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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-01-11

utter. Is there an American who regrets the
past Is there one who will deridc his coun-
try's laws, pervert her Constitution, or ALLEVIATE
her peoplc: If there be such o man, let his
memory descend to p~ostcrity laden with the
excavations of all mankind.
So happy is the political and social condition
Of the United States, and so accustomed arc we
to the secure enjoyment Of q freedom elsewhere
unknown, that we arc apt to undervalue the
treasures we possess. and to lose, in some de-
gree, the sense of obligation to our forelathers.
But when the strifes of faction shake the Gov
eminent, and even threaten II, we may pause
with advantage long enough to remember that
we are reaping the reward Of other mems Ia
bors. This liberty we inherit; this admirable
Constitution, which has survived peace and
war, prosperity and adversely; this double
scheme of Government, State and Federal, so
peculiar and so little understood by other Pow
ers, yet which protects the earnings of indus
try, and makes the largest personal freedom
compatible with public order. These great re:
suits were not acquired without wisdom and
toll and blood. The touching and heroic re-
cord is before the world; but to all this we
were born, and, like heirs upon whom has been
cast a great inheritance, have only the high
duty to preserve, to extend, and to adorn it.
The grand productions of the era in which the
foundations of this Government were laid. re-
veal the deep sense its founders had of their
obligations to the whole family of man. Let
us never forget that the responsibilities imposed
on this generation are by so much the greater
than those which rested on our revolutionary
ancestors, as the population, extent and power
of our country surpass the dawning promise of
its origin.
1t would be a pleasing task to pursue many
trains of thought not wholly foreign to this oc-
casion, but the temptation to enter the wide
field must be vigorously curbed; yet | may be
pardoned, perhaps, for one or two additional
reflections.
The Senate is assembled for the last time in
this Chamber. Henceforth it will be converted
to other uses; yet it must remain forever con-
nected with great events, and sacred to the
memories Of the departed orators and states
men who here engaged in high debates, and
shaped the policy Of their country. Hereafter
the American and the stranger, as they wan
der through the Capitol, will turn with instinc-
tive reverence to view the spot on which so
many and great materials have accumulated
for history. They will recall the images Of the
great and good, whose renown is the common
property Of the Union; and chiefly, perhaps,
they will linger around the seats once occupied
by the mighty three, whose names and fame,
associated in life, death has not been able TO
sever; illustrious men, who, in their generation
sometimes divided, sometimes led, and m
times resisted public opinion-for they were Of
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-01-11

forts Of Philadelphia 'to 50 TO tho Indian place
with the long name, in the woods on the Poto-
mac" viii not pause to describe the appear
ance, at that day, Of the place where the city
was to be. Contemporary accounts represent it
as desolate in the extreme, with its long, uno-
pened avenues and streets, its deep morasses,
and its vast area covered with trees instead Of
houses. 1t is enough to say that Washington
projected the whole plan upon a scale OF centu-
ries, and that time enough remains to fill the
measure Of his great conception.
The Senate continued to occupy the North
wing. and the House Of Representatives the
South wing Of the Capitol until the oath of
August, 1914, when the British army entered
the city and burned the public buildings. This
occurred during the recess, and the President
Immediately convened the Congress. Both
Houses met in a brick building known as
Blodget's Hotel, which occupied a part Of the
square now covered by the General Post Office.
But the accommodations in that house being
quite insufficient, a number of public spirited
~olizcns erected q more commodiouS building,
on Capitol Hill, and rendered it to Congress;
the offer was accepted, and both Houses con-
tinued to occupy it until the wings of the new
CAPITAL were completed. This building yet
stands on the street opposite to the North East
ern corner of the Capitol Square, and has since
been occasionally occupied by persons employ
ed in different branches of the public service.
On the 9Th of December, 1919, the Senate
assembled for the first time in this Chamber,
which has been the theatre Of their delibera-
tions for more than %thirty-ninc years, and now
the strifes and uncertainties of the past are
finished, we see around us on every side the
proofs Of stability and improvement; this capt.
tai is worthy of the Republic; noble public
buildings meet the view on every hand; trea-
sures of science and the arts begin to accumu-
late. As this aourishing city enlarges, it testi-
fes to the wisdom and forecast that dictated
the plan of it. Future generations will not be
disturbed with questions concerning the centre
Of population, or of territory, since the steam
boat, the railroad, and the telegraph have made
communication almost instantaneous. The spot
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-10-01

