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Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet., 1867-05-21
SEWING MACHINES.

S0UTHERS FAMILY SEWING MACHINES.
~ Noseless Machine of Wilcox Gibbs, will
sew, hem, fell, braid, tuck, gather, quilt cord
and embroider with sa atisfaction. Agents wanted
at No. st.Char res street, Box 1856. octl8-ly
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet., 1867-05-21
YOUNG AMERICAI !

kNsHlNd Lines, Fishing Floats and Fishing
l. Hooks-all sizes. For sale very cheap at
mar26 BEAEs BOOK u VARl ETY. STOhE
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet., 1867-05-21

Grits, Large Hominy aud Corn Meal.
rTNHE above named Corn products manufactured
l. daily at the Mills Of
apr27 JOSHUA REaL
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet., 1867-05-21
BUILDERS, TAKE NOTICE.!

T HAVE In store 100 barrels Richards O,pe
L Lime, Cement, Plaster OF Paris and Hair 10
quantities to suit purchasers.
octl6 JAMES MCVhY.
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet., 1867-05-21
HOTELS.

TITY HOTEL, Corner Camp and Common SITS.
~ r. ). Morse, Proprietor, New Orleans, La.
dec22-y
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet., 1867-05-21
Get Your Lime of Beal

A LWAYS on hand, good supply Of the best
IA Lime known also Hair, Cement and Plas-
ter Paris.
feb28 JOSHUA BEAL.
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet., 1867-05-21

PAINTERS, TAKE notice.!
HAVE just received II fun assortment Of the
l. various qualities of White Lead and all the
standard coors ground in oil. in cans and pa cka-
ges to suit, at reduced rates.
marl2 JAMES MoVAY.
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet., 1867-05-21
SHAKER PRESERVES

JUST received a supply OF very choice Shaker
u Preserves--quaTt jars
apr4 JOSHUA BEAL
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet., 1867-05-21

Damaged Corn, For Sale Cheap.
j. Corn-will sell low.
apr9 JOSHUA BEAL
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet., 1867-05-21
DENTAL MATERIALS.

A A. FAYERWEATHER, New Orleans Dem
IL tai Depot 53 st. Charles street. Estab.
lished, 1865. msr7-ly
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet., 1867-05-21

IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
Every Description OF American and
English Light and Heavy CAM
vas. French and English
Bunti,,gs, &C., &c.
rays strict attention TO making Ia q superior
manner, all sorts Of Fancy Boat & Yacht
Sails also, every description of Wood
aud Iron frame Awnings, for
Stores, Galleries, Offices, Steam.
boats, &C., at moderate prices
Every description of Camp Furniture, such
as Portable Camp Cots, Chairs,
stools, &C., always on hand In
any quantity. Also every
description of
American, Foreign and Fancy Flags,
steamboats' and ships Burgess, Jack
PennaHts, de-, &C., on hand and made
to order. Fail Ropes, sllngs,
ETC., furnished at moments
notice. Blocks of every
description strapped.
TRUNKS NEATLY REPAIRED.
N. B.-Particular attention paid TO getting up
Ia superior style and finish, a. sorts OF Plain or
Fancy Embroidered silk Flags or BAN
ners for Military or other Companies; and also,
to the Manufacturing of Circus Tents, having
mad much experience in that line
All articles OF Canvas will be warranted proof
against rot or midsw. septS
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet., 1867-05-21

MILLINERY, FANCY GOODS, go.
w DAUPHIN & CO., 6s Customhouse street,
w Millinery, Straw Goods, Trimmed Hats
an ~ bOnnetH. nOyl-!Y
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet., 1867-05-21
FANCY GOODS AND TRIMMINGS.

u PIFFET, 127 Canal street, Toys, Perfumery,
I1s Combs, brushes, Buttons, Tapes, Needles,
pias. Cutlery, Plated Ware, Dress Trimmings,
Bonnets, eic. poytO-iv
Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet., 1867-05-21
PURE PINE TAR.

