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OFFICE ON THIRD STREET, OPPOSITE THE BRANCH OF THE LOUISIANA STATE BANK.
VOL. XLYn.
BATON ROUGE, LA., SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1865.
NO. 34.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
3.0. FUQUA, » ,T, G. KILBO'JRNK,
Baton Rouge, La. j Clinton, La.
FUQUA & KILBQURNE,
Attorneys & Counselors at Law,
WILL practice in the Courts of the Parishes of
Kant ana West Baton Rouge, Iberville and
Kast anil West Feliciana. au 0 -l
»CM» & HEBRON»
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
c.ourt house square,
Baton Rouge, I<a.
WILL attend to all bufiness in tbeir profession
entrusted to them, in tlua wod the adjoining
parishes, and in the city of New Orleans.
a0g17-t
J. C. STAFFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office, Cor. Laurel A Third Sts., up-stairs,
BATON IIOUGE, LA.
WILL practice in tho Parishes of East
Baton Rouge, Went Baton Rouge and East
Feliciana. juIyl-Gm*
). W. BURUE38 B. K. CHAHIT.
lil'RGESS 6i (HANKY,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
o f fi ce on Clf o rous Tit he t,
B»T. (lOSVIWTlON A HOI1TH BOULEVARD,
Itatou ICoiu| La,
ANY business entrusted to their cura in the par
ishes of East and West Baton Rouge, Kast and
Wed Feliciana, Pointe Coupée and Iberville, will
b« promptly attended to. septi
E. W. KNICKERBOCKER,
Attorney at Law and Claim Agent,
HAS mud« arrangements in New Orleans and
Washington City for the gucneesfnl prosecution
aud collection of
CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.
Office on the corner of Fifth and Laurel streets
augH BATON ROUQK, LA.
CLAYTON B* EVATT,
Surveyor & Civil Engineer,
(ICIce with K. W. KmcoBBOoCEB, Esq.,
Corner of Fifth aud Laurel street*,
RA TON ROUGE, LA.
WILL attend promptly to all professional busi
ness eutrusted to him. aug23-4ui
W. W. McMAiN & SON,
REAL ESTATE BROKERS,
Accountants & General Agents,
aug 12-8ui BATON ROUGE, LA.
JOHN M. TRACY,
Justice of the Peace,
SECOND WARl»,
Pariah of Kast Baton Kotige,
OFFIOB, COR. THIRD AND LAUREL 3T3.,
BF~8TAIlt8, 07F.lt THR SOU BILLIARD SA LOOK.
F. A. NEPHLER,
Justice of the Peace,
WARD No. ONE,
Office at the Court House.
HAVING resumed business, I am ready to at
tend to all business and suits, within the
earliest delays »X the law. apr8
JDR. KRATZ,
OFFICE ON LAl RKfi STREET,
BETWEEN THIRD AND CHURCH,
( Opp o site Mrs . Jones ' Boarding House ,)
jun'24-tf BATON KOUGE, LA.
l>r. I>. M. BROWN,
Homoeopathic Physician & Surgeon,
[LATE OF 8T. tOUIS, MO.]
1> K8PECTFULLY oller« his professional services
J.t> to the citizen < of Baton Rouge and viciuity.
Reference-— Dr. Kellogg, of New Orleans.
I .Office, at the Harney House. augl5-3m
Dr. !>. L. McKiirick,
su ho eon d ent18 t,
OFFICE ON CONVENTION STREET,
EPISCOPAL PARSONAGE BUILDING,
In the rear of Episcopal Church,
dedï baton rouge, la.
<*EOROE A. PIKE,
Gusisr Eït-A-U AGENT,
Office, on Third St reet,
BATON ROUGE, LA,
Will nttend promptly, the collection and settlement of
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CLAIMS,
NOTES, BILLS OP EXCHANGE,
accounts, rents, etc.
W All business that can be transacted by
Agency or Commission, promptly and faithfully
attended to . niayl3
F. PERRILLAT,
Watchmaker A" Jeweler,
PROM G FA' K VA AND PARI«,
WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY,
repaired at short notice,
IN Til8 VHRY *KST STTLE.
THE LATEST STYLES OF JEWELRY,
ALWAYS ON HAND.
Lafayette Street, Baton Rouge, La.
JAMES McVAY,
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER,
BATON ROUGE, LA.
S*. Ordert left at the Hardware Store, opposite
tfct Bank Building, on Third street, will tie
ftsmptly sttsiiiei. to. julyl-M
*f. jackson,
COTTON BUYER
-~And~.
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
CASH ADVANCES MADE ON
Shipments to his Friends in K. 0. and N. Y.
