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MA r X rs
Carefully prepared TO Monday. oct. "a, 1859
BALTIMORE MARKET.

j..
Flour and Aeal-There was an active de-
mand for super -four this morning, and BUYERS
offered S5.l2t for Howard Street and Ohio, but
holders generally demanded S5.25 per bbl
Transactions reported were as follows: 400
bbls. Ohio extra at $3.50, AGO bbls. choice
Howard Street do. at 587A @ SIS, zoo do.
family at $3.50, $50 bbls. choice do. super at
1926, and 100 bbls. choice City Mills do. at
S5l24 per Dbl. We quote Howard Street and
Ohio super at 5.l23 a 1925, and City Mills
do. at So per Dbl. Extra is firm at $50 "a
S5.629 for Ohio and Howard Street, and ssh
q Sc per Dbl. for City Mills. Corn meal and
rye -four are unchanged in price, and the stock
OF City Mills meal continues very limited.
Grdia-rhe offerings of wheat were some
$4,000 bushels, and with a fair demand prices
advanced 2 @ Sc. per bushel, common to me-
dunn white selling at LIS a $l25, for fair to
good do. 100 g $l.40, and prime to choice do
LAS @ Sl.53 per bushel; red brought LIS ca
$l.23 per bushel for fair to prime. Of corn,
5000 bushels offered, and white sold at "a "a
s6c. measure for old, and 80 (9 Csc. do. for new
yellow sold at IS ca &c. per bushel measure
and weight. About 5000 bushels oats offered,
and Maryland and Virginia sold at SO "a Ale.
and Pennsylvania at AZ @ 44c. per bushel OF
rye, 1000 bushels offered, and Maryland sold
at S5c. we quote Maryland and Virginia at SO
(9 85c, and Pennsylvania at 90 q 93c. per
bushe
Propisions.-Pork-We notice sale of l5O
bbls. Western mess at $3.50 per bbl we
quote do. prime at ll.25 @ $ll.60, and rump
at 81 50 per Dbl. Bacon-Sales of some Is
hhds. shoulders and sides at 81 @ SIC. and lOt
9 l0tc. per lb.; also, some small lots plain
and fancy hams at ii @ l2Ac. per ID. Lard
We quote prime Western at | 2c. in bbls. and
tres, ii @ lie. for butchers, and l3s % lac.
per Id. for refined.
Seeds.--We continue to quote clover at {. IS
@ $3.50, and timothy at 275 @ So per bushel
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. THE WESTCHESTER ACADEMY.

THE WESTMINSTER ACADEMY,
At Yves chester Pennsy Will resaIne the du es
Of The Winter Term (ful Eve months) O. the la Of NO
vember System OF instr Ilsorous and rae
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cstsloeues, apply 10
W. F. MYERS, A. NJ,
Sos Wesicke-trr, Penn.
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NEW YORK MARKET.

Flour has advanced 10 to Zoe, with sales Of
10000 bbls.-market closed with declining
tendency, State 400 to IS. Wheat declined
white at $3.50. Corn heavy--sales $1,000
bushels white at $l.03. Prime pork advanced
8 to lOc.-sales at Sl0.93. Lard declined t.
sales at l0t ca HE.
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THE SOUTHERN pLATFORM-

The SOUTHERN PLATFORM.
THE SOUTHERN PLATFoRM,n eompsled rom
Il The writings Of eminent Southern men against Slave
n.y. BY Daniel T. Goodioe. First edition Is cents per
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A LONG CONVERSATION WITH
BROWN. 81.

