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THIE SUGiA IPLANiTE1I.
liiAR.llL' .. l'AhAS,
EDITOR AND PROU'RIETOR.
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NOTICIE.
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FOIl I' RESI IENiT'.
MIL'D FILLMORE.
FOR VICE I'ltE~-IlEN'T.
A. J. DONELSON.
SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1856.
A HAKPP EvT.- -T'ired of his bachelor
life, on Monday evening, the Editor of this
paper, embraced the handsome FANsN BriLt r.I
on a matrimonial voyage and is now passing a
a pleasant time with his lovely, and accom
plished companion, in the Crescent City.
This happy anlnouncement. we trust will be
a sufficient apo'ogy for the lack of our usual
quantity o: reading matter. We hope to
announce in our next issue. the arrival at
home of Mr. and Mrs. Hya. s !
THs: CAPITAL FOR FIL.LMOnE AND DoNTL- t
son.--The municipal election on last Mon-*f
day, for municipal officers of Baton Rouge, s
resulted in a triumph of the American party ! s
The officers elected are all the nominees of I
the Americ:an party.
Despite the desperate efforts of State offi- i
cials in the possession of State patronage' ,
the Capitol of Louisiana has pioclalmed, by I
a majority of fiity-~even, her devotion to
American principles I
{7 It affords us much pleasure to learn I
through a friend at New River, that the Su- I
gar crop, in that region, is far more promis
ing than we had any reason to hope for. It
is confidently expected that most of the Plan
ters will make at least half a crop, and that 1
some will make full crops.
Mb. Sou1.E's MissIoN To SAr..--The i
New York Herald, understands that Mr. SoL- I
16 has completed his hook, and that it will pro
bably be issued from the press season for the
great Democratic Convention in Cincinnatti.
It will create a prodigious sensation. or else
we are much mistaken. Mr. 'ol:16 has not
put himself to the trouble of writing a book.
without the intention of making "Rome
howl." President Pierce will be raked mer
cilessly, while Secretary Marcy may look
for such scathing and searing as he never ex
perienced before. Even his tough hide, sup.
posed to be the toughest in the world, will
writhe under the sharp lash of our irate and
gifted ex-minister.
WELL FoauOTTls. - The Biughamlpton
Democrat says :
"The London Telegraph, in enumerating
the American cities which the Britishers
could take "just as easy.': in case ol war be
twieen the two countries, leaves out New Or
leans altogether. We cannot accoun,t for the
omission, except on the ground that ;hey
took it in 1814, and do not tti:uk it necessary
to take it over again" -
The memory of the 8th of January still
exercises a wholesome influence. It is not at
all surprising, that John Bull omits all men
tion of New Orleans when he becomes bel
ligerently inclined, in the newspapers!
There's always method in John's boastings.
Mo. FILL. nax.-The Kingston (Tenn.)
Gazetteer. a Democratic paper, in its .mpre .
sion of the 13th inst., speaks of Mr. Fillmore
as follows:
With reference to Fillmore as a man, it is
endoubtedly the best nomination the party
could have made. He is an independent,
candid politician. While he occupied the
Presidential chair, he threw off all sectiasalism
and administered the govertasrnt in arcrrdlance
with tie provisions and spirit of the Consti
tauion, dealing out eqysd-handed justice to the
Nrorth and the South. He exhihited his ntttiot
ality by a warm and manly support of the Corn.
premise measures. 'Ihis was his duty: and
for doing it, he deserves an approving con
science and the reward of duty well done.
An admission so frank and manly, says
the Nashville Patriot, is highly creditable
It is one of the bright spots in the gloomy
horizon of politics.
Let the Democracy select such a man as
Fillmore as their candidate, and the canvas
ought to become a generous rivalry free from
the bitterness and malignity of spirit char
actaristic of former Presidential campaigns.
"A man discovered America, but a woman
equipped the voyage." So everywhere
man executes the performances, biut woman
trains the man. Every effectual person. leav
ing his mark on the world is but anotherCo.
lumius. for whose liurnishin.g some Isabella.
in the olnn of his mother, lays down her Jew
elry, her vanities, her comfort.
A lady who made pretentious to the most
refined feelings, went to her butcher to re
monstrate with him oni his cruel practices
"How can you be so barbarous as to put
little innocent lambs to death ?" "*Whyv.
madam," said the butcher, "-you surely would
not eat them alive would you i"
PaTnrrsT.--The Rev. Mr. Smithson, who
by the way has a holy horrorot grammar and
orthography, this describes the depatrture of
a "eant. " Wheal I aroe at tise hous M e of my
dissesef friesld be was perspiring his last. I
stood by his bedside, and said, as be was too
far gone to talk. "brother, ii you feel heppy
Qowji t equeeze my hand,' and he sqse at'
Communicated.
