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Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-11-19
INVENTION cH1so1sE.-on lit dams l.

INVENTION cHTSo1sE.-0n lit dams lie
Sport:
I'm liable industrial de Paris, recem-
ment event de Shanga1, b rapporte unc
invention chinoise qui pourrait bien re-
ussir, transplantde chez nous. Cette in
vention diabolique consiste dams la COM
position dun papier don't on a la faculte
de limiter 4 . gre Ia durGe, au moyen
de 10 ieggere saturation dune c~ertaine
easa blanche. Etenaue sur u papiier pre-
pare, papier de sole gu de riz, cette eau
magique, don't rien ne trahit Ia super
position DIES qu'elle est absorbee par la
porositG du tissu, devore &c meme papier
au bout de six jonrs, dun mois, de sorte
que les engagements pris sur un pareil
papler durent &c que fon veut, ce qui
plaiit d Ia main plus OH moins Ioyale qui
le trace. C'est sur &c papier,R dune ressem-
blance exacte avec tout autre papier,
que les ruses Chinois ecrivent leurs SER
ments d'amour, ayant soin d'6quilibrer
avec leur sagacite ordinaire, leur passion
ct la dose deau corrosive, eau qui q pris
lie nom p%retentieux fEncre dicine. LIE
papier s'appelle papier dE1qnsse prn-
dence. Que rEncre divine ct le papier
Exqnise prudence Sc naturalisent chez
nous, tous les process en- adultare, ordi-
nairement fondes sur DIES lettres d'amour.
deviendront decidement impossibles.-
Plus de lettres ~trouvess dams les tiroirs
.imprudents, pour pen que les amoureux
aient, CONNIE les Chinois, la prudence
de mesurer Ia vie du papier a une GER
taine longdvite proportionnelle d'amour
reciproque. lie mari force lie tiroir ct il
net rouve que quclques lsgers ct impal-
pa es atomes de poussiere.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-11-19

NoUyEL ENGIN DE TEMPERANCE.-La so
ciete des Fills ct des Files de Temperance
du Temple Social de fHonneur, II. g.
ayant cherche longtemps I'm moyen eff
fcace d'augmenter lie cldf1re dc ses
adeptes, par un nouvel engin de propa-
gande, Went d'avoir phetheuse idee de
choisir pour ses hauts dignitairS lea,plus
jolies femmeSrasda confrtrie. c'sAa ce
tire que miss Kate MaEkimm a etc
nominee, avant hier, S. P. 7. (ou Super
be Presidente TentatrieeD-mistress S.
Morriday, S. v. t. lou s~tdyisante Visa
ge de Temperance, ct mistress White,
B. P. T., ce qui signiie; sans doute, Bon
ne Petite Tete.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-11-19

SAN-FRANCISCO.
OH cllcs ont etc proclamGes ct reconnues colame
suptrieures a cellcs de Singer, Baker ct Grover
Weeds, Sloats, Webster, Barthoif, ct nombr
d'autres, dc divers genres.
lie .~'he1nmef'' (pieee qti produit i~oHr!et) est
lie seul dc &c genre, ct s'cst montre au-dessus de
toute competition.
II sc rend de ces machines I'm nom5re fabji-
leux, On peut Sc former une idee du roule-
inent d'aifaires de Nm. Wheeler ct Wilson, en-
renarquart que le capital invest dams lru"s ma
nufactlres atteint le ehitfre de S1,Go0, 900.
La. contrcfacon ne pouyait manquer de fsIrc
concurrence a ees machines, les plus parfaite-
jnsqu'a &C jour. Alssi les contrefacteurs ct les
inlitateurs mont point fat default; une toule de
machines ont etc liyreeS all N enpie-
tant plus on moins sur! e breyot de Nh. Wheeler
ct Wilson.
La contrefagon la plus rGpanlue est celle de
G.. =. Sloat Il Co, dGclarGe telle par IN d6cret
de lIion. Tanev, Juge en- Chef de Ia Cour SIT
preme des EtatssUnis, ren1u dams le District dc
New York, en- datesdu 16 f6vrier 1859.
@s9 Les Machines de Wheeler ct Wilson sont
vcndues, arec feate s~dranfie, au siege dc Ia
maison, E2O rae du Camel, Nouvelle-Orltans.
@Ns~ Dams cette paroisse, NM. GRAJGNARD
& co. Fausse-Riyiere. sont les agents autoristcs
de cette maison. Les priX auyquels ycndent
ces messienrs. sont les mGInes que ceux de Ia
observation-disclosures ct lis sont autorises q donner
les memcs guarantees.
"a cant an
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-11-19
s. 3, n = \, : :,
AVIS

