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STIRRING UP THE BREAD MEN.-Mr. Com.
missary Black, of st. Mary's market. finding
all the bread there huxtered to be Of legitimate
weight, as prescribed by the weekly tariff, con
Guided that such honesty was worth looking
into, and went around among the bakers shops
with his scales. Result as follows
Jacob Shutters bakery, Thalia street, near
Camp-dime leaves 2 to 8 ounces short. plea.
ynne loaves | TO 2 onnces short.
j. l.. Pellerinfs cart, on ITALIA street-dime
loaves 4 to q ounces short, picayune loaves 2
to 4 ounces short.
Mrs. Swans corner of Annunciation and
calllope streets-some Of her loaves short.
Watsons on Orange street-dine leaves
4 10 b ounces short, picaynne loaves . to A
ounces.
/ krohn & Brothers. South Market street
big loaves 3 to =, little loaves / to.2 ounces
short.
hrohn's Annuneiation b~akery--big loayes 2
to 4. little loaves / to 2 ounces short.
Redon's Franklin bakery-big loaves 4 TO G
ounces, little loaves 2 to 4 ounces short.
All the light loaves being seized, the aggre.
gate amounted to several artloads, piled up at
the police-offce. The bakers, we presume. will
soon be hauled up aud themselves weighed. in
the scales Of justice.
The CommlSsary of the Vegetable market,
Second District. also seized a quantity of bread
IN consequence'of the baker having forgotten
to bake his stamp on the loaves, as reouired
by the ordinance. Crescent. -
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l remain, sir, your obedient servant,

Oh. HARRINGTON,
Ia and l45 Sonth Castle street, Liverpool, Feb. 2.
Copy'ofa an extract from the Board of Trade Meteo-
biological Journal, kept by Capt. Harrington, of the
ship Castilian, from Bombay to Liverpool.
SHIP GAsrrLIAS, Dec. II, 1857,
Northeast end'of st. Helena, be ring northwest
s Distance, 10 M Ses.
AT $50 P. M.,strong breezes and cloudy /; ship
about II knots per hour. Atglile myself and
officers were standing on the lee ideof the poop.
looking towards the island, we we startled BY the
sight of Il huge marine animal whieA reared its head
out of the water within twenty yStds of the ship,
when it suddenly disappeared for Shout half a min
ute, and then made its appearance il the same man
ner again, showing us distinctly ) neck and head
about 10 or II feet out Of the watt.
It's head was shaped like a long nun buoy, and |
suppose the diameter to have been seven or eight
feet IN the largest part, with u kind of scroll or tnft
Of loose skin en~eircing it about two feet from the
top the water was d~jscolored for several hundred
feet from its Niead, so much so that on its first ap-
pearance my impression was that the shin was in
broken water, produced, as ! supposed, by some
volcanic agency since the last time | passed the
island bat the second appearance COMPLETELY dis.
PEELED those fears, and assured us that il was a
monster Of extraordinary length, wllcl, appeared to
be moving slowly towards the land. The shin was
gong too fast to enable us to reach the masthead In
time toform Il correct estimate of its extreme length
but nom what we saw from the deck we concluded
that 1t must huve been over two hundred feet long.
The boatswaln and several Of the crew state that IL
was more than double the length of the ship. in
which case it must have been five hundred feet be
that as 1t may, am convinced that it belonged to
the serpent tribe it was of a dark color about the
head. ana was covered with several white spots.
Having a press Of canvass on the ship at the time. |
was unable to round to without risk, and therefore
was preeludded from getting another sight at this
l%eviathan Of the deep,
GEO. HENRY HARRINGTON, Commander.
WIN. DAVIES, Chief Officer.
