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The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-10-04
CASH BUYERS
are particularly requested to
Call at tho
Toledo Grocery Sscre, and
satisfy Thel2s0lYes,

tina, they can buy Groceries here cheaper than
aay wI,ere else in town. lave just received
fresh supply Of Groceries from St. Louis and
Chicago Which will be sold al the prices named
above, those wishing to save money in the Fur-
chase Of thcif Grocerios, please 10 give me n
call at the
TOLEDO GROCERY STORE.
J.iliES SIIiNKIIN.
Toledo, Oct. 18th 1869. nlSf
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-10-04
Timers will please nstice the following
prices for Fin and Sheet Iron Stock
SUPERIOR QUALITY.

All are invited 10 call and look through the
establishment, whether designing TO purchase
or not. Orders promptly attended to.
MAO m6 4. c. CHURCHILL.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-04-14
The New England Elections.

The struggle in Connecticut aud
Rhode Island is over. For months these
two little States have been regarded as
the battle ground upon which the forces
of Democracy and S%ectionalism were to
engage in a preliminary, but highly i'm
portant trial Of strengths. The canvass
was one Of the most animated and ex-
citing ever witnessed in the United
States. The result, although not all
that might have been wished, is yet one
that will infusc new hope into the hearts
of those gallant spirits, in the free States,
who are now SO nobly battling for the
constitutional rights Of the South.
1t is true that the Democrats have
failed to carry Connecticut. But their
gains were SO decisive as to leave very
little doubt of a glorious victory in No
vember. 1t must'b be remembered that
the Black Republican majority in 1856
was 1920. At the last ~gubernatorial
election this majority was brought down
to 1870. 1t has now been still further
reduced to all. With such a record in
view, we a very readily believe that
the reaction will 50 bravely on, and that
i'll the great Presidential contest next
fall the ~regenerated land Of clocks and
wooden nntmegs will cast her electoral
votes for the Charleston nominee.
But the gallant little Commonwealth
of Rhode Island is already redeemed.
She has abjured John Brown and spit
upon Helper. She has spoken in a voice
that will echo through New England
and startle Seward from his dreams of
greatness. She is the smallest State in
our confederacy, but in the moral inal-
cnce Of the noble example which she
has set, she will be the greatest. Gree
ley and the Black Republicans already
quake at the fact that in the united
vote of Connecticut and Rhode Island,
the Democrats have a majority Of t,oelre
hundred, Thus has the nationality Of
the Democratic party been nobly vindi.
Gated, in what has hitherto been the hot
bed of rabid and sectional fanaticism.
[Comier.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-04-14
years:
In the State:

Ms~The death of Jas +. Stirling,
which occurred on Saturday last in
West Feliciana, is an event which will
be greatly deplored by a large circle of
friends. Judge Stirling was a native Of
West Feliciana. He had grown up in
that parish on terms Of cordial friend
ship and kindly relations with all its in
habitants. He was beloved, respected,
and confidcd in by every man, oma
and child in the parish. I~ncessant sick
ness could not sonn the gcntleness and
philanthropy of his pure heart and ex-
cellent temper. Though warmly de-
voted to the quiet pursuits of private
life, q man so courted could not resist
the claims of his neighbors for his pub
lie service. As Il MEMBER Of the House,
as Judge Of the District Court, as Sena.
tor in the Legislature, and in various
other positions, lie served his fellow
citizens will great fidelity, ability, and
good sense. No man ever died in this
State Of whom it might be more truly
said, he left not an enemy. Delta.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-04-14

m~Our Court, which has now been
in session since the 10th Of March, adj
journed over to Monday next, that being
the day, chosen at the beginning of the
term, for the trial of the oppositions in
the matter of the Insolvency Of r. W.
McRac.
Tie two men, convicted Of assault
with intent to kill Mr.. David Barbr6,
have been sentenced-the principal to
twelve months, and the accessory TO
six months Imprisonment in the parish
prison.
The Judge would without doubt have
given them the maximum OF the punish
ment-two years-had itnot been shown
that they had been already nine months
in iail, and that their confinement for
the first three months in the dungeon Of
this parish, canse near killing them.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-04-14
AUCTION SALE.