Public Education.
A bill, we believe, was before the last foi
Legislature for the establishment of a State co
Normal School, but failed to pass. Why, we R,
know not. For there is no subject of more in
vital interest to the people than that of edu- '
c Jtion-the education of the masses. And
we are glad to find that there is an awaken- a
ing interest in this matter-that there is a di
deepening conviction on the part of the peo-t t
ple, that a public education is a matter notI th
only of national safety, and a just object of oi
national pride, but that it should be a horne w
Ieducation. To accomplish this, a semniary ir
for the espectal training of teachers is neces- i ~
sary, and thisnecessity mrau be met by the al
establishment of a State Normal School. re
It appears no more than right, and ce.rtainly tl
it is profitlable. for a Slate that has by law L
taken the task of educating its children, at J
least partially, into its own hands, to take
also the over.ight. if no .more,of the training
of the teachers whom it is to employ for that ii
important work. The State needs home teach
ers, and the teacher needs a specific course of
edu. ation. to enable him to enter upon his a
I duties. practically skilled in the best meth .d ti
of performing them-and thus prepare himn
for all his duties belole entering that sanc
tuary of the public's lone-the school room.
There must, therefore, he provided for him
a suitable place. with well taught and intelli
gent instructors, and there he should he pre
pared. by trials of his own skill and patience
in actual teaching-exerr ises, for what he is 1
to do hereafter. By such a provision as this
the State will give to its teachers, even in
their novitiate, nearly all the practical bene
fits of a wise and ripe experience in the
school rooms, and will thus provide for our
schools. men and women who are not only
f practically acquainted with the "artof teach
ing," but, what is of equal value, who are
identified with us by birth and education.
!, And with such a tlaining as can be given.
y partly at the expense of the State. they will
, enter their school with confidence, and pro
coed to their work like tho-e who have anti
cipated the trials and duties, and who have
n nerved themselves to endure the one, and
promptly and conscientiously to discharge the
other.
It And further. if thus trained in a profession
.- al school of teachers, they are far more like
t ly to make the business their calling for life
-and to become more earnest and enthusi
astic in the pertormance of the daily routine of
1 its details,. and whatever should accomplish
. this, should be hailed as a nible good.
- The infuumce. too, of a Normal School
ae would be proeuctive of great benefit, in not
:i only securing for our schools compe'ent teach
te ers. but in rendering tetcher's places more
t agreeable to them, and mo e profitable to the
k. community. It will also train and hiand to
se the profession, of teaching. an able. an enter
r- prising, and a progressive class of men and
k women. who shall contsecrate their talents
- and energies to a life-duty in the noblest ofI
p all causes.
ill We have thrown out these thoughts, show .
ad ing the advantage and, indeed, the nece -
sity, for the establishment of a State Nor
mal Sebool, in the hope of arousing our
au readers to think on this sulject candidly and
carefully, as its importance deman s. We
ng deem the subject one of vital importance.and
rs feel that we should have failed t,, do our dut .
edid we not present the matter fully and fairl.
he before the people. We shall, thereforaske
y an early occasion to resume this subjet.
ry
FtLI.TRBE IN TMASSACIUE-rTrTs. ISO 'R.I
AnD N. CAcoLINA. -The Boston Journal.
says :
We hear from Washington an authentic
statement that the Fiilmore ticket meet>
with more favor among the Massachusetts
delegation than some of the Republican wri
ters had asserted. The ranks of the disaf
fected are thinning out. and the leaders must
strike quick or they will not m#ke a., advan
taget.us Iargain with the Law men of the
Republicans.
The St. Louis Intelligencer, says:
The most cheering reports pour in upon us
from every quarter. testifying the enthus'a..
tic approbation with which the nomination:
of Fillmore.and Donel-on is received by the
people Our exchanges are tilled with ac
counts of monster ratification meetings held
throughtut the country. all of which are
characterized with the greate.t harmony ant
enthusasm.
An enthusiastic ratification meeting of the
friends of Fillmore and Donelson was held a
iew days ago at Oxford, N. C. The meeting
was addressed bythe Hon. Wm. A. Graham
and others. The Raleigh Register, says:
Throughout the entire State the nomina
tions are received with like rejoicings. We
knew betore that M1r.. Fillsmore had a strong
hold upon the affectiions of the people of
North Carolina, but we were not awdle of
the extent in which he possessed their confi
dence and esteem.
