OLD SERIES-VOL. 12, NO. 37. PLAQ1UEMINI,. PAR.IS-1-1 OF IBERVILE. LA.. I'All 14. 186(iO. NEW SERIES--VOL. 3, NO. 9.
PROFESSIOUJL C.GRDS
.ottarsMey at Law,
WTILL. practice in the Courts of the Sixth
Judarcial District, and the Supreme Court
of I.ounisiana.
(I Pst-office addre'--"Plaquemine, Iber
vile, La." feb4-ly
DAVID N. BARROW, N. W. POPE,
P'laqurnine, West Baton Rouge,
Iberrille, La. Daton Rouge P. 0., La
Barrow d' Pope,
.*rseseus and C.sssellers a Lowse,
W I[T LL. practice their prolesion in the parish
es of West and East Baton Rouge, Iber
ville, Point Coupee and West Feliciana: the Su
preme Court of Louisiana. and the United States
District and Circuit Courts at New Orleans.
myl-ly
J. $. Br.LL,
Attorney at Law and
Justice of the Peace.
TOfimce on Main street. augt
OSCAR LAUVWE,
A.ttorer at ta w,
Will devote strict attention to the practice o
his profession iu all the Courts of the Sixth Ju
dicial District.
Oiee with Zenon Labauve. ap2.-ly
DR. M. E. DEMARET,
OFFERS his services to the citizens otPla
quemine and vicinity as a Physician and
Surgeon.
Special attention paid to chronic diseases.
Uffice on Bank street, where he may be found
at all hours. feb26
U. S. IIAASE,
Attorney-at-Law,
PLAQUEYIlIE,
IBERI1ILLE, LOUISIASA.
Will practice in the Courts of East and West
Baton Rouge and lberville. suep5
GB.u. ROSFiMAV,
Attoerey at Law,
W ILL practice in the parihes of lbervilleand
SWest Baton Rouge. Alsoin theSupreme
Court. Ulce on Main street near the Court
House. jes ly
Joseph Retard,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
( Oice sse as Z:noan 1aaure, J .q.,)
jy16j PLAQWMJIIE, LA..
JOS. H. BALCH,
Notary Public and Auctioneer,
ILI. de business in any part of the parish
Sat the following rat*i:
All Notarial acts drawn kfr i'e to ten ci-i
;ars Famany .Meetings leld fur eight dullars.
Auctioneers' business dune on terms to suit pa
trons. decl.
Auctioneer.
HT E unidersigled, hat ing been appointed an
. Auctioneer for the parish ol Iberville, will
punctually attend to all business in that liune
which may be entruisted to his c.oni.
Letters addressed to ime will be directed to 'St
Gabrtel Postoffice '
jy9-3m AUG. CIIRISTIN.
DENTISTRY.
Dr. W. NNlZzS,
Surgeen Dentist,
having located in Plaquemnine
for the purpose of practising the!
above professlon. respecl'ully soli
cits a bhare of the patronage inl this vicinity. I
which he hopes to merit by strict attention to i
business. Dr. J. can offer no inducement in the !
way of cheap work as he uses the best ul ma- i
terials and WARRANTS all his work.
1Uj-Persons wishing him to call at their resi.
dences, will please send word to the Tuttle House.
where thercommands will meet with his prompt i
atteintion.
es-ty W. JENIINst, D. D. S.
W. a. POULSON. JAMBS VRARSON.
POLSON & FEARSON
House, Sign and Ornamental Painters,
and Imitantors of Wood and Mar
ble, Paper Hanging and
Glazing,
All done on the cheapest possible terms; and
guaranteeing perfect satisfaction, they request the
patiasge of their friends and the public gne-;
rally. . my7-ly
Nasseukmp a" Nhgea,
Whelesale Grecers and
Cammliolem Merchnesa,
33. r.lOaVK -lso
( P7Particular attention liven to consignments
of Sugar and Molasses, ad to flling orders for
Western Produce. iaiJ'8-tf
Court House Exchange.
