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WHY II TElEGRApH is IDLE.-We are at
last furnished with a reason why the Atlantic
Cable is not working. The company appears
70 have been taken BY surprise IN the success
fll laying Vt the long wire, and to have omit
ted provision for q sstouter and stronger strand
required at either terminus, to save the line
from the dangers of shallow water. This heavy
cable was only shipped from Londpn, under
the charged Of Mr.. Clifford, at the hrst OF this
month. His Instructions were to make the
substitution at the Valentia end forthwith. aud
then to proceed TO Trinity Bay "a. task re-
curing at least three or four weeks in The full.
fllment. The London morning papers Of Sep.
TENDER LIST, announce accordingly that at the
end of three weeks the line would be ready for
public use, and that the London celebration
would be reserved for thai occasion.
a This is direct and COMPREHENSIVE le- decidedly
better than the apochry hal statements in re-
gard to conflicting methods Of biography, with
which the Press has been freely supplied. And
by the way, who furnished MIR. Cyrus W.
Field with the despatch read at the Crystal
Palace, stating. under date Of September |, that
the " Directors were on their way to Yalentia,
and that the line was to be opened Immediate
1T" The public has been impased upon.
Who is the imposer ? IN. Y. Times.
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huGD ATTEMPT AT EscAPE.s-TIe Cleveland
papers relate a desperate exempt of twenty
nine prisoners, confined in t,he country jul, To
murder the jailor and make their escape, last
Sunday evening. The Herald says : ia
Two weeks 4 asst Saturday, Jailor Frazee
discovered a kit of tools in the cell Of one of
the prisoners. and promptly secured them.
Since then, one of the prisoners procured n
case koife, and noicled it into a very effective
saw. With this, during the hours that they
were allowed to promenade the hall, they con-
triyed TO saw off the rivets that held the hasp
Of the Ia on the inner iron gate of the hal
h d. he notches with grease as the work
assed. On Sunday evening there is gen.
orally no one in the %jailor's house but himself
and wife. This the prisoners knew, and ac-
cordingly the moment Of putting their plan Of
escape into execution was fixed for that even
ing. During the afternoon some of the pris-
oners split mp their hunks, and fashioned the
wood into Gibbs. The plan was to wait until
the jaiIor went his rounds to lock up the pris-
oners. As soon as he had opened the outer
knock down the jailor with their clubs, and
rush past him into the yard, whence they could
easily escape, there beeing no wall to prevent
thfiE iW pau was u polu one, ava W"uio
have been successful but for the watchfilne,s 8
Of The %iailer. At o quarter past six o'clock
that evening, he opened the wooden door next
to The iron gate, and on looking through the
gate bars he saw that the lock of the inner
gate had been forced. lie Immediately cloes9
The door and ran off to the police office. A
strong b dy Of police, armed with clubs, re-
turned with him to the Jail. and succeeded in
locking the prisoners into their cells. 1t is u
fortunate circumstance for the public tina, these
~r"ffans failed in their attempt to break loose
upon society once tanre. -
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Id. esena Ledge d oaa Fenows.

81 gLa.Lf~M - ~
M >, ~ ssion of this important body on
vs. IN, much business was transacted. The
sd,n;s.;an a Al 4 Credentials report against the
I'D - III 10 u. D. Condie. Of Pernsylsa a.
I3,,rai nmrnfo thai he never received the
Asg isSs pp r;s &c I'M legal way.
s;,n ~ ppahi',,11 he grand sire on the admis-
u, :, sn22 rs 70 Membership was referred
= !" 4 - j g''ee u five, WIN will ex-
an1,ne IVY ~ Jon the wholesubject. The
specsa' WV Na4g TO whom was referred the
fessn'h ahuE anent 0f The subordinate and
enca,'p .'enr w eported that under the ex-
lst'ne cnc',ns'af is impracticable. Such
g sety "ouid. ~nSs4sarily abolish the Graud
e ,smpment.
ny ynr OF slOt o'clock having arrived the
Lodge went into the election Of Grand officers.
IN the 4th ballet PIG. M, Samuel Creighead,
Ct Chic, was elected Grand Sire p g. NJ.
