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Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-02-06
The State of Louisiana.

Parish of Pointe Coupee, Ninth District Court.
NJ. Britto, f. III. C. for the use of others, No.
vs.. $50.
Charles Lallande. f. m. C.
DY VIRTUE of. and to satisfy a writ of fl ia,
IL issued in the above entitled suit and to ME d.
rected by the Honorable the Ninth district Court,
in and for the Parish and State aforesaid, to sat
isfy plaintiffs demand and costs of suit, | have
seized, and will offer at public sale, at the Cour,
House on
Saturday, the 9Th day Of March, 1858,
at II o'clock, a. NJ, all the right. title and interest
that the defendant has in and to the following
described property, to-wit:
a tract of land situated on Bayou Ciricr, con-
tanning one hundred and sixty acres more or LEES,
bounded on the upper line by the land belonging
to the heirs of Lebeau, on the lower line by land
belonging to B. Jewell, on the east by land of
U. Broussard.
Also a negro woman named Lucy, aged about
forty years.
Terms Of sale--Cash with apprise-
ment.
SEVERN PORCHE, Sheriff:
Pointe Coupee, Jan. SO, '5s tbs $3.50.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-02-06

SHOOTING AFFAIR AT MANSFIELD De So
ro.--Mr. James Cunningham, proprietor
of the Globe Hotel, Mansfield, De Soto
parish, was shot ON the 18th ult., bv
S.B. Martin, an ~itinerant artist, and now
lies in dangerous condition.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-02-06

sGr They must be having remarkably
warm weather up in Michigan just now,
as IN exchange from Detroit of recent
date, reports the arrest Of a woman in
that city, Having nothing on her per.
son hut a love letter and daguerreotvpe."
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-02-06
COMMERCIAL.
LOUISIANA COURIER OFFICE,
February 3, 1858.

On hand and on slipboadr not cleared. 357, l24
SUGAR-The demand continued fair.-sales
comprised 1900 hhds affair to fully fair 45a5c.
MOLASSES-Sales, 1900 bhk at 17Ial83 for
prime to choice; half bbls 2la23c.
PORK-1.9 900 bbls mess sold, in three, lots, at
S14, and SO rumpsa at Sl0,50.
BACON-25 casks ribs sides sold at Sc, and 4S
tierces sugar cured hams, in several lots at l3c.
LARD-The sales comprised s8l bbls and
t%icrces, including SO at g and Sc;and $50 kegs at
93c.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-02-06

sas- Alfred EIson, an Englishman,
twenty-five years Of age, has just ac-
complished, in Hartford, CT, the great
feat Of walking one hundred and eight
consecutive hours without sleep or rest.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-02-06
1zIL DEMOCRAT.
EDWARD J. PUILEN, Editor.
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1853.

RAJ The Legislature, after a weeks
recess, meets on Monday next. Tues
day, the 9th is the day fixed upon 10 go
into joint session for the election Of a
State Printer.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-02-06

ns5- The steam Clubhouse of DR.. Glib
of Madison parish, was destroyed by
fire on the night of the 18th ult. 1t
contained about so bales of cotton.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-02-06

n1- The Fort Smith Herald reports
heavy rains and very high water in
that region.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-02-06

REsleSEp.-Gen. R f. Mediation, Post
Master at New orleans, has sent his
resignation to The President or Depart
mcnt at Washington. Cause-ill-health.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-02-06
To the Mexican People.

twenty-five days of conspiracy and intrigue
among the enemies of the people, and the basest
most peridious crime against the sovereignty OF
the nation. Zuloaga and his Janissaries seek, in
the holy name of religion, which they profane, to
place the capital in the hands of a few f~anatical
h~ypocrits and highwaymen for their own eleva-
ton and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Be not deceived, countrymen. The designs of
these traitors and their %accomplices are concealed
under the we'll worded programme issued at Ia
cubaya; but be you On the alert and armed for
vengeance. We are in the midst ola great rev.
~olution. To arms, citizens! The revolution is
proclaimed. Organize in the name of the consti-
tuition. Signed
ANGEL TRIAs, Commander-in-Chief
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-02-06
State of L0Uisial

