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B. R. HATCH,
1806.
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Î Our Agenti in Or leim».
! Meimni. GAKnNr.it f'o., Newspaper Ad
|nrtiHinjr No. S.CommerelAl Place,
jKew Orlean», uro tbe «inly authorized
^genta in that nil, y for t,be Oa-HU and
iy We find nothing telegraphic
fit any of our late exchanges, of much
Special or general interest. The flam
ing caption« eveu, fail iu their usual
Ji!tractions and sensational effect, and
fwe pass them by without interest,
iwhich our readers would be likely to
/lo in case we gave them insertion in
? <>ur columns.
? Mir Maj. Gen. Lawlkk , recently
in command of the Military District
ïombracing our city, has, we under
stand been relieved from duty bore
and directed to report to headquar
ters, We further learn that Brevet
Brig. Gen. Fonda , who has been io
command of tlio post here for a
long while, will be continued in the
«ame command and that there will
be no District commander station
ed here a« hitherto.
D ro W nk ».—We announce with
deep regret that JoSF.PH, aged about
<).$ 'years, the son of our fellow-citi
zen, A. B aiimstabk , came to his
death yesterday afternoon, by drown
ing. He was standing on a gun wide
in the river, not far from the shore,
with a playmate, when the gunwale
turned and threw him into the water.
f Hi* sank and was drowned. A num
J her of persons were engaged in fish
i ing lor the body, when our informant
I left the scene of the sad accident.
I Siuce writing the above, we learn
I tin- body has been recovered.
(A n E nterprise T hwartkd —
One day last, week our active Street
t < Jommiaaiouer and Constable, Joski'h
i JS anciiez , Esq., was notified that a
certain bridge in the vicinity of
"Goose Hollow," was so sadly out. of
repair, that even the baker refused
to make the perilous trip across the
hollow, and as a consequence, the cry
for bread went up as a wail through
out the circumjacent region. Mr.
sanchez , prompt to remedy the evil,
had a load of planks hauled to the
»pot, iuteuding on the following morn
ing to have a new bridge constructed ;
but during the night the lumber was
ielouiously packed off, but where to,
or by whom, has not yet transpired,
or had not at our last accounts.
Thus, were the laudable efforts of
our friend S anchkz , frustrated for
the time being. We hope the lum
ber will be recovered, aud that the
thief or thieves who spirited it away,
will be ferreted out aud brought to
justice. Any one mean enough to
steal planks, ought to be made to
"walk the plank."
P recocious .—A colored boy, aged
about fifteen years, yesteray, shot a
colored soldier iutbe leg. This not
being in conformity with the idea
of the Provost Marshal, he sent the
young man to prison to await fur
ther examination. We have Been
recently quite a number of small
l»oys with fire-armB but it is almost
»qdoBtS to warn parents of the dan
gor threatoing their children when
*ueb "toys" are permitted.
VViîbin the last few years we re
member several serious accidents
resulting from the careless hand
ling of guns and pistols by boys
we expect to chronicle many more,
unless some law ia made prohibi
ting the use of them by boys under
a certain age under a severe pen
aitv
We have to thank the officers
of the splendid steamer Missouri for
papers of late dates, and Messrs
Archer <fc Henderson for their nunc*
tua! deliverv.
SOUTHERN MANDPACTUBES
The alteration that has taken place
in the nature and distribution of
labor, in the South, must in time
necessarily effect important innova
tions in the agricultural and manu
facturing capacities and resources of
ber population. There will be a
greater subdivision of the farming
iuterests, 1< mss of that centralization
of labor and the capital that absorbed
it in the hands of comparatively a
few landholders ; a greater diffusion
of the benefits of trade and commerce
among Southern towns, and conse
quently a stimulus given to public
spirit, which will be diffusive of en
terprise in other branches of produc
tive industry than agriculture alone.
Manufactures of various descriptions
will dot the country, and settlements
of the operative classes will gather
around them, to earu by honest toil
the wag«« of their hire ; the principle
of barter betweeu farmer, tradesman
and mechanic will enable each to
work into the other's hand for mutual
support and advantage ; and money
made at home will be spent more at
home, to foster and develop home
enterprises and improvements.