Ed.aH. Fitzhugh, Of Va. r. W.aD.aG. Sire
~ Nj. james &. Ridgely, OF Maryland, r.
y. q. @. and r. Secretary M. w. q. NJ.
Joshua Vausant, Of Maryland, r. w. G. I'rea-
surer. b. s5ss
Resolutions were adopted fixing the per
diem Of members at 80. the mileage at 5 cents
per milo by The nearest route, and to adjourn
SINE die 90 Saturday next.
A request was received from the Grand
lodge of Illinois, that the representatives from
Grand ~Encampments be dispensed with, and
that the representatives he reduced to one
from each Grand body. 4E
Rep. Hoke, Of N. q, offered q resnlntion,to
fix a period OF services Of officers Of snbo din
ate lodges at twelve, instead Of six months,
which was refersed to the appropriate COM
miiiee. rtN H.@e ~
Rep. johnson, of California, offered a reso-
lution to empower the Grand Encampment of
California to receive into its jurisdiction all
subordinate Enchampmenis now on the Pacific
coast, and the islands thereof, which was re-
fered. ~ @g d @5
Rep. CASSIDY, of New Jersy moved the fol-
lowing resolutions, which. on his motion, were
laid ~ the table
Resolued, That n committee. to consist Of
five members or past members of this Grand
ledge be selected by ballot. to revise the let
tiers and work Of the subordinate lodge degrees.
9 Resoived, That the said committee be ad-
vised. although not instructed, to reduce the
number OF the degrees Of the subordinate lod.
yes, and to connect with each an. initiatory
Rep. Veitch, Of Missouri. moved the follow
ing resolution, which was adopted
Resolyed, That the committee on returns be
directed to report what Grand Lodges and
Grand Enchmpmeuts, if any have fi,ed to
comply with the law of this Grand Lodge, es-
labishing and regulating a uniform term for
subordinate Lodges. After some other bust
ness Of no public interest the Lodge adjourned.
~. O. Picayune. N@
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Our ~billingsgate neighbor 81 the Gazette
accuses usgo qaackery, because q publish
Dr.. AREAS advertisements Nov This same
editor knows the Pbarmacopela itself is not
more free from the suspicious Of quuckery than
his medicines. He knows they are endorsed
by the medical Journals Of this country. are
1ased md prescribed By our beat physicians, and
have The, cOmmendation Of professors and nm
inent men; 3 fcharacter too exalted for his com
prelension, and he knows too that good which
the utmost strstch'of his ability can never hope
to equal. Berks CO. Reading, Press, Pa.
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A Facr.-It is an established fact, thst no
MAI or no firm has ever yet advertised bust.
ness on the grand scale without making money.
They may have spent it faster than they made
it, they may have lost, but the advertising
paid. If there be q shadow Of u doubt as to
this, let the reader recall all the instances Of
persevering advcrtising-nlost editors can re-
call m%any-which have manifested the n
in the newspapers of late years, and he will be
astonished at finding the proportion of them
which have speedily realized fortunes. II
asked how we know weather such enterprise is
uniformly successful. we answer "by the ad-
vertising ITSELF When we see by our en-
changes that this or that vendor eSpends fE
teen, twenty or thirty thousand dollars a year
for advertising, aud see this continue for several
years, we require no other proof of success.
There is, nova days, nothing so certain as adj
vertising, when a man has something to sell,
and the public will indeed, buy almost any
thing, when they see that everybody else has
it, and that It is spoken Of Observations
made during the past year in advertising, have
convinced us that Of nil business supports there
is none SO reliable or profitable as advertising
philadelphia Ralletin. f.
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proved eIe,.
Sgot his American pa
oyal &. House, Of New
..n.n, .,;sl, NI.na.

Tor tbs :. ,igenious ana valuable print
trio telegraph.
ls4s.-Messrs. Zook and Barnes, Of
natl, invented q modification for the electrv
magnetic telegraph, by combining fixed mag
nets with the use Of electro magnets.
ls40.-M Monday, 28lh of January.--The me
moral Of Horatio Hubbell, Of Phiiadelp hia, in
which he mas joined by john II. Shtrburne,
was presented 10 Congress, praying for aid In
constructing . Geographic communication
acruss the laantic Ocean, setting forth i
existesse Of a table land p%lateano on soandi,gs
bet zen Newfoundland and Ireland ap,'n
which the said telegraph could be cnn$ ftei
and entering into other details In order. car
ny out the project. 1t being the fstt ed
and first Published plan evet made to ! Try a
telegraph Across the ocean.