INFORM their friends and the public, ad all
those who have an appetite for
*oed LlehLro
that they have opened a Cole Homse auder the
above name. e the corner of Main and Seminary
streets, whemre visitors will receive every btts
lion, and their iritul wauw immediately p
HAASU BROS.
Ladies Dress Goods
AND
Pleatatlen aeodh
they prtinularly call attentie t4 as adlo their
-a.ieve staok of
.w. tOt preteasd to give a list of theirt
in thl$ etp of as I addamlmmt, b
4sst ll whg are in watof
Cheap Seeds,
to gpvo m a emU, a ~t faflt 5556I
dssaaiie.k . loe OA E i aoa0
MISCELLANEOUS.
LEON LEVY.
Dry Goods and Grocery Store.
R E IPECTFULLY infornmi Lis friends and
the public that he has opened a
Dry Goods ClolhlS aand Grocery
Store,
in the house of V. Donas on I'laqutemine street.
nearly opposite M'1Willaims store, where he
will always keep on hand a good stock of Dry
Goods. Clothing and Groceries. nim.3
TNew VTolulaolc
Of Blackwood and the Foar
Reviews.
Commone lanuary, 1860.
T ERU :
Per annum.
For say of the four Reviews ..............:t (i
For any two ofthe four Review ........... .5 t
For any three of the four Reviews............7 00
For all four of the Reviews .................. tO
F or Blackwood's Magazine.................A...: t
For Blackwood and one Reaten ............ .5 t)
For Bllckwood and two Reviea ............7 oil
FIr Itlackwood and t ne Reviews ............ ! tO)
For Blackwood and the four Resie. ......... Ill o)
Muune current in the State where iseued ll Ie
received at par.
CLUUBBING.
A discount of twenty-five per cent. ferm the above
price will be allowed to Clubs *rdering hour or wore
copies of any one or more oti the above work..
Thus:-Four copi"e of Bla.c. uod. or ,t on(e Ie.
view, wall be sent to one adldrers tfr $9--f;:. colp. a
nt the four Reviews and Blackwo., foir $::Iu. and eo
Mo. Remittance ahould always Ie, aidrre. iid to the
Pu.li.hbrs. LEON.ARLs'(Tr ! & ( I ,
anamrit No. i (ilJd streett, N. 'i.
FOR ,·JLl,
A eoous and Lot in Jeffersenville.
The tundersigned efl'r.: fr Hahl,
on liberal terms the lot:-e ant! gr,:un-i
attached,-belonging to him. situaterd m
the suburb Jeferson on the continuation of Pla.
quemine street. The hu-e - tole hltnmelv"
built by A. Gauthier. wath exi!,.si. e gro:nis
attached. and all necessary o;rtb lirtn;;5-sItua.
ted nearly opposite to the residence of Mr- Clheri.
For further particulars, inquire et the undersign
ed, by letter or otherwise. at Bra-hear C(;y, pa.
rash of St Mary.
feb IHENRY E. IIENAN.
LAlr, WEBSTER & CO'S.
Tight Stlth swlarg machine,
FtOR
FAMILIES AND PLA.NT.TION IUSE.
r'llS M1ACHINE. alter a very fairhital inve*
I tigation by the moat scitiafic a.nd practical
meu of thi. country, is pronounced the ne plus
ultra of all modern inventions.
In simplicity. durability ani st:eigth it fir Pe.
ceeds any other now in ex.,tence. It is perlectly
easy to manage, quick in its operatiun, never li
able to get out of order if proper'v used, and
grla a stitch en both sides alike, which cant.ot
be excelled. or sale by
dec17 BIElI.ER BROTHERS.
MONEY TO LOAN.