IN MONDAY. APRIL %, 1860, | will
" offer at auction, at the Court House OF this
Parish, the following named and described
slaves, belonging to widow Paulin Jcffrion !;
they are all good, young,
CREOLE
Zine or Lezime, gritf man, aged about TWEEN
ty-seven years.
Therence, a negro man, aged about twenty
four years.
Neville, negro boy, aged abou. fourteen
years. ,..
Adelaide, negro woman, aged about thirty
seven years.
Terms and Conditions.
Twenty per cent. of the price of adjudication
cash: the balance payable as follows: on the
first of January of the years 1861, 1872, '63 and
ga. ,
Purchasers to furnish their notes, with good
and solvent securities in soliGo, bearing inter
est at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum from date
till paid, and a special mortgage to be retained
on the property sold until the full and entire
payment of the purchase money, and the inter
est that NAV accrue thereon.
WIN. II. COOLEY,
mcb24 Anctioncer.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-04-14
Flush Times.

There are certainly, as we stated IN
one of our descriptions Of the race
courses a few days ago, flush times IN
this city. A plethora Of money, an cpl
demic Of extravaganza, and a tendency
to luxury, prevail among the people.
The one hundred millions of dollars
worth of cotton received in this city,
begin to be difused through all classes.
Our planters are all out of debt, all at
least who want to be; have balances to
their credit with our merchants, and the
latter with their commissions, and inter
est, and insurance dividends, r in the
easiest sort of circumstances. The on
sequences Of this state of things are an
enormous advance in real estate and IN
the prices Of articles of use and CON
sumption. A great deal of property in
this city has doubled in value in the last
eighteen months; very little indeed is
known which has not increased fifty per
cent. in market value. So of the prices
of living. The purveyors and trades
men have taken advantage of this tide,
and are adding largely to their profits.
Our numerous wholesale grocers, espe-
cially, have their hands full. So Of other
trades. The grand fancy and dry goods
stores, on Canal and Clartres, are
thronged at all hours Of the day, and
some distance into the night, with pur-
chasers, chiefly Of the fair sex, whose
liberal expenditures and magnificent ar
ray present, after all, the most agreea-
bic and cheering evidences Of the gene.
raj prosperity Of our country.
But we are being tempted into an IL
limitable field Of graduation and jubila'
ton, and must draw in our reins; not,
however, until we have noted one proof
of the Astounding wealth and luxury in
our midst, which came under our notice
yesterday. We refer to the high prices
asked and given for %rareties and delica
cics for the table. We saw a small lot
Of strawberries, about two quarts II
quantity, sell for s14 90, and a pair o
nompanocs for sl2 90, and caulihowcrs
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-04-14

bg-Vice President Breckenridge, G.
y. SehWarzman, W. D. Haley, and two
others, received the thirty-third or high
est degree in Masonry in Washington
on the 9th uft. Albert Pike, Sover-
eign Grand Commander, of Arkansas:
Albert Mackay and Giles NJ. Hillycr, of
Mississippi, and B. B. French, performed
the i~nitiatory service The Snow Lodge
will be held in the Unitarian Church on
Friday evening by the Supreme Conn
ell. in honor Of the memory of the late
Gen Qnitman. Albert Pike will deliver
the Grafton, and the Rev. w. D. Haley
will act as chaplain.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-04-14

The STATE L1BRARY-lAPoRrAsr MANU-
scR1prs-We dropped in this morning
ON our friend, Judge Carrlgan,. State
Librarian, and found him deeply m
merscd in old French manuscripts rela-
tive to the early history of Louisiana,
Which he is translating into English.
These INNS. have been modestly repos'
ing in the dusty pigeon holes OF the Ii,
brary for q number of years without
disturbance, few imagining the inter
esting historic treasures they contained
concerning our State. Tie collection
was obtained from Paris by one of our
citizens, who sold them to the State
several years ago, and but for the IN
dustrv and research of Judge Carrgan
would probably have been suffered to
pass into dust and their valuable con-
tents forever lost.
The title of the papers referred to is:
"a Collection Of Historic Documents.
Hitherto Uncditcd and bat little
knovn,) Relative to the early cstab-
lishmcnt of the French i'll Louisiana.
Second pcriol-From 1851 to 1I2l.'
When Judge G. finishes his t%ransla-
ton. we are in hopes that we may be
permitted to enrich our columns by eS-
. tracts from these papers. AT present
We can. only give our readers the table
of contents:
]. Memorial presented to NJ. de Pont,
chartrain, Minister of the Marine, in
December, 1851, by NJ. Argoud, drawn
ND by NJ. de Remonville, Advocate OF
Parliament, upon the subject Of estab
fishing a new Colony on the Mississippi
or Louisiana.
9. Letter or narrative Of NJ. de her
vile, relative to the voyage made by
order of the King to the mouths Of the
Mississippi River, at the beginning o
the year 1909, written from R%ocllort II
July Of the same year.
3. journal Of q voyage made by two
Of the Kings frigates, the Badine, com
manded by NJ. de Iberville, and the Ma
rim, commanded by the Chevalier dc
Surgcres, which sailed from Brest DC
tober "a, 1868, and returned to Roch
fort July l, 1899.
4. Extract from journals and letters
of NJ. de Iberville, written in l69S-99
while on his voyage.
5. Narrative and veritable annals o
what transpired in the country OF Lou
isiana during the space of twenty tw'
years, from the commencement OF The
French establishment by Ibervill ant
surgcres in 1899 to 1921. By Penicaut
ship carpenter.
6. Memoir Of the services of NJ. d.
IbervilIe, Governor General of louisa
ma, written by himself about the yea
1926. [~Advocate.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-04-14
State of LOuisiana.

