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70 istsrrupt ~ euist sbsurvsoos of ths Sab.
bsth sed vhtoh grisvussly ofpsnds IL 1ses
ssoss Of tss ecnasaity, and thus todd 10 .
efeecn o. H. 800 II nay esll Be thsH ~
LegAlseers ekosght thAt / Dandsy tkssteA
vash tts ds,nki.9 sslosas - its ssaL lhAnss.
nsnts - hssaetssrsn mA cthsr kinirsd vioss
vus sse eon.isssal WITH ~ psaSs eood ordss,
I'D 1s.1 q DE- siy. TAsy niskt ven b d
tns opsmon thaf nch paaos would - "a nuf-
Nry o. vica, 4 soAool of psspasssiou 70 Quality
young pm Ter tie ealls saa young woasn
tos u hsstAsl" Bat vtstsvsr shs f.ssoa nay
have bsa, Il wss matter within the ls,dsls.
dve discse' lon and 20 ser, aAA tksif Will must
stand - the rsastn Of ths law. ,. ..
We coud not, n Ws would, dsclsrs that In
nocsnt which tAsy hays sdjudgsd bansful, and
have % krshlbitsd. IL act n subs'anc. de.
clarss Bunday thsatrs 70 BE- Q uuisaaos and
deals with Il - such. Ths C~nstitution pro
vides for this cass by declaring that the nb,r-
~ Of sonscisuos sscuFsd by Il 'Shall not - 20
construed - 70 excuse acts OF liceatiousuess.
or justly prsctic.s inconsistsnt with the peace
and safety. Of the ststs." Ths Legislature
piaoss Sunday thestrss In this category, aud
they are The sole judges. Tks act q clearly
constituiionh a. dealing with and having N.
epsct 70 ths Sabbath a. q ctvH and political
nsdtutiou. and not affecting TO Interfere with
religious belief or worship faith or practices.
1hs conviction was light, and the Judgment
must b Ailrmsd.
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Owl BAsis Of sunday Lawn.

EXTRACT Yson The Dscmos or ruE
SUPREME CousT, FEBRUARY TERN, 136l.-
ln tho case OF GusrAv LuNDKsMuGLwR, Plain
tiff 10 Error, VS.. The PkoPLE, Defendants In
kror. convicted undsr the Act Of April, 1860,
OF giving dramatic representations on Sunday.
As . civil and Political institution, the sstab.
hsameut and regulation OF . sabbath is within
the just power Of the civil government. Older
than our government, the trainers Of the
Constitution did not abolish, alter or w,sken
Its sarction but recognized, As they might
other wise have established it. 1t is a law OF
our nature that one day in ssven should be
o'esrvod As time Of relaxation, and exps-
rience prove, day Of weskly re,t to bs " Of
admirable service TO state, conddsfsd mere
" as civil institution" q Bl. Com. 63 }
Physical laws accord with the dscalogue. All
interests require nstional uniformity In the
day observed, and tn NJ Its observances should
be so far compulsory q to protect those who
desire aud are entitled to the day.
As civil institutio,, the sanction OF the
day 10 at the option Of the lsgisla aurs but II Is
d. that the Chii titan Sabbath should he OBJ
served by Christian people, and 1t does not
dtract from the moral or legal sanction Of a
| statute that 1t conforms TO the law Of God, as
recognized BY the great majority OF the people.
Existing here by common law, all thst the
legislature attempts to do 70 70 regaas It's
observance. The common law recognizes the
day; contracts, land redemption, etc., mstsr-
Ing on sunday, must be performe1 on S.tur-
day or Monday. Judicial acts on the Sabbath
are mostly Illegal WORK done on Sunday
cannot be recovered Tor, &c.
