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The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28

THE CREvAssE. We miscalcuIated some
what the time required to bar out the mighty
Mississippi from the cotton aud sugar fields
it has lusted after so fiercely. The crevasse
naturally is widening and deepening, but
not SO swiftly as might be expected, owing
to the cause we stated before, that the breach
is subject only to comparatively ineons'd'
cradle rush of the food, the water reaching
the opening indirectly as it were. Inc
break now varies in depth from i've to M
teen feet and is over ore hundred and h:ty
feet in breadth. The work Of pile-driving-
three rows to be beat into the gap where
the main levee stood--had not commenced
when we visited the crevasse last, but the
labor was hourly expected TO begin. Should
accidents not occur to the flatboat contain
ing the piIe-driving apparatus, the work, it rs
calculated, will. five or six days to ac-
complsh. The place has become the point
Of multitudinous and fashionable resort, and
were it not for the destructive nature Of the
crevasse, it would be hugely enjoyed, and is.
we verify believe, by the greater unmber OF
ueople who visit it.-N. 0. Bulletin.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28

STARS AND srR1prs. Mesrs P. p. Wes.
lein & Co. ofNo. Camp street Nsv5 o r
leans, have sent us a copy Of the following
new and popular patriotic song with this
title. The words Of which are by P. G..
Eastman, the music BY F. r. Prohl. both be-
ing copyrighted BY Messrs P. P. Werlein Il
Co. BY whom it is handsomely got up, with
beautiful and appropriate frontispiece.
A SONG-"STARS AND STRIPES"
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28

"No MORE OF THAT Hal, AN YOU LOVE
Me-" The Senate Committee on Territories
in its late report against the organization Of
Arizona Territory, presented Till contain
ing several sensible things, not the least SC
among them, is the provision that no consti
tuition of State asking admission into the
Union shall be sent to Congress unless
it shall have been previously submitted to
the people and ratified by majority Of the
legal voters in the limits Of the proposed
new State. No more constitutions submit
ted in part, are wanted. They have had
about enough Of that kind Of thing in the
Lecompton case. The provision referred to
is incorporated into the organic law Of each
Of the territories, except Utah. Huic aliud
mercedes crit.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28

THE BRITISH MERCANTILE MARINE. The
following curious statement rs 10 signals is
made relative to to the British marine-and
1t may relate also to cur marine:
The Mercantile Navy List for 1863 has
just been issued. 1t contains the names of
all British vessels registered up to the pres
ent date, in addition to those previously ex-
isting; and also the names of several hun
dred foreign vessels, the owners of which
have awaited themselves Of the notices pro-
muI gated by the forei gn Office to obtain dis
tnc'ive signals whereby their identity is in
tma,ed to ships met with at sea, or to signal
stations. The scope of the commerce ial code
affords special signal, designated BY four
flags, to every vessel, so that if all the ships
IN the world were assembled together the
particular identity Of each is denoted, no two
signals being alike. The continuance is ad-
m'rable, for it not only insures correctness,
but enables signalman to take down the
special signal Of every vessel under his view
IN order to transmit to LIoyTs by electric
wire the four letters by which it is designa-
lsd' for publication in the shipping reports.
The admiralty have directed the comman-
ders Of her Majesty's ships to make special
reports of all vessels met at sea, making
their numbers with the flags Of the CONNER
clat code Of signals, and the Controller Gen
eral Of the Coast Guard has given the like
direction to the officers at the several sta
tons. 1t appears that the owne. Of any for
eign vessel may obtain special signal by
application TO the Registrar General of Sea-
men, and that the signals of all British YES
sells ara now endorsed upon their certificate
OF registry by the officers of customs at the
several Sc ports in the United Kingdom and
the colonies"
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28

The COOP OLD Tunes. There is, to US
more touching pathos, heart thrilling express
sion, more feeling displayed, in some Of the
old psalm tunes. than in whole batch oil
modernisms. The strains 90 home, aud the
fountain of the great deep is broken up
the great deep of unfathonable feeling, that
lies far, far below the surface of the world
hardened heart; and as the untoward vet
unchecked tear starts in the eye, the sohened
spirits yield to their influence and shake of
the load Of earthly care, rising, purified and
spirliualized, into a purer atmospheric
Strange, inexplicable associations brood over
the mind. like the far off dream Of para
disc" miugling their chaste melody with the
musings Of still, subdued, more cheerful
character. How many glad hearts in the old
en- time have rejoiced in these songs of
praise-how many sighed out their CON-
plants in these plain,ive notes, that steal
sadly, yet sweetly on the ear-hearts that.
now cold in death, are laid to rest, around
that sacred tune, within whose walls they
had so often sweIled with emotion.-Black-
,Uood.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28

STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION. Seven lives lost
Tho steamer Falls City, Capt. Scudder, lef
our leves last evening for st. Louis. Sh,
had not got farther up than Jefferson City
when her steamdrum exploded, with disas
trous results. The boat was filled with scald
ing steam, which besides the explosion, con.
tributed to the fatality. Though the cabin
passengers escaped unframed, the following
lives were lost:
VIM. Weirck, son of RI. Weirck, clerk
of the boat
The child and nurse of Capt. Cable, pilot
Of he boat.
Willis Rollins, colored, second steward.
Harris, cabin boy, colored.
Two deck passengers, names unknown,
drowned by Jumping overheard.
The damage to the boat was little beside
the loss of the drum. She Of course had to
lay by.
The steamer John Simonds was going up
with and close to the Falls City at the time
Of the explosion. One Of her passengers, a
Mr.. Parker, who was standing on the hurri
cane deck, fell to the lower deck and broke
one Of his legs. We did not learn how he
came to fall, but it happened at the instant
of the explosion. And, whilst lying Grip
pied and senseless on the deck, he Was rob-
bed Of his gold watch and 81 800 in cash.
The Simonds landed, and the wounded ma d
was brought down to the city in cab. The
explosion Of the Falls City gave the Simonds
such shock, that her crockery, being
spread on the table for supper, was generally
smashed, and the steward had to GENE down
to the city to get new supply.
We have mentioned seven lives as be ing
lost. The number may be greater, but the
seven named were all we could here of.-N.
0. Crescent
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28
Liverpool Cotton Market.

IuG AfaSOs !
liverpool Cotton Market.
The general reports Of the Liverpool cot
ton market state that there has been Sigh
decline since the departure OF the Arago
and private letters say that the advance dur
ing the week since the departure of the Atri
ca was ] TO Fl.
The sales of the week are stated to have
amounted to 1900 bales; the market clio
sing quiet and steady, with fair demand
and no new feature apprehended.
Fall of LUCKNOW.
The principal item of general news re-
ceivsd by the Canada is the announcement
of the fall of Lucknow, uuder the assault
made on it by Sir Colin Campbell.
The resistance of the rebels is stated to
have been but feeble, and the loss of the
British but tri1ing.
The Kansas Conference.
WAsnrNcroN, April 23.-The majority Of
the committee of conference report to the
House in favor of making the admission OF
Kansas under the Lecompton constitution
dependent upon the acceptance Of the land
ordinance, which will be submitted to the
popular vote; and, if this be rejected, that
proposition shall! be made for new con-
s,itution.
Cincinnati Markets.
CINCINNATI, April 23.-The demand for
mess pork in our market to-day is good, with
more buyers than sellers; and prices are
sitter though not quotably higher.
RIVER NEWS.
ST.. LOUIS, April 10. Since yesterday the
river has risen nine inches, and the belief is
general that it will continue to rise for some
days yet, as heavy rains have fallen above.
LOUISVILLE, April 10. The river is rising
with nine feet and a half water on the falls.
Sr. LOUIS, April 2l.-The river here is
stationary. Tho upper Mississippi and Hi
nois are falling.
At Louisville the river is falling, with 10
feet over the falls.
ST. Lofts, April 22.-The river here is
about stationary, but rise is expected from
the rains above.
At Louisville there is plenty Of water Oh
the falls for the largest Of boats.
". 0. Pieoyune, 24th inst.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28

MONEY. Men work for it, fight for it, beg
for it, starve for it, lie for it, and die for it.
And all the while, from the cradle to the
grave. Nature and God are laundering in.
to our ears, the solemn question, "what shall
1t profit man il he gain the whole world
and loose his soul This madness for mon.
ey is the strongest and lowest Of passion i,
is the insatiate Moloch Of the human heart
before whose re'HorseIess altar all the fine,
attributes Of humanity are sacrificed. |,
makes merchandise Of all that is sacred in
human ELECTION; aud even trafics in tie
awful solemnities Of the eternal world.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28

E A difficulty has arisen among the
stockholders and Superintendent of the New
Orleans and Jackson Rail Road, in regard
to the question of extending the road beyond
Canton in Mississippi. One party is in favor
Of the Immediate extension of the road
through Aberdeen to the Tennessee line, the
other party opposes the extension, at least
for the present. The controversy wakes warm
and the New Orleans papers are filled with
articles discussing the subject.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28
Topics Of the southern Con-
YeDft4N.

