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The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-11-07

accomplish it in the following manner:
Ny pistol and bowie knife were both
under my saddle, which l used for
pillow. l threw my right arm up over
my head, taking care not to touch the.
robber, and yawned as if | was half
awake, but ready with my left hand to
catch his arm in Ing event of his at
tempting to stab me-. l had my eyes
partly shut, so that he could not easily
see them glisten, but sufficiently open
to see every move, which l could easily
do, as it was clear starlight night.
On the instant that moved, he raised
his arm to strike and was nearly be-
traying to him my being awake by
throwing up my left hand, but some
Isstrong impulse prevented me from do
ing it, and he held his Knife suspended
to give the blow had / made another
move. When l threw my hand over my
head, with the same movement placed
it under the saddle and on the butt of
my pistol, which was cooked ready for
use. L lay in that position for about
half minute, but it seemed like an
hour. BY that time / had power over
my breathing. which on first waking
came very thick. AS soon as he
thought that was sound asleep again,
he lowered his head and began operat-
ing on my shirt clearingit it away from
the belt. Then 1 thought my oppor-
tunity had come, and tried to jerk my
six shooter, but it was foul some way,
andit would not come, / thought that
my time had arrived, for as quick as
thought he drew and struck with his
knife. He struck on my throat. My
eyes were wide open then, and l saw
where the knife was coming. By q
quick involuntary movement, l threw
myself aside, and he must have over.
reached himself for the knife stuck in.
to the saddle, and so tight that he could
not get it out. In trying to get my pis'
tol, my hand touched the cold silver
hilt of my bowie. Instinctively i took
hold of it, abandoning the pistol and
was nerving my arm for the blow when
1 felt the cold muzzle of his pistol against
my forehead. struck out blindly, and
as did so, there was the stunning re.
port of his pistol. How / escaped
do not know; my face was blackened
with the powder, and my whiskers nearly
burned off, but that was all the damage
done me. My blow, though struck a
random, had proved a severe one. My
knife had gone into the left side of his
neck inside of the collar bone. The
knife must have reached his heart, foI
as drew it out to strick again, he fell
on me with his whole weight, and BLOOD
spirting all over my face. He gav'
one quiver, and stretched out hi
length and lay perfectly still-ston'
dead The whole transaction did no
take over three-quarters of u minute
The report of the pistol had aroused
the company-every man sprung to
his arms. Some were looking for tho
mules, while others were asking who
fred the shot, and where the Indian
were | called to tho boys to take tn,
man off me for ! was ns weak as child
A couple Of them did as | requested
while others threw fresh snge brus
on the half smoldering camp fire, an
we soon had plenty Of light to sec whn
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II 4 certain Irish attorney thrca-
tened to prosecute DoubIin printer
for inserting the death Of living per
son. The menace concluded with the
remark that "no printer should publish
"a death unless informed Of tho fact by
the party deceased"
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10 + Q I A LII
CARROLLTON COUNCIL.
REGULAR MEETING.