Parish of Pointe Coupee-Ninth District Court
In the matter of the insolvent succession OF
Ma3elaine Lebeau, +. W C.
NOTICE is hereby given 10 whomSoevar 1t
IN may concern, that a meeting of the creditors
of the i~nsolvent succession of Madelaine Leheau.
T. W. c.. Jean Bevin. Administrator. will be held
before John Muebus, Recorder of the parish
of Pointe Coupee, at his office. on
Saturday, the 18th day Of April, 1850,
at II o'clock, NJ, to deliberate upon the affairs
of said insolvent succession, touching the IN
terests of its creditors. and to fix terms and con
ditions of sale of the property thereof.
Marcir3I. 1860. y. BOND1. Cierk.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-04-14
EST A y

TAKEN Up. by Gustave Robic, on the I'd
day Of April, on the public road. in front of
Jules Pourciau's residence, on the Island of
False River, a creole BAY HORSE, about thir-
teen years old. marked on the left shoulder ;lus,
II !; back hurt by the saddle, and has the end
of the left ear cut: no other visible marks. Said
described horse is said to have belonged to ore
Napoleon Burrows, formerly Of this Parish.
The owner is requested to cone forward. prove
property ana pay the costs. or he will be sold in
seventy DAYS. at the office of the undersigned, as
the law directs.
J. l.. D~EMORJEIL.
Arril :. 1860. J. p, 18th Ward.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-04-14

and there are So nunneries. 1t can be
safely computed that the total amount
collected at this date by the clergy of
Mexico, under the head of tithes, paro-
chial dues, charities, ecclesiastical fstes,
and sale of devotional articles, is not
less than from six to eight millions dol
lars annually. So far as regards the
property Of the clergy, some writers
have estimated it at one-half of the whole
real estate in the country; others at
one-third. Setting these statements
aside, the total value of their property
including sums subscribed for chap
laincics, gifts, estates. houses, churches,
and other resources to day, may be
computed at two hundred and fifty to
three hundred millions Of dollars, not
withstanding the great losses which
they are said to have suffered for some
years past. In the city of Mexico alone,
which contains five thousand houses,
valued at eighty million dollars, the
clergy own at least one-Ealf. The In
come of the above, added to the tithes
and parochial dues, etc, etc, warrant
us in stating that the Mexican clergy
collect throughout the Republic annual
ly, a sum of twenty millions of dollars.
MANUFACTURES The principal pro-
ducts of Mexican manufactures are aqua
dicnte, sugar, mescal, (Which is made
from the juice Of the agave,) soap, oil,
wine and brandy, delft ware, glass, pa
per, cotton thread and cloth, woollen
and silk thread and cloth, harness and
Tuscan cloths, which are made from
the fbrcs of the agavc.
The manufactures of sugar and aqua
dicnte are carried on at the private
farms of individuals. Mills are used
for the former and alembics for the lat
ter. The system followed generally Is
ancient and very imperfect, but on some
estates, the modern improvements and
machinery for the manufacture OF sugar
and the distillation Of a%guadiente have
been introduced. These two articles
are chiefly manufactured in the States
of Vera Cruz, Tabasco, Gucatan, Mexi.
co, Guerrero, Michoacan and Jalisco
With respect to the manufacture Of wine
and brandy. from the grape, although
there are several large vineyards in the
States of Coahuila, chihuahua, Guiana
iuato, Oaiaca, Sonora, San Luis Potos
and Lower California, yet it is only II
the two aforementioned Of the above
States, and particularly in chihuahua
where wines and brandies are made in
any quantity. In the aforementioned
State Is, 900 barrels Of wine and II GOO
of brandy were made IN 1854.
With respect to the manufacture o
cotton thread and cloths, besides thu
great number of spinning.wheels ane
looms worked by hand, which are en-
ployed throughout the country for tn
making of checks and other textile fal
RIGS in common use, there are also a
the present time forty-six large factorie;
using extensive machinery, in the State
of Coahuila, New Leon, Durango, Jalis
co, Mexico, Puebla, Queretaro,. Yer
Cruz, and in tile Federal district.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-04-14
The Houmas Land Claim.