A's "ORPnL DRAn.GRT."-An oldacquain.
tance of ours in the country, indulges in a
very exaggerated style of description and il
lustrat.on in his ordinary converation. For
instance, when descrilmug the effect.of an ai
teration in his kitchen chimeney, which he
had ordered his mason *o make. he said that
"before the chimney was altered it drew the
wrong -way so powerful, that every flock of
wild geese that flew over the town for ten
years was sucked down into his fire-place,
but since the alteration has been made, the
drought was so strong, that it he s.ould hook
one end of a log-chain in the middle of the
kitchen floor, the other end would stand quis
eriug up the chimney."
A TUsNEL CAVED la.-A few days ago a
portion.ofthe tunnel over the Whltewater
canal, at North Bend, Ohio, a quarter of a
mnle from the grave of Gen. Has rison. caved
in. and it is said it will require several mot.ths
to repair at. Thiq same tunnel caved in, in
1840, as Gen. Harrison was riding over it.
and his life was only saved, by his borie be.
coming frightened and making a sudden leap
upon safe ground.
The &aalt" on Judge Robertson. '
As public journalists who have a regard rel.
for truth and a love of principle, we cannot b
arproacb the record of the late upleasant ren- ! C
conter between Mr. Daunoy and Judge tia'
Robertson without deep regret. In its bear- de
iugs upon the reputattou of our city it is ofa he
very grave characti r.
The tracs are as fellows: Mr. Daunoy-a po
deputy of Maj. Hufty-during the progress of I
a trial. approached and stood by the clerk's rue
desk; J udge Robertson sternly bade hlil sit all
rdown. Mr. lDaunoy retired to the side of the thi
room, but remained still standing. "Arrest we
that mran," said Judge Robert-oi,. A de.p'uty he
of Mr. Bell approached Mt. Dauoiy, when he as
waived hint oft, quietly saying: "JI)o not put a
your hands upon me. 'IThe Judge, rising Ti
trom the bench, exclaimed: "A;:rest that Nr
man ;' "kill him. i necessary to eliect his ire
arrest; and I will help you." Mr. Darunoy bu
retired Irtr tihe court room, when the olficer a
ollowed fo make the aireet. XMr. Daunioy w.
then refussed to be arrested, when iandeil uo
Hunt. ri ing as a mediator, suggested, that i co
J ridge Robertson might be acting too hastily, pr
and that Mr. Daunoy be questaetd io regard ic
to his cndudnct. AIr. Daunoy catme belfore the ir
Court and purged hirmse t by sa tlig that tie I
intended no dlsrespect to the Court-that aru be
insult to it had not rutered his thoughts, and ii
he was discharged. I
The Judge hall made out no commitmenll, !t
and was proceeding io anl extraordlnaiy and rea
nost summuury mantier towards Mr. Lauoy, i r
who perhaps had not oba ed the tirst order to
siml ly because there was no seat Su the court- w
roona vacant tl
We hI:ve to remark here, that we believe
it the dirty of all persolns to assist In triaintaian
ing the dignity ut the Courts-even to stfler pi
rather than to iurpair the sacrertliese or tile a
authority which engs to to the judicial trtbur- II
als of the lair's. In a curit-ouunl, we hruld u
to the doctrine of tacit obedenrce, e\en tf re- a
paration be sought of the Jurdge it another a
place. We have no hesitatloa in aliirlang
that Judge Rlobertson exulbated petu.etce and
irri'ation, not only unlbeclrungll a J ulge, but
e unworthy ot all intelligent rketlenran. Still
Mr. Dauioyhouuul have there sunuoltted.
r On the following day, Mr\. DauInoy met
Y Judge Robertson on the street, and accosted
- him with the remark "Jurtge, I wish tospeak
e to y. u." The two lepped aside, when tMr. lD.
cotrmmented upon the lilliu.tice witrl whlich lie
had been treated; the glouss in!Jui whchl had
t. been done hil., and dermaiure o0 the Judgei
I an apology T'he Judge perempturily rferns
ed to ,gie it. Front, this punt the reports of
r the matter most w.,rthy ou credit di-agree
i one states that int refuruig to make a anp [logy
e Judge Robert-on pushed 11r. Daunoy with
d his open hand, and attemlted to draw a re
Solver. when dir. launr.) struck him waito t
his cane ;--he other wlnch is to the etfert
that 1 r. Dautnoy. ws hern the a|oiogy was re
t- )nscd, strucI tie J.1 itge, woVo tnlen attempied
t to dri w hiermeol, ':. 're Jud-e wa. armedl
i rawith a revolver arid a kmitle. The rtsolveri
le was drawn and takenr liutn the J ridge il tie i
t , We d,, tnt consider that the ofincial charac
it ter of a Judge sh:elds in Iros acncoor ab ii
IV for his acts to indruiduals w.hen off the
:errh. He mnight have been called to ac
't count i. a his ,ode:,Ct by dlr. D . without any
breach of privilege or any tiamptlig upon the
Ssacredw'ss or juticial authority. And per
h taps th s very lact is one of the salegiuards uof
re the crtizen In this free government aaitnst
re the insolence of ai.n i auttority. Whether
lMr D. was the first to consenlce petrwal
tviolence. or the Judge. i. the pr, nt upo:,t
'- which the personal wrong cornuiittet de
id petis. We lea\e the matter here fer the
ts present. as we presume the facts will be elu
cidated in our courts.