WEDNESDAY,, Oct. 81, 1860.
Present Messrs. William Mayo,
Charles Engleman, George Herrle,
F. Fischer, F. G. Zeller and John
Davenport.
Absent: Hon. A. S. Ferth, Mayor:
and Messrs. F. Schuler and Peter
Stoulig.
A motion of Mr.. Engleman, that Dir.
Zeller take the Chair as President pro
tenn was put by the Secretary and
carried, and Mr.. Zeller took the Chair.
On motion of Mr.. Fischer, the reading
of the Minutes of last meeting was
dispensed with.
Treasurer Ke1n's Report for the two
weeks ending this day was read, show
ing balance of $9Ol 81 cash on
hand.
Areport was read from the Surveyor,
submitting Specifications for making
Public Wells. On motion, the report
was received and the Specifications
Committee.
The following report and resolutions
were adopted after suspending the
rules.
Your Committee respectfully report:
On the petition of Mrs. Gardner to be
relieved from the payment of taxes,
that inasmuch, as the Slaves reside in
Carrollton and their owner receives
hire from them here, they should, in
the opinion of your Committee, pay
taxes here and Mrs. Gardner should
apply for relief to the authorities of
Plaquemine Parish.
On the petition of Mrs. Marsden to
be refunded Slave tax, we are of the
opinion that her remedy was in the
correction of the Assessment Roll al
the proper time if error existed. The
payment of the bill after she was sued
without inquiry or protest was in oui
opinion an acknowledgment of its
correctness on her pert.
On the petition of Mr.. Heaton an6
the bill of Coroner Young, our opinion
is in their favor and we offer the follow
ing resolutions.
{Signed,) CHAS. aENGLEMAN
GEO. HERRLE.
f. G.. ZELLER.
ReSoLUed, That the Recorder o.
Mortgages is authorized to cancel and
erase at Mr.. Heaton's expense the
following Mortgages recorded in favo1
of the City of Carrollton against Mr.
L. A. Heaton g. II. Droz. st. The Mort
gage resulting from the registry of 1
Bond of $50 given by said Heatol
for the faithful performance of hi
duty as Assistant Assessor for 1860.
I'd. The Mortgage resulting from tn,
registry of a Judgment for $50 date'
February 8, 1860, and rendered b,
Justice Hamper, against said Heaton.
3D.. The privilege recoeded Marcl
I8, I848, for 80 46 against H. Droz
or unknown owner of 13 lots of grounC
inSquare 25 c., for taxes due Carrollton
ReSoLced, That the Mayor is author
lied to draw a warrant in favor of d
Young, Coroner for Sl3 II, fees o
Inquest on body of Matthew Magraw
His Honor the Mayor, appeared an
took his seat as President and Mr.. Zelle
resumed his seat in the Council.
The following report and resolution
gzsse.read and adopted after suspendin
a.. every one of the six member
Sing for them.
IS knce Committee report, ths
of the Comptroller Q
AZ. 81 49, Liabilities of this corpo
- = shows an excess q
s - T ount of S22,Ol4 2C
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,V'"Pa. amt growing tall ?" Why,
what's your height, sonny ," Seven
feet lacking "A yard" Pa tainted.
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and the cost of the New Levee to be
$5,15 20. To meet these, this Council
has power to lay a general tax not ex
ceeding one per cent and special tax
for cost of the New Levee.
The amount of the Tableau for 1860
is 1,19O,OlO. One per cent on that is
Sl1 900 10-10O to meet the excess of
liabilities above named. To cover the
cost of the New Levee, one-half of one
per cent on the Assessment is neces-
sary; therefore, we offer the following
resolutions
(signed,) CHAs. ENGLEMAN,
y OEnDfAEv4 II FPRJ Il,
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LEAvENwoRTH, July "a destructive fire
broke out this morning at three o'clock, in
the saddlery shop of Owen Duffey, on Della
ware-street destroying fourteen frame build
ings. The following are the principal losses
and insurance:
Owen Dutfey, saddler, $2,O0O-insured for
$l,900 Mullen, restaurant, loss $500-in-
sured; Bernyes, gunsmith, loss $300-insured;
+. Quintals, saddler, loss 81, ,50O-insured for
$1,000; G. A. Eddy & Co., drugs, stock
partly sayed-fully insured; DR.. Marshall,
dentist, residence, loss $600-no insurance;
d. A. Howes, clothing, loss $l,5OO-no in
surance; W. Bricks, City Book Store, books
and building owned by Chas. Mundee, loss
81, ,5O0-no insurance; Rothschilds, variety
store, loss $3O0-insured; Clark, Gruber
Co., Times Building, damaged to the amount
of $l,oOO-fully insured Daily Times, dam
age to press and papers SMALL Eugene House,
loss $4O0-nO insurance; Fosters carpenter
| shop, loss 5000 Some smaller buildings were
also destroyed but the loss was unimportant.
The total loss will not exceed $l5,000 on
which there is insurance as follows: Hart
ford Insurance Company $4,000; Charter Oak
300; Home N. Y, $4,000; American Ex-
change, of New York, $780, Phoenix, OF
Brooklyn, $500; State Fire, of New Haven
$500; d9tna, of Hartford, $500.
The fire is supposed to have been the work
Of an incendiary, and arrests have been made
of suspected parties. ..
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LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
One Day Later from Europe.
ARRIyAL OF THE PALESTINE.