AVIS
EoI donne par ces %presentes, que Sa-
vinien Roblllard s'est presente aFHonora-
bic Cour du Neuvleme District, dams ct
pour la paroisse de la Pointe-Coupee.
pour etre nommG administrator de la
succession
dAdaaade Saison, Te. p. Robi1ard, deer,
ct que 81 dams les dix .iours qui
sulvront Get avis, aucune opposition
nest fate a sa demande, il sera nommG
conformGment.
Par ordre dc Ia Cour du 9me District,
a. BONDY, Gref1ier.
Pointe CoupGe, 5 novembre 1859.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-11-19

lie P0T-AU-LATr DE decentralization
du Stanford de Trenton, dams le Tennes-
see, en- train d'Gcrire ul article relatif d
~l'aclevement du chemin de fer entire Nc
bile ct FOhio, s'est perdu peu Il peu dams
lie domaine dc imagination: Trenton
deviendra bIentot n CROSSE vile; ols
porterons alors, s'ecrie-t-il, DIES v6temcns
en- drap de magasin: nous aurons un
chen mouchete ct nous 6diterons III
Staadard quotidien, dams lequel on Ira
un interessant rapport de vile, comm
celui d'Al. Walker, de la Banner de
Nashville. Cest nous qui serons char
gGs des imprimGs de la compagnie du
chemin de fer; nous ferons fortune; nous
voyagerons en wagon; 0 u aurons un
cheyal de course, une jolie femme ct une
posteritG aussi nombreuse que respcc-
table. Enfn, nous nous donnerons des
airs de citadin ct lorsque notre toTme
sera mise en- pGts, les j~ournaux quotidiens
paraitront avec des flets de deuil." Pc
rette n'etait pas plus naive que &C brave
homme qui reve ainsi toat Gveille.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-11-19

TN BON c~HRET1EN.-Un missionaire gu:
venait de convertir I'm savage, lui re
prochait de vivre en- bigamie, ct lui dit
que la religion NJ permettait q%h'one
femme. Quelques jours apres, lie Gambia
lie revient trouver lie pretre tout joyeux.
"Mon pere, lui dit-il, jai suiyi vos pre-
ceptes, ct je suis maintenant nn parfait
chrstien. Je mai plus qu'une femme
EFT Gu'as-tu fat Man
gee" repondit tranquillement lie singu-
lier neoyhyte.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-11-19
lie G E.
10 NOTEMBRE 1859,


lScENDIE DUNE pRIsoN.-Un negre rem
ferme dams la prison de Marksville, pa
roisse de Avoyelles, pensa que lie scul
moyen den sortir Gtait d'y METRE lie feu.
II nit son projet a execution, il y a ncuf
jours, mails lorsque, aux premieres indi-
ces d'incendic, on voulut %enfoncer la
porte, ont ne put y parvenir. Ellie 6tait
revetue de plaques de fer a l'exterieur.
Pendant que Pom redoublait d'efforts,
les iammes Sc communlquerent aux
cloisons ct lie malheureux negre expira
au milieu des plus atroces fortunes. Il
NY await nj pompe nj 6chelle, de sorte
quill a etc impossible aux Spectators
G%pouvant6s par cette horrible scene, de
soustrairc la victime an sort e%pouvanta-
bic auquel ellie s'etait elle-meme condam-
ma .-
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-11-19

