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Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-11-13
State of Louisiana.

PariSn OF IOllH tolpee--NlNtn Dlstf1ct COurt
Ir the Matter of the Succession of Amaranthe
Saizan, Widow Louis David, Deceased.
WILL be sold at public auction, on the pre-
w misses in the Parish of Pointe Coupec by
virtue of an order Of the Honorable the Ninth
District Court in and for the Parish of Pointe Cou-
| pee, State aforesaid. on
TUESDAY,, 18th day of DECEMBER, 1858,
the following property depending upon the Sue
to-wit:
SLAVES.
JOACHIM, q %gri1fman aged about % years;
GEORGE, negro man 4Syears;
CESAR. 40 years;
CLARlSSE, negro woman so years.
A certain tract of land or plantation situated
on the Island of False River. in this parish, con-
tanning four arpents front by forty in depth, be-
tween lines closing in the rear: bounded above by
land of james A. Ventress, below by land of G.
Lebeau; with q Clubhouse and other improvements
thereon.
M~OvABLES.
Horses. Cows, Calves. Mules, Agricultural
Utensils, and Household Furniture.
Terms and conditions Of the Sale.
Movables payable on the lst of March. 1859.
Land and slaves, on a credit payable respectively
on the lst of March 1860. 1861 and 1862. Pur-
chasers to give their notes with personal security
in solido, bearing interest at the rate of s per
cent per annum after maturity until paid, and
mortgage reserved an the property sold until f.
nal payment of the notes.
SEVERN PORCHE. Sheriff
Pointe Coupee, Nov. Is, 1858. 4l-tds
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of Pointe C~oupee-Ninth District Court
R. H. Thorn 4 Go.
John s 5. Scott. No. ''4'
DY VIRTUE of and to satisfy a writ of Fl ia
ID issued in the above entitled suit and to me
directed by the Honorable the Ninth District
Court in and for the parish and State aforesaid.
to satisfy plaintiff . demand and costs of suit, l
have seized and will offer at public sale, at the
Court House on
Saturday, the 4M day Of December 1853.
at IL o'clock a. NJ, all the right, title and inter-
est that the defendant has in and to the following
described property to-wit:
\ match. of black horses.
One Piano. l Mahogany Table, Sewing Table,
| Writing Bureau. Hat Rack, / Mahogany Rock
ing Chair, / Willow Rocking Chair, l Sofa. | So
ia small, l Mahogany Sideboard. l long Sofa, |
large setting Chair, | Looking Glass, | Chande-
lier, onr-halfdoz. split BUTTON Chairs, | small
split BUTTON Chairs. 3 Bedsteads, 2 Armoirs, 2
Mahogany Bureaus, l Dining Table, one working
Table; l Sofa.
Terms of Sak-Cash NTH A~ppraament
SEVERN PORCHE,
Sheriff.
Pointe Coupee, 18th. November 1858. ids.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-11-13

EE"I. ". DOEE II our authorized ag"ut for
New Orleans, 10 naaaiy" and gste p: for saoscrip-
Ions nDi Gslve'i.&iLS.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-11-13

MICHIGAN E~LEcr1oNs.-It is now ascer
tanned that Cooper, the Democratic can.
didate, has been elected to Congress by
one hundred majority. The first district
is doubtful,
The Republicans have elected alarge
majority to the State Senate and Mouse
Of Representatives, as well as their en-
tire State ticket.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-11-13

NOTICE -.
Is HEREBY given that ions "a and fl
L applied to the Ninth District Go'I anroipted 3D.
the parish of Pointe Coupee, to oG , anf IsDs
ministrator Of the Succession q: ".nrI Is usd'
titt. deceased, and that if no opp?'t u,.s he viii
to hisdenand in ten days after tins ut, In sstb
he appointed accordingly. by ofos'
DistrictCourt. no, C1ers
Pninte Coupce. Oct. T., 1000. g.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-11-13
~GRAUGNARD & CO..

lust now receive "a large supply of all kinds OF
u GOODS. Please give them a call. Aft.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-11-13

Parish Of Pointe Colisc~~Niusa ~liist,.ct t'oari
.Aaelinc Victori;lr M"ur@in, wifi.
rs. No. 21&a.l
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-11-13

G~ On Monday last, the members of
the Police Jury failed to meet from al
legged informalities in the notices to the
members, though q sufficient number
was present at the Court House to form
aquorum. We are unable to see any
good reasons why.those present should
not have met and have made known to
the public the causes Of illigalities, and
investigating the objects for which they
were called. 1t is to be hoped that nc
injury to the public will result from their
~ntun-action on that occasion.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-11-13
State Of Louisiana.