EDWD, WHEELER, Second Officer, t
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From THG PLArNs.-B lood0 Indian Bottle
The St. Louis Republican publishes a letter NJ
the 23d ult. from Westnort. ]statiny tbst =
trader named Kitchen had inst arrived from
T%ecalotc, New Mexico, which Mace he left on
the goth of January. He met large hands 81
the Kiowa and Conanche Indians. who were
friendly, aud expressed a determinaiion not Ia
trouble the trains next season. They seem Ia
be much interested in the operations AGAINST
the Mormops. The letter saws
Coming an the Arkansas river, and when
within fifteen miles of Pawncn Eork No nrd
denly met about $50 ira Nh hoe var,i,rs ail
armed with lance, Gun and pistol Never wara
Indians better equipped. He was ordered to
halt. which he did VIII gis,atoh ST., ~ "
Chief, with a few chosen, gathered arnnnd an
the ground, lit the cal,,met. Ki,chen in tba;r
midst, and then talked a la savage. storm
related That he had inst had : liz e ,.l, n;t =
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A CHILD WITH a FRoa's HEAp.-A negro
woman, belonging to Mr.. Lawrence Smith, OF
Petersburg, Va. lately gave birth 10 a child,
the physical malformations Of which were Of
the most horrible and extraordinary possible
character. From the waist ~downwards the
child was like Others, and symmetricatly built,
but above the middle it was moulded into d
frightfnl resemblance to the form of a froe.
The head was fat, The mouth being several
inches wide, and placed underneath. The nose
was entirely wanting, as the eyes stood out
like goggles. No physician who saw it had
ever witnessed any phenomenon to compare
with IT, and it was considered by them a per-
fectly unprecedented recurrence in the annals
OF embryology. it.lived bnt a few hours.
The ears were the only portion Of. the head
which DID not bear those ofa eat, being salient
and pointed, and adding stiil more to the nor
rible appearance of the anomalous creature.
The above, which we find in an exchange,
looks decidedly iishy.
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An nx,EprToR in LucK.--E. North Cullom,
Esq, former editor of the st. landry Wing
has had The honor of representing this parish
IN the State Legislature, and he is now the
Judge of the 18th Judicial District Court Of
the State of Louisiana, elected by a majority
of lac votes.
1t must be quite refreshing to Ned to dream
that he is an editor and hears the Devil
crying for " more copy" and wake up and find
himself His Honor, presiding over the Thir-
tenth District.
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TnE DEAD OF THE Eliza BArrLE.-41he
Mobile Mercury says that Capt. S. q. Stont
went up u few days ago, oh the steamer Mag
nolia, to the scene of the sad disaster a,
kemp's Landing. He went for sole purpose
OF recovering, if possible, the remaining bodies
lost by the burning Of the steamer Eliza Battle
He succeeded in finding the following
Rev. A. NJ. Newman. Ky.
DIR. S. II. Jones, Greene county.
Child of b. Cromwell, Warsaw.
" y. Mathews, Yazoo City, Miss.
Chambermaid, belonging to $. G. Stone.
Boy Robert, belun ring 10 Il. Buford.
Boy (%pantryman) unknown.
These added to the bodies previously recov.
cred, with two still missing, make the total
number lost thirty-onc. The bodies of Mr..
Galloway, Gainesville aud a negro belonging
to MeMahau, have not yet been found. On
the body of the Rev. Mr., Newman, CAPTAIN
stone found $500, and on that of Dir. Jones,
Sl4o0. The coat of l.. Y. Martin, of Ken.
lucky, with drafts amounting to over $4,000,
was recovered.
The recovery Of the money on the body Of
The Kew Mr.. Newman was q fortunate cir
cnmstance; for only a few days previous sew
eral kind-hearted ladies' took up a collection to
obtain means to send The bereayed widow 10
her friends.
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BnANpA,s DYING ruonGurs.

On the ground where the deceased was fnupd
were several pieces Of paper he had torn from
a memorandum-book. On the first piece d
paper deceased wrote:
:" Yet the thoughts Of my poor mother keer
my heart warm, or rather hot, for | feel [ nm
her murderer. God help me! How slowly
time passes it seems to me nearly half an
hour since | took the fatal dose-yet do not
suffer. How chilly it is! | feel stiff from the
cold" u
Number two
1T is fearful to die thus, alone-to look
around, see the hills, hear the roar of the ocean
sec. your fellow-belngs moving in the distance
yet die alone. Just after my third dose a man
passed and told his friends | was crazy. Goo
forgive me. | hope | am. What terrible sls
perse, this waiting for DEATH
Number three:
For science--balf of the bottle / have
taken four doses Of the strch-at intervals
of about three minutes, yet | do not suffer. ]
feel nervous, but will note the time on The
back of this. | think it has been fifteen minutes
since took the first. | am cold and chilly.
May some good result from my death"
On the fourth piece the writing is without
any order. The words are spread irrepnIarly
over the paper, le~ngthIise and diagonally.