With free labor, properly system
atized and made thoroughly reliable
and available, the problem of suc
cessful competition in manutacturing
enterprises with places farther North
and in Europe, will be satisfactorily
solved. The South, iu addition to
being self-producing, will become
more solf-sustain'tug and independent,
in that she will have the facilities at
her doors of labor and machinery, for
converting her cotton into the fabrics
of commerce, as she will also con
tinue to convert her canefi«>lds into
tinue to convert
, . , . .
sugar and molasses, and her tobacco
kinnakinninck,"
into "honeydew,"
"regalias" and "principes." The hus
bandman will employ his skill and
labor in a wider aud more diversified
development of nature's productive
realms. The cereals and all the escu
lents of the field and garden and
orchard, of which our favored soil
and climate are so susceptible and in
such infinite variety, will receive
larger and merited attention. The
mineral ores which lie treasured up
iu the earth, will be made accessible
to human ingenuity and enterprise,
and the furnace and rolling mill will
pave the way to (h* manufacturing
those useful implements which
enter into so many of the varied
occupations of man.
These are vivid pictures and by
uo means overdrawn, when we come
to consider the probablo circum
stances that are destined to influence
the future order of things in the
South, and which must naturally
succeed the radical change substitut
ing free for slave labor. Our views,
of course are predicated on the future
stability and practicability of free
labor—that system being as jet an
experiment and by no means adapted
in its present phase to accomplish
what in time we trust it may, directed
by clear and sagacious minds, and
put to the uses and requirements
suited to the spirit and progress of
civilization.
A Change .—We were rejoiced,
on our visit to the Capitol Grounds
last Sunday, to tun! that the scythe
had been vigorously plied. Tiie
promenades were filled with lovely
women and beautiful, care-free chil*
dren. When ladies have to get
their nice robes soiled in visiting
places for out door recreation thoy
are loth to go there. To their old
resort they may noow go and nut
fear "drabbling" their dresses.—
Thanks Mr. gardner, for your prompt
attention in "making clear the waste
places" of our capitoliau park
Commodore Painé 's fleet of
coal boaw will soon be again at uur
landing. Our iev«e now is decked
with a huge craft, laden with thou
sands of barrels of this much-needed
article. We rejoice with the commu
nity to see old, enterprising citizens
again taking firm hold of their orig
inal business avocations for which
they have shown themselves well
adapted and efficient.
MANUIFACTrRK OF ICE
The reflection is both refreshing
and grateful, that although we may
be sweltering and sweating amid the
profound heats of an almost tropical
midsummer, it is still in our power to
assuage those sufferings by the sight,
tonch and taste of an article so an
tipodal to caloric in its temperature
as ice. Nature, so bountiful in its
production of this luxurious ne
cessity, during her wintry reign, yet
makes room for successful competi
tion to the artificial laboratories of
n>au, during the "heated term," aud
we behold him turning out iu the
most approved manner, by a formula
of his own ingenious devising, an
article fully equal in all respects to
that produced in the natural way.
We visited in New Orleans last
summer the "Louisiana Ice Works,
and were struck with wonder and
admiration at the ingenious process
which converted water from its fluid
to a solidified state. The managers
of the establishment are geutlemanly
and obliging, and aro always willing
to give all the information their time
will allow, to visitors in regard to
the minutia; of their operations.
The city news column of the Pic
ayune of the 10th, dishes up that in
formation in the interesting manner
following :
Entering, wo found ourselves very
courteously received by the manager,
to whom we return our thanks. We
saw some eight or ten men at work,
several vats, a steam engine in oper
ation, and perceived a very strong
smell of ammonia, which we found
to be the principal agent used in the
conversion of water into ice which
many people think a humbug, but
which no one acquainted with chem
istry is surprised at. The Missis
* * A. .. !« kl» nllllïl «inn
, eipni water is purified by alum and
^ am [ ig convorted int0 ice
| t i, B abstraction -of its caloric
or heat considered as a substance.