Parish of East Feliciana-Seventh District Ccart.
NJ. G.. Mills.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-11-13
The State of Louisiana,

Parish of Pointe Coupee-Ninth District Cou1
Hcrminie Pourcieau Us. Gus. Major, her husb'd
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-30
Reforms in Russia.

The Emperor Alexander is still pressing for
ward his great work of the abolition of SerfdOm.
The nobility ofMoscow having displayed apathy
on the subject, the Emperor has addressed them
in grave and severe terms, declaring that their
course had grieved him profoundly. The eyes
of Russia he told them was fixed on Moscow,
and he assured them that while he was attached
to the nobility, he desired the general good
A late letter from St Petersburgh says it is
evident that the nobility silently oppose the
wishes of the Emperor; but the people of Russia
have unbounded confidence in the Car, and this
alone prevents terrible outbreak.
Among other reforms Alexander is engaged
in, is that of the Judiciary of the Empire The
Judiciary is to be recognized, and trial BY Jury
inaugurated. The liquor traffic is also to be
taken in hand by the Emperor. 1t has hereto
fore been farmed out to indi Eiduals-the whole
system proving such terrible scourge to the
country, that the Emperor has decided that the
millions the treasury derives from this monopo-
" do not compensate for the Generalization pro-
duced by It upon the people, and that it is his
duty to abolish it. Within few years sys
TEN is to be elaborated, and change effected
compatible with the development of education
and civilization in Russia" The term of the
present farming-out liquor system expires IN
1868, and the Emperor will not authorize its
prolongation.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-30
Secretary Cobb,s Estimate.

The law of 1916 requires the Secretary of the
Treasury to make an estimate of the expendi
lures of the Government for each year, in ad-
vance His estimates last year amounted to
1000, 600, which proved to be about $780,
OOO, 600 short of the appropriations actually re-
quired, under the auspices of the Administra-
ton. An Administration Democrat says
that 'Necker, and the celebrated fHancieT Law,
would have lost their heads for a mistake the
1.-THE of that. Not SO with Cobb. Heis tickled
with the dodge, and this year estimates for only
S50,O00,O 900 p
The plan, is of course, to try to blind the peo-
pie by fair, yet false outside. The Secretary
knows all the while that an immense deficiency
will have to be provided for, sooner or later
At least from $50, 900, 900 to $50, ,000, 600 will
be expended for the year to come, over and
above what this sworn official proposes to send
forth to the country as the demand of this very
economical Administration. Let the Opposi-
ton members hold the Democracy to their esti-
mates, and leave to the majority the response
bility of any further appropriations.-CneiRnati
Gazette
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-30
The Indiana senators.

At caucus of the Opposition in the Indiana
Legislature, it was resolved to enact law to
provide for the mode of electing United States
Senators, and then to proceed to the election of
two to succeed the present unlawful ineum-
beats. Strange as it may seem, there is no pro-
vision in the statutes of Indiana regulating the
matter Of Senatorial elections. A bill will be
introduced to remedy this defect.
The LecOmptou camp is rent with internal
strife, the ultraists, Hughes, Robinson, Bright
and Willard being at loggerheads with the more
moderate men, such as Dunham, Med and
others. The attempt of the Chicago Times to
influence the action of the Anti-Lecompton
Democrats in favor of Bright and Fitch is
scorned by the best friends of Mr.. Douglas
They hold that consistency requires the expo
nent of Popular Sovereignty to let the people
of Indisna regulate their domestic affairs in
their own way
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-30