They arc as follows:
fully half an hour. | am dying. God
help me. AT. b."
Number five :-"I am dy-"
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DEsTRucTfoN or THE NEW STEAMER II. j.
LOCKWOOD b FlRE.-Yesterday afternoon
steam was raised. for the first time, on the hew
Missouri river packet r.. j. Lockwood, just
completed at New Albany, for Capt. Lamoth.
After night. just before s o'clock, she started
out from the landing to so to a few miles down
the river to a woodward. and to try her ma,
chinery. The boat had barely rounded TO
from the wharf when she was discovered on
fire at the stern. In less than five minutes the
eutire stern OF the bout was enveloped in
flames, and the pilot discovered that the wheel
rope on the starboard side had burned off. He
malfully stood at his post, however, aud headed
her for the Kentucky shore, and succeeded in
landing the boat just above West Louisville.
The bow Of the boat was driven some twenty
feet out on the shore, enabling all the people
on board to escape, including a number of
ladies. There we're some sixty or seventy per-
sons on board, and we are glad tostate that all
escaped
The r. j. Lockwood was Just completed at
New ALBANY. for Capt. w. P. Lan,oth and
others, for the Missouri river, at a cost Of
$4,000. The hull was $50 feet in length,
with "a feet beam, having u carrying capacity
for over Goo tons.
She was a most excellent and superior boat
IN all resi- Gets, ana will prove q great loss.
We understand that Capt. l4amoth had effected
hire risks OH his boat in offices in this city to
the amonnt of $4,000. This is less than half
her cost. Louisville Courier, 9TH inst.
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SOCIALIST GATHERING IN NEwYoRK.-
Whlle the religions excitement in NewYor is
attracting marked attention, there are other
things that also bubble mp from the cauldron
which there seems forever boiling. On Sunday
night week, there was a Socialist CATHERINE. Il
winch f~andemoDium seems to have been very
fully represented. 1t was a regular blood and.
thunder affair, q Black or Red Republican
ehulition OF sound and fury signifying moth
my. The most savage sentiments were not
only uttered but applauded TO the echo. One
speaker said
Those who take a dagger to strike tyyrauts
are our brothers. Great applause.
Another said
The watchword is down with the mobiles.
down with the money men, with the CLERGY u
Another:
All symptoms on the political horizon Indicate a
new eruption OF the volcano, when surely the ,neon,c
wiz gave no more three months misery, bat com
hehce ny giving to the bastard Bonaparte thot oiry,
swing from n pole OF sixty feet high, which The celes.
DRAFTED claiFroyant Lennrnand, predicted aim some
MY years ago through his pretended uncle.n
is II any wonder that such fools can never
exercise any influence in advancing the cause
oil trt'e repubilcanism i'll Earope? Is ii any
wonder that the causeof civil liberty is injured
by the rawlings Of mad men who openly a1dvo-
cate assassination aud every species Of crime
and exhibit The most stupid agrarianism /?
Nothing can fivct the bands OF despotism more
hrmiy than tie eoadUct OF sach nfou. Every
movement hey make hnt strengthen their op-
ponents, t'eNu'utp,Hs effected by assassination
ana under The i%ntluehce of revolving dogmus
Can end oniy IN horrors too terrible for human
endurance How different was the Fathers OF
Inc American Revolution. [BnNetiu.
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The New York Legislature is very little
better than Congress, if the following report
of The NewYork Express is correct
"A beautiful revelation was made in the
Assembly on Tuesday. The Brooklyn assess
ment for local improvements bin being IN.
Mr.. Dayton announced that he had been in.