A. the Slb6Ath n older than the govern,
ment, and ha, boen lsgisiated upon by colonial
% ana saiiy u. st.'e ,t autnonuss Il tnsrs we're Any
doubt about the meaning OF The Constisu-
ton securing 'rsscsn In religion the cotsn-
Poraneous and continued acts OF the lsg's-
hturs under II would be very good evidence
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Ths CO,prl'r ds Eiais UNis sayu, with regard
70 The ranor that frImldabls French squa-
dron hSs betn dispatched 10 the United > ates,
that t,,ere has been no special dset directed 70
the United States, but tho French regular
attend ", and watch the No. tn American
coast and as the force Is not large enough
for these purposes, it Is to be rsin'orc, d BY two
Only one rrigsts hs, been designated as yet,
- La Foudre," which Is now fitting out At
Toulon, and may be taken TO d As.sipiqus' s!s Dy
l oointsd 10 superseds Contre Admiral PEsAun
"a commander Of the squadron.
l Tho Msrqsis do MouTHoLoH, French Consul
Gsns, al at New York, who has bean absent Ia
Europe about year. hss returned v III
United States
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THE WEEKLY SUN
SATURDAY, JUNE IS, 1861.



Ths LouiNvills Journal h sAowing M IL
falss prstncs under which ~ BaecxrnarDos
disunisnists obtained the votss Of Union nsa
In Ksntusky In the Last presidential election.
II quotes ths following extracts from . spsch
made 1t Frankfort o. ths 18th of July, 1890,
by Mr.. BRlcxuarpuH
Fellow chssns, - 70 Ne chsrss thss The e,uven-
dso 70 which ! owe my no.ninsno,, o. shat The
n.eods ehss supported me-, or that myself am
sanesd With spir, Of d'sun.on, ho- sosurd Il
mua sout 60 kentucky auesnce, nDd IN this old
dissrios VOC. an Amsr,csp Gle zen, Ksatuck ian,
Who nsvvr did an acs NOT Cherished . ,hougut thai
M.s ncs fuu Of dsvouoa " the Consdtunoa Al the
We livs under sbs tsH oevsrnmsn. on e.r,h.
This IL the only counsy ia the world where exori-
nsns has Demonstrated shss frse insHsuaons may
be sstsblissed ovr srsaa population aud large
area Of country And be oomP.uols wish pubic or
That Constitution was framsd and transmitted by
the wsset geusrasion Of -lnn thA ever lived In the
menA La Us keep II, and keep Il pure.
Ths Jeunai also gives an sxtrset from q
sseeeh made BY Hon. JoHs N. EGL,orr, nov
furious disunionist. ELlIorr said,
The man who oal either m or yom c. Bgrcx.
IrRfpGR oi,unonbt lies IN AIS teeth and In hfs
throat, and riH stain the earth rith his blood
The Journal, commenting on these declara-
TONS says:
These were the professions Ia The last canvas,
Of the leading Kentucky dis Inioniss. Tns sveas
has shown that ,hsss profslt wore false, snd shs
original Iurpo'e ent trtAinei by the dsusi sts in
ana nut OF keutucky was, at ali has ards 70 eeec,
dissolution OF The Un'on. TSo Oh .nss are D, ain
! Tbs d,sun'on party have had . pro, rsmms on
hand Tor yeArs, and that prrgramue has BEEN car
Iled out " ths le.ter. The dusuuion ls.dep In
Keotucky have been ccguix.nt OF this scheme, and
are nsv opposed 70 any settle nent which Il oks TO
. 70 sstablishIn,ni Of the linton.
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I.ass Hswys sf Jsdsc Dsu EIas.


Bishop DuoAs called At the request Of fri ,nds
10 converse with Mr.. DouaLAs, who was then
for the first time, perfectly rational. Mr..
Doror.As innsdistely recognized tho Bishop,
and exp'ssssd his graifcatioa at the visit.
Bishnp DuoAN soon asked.
"Mr. DoroIAs, have yea bean baptized &C.
eording to the rites Of any ehurchT Mr..