The HERMIT NINRoD OF V1ReINIA-HIs GAME.
-Wilburn Waters, the hermit of Pond Noun
tain, in the White Top region of Virginia, has
killed four bears within the last three weeks,
one of them exceedingly large. The Abingdon
Virginian says of this singular man
I" For more than twenty years he has lived
alone in the solitude of that vast region, deVot-
ing his time to hunting and stock-raising- He
claims, we believe, to Re a half-breed of the Ca
tawba tribe, and is man Of great physical pow
er. He owns about 1000 acres of land, and
raises and sells large numbers Ofcattle and hogs,
and takes vast quantities of wild honey. AL
though he lives entirely alone, the Iatch-strln
of his cabin is always out, and nothing seems to
be more grateful to his feelings than the dis
pensation of his hOspitalities. But, poor man,
he now has no latch-stting or cabin. During a
few days absence four weeks ago, he returned
to fined his home bank of ashes, and all that
his house contained consumed. When we were
there last week, he had built fire upon the
spot where his domicil stood, and We partook Of
his hospitalities upon log in the open air.
" Since his residence upon the Pond Noun
tain he has captured Sc bears, 81 wolves, and
upwards of3000 deer, and countless number OF
wild turkeys and the varmints of the hills. He
is 46 years old, and has lived about half that
time at his present locality, and has never been
at Abingdon but twice, though only thiIt miles
from it."
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-30
The slave Trade.

The Emperor Napoleon has come to the SEN
sible conclusion that the importation of negroes
into his Colonies, from the African Coast, under
the pretension thatthey are carried as emigrants,
in the character offree negroes, is virtually the
slave trade, and really supplies slaves to slave
market Taking this view of the practice, he
has wisely ordered the commerce in negroes to
be put stop to. French vessels are prohibited
from engaging in this deceptive emigration
scheme. The weight of the sentiment of all CIV
ilized natious is manifestly against increasing
the slave population of the world by the addition
of another solitary human being from the Afri-
can shore. France, England and America are
now pledged to see that this is not done under
any pretexs Gin Gaz
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-30
presihentiaI Bad Taste

President Buchanan is so much IN the
dumps about the Union which his election
was to save beyond a peradventure, that he
had to give vent to his forebodings in his letter
to the Pittsburgh Centennial Celebration. 1t
alluded to disunion, or military despotlsm IN
America as possible, in very twaddllng way
When it had been read to the crowd by the
Hon. Wilson McCandless, some one, IN equally
bad taste as Mr. Buchanan, called for "Ihree
cheers for Buehanan-in horn - which was
received with hisses and laughter. We quote
from the letter:
l regret to say that the present Omens are far
from propitious In the last age OF the Repuo-
lie, it was considered almost reasonable to pro-
nonnce the word DisunioR Times have since
chanaed and now Disunion Is freely prescribed
as the remedy for evanescent evils, real or ina
ginary, which if left to themselves would speed
lily vanish away in the progress of events.
Who prescribe Disuuion ''as the remedy for
evanescent evils, real or imaginary" South
ern Democrats, and no body else. The men
who made Mr. Buchanan President-the men
who control his Administration-the men who
dictated his Kansas poicy-the men who pro-
woke sectional strife-the men who agitate,
agitate, agitate-the men who threaten disso-
lution-the men who worship "niggers" and
nothing more-the men who pursue the do
nestle slave trade aud would the foreign if
they could-the men who would thrust slavery
into every free Territory of the UniOn-the
men who coerced the Supreme Court into
the Dred Scott decisiOn--the men who
nullify and flibuster the men who have
frightened every weakened Northern Presi-
dent since the days of Old Hickory by
disunion threats-in short the men who deserve
the hangman's hemp instead Of Executive IA
vor and office Again, says President Bu-
chanan:
l shall assume the privilege of advancing
years in referring to another growing and dan
gerous evil. In the last age, although our faith
ers, like ourselves, were divided into political
parties, which often had severe conflicts with
each other yet we never heard, until within
recent period, of the employment of money to
carry elections. Should this practice increase
until the voters and their representatives in the
State and National Legislature shall become
infected, the fountain of free government will
then be poisoned at its source, and we must
end, as history proves, in military desPotism
Mr.. Buchanan probably knows as much
about the " employment of money to carry
elections" as most ofice-holders, of whom he
is the chief Colonel Forney can tell how
much was used to carry Pennsylvania for
James Buchanan Whose Administration has
strained every nerve to increase the Army the
standing Army of this Republic Whose to
increase the Navy Out on such hypocritical
stuff in a simple celebration letter.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-30
a,,apIiness, candor, and DeeisiOn.,,