Liquid ammonia, doubtless largely
diluted with water, is subjected to
a gentle heat. It is at all times
strongly and earnestly inclined to
assume the gaseous form, and it does
assume it. on account of the heat, and
becomes purified there by re-conver
sion into a liquid form, in which state
it is nearly pure liquid ammonia. It
is of course a principle in chemistry
that the form of bodies, whether
solid, liquid or gaseous, is due alto
gether to the greater or less quantity
of caloric which they contain, and
also that a body in passing from a
solid to a fluid form aud prove n fluid
to a gaseous form, and has its ca
pacity to contain caloric wonder
fully increased, the reverse being the
caw with the contrary process.
The liquid ammonia is now passed
through au extended system of small
pipes in a large vat of water, in
which are inserted numerous brass
moulds which cause the water to be
converted into ice. The whole pro
cess is now clear. It re-assumes the
gaseous form, robs the water arouud
the moulds of its caloric, runs then
into moulds, and thus the whole is
couverted into a cake of ice. It
takes about three hours to effect the
process. The ice is white on ac
count of the quantity of air entau
gled always in water, and the
rapidity of the process, which does
not. permit the air to escape as in
slower processes. About GOO pounds
of ice are made at once. 11 is sold
at about one and a quarter cent
pound, and not one-third of the or
ders can be filled.
-The Mobile
Möbius Looking dp.
News of the 9th says :
"We are glad to notice that
many of the buildings that were
damaged by tire explosion on the
25th of May last, are being repair
ed. The roofs of storehouses on St.
Louis, Water and Commerce streets
are already in order and some of
the cotton warehouses have bad
the wall aud partitions rebuilt.—
There is also a gaug continually at
work cleaning the brick of the ruins
—the filled up streets, by the debris,
are opening to free passage—and
before long that part of the city
will assume its wonted acted,—
This is, no doubt, the result of au
healthy public conBdence in tho
j early resumption of trade, and a
earnest desire for our State to once
more place herself in the rank of
loyalty—which will be done assoon
as the Convention concludes its la
bors. Let us all put our shoulder
to the wheel, and place Mobile and
Alabama j'n its true position."
Advice from an old soaker : Never
put water in your liquor ; it inevitably
damp» tjririts.
New York City—Population
Property, Debt and Tasks .—Here
arc some interesting statistics,
sbowiug up a few of the principal
features belonging to the biggest
city on the American continent:
"From calculations based on such
return» of the census of 1865 as \
have been reported, the population ■
of New York city is put at a little
over » rouud million. The total
valuution of real and personal estate
for 1865 is $008 ,785,355, a decrease
from 1864 of $25,831,585. The
transfer of" Capital to Government
bonds accounts for this decrease.—
But for this the amount would now
reach about $700,000,000, which
would be $700 for each person, or
$3500 per family. The World says
the assessment is never more than
half, and often less than hall', the
real value, so that there is actually
the comfortable estate of $7000 to
each family in that city. The
amount of city debt is $31,776,824,
and of county, $10.804,903, giviug
a total for the cityand county of
$42,581,727. When Fernando Wood
was elected Mayor of New York, in
1864, the taxes of the city and
county were $4 ,850,000. Then
systematic corruption was inaugu
rated, and it has continued to in
cqaase rapidly. The taxes this year
are $47,246,808 81. The cost oi
governing London, which has a
population three times as large as
New York, is $12,000 000 a year,
and to keep Paris in order costs
only $10,000,000."
ty The New Orleans True Delta
learns from a privato letter, that Gen.
W. M. Kidd, ft distinguished citizen
of Jackson parish, was killed on the
20th of last month, on his own plan
tation, by the accidental falling of a
tree upon him.
Gen. Kidd was born in Georgia iu
1813, and had been a member of the
Legislature of that State. Ile re
moved to Jackson parish in 1853,
and was elected a member of the
Louisiana Sfuate from that parish
by the American party. He was
also a member of the Convention ol
1861, and, says the Trnr Delta,
" voted to carry the State out of the
Union, although he did so with
many and serious misgivings. Proba
bly this was the only act of Iiis pub
lie life that he ever deeply regretted."