We are in possession of the report
made by Senator Toombs on the 23d
uIt., from a special committee OF the
Senate " to whom was referred the me-
mortal Of residents and owners Of lands
in the parishes of Ascension and her
VILE" praying the repeal of the act Of
Congress confirming the title to the
lands known as the Iiounias grant. We
have carefully read the report, and can
didly confess orr inability to discover
anything therein duplicating the honor
or integrity Of our United States Sena-
tors. The "frandulcnt transaction" re-
ported by telegraph from Washington,
in which Senator Slidell was made a
party, is nowhere 10 be discoyercd.-
Senator Toombs has been the innocent
instrument Of plunging the libelers Of
our senior Senator into the lowest depths
of modification and disappointment, by
his courteous and lucid report on these
contested land titles. He does not even
compromise his own dignity as a Sena-
tor and as a gentleman by mentioning
the word " fraud" and the name of Mr..
SlidclI in the same connection, on in any
other manner. On the contrary he has
the hardihood to acknowledge that the
Houmas grant was and is entirely valid,
the only question being to the eatent Of
THE grant. 1.-THE whole controversy
says the report. "rcsts upon the extent
of the back concession" that portion
cedcd to Maurice Conway in It'll by
Bernardo de Calves, the then Governor
and Commander of Louisiana. Oh,
naughty Mr.. Toombs!
According to the report, Judge Bibb,
when Secretary of the Treasury, held
that an Act Of Congress passed i'll 1914,
confirmed the title to the whole Of tht
land now claimed as included in thEs
Houmas grant. This decision was sul|-
%sequently reversed by the Circuit Court
of the United States, since when, the
Committee state, the whole action Oh
] the government up to 1858 has been
against the claim TO the extent urged by
the claimants under the IIoumas grant"
1t is then recommended that certain
sections of the confirming Act of 1858
be repealed, and that the title Of the
claimants under the Houinas grant be
. jndicially settled There is no opinion
advanced as to- the extent Of the claim
, none as to which parties hold tire bcs'
title, nor nothing said tliat might il
any way affect the decision of the Court;
J before which the question IF title is t
!. be contested. The report is simply /:
recommendation that the whole subjec
be taken out Of Congress and sent be
fore the judicial tribunals of the State
and for this purpose the proper bill ii
r reported by the Committee.
t Thu@vanishes into thin air this gre
bug-bear aud humbug, tue "ITouma
: Land Fraud" gotten up by a few specu
i lators in politics to crafty the spleel
! and malice Of the enemies of Senator
slidell and Benjamin. W. absolutel,
n shudde- when we think Of the effec
that Senator Toombs' report will hav
n upon the nerves of poor Pilgarlic an
! the Turkeys who revcl in the beautic
OF his b~lackerartiism. Advocate.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-04-14
From the Baton Rouge Advocate.
Democratic Central Committee.
L1swooD, La, March 81, 1860.