Readers will recoIIect that we published
few days ago several extracts from recent
speech made by the Hon. Jefferson Davis since
his return to Mississippi, threatening to dis
solse the Union should Republican President
be elected, and advising the State of MississiP-
pi to commence founding cannon, procuring
Minnie rifles, and making other military prepa-
rations in anticipation of that event.
About the same time President Buchanan
wrote his twaddling Union letter the loyal PeO-
pie of Pittsburgh, his official organ, the Wash
ington Union, published the Disunion speech
of Davis, and apprOvingly declared that it is
characterized by manliness, eandor, and de-
eision!"
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-30

Fatal AccIDENT-A CHILD's HEAD Cur OFF.
"A few days since, while the steamer Morgan
L. Martin was lying at the dock, in Oshkosh,
Wisconsin, son of the owner of the steamer, a
boy some six or seven years old, was playing
about the engine, and finally dropped some
thing between the beams supporting the shaft,
and stopped over to recover it. The engineer,
entirely ignorant of the whereabouts of the boy,
started the engine, and the crank revolving,
came down and struck the boy on the back OF
the neck, completely severing his head from the
body, without giving a moments time for cry
for help The father being near, started,
caught up the headless body, and the cry OF
''Oh, God" which escaped the fathers lips
chilled the hearts blood of every one that saw
that awful sight and heard that heart-rending
invocation.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-30

WINTER SHOES Halls Journal of Health
gives the following sensible advice:-"Like the
gnarled oak that has withstood the storms and
thunderbolts ofcenturies, man himself begins to
die at the extremities. Keep the feet dry and
warm, and we may snap our fingers in joyous
triumph at disease and the doctors. Put on two
pairs of thick woolen stockings, but keep this to
YOURSELF go to some honest son of Saint Crispin,
and have your measure taken for stout pair of
winter boots or shoes; shoes are better for ordi-
nary, everyday use, as they allow the ready es-
cape of the odors, while they strengthen the an-
kles accustoming themt to depend on themselves.
a very slight accident is sufficient to cause
sprained ankle to an habitual boot weaTer. Be-
sides, shoe congresses less, and hence admits
of more vigorous circulation of blood. But
wear boots when you ride or travel Give direc-
ton, also to have no cork or India rubber about
the shoes, bus to place between the layers Of the
soles, from out to out, piece of stout hemp or
tow linen which has been dipped in melted pitch.
This is absolutely impervious TO water-does
not absorb particle-while we know that cork
does, and after a while becomes 'soggy' and
damp for weeks. When you put them on for
the first time, they will feel as easy as an old
shoe,' and you may stand on damp places for
hours with impunity.'
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-30
The Hadsou RiTer Road Casualty.

The death of Mr. and Mrs. Black, near Tar
rytown, Thursday evening, was instant and sin
gular They were returning from prayer
meeting held at Tarrytown, and it is supposed
were walking on the track. The headlight was
strong, but the engineer did not see them, and
it is supposed they stepped on to the track di-
rectly in front of the engine Mr.. Black was
struck and thrown off, the body being but
slightly marked, while the train passed over
Mrs. B. mangling the body shockingly. The
case is another warning to persons who are in
the habit of periling life by walking on railroad
tracks.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-30

"GoT CHEATED. Under this caption the Ka-
nawha (Va.) VALLEY Star tells the following hard
story:
A colpOrteur, quite recently, in an adjoining
county, approached man whose name we will
not make public, and solicited him to purchase
a bible. The man refused, and gave as his rea-
son for so doing that he had no money, and that
he could not read. The colporteur ascertaining
that he was a married man, and that he had no
bible, became anxious TO leave one of his bibles
with him, and not being able to sell him one,
offered to give the bible to his fellow creature.
The man hung down his head awhile, and SEEM
cd to ponder on the proposition, and finally
agreed to take one, provided it was given to
him. The colporteur gave the bible; the man
took it home and presented it to his wife, who
could read little. She examined the book
very carefully, and gave it back, saying that
only about half the book was the bible that the
other half was something else, called the New
Testament. The bright husband became en-
ragged, and went in search of the colPorteur,
declaring that he Rad "got cheated" because
the book was only half ''bible."
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-30
North CnroIIna Senators.