DouoLAs rsplisd:-
Ths Bishop continued DIDO You desire 70
have rnass saSd after the ordinance Of the holy
Catholic .hurch7" The snswsr vas-
No, STR when do will oommuaiesto with
The Bishop then turned to Nr. RHoprs and
DO you think he 70 fully Possessed OF hi,
mental iacul,issi" Mr. RHoDss replied, ~
do not know perhaps you had better ask
him agsn." Tbs Bishop rspssted his question,
70 which Mr.. DouoIAs answered, In strong.
WHY. Sr J.,: ps 4; 4, not snas5s:na me N:
,ou u'G fr,.l1's 1' H. VIII communicate with
Ths Bishep .thsn rsmarksd to Mr.. RnoD,s,
He il undoubtedly In his right mind, and
does net dssin ny oficss." He then With
drew.
During the day (suudsy,) Mr.. D,uoLAs
seemed TO - much better, and strong hops
were entertained Of his recovery; he slept nost
rsSeshsd, Mrs. DouoI A al n, R.on.s .sn .a'
NAMED Win rim during ths nisht Al .bo.t
four o'clock On Monday morninr he seemed TO
BE- much worss, and sank rapidly his friends
we're ssnt for, and at the request Of Mrs.
Soon After the Bishop sptsrsd. he spproachsd
the bsdsids, and addrsssinr thc patisfH ssid
,'Mr, DOUGLAS, YOU know vour own cons
ditien fully, and In visv Of your appros hing
dissolution. do you desire tbs esrsmony Of sx-
trem. JUNCTION to b performed 2"
Mr.: DogoLAs rsplisd:
mo, have no dine 70 discuss thsso things
rc~."
The Bis' op then withdrew. After he had
g'ae Mrs DouGLAs requsstsd Mr.. RHopKs
70 ask hi husband II he desired the ninistrs-
tions Of any other Clergyman. Mr.. RnopEs
thsn said to Mr.. DOUGLAS:
3D. yol know the clsrgymen Of this city2"
To whith M. DouaLAs replied.
'Nerly every oss Of them"
Mr.. RlioDs."Do yea wish to hav. either
or any Of then cali 70 sss yoa 70 converse upou
relig igfous subjscta7"
M. Douoi.As-.'tNo I thank you." .r
Soon, after this about ave O'clock, be de-
sired to have his position In bod changed. the
RHopxs lifted him 10 an o,sisr posturs. vhsrc
he could look out upon the open stree. And
drink In the fresh nnorniuS sIr. For Esv
moments he ssem,d to gain new life. Then
he began to .ink away; his syss partially
closed, and in slow aad messiired cadencs
with consid, rabls paus, botvocn each accent
hs uttered
death !-Death Death l!P
After this he seemed to rovive slightly, and
Mr.. RHODES asked him whsther he had any
msi SAGE to send to his mother. or sister SARAH,
or his boys, "RoBRr' and "SrxvIE," to
which he made no reply, evidently not under
standing the question. Mrs. DouaLM then
placed her arms around his neck aud sid
my dear, do you knew Cousin DAMP
Yea" he replied.
Ms DouoLAs continued:
"Your boys, RoBbY and SrEvrE. and your
mother and sistsr SARAH-havs ou any mos
SAFE FOR them 2"
Constitution Of the United States"
At about fvs o'clock, DR.. MILLER came Into
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"Du Chaiuu's Adcsn,~es IN A fiioa." work
recently published In England, and attracting
considerable attention for Its novel and rscy
descriptions Of African adventures, relates the
following interesting Particular Of the Gorilla
FrRsr sIdHr OF GORILLA.
Suddenly vas startled by strange, dis
cordAnt, half humAn n cry, and bsbeld fur young
gorillas running toward ths deep forests. We
fred, but hit nothing. Tnsn We rushed on In
pursuit; but thsy knew the woods better than
We Once ! caught a glance Of one of the
animals again, but Al intefyeniuS tree spoiled
my mark, did not fire. We an until We
made good their escape. whsn We could pur-
sue no more. We returned sl0s Wy TO our camp,
whore the women were auxiously expecting us.
protest felt almost like murdsrer, whsn
saw the gorillas tbs first time. As thsy ran
on their hind legs-thsy looked fearfully like
hairy men; their heads down, their bodies In
oiined forward, their whole appearance like
men running fer THAR lives.