Parish Of pointe coupse-Sinth d. Court
John Burton,
r. W. &c. F. Nerao.
BIB h Hopkins, Lot. e.
DY virtue OF, and TO satisfy a writ Of AZ. Is
- sued il the above entitled suit and toAN d.
rcctud by the Honorable the Ninth DISTRICTS rt
in and for the Parish and State aforesaid, toAa+
fy plaintiffs demand and costa of suit, I'VE
seizsd, and will Offer at public ~ sa fls s1p the pvssR
ScS OF i.
!Sotur|cy, tie 9Th doy Of MareA, L..
at II o'clock, q, H.. all the right, title rnd inter
est that the defendant has in and to the following
described property, towit:
tract Of land situated on Bayou Fordochc in
the Parish of Pointc Coupee. known as the Lam
caster plantation, being composed of the follow
ing lots Nos. SIS. 81. So. So, and 81 and the rear
corner of lots SO and 81. containing eleven one
hundTcdths of an acre. all in township No. 4. Of
range No. s, in the Southern District in said Par
i-h. State of Louisiana, together with all the
buildings, improvements thereon, and the follow.
ing named slaves, to-Wlt:
Levi, negro ulau aged thirty-four years.
Tom, negro man aged twenty-seven years.
Peter, negro man aged twcnty-four years
William, negro man aged twenty-four wears
Spencer, negro man aged twentyeight.
Scott, negro man aged twenty-five years,
Squire, negro man aged eighteen years
Dave, negro man, aged twentry-three years.
John, negro man aged eighteen years.
Jacob, negro man aged thirty-eight years.
Daniel, negro man aged ~forty-ive years.
Dick, negro boy aged fourteen years.
Jnnne, woman, aged twent y-two years, and her
child.
Lucinda, negro woman aged sixteen years.
Maria, negro woman aged sixteen years.
Patsy. negro woman aged twenty-five years.
and her child.
Lucinda, negro woman aged thirty-four yeara,
Jane. negro woman: aged twenty-seven years,
and her two children. viz Eliza aud amanda.
JUL, negro woman aged twenty-four years, and
her two children.
Lucy, negro woman aged twenty-five years.
Lucinda, negro woman aged twenty-thres
years and her two children.
Terms Of Sae-Cah, wiM Appraisement.
SEVERN PORCHE, Sheriff.
Pointe Coupec, Jan. 3d. So. ids. $4,000
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-02-06
POYDRAS COLLEGE.
Parish OF Ptc. CouDee
LOUISIANA.

THE EXERCISES of this Institution will
i commence on the first Monday in February.
The course of studies will embrace all those
try. Everything in the course which will have a
practical bearing in after life, will receive partic-
ular attention, so that graduates of this Institu-
ton will he prepared to enter upon the duties of
a business life with a practical as well as a scien-
tifc knowledge.
The long experience. and successful results,
which have hitherto followed the efforts of the
present Superintendent, give him the fullest con-
tidence in assuring those who may place pupils
under his charge, that perfect satisfaction will be
given, both in the advancement of the students
and the proper attention to their necessary wants
and comfort.
None but the most competent Professors will be
employed as assistants.
The greatest facilities for imparting instruc-
structions will be provided; such as Chemical and
Philosophical apparatus aud the necessary books
for a Library.
The advantages for acquiring a knowledge of
the French language in this Institution are slpe-
rr to those OF any other in the country.
ER M .
Tuition, Boarding and Washing, [per az
mum. $4,000
Tuition and half boaders lper annum.l. 10000
Tuition in Preparatory Department, per
Tuition in Classical Department. $50. 5000
entrance fee for boarders only........ 1900
developments to be made half yearly in adj
vance.
For further information address
A. W. JACKSON, NJ. D.
Jan. so, 1858.ly President,-Pte Coupee, La.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-02-06

- Thomas Green, Esq. was shot
dead On Thursday, ssth nit. at Amite
city. hv q ma named Hardy.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-08-07
How to Write In an Agreeable Style.

