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morning with very gloomy prospects for drogers,
particularly those who arrived yesterday after
We judge there was about GOO or 100 he ad Of bull
locks left over last night, ard Judging FROM the
shonla say that it would be next to Impossible to
fnd buyefs for all the stock ut any rates that
sellers won1d accept About cents net pound
top price that the clasa Of Wholesale butchers
hp usually clear up the marx arc willing to pay,
and they Msnt liberal estimates o. wfigss At
they don't want to psE over : cents net pound.
20 there is no chsnce Of closing out all the stock
eb SSo g : II f
The market on the whole. notwithstanding the
number is 90 much asss, Is not M 50 god M @ ~ ls:t
improved, while the average price Is NOT 80 good,
IL 6a5 5s t,sfk se5 has PFisss b
of weight, and Of Tery fair quality.
sA1Es OF REEF CATTLE.
John T. Alesander's .strfug this week is not
quite az large az It has been Of late. numheriuG
here only about 297 had all Illinois etock, aud
nearly all fair steers; few light and roush and
Henry Westheimer sold for Jack Mannfss 45 Hi
nos FosSf stesfs a1 ;s q CIT = Iws
long credit Twenty FIVE State cattle gold little
better than they Woald hare sold f"E last week
nalris n: 4 CoddinGton sold J. Nc1ntyrs's drove
Of Illinois Steers. 91 head, common stock, rather
j. G. : Y. r. Hong sold Page Fountains
cwt, Ut T@sc. AID Is good couaou atock ohio
steert, averaging ~ cwt, at &c Q b. Same Of the
alfs we're 6eo .o;a as1 a1 ha
goea miaeIs sise1s 81 + = sya5sss e * T. T. ap- a
On the estimated selling weight of 81 cwt Also,
| 81 Kentucky Durhans for Bedford & Kennedy,
estimated at $ cwt, average, nice prime steers,
Which sold at an average Of s. 2 D,
Barney Ra5tEam n. received Alexander s Gssssl,s
which Nax too late for the best retail trade b4E
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NEW F0RK CATTLE nARKEK.
FOE wEEk ENDING AEG, +.
FAhridrcd from Thurrday:s n. I, TribuaeI

AEEF CATTLE
Number reported for this market at Fort Fourth
etreet, 3.33S.
The prices to-day arc quoted IS follows:
EHst qoa0tf 0tf....---.------.-..--.S 9SNc
Osu1nafg--~-.-...--..-. 67
Some extra good
TIE general average Of the market is at full Tkc
The most Of the sales zange ftou. 791Hc.
Prices PEI head and pez pound, Of different
weights will be found In accounts Of sales Of SUI
dig drovers.
Total number Of beeTes received In this city thia
wsek, 3.167.
This Is 1911 head less than Last week. and 5s7
head less than the average Of Inst year. The aver
aEe number at each Wedneeday's market list year
was 2491 head, while the number tnday being
3,3SS, thows lQ3 head less than the ayeroge,
ard .112 head more than this day week.
BEEyEs FROM DrEEERENr STATES.
4. H. Ancrton & Co, proprieturs Of the Waeh-
fngton Drove Iarda, Forty Fourth street, report
the cattle in market from the following States:
New York ..........96 Kentucky y..-..........-91
Ohio .7s6 Iowa. Its
lEdf8n1 .26t New Jersey ~
Illinois . ...,.,....1 A57
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EW- There alo miro hundred coiored cou-
:1sbzrds in Fo.sztaa MooEos Of the folio Tirg
Glasses and Vn1ua: ~ r..
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nctease.... 1,619.3o2 Increase. s0l5
The British GENIUS was taken year later
than that Of the United States. The in
crease Of population in this country is exact
" three per cent. per annnm compounded.
Fence the present population Of the United
States Is sa,s72, ,s76, Or s,o91,712 more thaa
Great Britain. At the next cengus this Re
public will outnumber France or Austria, and
stand next to Russia among civilized nations.
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Ky instrumental test the cnt and draf5 of the
different nnchinee was found to 20 as follows:
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population Of Great Britain.
: The complete enumeration Of Great Britain
has been summed up and found to be 49,
zsz,164. or this number, $50 goo are abroad
IN the army, navy and merchant service.
The heavy emigration from Ireland since
the failure Of the potato crop has diminished
its population twelve per cent. The number
of I1ish who have gone from the Island since
1851, Is 1,22S0, ,9s6:; The emigration Of English
end Scotch during the Eame period was $685.
S37; total f:om Great Britain, ,054, ,s23. About
half ct these settled In: the United States !;
The ether half in BritIzh North American pos
sessions, and Australia and other colonies.
Notwithstanding this exodus, the Russian
war, the cholera, the sspoy mutiny, CONNER
cid c1ises ard strikes, there has been solid
iucreaae Of more than million and half to
the population Of the United Kingdom, as
shown b7 the following table:
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09
By Yesterdays Mail.