{Office Corner of Laurel aud, Third Street«,
(OTOE* THE V BRANDAU HOTEL,)
augl2 BATON ROUGE, LA.
SIMON MENDELSOHN,
DEALER IN
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS,
Wines, Liquors, Tobneeos, Cigars,
—AND—
FAMELV SXJFFXJCBS,
CORSBB LAFATCTTB AHO ÏMffitDA STUCKT»,
junelî BATON ROUGE, LA.
JULIUS O. BOGEL,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
A NI) DEALER IN
Plantation and Family Supplies,
COIt. MAIN AND LAFAYETTE 8TS.,
julyl3 BATON ROl'UE, LA,
F. L. TERPINITZ,
STEAMBOAT AGENT,
RECEIVING, FORWARDING,
AND
COMMISSION MEKCHAJVT,
front levee,
BATON ROUGE, LA.
JAMES MeVAY,
HARDWARE MERCHANT
AND DEALER IN
Agricultural Implements,
WINDOW SHADES,
WALL PAPER, ETC.
CALLS respectfully the attention of the
public to his large and excellent stock of goods
pertaining to his lino of merchandise. Uc be
speaks ik liberal »bare of public patronage.
Store on Third street, opposite the building of
the Louisiana H tale Bank. ju yl
J. KOWALSKI,
Laurel St., bet. Lafayette and Third Sts.,
DKAI .ER IN
FASHIONABLE AND WELL-MADE
MEN AND BOYS'
Spring and Summer Clotbing
-AND
STAPLE AND FANCY DRY CONDS.
RESPECTFULLY invites public atten
tioa to b is present an J accumulating stock
in trade, consisting of all grades, l'rom the finest
down to medium, and low-priced
CLOTHING;
STAPLE & FANCY DM GOODS.
Call and «xatnine for yourselves his assortment,
which is the largwt and beat now offered in the
city, ant! On terms the most satisfactory, julyl
VERANDAH HOTEL,
Stephen Basilisco, Proprietor
corner third and laurel sts.,
EATON ROUGE, LA.
B oard by the day , wrkk or month .
GOOD BHDS, GOOD PARK,
And every attention paid to the comfort of guests
^„Thankful for past patronage, " S tbvh " res
ipectfully solitits a continuance of the same from
his friends and the public generally. july27~tf
WASHINGTON HOTEL,
John fiass, Proprietor,
OPPOSITE ACADEMY HAI.L,
St. Louis street BATON ROUGE,LA.
fr«$_Tl]e best of Wines, Liquors and Cigars
kept at the Bar. july22-tf
SUMTER HOUSE.
CHARLES WIECK, PROPRIETOR
Corner of Main and Third streets ,
baton rovge , la .
The bar is furnished with the very best
WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS A TOBACCO.
A. BAUMSTARK,
CABINET-MAKER AND UNDERTAKER,
Corner of Church 4 p Laurel streets ,
BATO\ ROUGE, LA.
A CREAT ÏAR1IIT OF
FANCY GOODS ALWAYS ON HAND.
i
TRIMMINGS AND MV.TA I T JO r A <,•£•<.
siirj; mjii AI.L1C ti.SATi
0T"OR»KM PR0MPTLÏ ATTgXDED TO. iuly2-U«a i
- _ _ 1
CORN AM) HATH
'-Ar».
ANOTHICR arrival just stored, and tt a fHxne- j
«loa lu prie**. . j
JttlîS, JülUCa ÜAL. I
'mi stock or
GROCERY
—AND—
PROVISION HOUSE,
PLANTATION SUPPLIES.
E. R. BECKWÏTH,
third st., corner of la urel,
BATON ROUGE, LA.
CONSTANTLY ON HAND EVBRV VARIETY OF
PLANTATION SUPPLIES.
jtsf Planters and others would (lo well to call
before purcha ing elsewhere.
Cotton bought at highett market rate*.
juIy6-8mos.
JOSHUA SEAL,
Corner of Third and Convention Sts.,
BATON ROUGE, LA.
UKNERAT. DEALER IK
WESTERN PRODUCE,
Family and Plantation Supplies,
SCHOOL BOOKS, STATIONERY ,
FANCY GOODS,
AND NOTIONS GENERALLY.
PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES.
J3P~ Terms Cash. julyl
M. GRANARY,
DEALER IN
WESTERN PRODUCE,
FAMILY GROCERIES
-AND
Plantation Supplies Generally.