QUEBEc, July 9.-The steamer Palestine,
from Liverpool on the 27th, Cid Londonderry
on the 2Sth ult., passed Farther Point yester-
day, and reached this port to-day. Owing to
an interruption of the wires her news could
not be telegraphed till to-day.
The steamer City Of Baltimore arrived at
Liverpool on the goth; the Nora Scotiah at
Queenstown on the 9th, and the Sdronia at
Cowes on the 27th ult The news Is not im-
portant. e...-t..
london, June 2s-A large meeting of the
working classes was held at Paddington
Green last night, TO consider the question OF
the present high price of provisions. Reso-
lutions were passed that the present famine
price was not justifable, and has resulted
from system Of monopoly.
Robert Brough, the author and dramatist
is dead. The Post has a photographic dispatch
announcing that the Sultan has established q
council Of finance, charged with drawing up
regulations necessary for good administra-
ton and arranging the details of the receipts
and expenditures, of the State.
The Times says the promised Neapolitan
Constitution comes too late.
The Journal deS Debdts expresses surprise
at the extraordinary language of the London
papers respecting the review of volunteers in
Hyde Park, only 10000 being present.
A Palermo letter says that Garibaldi lost
upward of nine hundred men in the conflict
of the 27th and 2Sth of May.
Paris, June 2s.-The Monitear publishes the
convention between France and England
relative TO the captures in China. The Nom
iteur also announces that the funeral ofPrince
Jerome will take place on Tuesday next.
liverpool June 2s.-Cotton: sales yester-
day and to-day of 20, 600 bales, including 6, 900
bales to spectators and exporters. The
market closes dull, but steady.
Breadstuffs market quiet but steady.
Provisions dull.
London, June 2s, Consols closed to day at
93Hc. for account eX-dividend.
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Desiring to avail himself of the traditions of
the locality, he carefully inquired of Stumps,
who told him that the stone was there long
before he was born. This confirmed his be-
lief in its antiquity, and he secured the relic
at liberal price.
Mr.. Pickwick lectured before the Club on
this discovery, giving various ingenious and
erudite speculations on the inscription. An
artist executed a faithful delineation of it,
which was sent to various learned societies.
Heart-burnings and jealousies without num-
Der were created by the rival theories on the
subject. Mr.. Pickwick wrote a pamphlet Of
ninety-six pages and twenty-seven different
readings of the inscription. Three old gen.
tlemen cut off their eldest sons with shill-
ing, for venturing to doubt the antiquity of
the fragment. One enthusiastic gentleman
cut himself off prematurely, in despair, at
being unable to fathom its meaning. Mr..
Pickwick was elected honorary member of
seventeen learned societies, none of which
could make any thing of it, but all agreed
that it was very extraordinary.
Mr.. Blotton, envious of his well-earned
fame with the doubt and cavilling peculiar
to vulgar minds, presumed to state view of
the case as degrading as ridiculous. He
lectured ON the subject before the Club, and
stated that he had pursued his researches at
Gotham, and examined Stumps himself, who
told him that the stone was ancient enough,
but the inscription he put on himself, and it
was nothing but Bill Stumps, His Mark. The
unsoundness of this theory is sufficiently
shown by the fact that the Club unanimously
expelled Mr.. Blotton therefor.
But the controversy did not end here. Blot
ton wrote apamphletto to the seventeen learned
societies; the learned societies issued PAM
phlets. The foreign learned societies corre-
sponded with the native learned societies.
The native learned societies translated the
correspondence of the foreign learned socie-
ties Into English, and the foreign learned
societies translated the correspondence of the
languages, but none of them were able to give
any satisfactory Interpretation of the nscrip-
tion.
There is one thing which may be assumed
as fact in the Newark stone, as in that
whichcaused the great Pickwick controversy.
| The stone is undoubtedly a relic of antiquity
| The work of creation is slow in that line
| This establishes the genuineness of the dis
covery to a certain extent, and forms GER
tain basis to start from in the investigation
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Antique Relic Discoveredat Newark, Ohio.
A stone has just been discovered at Newark
which promises 10 aeitate the scientific and
antiquarian world. Some gentlemen who
has been in the hnbit of wandering about the
ancient mounds and trenches in that locality,
has produced stone, weighing about Eve
pounds, with Hebrew characters on il, which
have been submitted to learned Rabbis and
interpreted to be, "Holy of Holies," Claw of
God" "King of the Earth" "word of the
Lord" ANlr nr ~
II is n singular coincidence that all the
great religious movements in the world have
begun with the finding of books, plates, in
scriptions and revelations, in some mirac-
ulous or mysterious manner Perhaps this
discovery announces another great era. The
mind naturally connects it with the Lost
Tribes, or the Wandering Jew, or with Ma
sonry, which dates considerably farther back
than Adam.
No antiquarian discovery so remarkable
has been made since that of the learned Mr..
Pickwick, of the stone with the remarkable
inscription, at Cobham which in its main feat
ures so closely resembles this discovery that
it may help to elucidate it, Mr.. Pickwick,
then travelling in pursuit of information for
the Club which he founded, was passing the
cottage of common person named William
Stumps-a name, we may be allowed to re-
mark, which in itself suggests nothing re-
markable. Mr.. Pickwick was reasoning
with his friend Tracy Tupman against shuf-
fling off his mortal coil-to use a vulgar ed
itorial phrase-which Mr.. Tupman professed
great desire to do, as relief for disap-
pointed affections. As every thing con-
nected with this discovery is made important
by il, we will remark that the object of Mr..
Tupman's affections ran away with person
of the name of Jingle, and that out of re-
gard to his friend Pickwick, Mr.. Tupman
consented to forego his desire to abridge his
doleful days.
At.that moment Mr.. Pickwick discovered
a stone by the roadside, with characters which
at once fixed his attention. Nervously brush
ing off the dust of ages with hispocket hand
kerchief, the following inscription was dis
closed
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SUICIDE OF A MAN FROM FLIAL MIGRATE
an old man named Michael Kropp about
seyenty-four years ofage hung himselfin the
woods about three miles east Of Ava Corners,
in Oneida County, day or two since. He
had two sons whose farms Joined, and who
had disputed about taking care of and sup
porting the old man; and one of the sons
complained to the other that the old man
lived with, that he did not furnish him with
comfortable clothing nor enough to eat,
which created a family feud that continued
for some time, until the old man, being prob
ably discouraged and disheartened, with no
hopes for the future, hung himself
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MYSTERIOUS DIsAPPEARANCE