LIRST CROP North Carolina Pine Tar, 10 two
j. gal. tin caas--the cheapest in Baton Rouge
For sale by [feb2I JOSHUA BEAL
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-14

Murder, or, as we choose to name it for the
sake of ears polite, homicide, is the prevailing
passion OF the hour. It has come down upon
US like and with the snow shower Whether it
has any connection with the meteoric display
with which we sublunary mortals have recently
been favored, or with the cyclones, the earth
quakes and the volcanic erupions which have
been puzzling the philosophers, we know not,
but Is not the less undeniable on that account
that murder is the order Of the hour.
The HERALD yesterday was not unwilling,
in the interests of the public, to give almost
an entire sheet to cases of homicide. In this
country the cases really have become alarm
ing. II is not New York question or the
question Of any State in the Union; it is an
American question. We have no desire to go
into particulars. The cases are too revolving
to be reproduced. The news Of the last few
weeks has been quite sufficient to produce
the conviction that in New York 1--WE might
take . larger area) life Is continually in
danger. Gentlemen visit barrooms; rowdies
frequent them. Gentlemen do not carry either
pistols or bowie knives, but rowdies do. The
natural consequence ID tnat IN oarroomS lnno-
ccnce may suffer and rowdyism may escape.
Barrooms, in particular, have become danger
Gus places Gentlemen will be compelled to
avoid them unless they have made up their
minds to carry, every hour Of the day, their
lives In their hands.
What IL the cause Of all this? Il results
from one cause chiefly. The carrying Of fire.
arms, or rather lethal weapons, il not held in
sufficient check. The rowdy minstrels have
made this abundantly plain. All the cases
recently reported confirm this opinion What
is the curei Let the law on the question
be announced with sufficient clearness and
emphasis, and then let the law be put In force.
II we have no law, let Us know the fact five
have law, let IL DO enforced. II we have no
law, wo cannot too soon have one. II we have
. law, We must have proof, and proof Of very
satisfactory kind. In writing this article we
are not forgetful OF General Cole or Indifferent
to the interests Of Mr.. Kelly, but we do insist
that republican institutions shall not be
allowed to degenerate into lawlessness.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-14

very gsnsecl locking young called At tho house
Of Mr. Tsrs, Forty eighth street and Fifth avenue,
yesterday and purpcr:ng b an srprssmsn, gave 70
Mrs. Tsrts package which he said cams from Boston,
ana demanded 81 As for charges Mrs Tents paid the
cIam and on the bundle being opened u was found 10
contain note stating that tns goods hsa been checked
and a blank bank check.
About noon Yesterday man entered the clothing
store No l0i5 Third avenue and oersd for sale some
linen han dkerchss and other goods aud ssked SEQ for
the lot While the proprietor or the store making
bargain another man stepped "a and Offered tl0o im
tie same goods aud asked the stoFskeepcr wait Until
he could get q check eashed. He than paid $50 IN
moncy for suit Of clothes and len get the check
oashcd After waiting long tine for tho second rsas
return the sorekeeper examined the goods aneAdr-
covered that they we're worth hot more than $40 th~
Two men are described M being German Jews
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-14

We have received many communications IN
regard to the sale Of the Dickens tickets, and
have heard many statements OF fact on the
same subject from trustworthy persons, End
all together furnish convincing evidence that
the seats for the second series Of readings were
not fairly and honestly sold. Whoever may be
to blame, Il seems clear that II is mere pre-
tence to say that the regular method Of selling
the seats was departed from in order to defeat
the speculators That 10 an insufficient cover
for the transaction, and does not conceal that
the worst Of the spectators ia somewhere on
the inside of the line that separates the man
agement from the public. Mr.. Dickens and
Mr.. Dolby are In bad hands, and the sooner
they recognize Il and mend the matter the
better they will stand in the regard Of all
honest and sincere admirers Of the great
novelist.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-14