I'D. DeBow, ESQ.,. the President Of tn
last Commercial .Conve ntion, which Assem-
bled at Knoxville, has, in view OF q resolu
tiron of that body, issued circular suggest
ing proper topics for the consideration Of tn
Convcn ion, which is to meet at Montgomery
on the 10th of MAY. He invites the dele
gates to come prepared to deliberate and re-
port upon them. as well as to suggest appro
pirate action. The topics indicated by Mr.
DeBow are the following:
l. The question Of master and slave-in-
volving the physical and religious improve
ment Of the slave ; the subject of slave laws
aud police; the reclamation Of slave proper
ty taken away by fraud or force and the
modes of retaliatory legislation.
2. The question Of the supply of labor al
the South in is relation to the production
and consumption of Southern commodities
to the free blacks; to the African feet, and
tie action Of England and France in the
introduction OF Coolies and African appren-
tees.
3. The effect Of the tariff, banking, boun-
ty and navigation system upon the South,
and the reciprocal interests Of the planter
and the merchant.
4. The development of Southern agrcul-
tural industry, proper enlargement of the
manufacturing and commercial and internal
improvement systems, and the subject OF
ocean steamers aad marts.
5. The resources and self.sustaining capac-
tiles 0: the saveholding States, and the es-
Establishment and independence of her liteIa-
ry and education system.
6. The political relations of the South,
under the Federal Constitution. and the for
eign policy to be supported; the mainte-
nance and extension of her institutions with
in the limits Of the Union, and beyond them
and her means OF defense and security from
aggressions present and prospective.
The fields Of investigation embraced in
these suggestions are very wide, but We pre-
sumo that the deliberations of the Conven-
ton will not be limited to those TOPICS
There are several Others equally as imror-
tant and interesting. We doubt, also, the
policy OF Introducing the subject of the
second suggestion. 1t will be tire-brand OF
discussion and excitement. The sole otjec,
Of the Convention should be to harmonic
opinion and action in the South upon those
issues in which all our people have congenial
sentiments.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28

BAPTISM. There have long been many
opinions among the div,nes as to what con
stitu,es a true baptism in the Christian
church-bo,h as to the mann of the sac
rament and the lineage and authority of the
priest; but the Tennessee Baptist advances
a dogma which snubs the high church view
of tho Roman and Episcopal churches. in a
very saucy way. Here is the doctrine
"Christian baptism is immersion by Baptist
preacher who has himself been regularly
immersed by regularly immersed minister
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28

ELEPHANTS IN 1NDIA-7heir Intel2ioenct
ID Court Martial Punishment, etc.-A
Calcutta correspondent Of the New York
Commercial Advertiser, in giving visit to
Barrack pore, says:
We saw the recently arrived elephants
from Su'mah :; they looked in good condi-
ton. There were ninety of them at the sta
hes, and many were travelling about through
the different streets and roads. | had q
short ride upon one of the largest, who
kneeled down to enable ME TO mount him.
and some Of them made US salaam will,
their trunks when told to do so by their kee-
per, or mahout." as the driver is called
They are intelligent animals. A story was
told to me of number Of elephants in one
of the Mofussil districts. One of them had
committed a fault in refusing to carry a slight
additional burden, when told by the mahou
that he would &c! an extra grog for it. He
was tried by court martial in the presence of
twenty of bis elephantine brethren aud con-
vlcted, and on the keepers reading the sem
tence all raised their trunks in acknowledge
menl of its justice Another was appointed
to fog him, which he did by giving him fifty
lashes with long chain tw;ned about his
trunk, and the cuIprt received the whole
meekly, well knowing he deserved it They
are very cunning as to weighing their food
with their trunks when Oh march, and if
there is an ounce short they discover it. and
insist on their regular allowance. When
travelling they each have gallon of greg
day, just as sailors and soldiers have their
glass. These animals were at Barrackpore
recruiting after their voyage, and were soon
to be sent up country to do service in Eng
lands cause.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28

