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agSpiritualism has recently had its
victims, and stripped them SO bare that
they had not even an under garment to
wear The story of those persons who
discarded every superfous article Of
clothing in order to arrive direct at the
naked truth is more than we can endure,
but Boston, in its orthodoxy, is ready tu
swallow such tales, as will be seen by
the following:
There are companies of spiritualists
in Boston who sit in circles perfectly ma
ked. men and women Unfortunately,
while receiving communications from
the professed disembodied spirits. The
Republican states that John NJ. Spears,
of Boston, attempted to organize SIM
liar nude circle in Springfield, by order
Of the "spirits;' but in this case the
tabernacle of flesh had too much honor
or modesty to acquiesce.
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LOUISIANA INSTITUTE,
NEW RIVER, La.

Ets -r
TlHE exercises of this Institution will be resum-
L de in September next, uGder encouraging
circumstances The course of studies will be
extensive, embracing, in addition to the ordi-
nary English branches, the Latin and Greek
languages Civil Engineering, Surveying, etc.
Pupils may be prepared for entering advanced
classes in our best Colleges, OF receive such an
education as will fit them for whatever depart
naent of duty he may choose. The Young Ladies'
Department viii. open at the same time, and will
receive a due share of attention. Lessons in
Music will be given, and every opportunity OF
improvement afforded.
This Institution is pleasantly situated on the
bank Of the Mississippi, IS miles above New Or
leans. No efforts will be spared to make it plea
SAINT home for all placed under its care and while
great care will be taken to improve the mind in
knowledge. pains will be taken to strengthen the
heart in virtue. The situation has been always
remarkably healthy. remote from any temptation
to vice, and surrounded By an intelligent COM
naIlnity. its position is favorable to study and
morality.
Persons desiFous of Placing their children or
wards under its care, are referred to our patrons
for the last year. or to f. Doyal, ESQ.,; Hon. J.
S. Minor: Hon. D. F. kenner; c. Pelletier, Esq !;
and Il. Tillotson Esq.
TERMS:
Tuition per session of twenty-one weeks, -. Is
Boarding, per month. Il
Lessons on the Piano, per session.. 70
Use of instrument, 5
Each pnpil finds Bedding and Napkins. Wash
irg extra.
REV. SAMUEL MCKINNEY, D, D.,
jan15y President.
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ANOTHER COMPROMISES