crauc families and the vast Indian hordes who
comprise tour-ffths Of the inhabitants being
more distinctly defined. The earliest intestine
wars of Central America grew out OF this aris-
tocratic reactionary element, guided by the
priesthood, aiming at Capitalization Of power
In Guatemala over the other four republics,
and which for half century has efectually
prevented federal union. The ideas of this
controlling party are anti-republican, and,
among their leading men, even monarchicaL
Their readiness to listen to the overtures of
the late imperial government in Mexico was
only in continuation Of the attempt Of the old
vice royal families In 1922 to incorporate
Central America with the empire Of Yturbide.
But with all these local repellant forces
Guatemala will probably be vigorously sus-
tanned by her little sister States IN this war
with Mexico. There Is still latent bond Of
union between them, based upon common
origin Of race and religion, which is invariably
aroused by foreign aggression. An attack
upon any one enlists the sympathies Of the
whole, as was instanced In the Mexican In
vasion in 1922, and the more recent combined
efforts Of the whole to expel Walker and bis
flibusters from Nicaragua. The present In
vasion, therefore, by Mexico Of Central Amer
lea will tend to unite the Eve republics on the
principle Of selfpreservation; for it is well
known that the alleged settling Of dis
putes about Chiapas and Soconusco
are only pretexts for extorting money
and even Of acquiring further territory to the
southwark, by forcing from . weaker Power
what q stronger one has taken from Mexico to
the nOrthward. 70 extend the Mexican re-
public, divert the public mind from their. pres
ent embarrassments into other channels, dazzle
the people with visions Of national aggran-
dizement and come to . reckoning for the
sympathy shown to the French Intervention, are
the objects of the war.
Should Guatemala invite to its aid foreign
elements, from whatever source, as Nicaragua
did Walker In 1854, Mexico would find herself
menaced from new direction, and this time
not alone by her own race; nor could she
count upon having the tremendous moral force
Of the United States In her favor. She would
be left to fight her own battles against those
who have bitter scores to settle with her. and
whose assistance Central America would gladly
accept. Thus, instead Of aggrandizlng herself
by attacking an unoffending neighbor, Mexico
may yet find herself in the condition of the
raven who attempted to fly away with the ram.
Central America is being Americanized far
more rapidly than Mexico, owing to the several
routes Of interoceanic communication now at
tracing the attention Of capitalists Of Amer
lea and Europe, and the great immigration
schemes on foot especially as regards Hondu-
ras. This Mexco-Guatemalan war, therefore,
may be the first step towards the downfall Of
the Spanish-American governments on this
Continent and their absorption by the great
republic of the North.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-14
CHARLES DICKENS.
The story Of Little Dsnsbsy and tho Trial frsa
Ptckwick.

The story Of Little Dsmbey and tho Trial frsm
Pickwick.
Last night sssinway Hall hrongsd with sagss H.
tsnsrs 10 the best story tseF alive Mr. Dickens haa
reserved for the reading Of bis present the
pathetic story Of Little Dombey" which he rslsvsa "
. repetition OF the mirth provoking "rrA from Pics
wick" How well this trial bears rspsttioni NJ Pick
wick stood up when sscosssd into court, in intsrss
ing "a state OF agitation snd whom the finding Of Ne
jury was declared drew Ills gloves with - great
nicely and stared intensely a tho foreman, hs
FIRST appearance The same 'pleasing and extensive
variety OF and whsksss FOR which the bar Of Eng.
land II justly celebrated" rendered visible
ever TO the minds eys The Short faa and stupid judge
vas heard q well agan. Sergeant Buzrux vs.
q overwhelmingly eloquent Nj. Wrinkle ~ nervous and
Susannsh Sanders - garrulous ~ evsa samivS
Weller was greeted with great enthusiasm and biz
fathers wheezy voice was applaudsd - heartily
the nst evening Of tho course. But although Mr.
Dickens compaia Of lack Of appreciation TIE
part Of his audience when he "triss V DO funny =
he cam and hs wituc sms, A. well his qutss
enjoyment Of their telling eject elicit moro dsmea-
nsativs sympathy than hs admirable scene painting,
and his exquisite pathos which at times deepens inss
tragic power yet his genius for description, ssd above
solemn emotions y fully recognised. The death sssss
with which the story OF Little Dombsy" opens. sn1
the highest degrsa The ease Win which shs rsnaoes
made " Mr. Dicksus frcn the most painful % The
amusing y Likewise remarkably ilisnstraiive
Of the sway which genius alous welds over the WHO'S
gamut Of human cmotionS A reader, M. Dickens
hse bees praised Tor hn natural manner, buS
il order 70 have msritsd this praise NJ muse
have acquired tho censummate a1 Of conceal
ing art In Tone emphasis Esd almost al
the other qualities Of accomplished cceutouiss bic
reading 4 study for the actor and the preacher H0
utterance Of tho two words that stand out 30 prot-
neniy the concluding sentences OF the story OF ktue
Dombey--sdeatnr and ''immortality"-has psver bssn
surpassed either on the stage 10 the pulpit The ges-
ticulaton OF Mr.. Dickens Is also surprisingly good,
especially when remember how averse EngIishmsn
usually to any thing pproxmang the sxpansivsnc0
OF continental pantomime. We need only instance the
jingling OF tho watch chain BY Mr. Donbcy, ana the
waving Of Little Dombeys feeble haad 10 the air whsn
bidding ssgoodbyr 70 all who weep around his dying
bed TO show ny Mr. Dickens 'suits the action -
tho word.n Throughout the reading OF this story Mr.
Dickens displays his marvellous faculty for eacing hi-
self in whatever character he pcrsonating wheshev
be the pompous Mr.. Dombcy, the equally pompous ~
Bimber, Mrs Chick Mrs Pipchin, MIS- Bfmber. NJ.
Feeder, b. A., Briggs or the sgnins Iossr the noom.
parable Ioots, Little Dombey himself MS heioved
sister Floy. the klndfaccd old Nurse. or any oshsr
creation wllh which he has peopled our insmory
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-14
The Reduction OF Toll. on the Atlantic
Cable.