NorthCarolina has probably chosen two United
States Senators ere this. Some ten days ago the
Democrats in the Legislature held caucus and
nominated Gen. Clingman unanimously for the
short term, and Gov. Bragg on the second bal
lot for the long term. Gov. Reid, the present
incumbent, and Slr Holden, editor of the Raleigh
Standard, were competitors of Gov. Bragg fol
the nomination The Democrats have strong
majority in the Legislature.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-30

OCEAN STEAM NAvIGLTIoN.-After years of
trial, we were reluctantly compelled to admit
that the navigation on the ocean by side-wheel
steamers could not be made Iemunerative ex-
cept when the steamers were employed in the
transportation of passengers and mails. This
conclusion reached, the next, and only use of
steam that promised profits was in its applica-
ton to the screw-as an auxiliary, rather than
a principal. That had been tried ont. and that
too, threatens to prove a failure. The Liver
pool Union gives list of thirty frst-class pro-
pellers that are now on sale-and which are
offered at 20 per cent of their original cost
The Union says:
"The practical result of long sea UOyages has
proved that auxiliary screw-ships are a costly
mistake, and full powered ones too expensive to
compete with clipper ships.
1t appears clear that these vessels will be
sold at the price at which they will pay as sail
ships, consequently, their value is ruled by the
freight market, and their competency with the
improved class of timber ships now at work
With their engines taken out, many of these
ships would answer admirably as carrying YES
sells, and we predict this will be the fate of all
the auxiliary ships. The fact must be looked
in the face, that, in the present state of steam
navigation, no auxiliary steam vessel can pay
on foreign voyage, that does not carry her
coal for the whole distance"
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-30

The IRISH LANDED ESTATES CoURT.-Tht
English papers state that the sale of cucumber
ed estates for the month of October comprised
estates valued at a rental of $4,000 per an
nun, and covering 72,sls acres. The princi
pal estates were those of G. P. Leslie, NJ. P
rental $4,000; Sir H D. Massey, $4,000
Kenmore estate, $4,000; NJ. D. Cox, $4,000
Earl of Portarlington, SlO,5O0. The old court
had closed its records by the sale of the Auke
tell property, in the county Of Monaghan, hav,
ing a rental OF Sls, 500 per annum.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-30

A CASE OF EIGHT MONTHS STANDING CURED BY
BGRHAVE'S HOLLAND BITTERS.
MICHAEL KELLY No, Ill Seventh near Grant street.
Pittsburgh, says:
Last july while running the ryeT, on coton-boat
plying between Matches and New Orleans, was taken
with Fever and Ague For oi hit long months, suffered
with this dreadful disease The greater part Of this time
unlb work, and spent at least $50 for different
medicines but found permanent relief. Three weeks
ago one of my friends insisted upon my trying B0sR-
HAYES HOLLAND BITTERS, saying that CURE was
guaranteed After taking it for week. l must say
was sound have been at work now for two weeks
and have had OF the chils o-feverwhatever
Ieertify that the above statement is true.
THOMAS ADAMS,
d Damond House, or Chester's Gothic Hall.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-30

y Mrs. Sibyl Ludington, Mrs. Sarah Bush
nell and Mrs. Susan GrinnelI, were all seventy
years of a. e on the 26th of March, 1858. They
are three sisters triplet born, and were in July,
visiting in Honesdale, Pa, after a separation Of
several years. They were born in Goshen,
Litchfeld county, Connecticut, in 1888. Their
parents were Gibson Hurlburt and Anna Hurl-
burt, whose maiden name was Beach-Pitts-
burgh Gaz.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-30

PRoeREss OF EMANCIPATION IN RUssIA-The
Russian Gazette of St. Petersburgh, on the 30th
of October, gives an account of the election of
Municipal Councillor by the inhabitants of two
villages in the suburbs of st. Petersbugh.-
These inhabitants had been attached to the
glebe as serfs of the Admiralty since Peter the
Greats time, and were forced to work as car
uenters. The Emperor Alexander II, by a
uksse published in the month of March this
wear. enfranchised them, giving them thePower
ofbecoming citizens of the Capital itself, or OF
farming a distinct community. The number Of
persons thus freed amounts to S,4s5 Of both
sexes
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-30
AcauiItnl of Cole.

Hiram Cole, charged with the murder of his
wife in Geauga county, tried there the jury fall
ing to agree, has been acquitted by an Ashta-
bula county jury.
The recent murder trials in Hamilton county,
sandusky county, and Ashtabula, show that
tears and the death penalty are potent for mercy