1t is a~uthoritatively stated that Mr..
Lincoln will carry out anything the
Cabinet decides upon. 1t Is believed
that he will refuse to hold any commu-
.nication with the Commissioners OF the
Confederate States.
1t is doubtfully asserted that John
Bell considers the Inaugural a dec!ara-
ton of war, and that he VIII urge Ten
nessee to prepare for the conflict.
Thousands in Virginia, hitherto for
Union, have come out warmly for Sc
c~ess:on since the Inaugural was dellv-
cred. The papers of that State with
scarcely an exception, say hat it Is now
time for Virginia TO declare her indie
pendence. In fact, the Inaugural, every
where, is generally considered a decIar-
alton Of war. In many places in North
Carolina, it is turning the people in Ia
yor IF secession. Arkansas will now
secede. At Charleston, they are CON
tented to await the action Of President
DAVIS and the government at Montgom-
cry.
II is reported that President Davis has
ordered Brigadier General Beauregard
70 proceed forthwith t. Charleston, to
take charge of the forces now raised
for the investment of Fort Sumter.
The Steamship Empire City, charter,
ed by the Government, was coaIin9
with dispatch at New York, on the 9th
to proceed to the South.
Mr.. Clingman, in consenting to the
printing of the Inaugural, said he did
not indorse the sentiments, which, il
carried out, would lead to wal.
Nooman B. Judd, of Illinois, has beer
appointed Minister to Berlin.
1t is generally believed that Mr.. Crit
tenden will fill the vacancy in the Su
preme Court.
The Black Republican authority state
that reinforccments will Immediately b
sent to Forts Pickens and Sumter.
On the 9th, a bill was introduced int
the Southern Congress to prohibit tn
introduction of slaves from the Unite,
States into the Confederate States.
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09
Latest from Washington.
Iincoln's Cabinet in full Confirmed.

WASHINGTON, March 5th.-Mr. Lincoln
sent into the Senate, to-day, the follow
ing Cabinet appointments
Secretary of State-Hon. VIM. II.
Seward, of New York.
Secretary of the Treasury-Hon. Sal
mon =. Chase, of Ohio.
Secretary of War-Hon. Simon Cam.
eron, of Pennsylvania.
Secretary of the Navy-Hon. Gideon
j. Wciies, of Connecticut.
Secrctaryo Of the Intcr!or-Hen. Caleb
b. Smith, Of Indiana.
Attorney Grnerai-H1n Edward Bates
Of Missouri.
Postmaster Generation. Montgom-
cry Blair, of tie District of Columbia.
The Senate immediately took up the
appointments scristim, and all of them
were confirmed.
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09
Later sill.

The opinion AZ Montgomery continues
to prevail that war is inevitable.
Mr.. Cobb has introduced a resolution
into the Southe.n Congress, prohibiting
the Federal Courts from taking cogui-
zance Of suits instituted 10y parties III
the United States, unless the Govern,
mcnt at Montgomery recognizes our
independence.
Gen. Braxton Bragg, Of the army Of
this State, has been appointed BriGadier
General Of the armyo Of the C~onfederacy,
and ordered to Pensacola, to take COM
mand of the troops there, and conduct
the operations against Fort Pickcns.
The flag of the C~onfederacy of the
South, was hoisted for the FIRST time at
Montgomery, on tie 4th, amidst the
booming of cannon. lie cheers of the
people, the waving Z handkerchiefs and
every demonstration Of enthusiasm.
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09
Mr.. Lincoln's Inaugural.