A GORILLA oFFKRna DErIAsCE.
The underbrush swsysd rapidly just ahead,
and presently bsfors US stood an Immense male
gorilla. He stood about . dozen yards from
u.s. and was sight think shall nsvsr forge.
Nearly six feet high, (he proved four inches
shorter with immense body, huge chest and
great muscular arms with heroely glaring,
large deep grey eyes, and q hsllish expression n
Of facs which seemed to me like SO No night
mare vision--'hus stood before Us the king OF
the African forest. He was not sfraii Of US. He
stood there, and bea. his bresst with his huge
fists till II resounded like an inmsnss bass drum,
which Is their mode Of offering defiance, mean
tims giving vent 70 roar after roar. lhe roar OF
the gorilla 10 the most singular and Hful noiss
hearu In these African woods. IL begins with
sharp bark, Ike an aneIy dog, than glides into
deep bsss roll. which literally and closely re-
sembles the roll Of distant thunder along the
tky, for which have srnetimes bssn tempted 70
take II whore did not Tee the animal. 30
deep is II that It 30 ms IN proceed less from the
| mouth and throat than from the deep chest and
| vast psunch. His eyes began to hash fsrosr
i hre as We stood motionsss on the dsfeniive. and
l the crest Of short hair which stands on bis
forehead began TO twitch rapidly up and dowo,
while his powsrful fasgs were she xn as he agar
1 ssnt forth thundersus roar. And now truly
he reminded me of nothing but some hsllist
dream crsature-a being Of that hideous order
half-msn hAlf-beast, which we dnd pictured b,
old aytists In some representations OF tho infsi
nal reg Ions. He advanced a inv steps --ths
| stopped TO utter that hideoB roar again -at
/ vsncsd again, and finally stopped whsa at . di
tanoe Of about SIX yards from Us. cd her
just u be began another Of his roam, bsi,in
i ID breast In rage ~ fred and killed In
ith pssa which had so0sthing tssrihl
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d" 4 7
Nrspo Tr.nossnr s,uI~uuAps n Mo-
dppi, lady .ritisk On he % uit., ~ -
W Rn = ~ s(6ss - al eoire q 6SH9
Moth, ksyhG IL sp,ssspssGetsd; tAsy -
l nov o.ganirtBg . kons SassS - kssp tks -
| poss h nejscaiss; not s,naIsSt tos 80.
| chynrxaAscs, sitA~ n 4tisg y d,iAa.
sn = 100000 b a. ~. n g.
that II nss Il sissholic Msussv Vas sSuaIlv
tstsinctslts h:sish = siiscipSas, eoiSs -
tsA rfth eound als q poet9, tshsa mcdssatsly.
90 u epiy bev~se1 suatabls Co csnr rsisH
ossi.g ths Ckinss W. es1ss Snd tee vsrs
.sss s.e q .sss;ss e ass : 49,, s.a u sos
ana q rss;st G.ss. WIS., Il Ne. .sl. ,sr.sss :
The trenches, and couh NOT sbtsin their sepal
aIphes o t6sss sStieAs. thsy Hsans lanGnM,
and - 6srsd frsn dyssntsy nd diarrhsa. To
produce their peculiar sustainha and sxAllsrs-
s.l nsdsrtsiy ssrose, wisS % su@r. - 4 mot not .Ss w.
with mill. = sr.. =
TIE Pr ~ YHs Ksonas.--rhs Provt-
dsace Marine Aitilley - Washington have
bought small eolorsd yoush ftem his own NJ.