Gable.
We have recently published in the adversis-
ing columns OF the HERALD the reduction OF
tolls for Atlantic cable messages We now
recur 10 the subject because we are strongly OF
the opinion that many business houses, and
especially many newspaper proprietors, fail to
comprehend the extent Of the reduction.
II may be interesting to review few facts
connected with this enterprise. The cable was
landed at Hearts Content Friday, July u, 1866,
aud since that date communication across the
Atlantic has never ceased. The line was
opened for public use Saturday, July %, 1866,
ct tariff Of one hundred dollars, gold, for .
message in plain language Of twenty words,
inclusive Of address, date and signature. Two
hundred dollars was then charged for cipher,
or code, messages Of the same length.
November I, 1866, the rate was made fifty
dollars for plain word message Of twenty
words, including address, date and signature /;
one hundred dollars for cipher, or code.
December I, 1867, the rate was reduced a
third time, giving, free Of all charge, I've words
employed for address, date and signature,
abolishing extra charge on messages In code,
making the minimum message ten words for
twenty-five dollars, and granting W pres -
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-14


His Majesty the Emperor Of the French
proposes Q new "AExposltion "a grand
international fair for the exhibition Of
the products Of human ingenuity In ship.
building, navigation, chars, ship stores,
sailors toggery-ths whole multitude Of
articles and spparatuses that can ba classed
as having relation to maritime science
and effort The official announcement states
that this Exposition will open al Havre in June,
1868. Elaborate lists Of the classification are
already out His Majesty the Emperor il an
illustrious busybody, but his meddling has
method in II His new Exposition, like the one
in Paris, like the German war, like Rome, like
even Mexico, diverts the attention Of the French
people and feeds The popular thought with brill
liant notions Of the Emperor's omniscience.
This latest scheme has In it rather more than
this. It has been seen how we'll the Exposition
Of the present year was made to play upon the
national vanity. ALI the peoples Of the earth
were brought to submit their products to French
judges; and the French judges decided that the
people Of France--her artists and artisans
were superior to all "Good,n say the people
Of France, Eve always thought so. Il takes
the Emperor to prove all this" Now we have
an Exposition especially maritime, and this is
70 prove to France that she Is also the greatest
Of naval Powers-under the empire. Ship
builders will show their plans, ingenuity will
be exploited and scientific thoughts pondered,
and then French shipwrights, inventors and
thinkers win get al the premiums, and the
world at large be once more made to endorse
the Emperor 70 his doubling subjects. But
perhaps the world may not 60 to the fair
Never mind the reports can be made out just
the same. ViW Ia bdgateael
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-14

The Effects OF Capital Punishment.
There are, perhaps, few subjects upon which
there ID more diversity Of opinion than the
effect Of the punishment Of death In depressing
crime Oflate we have had public executions
in this country attended sometimes with great
horror, from the inexperience Of our execu-
tloners. In England there have been similar
events lately, clothed with political signia-
canoe, that have provoked from the press OF
Great Britain sharp controversy as to the pro-
priety or the policy Of carrying out "the extreme
penalty Of the law" All these things have
set mems minds to thinking about the general
effect Of capital punishment ~ . method Of
depressing crime. For our part we never
had any doubt about the terrors Of the scat.
fold as q preventive Of the crime Of murder.
1t is true that we have seen bravado applauded
Of the mob a. heroism, and we have had fire.
quent instances Of religion Unfolding the crimi-
nal with the vesture Of . martyr, and the
fatal drop which breaks the neck or,
in clumsy hands, sometimes subjects the
wretch to protracted torture, represented
as the stepping stone 70 eternal saliva
ton or we have seen or heard or read Of
shocking orgies around the gallows which
reduce the solemnity of.death to the levity Of
. spectacular entertainment; but these things
are inseparable from public displays to which
the lower elements Of society are attracted,
others, that are always found in the
neighborhood where fellow being
is to be publicly strangled. Demoralized
public sentiment crowds the housetops In the
vicinity Of the place Of execution. II clings to
the trees, II they happen to be about; it begs
admission at the doors Of the Jail it cries
"bravo" to the last words Of the criminal If
they are plucky, and, mayhap, 1t turns away
in disappointment IL the poor creature does not
die game.
Now, the point is, who does die game with
halter around his necki Who feels like .
hero when the black cap is drawn over his
face and the light Of life is shut out from him
forevers The political victim whose trans
gression is, in his Judgment, virtue, and who
feels that history will so record It and do
justice to his memory, may greet his last CLEAN
of sunshine with smile I; but the man who
dies upon the scaffold conscious Of great
crime has no such consolation, and to him
death like this must be invested with inefable
terror, disguise 1t as he may.
Assuming that capital punishment is not
only desirable but necessary, there Is yet much
to be said about the mode Of saHicting it In
no instance should the execution Of criminal
be made public exhibition In every case
there should be skilful execu.ioner employed
instead Of clumsy sheriff, whose very ner-
vousness often makes the death penalty q
butchery, and the scene ono Of horror and
disgust.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-14

