the eyes Of sll truly pntriotic
citizens in the land, and commend itself TO their
generous support ~. t..t ,t,il
z Lest we may not have been specific enough
In declaring our principles, we add that the
FAREWELL AppREss Of the Father of his coun-
try, as Illustrated by the broad light of his ad-
ministration, Is our political textbook and rade
nasouna and shall be our compass and chart.
Ut. .
Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-02-20
Frnm the I.onisrilln Journal.

A man must be either blind from natural
want Of common sense or blinded By passion
or self interest to suppose for one moment that
it can by any possibility benefit the South to
force Kansas into the Union with the Lecomp,
ton Constitution Kansas may, IL thus forced
in, be for period, by the empty forms of
fraudulent law, slaveholding State in name,
but we all know, however this may be, she
will, from the very FIRST, with her ovcrvhelm.
ing and daily increasing majority Of Freo-soi-