A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE En-
PLAINED-REPEErANCE OF DISHONEST
CLERK.-A Boston paper, of late date, OBJ
serves;
The public mind has not ceased to be
agitated by the disappearance, some three
months ago, of Charles s. Doyen,. lad OF
sixteen, with thousand dollars IN money
belonging to the firm of Plummer 4 Co.,
-four dealers in this city. So upright was
the boy, 80 entire the confidence reposed in
him, and so conclusive the circumstances
that he could not have premeditated absence,
that many have felt that he must have met
with foul play. G.u
He has, however, lately communicated with
his employers through his pastor, assuring
them that his departure was not thought OF
till after he left the store; contessing his deep
sense of the wrong alleging his sincere PEN
itence, and giving the best possible proof of
penitence by restoring more than nine hum
dred dollars of the money, in the identical bills
he carried away. he has been at work upon
a farm ever since the first fortnight after his
disappearance, promising to repay the
balance, principal and interest, as soon as he
can earn it, and seems thus to have put him
self every way in right position again. His
employers retain the hndest feelings toward
him, and have the fullest confidence that he
will yet make useful and honored citizen
Boston Transcript June 22. I'D
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A RELIGIOUS editor of a city paper thinks
the articles in the Press on religious topics
are blind guides, and come from those who
are unacquainted with the spirit and power
of the religion of Christ; and.he processes tc
"have been blessed with light and wisdom
from on high Then why don't he let his
light shine, and not hide it under pint st.
James says ''Try the spirits and see what
manner of spirits they are Of" Also, the
Scripture says; "By their works ye shall
know them If he has any better spiritthsn
we have, we shall rejoice, and be willing to
be taught by it; but we don't know but it is
devil thq he has, especially as he raves
about swine, into which the devil went the
last time he was seen. Let him be careful OF
his diet, for "this kind go not out but by
fasting"
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: e. r,or,. III, = No.. 49, ,,,hl;shod
or' IVolsi yuIy o-ho.se,s ale puuipii9nnou nnN
l ron nancock Sackson on euu nonroe ~ I ,..s
sons .pe canu,uA.es i1a .h TossLny. au h,eu
.enan. oovernor , On Wy D.sehii,aluge .ig,gg uosss
SeP.ng 'uel % TIesgecuavC C!sv nIs S, ane
,I,cosIsng .,o,sg 'ne Se'ierSo'' S IVY snu 1eeeue's
piaiorih' y -
members Of the National (Douglas) Commit
tee have addressed letters to the. State
Electors demanding their position. IL is in
tended by the Douglas men to call State
ConventionS either BY delegates or in mass,
TO fill vacancies in the Electoral ticket.
Mr. forney sauneunces that MT. Douglas
cordially sustains the policy of non-coalition
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BOsToS, July 9.-At a meeting of the Mer-
chants Exchange Company notice was read
from Postmaster Cahan that he should re-
moye.the' postoifice to Summer-street on the
LIST of October next. The Company passed
unanimously avote empowering the Directors
TO tender the Postmaster-General the free use
of the apartments now occupied in the Ex-
next. ia f.
An incendiary fire at Milton Lower Mills,
Saturday night, destroyed eight or ten build
ings. Loss $4,000 Among the sufferers are
Jabez Sumner, E. ]. Baker, Thomas Strange
man and Samuel Everett. fr
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INJUnIoUsNEss OF CHARCOAL Asa DENrRI-