After which, the meeting adjourned.
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letter in which he says, "that it is folly TO at
tempt to strike the shackles off the slave by the
| force of moral stssion or legal agitation and
| predicts that the next movement made in the
direction of negro emancipation will be an in
surrection in the South.
| Brown. have not seen q New York Herald
| for some days past, but presume, from your
remarks about the gist of the letter, that I
should concur with it. agree with Mr. Smith,
that moral suasion is hopeless. don't think
the people of the slave States viii ever consider
the subject Of Slavery in its true light until
some other argument is resorted to than moral
suasion.
Mr.. vallandigham. Did you expect a eener.
al rising of the slaves in case of your success
Brown. No, sir; nor did I wish it. I ex-
expected to gather strength from time to time !;
then could set them free.
Mr.. v. Did you expect to hold possession
here till then 7
Brown. WE'LL probably had quite differ
emit idea. do not know that ought to reveal
my plans. am here prisoner, and wounded,
because l foolshly allowed myself to be 90.
You overrate your strength when you suppose
I could have been taken If had not allowed it.
was too tsrdy after commencing the open at
tack in delaying my movements through Mon
day night and y TO the time l was attacked BY
the Government troops. 1t was all occasionsd
BY my desire to spare the feelings Of my prison
ers and their families, end the community ct
large
Mr.. V. Did you not shoot negro on the
bridge, or did MOI some Of your party?
Brown. knst nothing Of the shooting Of ths
negro. theywood.) h
Mr.. v. What time did you commence your
organization over in Canadaf
Brown. occurred about two PEARS ago. If
remember right, It was Think, in 1853,
Mr.. v. Who wAs the Secrvtary7.
Brown. That would not tell Il rscollectsd,
but do not remember. l think the officers
were elected in Nay, 1858. may answer in.
eosrscsly, but not internationally. Ny bead il
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State OF Iuuisian,

Parish Of pointe Coapct-,Ninth pistr;,, c,..,
Andrrw \ Sicrau vs.. A. W. Ballard.-S, 90,
BY VIRTUE of and to satisfy Il w,i, ri,
issued in the above entitled suit and to me- ,i IT, a.
ed by the Hon. the 9Th District Court in on aa's'
the parish and State aforesaid, to satisfy ,,. iF
titfs demand and costs of suit. l have sciz.d A.,
will offer 1T public sai", On the Cour, uwus 'n'
Saturday, the 9Th day of June. 1884
ut IL O'Clock, y. III. all the ri ght. title and ;n,'.
Described property trwit:
Powell, negro mau aged 4; wears.
Terms and conditions of the s,ie.
The COSTS cash. and the balau,. :,
twelve months credit; the purchaser to f,rn;S
bond with coed a!d.approved securitv in sol;aA
and bearing 8 per cent interest from iay o5 s,i''
and special mortgage reserved On the pronc,,,'
sold. t|FN:
SEVERN PORClIE, Sheriff
Pointe Coupee. MAY 8. lsjs.
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OUR STATE TICKET.

just as we were going topress, VIC
learn by the latest news from Baton
Rouge, that he Hon. I. O. MOORE, OF
Hapidcs, was nominated for Governor;
Ii. NJ. lIYAAs, of New Orleans, for Lieut..
Governor, and PL1Sy D. HARDY, of St.
Landry, for Secretary Of State. The
nominations yet to be made were for
Auditor, Treasurer, and Superintendent
Of Public Education. Although the Or
~ganization Of the Convention was stormy,
the nominations were, nevertheless, fair
ly made. We feel rejoiced atthe result,
and hail with pleasure the nomination
of THOMAS O. MOORE as our standard
bearer; no better and purer statesman
and Democrat could lead Il forces in
the field.
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flour through anything likes pcpper-bos
cover, SO as to put ii on evenly. Dc
nothing else, drink nothing but water
eat nothing, until Improvement com.
mences, except some dry bread s~oftened
in some very weak tea of some kind
Cures Of friyhtful burnings have been
performed in this way, as wonderful as
they are painless. We once saved the
life Of an infant which had been mad
v%ertcnt1y dragged with laudmum, and
which was fast sinking into the sleep
which has no awaking, by giving it
strong coffee, cleared with TIE white of
an egg, a feaspoontnl every 1--WE minutes
until it ceased to seem Medical
Journu!.
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State OF Louisiana