\ ONEY to loau on Real Estate. Plan:atiors,
1 Farms, Negroes. etc.. In sums to suit for
asy period not exceeding seven years, re-payable
by installments or otherwise. For partlaclata
apply to Messrs. Atty & Co.. Private Bankers,
77 Gravier street. New Or'eans, La., Post Utlice
address Box Blank .0.
No agent need apply. rnh 17-3m
Tho "Old Stand."
ANTOINE in the Field I
ANTOI)N'E t.eg leave to ,
inform his friends and the `
public, that he has just puir- Wg
chased the well-known property on the
corner of Bank and l'ipkin streets, lately occurpied
by PHILIP IIEELEIN, and in which will he
continued a
Collfee Hoase amd Boarding
omose and Oyster Saloon,
where the best Liquors will always be kept. as
well as the best that the Market afortis for his
table-and his Oysters shail be the lest :uad fresh.
est that can be had. Give me a call and be con.
vinced that
ANTOINE
jaio Is iN TIrE FEI.D !
The " Excelsior " Bagasse
Farrnace.
FTjHE attention of the Sugar Planters is respect
. fully called to the superior advantares com
bined in this Furnace, both in principle and me
chanical arrangement; the air to support com
bustion is heated in its central hot air chamber.
from whence it is ditaibuted to all parts of the
Furnace, where entering in small jets at readily
consumes the incandescent bagaesse.
It thoeoughly mixes aul conasumea all the
gasses where the three exit dflues meet in the
mixieg chamlwr ere reachmng the boilers. There
is no grate of any kind nor iron works in its in
terior.
There is very little slag formed. and the whole
Furnace can be cleaned at any hour without
stopping. In case of need the whole heat can be
turned of from the boilers at any moment.
Its feed apparatus is so conntrtcted that no
cold air can get in, neither ran any heat or sparks
ofl ire esape at the top, so that there is nodan I
lerof ire during its opera'on.
It works upon diferent principles to any other
Fornace in use. Aaexamaoataon of the patent.
drawings, and specihcateons will at onre. colt
vince all scientific men that it is founded on the
oely correct principles.
AI inflrangementa of my patent will be held
stridctly accountable.
For further information please addnress the pa
tetee. A. J. CHAPM'IAN.
jaat-3m at Bayor Goula, La.
1A0os RooK,
BOOT AND SHOEWAIIER.
Successor to Joseph Fisher.
Will keep constantly on hand. a
Ifechoice and well selected stock of Ma
terial., and manufarfure to brder, Boots
sad ShBoes, and warrant his own work equal to
the beat. All orders left at his shop a Bank
ga, will receive prompt attentio.
Flquemine. Jammeary 21, 189. ly
udmber I Lumber !
T HAVE on hand 30,90 fbet of Lumber, which
Swill he solad cheap for cea.
Bills lled on edst mtiee at the Gassme Ttee
j.9-9y F. ARBOUR.
MISCELLANEOUS.
F NEB GOODS.
G AIUi tl. BROWN,
TS aailn on hand wit! the first and filiet stock
of
A DRV GOOD.
Goods for Ladies' Dresses.
New ans d Splendid Jewelry.
AN EXT'ENSIV' E SM(r'RK hF
Ready Made Clothing,
AND AR'rICLI O e
GeNtlemeen's IIardrobe,
in all their variety,
A \id a splctndid supply Il
FI'A.(' 1 (;OIJl.S GIENEI.1t LT
to enumeraie s oich would occinpy more time
antd space than ianl h, det oted to It ni the colrnli,es
ol a paper. It the people, and the Ladies iin par
ticular, desire to see. in their line o' goods,
Somnetling Rare and Beautiful,
and exceediig aniythting heretolore ever brolnill
to Plaluemiue. they hive list to call in at the
(id St.ial on Main slreet. where they will be
shoiwn. with great pleasure s.ule of 'h,
Handsomest and Richest Goods.