CAUSE OF THE AURORA BoREALIs.-M. de
la Rive, the celebrated French astrono-
mer, explains the production of the Au-
rora Borealis in the following manner:
when the sun, having passed into the
Southern hemisphere, no longer heats our
atmosphere, the aqueous vapors which
have accumulated during the summer in
this part of the atmosphere begin to con-
dense, the kind ofhumid cap enveloping
the polar regions extends more and more,
and facilitates the passage of electricity
accumulated in the upper portion of the
air. But i'll this elevated region, and es-
pecially at this period Of the year, the
aqueous vapors must most frequently
pass into the state Of minute particles
of ice or SNOW doating in the ain, similar
to those which give rise to the halos;
they form as it were, kind of semitrans-
parent mist These half frozen fogs con-
duct the electricity to the surface of the
earth, near the pole, and are, at the same
time, Illuminated by these currents or
electric discargcs. Intact, all observers
agree in asserting that the Aurora Bo-
realis is constantly preceded by a mist,
which rises from the pole, and the mar
gin Of which, less dense than the remair.
der, is colored the first; and indeed, it is
very frequent near the pole in the win
ter months, and especially in those where
there is an abundance of vapor in the air.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-10-01

The WRECK OF THE STEAMER PRlscEss.
-Ar. ". D. Salvado has left at the Office
OF the Baton Rouge Advocate full up
per set Of gold laid false teeth, taken
from the wreck of the ill-fated Princess.
The Advocate says: --.
The teeth, from their size and appear
snce are presumed to have belonged to a
female; the makers name, &c. II. Dubs,7 y
is stamped on the plate. We arc inform
cd that since the fall in the river has left
thel wreck exposed, several tl,eusand
dollars i'll gold, silver and iewclry has
been recovered by various lllIiyiiual,
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-10-01

: Observation-Disclosures and kosciuskt
were bosom friends, and kept up cor
respondence for long number Of years
and until the deatl, of the latter. After
Warsaw's last Champion"-who has
been feicitousl " described as possess.
ing, in his capacity of commander.
the Integrity Of Washington and the
activity Of Cesar"-fcll on the fatal
field of Macziewice; and after he re-
fused the estates and other presents
offered him by the Emperor Paul, he Set
out for the United States, intending
probably to make them his future resi-
dence. He reached America in 1877.
Like all the other continental foreigners
who visited our shores, he became at
tached to Jefferson; and he earnestly
sympathized in Jef1ersons political
views. He had~gallantly served the
United States in their Revolutionary
struggle, and had been warmly applaud
cd and esteemed by Washington; but
this did ff6t prevent him from being in
sultingly attacked by anti-Rcpubiican
partisans, particularly by the foul
mouthed Goblet 1t was even thought
that he was one of the contemplated ohr
jects of the Alicn-law. He returned ytl
France in 1898. He had refused toare.
ceive back his sword from the Emperor
Paul, saying: :" will no longer wear
sword, for | have no longer a country;;"I
and accordingly Napoleon never found
it practicable to make him tool, by
delusive promises in favor Of his count
ry, as he did some other brave and no
yble Poles On Kosciusko's death, the
wonpsf of. Hsland went into mourning.
The Senate solicited his body, and it
was carried back at the expense of the
Emperor Alexander, and deposited with
becoming honors iii the tomb of the !
ancient kings of Poland.
He is understood to have been sup !,
ported towards the close of his life by !
the interest Of money received from our
Government as compensation for his
services. He invested this in
government funds, and left it under the
charge Of Jefferson. Some particulars
Of his will are to be fountlIn letters
from Jefferson to Writ, January 5tI,
and to NJ. Julien, July 23d, 1878.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-10-01