thsr, Nc the sStravagsnt um q MY esats
and bold him - . chattsl. n msrfnss 80
very proud Of hin, and are Violently debating
the sort Of costuns In which - hall - srrsy-
several i.sA Ths othsr day - sole . crvw
frVn nosA swappsd It OF for . pie ste u
PIE, stole back The crow and rsturnsd Il, asA
wss well thrashsd-ths whole transaction ocsa-
pytng some twenty minuts. Ths oaly wwk
Tor which hs sssns adapted b elsanipg Of tn
plates aftsr the nsss, which b. Dos By eating
all that II Ia lsft On ,hsm. He Ia thought to -
"WSs. h IT,
AnoHe ynl 5000 RaByL Tsocps at CsnP
Moore La, thars u . company called the Tiesf
Riaes. They wear broad brimned hsfs -
esh man hss motto painted on Il. Amoag
the following are specimens, LrsooLa's Lie
or Tig0's DEATH Tiger BY Mature. A,line-
ton Heights. Tiger Daring IL War TN0
on The Lap. A Tiger Forever. Tiger. TigS
try me. Tiger will never surrender. Ticsr
In Search Of . ack Republican. Tiger Rssdy
for . Spring. ras, Win or Die. Old Ma
Tiger. Royal Bengal Tiger. o. 8. TsR
Drummer Boy. Tiger, Sure Dsath TO LIs-
coLs. Tiger On the Muscle. Tiger NwR
says De. Tiger Boand for ths HAPPY LasA.
Living Tiger. AnEs Doctor. Tiger tor Ae-
ton. Tiger, |. You Are. TiF:r 70 ss.seA q
1ie@. Hat - 10 Hat.
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Editor ofthe Nep York Sun SRA, q reader
Of your Journal fJr the as, an ysars, tops you
will excuse nae troubling you with few lines oa
On editorial which appesrel In yours o, bih insa
wherein you ssssrt that "EaslAnd has usurpsd en-
,irs control over the domestic aSAin Of soosland.-
Now tan untortunass s,oschmAn, will nos 70 20
far - your I'm spoudsn, a. n" In chsrsesssislne
shis asssrtiou ~ hss"-bus nsvsthsless shsrs
appears 10 me ocAii ,rab's eeonomy e| truth 4,
H. I hope am epsa 70 oonvissioo, bus su .os
suars thaa England, since The sniou, haa ever q.
Nsupasd 70 usurp any s'oousrci over the domestic
afiAus Of Scotland" II u true, thA, non Nms 70
fore The Inpshs PstliAnsns, sn1 are th srs lseis.
lsssd upon; bus you ignors the fAcs that PArliar
msnt u % much an Idsh and Scotch e 10 u an
Bn9lfsh Parliament. Trls, England has large
hos are also much greater; auA on purely ,ssdsh
qussoons ssosohmsu have ssnsrslly more reason
70 complain Of hsr own representative shar Of
those Of England. A. . clinchsr, I suppose, to
your ssssIton, and 70 shut up poor "A. H."
YOU to- him, In your is,us Of ,hs 6.h, thai shs
EnJlish f.rlIArnsn1 has . Scottish Fisheries Bill
before IL kos, and add rather sxusansiy tuat s'shs
men.A control" Pay, NJ sUs. Il IN, ''sl.ehny
v hsh" never made . subj sos Of "G)vsrnmsatsl
on.ro." IN 'his oosn'rys Slr, tbs people OF scos-
lad scs ss Jealous OF shsir liberty today as svsr
an,o. c,n pact hHs bss., oss-r vsd IN god kisa by
Eas'a d; asd beilg . thinking ps pls, Z Q .psrs
up rAp OF "Eus l,sh usu'p.isa Win not psss cur.
'en ~i'h h,m. YOU must look In snothsr dirsc-
ion for ttsi. No c.uhny In Earsps has prospseeA
more uaa has scot!aad .inos the ua,on, ani with
b'nesy. .nins IN hun ed tas Tor aud shs glory
OF England 10 looked upon by S,osshmsu o. thsirs;
and her dhasters and misfortuutss - thsrs also
lam, sir, your obsdisnt servant,
lco Bridge arsss, Brooklyn, JuasI, isSi.