The New York Herald pretends to
have authority for the statement that
the conservative representatives Of
the South mediate compromise"
Of the Kansas controversy. The story
may be the invention of an imaginative
correspondent, but we must admit that
! it violates no condition of probability.
| Since the organization Of the Federal
Government every dispute touching the
interests Of slavery has been adjusted
by compromise 1t was in virtue
Of compromise that the South sur
rendered tie right to an unrestricted
supply of slave labor. 1t was by a com
promise that the South was denied the
liberty of extending its institutions over
the common domain. 1t was By COM
promise that the South was excluded
f ON California. 1t is in consequence of
compromises, in short, that the South
now occupies an inferior position III the
Confederacy, and is reduced to the last
resources OF insulted honor and violated
fright.
We may be sure that an instrument
which vindicates its efficacy by such
mischievous results, will not be neglect
ed in the prosecution Of the war against
the South. We have been stript of our
power and degraded in our dignity by
compromises; and compromises will be
employed to eonsumate the work of sub
.jugation.
How admirably does the expedient re-
gpond to the exigences Of the occasion
The abolitionists are intent upon the
ruin of the South, but they want as well
the power as the daring to attempt it
by single stroke. So they cover them
selves with a mark of moderation, and
generally consent to abate little OF
their vindictive spirit and preposterous
demands. That they call a compromise.
But the bargain could not be cousumma-
ted, if class of Southern politicians
were not ready to betray the rights of
their section on any convenient pretext.
They affect infinite apprehension OF the
consequences of resistance to the en-
croachments of abolitionism They ex-
tol the Union as the paramount object
Of patriots regard, and inculcate the
duty Of preserving it at every sacrifice.
From this point the transition is easy to
the arms of the abolitionists. Both par
ties burn with an intense desire to save
the Union, and to achieve SO glorious an
exploit are willing to surrender some
thingof their demands For the present
the abolitionists will be content with a
parti ular concession, and, to patch up
a deceitful peace, the submissionists
agree to the sacrifice. They call the ar
rangement compromise but honest
men understand that it is nothing less
on one side than outrageous aggression
and skulking acquiescence on the other.
The helpless victim may betray mo
mentary impulse of sensibility, but it
speedily sinks into somnolent state,
/ and is then ready for another amputa-
ton.
But, though we discover no intrinsic
I improbability in this story OF com
promise" of the Kansas controversy, yet
there are particular circumstances wn'ea
induce us to reject it as q fabricaflon q
the Herald's correspondent.
The President has taken position
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STRANGE RERcoUsrRE-The Plaquem-
inc Seminal of the 10th ult., tells of
strange rencountre in that vicinity =
few nights ago:
"At place near Manchac, on the op,
posite side of the river, man. VINO nad
missed chickens repeatedly from the
chicken house, tied hisdog to the cor
ner of it one night thinking by such
means the thiefswould be discovered
Next morning, on visiting the chicken
house. he found his dog nearly dead, and
close beside him, a beaver in a similar
situation. The beaver, Of course, at
tackled the dog, but how long they
fought no one knew. The beavers life
was finished IN a little while. the poor
dog ultimately died Where the beaver
came from is not known, az none ass
known to exist ia this vic1n'fr
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lDY Virtue of and to satisfy three writs of fl ia
- issued in the above entltil suit aud to me di-
rectud by the Honorable the 9th District Court in
in and for the Parish and State aforesaid to satisfy
plaintiffs d, maad aid costs OF suit have seized
and will offer at public SALE at the Court House on
Saturday, the Gil day of March, 1858,
lat IL o'clock, M, all the right title and inter
est that the defendant has in aud to the following
described property, to-wit:
4 tract of land cultivated as q sugar planta-
ton under the name of '.Glen Mary" situated in
the Parish Of Pointe Coupee. and measuring four
teen arpents front on the Mississippi river, by
eighty arpents dtpth. bounded on the upper side
|ly the Plantation Of James McCulum aud on the
tower side by that of Capt. Morisson, together
with buildings aud Improvements, engine and
machinery, horses, mules, oxen. cattle, farming
utensils, implements of husbandry, on said plan
tation.
The following named slaves:
Marc, negro man aged about about % years
Charles or Chariot, negroman aged about forty
five years.
Joe, negro man aged about 26 years.
Casmir, negro man aged about 33 years.
Frank, negro man aged about 40 years.
Perry, negro man aged about 40 years
Jackson negro man aged 38 years.
Polite, negro man, 80 years
Hamilton. negro man aged AZ years.
Avril, negro aged II years
Prosper negro aged II years.
Mary mulatto, woman aged IS years.
Mary Ann, aged II years.
Bridgette, aged II years.
Drienne, aged II years.
Jenny aged 20 years.
Eveline aged 46 years
Rachel aged SO years
Persinette aged 46 years.
Mira. aged 32 years
Matilda aged 50 years, aud her two children
to-wit: Sally, aged years, Ali, aged 8 years
Louise, aged Is years.
Terms Of sa1e-ead aeith appraisensent.
SEVERN PORCHE, Sheriff.
Pointe Coupee, jan. 80, '5S. ids $4,000
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SARAH ANN RAIFoRD, wife
No. 1887.