CoTroS SEED On CAKE-At a recent
meeting Of the Philadelphia Society fox
Promoting Agriculture an inquiry was
made why it was cotton seed oil cakc
sold 50 largely i'll England as food for
cattle, and is so little used at the North.
The reply was, that this oil cake is
largely made in the South, and is thence:
shipped to England; its price is $50 per
ton and being dcarer than corn meal
or flax seed cake, it is not brought to
tue Northern markets, especially to Phil
adelphia. Another member asserted
. that this oil cake being mere refuse mat
ter, the only cost attending it must be
the cost of shipment, and if John Bull
found it to his advantage to import it
the Pensy ylvanians certainly could. In
relation to the use of the cotton seed oil
cake by the English farmers, DR.. Elwyn
a member, said:
The English understood to perfection
the art OF iattening cattle. They did not
feed the oil cake pure, as that would affect
the taste of the beef. They mixed it with
turnips and with meal 70 show how
carefully they contrived this be quoted
an anecdote told by DR.. Rozet Dr. Ro-
zct gave dinner, the beef for which he
ordered from a certain we'll known cattle
feeder The beef was discussed and
praised by all the guests with one ex-
ception, a gentleman who asked where
that beef was bought. The reply was,
"of Cleaver, the butcher" Gentleman
said that might be the case, but he
would bet twenty guineas that Cleaver
didn't raise the animal from which it
was cut. As Cleaver was known to fat
ten all his own beet, the money was
promptly covered Cleaver was now
sent for, informed as to the nature of the
bet, and requested to decide it. Cleaver
did decide it by saying that on this oc-
casion he forgot the order until it was
too late to do otherwise, and then pur-
chased elsewhere some beef said to be-
the finest in all London The company
now wonderingly turned to the dou bier,
and asked how he could bet with suel.
The reply was, II knew
the beef by the taste Cleayer mixes
carrots with his oil cake
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-10-01
TO COTTON PLANTERS

NAV b bought the patent Of Messrs. ", r. 4
I =. !; . Prosost's Iron Screw and LIE.
yer Press, for the Parishes Of East and Wes
Fehciaha andsPointe Goupee. This press is nov
aneaa ol all others in use. for durability. eeono
NY strength. kc. and it is the same that took th,
pfrllium At the Mississippi State Fair. in ISIS.
!. he safe OF the patent of this celebrated Pres
tas Tue different counties In the Southern Stat.,
as Nen unprecedented; and it il generally pr,,
..n I.ea ~ 'nat ~ few years, they will supcrcedt
all other cotton Prsscs known.
-a.Nefd ~ to the cost Of these presses . n b,,
da.,s ,pgoYsn a, beyond the least possibility of !
sha, aIa1 mere has never been Press invented
ness T.ss ps'h % compare with this one for chean
they must as. s..n. there is anything in economy
ton nl..,,s;s,. nly md great favor with tho eot
saIsan. -. pof.aon Of our community Thex
se,aoh1 ~ out Vt repair, are easily g., ints
"Aihs NJ things into considar..,;.,, A1N1u. "a anu
:as EVER peen Thought Of by any merhsno IT,. IT,,
aes''nsd 20 prove Of 50 great = I,sa's... tna -
so.'oh Planter, as aproroets IRON scra.. ~ .he
IN the language Of the Messrs p,.~... j.,
siainl Tor this Press MANY a,lyanta 81 y. W I,
sue rresses In use. The Press il wall .,,.., -
M's style Of Gin House, as 1t can be- wa,l.d 9 !.
y ssI y ihe hut room, taking up but litsi. s,.l
aaa,les Da little timber aud must be d,ras...,
y ~ vi It's working parts are of iron. II sras
pvae1, as u combines both the lever and ~.
a !. Nv. ana 70 simple that the negroes can wara
~ - s''n d'spalch. We can press any weiyht )
"aies required with ease, sA' .
= 7 more easy to convince persons Of IN,
ons.,.s;.sa u Z. .hls press by showing it in full
sne l. aals 9 % let planters know that bar,
sha.;a. nasea Sara, and will take pleasure /.
+ win a,s.. : s - ~ sao may desire 10 purchase
~
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-10-01

To CURE Hollow HoRs.-A remedy
for the cure of hollow horn, in cat
tie, is to dissolve tablespoonful of cop.
peras in warm water, and mix with the
creatures mess if it is not past eating
if it should be, pour it down. This dose
will seldom need to be given more than
once. 1t has been our remedy for many
years. i'll large dairy Cor. Of Rural
New Yorker
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-10-01