r. LIE GRIFFoS.-Le gritfon est dune
table ordinaire; il a le poll long ct trist,
la barbe Tongue, h6rissee; la ttte assez
crosse: les GRIZZLIES courtes; les jambes,
les c~uisses, lc poitrail sont garnls de
polls longs ct tres-durs, ce qul lie rend
propre a la chasse au marals. II penetre
facilement dams les b~uissons, dams les
~fourres d'ajoncs; il mage bjen, est robus-
te, on pourrait prcsque dire infatigable;
ayec ces qualities, il est, de tous les
chicns de chassc, lie plus diticile q dres-
ser; aussi lie vrai griflon est-il reserve
pour la chasse du gibier d'eau.
CHEN C~oURANT.-Les chiens courants,
ainsi que nous layons dit plus haut, SER
vent pour la cliasse i forcer. Les plus
estim6s sont les trancais, les normands
ct les anglais, puts les crois6s de ces
deux races, quiretiennent la vitesse DIES
anglais ct sont gorg6s ct COLES a la vote
CONNIE les normands.
LIE BAssET.-Le basset a jambes droi-
ties ct celui a ,jambes crochues servent
pour la chasse du lapin ct du renard. La
construction du basset lui ~facilite ZEN
tree de terriers. LIE basset, quoique
class6 parmi les chiens courants, rempla-
ce quelquefois, lorsqu'il est dresse, lie
CHEN d'arrtt; mails celia est rare, ct Pom
perdrait son temps 81 on s'obtinait i
lie dresser pour Get usage.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-11-19
ATTENTION!

q.
Presse a Cotton: PREssE 4 C0TON!!
r Z SonssignG Went d'acfletor la patente de la
IL Presse a Cotton en- Fer, h~ravetee, a NM.
W. t. ct G.. j. Provost. pour les paroisses Pointe-
CoupGe, Est ct 0uest-Felieiana.-Ccttc prasse est
reconnue CONNIE etant de baarleoup superieurc a
toutes ceIles en- usage ilsqilssa ce iour, SOFT par
son habilete. sa force. son elegance. ga duree, le
pxl de place qu'elle oceupe. &c. &C.. ct est la
meme a qui fut adjuge lie pRLI "a la feire d Etat.
dams lie Mississippi en- 1868. LIE nombre de ces ma
chimes y~eIltues dams les Istats a cotton, est fabu-
leux, &c Gui demontre ses avantages-Le prix
est des plus moderes.-Sa force est celle dn Wis ct
levier combine.
Ceux qui pdesirent voir ees machines. soft par
c~uriosite on pour faire des achats, mont qua Sc
rendrc IA Bayon-Sara, OH lie soussigne expIiquera
agec plaisir tous les details dc cettc presse. quill
fera maamuvrer deVant lie public.
lie soussigne etant carpenter ct gin ussght de
profession. placera lui-mGme, chez Fhabitant.
chaque presse qu'on voudra bien lui achcter.
Avec cette machine. qui est de tres-petit volu-
me, on peut presser plus de 40 bales de cotton
par jour. quelles qu'eiles soient. - En- sortant de
cette presse. les bales de cotton etant carr6es ct
a leur plus petite grosseur, l'habitant au-
"a. non-seulenent nloins de fret a payer, mails en-
arrivant en- vile, les bales de cotton pot,rront
etre dileetement expediees en- Europe, sans aeon
besoia DEERE r~epressees d Ia Noucale-O fIfanas.
Tant advantages he mfanqueront pas d'attirer
l'attentlon dies planteurs de cotton.
H. TENNET.
Is JUN a Bayou-Sara.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-11-19

lie bavardage est une propriete de
de la femme sur laquetle les hommes
chassent solvent.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-11-19
ETAT DE LA LOUISIANA.
Do NEJF IEME HISIhIVl 9tHIVfA1'"
DE La POINTE COUPeE.