NorHrNo Ever Losr.-hn.1
material world. that nothing i n
lost. The place. the form, tba n
objects change. Our bodies dis NJ
dust. The whole animal and "a.
atoms have their periods Of r,oss /
cay. The waters wear the ~.
washest away the things that e. s7S
dust Of the earth. But in this cl.'
is no loss or DESTRUCTION Of elema,,.!
cles. Dissolving elements appe, 4
new combinations, and new foro. !.
and beauty. The waters abso,S;
atmosphere, 60 up by the rnouuoi'
into clouds, and descend in shovs.,
the earth, and enter into the s.re,s]
living things. And may not 4 N
thing like this exist in Gods spiis|
dom! 2 a@~
Will He, who watches over tia Il
elements of senseless matter, 80 H.
particle is ever lost, or comes sIv|
destination, permit those good N
which by grace has originated ID n
Of His people, ever to be lost NJ,
short of their end9 Will they csuSI
enter into this glorious building, III
butte something to the completes
forms, and the perfection Of its beam
doubt the hood influences exerted NJ
GUS often seem to men to be utte,l, 4
ever dissipated.
When the blood of the Christiu l
was poured out on the sands Of R.
prosecutors imagined that they had 4
end Of them and their doctrine. \
blood washed into the Tiber, was ON!
its waters into the sea, and by the !
the ocean, and by its waves into even
dom of the earth; and thus becap,,
not more Of the spreading doctrines 4
tianity than Of the augmented and
diffused influence Of those holy men
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28

Col. BENroN's FUNERAL. The St. Louis
papers Of The ] Eth come to us filed with ac-
counts of the funeral Of Col. Benton, which
took place on the previous day. ltproduced
an extraordinary sensation. The city turned
out en- masse to do honor to the memory OF
the great man. Business was generally sys-
pended. The cortege is described as the
largest and most imposing ever witnessed in
Missouri. 1t numbered sixtysix carriages
and more than two thousand persons.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28

The GREAT STEAMER LEv1ArHAN. From
an article in the London Times we learn the
progress that is making in fitting the Levi
aihan for sea. The cost of completing her
fittings is estimated at 100000, and the
time four months, or to the end of July. No
less thaa ten anchors are now required to
hold the monster vessel at her present moor
ings-five at tt stem and FIVE at the stern,
and each with lengths of cable attached VA
rying from 40 to l6O fathoms. There are
to be six n,asts in all, three square-r rugged
and three rugged with fore and aft sails. All
these masts will be composed of plates of
wrought iron one inch in thickness, and riv-
tied together in the same manner as the
sides Of the ship. or a steam boiler of the
strongest description. They will vary in
height from 1870 to ITO feet from the keel to
the truck each will be three feet four inch
es in diameter at the deck, and each will
weigh from 80 to 40 tons, exclusive of wards
and rigging. Each mast rests in square
column of plate iron, which reaches direct
from the keel to the upper deck, and is rivi-
ted and built into all the successv re decks
through which it passes. In case of its ever
becoming necessary to cut away the masts,
at the base of them all. at about three feet
above the deck, will be fixed a peculiar apa-
ratus, which, working by means Of power
full screw. is made to compress two sides of
the mast together in such a manner as to
completely crush them iu, and let the masts
fall over the sides Immediately All the
main and topmast yards Of the Square
rugged masts will be also Of iron plates. The
main yard will be 100 feet long, or about 40
feet longer than the main yard Of the largest
line fbattle ships, about four times the
strength of any main-yard yet constructed
and several tons lighter than if it was made
Of wood, as is usually the case.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28