w. 7 No. 1887.
JOHN S. ScoTT.
TN THIS CASE the Plaintiff, Sarah Ann Raj
lord wife OF John S. Scott, sues her said husband
for money received by him after his marriage with
her which was proceeds Of slaves sold, belonging
to her as paraphernal property, and she also
claims slave Peter as her paraphernal property,
which slave is now in possession Of her husband;
the proof offered by plaintiff establishing clearly
that she was owner of "a or 35 slaves previous to
her marriage, that all of said slaves except one
Peter were sold for the sum of S19, ,400 that all
OF the proceeds except $500 were paid over to
her husband. John S. Scott or to his use. 1t is
talso proved that slave Peter is the paraphernal
property of plaintiff and is in possession OF defen-
tdant and the law and evidence being in favor of
plaintiff.
It is therfore ordered, adjudged and decreed
that the plaintiff. Sarah Ann Raiford, do have
Judgment against, and recover from her husband
tJoha S. Scott. the sum of seventeen thousand
nine hundred dollars fSl7.900) with FIVE per cent
int rest from the date of this Judgment, with a
legal mortgage on all the property of said de-
fendant, owned or acquired since the 21st day of
January. 1858. to date from the z1st of January.
1888, and that slave Peter be deerced to be htr
paraphernal property and that she have judgment
against defendant for said slave that she be decreed
70 ne separate in property from said husband and
authorized to administer her own estate and that
the community between her and her husband be dis
solved
December 81, 1857
Signed CYRUS RATLFF.
Judge Of the Seventh Judicial Eistrict-p presiding
in the Ninth District
a true copy j. B. BLANCHARD Dpy clerk II
| sai1lary 23, 1858. sl2,50-w4
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LIVERY STABLE.

-v THE UNDERSIGNED would res
f- pectfully inform his friends and the
zZ-U- U-public generally that he is prepared
10 accommodate them with every convenience in
tae Litery line. Lis stables are as eomnaodious
ae ever. j. h. HENsHAH, IS
Bayou Sara, Jan IS, SO. Proprietor.
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State or Louisiana.

Nlnth District Court Parish Of Pointe Coupee
Y ne matter Of succession of Charles AdeIard,
T. m. c., deceased.
w Ill be sold BY the undersigned, by virtue
-. OF an order Of the Honorable the Ninth Dis
ars Surt In and for tbs Parish Of Ponte Coupee
Aforesaid. at the late residence Of the
!. = aaa,sdag, liz dag Of MareE, 1855
erty. to-Wit: =
), Ohe HoFse One saddle and bride.
One gum aud accessories. -1.ss
Two hand saws.
Terms Of Sale--Cash.
:. SEVERN PORCHE, Sheriff.
ftanss. Gaspee. Jan. Is, 1883. Std. 81 no
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Runaway.

~ Was lodged in the Jail of this Parish,
n mulatto man named ANDY. aged about 20
~ yeafs-ays he belongs to ArchT Hegger OF
Georgetown, Kentucky. The owner is requested
TO Come forward, prove properly, pay charges ana
take him away. MARcINE AGrILLARD,
Poiste conper. 30. '5s 3w3 T2dE1 Jailor
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PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING,
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State Of Louisiana.

p.,sh Of Pointe Coupee-Sinth District court
Brady. German & Co. NJ rs.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-23
farion eouaty, Nov. g.

EDGHao os HAwx Ere.
Saa-l have - vrits to yor to sesd nv "a.
Per 70 another poss-ofies; and I shouxht ol
giving zen little sketch Of tinss ont Aess.-
We hsvs bad tho. .drsarisst vet spell ever rs-
collect-of seeing. The sun has not shone ou, to
the amount Of eight hours for fifteen days past.
4 north wind with little snow 10 fallinr nov
We have NOT had any bard freezing % yet
Corn 10 soundsr than ii was last fall; wheat was
slnoss failure, which makes Aour very scarce
here; abeat thfse.foufths Of the people will
have to eat corn bread the coming winter.
Money 10 plsatisr shan it vas six nonths ago
there have been several cattle and hog buyers
through this regien, and they have put con-
siderable quantity Of money in circulation.
mostly Pennsylvania paper, viz: Monongahela
Bank Of Brevnsvills, Exchange BANK Of Pitts-
burg, and the Farmers and Drove.s Bank Of
Waynssburg. The three Banks have men,
tened have q. considerable quantity Of paper in
circulation through this county.
Cattle are still on the fall yet; bessfrom IL
up to u cts. gross; work oxen have fallen about
one third in price in IL months past; Of h6rses
there are but few selling for cash, it takes very
good one to bring 500 in money. Young coils
trade from l6 to Is dollars; calves from to 2
to dollars. was not at our County Fair, but
heard OF some blooded stock selling very high.
There has been q large quantity Of sorghum
molasses made through this region, for illustra-
ton, nsighbor Of mine in coming from Bloom
field, north 63 miles, counted % mills for grind
ing the cane Iowa will 10 . few years be able
TO raise her own molassss.
Yours, respectfully, A Fnfsxp.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-23