Parish of Pointe Coupe Ninth District Ce,r,
J. |. Kirk VS.. Lelnuel J. Hudson No. 227l
BIZ virtue Of ANA to satisfy writ of seizure 4 ri.
issued in the above entitled suit. and to me d.
rectad by the Hon. the 9th Distric, Cour, in An,
for the parish and State aforesaid, to sa,;s,v
plaintiff s demand and costs of suit, | have seiz.,a,
and will offer at public sale, at the Court H,ns
on
Saturday, the 4M day IF June, 1850,
at eleven O'Clock A. NJ, all the right, title and
interest that the defendant has in and to The fol.
lowing described property, to wit:
A certain tract of land situated in the parish
of pointe Coupee, known as the southwest QUAR-
er OF Section No. 20, in Township ), Range s
east, containing one hunlrcd and ffty.seyen
21-lo! acres.
Terms and conditions Of the sale:
Cash, uiM Appraiseme"t.
SEV ERIN PORCHE, ShT.
Poiute Coupee, April 80, 1859.
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For Assessor.

nI~Wc are authorized to announce
the name Of SAVINIEN POURCIEAU
as o candidate for Assessor at the next
election, subject to the Democratic nom
ination.
EaI~We are authorized to announce
the name Of ALEXANDER CHUST,
SEN, as ascandidate for Assessor at the
next election, subject to the choice OF
the Democratic nomination.
Eaa- We arc requested to nnounce Mr..
JULES pOICHE as 4 candidate for Assessor,
at the next election, subject to the Democratic
nomination.
- We are authorized to announce the name
Of J. 2. 81. CYR as q candidate for reelection
70 the Office Of Assessor. at the next election, sub
jet 70 the choice Of the Democratic party.
Mza- Mr.. LOUIS MAJOR announces himself
Us q candidate for tie Office Of Assessor. subject
tothc choice Of the Democratic party.
- T.PoRCHE, ESQ., announces himself
as q candidate for the Office Of Assessor, at the
ensuing election, subject to the choice Of the.
Democratic party.
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DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
For Representatives.

ne We are authorised to announce COL +
L. CLAIBORNE az a candidate for reelection
to the Legislature, subject to the Democratic
b: nomination.
Ms- We are autorized to announce J. J.
M'CREA as a candidate for the Legislature
subject to the choice of the Democratic party.
.aay- We are authorized to announce 7. G.
MCINTYRE as a candidate for the Legislature
subject to the choice Of the Democratic party.
~ Eg- We are authorized to announce J. L.
MATTHEW'S as a candidate for the Legislature
subject to the choice of the Democracy.
gas- We are requested to announce DR.. P.
RANDOLPH as a candidate for the State Legis.
laturc subject to the choice of the Democratic
nartx.
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Parish of Pointe Coupee--Ninth District Court.
Julie Prosper, Wife, vs.. Francois Gueho.-
No. 1899.
THHIS case was this day regularly taken up fs
l. trial. BY reason OF the law and evidence
being in favor of plaintiff
1t is ordered, djudgcd aud decreed, that plain
tiff, Julie Prosper, be separated in property
from her husband, Francois Gueho; that the
community heretofore existing between them be
dissolved, and the said Julie Prosper I've author
lied to administer her estate as if she was II tfme
sole; further, that plaintitfhave q judgment "gaiust
defendant, her husband: for the sum Of two hun-
dred and eighty-seven dollars and t~hirty-six cents
with interest at the rate of i've per cent per all
mum from judicial demand: further, that plaintiff
have a legal mortgage, tor the payment of the
said sum, on all the property owned by her hn-
band, since tile 2lst October. 1857, and that d.
PENDANT pay costs Of this suit.
a. D. NJ. HARRISON
April -. 1859. Judge Ninth District.
4 true copy.
A. BorAScAAuD. Dep.y Clerk. myl4.
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UsEF1 MEDICAL HINrs.-If person
swallow any poison whatever, or has
ia into commissions from having over.
loaded the stomach, an instantaneous
remedy, more efficient and applicable in
a large number Of cases than any half-a,
dozen medicines we can now think of, is a
teaspoonful Of common salt and as much
ground mustard, stirred rapidly in a tea
cup of. water, warm or cold, and swal.
loowed instantly. II is scarcely down
before it begins to com up, bringing
with it the remaining contents of. the
stomach; and lest there be any remnant
of poison, however small, let the white
Of an egg, ora teacupful Of strong cot:
fec, be- swallowed al soon as the stom-
aeh is quiet; because these very com.
non articles nullify a larger number of
virulent poisons than any other medi.
cines in the shops. In cases of scald.
ing on burning the body, immersing the
part in cold water gives entire relief as
instantaneously as lightning. Mean
while get some common dry -four, and
apply it an inch Or two thick on the in
jured part the moment it energies from
the water, and keep on sprinkling the
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The State of Louisiana.