BEGS leave to inform his friends and
the public at large, that he will keep on
hand fresh and full supplies of all articles in the
provision line, which he will sell on terms to suit
the cash basis of trade. A liberal share of pat
ronage is respectfully solicited, at big stand on
Third street. julyl
NICHOLAS WAX,
DEAL El? IN
WESTERN PRODUCE
-AND
FAMILY GROCERIES.
IS constantly receiving, direct, from the
West and other quarters, every species of arti
cle required for
Family or Plantation use,
He has increased facilities for obtaihing supplies,
and is determined to keep up with the demands
of his customers, and to deal with them satisfac
toriiyon the scoreof quality and price—his motto
being
"Unlrk Sale* arid Small Profits..''
Mr. R. HOFFMAN, well known to oar citiecns,
will be found "behind ths counter" ready to at
tend to business calls.
Please drop in at the old stand, near the Court
liviufw, where we shall bn happy to see you.
julyl-H
A. HIJUM,
DEALER IN
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS,
And Plantation Supplies Generally.
ALSO,
CROCKERY, TIN, WOOD & WILLOW WA&E
Store, Cor. Africa and St. Napoleon Sts,,
BATON ROIJGE. LA.
DETERMINED to keep a fall and woll
selected stock of articles such as go to make
up s ftrst-rate variety store, A. 1SLUM hopes to
merit aud receive au Increased amount af pat
ronajre. He respectfully invites his old customer«
and the public at large, to continue their calls as
usual, asfiui in^ them of hin determination to
P July "f ïa " BfJ ,bem in " ery pttrticular '
—
CAM ILL 0 QUINTE RO, j
!
t
DEALER IN
HAVANA CIGARS,
C1QARETTAS,
Smoking and Chewing Tobacco,
SNUP F, PIPES, ETC.,
!
Corner of Third and Florida streets, J
BATON ROUGK, LA. :
11 " !
IN addition to his large assortment of the ■
best brands and dualities of all articles in the j
lin* of a Tobacconist, CAMILLO yillNTKRO, j
keeps also on hand a choice variety of "Notions," i
such a» fine Pocket Knives, Stationery, etc., to
*bi |: h h» invites pubiie attention, jçuurjtnteeini}
a, ti .f. ( .Uon to all coatome™ i„i»i tf !
c s faction julyl-tf
rtuinva tvn BiiTimnijo
ONIONS AND PO CA TOES. |
j r BARRBL8, New Crop, at retail or by the bbl
lu Prie«» les. tbaa ;a N** Orleaus, i
jeiyïî JOsHU ABEiL .
A. S. ARCTIER. WM. UENDBBSON.
ARCIIER & HENDERSON,
FORWARDING & COMMISSION
X«!ŒR.aiaLÂLlSTTS,
.-—AND"-«»
GENERAL STEAMBOAT, COLLECTION
— AÏ1V—
PURCHASING AGENTS,
Third street, Baton Rougr, La.
BSFEE BV K!1UII.S3J0M TO :
Oapt, P. D. Pratt, I Capt J no. McLean, N.O.
" W. B. Richardson. | H W. Taylor, N. 0.
e. R. .Beck with, Batou Rouge, La. auglO
JAMES J. DUNDASS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER is.
GROCERIES,
—ASD—
WESTERN PRODUCE,
Wines, Liquors, Tobacco & Cigars.
"CITY BAKERY,"
CORNHR OF MAIN AND LEV KU STREETS,
BATOS ROUGE, LA.
IF"- OTTO
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
v —AND—'
WnOLKSALE AND RETAIL
DEALER IN
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING,
GROCERIES,
/—AND—*
PLANTATION SUPPLIES,
WINES, LIQUORS,
CIGARS AND TOBACCO,
CROCKERY AND TIN WARE,
AND ALL KINDS OY
w e s t ern p ii o i) u c e,
Received per steamers almost daily.
F. O tto respectfully announces to his friends
and customers and the public generally, that his
store having been removed from its former stand,
adjoining Day's Drug store, to the large store and
warehouse building,
ON T1IE SOUTH EAST CORNER OP THIRD AND
LAUREL STREETS,
He is fclly p-epared to keep on hand one of the
la ( «»st and most varied assortment of the above
artices to bu found in the city of Baton Rouge.
With his increased and increasing facilities for
obtaining and storing merchandize, he is enabled
to meet all present and future demanda, and there,
for« invites the ap"cial attention of purchasers to
that fact, hoping by a spirit of accommodation to
please all, and to always sell on as reasonable
terms as the st.ite of the markets will permit, to
secure a iib : ral shire of regular patronage.
Please call before purchasing elsewhere
auglO-tf
M. J. WILLIAMS,
WORKER IN
Tin, topper and Sheet Iron
4
HAVING established himself in
the above business, in this city, re
spectfully solicits the public patronage.