The Inaugural Of Mr.. Lincoln was received
or Wednesday, and the choice, by the cir
cumstances presented, was gwen rs to pub
liSh il in full and leave out other and probably
more interesting matter, or TO publish the
latter. and give of The first all that our read.
ELS, or Southe u readers, are Interested IN, or
what relates to our present position as a sep
arate Confederacy. w choose the last. The
extract below, from the Picoyuns, gives in a
nut shell Mr.. Lucolu's views and intentions
with reference to all that relates TO the sece-
ded States. OF the Inaugural, the above
journal says, ut may be separated into two
maj ked rort;ons-one, by far the larger con-
,ains what is imua,erial to the issurs before
Ms in the States. The other (which we give
below may be compressed into a few welghtv
SENTENCE" He says We can have no conf ct
unle IS we are the aegressors, We have no
oath, be says, To destroy the U~over"nent'
while he has taken one to preserve It:
And this brings US to those portions
of the inaugural which are material to
us. We. of the seeded States, have
nothing to care for Mr.. Lincoln's per-
soual opinions on the rights Of States
to sccede from, or citizens to resist, the
Union. That which concerns US is, whaI
does he mean to do towards us, who are
in u own fixed estimate OF our posi-
ton. out of the Union ; to the States
which claim to be members of anothe
distinct Confederacy Here Mr.. Lin
coin is emphatic and Ineligible, beyond
mistake OF p~eradventure.
Believing that no State is lawful.
out of the Union, that all ordinance
/. and DEGREES to that effect are null, an
, that all acts within a State against tn
: authority of the United States are III
surrectionary or revolutionary, accorc
9 ing to circumstances" he promises
{ take care to the extent of his ability
"that the laws of the Union be faitl
: fully executed in all the States"
For the present he will not use fore
within a State for the purpose of suI
S porting federal officers there, altht ug
' the right to do so is advanced nor wi
he oppose the transmission of mai
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09
Opinions Of The Inaugural.
It is Considered a Declaration of War
Advice ofSouthern Men to Governor
Pickens.

WASHINGTON, March 5, lS6l.-South-
ern men in this city, without distinction
Of party, regard Mr.. Lincoln's inaugu-
raj as a declaration of war.
Hon. John Bell says he advises Ten
nessee to prepare for war as the only
means of preventing 1t.
Hon. John Cochrane and many North
ern Democrats, with some Republicans,
say the same.
As soun as the coercion portion of the
inaugural was read yesterday, dispatch
rs were sent to Gov. Pickens advising
him against attacking Fort Sumter, ard
to await the action of the Confederate
States.
The Intelligencer this morning con,
tains the reply OF Mr.. Holt to MIR.
Thompson, denouncing the latter as a
falsifer and Infamous traitor, and eulo'
giving Gen. Scott.
The Intelligencer declines an opinion
on the Inaugural, until it has an oppor
tunity more deliberately to examine it
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09
COUNCIL