"At the time of his death ho was
actively engaged in endeavoring to
restore harmony and enforce the law
among the people of his section of
the State, lie was making epeechfes
in many places, advising the people
to pursue «. patriotic and conciliatory
course, to make the most of the cir
cumatances \§hich surrounded them,
and to be obedient and loyal to the
laws of the Government. Re was
to have delivered an address to a
large number of his fellow-citizens
on the day of his burial ! "No mon
ever died in Jackson Parish," so
writes our informant, "who was
more universally regretted. The peo
ple all felt that they had lost a par
ticular triend, and a wise and uselul
counsellor. His loss to his family is
irreparable."
"The loss of such a man at any
time is a public calamity ; but at a
time like this, when the State sorely
needs the services of her experi
enced, discreet, wise men, the loss is,
indeed, one that cannot be repaired."
f -W The Richmond Bulletin pub
lishes a stupid hoax about a bumau
body found in a liquid state io a
barrel sent to a druggist in that
city, the corpse being that of "Linn
C, lioyle of Philadelphia" Our ex
changes far and wide are copying
the revolting story, without being
acute enough to see that the whole
is a very silly joke, and the name,
rr The Philadelphia Ledger is
authorized to say that there is not
one word of truth iu the story that
the Government has ordered 80,000
men to Texas. The Government
does not propose to add $100,000,000
to the next year's expenses for the
pleasure o{ a " demonstration." The
troops in Texas consist of parts
of three corps, and onumber about
20,000 men in all.
jfcaSf-A policeman in Buffalo his
been lined five dollars and coasts for
forcing a u&n in a horBd car to give
his seat, to a lady. The court said
ladies had no more privileges than
men, and, moreover, when treated civ
illy, were not profuse in ackowlcdg
ments
Thebe ia a great temperance revi
val among the Catholics of Troy, New
York. Over two hundred took the
pledge there last Sunday.
FINANCIAL.
Nsw O rleans , Saturday Evening, August 12.
Got,»-l«3i®14t}£. Oporation» lim
ited.
E xchange --The market exhibit» very
Blight variation from previous rat«».
Bank Notjmi —Louisiana Htate Bank,
5<J®ß8c, on the dollar; Onion Bank,
70(j6{80c,; Bank of Louisiana, 8ô<$873-£c.;
City lîn»k, 70@Slc.
IM#**
COMMERCIAL.
Nsw O ruu X s , Hatardny Kvenlag, August 12.
C otton -Tlio extremes Quotation» are
from S8(iî41o., runiflust from Ordinary to
Middling,
suuab and Mor.aiuis»->-Louisiana Sugar,
cornmoq, 10o.; Mixed, l4o.; Cuba, I8)^e.
for Fully Fair; 14($U)£o. tor Prime. Toe
market is nearly bare of Mola»««» in flrat
huuda.
Fî-otra— The inquiry in brisk, but owing
to light HupplioH the hhioh are confined to
about 600 bbis., of which 62 uommon at
$7 100 ciioice superfine at #y 76, 160
low extra in two loto at $10, 100 <lo. at
$10 25 and 300 good extra in two lota at
$10 S7X ? bbl.
G rain —The aalen comprise 285 »ackft
damaged Corn at 70c. $ bui>hel, 424 ordi
nary mixed at, $1 05, 1B1 do. at $1 01%,
602 white and yellow at, $t 12; 800 gack»
Out,a on private terms, and 105 do. at 80c.
"Jt bushel.
B ran —260 anck »old at $1 20 and 200 at
$1 25 per loo lb».
Mas'—A lot of 45 bales ordinary Woatorn
gold at $27 00 per ton.
L amb —The market is nearly bare, Primo
in tierce» ia pulling in small lots r.i 25@
25%o., and in keg* at 28c. $ lb.
I ndia B auoiko —100 baloa gold at 25%c.
yard.
Dr. D. HI. imowi,
Homeopathic Physician & Surgeon,
(LATKO* 3T. LOtJîft, MO.]
REflPKCTFUkl'Y offer« hi« prnfeBsional nerrlce«
U» lh# citizen ' of Baton (("age and vicinity.
l»r. R<*lJogir, ot New Orleao*.