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Tux SaoK BurHrss At Lruu Is at staal
still. Some 500 Of the workmsn have snlisls4
end - many more have gone into the country
i',ins ss 70 vi's ,S., da1 ss.s1; s,, Son: m e
New England trade, and soms are MlinG 0das
for ths C.bsa nsrkst, but the greater part ars
entirely idla
AvsnAClous Eprroa u he Of IL Loulsvins
Courier; the last specimen II his msnAacity ~
aulHbility y that be has rsosivsd blnok a
grsss, grown h ths stzssts Of this sty.
M. Drryslcr, dirsctor Of the Once Of S.
tisties at Berlin hss pgblishsd In the annals a
ths Academy Of that city the rssak Of bis n.
y aches relstivs 70 the prsssnt populatioa q
The globs In addition TO his calculation q
the total number Of inhahitsnts, which he psts
down as upsards Of I 2ss. .0O0cOo, N. D.n-
IRloI estimates the number Of the difsrsnS
300. COO. .O0O; he MoogoL s52. 900 .o0o; EtAis-
plan (nsgross) 1875 00s. 600; the Anssicsn ia
dians), 1000 COO. the Na'ays, 10. 900 0Oo.
THs lsadinH fsligioos he divides - follows
Christianity isckons 8S5. 900. 900 sdhsreetS
judaism, 5000. 900; The Asiatis r.ligieaS
sSs sos So, sS.a. co. oss
tisn poIulssioas, 10000. 900 bslssg to ~
Roman Catholic church; 90 0oAooQ 70 Rss-
tsatants; anA 76.00o.000 70 u Greek ehrsh
A BALTIMORE MumcIAH has publlshed ~
Declaration of lndspsndsoos Of ths UnitsA
Ststss, arranged and adsptsd for vocal ~
in.trumsn,I music, - the grsss Mstic.s
page is smbsllisbcd with . lithogrsph Of ths
room In InSsps ndsncs Hall In which the De-
clsration was ,igned, and the fourth page co..
tsins Jao amiles q the signatures Of tks dgnsA
BOGUS Posr CryIcs FRANKS having bsss
fCistsd on thu Departmsnt the PostmastsF
General has ordered postmasters 10 look oct
fof and arrest tho abuse.
NovsL DacisIos.-A suit was lately brou9hA
in a county court In Kentucky, by gsntls-
man who was separated from lis wife, ior IL
cusl ody Of their child. Af,er hearing the evi.
dspos on both sides, tho Judge decided thae
each should have the child week about, and b
carry out the order OF the court, the chld shouA
be iaken to church every Sunday, and thsss
change nands-
A LucKLsss LkoIsLAroR.-Ths Vienna esr-
enc peasant ZAcnoRoJxo, who vas rsturnsl
10 tie Galician Diet by the inhabitants a
Dusk. has had 4s blows inflicted on him b.
BIZ cou ustitusnts for not attending the Rsiches
raih and obtaining tho grant Of osrtsin woods
and commons TO which thsy lay claim. II
provincial Legislator told his isuor psasa.sS
that 10 had not bean elected by the frovinoaA
Dist, and consequently had no right 70 sat b
the Rsichsrsth, bat his exSlanations were 90
sidsred uneatffActory, fer he vas forcsd TO -
down with bis faos to The ground, and wnAAs
In that position 2 nssei stick ~ 20 umes ~
osouAiy sPpnse 70 tns 'o~si Ps' :" ns os0e.
DxATn or rHs OLDsn CrnzRI n foss-
LAND me- Tho ysnssaole Jos1Al DOW, 1s.,
father Of NEAL Dow, died on Saturday lAeS
having reached ths ass of nssriy % ysars. NJ
vas horn IN Osabrook, MAss., and removed -
Portland early In me-. He was . msmbse q
the society OF Prisnds-
TuKyr Cm,DHsu Dsowxxp n Plsszca
| ~ -S.n MoTH,R-X csnos ups,t in tho
" Tns" ~ -
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"Du Chailus Advent,~es in A Afioa." work
recently published in England, and attracting
considerable attention for Its novel and rscy
descriptions Of African adventures, relates the
following interesting particulars Of the Gorilla:
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d VII ftt.'e - q ueeess y 81 p1see. Of pgcgssss
euG Ct c,'u.zs,.er Esi cst ary ope predict =, he,
ivalrics roy ihive IN ibe en- tsrlsssmcnt Of rsvi
gsiicn y VIII hc rtmenbored tlnt wLen n.