formed by three reliable gentlemen that the
sum of ten thousand dollars was TO be paid for
me passage of theiheasure-ald Of that amount
$4,000 was to be paid to q certain member Of
the Senate! But we do not see that the
House betrayed the slightest sensitiveness on
the subject. The bill was finally turned over
to a Committee Of Conference, to confer with
another committee FROM the Senate"
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-.sea pass for nothir
+ that her partner may,
lIoyer and her slit0r.t III

that her partner may,
lover and her ~saitor,tl alessss
IN the uis5e-vis, and mi. ,tation is buoy
IN by the circumstance. Men. too, OF the
brighter sort, love 10 use their position, and
carry Oh canvass that would capsi77e q mono
galnist craft. Second apd third wives take lit
tie heed of the wooing; but y infly how and
thea see a woman CHANGING TOO eagerly round,
mud, from her halfconcealeds jealousy and
hatred. and fear matchmaking over the other
two, you may guess, what you will be told,
that the watcher is an only wife other women,
It they see her, will come and tell hesshe IS no
Mormon, TO look SO after her husband, and
laugh ut her foolish expectation OF keeping all
entire husband to herself, "A
Tint girl now evidently knows the wife is
watching her, and coquets all the more eagerly
with the husband perhaps she may refuse him
after q |, perhaps not wish to do so, perhaps
fud herself unable il she wishes but they are
not the only couple followed by eyes struggling
40 see, and yetsnot yet to believe. They tell
me F--y onder loves his wife beyond the
wont of husbands in this part Of the world,
and will not marry another SO partner, herself
a wife, though not in thief i lustrum of wives,
tells NE, aud lntinatesi her opinion that F.
and his wife are both fools to set themselves
against the fashion of the, place.
7" But F. is surely flirting with Kate
Cope, and pretty strongly at this moment
one suggests.
/" Flirting-that is a gentle word, we never
use it but he's not really counting Kate, he's
only teasing his wife though he won't marry
again, he likes doing that. Were / married,
/ would ask the President to make him marry
me- 81 s6f5e.
/" What for, to tease her 2"
No, to teach her then she would not think
herself better than the balance of us-why
should she Z s3.6
] turned the subject, having no wish for an
argunentoan ad homtnem-aud some places are
unsuitable to do the real argumentum al
temiaam. 91f 5-. 49, L.SH- W.
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PLANTERS CoAvENrIoN.-A Cotton Plan.
tiers Convention, after the usual preliminary
meetings, has been organized for the State Of
Georgia. The following are the most impor-
tant provisions of the Constitution adopted
This Convention shall be styled and known
as The Cotton Planters Convention of The
State of Georgia"
No person shall be a member of this Con,
vehtlon but those whose chief employment aud
means OF lnotiey-making is Cotton Planting.
No questions or subject, not connected with
the interest of Cotton Planting, shall ever be-
entertained by, or discussed before this Con
%vention.
The Convention shall hold its annual sessions
IN the city Of Macon, on tile second Tuesday Of
June, unless it shall determine to meet al some
other place in the State Of Georgia.
The measures adopted and recommended by
the Convention, shall only be advisory and sug-
gestlve, by no means compulsory.
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s9asHAS PAaiRIsfAN SroRYsETTE.-Ayou soldier
0f fout.and-tWenty, d lieutenant Of artillery
has Just married o bankers daughter, with
100000 francs Of dowry.
Lieutenant of artillery Not i bad rank,
Napoleon had the honor to bear it, and the
grace to remember it.
Az The Conference Of E.rfut, during That
congress of emperars and kings become the
simple satellites Of Napoleon-one day al
v table they were speaking If the I'D Germanic
Confederation, and especially Of tile famous
Golden Bull of Rome. Its date was asked.
There was . moment of silence no bne re-
v Snelnbered II. Napoleon spoke
1885,
s What, Sire Z cried ~courtier king, ayou
know our history so we'll! When Inns your
Majesty found time to study it 2" #
saNNhen | was a Lieutenant of Artillery
faaid tho Emperor.
hhe words produced a.siingular effect among
those princes all born to thrones. Napoleon
pefceivedsit il. and repeated
a19When ] bad the honor to be d Lieutenant
ct ArtiiterrJ t'
Well. although the grade is a nice one, our
Lieutenant Of Artillery did not think it enough
No win the hand Of Mudenoiselle - So
she had never dreamed Of asking ii. But one
day he was followed by an elderly gentleman,
til, thin, and blessed with a large pointed
nose. This person followed him to the Gym
haso Theatre, seated himself beside him and
drew him into conversations The acquaintance
WINS made. The long l,osed man visited him ut
BIS quarters, offered friendship, and one fine
day said
IT am interested in you--haye a lively
friendship for you. / must have you married. y
Nice proof of friendship sad the officer,
laughing.