Parish of Pointe Coupee-Ninth District Court:
Curct i Cazenave VS.. P. NJ. Moure.-No 1851.
tDY VIRTUE Of and to satisfy d writ Of fl ia
- 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, |
have seized and will offer at public sale, at the
Court House on
Saturday, the Alb day Of June, 1859.
est that the defendant has i'll and to the following
described property to-wit:
One large carriage and a pair Of harness.
Terms Of Sak-CaM Nth appraisemsnt
SEVERN PORCHE, Sheriff.
Fointe Coupe, May Il, 1850.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
State of Louisiana.
JOHTHtt!.

State of Louisiana.
Ninth District Court-Parish OF foilte Ceupee
A. L.. Mahoudeau VS.. Constance Dumouliu ant
Husband No. 1880.
ny virtue OF, and to satisfy a writ of Fl Fa, is
II sued i'll the above entitled SUIT and to me di
rected by the Hon. the Ninth District Court il
and for the parish and State aforesaid, to satisf,
plaintiffs dcman and costs of suit, / have seiz
ed, and viii offer at public sale at the Cour
House on
Saturday, the I'd day Of July, 1859,
at ii O'Clock, a. NJ. all the pight, title and inter
est that the defendant has In aud to the following
described property to-wit:
hand:
A cotton plaQtaton Situated in the parish Of
Polnte Coupee. N this State, OH the right bank
of the river Mississippi; measuring three arpents
front on said river, by eighty arpents in depth;
bounded on the upper side hy the property Of J.
Y. van Wlckle and ON the lower line by the pro-
perty Ut E. Cooley; said plantation being a part
of the tract Of land represented in the official
sglrveyAo of the United States as Section Nos.
three, %sixty-one and twenty. in Township No. four.
South, Range Nos. 8 and 10, East-the whole in
conformity with a plot drawn by C. G. Hale,
surveyor, on the seventh dg of January, 1859.
Slaves:
The following described slaves, for life, en-
ployed Oil and attached to the said plantation, viz:
Dick, negro aged about 48 years.
Daniel, negro aged about 45 years.
Joe, negro aged1hout 40 years.
Esau, negro ~agedsabout % years.
. Therencc, negro aged about rs years.
BAIL, negro aged about 60 years.
Pierre, negro aged about IS years.
Mill negro woman aged about Is Years.
Arsene, negro woman aged about 80 years.
Hannah, negro girl aged about II years.
Lewis, negro boy aged about 9 wears.
German, negro boy.sged about 2 years.
Abesse, negro woman aged about IS years.
Matilde, negro girl aged about Is years.
Felicity, negro girl aged about IA years.
Charlotte, negro girl aged about II years.
Amelia, negro girl aged about 10 years.
Azelia, negro girl aged about s years. =
Etienne, negro boy aged about 6 years.
Fanny, negro woman aged about 30 years.
Frivole;negro woman aged about 81 years.
Old Hannah, negro woman aged about IS srs.
Poupon, negro man aged about 35 years.
Ceina, negro woman aged about 80 years.
Sonnah or Junnah, negro man aged about As
years.
Zaire. alias Rachel. woman aged SO years.
Theresa, negro woman aged Is years.
Mita, negro girl aged 2 years.
Movab1es:
And the following named and described pro-
to wit.
Nine mules, 4Aorses;
One. wagon, horsc.cart, 7 ploughs.
Terms and Conditions.
Cash, aestH 44Pp4asseasestft.
r. SEVERN. PORCHE, Sheriff.
Pointe Coupet, May 20, 2859.
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lnvl4.
State OF Louisiana.