BI-SuLPHnE QuEsrloS recent
charge aginst our sugar planters of
fraud in the use of BIZ sui phite of lime in
sugar making; has justly called forth u
general feelins'of indignation against the
Cincinnati prefs, from whence it origin
| ated. Planters have adopted this in
gredient with great caution, and with
many doubts. They commenced the use
OF 1T about twelve years ago, and even
now great numbers Of them do not use
it at all, while others only use it when
grinding green or frost-bitten cane. But
its use has been intended to please the
consumer, who called for and was willing
to pay a higher price for that kind of su-
gar. 1t is not believed by the planters
that it imparts any poisonous quality t.
the sugar, for they use bi-sulpllite sugar
and moasses on their own tables. They
generally admit that it causes sugar to
lose more, late in the season, than it
would otherwise do; but it the speculators
and consumers find this serious difficult
ty, and prefer sugar made in the old way
ne must reverse the price and pay more
for sugar in which no bi-sulphitc is used
But the Cincinnati merchants and Ohio
consueAers may be sure that as long as
they choose to pay higher prices for BIZ
sulpLite than for other sugars, the Louis
lana sugar planters will furnish them
with it. But such a proceeding cannot
by any means, be put upon the same foot
ing with poisoned whiskey.
Now let us see how the otlier side Of
the question looks. How much stryeh-
nine whisky has been sent from Ohio IT,
New Orleans for sale of late years?
How many barrels Of hog cholera pork
have been sent down to these sugar
plantations by the Cincinnati merchants?
How much diseased beef, rancid butter
and lard, white oak hams and musty -four
has been palmed on the sugar planters
by the merchants and consumers Of su-
gar in the west? Even the Legislature
Of Ohio had to enact laws to restrain the
whiky poisoners of that State, and it IL
doubtful if that would have been done
had they not been afraid Of being poison
ed themselves by their foul mixtures. II
Cincinnati merchants. with these facts
staring them in the face, can fling the
charge Of fraud aginst the sugar planters
of this State for merely using the BIZ
sslphitc Of lime in sugar-making, it
merely proves the shameless audacity Of
the former, but proves nothing aginst the
planter. The sugar planters Of this State
have never resorted to dishonest mea-
ures to make their crops SCH well, and
never will. They have been wofully
preyed upon, but they have never preyed
upon others.-Phnter's Beaaer.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-10-01
Fessm ann,s
RON HOOPS AND TIES
For Cotton Bales.

Price, 6 cents per pound-25 per cent les
/ than Rope
ANY one considering the advantages of Iror
over Rope as IL material for binding cotton bales
| viii be surprised that it has not been adopted
long since. In its security against fire there il
al overwhelming reason for ts adoption.
The presses in the Seaport Cities have beer
| the main cause of its not being generally adopt
cd; but, now that objection il removed gener
ally. and the Orleans Press, the largest in n O.
give it the preference over rope. The Fassmann
Iron Hoop and Tie is the improvement Of one
of the proprietors. and is adopted from the fact
that it is found. after long experiment. to com
bine the greatest merits in simplicity and facility
of application OF any one yet made 1t is s.,
prepared as to require no change for recon-
pressing Thus obviating the only remaining
difficulty at the sea board cities
The hoops are sent of any length from eigh.
to ten feet. and o full guarantee given that
neither the Ties nor Hoops shall break Aud
further. that all cotton bound in them shall be
received on the same terms ut the Orleans Press
as rope bound cotton. The weight per bale is
about the same as rope, not one pound more or
less
To show the opinion Ship Masters have of it.,
we give the following, among numerous COM
mendations we have:
The Undersigned masters of vessels having
had cotton compressed with Fassmann's new Iron
Hoops and Ties, hereby recommend the same
The bales being we'll compressed, and the but
tons or hoops never breaking when thrown
down in the ships hold or when slowed.
L. I. Condey, Capt Ship Moses Davenport.
4. Robinson. :. Maeras,
james Tomas, q Henry.
A. Talbot, Hareaseeket.
John Dean. James Flint
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-10-01
.@G

In this the stitches are purposcly left loose
50 that the course of each thread can be traced
IN all their sinuosties and interwinding. To
hide the ridge on the underside Of the work
it will be noticed the under-thread il one hall
smaller than the upper thread, which materially
weakens the work
Diagram Of Grocer d Bakers Stitch.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-10-01

THE DEMOCRAT.
Epitaph on a Candle.

