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Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-10-03
NOTICE.

7 AM CLOSING out at -(nearly ccst), the bal
i ance of my Cooking Stoves. The Louisville
stove "Sentinep with kitchen attachment COM
pete. Those in need Of such can obtain a supe-
rior article at bargain from
sept28-3t JAMES MCVAY
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70 Sixty-three deaths from vel
low fever in New Orleans, for the
twenty.four hours ending last Tues
day morning.
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FOR RENT.

A COMFORTABLE dwelling for small fam
"A lily, containing four rooms, convenient yard,
outhouses, &c, situated the csrner of St.
Charles and Europe streets. Apply to
septic l.. BONNEOAZE
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TO COTTON PLANTERS.

THE undersigned will make liberal cash adj
i 5vances on cotton Shipped to his friends in
New Orleans. No charge will be made by me for
shipping cotton from this place.
septic FL. V. BABIN Agent
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-10-03

LIFE INsURANCE.-The first life
insurance association formed in the
United States was effected by few
Episcopalian clergymen of Pennsyl-
vania in 1896. These gentlemen
formed society called 1.-The Prot
estant Episcopal Association for the
benefit of Widows and Children of
the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania"
Forty-three years afterwards the first
public life insurance company was
organized, the Pennsylvania, which
is still flourishing institution. But
the enterprise languished, not being|
generally understood, and those iu-
t-rested in it took no pants to en-.
tighten the public on the subject.
In lS43 and 1914, the business re-
ceived an impetus by being promi-
nently placed before the public.
Since that day its growth has been
something marvellous, and to-day it
rivals and bids fair to outstrip in
wealth. and importance even the
banks themselves. The insurance
on lives in the United States now
amount to O5,5S3,2O5, and the
companies hold assests in the sum
of $500,000,O00. The amount paid
out to the widows and orphans of de-
ceased insured persons have aver
aged six millions per annum during
the past ten years.
The banking Interest," system
which has been centuries in attain
ing its present importance-is to-day
represented in the United States by
capital Of $4S6,25S,4 64, while the
amount insured in life companies is
$l,199,4s3,205. This immense sum
is represented by nearly 100000 in
diyiduals, who add to the capital of
the companies fifty millions annually,
and receive in return six millions.
At its present rate of progress the
life insurance associations will soon
overshadow the banking institutions.
Their growth is equally rapid in
Great Britain, where the amount
insured upon life is estimated at
1926, 000,000.-NeW Orleans Buz.
letan.
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Bagging, Rope and Arrow Tie.

uST received, large supply of the above ar
q ticles, at the Triangular store Building, one
square below the Court House ~
septic III, V. BABIN. Agent
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FOR RENT.

fF7HREE LARGE AIRY ROOMS over the 50
l. Peoples Store, opposite he Bank, Third E::i
street For particulars apply at the
septl7 PEOPLES STORE
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Why not with equal business and
propriety set tax on every bale of
cotton, on every barrel Of corn on
every horse, COW, hog or other spe-
cies of cattle raised in the parish
every cord of wood sold within the
limits of this corporation-on all
vegetables sent into town for sale
Could it have been that individual
interests had something to do to
prompt to such notable omissions ?
Why not, if an increase Of taxation
be deemed urgent or expedient, and
discrimination be deemed advisable,
to compass that end-increase the
rate of taxes upon the large landed
estates of the parish, whose proprie-
tors have so much more to do than
all others beside in the wear and tear
of the roads and bridges built at the
public expense? Is it proper. is it
reasonable, is it just, to saddle the
burden of such matters upon our al
ready terribly taxed city residents ?
No! it is not; and in their name,
we protest against this and all other
oppressive measures of a kindred
character. With constant struggle
against poverty and privation on the
part of many, general stagnation
in trade and decline in almost every
kind Of industrial occupation from
the highest to the lowest, to have
now superadded the incessant infic-
tons Of run-mad spirit of taxation
is cruel and unjust, and uncomfortable,
If things are suffered to 60 on in this
way, our citizens may as we'll "shut
up shop" for it will soon take all they
can make (and, with many, more
than they can make), to feed and
fatten the tax leech. Who, in the
face of such discouraging prospects,
can have the heart to engage in any
sort of enterprise at home, or who
can be induced to came among us
and help to resuscitate and improve
the sinking condition Of the commu-
nifty? The spirit Of onerous taxation
and extravaganza SO rampant among
our public servants ~ is having
most disheartening and paralyzing
effect upon the people. If our mu-
nicipal government cannot clay on
sufficiently heavy to meet the views
of the most fastidious lover of the
high tax system, without the adven-
titious and unwarrantable coopera-
ton of the parochial government,
why, the sooner one body is merged
into the other, or an entire separa-
ton between city and parish takes
place, the better will it be for this
poor unfortunate burg.
To conclude, we cannot see by
what legal, constitutional Or equita-
BILE right the Police Jury has under
taken to discriminate so ruthlessly |
against the interests of this particu-
lar community. The taxes sought |
to be imposed are unfair, and grind
ing and oppressive, and like all par
tial and extreme measures, deserve
to fail, and aciU fail, in this instance,
at least, we feel assured.
The PARISH VorE. The following
is the total number Of votes cast at
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COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE.