-A 5 i
,lore New Sty'le, of Articles,
than was ever seen in Il.i* town:
T, S".erig ias the p:ool ! .i y frienids. the La
di, s aid everybody are resiectluillv il Ited !o
call toiuhwith, anid 'c-tify to thie trutih elof what I
has e saied.
mbh24 GA U.\t IL. B11OWV%.
. E1l' 8.IDDLEII' 4.1.D
Ilariic s Ilestablilislacnlt.
Til,' unlersl lned respectllitly
.l i ollni~i',tl:e s' .) t I. Ithe 'illns of Ib
erville a:,d \We-t ilanin lt ,e, th ' lie has ag ,is
retoirn l to ii 'aqItei e. wi i: il e lie eiltion oi lo
catln hig ir elft pirilanently. t., cali ont the
Saddlery and Harness Business
IN ALL ITS l;..'LN'l Vs.
Those in wint of SA D)lLl:S. H.IIRNISS. or
any art:;., of PI.ANT.\TION G(;EAl-INt;, ill
find it to !h "ir i'ter,"t :n gie L.;n a cil be.ire
purchasi; r ese~ere
Sth p onl Main s: reel. 'osrer story of the Oldi
Ma"io, ilil. tuis h A. IV. SCO tl
New Goods Acwv Goods!!
S G s I ant n ew :peutig a !arge and
most beautiful
Stock of New Goods,
ror the Spring and Summer of 1860.
Ladies will do well by calling at my store.
where I think they can find the Finest Stock of
Goods ever brouiigt to this oal-ket. consisting ini
the follnwingit articles.
Frenclh Organdies and Muslius-all warranted
fast colirs;
Barege Ores es, of the latest styles;
'lichue IDre-ses. of ditTerenlt pattern-;
English Barege. at low iprices:
Summiier Silks. Mantillas and Shaw Is; Embrider
il; t'o'!ars and Shawls; Vaelienrin e etts.
I'elerines. Ball D-e- ses, &c.
To Iloelse-keepe s.
I am operitng a tine assnortment of 1eOsl*e
FUralishilags slih as l)aialusk Table Cloth:
Lilnen Towels; Frernch anld Gerlman Linen.
French Furniture: Calicoes of tie manufacture.
Also. Sheetnlles. (Coton and Linen, white iond
browa. al ol which will be sold at reduced pri
ces. Betlre pnrcihaSliig elsewhere, come and
examii e the stock of
ltuhi4 I.EOPOLD KAHN.
BIE BLER BRO..,
Ilave just received their Spring stock
of G(;ods.ol every variety and of the new.
est styles. lor l;ntlemnen's
Bprinag aIed summer Wear,
and they hope that :heir old friends anti the pub.
IIc generally, will conie torn ard and give their
Iordle.s. select their patterns anll get measured.
They llat'e- themllselves, that as an old and
long tried tirm. they can reler to all of their old
patrons as to the durability of their work, their
punctuality an I business integrity.
Thank lil for past favors, they hope that they
will still he considered worthy of that patronage
which has been so generously extended theml in
the past. T'Iey still occupy their Old Stand on
Main street mh24
NEW GROCERIES.
JUST RECEIVED AT
R. A. ORILLION'I
Palso- Orcoery lAtor-e,
8 doz bottles Pale Ale;
4 '" '" Cordial;
2 " ' Syrup;
Can,'ies of all kinlds;
Cream Biscuit;
Table Salt, Wiichesterrhire;
Sauce, Fresh Lobsters:
Piue Apple Cheese and Fresh Jelly;
Cheese and Fresh Butter,
Boys' Foot Balls,
l'artler Hails;
Boys' Tops and Marbles;
Gun (Caps. Slates antl Pencils;
Led Peicils, Letter Paper, Inkstands and
Ikr. mhl0
Plaqaemise haw Mil.
NEW FIPM.