EXPLORATION OF THE AMooR RIVER By
AN AMERICAN. Mr.. Collins, the American
Consul at the Amoor river recently obtained
permission Of the Russian government to ex-
plore it, and he has sent to the government
at Washington the result Of his observa-
tons:
Mr. Collins states that the the whole of this
river, for distance Of 1900 miles, is s,,s-
ceptible Of steam navigation, and the coun-
try drained by the Amoor has population
of about 100000. There are already four
vessels trading from San Francisco to the
Amoor--two from Boston and two from
Hong Kong, the latter being owned by
American houses. The Russian government,
is rapidly extending its dominions in the
Amoor country, and within the last year two
iron steamers, built in Philadel phia for the
Russians, were shipped around Cape Horn.
and put up at the mouth Of the AMOR, for
the purpose of trade and exploration. Mr.
Collins states that the Russian government
desires that the Americans should have all
the advantages of the great trade of this
new country, and hold out every inducement
for chat purpose. After reaching the mouth
Of the A,noor, the theatre of his consul ship,
he thought he had discovered SO many facts
of great importance to the commerce of the
United States that he determined to return
Immediately, and repor; to his government.
The report which he has m de to the Secre-
tary of State occupies some 25O pages of
closely written manuscri pt and is condens-
ed account of the country in the vicinity of
the navigable waters of the Amoor, its pop
uIation, trade, products, DC, as well as sug-
gestions as to the proper articles of com
merce which our people may export there
with profit.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28

The following is The transcendental for
Miss. will you take my arm!
Young lady, will YOU conde see nd 80 far
70 sacrifice your own convenience to nv
pleasure, as to insert your five digitals and a
part OF your contiguous arm through the an
gular aperture formed by the crookiug of nv
elbow against the perpendicular portion Of
my frame q
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28
500 REV ARD !!

RANAWAY from the undersigned, Gusf
Ii Aatchitoches road, ten miles from VI
Z risonbarg, the three following deer
~ bed negroes viz: HARMON, snaep]
Ii man, aged about 40 years; blsa 1
ion, stout and heavy built, one of biz rgF!
teeth out. CHLOE, a woman, aberks
age. black complexion, and Of rather -.
ELLEN, . girl, about - years Of ~
plexion. ~
Twill give the above reward for the
the three if taken out Of the State, and w
cred to me at my esidsnce. JAS. IG
Harrisonburg, Louisiana, April %, isM
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28

PREDICTIONS. The newspapers are circu
lating the report that the Earl of Rose pre-.
diets that the coming summer is to be the
hottest ever known. Tho Earl's great tele-
scope is undoubtedly very fine inst. ument,
but We doubt if it enables him to see any
farther into the future than the rest Of IA.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28

~ Thanks to the clerks of the Touro
and Comet for the usual favors. Capt. Eli
OFT of the latter boat designs remaining in
the trade during the entire year. and his
boat is we'll adapted for the low water bust
ness, Of exceeding light draught, freights
we'll, runs finely, and has superb cabin &C.
Communications.
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28

A Pennsylvania editor says: "somebody
brought one bottle of sour water into our
office, with the request to notice it as lemon
beer. If Esau was green enough to sell his
b'rthr'ght for mess Of pottage, it does not
prove that we will tell a four shilling lie for
five cents"
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28
Ncw Orleans Hlarkets.

COTTON-Our last weekly review clost .,rv
quiet Cotton market with sales Of about @EY
on Friday. making the entire business Of d
only Is, 400 bales On Saturday, ,hoves,sfc !
demand prevailed, and some IL, 600 bales ~ {
at the range of our previous quotations. Cav. 1
day but few buyer. came forward, and the nil 8
fell off to $500 BALE, but the inquiry was n-----
with some activity on Tuesday and resalteiiTE 1
of about IA, 200 bales, taken mostly before tnrsn
COS advices were made public, after which s
realized an advance Of 4c. on the Low MddHKR
Middng grades. The demand contins cat
"Wednesday and the sales again reached li,@ict G.
at very full prices and chiefly at outside fs,f sal
the Middling and better qualities which wcNA tha
request. Yesterday the market vas poorly sEitins
with desirable lists and factors claimed s3appls
prices, some 5000 bales changing hands dg4S.1
day with an upward tendency in the rates Id, Chi
ding and the grades above. To-day the zSt.
has again been very fair, and the sales a-------
braccd 5000 bales, making the entire businu
week 50, 500 bales. Prices continue in ayes
ers, and We advance our quotations as toa9 A &
The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-28
~ The Spring term Of the Distric

~ The Spring term Of the District
Court, will commence on Monday next
The Hou'h. g. Mayo, Judge Of the 18th
District will-preside. We understand there
will be pretty full docket
At the late session Of the Legislature, the
two annual Court or Probate terms in the
District, were abolished; and We have only
two terms year, on the first Mondays Of
May and November. At these terms, all
cases whether belonging to the probate or
the ordinary jurisdiction, civil Or criminal,
will come up for trial.