\ 'cichyd one lies buried here,
Who died in a decline;
He never rose in rank, fear,
Though he was born to shire.
~" once was fat, but then, indeed,
Grew thin as any gricver;
tie died, the doctors all agreed,
Of a most burning fever.
lfe'cr you said. Go out, I prav."
He much i'll nature show'd;
On such Occasin5 he would say,
Ivy, if do. I'm Mo,ced!."
In this his friends do all agree,
Although you think I'm Joking,
When going ont, It's said that he
Was very fond of s'nok;iny.
Sine" all religion he despised,
Let these few words suffice;
Before he ever WAS baptiscd.
IheydiPp'd him one or twice.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-10-01
II u TIC HER Rx

n Mr.. SIMON GUNnGAS informs
the public and his old CUSTOMERS that
--G-he has again commenced the business
of eufeliering, and will furnish the
nest Attak pas Beef,
Ior the use of families during the whole SEASON.
Win great pantaality, and will spare no pains to
satisfy his patrons.
Pointe Coupee. April %, 1859. IT,
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-10-01
WHEELER & WILSON'S
IMPROVED
gB VINO mA gHEWB&
FOR
FAMILY AND PLATATION Use.


Patented tn lSj3---Inspr0ved In ,jS, 80,
The hulnbug and imposition of the "knitting
Stitch or complicated 'Chain Stitch" such a..
Is made by the Grover i Baker Sewing Machine,
Is Just beginning to be understood in this, AS we'll
as in other States. THE FACT that an ordinary
day ss work. as performed by Wheeler d Wilson )
Sewing Machine, on straight seam Family Sew
ing, with Coates or Brooks Spool Cotton Thread
COSTS, when performed by the Knitting Stitch
Sewing Machine Of Grover 4 Baker, over SEW
ENTi-FIVE CENTS. PER DAY, more than
when done by Wheeler il Wilson's Machine CAN
NOT BE pEsrurEp. 1t requires very near three
>pooS of thread to do the same work with the
absurd Grover Il Baker Stitch. that ONE spool
will do with Wheeler j. Wilson's Machine If
any person doubts this fact. let them sew Il yard
wlrth Grover i Bakers Machine; ravcl it out.
(tor it travels beautifully,'') measure it, and
compare the result with yard of Wheeler Il
Wilson's Machine work. This established fact
of i loss of over stventy-tive cents per day on
the Grover Bakers Knitting Stitch Sewing
Machine. compared with Wheeler Il Wilson 5
beautiful lock sticth Machine. has put quietus
to the sale of their Machines where they are full
ly understood.
DIAGRAM OF THE LOCK STITCH OF WHEELER L WILL
: SEWING, MACHINE
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-10-01
THE DEMOCRAT.
prBfISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING
ON FALSE RIF ER.
Office next door to the Court House.
BSCR1PTION:
THREE DOLLARS S......... PER ANU VI
IvF4RLiBL IN IDFiNCE.
s~Payable at the Office ssa
ADV ERTISIN RA TIES.
Fur each square of 10 lines or lrss, the first

Fur each square of 10 lines or lrss the first
insertion. Observation-Disclosures 81 90
For each additional insertion. per squarr. 81
For professional and business cards. (includ-
Ing paper,) not exceeding lines. for II months
SIS.
\ liberal discount made to yearly advertisers,
but their privilege will he strictly limited to their
own Immediate and regular business and the
business Of an advertising firm is not considered
Us Including that OF its individual members.
Advertisements published at Irregular inter
sal>. 81 per square for each insertion.
Calls person.. to become. candidates will l.
inserted as other advertisements to be paid for
invariably in advance.
Announcing candidates for Office $l0 to be-
paid for in adv tancr.
Advertisements not narks, on the copy for
u specified time will he inserted till forbid and
payment exaetrd.
Marriages and deaths are to be published rs
news obituaries, tributes of respect, aud funeral
Hvitations lis other advertisements.
fts~ Cards Of 4 Personal character can only
b. published in this paper a. advertisements, and
m!-t be paid for IN ADVANCE at double ,d-
,rrtising rates.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-10-01
EPIGRANf.

A little stealing is a dangerous part,
But stealins largely is noble art ;
lis mean to rob a hen-roost of hen,
But stealing millions makes US gentle
men.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-10-01
oCCOUCuT

This is the only stitch that cannot be rarcled
and that presents the same appearance on each
side Of the seam. 1t is made with two threads,
one upon each side of the fabric, and interlock-
ed in the center Of it,
Diagram Of the absurd Crnplicated Knitting Stitch
Of Grocer 4. Bakers Machine.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-10-01

Notice.-P 4. ROY. assaraes and Ceuli-
seIlor at Law. and Notary Public. has removed
biz o.fcc next deer to the Court Heuse