/i[R. ERNEST HEBET. bhaving purchasedi
ill out the interest of J. RTe. CLtA'DE. in the
SSaw Mill on Bayou Plaquemine. in the town of
Plaqurmine, the firm, from the 2d day of March. I
witl he known by the name, and conducted nil
der the firm of A HEBERT & J. B. MAILLI),
and the latr eae of the public of the town and
Iarish is resmpctfilly nolicited.
lT"They will endeavor to keep a regular sup
ply of Lumber on hand, of the beat description,
at all times, which they will dispose ofat the ru
ling rates, and e the most accommodating teresa.
HEBERT & MAILLO.
Mareh 10, 1S60.
iITHOSE in want of Bolrd, am invited to Mis.
T. McFADDIN 8 on Main sreet. ihe keeps
a excellent table and her terms ar moderate.
CT Dianers or Meals will at all times durinsg
the day, he funighed to those calling oa her.
Plaquemine. Oct. .2. 1PM9. ly
(GAZETT & S\lTI\U.
PUILISIIEI) EVERY SATRDAit Y Y
BRADBURN & JENNINGS.
*-Office on Main Street.-
TEl1 915.
SUBSCRIII'TI N-Per annutm. Three Dollr'
and t' fl% 'elt.. If pailt in .i.aure' -FtOS lllart- per
annum tfl i ti lll at the taI m lof i ulh. rlllllllu
ADIVERTIE'1IENTS %ill he insert,t at the
rate I l It o, l llo tr it-r lr luar I t, It r - I I) f r f tlh
fir lt.aud t'liu 1', 1 i "eIf, " .o' -ul -' lllntm. Prll,,n. 1
h eral. i ii.i. ii h , °. , j r. l, h' , r, r t... r t- tll .r l .u l e on
,ANNOUNCINtG 'ANDIDATI--'ITen Dollars
f(r all a,,tike. i, n a, t1 atuu t act -1:' .. i.Il , adv.', e.
OBITI' \RY NOTICES. not exceeding three or
I'ur line. a si- ll . r" alll I,, h .l l s I: -,rl l nlliou.u r .h.re
tu (t..-., ul greatrr lenttth a l.l h.i argp d as seh ertuen -
' ttl I-l
JOB WORK-Cash on drliverv.
ri~"'The L.afavtt, Indiana) Courier
tells anll amusing story of a company
of yotng ladies :rnd gentleimen of that
pla'ce, who t,,,k it int, their Itwads to ad
jOurn fr,,m a ",cial party to, take a walk
near the eenet,.ry. As tti y aptproaih
edl the hI. tly place, a leoalv servanwe,.
All ,'v7s turno d t, the point indicated by
her alarm, andi saw a gh st enming to
wards tlrni ini orthodlx white. They
all ratn, -uit ,itu- sturdy voiman, of the
str,,ng-uninile, I cla.-. who st. ,dl i..r
gr,,unl till the ghosiit it t t her, when
she -e'iz,'l it, and thr.-hid lout of his
frighitfui tlisgz:ise a min-chievotis fll,,w
whoi, had heard the pr ,jvet of walking
out to the gri veyard dscussed,. and hid
hi:ms.elf there to give the party a fright.
She led himt back ta, the house, and in
reply to the qIutetis' that poured upon
her, said, "Cai't fol mle; I've seed talo
mainy t- nn llsheets to get frightened
at them !"
IrFE's i .AP.'IE .T . l'tuIr. - Kingsley
gives his evidence on this disputed
point. le thus declares :
"There is no pleasure that I have ev
er ,experienced like a child's niidaurmter
hoaliday. The time, I mean, when two
or three of us used to g:o away up the
4,rook, and take our dinners with us, and
come home at night tired, dirty, happy,
scratched beyond recognition, with a
great nosegay, three little trout and one
shoe, thie t,ther hIaving been used for a
boat, till it had gone down, with all
hands, out of soundings. How poor
our Derby days, our Greenwich dinners,
our evening parties, where there are
plenty of nice gals; and after that !