VIE EXERCISES of this school will be- re-
l. sumed ON Wednesday, I'd of October next
tuition for session Of Zine months ST5 90
julylS w. H. N. MAGRUDER
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WOOL WANTED.

HIGHEST PRICE paid for Wool, bury or
Ill picked, at the office of the tenitentiary.
sept5 J. II. malta, Clerk.
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To Merchants and Planters.

HAVING been appointed Agent for the cele-
LII brated ''Arrow Tie,' or Painted Bands tor
Daling Cotton, am prepared to sell the same at
New Orleans prices. '5"st-
aug13 ANDREW JACKSON
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HAViNG FITTED UP THIS NEW SALOON
IL expressly for the accommodation of my
trends and the public. is now ready with an
2ssort tine 1t Of
WINES AND LIQUORS
unsurpassed in the State. My LAGER is from
the best breweries OF the West, Of which full
supply will Always be kept on hand.
~ An excellent COLLATION. served up daily
at ba'f-past 10 O'clock, at which will be found all
the delicaces OF the season. A ''toothsome snack"
eau De had at all hours. oct3
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HOUSE TO RENT.

SITUATED on America street.-The property of
~ Mr.. l.. st. Martin. For terms APPLY 70
sept7 h. BONEECAZE
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BSg L. C. MORRIS Collector and General Agent
for the settlement of Claims, Bills &c. Also author
lied Agent and Collector for THE GAZETTE & COMET
Office at the Court House.
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-10-03

RT WHARTON ILLINGSWORTH, General
Newspaper and Collecting Agents, ll5 Common street,
between Camp and St. Charles streets, New Orleans.
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-10-03

THE PARISH VoTE. The following
is the total number Of votes cast at
the late conventional Election" in
this parish, as officially written out by
Mr.. Wrotnowski, Registrar. His
statement furnished us with the re-
spective vote of each precinct, but we
have only room to>insert the aggre.
gate casting
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Valuable Land and improvements
PUBLIC AUCTION.

= DIIO AOo I0IN.
HNHE UNDERSIGNED will sell at Public Auc.
l. ton, at the Court House, in Baton Rouge, on
SATURDAY, the 26th of ctober, 1867,
the TRACT OF LAND on which he now resides,
situated near the Plank ROAD, on Whites Bayou,
fourteen miles from Baton Rouge. Said tract
contains $50 arpents about 40 of which are cleared.
For particulars, apply to the undersigned on the
premises, or to l.. Bonnecaze at Baton Rouge.
Octl-tda, y44 Fs f-s- WILLIAM SHAW
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OUI ION, CUT IVN. CUIIUNs
TYNHE UNDERSIGNED will receive and forward
l. Cotton making all customary advances
free of any charge for forwarding or drayage.
aug27 -t .'s~E JOSHUA BEAL
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Partisan Life with MOsby.
By MAI. JOHN SCOTT, OF FAUQUIER, va,

Late @. S. A.
WITH A PORTRAIT OF COLONEL MOsBY
w on Steel, engraved by HALPIN; also one
by JEwETT, and nearly Fifty Illustrations, EN-
bracing Portraits of Field Officers and Captainsof
the Battalion, y Map of MosBY's Confederacy,
and numerous spirited Illustrations of Fights
Raids, and Humorous Incidents. ! u
Prepared with the sanction and cooperation Of
Col MosBY, and sold only by subscription.
Agents and Canvassers are wanted to canvass
for the above Book, and 3Ass
LIFE OF GENERAL LEE.
Address BLELOCk IL CO.,
sept14 100 Canal Street, New Orleans.
Cotton! COttGn!! COttOn!!!
NJ Office TO PLANTERs.-The undersigned,
IN dealer in Plantation and Family Supplies
takes this method of informing the Planters in
general, that he is prepared to
.. SHIP COTTON
To his Merchant in New Orleans,
FREE OF CHARGE,
making liberal advances on the sam Elm CASH or
GOODS, as may be required, and will give his
personal attention to get such Cotton entrusted
to his care. Freights lower than are usually
charged by Agents.
N. B.-Highest cash prices paid for Cotton.
aug29 ANDREW JACKSON.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-04