Parish of Pointe Coupee-Ninth District Court.
Mary j. Taylor, Wife of i. S. Wilson vs.. Dr. I.
S. Wilson. Htsband.---No. 2llS.
o Court in Session, April 18th, 1859.
THIS case was regularly taken up for trial. this
i day. pursuant To the assignment. The d.
fendant having failed to appear and answer, and
the plaintiff having proved her demand. and tie
law and evidence being in favor Of the same
1t is therefore ordeged. adjudged and dterrei,
that the plaintiff. Mary j.. Taylor. do have juiY-
ment against, and recover from her said husband.
the defendant, the sum Of three thousand onr
hundred dollars, with five per cent interest from
the LIST day of August, 1858, until paid. and that
the community therefore, existing between tie
plaintiff and defendant be dissolved, and that
said plaintiff be authorized to administer her ST.
parate estate without the assistance or authori7a-
zion of her said husband, and that said plain.iE
ne drUreet To itrHvrg legal mortgage Hpttt alifftlh.
property owned by said defendant. since the 1t
Jay of January, 1858, for the payment Of her
said claim, and ti,at defendant pay costs OF sus-
A. D. ". HARRISON,
April, 10, 1859. Judge Ninth District.
4 true copy.
II. DpIEK. Drp'y Clerk. myl4.
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State Of Louisiana.

Parish Of Poipte Coupee-Ninth District Court
Curet i Cazenave VS.. P. M. Moore.-No. 1851.
BY virtue of: aud to satisfy a writ off. ia. is
sued in the above entitled suit and to me direct
ed the Honorable the 9th District Court in and
for the parish and State aforesaid, to satisfy plain
tiff s demand and costs Of suit, | have seized, and
offer at public sale at the Court House on
Saturday, the ID day Of July, 1859.
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
Rachel ou Zaire, negro woman aged about As
years.
Theresite, negro woman aged about 20 years.
Terms of sas--Cashr nth Appraisemcnt.
SEVERN PORCHE, Sheriff.
: Pointe Coupee, May 1859.
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For Clerk.

Mr.. EprroR: Please announce my name as a
candidate for Clerk of the Ninth, District Court,
saf5ect 10 a Democratic nomination, by eonven-
tion or primary election, as the case may be.
LEON LEBEAU.
VA A. RONDY, ESQ.,, the present incumbent,
reelection te- The efaHiee eff Clerk eff the Ninth
District Court, parish Of Pointe Coupee; subject
.. 1.-the choice Of the Democracy party.
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State Of LOHfsf0HH. =

State Of LOa3st0ssN.
Ninth District ~Court-Parish of Pointe Coupe
Benjamin Jewell w. Simon Gondran.-No. 23ll
DY virtue of and to satisfy a writ Of seizure and
IL sale issued in the above suit and to me dlrec'
ted by the Hon. the 9th District Court in and Dr
the parish and State aforesaid, to satisfy plaintiffs
demand and costs of suit, l have seized, and Will
offer at public sale at the Court House on
Saturday, the All tag Of Jane, 1897.
at IL o'clock a. H.. all the right, title and inter.
the defendant has in and to the following
described property to wit:
4 slave named Glen, aged about So years.
Terms and conditions of sale.
Cash, witb Apprassement.
SEVERN PORCHE Sheriff.
Pointe Coupee, April 80, 1859.
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Curious CALcULATIoN.-The vast nun.
Der Of inhabitants who do live, and have
lived, upon the face of the Garth appears
at first sight to defy the powers Of cal.
culation. But if we suppose the world
to have existed six thousand years; that
there now exists one thousand millions;
that a generation passes ANY in thirty
years; that every past generation aver.
ages the present; and that four individ.
ual may stand on n square yard, we
will find that the whole number will not
occupy a compass Of one fourth the ex,
cent of England. Allowing six thous
and years since the creation, and a gen
Grafton to pass anyway in thirty years,
WI. shall have two hundred generations,
which at one thousand millions each,
will be two hundred thousand millions,
which being divided by four persons to
a square yard, will leave fifty Thousand
millions Of square yards; there are ina
square mile three millions, ninety-seven
thousand, six hundred square yards; by
which, if the former sum be divided, It
will give sixteen thousand one hundred
and thirty-three square miles, the root
Of which, in whole numbers, is about
one hundred and twenty-seven; SO that
n hundred and twenty-seven miles
square will be found sufficient to u
tain the immense and almost i~neonceiv-
able number Of two hundred thousand
millions Of human beings; which vast
number rather outnumbers the seconds
of time that have passed since creation.
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