additional reduction of City per cent on general
and political news. AT these rates any nswspa-
per can obtain its special telegram from London
for twelve dollars and hail. at which 1t would
seem that every entsrprising journal would do
sire occasionally to receive its own correspon-
dents despatch.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-14
STARRING ArFsAy.

James white an szprsssmsn. whae delivering pcss-
icce Al 40 SO Second avsnas last svenns t~cains ca
gagged in quarrel with Edvard Bslkar. csfmAn' Who
resides st the above number. Daring we ouaxd
WHITE a. " atiegsd drew dirk kniss aee aooso boxl.
art In and neck, ndicsing ssvss ana perhaps
serious woupds white We arrosssl ~ an oMcer q
ihs Nassep,b prssIuos and o'ss vas rsnsvSA 70 sss
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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-31

The ireside is a seminary of infinite
importance. It is important because II
is universal, and because the education
it bestows, being woven in the 0 OF
childhood, gives form and color to the
whole tenor of life. There are few who
can receive the honors of a college, but
ali are graduates Of the hearth. The
learning of the university may fade from
the recollection, its classic lore may
moulder in the halls of memory, but the
simple lessons of home, enameled upon
the heart Of childhood, defy the rust OF
years and outlive the more mature but
less vivid picture of after years.
So deep, so lasting, indeed, are the
impressions of early life, that you often
see q man in the imbecility of age, hold
ing fresh in his recollection the events
of childhood, while all the wide space
between that and the present hour Is a
blasted and forgotten waste. You have,
perchance, such an old Obliterated por-
trait, and, in the attempt to have 1t
cleaned and restored, you may have
seen il fade away, while . brighter and
more perfect picture, painted beneath, Is
revealed to view. This portrait, first
drawn upon canvas, is no faint ilustra-
ton Of yOutk and though it may be
concealed by some after design, still the
original traits viii shine through the out
ward picture, giving it tone while fresh,
and surviving it in decay. Such is the
fireside-the great institution of Provi-
dence for the education of
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-31
APPEAL
READING.
X D ~CREArro


A eotamporary talks as follows on
occasion Of objections made 70 SuhoAy
concerts; and II the last sentence seems
Iitfle irreverent, the good sense Of the
rost stones for that. It would, indeed,
.in,ost seem that consciousness was an
indispensable part Of piety in the estima-
aon of many Christians. If Charity Is
NOT Godliness, it comes near being so;
.Dd If will not harm the best of men to
occnpv themselves much with their own
fsiIings and Shortcomings, and little
with those of others
we would sincerely counsel eur friends
Of the numerous order of uneasy Chrls-
fians To follow our example. BE more
PERSONALLY and less yiciously religious.
Furn your attention from he fallings OF
other people to your own e~xceliencIes
Give poor, unregenerate NJ
tie margin, in which to be moderateiy
and pleasantly sinful. III God Is aus
Dleased with sacred concerts on SUNDAY
evenings, the matter Is so pecallaIiy Hh
o1n tbat the remedy and the punish
1870 nav safely be left in His hands
We Sdo not feel called upon to do His
vvort< without some intimation OF Hls
Will. If He can bear these 1ddlingi
and spoutings Of Sunday evenings
surely we ought to be able to bear them
There Is a great deal too much chafnG
in this world; and almost eyerybod.
wants to be a parental despotism owe
almost everybody else. Don't try il
LET the four and twenty trumpeters,
tbey are determined to blow themselye
to fire and birthstone, do it. There mus
be some free agency left in the world, o
even Divine Government win lapse fO
want Of OCCUPATION and what is tn
use Of 8 hell if there's nobody to b
damned?