The Mayor aud Board Of Selectmen Of the
town of Piaquemine uet at the Mayors Office
this 9Th day Of March, 1861.
Present.. E. Jennings, Mayor J. l. Pc.
tit, N. Vslega, j. L. D,gvloS, l.. Charie.
A motion being offered that a committee
be appointed TO wait on MesSrs. Be>obry &
Co. and Mrs Edwards, and request th-m to
clear the continuation ditch of the Corporation
Canal, was sdopted. and Messrs. j l. Petit
and j. X Degelos were appointed on aid
~c,m,nittea
A motion thai a committee h4 APPOINTED to
examine the scrouLiS oi The Trra>u~er and
Constable was ad0r'el, AID Mes CL.rr,.
Valega, Petit and D,s-'o, appoint d On ,ad
committee.
Mr.. Deg,,os Of red a resolution t'at tie
yearly salary Of Tie Mayor h- r..~.G % the
sum Of four hun.aed 10 lars, tne sane 90 take
effect from and sfe. the i Monday n May
next, 1861. and the zane having b.rn put to
vote was rejected
p. L. Jennings MayoS tender, d his resig.
nation of Office, TO take stfrct as soon as his
successor IS elected saJ qualified, winch on
motion was accepted, and the Mayor ordered
to bold an %e'ectnn to fiji the uncXpired term.
Tue following accounts were pI,s,nl,d and
allowed.
Saul. Warden, laborers On levee, S27 90
Turn & Seip'e, for lumber, "a 0U
n. Valega. labor on levee, IL 90
R. K,arny, mcd,cinrs for indig'tS., u so
jerome blanchard, jailor's fee, up to
Jan. l5,h, 1861, 20 %
Mme. Scott. rent OF nall up to 23d Of
FEBRUARY, 1861, AZ 0S
Total, S137 IS
There being no further business the Board
adjourned til Saturday, 9th y. March inst,
at 8 O'Clock L..
P. E. JENNINGS, Mayor.
JoHN MARCoT. Clerk.
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09
PoiSonS.

Man is the most wonderful of all ami
mails. Among other strange things
which he can do, he can eat PolSons
with a certain degree Of IMMUNITY. 1t
IS only necessary to be prudent, reSu-
lar. aud careful about the doses to sur
vive for a considerable period.
4 certain quaint y OF opium Kills
Four or five grains is almost certain
death to a person not in the habit "i
using it; but any II can learn TO a
twenty and thirty grains at a dose; 1t
becomes the necessity Of a second ma
ure, and though it shurtcns life, 1t doeS
it 80 slowly that its operation III this
respect is not alarming.
So clfee, tea, and tobacco are pois-
ons. 1t requires some hardlhood to get
accustomed To the latter. A drop or
two Of the essential oil of either OF
these narcotics, or a very concentrated
~decuction, will kill +; yet how many NH
lions of men use all three every day OF
| their lives. There is some arrangement
of the nervous system-some dimihu'
ton Of the strength-probably some
shortening of life /; yet how few hest
tate to use these fascinating Injuries.
And arsenic is very decidedly a poIs'
ON, vet there is at least one country III
the world where it is habitually eaten
A young man of seventeen, say, be
gins by taking three grains at a dose.
which is gradually increased until ne
gets up to tweuty-three grains. 1t does
not do to exceed this quantity, nor is II
safe to leave off suddenly. When the
arsenic-eater arrives at the age OF htty.
he gradually diminishes the does. The
immense quantity of poison constantly
passing through his system does no
prevent his reaching the age of seventy
or eighty.
For all this, it is our opinion that thu
more simple our food, and the less pols
On we take of any kind or i'll any form
the better. Probably no man, at tn
end of bis life, was eve sorry he hal
taken little opium, or brandy, or tobac
co, though some may have been sorr.
for taking too much.
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09
S- See notice OF y lost bundle.
Election of Judges.

The Governor of Louisiana mas issued his
proclamation for the election, on Monday the
lst Of April next, Of Judges for the District
Courts Of the State. 1t appears that lbervilie,
With East and West Baton Rouge,snow COM
poss the Fifth, instead Of the Sixth District
IS formerly. As yet We have heard of no
opponent to Judge AVERY, whose courtesy
end strict attention to bis official duties, hav.
hg determined the people, apparently by &C
elauaiiop, to retain him in the Office be has
conducted 50 well aud filed 30 ably. The
Baton Rouge Adcocate says the friends of "the
present able, popular and courteous Judge"
viii present his name to The voters Of the
District ''for the position be now fills with SO
much impartiality and satisfaction to the pub
lie" The Sugar Planter has already announc-
ed him as the choice Of West Baton Rouge
sud We have no doubt that the other two pa
csrs oftbe District, wIl also endorse the emi.
Ssss fitness Of Judge AVERY for the position
be fns, and the proprety Of retaining him
In iAstS &T2>A
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09