CouR Do EEUvleME DISTRICT JUDIciAIRE.
pARo1ssE DE La PoINTE CouPGE.
D,ax Eoaiire de H. succession dAnEIAIDE CAR
aouc5E, dtcfRfe.
CONFORMEMENT a IN .orGre dc Honorable
Cour du Neuyitme District. dams ct pour la
payoisSe ct Etat susdits. je. souSsiSnt. ~oitrir,i ell
yente p~ubIique. sur les HeUA. a environ : miles
au-dessus de Waterloo, lc
Lundj. l5me jonr de Dcoemjre 1859,
4. 10 h. A.. NJ, les proprittas aliyanles. dependant
dc laIite Succession, stEoir:
ESCLAVES.
yIIfENEJEE, malatre age dcnTiron irenfe-
six ans.
FELiCIE, g%ri1onne AgGe d'cnviron Tingt-huit
ans: ct ses truis ~enfants
FEM, ielnc mulatrc age d'enyiron six ans
JEAH-BAPEI5TE, grillon age d,enyiron dcux
ans.
TN ESFAST age de q,linze mois.
EMfLIENNE. g~ri1cnnc agGe d.cnyiron trente-
trois ans: ct scs trois ]etifants:
SAMUEL, ntgrillon age d'enyiron cinG ans.
RosELLA. nGgrittc agGc d'environ trois ans.
ALExANDRE, negrili0n age d'enyiron I'm an.
CLARA, g~ritionne agGe d'cnviron yingt-cinq
ans.
JOSEPHINE, g~riffonne agee d.environ dix
neuf ans.
MEUBLES.
Fourniturc de maison, vache, etc, etc.
Iprmes Ell c0Mditl0ns de Ia reRte:
Pour les c~sclaves: Tn quart de 1880 comp
tantet la balance payable un tiers lie Ter mars
1861, I'm tiers payable le Ter mars 1862, ct la ba-
lance lie Ter mars 1868.
Les acquereurs deTront fournir ses billets avcc
bonles ct solvablcs cautions soEidaires, a For
Dire ct a Ia satisfaction De IadminiStrateur; une
hypotheque spectacle sera r6serv6e snr Ia pro
pri6te veldac, .insqlta paiement tiilal deselits
billets. qui portcront s pour 100 dinttl6t apres
Gcheance.
lie mobiiier compliant.
SEVERN PORCEiE, sheriff.
Poiute-CoHp6e, II nov 1859.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-11-19

LUTILITE de Ia Machine d Coudre pour lu-
sage dcs families, nest que tr"p connue dl pu-
bic. Une seule de ces Machines peut faire lc
travail de DIX DIES PLUS ADRolrEs EFT DIES Plus
AGILES COrTtRIEKES.
La couture des Machines de Wheeler ct VIII
son est tclIe qu,on ne peut decolldre, meme avec
les ciseauy. sans deciiIer IGtOtfe.
LIE point form6 par ces machines ct nonmG
en- anglais toch-stttch, Zee qui poumait Sc traduire
assez hien par lexpression de point no"< est
ainsi fate:
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-11-19
F. ". c. COOK,
Unique 1geat poar les Et4ts de la Loui-
s5ans ct da Mlsqssippi.

Cette machine, vrainent cytraor1inairc. ct
que tout lie monde voudra voir fonctienncr. est
actuellement expose Il Ia c%uriosite du public
dams la cour de MN. Graugnard ct Gle. a Ia
FaIlsse-Riri1re. OH ellie est en- ventc.
A partir de Ia fin de Ia semaine prochaine.
ellie sera mise Ell actiYitG par un habiIe ingtnierr
qai pourra ~=atisfaire aux denlandts DIES person.
nes intere5stes Il Sc reldrc compile DIES ayanfages
qi 'oire cate machine marFeilie1lse par sa sim
piicite ct par ii rapidit6 du travail qu'clle
peut execnter. GRAJGN.ARD L Gle.
Is oct. Agents ii la E'~ausae~Riyiere.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-11-23
MisttlIaneons.
From the Boston Evening Traveller.
INTERESTING FROM BURMAH.