Oflic«, for tlw! prient, at Mri. J*. !B. Jone*',
"Contrâl f Jouto." tragi 6~3ta
•f. Jack sou,
COTTON BUYER
.--Anrt—
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
cash adv anc ks madk om
Shi Plauts to hi» Friends in N. 0, »ad N. ¥.
I Corner of biurel and Third Sfreght,
<U»DESTHt VJCRAMV'AU MOTKL.}
saiclî uatow hdcok, la.
F. PERRI LLAT,
Watchmaker 4* Jeweler,
krom gknkva and pa hi«,
WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY,
RKl'AIUXV AT SHORT NOTIt 'F,
IS TIIK VEHV BERT ttTTI.F.
the latest styles of jewelry,
ALWAYS ON HAND.
Lnl'nyetCe Stiwl, Baton Kougr, I.t.
\\ , \\ , McDIAIN Si SOX,
jniAh ESTATE BROKERS,
Aooountant« & General Auente,
baton rouge, la.
wm. ukndkrflon,
UttHER & HENDERSON»
FO rw A RUING & COMMISSION
MEKOHANTS,
GEN KRAI. STEAMBOAT, COLLECTION
—All'—
1* u11 € 11 a s I n < i AGENTS,
Third xtrret, lia ton I<0<1<4<', !»<>.
bt permisïmok to :
C»pt. f. n. Pratt, ) Cspt .Inc. Mclean, S.O.
" W. B. Illchirdvon. | H W. Taylir, N. 0.
15. K. BeefcwHh. Huron Rouge, I,» inglO
X". OTTO,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
'•—AND—^
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
dealer in
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING,
OlFtOOEiRIIBS,
r—and— s
PLANTATION SUPPLIES;
WINES, LIQUORS,
CIGARS AND TOBACCO,
CROCKERY AND TIN WARE,
AND AM, KIND» OJ
WESTERN PROD U C E,
Kecelvad par steamers almost daily.
par
K. O tto resp»:tfully announces to his friends
and customers nnd the public generally, that bis
»toie having beeu removed fron, its former stand,
adjoining Bay's Drug store, to the lar»:» >;tore and
varehoQse buildiog,
ON THK 80CTH BAST CORNER OF TlilKl) AND
LAURKI. 3TRK.KTH,
Ile is felly prepared to k««p on hand one of
largest and most varied asaortmenrs of the abore
srtlces to be foaad in the city of Baton Rou^e.
With bis increased and increasing facilities
obtaining and storing merchandize, he is enabled
, r .
to meet all present and future demands, and there,
fore invito the special attention of purchasers
that fact, hoping by a spirit of accommodation
please all, and to always seil on as reasonable
terms as the state of the markets will permit,
meure a lib. ral share of regular patronage,
tsy Please call before purchasing elsewhere.
iüglU-ff
CORN AND OATS.
ANOTHER arrival just Stored, and at a reduo
tîon lu prict«, ,
jialyîT J03HÜA Be AL
CANDIDATES.
To Candida 1 «».—Candidates for otfic#
need occasionally to be reminded that wv
invert no announcement», union» accom
panied with the printer's fee of $10. We
have on hand a goodly number of names
which have boen left at oar office to be
announced ill the foregoing connection,
but? until our old- established rate* are
complied with, the parties concerned can
not receive the benefit of a standing an
nouncement m oar columns.
FOR SHERIFF.
Meurs. £ditorg—V\onm unnounoe Ji. V.
RABIN, Esq., asaoandidate for Sheriff of
the Parish of East Baton Bouge at the ap
proaching Election.
july35-pd, MANY FKIEND8.
Mr. Editor— Please state, that at the ro
quait of many of his friends, ALFRED
DIIPLANTIKR, Esq., has consented to
becomo a candidate for tlie Sheriffalty of
tho Parish of East Baton Itouge.
aug6*pd **»
Mr. Editor— Yon will please announce
THOJMÀ8 F. HERNANDEZ, Esq., as
a candidate for the office of Sherilf of East,
Baton Kouge, at the forthcoming Novem
ber election.
aug.Vpd. VOX POPÜLI.
Mm*rt. Eliton —Please announce tiie
present incumbent, EDWARD C'OUSI
NAKO, for re-election to the office of
Sherilf of East Baton Ronge, at the ap
proaching November election.
auglß-pd VOX POPÜLI.