when uninterrupted but he Will use
all the w conided i'll him, "to hold,
occupy and possess the property n
places belonging TO the Government,
and to collect duties ON imports
This he will continue t. do, "unIess
the American people shall withhold the
requisite means, or in some anthorlta-
tive manner direct the contrary"
The President begs to have 1t under
stood that this is not a menance. lie
does not threaten to cOerce /; he Is only
protecting the rights and existence OF
the Federal Government, and will spill
no blood but in sclf-defemce.
But this is dealing with a grave pnb-
lie controversy by a iuggle upon words.
The Question which the Confederate
States make is. that the Federal Coy
crnmrnt has no rightful authority with
in their limits, that the presence OF It's
soldiers is military occupation by a Tor
eign power, and that the collection OF
ven on their commerce Is the levy
inc of foreign tribute. They say thar
, the fnrcible intrusion of the Federal
| Government for these purposes Is actual
invasion and partakes of the character
IF war Mr.. Lincoln says in reply that
it will not be- war if we submit uncon-
d~itionally. 1t is not coercion to place
a soldier witt, "a loaded gun at your
door with orders to shoot You if yon at
tempt to go out. You may save blood
shed by staying within, locking your
door and giving the soldier the key
This determination of Lincoln to hold
the forts and thus practically refuse to
assent to the independence Of the south
and practically to hold the States III
s~ubordination hy force after Congress
has refused to do anything to concliiiate
or to give any faith in future concllla-
ton. is ominous Of a speedy crisis III
the only issue which is left to be con
tested. the right Of peaceful separation.
The government at Montgomery has al
ready a mission at Washington with in
structionS to require the evacuation OF
the territory and the settlement OF
peaceful terms of separation.
Mr.. Lincoln will probably refuse to
receive and will certainly refuse to com
ply.
The question rccurs to all thoughts
what then? Events may hurry taste
than speculation, and the die cast be
fore we could utter a prophecy.
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09
--latest from Montgom cry.
War considered MeriaLe-IHe Standing
Armv-1he Var Strength.

War considered MeriaLe-IHe Standing
Army-1He Var Strength.
MONTGOMERY, March 5th--Since the
receipt of the Inaugural address Of Mr..
Lincoln, it is universally conceded here
that war between the Confederate
States and the United States is newt
able. Mr.. Benjamin said last night,
that in his opinion, there would be a
clash Of arms within thirty days.
Mr.. Conrad ~concurred in this view of
the aspect Of affairs. The standing
army of the Confederate States will be
fixed at ten thousand men. Congress
is now engaged in organizing the army.
Of course, in case of hostilities, the
number of men put in the field will be
greater. 1t is calculated that tie States
now composing the ~Confederacy can
place $4,000 Oh a movable w%ar-tout
ing.
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09

TINE AND PHoToeRAPHY.--Sun pictures
may be taken in various modes, some
requiring several minutes, and others
only an instant. Photographs of rapid
ly moving objects, as race horses. the
waves of the sea, etc, are taken In the
hundredth part of a second. In Eng
lish experiments, an image was taken
in the ten,thousandth part of a second
and a rapidly revolving wheel was ia,
ken in so brief a space, that it seemed
perfectly we'll defined and stationary
being illuminated by a single discharge
of an electric battery, occupying, &C
cording to Wheatstone, only the mil
lionth part of a second.
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09
sY- Mr.. Rarey publishes a card

p0r Mr.. Rarey publishes a card re-
lative to the claim of 500, 900 damages
by a person from the South, for an al
legged breach OF contract in exposing
the system. He thinks that the first
man who ever bridled a horse might as
reasonably claim damages for an in.
fringement of his system of horse-tam-
ing, and claims that he has attained bis
system only by slife-time of assiduous
labor and study, and at the expense OF
sundry broken limbs. He considers the
claim as an attempt to levy black-mail'
an operation which has been repeatedly
tried upon him in Europe.
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09
ssg- An item of plumber carried away

sg- An item of plumber carried away
by an English officer, from the Emperor
of China's palace, was a magnificent
gold claret Jug, value at gl2S sterling.
A letter from Hong Kong says an artil-
leryman entered the summer palace, af-
ter the French had pillaged it, and find
ing a brassy-looking joss, which had
been rejected for its appearance and
weight, he shouldered it himself. On
arriving at Hong Kong, he sold it for
$50, 900 for a very pure kind Of gold, as
it was /; and the day after the purcha'
ser again disposed of it for $4,000 ad
vance on his bargain.
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09

NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN JOURNALS Up
ON THE QUESTIONS OF THE DAY.-The jour-
mas of the South, and those of Louisi.
an, in particular, show themselves
much superior to the press of the North
in the manner in which they perceive
the economical consequences oil disun.
ion. They bring to the discussion Of
this question, as delicate as it is essen
tial, a spirit of moderation, a certainty
of calculation, a knowledge of facts
much superior to the disdainfully abso
lutte conclusions which we see every day
promulgated around us.-N. Y. Cour
rier des Etats Unis.
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09
TIE SKELETON OF L1NcoLN's SPEECHES

TIE SKELETON OF LINcoLN's SPEEcHEs-
Reduced to their substance, says the
Philadelphia Inquirer, all of Lincoln's
speeches are this, and nothing more:
The proudest day of my ~life-[ap-
plause - Feel it here - vociferous
cheeringl--Can't express-lgreat ex-
citementl-We are all brethren-[that's
so1-Fatigued with travel ard hoarsc
with speaking-['Go on.']-A great
country, you are the people-[deafen'
ing applause]--Permit me to retire
Immense excitement.
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09

nsrWe have placed all Of u bills,
without discrimination, in the hands Of a col
iector, and as they are all small, the SET
ting Of which affecting SO slightly ones hnar-
ces, we trust that those indebted will make an
effort 10 liouidale them, otherwise il will be
impossible for US 10 meet our own bills. II
are forced we shall have to force Others.
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09

Sar"The Travels Of a Sugar Planter,
OF Sixs Months in Europe" rs the tile OF a
very interesting volume, which can be had in
New Orleans or Baton Rouge. The author is
al esteemed citizen Of West Baton Rouge
Those who have not read the letters of which
this book is composed, (which originally ap
peared 10 the Baton Rouse AdrOcdte) have a
rich treat before them if they viii order it.
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09

fHy'0n the eve of his departure for Baton
Rouge, Mr.. b. GLAzgR presents to his old
friends his thanks for tie patronage they have
extended him. His brother continues the
business here. See their caIds.
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09

ErfcgToN FOR MAYon.-lt will be seen
BIZ advertisement that The election lor Mayor,
10 fl the unexpired term Of P. f. Jennings,
will take place next Tuesday. The personal
and political friends Of Mr.. +. GALLAGHER, 1t
viii be noticed above, have brough, him out
as Q canddate for that office.
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09
BRICK o SALE.

TINE Baton Rouge Brick Company are nov
prepared to fill all orders ir
PRESSED BRICK, either for paving OF oSlia r
ing. in Baton Rouge, on the Coast or III Ns"
GAMBLE x CO,
ebi6-lm. pa'op no"s"
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09

Saturday, March 8, 1861.
FOR MAYOR.

MR. ~EpIroR-Please announce f. GALA
CHER, E-q, as the Democratic candidate 'o'
Mayor, to fill the unexpired term OF r. /. jennings
Election next Tuesday.
HIS Personal AND POLITICAL FRIEND.
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09

tY- Messrs. BEIHLER BRos. have left their
cd stand on Main street which they have &C
cupied so long, and took that on Bank st.
lately occupied by MIR. McWili'ams as a gro.
cery store, where they invite their ID friends
and the public to give them a call.
Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-09

The CoNvENrIoN.-This body recon
ysned in New Orleans on the 9th. IL atten
ton so far has been mainly devoted to the
uobic lands Of the State. A Comm ssloner
Of Public Lands has been created.