A friend at the rooms of the American
Baptist Missionary Union in this city fur
nishes the following interesting intelligence
from Burmah, including the particulars of
the reception of letter from the President
of the United States:
In the absence of any tiding of striking
missionary character, DR.. Dawson furnish
es an interesting account of trip in March
last to Mandelay, the new capital of the
Burman empire Ummerapoora near Ava,
the former capital, is now one unmingled
mass of ruins, and with a few exceptions
has been abandoned by the people. The
journey by boat from Rangoon is about
600 miles, and occupied twenty-six days.
The city is thus described:
"The new city of Mandelay derives its
name from a mountain which stands at the
northeast corner, and about half a mile
distant. Besides the ordinary name by
which it is called, it has recently received
historical and royal title. by which it may
be distinguished in after ages, from all other
royal cities in this empire, which have pre-
ceeded it IN the annual of the Burmese
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-11-23
POSITION.

Men should not marry it is commonly
said, unless they can not only maintain for
themselves the social position to which
they have been accustomed, but extend the
benefits of that position to their wives and
children. A woman who marries is enti-
tied to be kept in the same rank and posi-
ton in which she was reared
We entirely disavow these doctrines.-
1t should be the aim of every married cou-
pie to make their own fortunes. No son
and daughter, who become man and wife,
are entitled to rely on their patrimOny, but
should willingly commence life at lower
step on the social ladder than that occupied
by their parents, so that they may have
the merit and happiness of rising, if posi-
bic, to the top. Imagine the case of a
couple, who, by perseverance have acquired
possession of immense wealth, and are liv-
ing in style of case and splendor, which
is no more than the reward of industry
VIII anybody say that the children of such
'old folks should live in the same gradcur
as their parents?
The idea is preposterous. They have no
right to such luxury. they have done moth
ing to deserve it; and if their parents are
honest in dividing their property among
them, they can have no means Of suppor- I
ting it. Yet marriages are contracted on
the principal that the married couple shall
be able to keep up the rank to which they
have been accustomed under the paternal
roof. 1t is such notions as this-engen-
dered by Malthusian philosophers, and fOs-
tered by lady pride-that are filling our
country with poor old maids eOquettish
young ladies, with nice cigar smoking, good
for nothing men, and our colonies, alas, with
most miserable and barbarous old bache-
lOrs.-Nortb British NaL
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-11-23
SONS OF MALTA.

'Jecms' was recently initiated into the
order of the Sons of Malta, and graphical
ly describes his introduction into the vale
of mystery as follows
You are first grabbed and thrown into
a tub of cold water, and forthwith several
lar.'e men begin to stick pins into you
Hauling you out of the tub of water, they
rush you into another department. and now
new men make lunge after you, dressed
in disguise, and Immediately commence
pouring hot mOlasses into your hair and
boots. Meanwhile, a stream of cold water
is flooded on to you, and man dressed in
black, thrusts a snuf-box in front of your
nose, and all at once you begin to sneeze
violently, and the crowd begins to laugh
and hurrah. Showing you further along,
the chief men and bottle-washers grab you
by the nose, hair and coat tail, and in this
way rip every bit of dry goods loose from
your person, and again the crowd roars
with tumultuous laughter at your nude
state, with five or six men hoi ling on to
your hair and toes, forcing you up soaped
pole with pins and sharp sticks. founOw
begin to think you are forsaken by all of
Gods people, and the devil has certainly
got possession of you, knocking you on Il. .
head so that you can see stars as numerous
rs they are in the milky. way. You are
handled in this kind of tantalizing way for
two hours, when the officers give you a
arge dose of liverwort and tar, and then
et YOU 90.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-11-23
AN INCIDENT0F THE REBELLION.