which is enough to purchase five cords Of
wood. The Country Gentleman hits this
matter off we'll Especially do we commend
what he has to say to those very polite women,
who reserve their long adieus till they can
stand In the open outside door in a cold day:
''Some persons when they make calls seem
never to have their tongues fairly loosened
till on leaving they get precisely in the door
way-there they stand rolling out long and
easy sentences, each one promising to be the
last, for some two, three, five or ten minutes.
Now, for a very brief calculation of the
waste by this conduct Hold q lighted can
die to the door-the current will sweep the
hame as rapidly as walking with 1t three feet
per second, 1.-TWO miles an hour, consequent
~, through door yard wide and two yards
nigh, cubic yard of warm air passes out
per second through the upper half Of the
opening, and cubic yard OF cold, damp and
enilng air comes In per second through the
lower hall. All this will be proved by holding
the candle first at the sill and then at the TOP.
One cubic yard of warm air thus lost every
second, is sixty cubic yards every minute that
the door is thus held open by the visitor or bv
Betty. This is positive robbery-we leave IL to
our readers whether it should not be indicted
by the Grand Jury. We prefer ventilation in
some other way, and would echo our friends
injunction, SHUT THE DooR@
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THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS is published
every day, tSunday excepted,l at No. Printers
T1,-.Ean0s Commercial Gfrpat Port1and.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-04

shall testify to coming generations our graft
tude to heroism. But when so many widows
and orphans are crying for bread, and so many
wounded and over-worn are lying patiently by,
hopeless of any active part in the countrya
rejoicings L tor one feel that our first duty Ia
to these. Our perished brave will be content,
l am sure, if we show our gratitude by COM
pleting the salvation Of q country rescued ut
so dear a price, and cherish their memory by
living monuments of active charities institu-
tions which in the name and through the vir-
tues of the departed, shall be daily blessing
to the bereaved whose sufferings are also
part of the offering made for the great cause.
The aid granted by the last Legislature to
the establis6ment of . Home for the orphans
of soldiers was a worthy beginning. The haste
i'm which of necessity the case was acted on,
left it but imperfectly provided for. Other
States have taken great interest IN this mat
mend as deserving your consideration.
The distinguishing act of this State towards
her bereaved and disabled citizens Is the PEN
sion law, passed by the Legislature of 1865, for
the beneht OF such Maine volunteers in the
war OF the rebellion as were credited upon
the quota of the State, their widows during
widowhood, and in case of their re-marriage
or decease, their orphan children under IL
years of age. This act also CONTAINS the inn
portant proviso that mono of these persons
shall be entitled to its benefits III the event OF
their being able with their own labor and re-
sources and the pension received from the
United States to obtain q livelihood for them.
selves and those dependent upon them.
The statute devolved upon thu Governor
and Council the duty prescribing rules for
carrying its provisions into effect, and Of de-
termining the question of the eligibility of ap-
| plicants with view to afford the most equit-
able, prompt and inexpensive administration
Of the law. The Executive required the sew.
erai municipal authorities OF uiie State to pro-
| pare and present the application OF such Of
| their citizens claiming this pension as might
| be supposed to be entitled thereto, with such
an exhibit under oath of the situation and Cir
cumstances of the applicant as would best en-
| able the Governor and Council to pass judi
| ciously upon the merits OF the claim. Since
| the enactment OF this law Congressional stat
ute has increased the allowance OF United
States pensions to certain persons OF each class
| entitled to pensions under the State law, and
such persons, therefore, have been generally
subjected to a reduction of their Stats pensions
to the extent ofthe iner as OF tle U. 8. pc ons
| beyond the amount to which they were pre-,
| yious entitled This reduction is understood
| not to have been invariably enforced, there DO,
| ing some instances in which the health anu
circumstances of applicants would not warrant
| it by a fair construction of the State law.
No appropriation whatever was made OK 3GYYtiIes
Legislature TOR the
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N. A. FOSTER, PROPRIETOR.
TERMS Eight Dollars year in advance.
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Economy i'm Door Shutting.

Are all our readers aware how much they
may save in one OF our long winters, by simp-
ly SHUTTING THE DOOR? In many families,
where wood is worth five dollars per cord-in
cities it costs about double that prepared for
the fre,-twenty-fve or even fifty dollars, to
saynothing ofeomtort, may be saved every year,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-04
BUILDING.

Great Inducements
FOR PARTIES WISHING TO BUILD.
fTNHE subscribers offer or sale large quantity OF
i desirable building lots in the West End OF the
city, lying on Vaughan, Pine Neal, Carlton, Thomas
West, Emery, Cushman, Lewis, Bramhall, Monu-
ment, Danforth, Orange nd Salem Streets.
They will sell on credit OF from one to ten years.
Il desireu ny the purclas From parties who
build Immediately, No ca sH PAYMENTS REQUIRED.
Apply at the office the subscribers, where full
particulars may be obtained.
j. B. BROWN & SONS.
Portland, May 8, 1865. ma 5tf
RCMITECTURE & TNCINEERINE.
"A Messrs. ANDERSON. BONNELL r Co. have
made arrangements with Mr.. STEAD an Architect
OF established reputation, and win in future carry on
Architecture with their business as Engineers. Par
ties intending to build invited 10 call at their
office, No, 306 Congress street. and examine eeva-
tons and plans oil churches, banks stores blocks of
buildings &c. jI2
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DIVIDEND.