Mr.. Tyrn, of New FORK, invented lghi-
ting tel graph, which made dots and tes tby
burning them on slips Of revoLyi.s per by
the heat Of the electric fluid Wis ing.
About the same time Mr.. j OF New
York, contrived a machine work ~ eleciro-
magnetism to let that drop on te Ups OF pa
per which being prepared at the saaene moment
left visible arks which stood as s7s1s for let
tiers. ~ sA5 a9Il
, fIlsO aOOub III sNtIC 'lbC, IN Ia
of Boston, prepared au Axial tsslegs which
with that of Horn and johnson does not seem
to have met Wit much attention. i
1955.-Mr. Hughes obtained his patent for
his ingenious and admirably combined print
inss ~ ssseS9 p which is destined to effect a rev.
S. III all the existing systems. Its super
iority consists 10 its working reliably on a
larger circuit than any instrument previously
invented. Not only does it transmit messages
with greater rapidity, but it has the advantage
Of receiving and transmitting simultaneously
on a circnil of at least $500 miles, performing
the work of two ordinary wires on on one ii
is also less liable to interFpation from atmos-
pheric electricity.
The total length Of telegraph lines in 1858.
so far as was ascer,a'ned, was So $50 Of which
there was in America 1880; in England
10000; France 5000 (; Germany and Austria
10000; Prussia 1000 Russia 5000: the
rest Of Europe 1850 India 5000 Australia
1000; other parts of the world 900. The
number of messages passing over all lines in
tb. United States is estimated at about
4,000.000 per anlnm. T.
Until the year 1850, the submarine cable
was practically unknown. In this year, the
first submarine cable was laid from Dover,
England, to Calais, France. The cable was
twenty four miles long, and has since been in
operation, with one interruption, with complete
Since that period. $50 miles Of sub
marine cable have been laid in twentyseyen
lines, the two longest of which are
across the gulf Of st. Lawrence in 1856, IA
miles betweed Varna and Balaklava, cross the
Back Sea, in 1855, $40 miles.
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- ADVERTIsERS. RN

Should bearsin mind tie fact
that the circulation Of the Orr
LousAs PATRIor is the largest Of
any Newspaper printed ii the
Parish Of st. Landry.
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The Burn. s,eam.hlp Aus.,a.

FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE TERRIBLE
GALAMITY.-New York, Sep. 27.-The bark
Lotus brought the twelve passengers saved
from he burning steamship Austria 10 Halifax.
They were taken from the French bark Maurice,
which saw, the Austria on the 18th, and at 5
O'Clock in the afternoon, rescued forty persons
from her bowsfrft.
The passengers at Halifax report that the
hire commenced on The afternoon of the 18th
in the Storage. and the ship was immediately
put at half speed, but soon after The magazine
exploded, aud the engineers were instantly suffo.
Gated.
The fire then spread f%earfally, and the ship
was quickly developed in fame.
A large number Of passengers were instantly
suffocated in the cabins and smoking room.
Nearly all the first class passengers. Jumped
from the poop into the sea and persisted.
Several ladies remained aboard until their
garments were IN flames. aud then leaped oyel-
board. ssh a
One boat was lnnched and crowded, a a
| quickly swamped, andttus many souls perisF@s'd.
New York, Sept, 21s-Th life boat of ahe
Austria. containing twGrty -three persons, in
ctNd rg lie first and third officers of the ship,
was picked up.
-Four men in a broken boat we're also picked
MP. 4eNl .4HE
The second officer Of the ship was picked mp
after he had been swimming six hours. He
was severely btuised. 445. ae
Only six females we're saved. Three Of them
We're considerably bnrneI. -l ss4s'
The total number of persons known to be
saved is sixty-seven {? 67).
The remainder, nearly SIX hundred. it is fear
ed. all persisted.