I)epend upon it, a man never experien
ces such pleasure or grief after fourteen
as lie does before, unless, in some cases,
in his first love-making, wr-en the sen
sation is new to him."
A Sour. l.KE.-It is in Jefferson i'otin
ty, Texas, and there is no doubt about
tile water being sour. I cannot say
whether the addition of ice and sugar
wo,uld make nice lemonade or not, but
it is very pr, obable. No dou,lt if you
were to put soda in it, it would foam
andwl make nice soda water.
But the most curious feature about
sour lake is, there are seven different
kinds of water Iiling utip, within half a
mile of each other, in and round it.-
One spring near the main body of the
lake prodnees oil. This rises to the
surface, andt the owner skims it off. get-I
ting a barrel a day, of a kind of oil
highly esteemed for mechanical and
healiniig purpoes.
Fromn another they get soap. I
thought my informant was laughing at
me when he told tue this, but it was at
tested by two, gentlemen who had seen
it, and I could not doubt any longer.
But after all, it is not so strange for
there is a plenty of alkeli in the earth,
and that uniting with the oil must make
soap. The oil and soap springs are,
close together.
The other varieties are dipLenat color
ed boiling up in the lake. The soar wa
ter is transparent, but in the midst of it,
there is a place of hblact water, and the
other three varieties are shadowed be
tween the white and the black.-[ Teras
letter in S. IV. Babptist.
a'A physician of an acrimonious
disposition, who had a thorough hatred
of lawyers, was in company with a bar
rister, and in the course of conversation,
reprtached the profession of the latter
with the use of phrases utterly unintel
ligible.
"Ftr example," said he, "I never
could nnderstand what you lawyers
mean by docking an entail."
"That is very likely," answered the
lawyer, "but I will explain it to you. It
is doing what you doctors rarely con
sent t,-suffering a recovery."
SASeedy Sentimental Gent. caught I
singing. "Were my bosom as false as
thou deem'st it to be."
Watchman--"Come, none o' that ere
-you know darn'd well you hain't got
no bosom on, nor shirt neither. Be of
,-the neighbors all says yaour howling
is wus than eats."
Race with a ull.
S(-me f,,rty yea(rs ago, the memnbcrs
of a raic. iull.e near Brownville, on
the' M, oiinigalhela, pub.lishl.d i notice ,f a
race', lne imile htats, on aparticular day,
for a plirse iof $100,t "free for anylthing
with I.fur l.gs and hair in."
A manl ili the n. ighlor-li. ,d ilaellle
llay' hal a lull that ihe was in the hab
it 'If riding to mill with his bag of corn,
and he lhete.rmini.ed to Ienter hiiln for the
race., lI said niothing about it to any
onie, but hie 'rode' liil al rod thle track a
n biil r ,f r. it.tine s, II several mii lilo, ýlht
igiti-, uintil the bull had the hallng of
ite groliunid piretty well, ila.l woul keep
hil right c ullrse. 11e riode with Flurs,
wlhich the bull 'ol-sidered particularly
dis.agreeable; sIo muilih so that heill a!
w:t. s ,(llow,,d wheni they were applied
tI his si.
lOn the liimrning of the race. Hay:s
cattle pll.on the grounld ion hiorseback-
on his bull. Instead of a saddle, he
had dried an oxiide, the head part of
wllich, wihi the tihorns still oni. lie had
ll.wed on thei tull's rumip. lie ctarried
a ahlilrt tin horn i his halind. I rode
to tlhe julle's stand and .,tlred to en
ter hi< Iull fir the race; but the owners
',f the hor ses objected. lia) s appealed
tI, the trriis of the notice, insistilig that
his Iull had "four legs and hair on,"
and that therefol're lie had a right to en
ter hini. After a good deal of swear
ilin tlhel juires declared thelns.,lves c'onm
pe.lled to decide that the bull had the
right to run, and was entered accord
iingly.