Citizens, Planters and others, needing work in
his line,will please Bend in their orders, and they
will be promptly attended to. Work guaranteed.
Shop adjoining, aud North of Beai's Variety
Store, on Third strcot. jutyl
F. E. PRDTN. RQBT. L. PRÜYN.
PRUYN & BRO.,
CARPENTERS, GIN WRIGHTS
-AND—
Press Builders
BATON ROUGE, LA.
j Orders left at Jastremski k McCormick's Drug
; ,^tore. will mt'iri prompt nUimtion. julyl -6nj
j ——— —
ßatOD ROUgC Mfirblft HorkS>
____
T TPXT fr P
Iji-iXijIN *v Oo. 9
manufacturers of
to in BS, monCMENTS,
HKAD-BTONB8, MANTKL«, KTC.,
Corner of Main and Church streets,
}uly25 BATON ROUGE, LA.
JOHN TIL A NO,
WORKER IN
Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron.
STAVING established himself agaiu in the above
11 business, in Baton Rouge, most respectfully
informs his old friends and the public generally,
that h# is prepared to do all work in his line.
All repairing attended to with despatch •
gll0 p on Mjlin gtrjgt, near the Catholic Church.
augl—tf
FÏ.OIJR ! FLOUR ! ! FLOUÄ Î ! !
V)
1) GROCERS,
PLANTERS AND
„ .... fAMrI ; rES '
One and all can save time, risk, patience and mo
ney, if they will make their pnrehases of FLOUR
from the undersigned, instead of, as now in com.
mon, sending to New Orleans. My stock of Floor
is always varied and being fretiuently replenish
ed, usually twice per week, is always fresh. A
trial «olleitvd. _ .
ïugis JOSHUA 88AL,
N. O. ADVERTISEMENTS.
W. g. P1« i . u. LArtYKSI ...A. BROTHER,
PIKE, LAPEYRE k BROTHER,
BANKERS,
OEAUUtg tH
FOREIGN & DOMESTIC EXCHANGE,
monds, stocks, coin and
XJ2SrOTJÏiïlE3SrX NOTES.
OFFICE ON CAMP STREET,
Between Canal and Common Streets,
New Orleans, La.
«SeelT-y
J. J. WARREN. T. W. CRAWFORD.
WARREN & CRAWFORD,
(SuccesBors to Warren, Gilînaor* t Co.,}
COTTON FACTORS
—AND—
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No 20 CARONDHLET STREET,
jiflyll-flm* NEW ORLEANS, LA.
R. PRITCHARD,
[Formerly Pritchard A Flower.]
COTTON FACTOR
-ANT»-
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
So. 53 Carondelet Street,
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
MC" Liberal Cash Advances and Supplies fur
nished on consignments of Cotton, Sugai, Ac., to
his address.
References s
f t«JCA A KlLBOCJtSB, > PlKR, LAPEIRE & BROTHER
Baton Roug», it*, j New Orleans, La.
aug8-6ia
MAYER BROTHERS,
Crescent City Steam Tobacco Works
Nos. 49 and 51 LAFAÏKTT* STREET,
Nates Room—No. 51 Trhonpitoulii« St.
MAYER BROTHERS,
No. 31 TCHOUPITOULAS STREET,
BETWEEN POYDRAS AND NATCHEZ,
New Orleans, I,a.
MALES» IN
J 8AF A CUEWIN«, k MANUFACTURERS OF
Smoking Tobacco and Cigars.
f JU A heavy well selected stock const*ntly
on hand. july29-tf
NEW ORLEANS
CARPET WAREHOUSE,
19 CHARTRES STREET,
Between Canal and Cttstouihotisr.
We have ou band and axe receiving a large
assortment of
CARPETING OF ALL KINDS,
SUCH AS~
MEDALLION,
VELVET,
WILTON,
BRÜSSELS,
TAPESTRY,
3-PLY,
INGRAIN,
VENETIAN,
HEMP,
COTTAGE, &e.,
FLOOR OILCLOTHS,
Of all widths and qualities.
MATTING,
White checkered and fancy.
WINDOW SHADES,
Cornices and Bands.
TABLE and PIANO COVERS,
RUGS,
MATS,
ENAMEL CLOTHS,
Of varions qualities and colors.
COCOA MATTING and MATS,
HAIRCLOTH, &c., &c.
All of which we offer at modérait advaace* on
manufacturer'» prices, for cash.
aug8-ly A. BROUSSE AU k. CO.
FURNITURE WARE-ROOMS,
Mailt St., between Third and Church,
ba ton ro ug e, la.