MY dear friend, there are marriages and
marriages. What would you say to 500, 900
francs Of dowry, with expectancies ~
The Office ceased laughing, In brief, the
long-nosed man introduced him at tile bank
er's. The officer pleased the daughter. The
father shrugged his shoulders when q marriage
was spoken of but the man Of the nose gave
such excellent accounts Of the young soldier,
covered up his wild oats, exaggerated so well
bis merit and his virtues, had so many re-
sources and ingenious stratasems at hand, that
1.-The marriage took place soon after.
The Lieutenant was astonisled at such sin
guiar devotion. such q warmth Of friendship,
The day after the wedding, tho leug-nose called
to SEE him.
MY dear friend said the bridegroom, z /
shall never forget what yon have done for me.
shall always hold you in remembrance. Ny
wife is charming. | nm desperately in love
with her.
And her dowrym
y sThat spoils nothing. But fancy my hap
piness 1 would GLADLY have welded without
that"
" Come, come no nonsense. What should
i have dOne2"
4- III 7 Y lxAz4 A., L3AVH Ls+HI
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g QHASGE OF PRorRIrrons.-By reference to
our advertising columns, it will be seen that
the Eagle Hotel, at Washington, has passed
into the hands of Elisha +. Greenlee, from
Mississippi.
MIR. Greenlee has been about himself, and
knows what a traveller and his horse needs he
is polite and accommodating, and his hotel will
increase the popularity it has heretofore OBJ
tanned.
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APPOINTMENTS BY II P~REs1DENr.--By ant
with the advice and consent OF the Senate.

WIN tne auVlce ana consent OF the Senate.
Registers Of Land Offices.
Oliver Basham, at Clarksville, Arkansas /;
reappeinted
VIM: J Owen, at Champagnole, Arkansas ;
reappointed.
Henry J. johnson, at Washington, Arkan-
sas reappointed. 8.''
I. y, Cunningham, at Fayetteville, Arkan-
sas reappointed.
VIM. w. Lewis, at Batesville, Arkansas +;
.reappointed.
John 3. Cloutier, at Natchitoches, Louisi-
ana reappointed.
Louis Palms, at New0rleaps, Louisiana ;
reappoihted.
Louis 9, Pyles, at Newnansyille, Florida !;
feappointed. Ma
Receire1s Of Public Money.
James q. Japan, ut Helena, Arkansas re-
appointed.
WmT, Sargent, at Clampaghole, Arkan-
sas ; reappoipted.
Charles 3. Mitchell, Mt Washington, Arkan-
sas reappointed.
Joseph l.. Dickson, at Fayetteville, Arkan-
sas %reappointed. y AN @
Henry w. Palfrey, at Neworleans, Louisi-
ana reappointed.
Jesse b, McClendon, at Greensburg, Louisi-
ana reappoipted. y
Alfred Il. Woodward, at Tallahassee, Flori.
do, vice Henry Bond, deceased.
W. Collector Of The Customs.
Robert n, Mcmillan, district of Techc,
Louisiana reappointed.T
Sui'reyors Of tie Customs.
Charles Fagot, Pontchartraip. Louisiana (.
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RATHER R~tcH,--lhere is II town ont in
ieAas' IN which it is said there is but one
upon the slab Of which there is written
the following epitaph:
Underneath this turf doth lie,
Back to back, my wife and T..
Generous stranger spare the tear.
Fer, could she speak, | cannot hear.
Happier far than when in life
Free from noise and free from strife
MheR the last trump the air shall hll. -
lEshc gets pp, iii just lie still!
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One OF The prominent physicians of New
ORR received, the other morning, the follow
ing note:
SW--ifeaSe call at No. 2il-street, this
morning, and obtige me, us my wife is very
sick.
ours, PATRICK b.
P.S-.My wife having got well, you need
moi come.
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We learn from the Baton Rouge Advocate
that the bill introduced into the House by
Gen. Morse to prevent free negroes from here
after purchasing slaves passed on Wednesday
by a unanimous vote.
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THE WEATHER Spring with its genial
warmth, swelling buds and bright overs has
been With US during the past week. Under the
effects Of a. bright sun, refreshing showers aud
~ balnsy atmosphere, the woods are becoming
leasy and the prairies green fruit trees are in
full bloom, and vegetables growing luxuriantly
In our gardens.
Our planters are industriously engaged with
their crops many have finished planting cane,
have planted their early corn, and some are
now planting cotton. We wish them abundant
crops and good prices as . reward for their
labor. W