1l\'InI the time for starting arrived,
the bull alld the horses t ook their phl
ces. The Ih ,rse racers were out of hn
ii1lr at beinig boithered with the buill,
and at the burles0tue which they sup
Iposed was intended, but thought that it
would be over as soon as the horses
starte.d.
When the signal was given, they did
start. IIays gave a blast with his horn,
and sunk his spurs into, the side of the
bull. who boumk'd off with a terrible
bawl. at no trilling speed, the dried ox
hide tflappiing up and downl, and rattling
at every jump, llmaking a combination of
n oises that had never been heard on a
race course- before. The horses all flew
tile track, every one seeming to be seiz
ed with a sudden deternination to take
the shortest cult to get out of the Red
tonle coliuntry, and noine of them could
be brought back in time to save their
distance The purse was given to lays.
A general row ensued, but the fun of
the thing put the crowd all on the side
of the bull. The horsemen contended
that they were swindled out of the
mrse, and if it had not been for Hays'
horn and ox-hide which he ought nvt to
have beeCn Iermittedl to Iring upon the
gr,.uld, the thing would not have turn
ed out as it didl.
Upon this Htays til.1 them that his
,ull could beat any of their horses any
how, and if they would put up $100
against the purse he had won he would
take off the ox-hide and leave the 'tin
horn, and run a fair race with them.
His offer was accepted and the money
staked.
They again took their places at the
starting post, and the signal was given.
Hays gave the bull another touch with
his spur. and the bull gave a tremen
dous hollow. The horses, remembering
the dreadful sound, thought all the rest
vas coming as before. Away they
s ent again, in spite of all the exertions
of their riders, while Hlays galloped his
hull around the track again and won the
money.
M sNetR.----Young folks should be
mannerly, but how to be is a question.
Many good boys and girls feel that they
cannot behave to suit themselves in the
presence of company. They are awk
ward, clownish, rough. They feel tim
id, and sFlf-distrustful, the moment they
are addressed by a stranger, or appear
in company. There is but one way to
get over this feeling, and acquire easy
and gracefulmanners, and that is, to doi
he best they can all the time, at home
as well as abroad. Good mnanners are
not learned so much as acquired by
habit. They grow upon us by use.-
We must be courteous, agreable, civil
kind, gentlemanly, and be manly at
bome, and then it will become a kind of
seconld nature everywhere. A coarse
rough manner at home, begets a habit
of roughness which we'cannot lay off
if we try, when we go among stran
gers.
The most agreeable persons we have
ever known in company, were those
who were most agreeable at home.
iome is the sobool for all the best
things.
A FAoRD Plta.-We were walking
over the premises of a friend recently,
when he called oar attention to a fine
pig running by, which he said was rai
ed by one of his negroes, who nur'ed it
t her breast for three weeks, and then
she ceased to do so, because her child,
only a few months old, began to show
igns of lack of nourishmentL-Kingstra
-.. C.) S~t.
- Good thoughts are no better thas
, dfnas., uantees they be eiccated.
From thbe Now York Sauday Mereury
THE SOCIAL CONTRACT.
BY WM. F. G.. SHANKS.
'*Father, hae lints hearta-no tears ran move them,
Children must uffe-r.--Rmeo and Julict.
"The devil take Monsieur Voltaire I"
It is Confucius anlmong the Chinese,
andl Jean Jacques Rousseau, or Vol
tltir, among the French-Voltaire, I
think-who, were enemies to all lovers,
and who, like the stern paretnts of Ve
rona, had tlinty hearts, which no tears
could move. Cuf'ucius established
caste itf China, and Vltaire framed "Le
Social Contract" of tlhe French The
latter law- to speak brietly-providtes
regulations in regard to tmarriage amcong
the French nobility, and is worthy of
note as being one of the first of those
laws, which, dividing the nobility from
the people, render the latter, more than
ever, their slaves, and eventually
brought about the terrible revolutionof
the reign of Sixteenth Louis.