L1swooD, La, March 81, 1860.
ED1roRs ADVOCATE = Gentlemen In
obedience to a resolution adopted by the
Democratic State Convention, held III
the city Of Baton Rouge on the 10Th
inst, l herewith announce the State Dem
ocratic Central Committee:
For the City Of Neu Orlcaas.-Emile
La Sere, w. ". King, J. P. Higgins,
j. L. MacauIay, Sam. Smith, j. Dirham-
ner, J. B. Cotton, T. II. Hatch, A. G..
Wilson. F. Fl. Knapp, John Holmes, Joe
Genois, P. NJ. Peterson.
First Congressional Dlstrsd.-A. Ma
rero, st. Bernard; Peter Marcy, A|giers;
Placide Canonge, Orleans.
Saond.-A. L. Thicker, st. Mary; 4.
Theriot, Terrebonc; D. T. kcnner, AS
ccnsion.
7Hiird.-George ". Martin, St. Hcle-
ma; j. ". Taylor, East Baton Rouge;
J F. Harper, Tensas.
Fourh.--J. G. Pratt, St. Landry; E.
G. Davidson, Sabine; DR.. John Simmons,
Caldwell.
Very respectfully,
A. G. CARTER.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-04-14

p@-Thc drought, of which We have
been SO long complaining, still contln-
ues, to the great detriment Of the plant
ing interest, and to the great annoyance
Of those who have to travel our dusty
roads. But few of our planters have
as yet got a stand Of cotton, and as to
the corn which has been put in the
grbund, it is either dcvoured by the
ants, or it lies in the dry earth without
terminating. Heretofore, in dry spells
like the present, there have been heavy
dews, from which the ground imbibcd
| sufficient moisture to admit Of the pro-
cess of vegetation. Now the roads are
as dry and dusty at sunrise as at sun
set, so that, with the exception Of the
trees, the face of the earth presents q
parcAed and autumnal appearance
Vegetables, Of which at this season we
ought to have an abundance, are a rarl-
ty, and even those we get have been
kept alive by dint of watering, and are
of inferior quality. The dust and the
Initiated atmosphere are also producing
an unusual amount Of throat and lung
affections.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-04-14
s-A letter in the New York Courier

rA letter in the New York Courier
DIES Etats Unis, from Paris, says that
when Mr.. Faulkner, the new American
Minister, went to the Tuileries to pre-
sent his letters Of credence, he entered
the hall where the Emperor was wait
ing for him, and was.passing on to the
next, not knowing that he was in
the Imperial presence. The Emperor
laughed and said, Never tell me again
that the majesty of my person shows it.
self To- every one
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-04-14

OAKLAND COLLEGE. MIss.-The Rev.
W. +. breckenridge, Of Kentucky, has
accepted the Presidency Of this College,
and will remove his family TO Missis-
sippi in q few days. The Louisville
Journal speaks of this event in the life
of this distinguished maj as follows:
This announcement will be received
with regret by a very wide circle OF
friends in Kentucky, who entertained
the hope that the Doctor would live and
die in the State in which he was born,
and where lie had spent the vigor OF
his youth and manhood. He believes,
however, that a more Southern climate
will suit his health, and q wide and at
tractive field of usefulness has been
opened to him at Oakland. The friends
of the college are all very anxious that
he should accept the presidency, and
express great confidence that under his
labors, it can be put. into q higher posi-
ton of usefulness than it has attained
at least for many years past.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-04-14
nlch24
NOTICE.

THE PUBLIC is hereby notified not to trade
for a note of s20o. payable on the LIST day
of March, 1860, bearing 8 per cent. interest after
maturity, to the order of Paulin Broussard. and
signed by Ademar Robillard with his ordinary
mark, a cross; Panl Delage and Paul Prosper.
witnesses. The consideration for which said
note was given having failed, it will not be
r,id. mhl7
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-04-14
SEWING
SANARE,
oARRTAGE-TRIMMER AND PAINTER

y EsPECTFULLY informs the citizens of tins
IN Parish and vicinity, that he has established
a shop at New Road. opposite Messr+. simon "
Locb's store, where he will carry on the above
business. Persons having any description Oh
Carriage which they wish renovated and MADE
as good as new, would do well to give MIN
call. Satisfaction given in all cases.
ns-Carriaees of all kinds for sale. JAMS
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-04-14

@~We return our thanks to the Hon.
Thomas Green Davidson for a number
of interesting and valuable public docu-
ments.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-04-14
TO sell or Lease:

A LOT OF GROUND containing abont Ct su.
II ~perficial arpents fronting on the Mississippi
river, in the Village" near the New Texas
road; with a fine two-story dwelling house and
all the other buildings appertaining thereto. a
fine garden, ETC., ETC., being the residence OF the
late John Tircuit.
rs Apply to EUGENE 0TBRE.
fe125 Village. La,