W. W. Throckmorton, the clerk of the
Wager Hotel at Harper's Ferry. relates the
following About three o'clock Hayward
Sheppard, the colOred man they shot in
the morning, died. Mr. Beckham, the
agent, was greatly excited at his death. as
the old man had had him ten or twelve
years, and liked him very much. He went
up to the railroad platform beyond the rail-
road station once, and was pulled back, but
he went again, his hands in his pockets,
and got some distance beyond the water
station, when they shot him through the
heart. He fell and never moved again.
The man who shot him from the door Of
the engine house was himself shot a moment
afterwards by Harper's Ferry man.
When Beckham was shot our men became
almost frantic They rushed in here, where
the prisoner (Thompson) was. crying Shoot
himl' Kill him. and had it not been for
a lady who was in the room, Miss Christine
Fauke, sister of the landlord,) he would
have been killed on the spot. They cooked
their guns and pointed at him, crowded
around, but she stood over him. telling
them, For Gods sake save him, don't kill
him in that way. but let the Law take its
cOursep She said they had him priso-
ner, bound, and he could not get away, and
begged that they would not kill him The
man said he was willing to die; knew he
had to die, and wanted to be shot They
finally got hold of him, took him out on the
platform and shot him. He had more than
forty balls fired at him. The citizens
around were chiefly concerned in this, but
| cannot say who shot him. / could not
have saved him if had tried The crowd
also tried to get hold of Stephens. who was
wounded and was lying in bed up stairs.
but Miss Fauke prevented it, and finally
guard was placed over him. Stephens said
before he was shot that if he was loose he
would shoot any of u.s.
1t is noticeable fact, that when South
srn rufians most brutally murdered Old
Browns sons, and his daughter, who wit
messed one of those murders. became IA
wing maniac, the Pro-Slavery journals found
great amusement in talking of the 'shrieks
of Kansas Now, when the crazy old man.
with twenty vagabond associates, attempts
to retaliate upon the whole South, these
same sneerers at human suffering are all
carried away with panic terrors, or are them
selves 'shrieking' with rage and calling for
upon the man thus driven to mad
ness
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-11-23
New Leather and Finding Store.

New Leather and Finding St0re.
A C. MCCONNELL. at MILLIKIE's s
IA. BLocK, MAIN STREET, wARRrE. o., where can
be had at all times
Domestic Kips, Oak Sole Leather,
Upper Leather Hemlock Sole Leather,
Calcutta Kips, B. A Sole Leafher'
French kips, 0ronoco Sole Ieather,
French Calf Z. City Calf,
New Jersey Calf. Ohio Calf
Rsrhor's Standard Shoe Thread,
Best u inch cobrrg Boot webb,
Best Linen Boot Webb,
pest Satin Francius.
Best Cotton and Silk Galoon,
Best NJ. n. and n. Pat. Leather,
Cotton. Silk and Nehsir Lscets.
Cape Sheep Binding, Shoe Blacking, shoulder sticks
Curasos Morocco, Shoe Hammers, Measure straps,
Madras Morocco, Shoe Pinchers. shoe nals'
Tampico Morocco, Shoe Punches, Hob Naifs,
Frepch Kid Shoe Nippers, Shoe Taeks,
Common Binding, Awl Blades. Measure Sticks,
Cochinesl Innings, Shoe Knives, Zinc Nails.
Msroon Innings, Avl HATS Heel Balls,
Shos Brushes, Peg Floats. Packard s INK,
rint Lininrs Peg Cutters, Summer Wax.
P.u,ubsr tIs yLees MILLIKIES BLOCK.
Nay IL, 1859. Hain Street, "eTeh,o'
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-11-23
A PRISONERS ETIQUETTE.

a curious case Of prison etiquette recent
ly occurred in Delaware A number Of
prisoners broke jail, and among them was
one named TurGer, under sentence of death
for rape He called upon the Attorney
General. coolly seaten himself in his Office.
and informed the gentleman that number
Of prisoners had escaped. among them him
self; that he was prepared to go back again
whenever he could be assured that he would
be safe in so doing. Several of his social
companions had been discharged. and in
their stead a woman had been placed IN
Jail who was afflicted with scarlet fever:
he had formally notified the deputy sheriff
that if such conduct was persisted in he
would feel obliged to change his quarters.
and that receiving no satisfactory evidence
on the part of the officers Of the Jail that
his grievances would receive attention. be
had thus availed himself of the first favor
able opportunity of giving practical turn
to his indignation by leaving the premises.
He did not care straw about the sentence
of death hanging over him, but he dift
want to catch the scarlet fever. The escap-
ed prisoner was escorted back to his quar-
ters.-.State JonRal.