This law prtohibited the performance
of the marriage ceremony between no
bles of either sex and persons who were
subject to the conscription. The penal
ty was the forfeiture of the estates and
titles belonging to the parties thus
guilty of mesalliance, and they were sep
arated and exiled from the country.
Thus. if a young nobleman should nat
urally obey the instinct which taught
him to love a pretty woman, and that
pretty woman should happen to provea
grisette, he is forbidden to marry on
the penalty above explained. Or if a
charming young countess or handsome
duchess dowager should choose to ad
mire a man who had the misfortune to
be born with talents instead of titles,
she was forbidden to wed him on pain of
loosing her estates, and being requested
to settle in that beautiful district of
Cayenne, in wihose pestiferous swamps
Death in a hundred shapes is working
to seize the unacclimated. Common
sense, then, as well as human nature,
exclaims, with the Viscount Lallemand :
"The devil take Monsieur Voltaire "
Why M. Lallemand, viscount and gls,
used this language to M. Lallemand,
count and pere, I will inform you.
M. le Count de Lallemand was loyal
to the laws of his country, and particu
larly so to that of Voltaire's framing.
Hle would have been the last manin the
world, even if unintrusted and uncom
manded by the law, to permit his only
son, Ernest, to make that most ridicu
lous mistake-a aesalliace.
He determined to choose a wife for
his son himself, and meeting with his.
old friend, the M arquis of Rocheambeau,
who had lately had to him born a
daughter, who was, of course, the most
heautiful child that had ever been born
into this wicked world, he, the count,
entered into the following agreement
with the Marquis, namely, thaton the ar
rival of the young count and miniature
marchioness at the respective ages of
twenty and seventeen, they should be
wedded in the holy bonds of matrimony.
But deeming that there might prove
some fatal truth in the old adage which
had come across the Channel from En
gland, that "familiarity breeds con
tempt," they determined to separate the
infants until the time when they were
to be wedded.
In pursuance of this plan, when she
had arrived at a suitable age, Mademoi
selle de Rocheanibeau was placed in the
durance of a teacher and governess, and
in the busy solitude of Paris, where
ni, one is recognizable, she grew up
with some fifty other young ladies, there
being fitted out for their voyage on the
River of Life. But as private schools
hi Paris (and elsewhere, too) are not
what patrons generally suppose, we will
not be answerable for what Mademoi
selle Rocheambeau there learned.
The Viscount de Lallemand was al
lowed to choose his own course, but as
a young, rich, and handsome man in
Paris, in, the days of Louis XV. and the
woman Pompadour, had but one road to
go, young lallemand took it on compul
sion. It led to arfe, wine shops, maes
queradas, Mladame Pl'ompadour's private
reliearsels, Rons.eau's retreat, Camar
go's suppers-and in short, in the foot
steps of the Duke de Richelieu, whose
course, in truth, noose knew, but which
every hbusband suspected. But what is
more important to us, it led him, during
the carnival, to the grand mask-balls at
the Theatre Francaie. To be sure, in
that there existed no harm. Had not
Louis XV. been seen there with his own
butler, and did not Madame Pompadour
dance there with her own confessor ?
But though the excitement of the carni
val had carried the viscount to the
grand mask, the samne cause did not oda
tinue his sole reason for returning there
on future occasions. Of colinra thbis
new motive power was a.woman. In
this case, of course, sevL a~utiful
woman. Lallemand, a
met her as alowir ,61,
their tirst. meetiqg.W a ,
and an appointmemt to s t.ef
night in the same chae r .t lar.
one is granted, he is a fooloEl not
obtain a seoond interview: ]mt..s
this, Lallemand obtained a leave tovuis
this Nanine in the seclusin of hbr ow
home, and bherd from hs lips the co
'(Ccarluede i tA Sptpem.mw.)