The sacrifice of life by this dreadful caIa,nity
is greater thnn has occurred by the loss of anJv
previous Atlantic steamship. aa
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New GooDs! New GooDs!-Oar frierls r
y. Wilkins Of Washington, is now receiving
md opening 4 heavy stock Of Goods from the
North embracing dry goods, clothing, boots
and shoes, hardware, crockery, saddles, brides,
etc, all Of which are offered 10 his friends and
customers on The most reasonable terms,
Great inducements for cash!l
Call and examine bis stock before purchasing
elsewhere.
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The number Of deaths from yellow fever in
the city Of NewUrleans from the LIST week Of
tie appearance in Juns. according to The weekly
reports furnished up to the week ending on the
Sd inst, have been ALSO. The disease has
passed the eliminating point, the decrease for
the week ending on The 3D. inst, being "a less
than the previous week.
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MORE SLAVES TO BE CauGHr.-From a let
ter received in Norfolk. the Day Book learns
that The u steamer Despatch is ordered by
the Navy Department from her present place
u rendezvous. Pensacola. to cruise on the north
side of Cuba, for the purpose of inlercepting
two more savers. daily expected to land their
eargoes on that island. This action was the
result Of Information gathered from some Of
the officers connected with the late capture Of
the brig Putnam by the Dolphin.
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Isthmus SHAH be limited TO 10 per cent. prou.
r. the company that may be in possession Of
the same
Es's-se nrethe main points 0 the convention.
Times further says tina, Sir William
GOuseleyswill shortely leave for Central
s~4aerica, IN order to secure the ratification Of
,she treaty, aud then negotiate q similar one
9Ah the other Central American States.
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WEArHER.-Afler q very warm, dry and
duty period Of three weeks. on last Wednesday
evening I'VE had q very ine shower.
On last evening the dispersion of a few
electric clouds resulted ID the most bracibg
Norther Of the season. This morning the
weather feels decidedly winterish.
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A little girl was told to spell ferment, and
give its meaning, with a sentence in which il
was used. The following was literally her
answer : " F.e,r-m-e+i-t. a verb signifying to
work ! love to fermens in Tue garden
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AFFAIRS in ouBA.-The NewYork Heral,

IF the 22d ult., says:
onr advices from Cuba state hat large pur-
chases OF powder and arms had been recently
made IN Havana in n way not to attract the
attention Of the Government, and that sed'-
'ious circulars were being freely distributed
among the free blacks. 1t is evident that
matters are moi so quiet in Gnba as they seem
upon the surface to be, aud that trouble is
brewing there for Spain.
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piscovrRlNG 4 CRIMINAL BY P~HoroeRapuy.
The London Times has an account of the find
ing, ~ the Thames, OF the body OF a male io-
tapt, having around it large bag of stones.
The Superintendent OF the Reading Police
caused photograph likenesses of ,hssbndy to he
taken, placing them in the wine Rvs of the
police station, aud sending them % various
towns. The likeness attracted the attention
OF the master Of the Workhouse ut II ,n'ey, and
he recognized "a resemblance in thSsa 10 the
Child Of a young woman named MARY Newell,
who had left the Workhouse q few DAYS pre-
vi5,'sly. The young, woman was sough, for.
and she was found at the residence other mother
without her child. She was arrested. and
being charged with the murder Of her child, she
admitted that, having been TO Reading to see
lis father, and he refusing to give her any
money to maintaiu it, she went to the river al
midnight, aud threw the child in. Her con-
tession was corroborated by varinus circnn.
stances. This j. certainly a remarkable case
the likeness OF the murdered child leading Ia
the detection of its inhuman mother as the
Murderer.
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&t
DUBLIG SALEAW Will be sold by a duly
qualified AuctioneeS on
saturday. Nosa Der 10, 1855,
at the last residence of pieSa Auguste Meant, de-
ceased, the following described property, belonging
to the succession Of said deceased. viz:
4 THE PLANTATION,
sl.E#NN on which the deceased last resided. ~
HAalssA containing about SIS acres, about 4 -
miles South east of Opelousas, together witt, the
Buildings and Improvements thereon.
A negro woman slive. named SELMA, aged
about p years, aud her two children, EUGENE,
aged II years, and EUGENE, aged S years.