Most writers are ambitious in these days
to know how this thing is done. Here is "a
method by Lord Dorset which we commend
to those desiring to make them selves
agreeable" to editors:
"Dryden found himself one day after din.
ner in company it'll the Duke of Bucking-
ham, Lord Rochester, and Lord Derset-
The conversation turned upon the English
Language, on the harmony of numbers. and
the elegancies Of style, whic merits each of
the three lords believed himself to possess in
the highest degree. After good deal of
disputing, it was determined to refer the
matter to Dryden. The proof was to con-
sist in each writing an article on the first
subject precenting itself, and the pieces of
paper having been placed under the candle
stick, Dryden was to draw them out and de-
termine which was the best. The three
lords set to work, and while Rochester and
buckingham were exerting their brains to
invent some sparkling episram or happy
turn of thought, Dorset was observed to
write a few lines carelessly and without the
least hesitation. Dryden having examined
the papers gave his judgment.
"!Gentlemsn said, he to the Duke of
buckingham and Lord Rochester, your
style is excellent, and has pleased nae ex-
tremely, but am perfectly delighted with
that of Lord Dorset. leave you to judge
listen
"Dryde read On the 1st Of next May,
l will pay to John Dryden, or order, the
sum of FIVE hundred pouncs sterling, value
received. 18th April, 1856. (Signed.)-
Dorset
"Lord Rochester and the Duke Of Buck
ingham confessed that they could not write
like that, and that Dorset's style was the
best they had ever heard OF.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-08-07
A Story OF Female Hcrolsm.

In the course Of a recent speech in Con
gress, by the Hon. Joseph Lane, Of Oregon,
ne related the following incident which oc-
CURED in the Indian war Of Oregon:
While in Oregon last summer, | took oc-
casion to inquire Of the chief, who was
mainly instrumental in getting up this war,
TO learn the particulars of the fate of some
OF our own people who disappeared in the
war of So, and Of whom we lad been able
TO learn nothing.
When | suggested to the agent in the
council, that proposed to inquire into the
fate Of Mrs. Wagner, Mrs. Hancs and
others, he was inclined 10 think it would
raise the bitter feelings of the Indians, but
said that we couli make the inquiry. told
him that had passed through the country
where these people had lived, and that their
friends were very anxious 70 learn their fate
We inquired in relation to Mrs. Wagner,
who was well educated and handsome wo-
man from New York, who had lived long in
the county, and spoke the Indian tongue
fuentiy.
She kept pubiic house tv the roadside,
and the good cheer which she a,wavs fur
nished made it place where travellers de-
lighted 10 stop. The Indians informed US
that on the morning of tho 9th of October,
they came in 81 ght of the house, where they
met some teamsters and packers, a portion
of whom they murdered, destroying The
wagons and ca-goeS, as well as the aoi.
mas, while she was standing in the door.
As soon as they had murdered the people
outside, they came towards the house, which 7
vas strongly built of hewn logs, and had /
heavy door, which fastened with crossbars
When she saw them running towards the
house she shut the door and dropped the
bars to prevent theIr coming in. They
came to the door and ordered her to come
cut, and bring her little girl. She said mo"
Her husband was absent--and by the /
way, he was the only man on the road who /
They said if she did not come out
they would shoot her. She declined, ard /
after some deioeration tiey determined TO
set the house on fire. The house WAS d. /
recty enveloped in flames; and the chief, |
who watched her through a little window,
told me that he saw her go 20 the glass and .
arrange her hair, then take seat in the !
middle of the room, fold her little girl in her |
arms and wait calmly until the roof fell in.
and they periShed in the flames together
And the statement was confirmed by the !
people, who found their remains YIN, ,ogc- |
Their in the middle of the house.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-08-07
From the Wheeling Intelligencer, July %.
A Strange but True Story.