FOR CLERK.
Mfturi. EMort^-l'ieane announce in your
paper the name of JOtfEPII NËPIXLEK
the present efficient Clerk, for re election
to the office of Clerk of tho Fifth Judicial
District, at the approaching November
election. MANY FRIENDS.
augir>-pd
FOR RECORDER.
Mem». Mik»e~V lease announce JOHN
M'GKATH aa a candidate for I'aiinb
Recorder, at the approaching elootion.
augl-pd. MANY FRIENDS.
Editort qf the GazHte and Cxrmetr— You
are authorized to unnonnce WILLIAM
III'It IIS, E»q., ax a candidate for the
otBcc of Recorder for the Pariah of Ea»t,
Baton Rouge, He will be nupported by
augl-pd. NUMEROUS FRIENDS.
Mettre. Editor» —I'loatte announce WIL
LI A M 1HONGET, Esq., as a candidate
for Recorder at tho approaching Novem
ber election.
aug.Vpd. MANY VOTERS.
Mr. Editor— You are authorized to an
nounce SAMUEL SKOLFIELD, Eaq.,
as a candidate for the office of Fariah Re
corder at the enauing election.
augS* MANY OLD FRIENDS.
, »
FOR ASSESSOR.
1 teuere. Editors— Pleatte announce JOHN
F. PIKER, Esq., asaoandidate for the
office of Pariah Aeaeasor nt the approach
ing November Election.
NUMEROUS SUPPORTERS.
augl-pd.
.»■«>«
Mr. Eiitftr— Ploaae announce as a candi
date for the office of Pariah Aaaeasor of
Eaat Baton Ronge, Mr. STEPHEN J.
YOUNG, and obligo hia
FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS.
augS.
iteisrs. Editnrt — Ploa^e announce Mr.
CHARLES VEKBOI8, as a candidate
f-»r the office of Paru»h Aa^enaor, at the ap
proaching November election.
auglS MANY FRIENDS.
SPEC1ALN0T1CES.
I. O. O F.
r p II E Regular Wei klr Meeting of .
X DB SOTO M)DÖB, No. 1, I. 0.|
0. V , in h«1d at their Util, 00 Main
»tr(v.t, nearly »pponite the Som'er House, every
TIIUKSDAV KVKNINO. at half-past 7 o'clock.
FOR SALE.
ACOMrOUTAKI.E family rtnidenKe,
situated on Mala Street, opposite
tue Ferna'« Orphan Asylum A harftaln
may be had if disposed of jmmediii.t«l,v. 1
by applying to U. W. JÖI.LY,
• uk12-i < u Oa the premises.
FOR RENT.
ANÜMBKB of unfarniFhed rooms,
largo aod small, suitable for single
Iwdgers or smsll hoiliiei. Bltoatiau ex- llUiQ
tremely elltfihle. 1
For particulars, apply to th* JCditor of Gaeftte
and Oorrwt. jaljïK-'f
WANTED TO RENT.
ÂHOU8R lurolsbed or unfurnl.bsd,
(furnished preferred), for a eranl
lamiiy. Situation near the Barracks
preferred. Address V. OTTO, at h'S|
store, corner of Third and Laurel street*, »Utlng
aug3-3t.
i locality and tnrms of rent,
m
To Rent.
A COMMODIOUS "Cottage House,"j
pkaminV.y sitoutted, cortaialnf 4 room«J
and kitchen, newly plastered and painted, with a
plentiful supply of pure slstern and well watpr.
PosKwsion gl* eu Immediately.
■■ —
j A VKftl denirtlle "t»' a l • ES?
i ii conUlninT 8 rooms sod kitchen, Ac., «rf
A I-SO,
»Ith ai. excellent well of water. Possession fivea
en the 1st of Anguit ne*«. Apply to
july l, JAMES Me VA Y.
J%*otice !
B aiok Kocot, Li., June 23tb, 1366.
George a. pike, is fully authorized
and empowered to aet icr me and In my stead,
in all business matters in which I bave an later
ect in Baton Kong*
julyl-Sts WM S. PIKE,