INJURIoUsNEss OF CHARCOAL AS A DENTRI-
FIoE.-A physician writing to the Dental
Cosmos, condemns the use Of 6ne charcoal as
a tooth powder. He asserts that it is as sharp
as diamond dust, and soon wears off the en-
amel. He says: 'The great dentrifce that
should be used at all times, and under all
circumstances, is soap. Its alkaline proper
the fluids of the mouth, and its cleansing
properties will correct the breath and move
offensive odors sooner than any article have
ever tried.N
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New YORK, July 9.-Early this morning
Mr.. Schoonmaker, German, who keeps 8
market garden in Seventy -first-street, took q
load of vegetables to one of the downtown
markets, leaving his wife and child in bed
on his return he found his wife and child
lying on the floor of the room with theil
throats cut. The child was quite dead, but
the mother still breathed.
The murderer is Frank Hoffman, dis
charged workman of MI Schoonmaker,. who
is now in custody. He also stole $l75. .
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DIED.

July, of disease Of the heart John b. Hanselmann
son of c. +. and g. @. Hansemann, aged "a years
and months.
HERRON.-On Sunday morning, July 8, Frank
son of John w. and Harrietta q. Heron, aged
mouths and 10 days.
McC0RMICK.-0n Sunday evening, Sth inst, o
con sumption, Mrs. Martha i. Mccormick, widow O
the late deceased o. @. Mccormick, aged 40 year,
and months. gI."
Funeral will take place from her late residence
l2S Walnut street. between Third and Fourth, thi
morning, at 10 o'clock. Friends of the family ar,
invited to attend
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A PRIVATE letter from Lexington, KY,
contains the information that, at recent
meeting of the stockholders-forty in num-
ber-ofa Democratic paper in that city, upon
the question being taken whether the paper
should take ground for Breckenridge, or
Douglas, the vote stood thirty-seven for the
former TO three for the latter.
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MARRTED.

EAGEN-MoNTGOMER - On Sunday afternoon,
by Rev. Mr.. Ball of Asbury Chapel, Mr. VIM. EageD
to Miss Jennie Montgomery. .. -
OFLYNG-TAYLOR.-0 the 7th inst, by Rev.
VIM. L. Hypes, Rev. Isaac M. 0'Flyng, of the Indi-
ana Conference, to Rachel A. Taylor, daughter Of
the late Mark p. Taylor. -f.... .r
MAXWELL-TINGLEY.- On the 9th ult, by
Rev. Mr.. Mitchell, Mr.. Jas. R. Maxwell to Mrs. L. G..
TingleY. all of Cincinnati. IL - IL
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M. ID. Conway on Theodore Parker

We find in the New York Christian In
quirer the proceedings of the Western Uni
tartan Conference at Quincy, Illinois, includ-
ing full report of the remarks of Rev. Mr..
Conway of this city on Theodore Parker,
which we print on the first page of this
paper
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UNJUST AND PECULIAR RUSSIAN LAW.
Among the many peculiar laws Of the
Russian Empire is one which compels all
female subjects who are possessed of any
real estate to sell it the moment ., they marry
case Of the Countess de Morny, who was
compelled TO dispose of considerable property,
in accordance with the provisions Of the law,
BY special permission of the Emperor, she
was allowed 70 enect q SAFE .ysf
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PIrTsBURG, July 9-M.-River FIVE feet
eight inches by the pier-mark, and falling.
Weather clear and warm. m.
ST.. LOUIS, July 9.-The river continues to
fall slowly. Weather cloudy.
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Queen Victoria, who win be stupid, has
lately issued proclamation "for the encour-
agement of piety and virtue, and for the pre-
venting and punishiDg Of vice, profaneness
and immorahty,"19 N psfp
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NEW YokK, July s.-The steamer Quaker
Gty has arrived with dates from Havana to
the,bt inst. prlfflet
Sugars inactive, but planters held firmly.
Nonews. .4. 1loydf lu -sn0no'3
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Nashville, Tenn, is in fever of delight,
consequent upon the arrival Of steam fire.
engine. Nst ~
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Mr. Blnir Nomlnnted for Re-ElectIon.

ST. LOUIS, July 9.-Hon. Francis P. Blair,
jr., was to-day nominated by accclamation,
by the Republicans of the First District, for
representation in~Congress.