Oysters, Oysters.
THIS dayreceived splendid lot Virginia oysters,
an ana ~ ,9f ios saae az sl.6op per gallon solid;
ell to.
Oysters delivered in any part of the city.
III. FREEMAN Dc CO.. He
dec22d1m 1O1 Federnl Street.
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Cumberland National Rank.

THE Stockholders of the Cumberland National
i Bank OF Portland, are hereby notified that there
will be meeting of the Stockholders held at their
Banking Room, on Monday, tue 21st day of January
1867 at O'Clock P. NJ, for the choice of Directors
and the transaction OF any other business that may
then come before them.
SAMUEL SMALL, Cashier
Portland, Dec. IS, 1sG6. dec19dtd
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Canal National Bank,

TTNHE Annual Meeting OF the Stockholders of the
Il Canal National Bank of Portland for the cleo
ton of seven Directors, and for the transaction of
any other business that may legally come before
sth day Of January, 1867, at o'clock P. M.
B. c. SOMERBY, Cashier.
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anne place every Thursday morning at S2.OO year,
nvariablyin advance.
RATES OF ADYERTIsIEG.-One inch Of space, in
ength OF column, constitutes square"
Sl.5O per square daily first week 70 cents per
week after; three insertions, or less, S100; continu
ng every other day alter first week, so cents.
Halt square, three insertions or less 10 cents ono
week, Sl00; so cents per week alter. ~
Under head of ''AMUsEMENTs, 50. 90 per square
per week: three insertions or less S1.5os 's''-N
SPECIAL NOTICES. 81 % per square for tbe first in
serton aud 20 cents pei square for each subsequent
Advcrtisements inserted in the sMA1SI STATE
PRESS" (which has large circulation in every par
OF 5e state Tor SlOO per square for first insertion
ton.
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Merchants National RanL

THE Shareholders in this Bank are hereby notified
that the Annual Meeting for the choice of Direc-
tors and the transaction of such business as NAV le
gay be brought before them will be holden on Tues
day, January 8t, 1867, at o'clock p NJ at the Of
fee now occupied by the Bank, No. 80 Exchange ST.
CHAS. PAYSON, Cashier.
Portland, Dec7. 1866. dcs-2awtjans
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THE MAINE STATE PRESS, is published at the
anne place every Thursday morning at $40 year,
nyari9hlyin advance.
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Second National Bank.

THE Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the "Sec-
i ond National Bank, Portland" for the election of
Directors, and any other business which may legally
come before them, will be held at Nos. 1888 and 100
Fore street, (up stairs,) on TUESDAY, 8th January
next, at 3 p. M.
W. H. STEPHENSON, Cashier
Portland, Dec Z, 1866. dcsdtd
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CascO National Bank.

1NHE annual meeting of the Stockholders of 'eThe
Casco National Bank of Portland' for the cleo
ton of seven Directors and for the transaction of any
other business that may legally come before them,
will be held at 100 Fore street, on TUESDAY, the
eighth day of january next, at o'clock P. M.
E. p GERRISH, Cashier
Portland, Dec. T. 1866. dim
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-11-29

4 FTtR an extensive practice Of upwards OF
u twenty Years. continues To secure Patents IN
the tned states also in great Britain, Fra CO
and other foreign countries. Caveats, ~pe- iicst.
IONS Bonds, Assignments, and ali papers draw
lnG- FOR Patents. executed ON reasonable Terms
with dispatch. Researches made into American
a q Foreign works, To determine legal and other
a'lyice rendered in all matters touching tile ,am.
Copies OF the claims of any paten9 furnished he
RENTING one dollar, Assignments recorded in
Washington.
No .igeDcy in the United State possesses superior
facilities FIR obtaining Idtehfs aSeertuintag the
prdctiotJIity ofiHreHtioas.
During eight months the subscriber IN the course
OF his large practice, made thrice rejected app.i-
cations SINrEEN AfrEALs; eretY one OF which ~
decided In his fHror by the Commissioner UfIaenls
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1he genuine Smiths Razor Strops.
fis andes, Washing Powders. soap, Dye Siufrs
supporter, spices ui all kinds. Ci;ron, Cur
ant, Eais ", TamariHds. Irish Moss,
Pickles. &, &c,