TUS undersigned is now prepared to receive or
ders ior all kinds of furniture and Cabinet
work. Will make or mend in the best manner,
and at the loweBt figures, row cabb only . In the
Undertaking business he has now on hand a line
assortment of Metallic Oases, and is ready to re
ceive orders in this line of business, which will
meet the attention mually given by the old firm
of Piper A Bradford.
aug6 FRED. FUNKE.
AT SEAL'S.
Just arrivbd
SOAP—40 boxes Cincinnati German.
LARD—15 kegs Leaf.
COFFEE—5 bags Rio and Havaaa
FLOUR—W barrels Superfine.
BACOK—Hams, Shoulders and Sidas.
PORK—15 barrels full Mess.
CORN—100 bags White.
HAY-2S bales Western.
TEA—1 chest Imperial.
Which will be sold by the package or at r*tall,at
reasonable prices for the times.
julyW joshua seal.
Cheap JLight,
JUST RECEIVED— As invoice of trst qual
ity COAL OIL which will be seid at tb* low
prie* of $1 v» p*r Satina, rttail.
»«I« JQS8ÜA SB4V,
GENERAI. NEWS.
George Peabody, the «minent
American millionaire banker of Lon
don, will make a visit to tliis country
in the month of April next, perhaps
to remain permanently.
Thomas €. Reynolds, ex-lieutenant
governor of Missouri, arrived at Hava
na, from Vera Cruz, on the 28th of
July.
The London Medical Times says
t hat "cholera may be completely avert
ed, and, when developed, cured, by
the persistent application of the spin
al ice bag along the whole spine so
long as any symptom of the disease
continues. 1 '
A Detroit officer who was taking a
female prisoner from Saginaw in the
cars, left her for a few minutes to go
into another car, when the conductor
came along, and the woman refusing *
to pay her fare he put her off the
train. The officer was not a little
ohoD-fallen on learning how he had
lost his prisoner.
The Crimean war lasted twenty-two
months. During its course 95,615,
French, 22,182 English, 2,194 Pied
raontese, 36,000 Turks, 630,000 Rus
sians perished—785,000 human be
ings in all.
The place of Naval Officer in- the
II. S. Custom House at. New York, to
which Hon. Moses F. Odell has been
appointed, is worth from 830,000 to
8100,000 per annum. The income
of the Collector (Preston King) is
also near 8100,000.
Thirty Laplanders, dressed in furs
and skins, accompanied by twelve
Swedes, have arrived in Saint Paul to
settlein Minnesota.
The total number of railroad acci
dents that have occurred in the last
eight months is 128 total number of
persons killed, 266 ; and total num
ber wounded, 1,109.
The work of demolition preparatory
to building the new Gait House,
Louisville, has commenced. All the
tenements nowstanding on the ground
have been vacated.
We learn that Bishop Hawks, of
t he Episcopal church in Mo., has ad
vised the clergy of his diocese to take
the Constitutional Oath, or if they
cannot conscientiously do so, to aban
don preaching in that State.
The Agricultural College at Am
herst, N. II., is to be a three story
»tone structure, 160 by 60 feet, and
a granite quarry in Pelham bas been
bought to furnisn the stone. The
foundations arc to be laid this fall.
Captain Jeremiah Lockwood, late
of the 9th Iowa Cavalry, has been ar
rested in St Paul on a charge of horse
stealing.
Edwin Booth 's income is seventeen
thousand nine hundred and fifty-one
dollars.
Iteg-I am not and never have been
in favor of making voters or jurors of
negroes, nor of qualifying them to
hold officer or intermarry with tb«
white people, and I will ssy in addi
tion to this, that there is a physical
difference between the white and
black races which I believe will for
ever forbid the two races living to
gether on terms of social and political
equality. And inasmuch as they can
not so live, while they do remain to
gether there must be the position of
superior and inferior, and I as muoh
as any other man am in favor of hav
ing the superior poition assigned to
the white race, to which I belong.—
Abraham Lincoln.
The Philosophy of Heat.™
Philosopher to a sharp boy : "What
are the properties of heat ?"
Boy : "The chief property is that is
it expands bodies, while cold con
tracts them.''
Philosopher: <r Very good; give me
an example."
Boy : "In summer, when it is hot,
the day is long ; in winter when it
is cold, the day is short."
Exit Philosopher, lost in amaze
ment that so familiar an instance
should have so long escaped his own
observation.
IgjrA Danish writer spoke of a hut
go miserable that it did not know
which way to fall, and so kept stand*
ing. This is like the man that had
such a complication of diseases that he
did not know what to die of, aud m
Jived on.