great many strange thinss happen, and
entirely escape public attention. which. il
made known, would induce more than a
passing remark. Fur long time We have
heard nothing stranger or truer than the
story We are about to relate When Tho
mas Galloway was twenty-four years of age.
he married widow lady Of about the same
age, in a village away down in the State of
Vermont. This lady had a daughter, Mary,
by her first husband, who, at the tire of
her second marriage, was two years Of age
Just one year after Galioway's marriage, his
wife died Lite Mary was sent ;c live with
a family OF the name Of Piunkett, in a
neighborlng village, and Galloway left upon
/ a whaling or some other expedition. He
! cruised the wide world and the wide seas
over, wandering from place to place, and
finally settled in Dearborn county, Indiana,
twenty years having elapsed since the death
Of his wife. He afterwards thought Of vi
| sitting his old Vermont home, but he had
heard from good report that his only bro
ther, John, had left the place soon after he
had taken his own departure, and that little
! Mary had grown mp 10 womanhood, marri
ed, and emigrated he could not ascertain
where. Having no other ties or affections to
draw him to the place, he scarcely ever gave
it a passing thought.
Shortly after settling in his new Indiana
home he became acquainted with a young
widow, and notwithstanding the disparity in
their ages, married her. Some three weeks
after this marriage, be discovered ty his
wife's account Of her early life, that she was
no other than his own step-chld, Mary -
She had married five years before, and her
husband, James Lachlan, met with a violent
death IN clearing two years Afterwards
About three years after Galloway's second
marriage, he happened one day 20 in
Lawreneeburg, on the Chic river, SIX miles
from his residence, when a man by the
name OF Galloway was drowned off steam
er at the wharf The body was recovered in
Galioway's presence, and from the appear
ance OF the features and the corresponding
narne, he began to entertain vague idea
that it Iii ght be his only brother, john
Information gained from the captain Of the
boat, strengthened the suspicion he had
formed, and aScertaining that the unfortu-
nate man had a family in this Vicinity, and
at the time of his death was on his way to
The West to enter land. Galloway resolved
to return with the Captain and find out the
truth. He did SO, and found his suspicious
correct. His brother had lett tract Of
land, large family OF children, for the
most part girls, and a wife in ili-health.-
After consulting with his deceased brothers
wife, he concluded to take charge OF the
farm. Accordingly he went back to India
ia, sold his effects there, and in company
with his young wife, returned and has been
living within SIX miles Of this CITY for a
length of tine, now going on ten years.
This story is literally true, with the excep-
ton of the names OF the principal charac-
teTs, which we are forbidden to use.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-08-07

4 young man clad in home-spun, was
standing 10 Court street few days since,
devouring doughnut, when be was accosted
by one Of half dozen, genteel dressed city
idlers, with
jest come down:
Yeas, guess | have: great place, this,
amt it, yeou" said the countryman.
Ts SO bub; how's your marm:' asked
the city buck, bent on sport with greeny.
Wei she's putty well she sent Inc down
here on business.
She did. what kind Of bushes are you
on.
Why, she wanted me 10 come down to
Bosting, and look reound and find half do
zen of the biggest fHles In Costing, and
bring EN- up country to educate EN- E; and
rather guess I've got my eyo ou them neow-'
said the stranger, taking the whole crowd
at glance.
The next momcn. be had the edges.one
to himself where he quietly finished his
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-08-07

LET IT Goa good parson had been
preaching, upon a certain Sunday morning,
from a text including the parable Of the tw o
houses. one of which stood upon a rock
and the other upon the sand; a para bic
which we may reasonably assume is not un-
anSa-' any reader oil th,se pages. lie
warmed ~.ith the force and beauty of his
theme, until. in the ardor Of his discourse.
he crrried a1cuy the acrong house, "TLe
rains beat, the floods came snd the wind.
blew Ipou the house thut stooi upon tie
rock, and II fell, and great was the fall there
of; a mere accidental transposiiion OF
course, and doubtless not noticed by one
in fifty Of his congregation. Uncle, said
the narrator, as the two were walking home
from church, did you not maks a mistake
in your sermon to-day: Did you not in
one instance, reverse the meaning of the
beautifu! parable which formed is snhject:
| looked 10 see vou reverse it" =" You are
right, my son; | dill make mistake | am
glad you were so attentive and watchful
To remark it; carried away the wrong
house, hut did net make 4 mistake in not
stopping to correct il. Suppose had done
SO: Both houses then would have been
gone, and not one would have been left to
illustrate the parable. Few saw the error
think and this leads me 10 say, NY son,
that when you find you have made a mis-
take, let somebody else discoEcr it," Now
this is maxim worthy of hced.--hnicker-
booker.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-08-07

The Cumberland Valley Spirit has the
following hit at the opposition -" There is
said to be man out west who has moved so
often, that whenever his chickens see COW
cred wagon stop teferc the door, theT all
march cat into tho road, lie down on their
backs behind the wagon, and cross their legs
ready to be tied. Our political opponents
remind us very strongly of these chickens
Their leaders never let them stay long in
one place. In few brief years they have
been moved through whiggery, know
nothingisrn, black-republican;s and the
Lord knows what else, and just now they
are waiting for the wagon Of the peoples
party. When it comes along they illmarch
out, turn over on their ba cks, cross their legs
and let their leaders tie then and throw
them in, to be driven eff and duped out, God
knows where"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-08-07
Perfuning Sick Rooms,