A lot Of corn about $50 barrels;
A few horses;
cattle and hogs;
A pair Of beeves;
Plantation utensils;
Furniture, etc, etc.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS The plantation, cash
Tor the sum Of $Ts5 and the balance on the first of
April next, 1859. The slaves on a credit of one and
two years. The movables payable on the first OF
April next. 1859. The plantation and slaves to re.
main moltgaged until final payment of principal
aud interest at s per cent from maturity. Purcha-
.ers to give notes with approved personal security
0pelonsas, Oct. 0, 1868.
ANTOINE AUG. MEAT,
Administrator
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DO not visit counting rooms or shops where
yon lave no bnsiness-aid whern You 90 on
business, leave os soon as your business is done:
do not gcs-in the way of Others, nor sit aud
chat. . ~
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The lovers Of Loudon Porter and Scotch
Ale, will find q splendid article, recently i'm
ported, at Messrs. Debaillon & Carriere, Wash
ington.
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rAMP MEETING.-And old fashioned
~ Methodist Camp Meeting will be held ~ The
Parish Of Calcasieu. ten miles above Lake Charts
commencing on Friday the 10Th 0ctober next,
AT the top of our voice, we cry, Come one Come
all! Come everybody!
Ample arrangements will be made for the accom-
mediation of all who may favor us With thi
presence. nm,
The ministers of the Gospel will not torget'aa'
this is a dcytitute part Of the Lords vineyard
Come Come to the help of Zion.
Opelonsas, September 4, 1858.
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Can any one tell bow the comet con.riyes
to spor: so wide a tail? Are e~rinoline and
hoops fashionable mp there?
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my subjects which will claim
Legislature at its next ses
nent.
! defects in the machinery

sltC pSs%A%# EN.kgaNih WutNu ACIANS CoilCttluu
before the results contemplated by its authors
can ever be successfully accomplished. sNsss
That tho passage Of the free school bill in
l847 was consummated though the dictates
and suggestions a an enlarged pablo philau-
thropy, and CONNIE adable motives for e~levatine
the standard of common cducationsi in Louisia.
ma, NO one in the exercise Of his proper facnl.
ties can deny yet what have been tue frnits Of
the law forsthe last five years, and what pguie-
tiaqble, lastiagg and decided benefits hUve iaowf
fronts operation? Az .sss. s,ss Il
The law worked very well and promised
much to the rising generation, until the office
of Parish Superintendent was abolished a,d
Parish Treasurers were made repositories o.
the public school funds. .a&
This was 9 great oversight II the law-mnking
power. ss sta i1sia 3
Under The provisions Of the original law. ii
was the duty Of the Parish Superintendent tc
examine teachers, and grant certificates Of
qualification only to those Il good mora
character, visit every school in the Parish
,.aA 4 ~, !,
Il a. .ss... h. Mo- \. W.
Of the schools, fll vacancies in the directory
infuse a spirit of formulation among the teachers
and pupils, and directly imrart new life aud
erh;. III i. a..as.,;ss y
~, =
fn1a5a The of;ce or por;sh s;
was abolished Par;sb Tress,rer. uaro s,,hs,;
tate,5. and The result has hssn tho, 4. nh,,,.
sys,em excer,t IL the citv If Nswo, ,ean. hss
hao, ! y ;eoan, e,;i,..
At present there i no direct snnary;s;on
lindeed none h, 4 a,n oyar ,he schools n;,.
ten,bs a. The directors are a,,,o;n,od (, ~,
police inr;es. and y = instances o.nna,
read and write their native lanansoe .re 90, j
Subjects far ~tnit;on ttbemsc,vas ,,la - ;,,er.s,
n The management If ,ha scba,ls -se,a,m MI
them once II twelve n,tonths evan. \. ~, IA Il
their own wards and tbno,ss the eouse of c,,nn,on
educa,ion is continnallv orow;no worsa and
worse. and the objects Of the law remain .
worthless and dead letter on the statute book.
This matter can be reformed, and it is the
imperative duty Of The Legislature at its nex,
session to do 50. i- r. .s
Let the Office of Parish Superintendent be
revived, let his duties be stringent and positive.
to the effect, which will require him 10 grant
certificates Of qualification TO no applicant for
Tho esfnntsnn Is - IL. 80. .l.n. a.. l.. -. n