difi'Jert lines q rsilroad ficmtie Ohio liver to
tie sesboad wne CONTRASTING for public favor
every srng in :he Mississippi tive, was nm sreu
menf IN favor Of inland transportation. Tho ar
gument is just as good to keep them there The
ohstIucions Of the liver. It was urged, euured 70
the on,fit ofthc Atlantic ruilrosds aud scsnor,s
If so then they viii be go in the future. Wbocsr
say to what indifference 20 the peace snd secn.
ity OF the valley raviestion, these supposed hon.
eh's may give rise in the minds Of thore who arc
io, receive them fihe power to fepress acoui.
siiion in the diiNtion Of the river is never 10 no
uscd against he State, why was II commended far
Why put the State at the mercy Of interests ia,
have been hitherto held mp as antaeonistic w.
shall be told that this Is sort Of treason aosins
the exalted gentlemen who composed the deleea-
lions at Montgomery, but these Augustus Adolpb-
uses have got Louisiana by the neck and heels
"cabined, cribbed, eofined,' and if we cannot 10
lease her, we shall st least vndcatc her claim 70
be an equal in the Confcderacy; VIC shall protesr
against th" part Of the compact which was aimed
at contingencies which concern her safety and
future greatness
The topics growing ont of this restriction are
'ne&hs'stbe; but we are done We wish 10
cal the attention of the convention to il. They
must see that while the Atlantic States can ex-
t'nd the 0afcdcracy along the sesboard TO thc
poles, the river States are poweilcss to move a
step IN the direction Of their commerce. or in III,
way Of securing their safety. Whist we do moi
hope, we might add wish, to see thc constitution
rejected, is ii too much TO ask he convention To
protest against this nyidous and obnoxious see
ton
The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1861-03-23

~ Welearn that one of our members TO
the State Convention has been sur-uamed
Mr.. Propricty, from the great taste evinced
by him IN his moral lectures to that body
every morning, except the one in Which
|he "dojged' the vote on submitting the
new Constitution to the people. Wethink
hat hereafter he should be styled the cart
ful dodger.'
The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1861-03-23

Ed. Constitutional: Please announce in
your paper that if Cot. w. b. LEWIS
will consent TO become candidate for
the Office Of Judge Of the District COM
posed Of the parishes of Rapide+, Natcbi-
toches, Wiwn and Sabine, lie will receive
the warm support ofthe
VOTERS OF RAPIDEs.
The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1861-03-23

Ey@ We are authorized to announce that
CHICHESTER CHAPLIN is n Can
didate for the Judgship in the District
composeIof the parishes of Rapides, Match
i,oehes, Winn and Sabine, Election in
April next.
The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1861-03-23

~ The proprietors Of the Baton Rouge
dvocatc are avery patriotic set Of fellows.
'ell it is not strange that they should be
, as they have been sucking at the pub
"tcat" of Louisiana for, We believe, the
lst four years. to the tune of about $3S,-
20, per anuum, out Of the hard earnings
the people, and their patriotism, no doubt,
Insists in sucking little longer, These
b the kind Of patriots which ARE mt the
lad of affairs in Louisiana, and the other
ton States. The peoples money is what
By want, and they do not care for any
|nS else.
Bile alIusion 10 us in a late article which
|peared in that sheet il wholly gra,ui-
ps, and as it comes from the precincts Of
Pcuitentiary, where a large number of
public plundcrcrs Of the State ought
have been long ere this, We pass the
be unuoticed.
The writoroltlo communication referred
y them, msy do as he plcases, as hat
matter with which we have nothing TO