Grant was obtained.
Mr.. SIS. Jones, late President of the Iowa
Central Air Line Railroad, In a letter to the Di.
rectory, resigning his office. states that the cost
to his Company, Of getting the Iowa Land Grant
through Congress during the session OF 1854.
was SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL
LARS! The original '.pecunary compliments''
we're bestowed in the shape Of lands Of which
the Air Zine Company got something near nine
hundred Thousand acres; out subsequently, the
lands we're exchanged for the stock Of the Com.
pany % the amount stated Mr.. Jones is by NO
means explicit about this matter; but a. q good
citizen he OWes il 70 the public TO designate the
men who divided among themssives this mag
n:fcent sum. Let him tell us how much Of this
was promised to gDembers Of the Mouse. how
much TO free wool" men Of the press. and how
much TO the greedy and hungry Lobby. Let
Ne. Jones, now ct il, make clean bresst Of IL.
He knosss to dollar ho1 much the DUBUQUE
and Pacific Compasy sere assessed by the cor.
moreats rho fH all the passages to the National
Legisiaturs; hoV much uas rrun5 from the Mia.
sissippi and Aissonri Road; and iop much fros.
fks BwyiingtoS sad Aisssnri River Rood
These we're all included 10 the maRn0cen,
scheme. They sers az xado26tedly parties d
TIE osigiaa contract, Whatever that may have
been, and we're al made - ''bleed." Let M
Jones tell ~. Win tvo nsiiiions cover the
amoans Of toll sxasted befors that Iowa grisl
was suGsred - 60 through the milH Win hs
tell ~ thai, asd tell ~ Who was psonised shs
money! - 8
Seven hundrsd thousand dollarsa Well. tber,
y thle senselatiOn: The sock 10 the hands &
thooo greedy makers b not worth dollar. Ths
company wiI nndoubtediy b forced 70 dissolve
~ Innde Win ssvsst 70 the 0ovarnmset; anl
nohoAV bat resident stock kholdere Who havs
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-23

CoLoRED ITEMs.-Alfred Jolls, colorsd man,
aged 81, died at the house Of his employer,
Samuel Butterworth, in Warren, r. l., few
days since. He had lived with his employer
for forty-two years, and left the savings Of b .
life, about 5000, to the daughter and grand
children of his employer.
A colored man, from the vicinity of UrbAna,
has been spending few days in Springfield.
Ohio, who is one hundred and twelve years Of
age! His hair is - white as snow. Strange
il may seem, he does not claim to be boz
dY servant Of Washington.
The prices of negroes continue high in the
Southern market. Al Beacon, Alabama, . few
weeks since, a lot Of "a negroes was sold for
$500 cash, a:d at an executors sale in
lecklenburg County, Va, on the 26th ult.,
six slaves we're sold at an average Of SLOT.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-23