Various things have been recommended :.
such as the sprinkling of sugar on burnins
Goals, the odor Of roasted coffee. sliced on.
ions, and the like. These thing, are worss
than useless. The odor of the sick chamber
is merely o-erpowsred, it is neither removed
nor destroyed; and by the additional odor
OF the sugar or coffee, each breath of air
becomes more solid by the displacement. of
It's more yielding vital qualities the same
point OF space cannot be occupied BY Q psr.
tic.c OF odor and a particle of oxygen, the
latter yie!ds, gives way to the former, So
taat the expedient is only apparently bene.
hcial. 1t may be grateful to visitor, but
IL Is positively hurtful to the invalid. There
arc some articles which, if dampened with
water, absolutely absorb bad odors, such a
uns!acked lime or pulverized Charcoal
Halt pound or less of copperas, dissolved
In water, and thrown in privy, absorbs tbs
doors IN few moments, by its strong At.
tractive affinity for the sulphur ated hydro
gen. Still, the only safe, certain, and abso.
Iu'eiy perfect deoder,er, is 4 thorough
ventilation of the chamber of the sick. and
it is humanity to accomplish it. II .hould
be the study oil every nurse and every phv-
sician, during every hour Of attendance, to
promote, in all possible ways, a constant.
moderate change of atmosphere. This is
easily done in fire time of the year. by kern.
ing The CRATE or Ere Place open, and occa.
sionaily opening a wind9 Nv or door opposite.
In the summer time, tie most simple and
efectusl method is to build fire Of light
materials in the fire place, several times du.
ring the day, oitener during the night hours,
with door open all the while This will
inevitably give a genie circulation. by
which sick oderS will be driven I'D the
to be replaced by the fresh out.
door air. 1t is not meant that fire should
DC kept burning all the time, of hot sum-
mers day, but 10 have a small blaze from
very light materials, which will burn out in
half an hour. The reason for this is. that
in the whole circuit of nature, the most eff.
cient OF All remedial ricans. in every disease,
and without which there can be no perfect
recovery, is an abundant and constant SUD.
ply Of pure, fresh air from without.-HalE.
Journal Of Health.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-08-07

SENATOR GREEN, OF AlssouRl.-We notice
that this distinguished gentleman, who was
a leading champion in the Senate of the
Presidents policy in relation to Kansas, has
declared, in public speech in St. Louis, his
hope that Senator Douglas would be re-
elected to tho Senate from Illinois. The st.
Louis Republican of the 2sth. in giving
sketch of his remarks, quotes him as follows:
"In the course of Mr.. Green's remarks he
said that the Lecompton question was no
longer an ISSUE He and Mr.. Douglas had
differed on fhet question, but now he ex'
tended the Akht hand Of fellowship, and he
beheld S. A. Douglas fighting Black RePuo
licanism gallantly in Illinois; Abraham
Lincoln was the champion OF the aool'tlon.
lists and Douglas was bearing the banner OF
Democracy, and with him As sympathized."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-08-07

"DIppISG 'our THE OcEAN."-A cubic
mile of water is short and simple phrase.
easily written and quickly spoken, but the
difficulty is for any human mind to form an
ADEQUATE idea of it. Suppose man dip
from one vessel to another gallon at time
-he could not under the most favorable
circumstances average mole than . gallon
in two seconds or thirty gallons per ninutes
now if he should work at this rate night
and day without tbs slightest intsrmission
it would require more than seventy thous-
and years to dip ont the number Of gallons
contair.y in Q cubic mile.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-08-07
ANOTHER MATHEMATICAL PnESoGEyoS

The Dalton (Ga) Times says:
Last Sabbath we met, in this city, man
by the name of Meredith Holland, native
of Monroe CO., ky., who can certainly beat
the world ma,hematicaly. lie can answer
any proposition which may be submitted to
him. and do il without a moments delay
We asked him how many seconds there
were in four thousand years. Scarcely had
the question been stated, when the answer
was accurately gwen. This man looked ke
a country hoosier and if it were not for the
extraordinary mathematical gift with which
he has been endowed, he would be regarded
as alrnos, an IDIOT lie has travelled in com
pany with several gentlemen over large
portion of Europe, and is about starting on
a tour throughout the United States. He
declares that every answer is presented to
his mind simultaneously with the question,
and that, therefore, he undergoes no mental
efforts in these mathematical exhibitions.