70 far % heard from, the Wisconsin legislA-
,uss stands 40 follows: Senate, Is republicans
. democrats, six to hear from; House, As re-
pubhcans, 20 democrats, twsnty-six 10 heal
from. There 10 no doubt Of strong republican
majority in each branch. In the let district
sbsrs John r. Potter. republican, was elected
By emily sos majority in 1856, he 10 now re-
elected by s,l7s, and all this gain has beer
made in Milwaukie. where one Of the most re-
narkabls political revolutions Of the year seems
% have been effected. The republicans Of Mil
ssskie are about to have q grand banquet in
honor Of their hard won victory.
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WHAT THE IRISH ARE CONG IN AMERICA
John Aitcnell relates as follows what be thinks
the Irish are doing in America
Every Irishman in the Southern States,
without exception, who can afford to buy ne
groes, straightway buys them. Some of the
largest and most successful planters in the
Southern States are born Irshmen; and the fin.
est plantation that has beeh purchased in
America for many years, with $50 negroes upon
it, was last winter sold in Louisiana; the pur-
chaser was an Irishtnan. Not only is there a
large number Of Irish born citizens at the South
who ewu slaves, but most of the Southern plan
ters and slaveholders, we are proud to say, are
Irish by descent. Our acquaintance with Irish
born citzens at the South is very extensive;
and we never met with one of them who is not
in favor Of reyiying the slave trade with Africs,
save one; and he Ia very large stakeholder,
and wants no more. Irish citizens at the North,
though they have no personal interest in slave
ry, almost universally give their votes to let it
alone (which is al that is asked Of them), be-
cause they have no business with it, NO respon-
sbility for it; because it exists under the con-
stitutioB; BY which same constitution their
own rights and liberties exist; and because it's
enemies have proved themselves to be their en-
emies.b .1-
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srTbs son6ss u earnest and active oppe
..p,s 70 the graad specuiatiss scheme Of ssass
IA 70 Railroad b daily aaenentias. Viii
h.,. and. there . solitary sxsepsisa Tie Pres
!. .crosed 70 sAs scheme. Expssiescs in al
~ s,der States hss demonstrated its rrihesI
.n.,.cter. which would b sure y ct y bsea
q engaged in, ten 70 twenty years. Our Censti
,..;oa clearly snd sanissakasly fsrsids H.
r,e,, intelligent siasea Who calcslasss - make
,ov. hi, home and expects y V b The homo q
=. eh;ldres. viii oppose l. Every man Who
.-,. . farm for agricultural 'psspesss yiR sP-
.o.. i, osly The Railroads and shs :
.sr.-,ho.. o.nins large tracts Of laad~hich
.s., ,,,, /. ell, and 70 that end vssld mort
.... every 100. Of land in the stas'' are moving
= ri. matter. They, and thoss whom shey
so.,roL visA 1sv sss tbss have let their earn
=. 1..;,, fpe RAirssd faeiisiss Get the start Of
,h.ir better iodgssnss, are ell thas are now
.svos.,inx STATE aid. Their head quarters 10
!, Chicago, that great rendezvous for specula-
49,. .ad sdventarers. The imitation is attempt.
- !. BE- nads ffsn the imneOss gassmster in
,h., gaseous city. Bss is cannot suecesd-it
..n,ot eepmaad even . respectable majority
:. ,s;,, Of numbers. II there ever was any
A.asss. 10 have passed il
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The Detroit Advertiser gives Q new methsd
q computing interest on any number. Of dol
An Al per cent, which appears simple. Sc
4parste ths right hand 6gure BY point, and the
Asures on the left baad Of this separating point
s'a bs she Fiatsrese in ssats for six days-the
hsSrs - the right Of the point, deeimals Of .
esnt Multiply The whole amount BY .fse to
mad the inssrsst for tkir y days, and tAis sum
BY two for sixty days, three for ninety days
ke. Ese any nsabes of dAys lsasahan sig, take
the fractional part Of The Interest for six. Care
must be taken 70 separate the right hand figure
st the dollars, whether thsre bs cents and mills
u the given sum or not. e.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-23

cu Our friends at Oskaloosa are talking oi
constructing Railroad to connect with the
B. n. L. Il. at Ottumws. The Herald 10 out
n favor Of such connection with our Road
Z The distance is bat twenty-five miles, and the
esad when built would form link in the Keo-
lax and the North Missouri roads, should they
ever be built.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-23

UrAH OSioNs-The editor of the Lexington
Mo- Express has seen onions grown in Brig
ham Yeung's garden, ct Salt Lake City, that
are Of prodigious magnitude. One Of them, Of
che silver skinned species, weighed one pound
and half, and measured sixteen inches in cir
eumfvrence
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-23

Fifteen hundred dollars have been subscribed
y the citisens Of Baltimore for the families OF
tAe two murdered police officers, Benton and
Gedon, and it 10 thought this sum will be con-
6aerAbly increased.