of But we cannot fail to comment npln the
carryinl of concealed wearors by Judge R.
r" at the very time he is senterncing m-n to th.'
:e-eres punirshment ito that very otlenrce.
Nor can we tesitate to throw bar'k the urn
' pu'ation atte mi tell to be cast by the Delta
ur and Coier. upon the American party for the
ta act of %Mr. Darnnoy. He nmrest stand or lhtl b)
' himself. The Amenrican arty has nothing to
do with the maitbr.
* It is t9 intt!ammatcry course of these pa
). pers-their intlietable slaudrrs of Americans
l w-their labored attempts to instigate. by in
.silts atnd the most unheard of provocation.
"e .reaches of the peac'e-that causes tire irrita
ted state of !eeling which now exists iit tilhr
conllnunity. If it weAe in their power, it.
seemsrr froni tie course, they pursue. they
ri would let hiselthe spint of ielf in this rity
al. --set neighbor agaiast I.eihuor--destroy pri
vate reputations--inaugurale a reign of terror
in which bliod should l:ow like water in our
ir stree;s antl the lives of hunllldreds ofel our cltl
t tens he offered up as il.cen.se before the Mo
ts loch tf party.
IThe people of New Orieans f ilI ere loig
awake to a ilill appreciation of the destruc
C :e inflnence ofsuch a course towards a par
n ry which embraces tbe h ading men of our'
city. and who are thefriends of law an.; order
--rn I have the character of the city near
i.teir earts.
THE A..ailc.a I'Rr..IJ. ri (Ii'i.. MINATTON.
-We congratulate ihe Philadelphia Ameri
can Conventrioin up,. the wisdom disphlayed
an the chorce oft' a candidate for the Presidenicy
and it is gratilyin, that the selection has beei
made from our oH r State. We take it that
the old line Whigs gent-rally will cheerfully
.end their aid in electing Millard l illmore
one more to the Presidlency of the Uniion -
Whether they will do this silently without
or;,anzatlon, or whether ,etaimng this or
ganization, they will call a national Cot
venjion, by an address to' their brethren
throughout the States, will recoimemd the
support of .\lr. Fillmore, and assignl reasos
tlerelor, remains to be seenl. For ourselves
we g eatly incline to the latter course, lilr
reas as u bich we have hereafter more iflly
set forth. At present we have only time to
expla:n why, as an old line straight out
t hig journal the New York Commere.al id
ve, Iacr will lend its best aid to secure the
eection of Millard Fillmore to the office for
which the Koiw Nothing or American party
have numidiatrd hui.
He has experience in the office. He has
been 'resident, and no man, since the days o
Washington, more worthily discharged the
ri spouslble duties of that office, in a time of
rare perp.exlty, excitement, and d.,nger. We
ieed just such a man in the present condition
of pu lie-atairs.
He has no isms, or crochets, or violent
pratisan Leeings or sentiments. lie is anl
emineutly sound and conservative mau.-
Leasat all is he tainted with sectionalism.
tie wil be a President for the whole Unnuu.
He will have the confidence of the bouth,
w dle he is not ajnd Lever was a prq.slavery
luau, nor will he ever lend himael to a siave.
ry !,ropagaPdism. But we rejoice to have a
candidate oua whom :outh and North call onlce
more cordaally mutse. We are sick of thls
spirit of sectionalist--these geographical
distsnctioa.a-this dividing of Convect on and
o her bodies on Northern doclrinesand south
ern doctrines, aitd we devote ourselves heart
sly to the support of Mliliard Fallmore an cort
nection with our tellow citizens of the whole
'niou.-.N. Y. Coes. .ddrrtiuer.
Louis aNAPOLEt.-A correspondent of the
Fational Ineltgencer cummunicates4some .tarts Cha
related to him 'ty the Rav. Coa.IEs SrArT ti e
Chaplain int the U. S. Navy, which prove "Th
tiat the present Emperor of France was not, nul
during his sojourn in America. thebprofligiate 'st
he is supposed' to have been. The cones- tfol
pondent Ira) - hi
Mr. Stuart had called with other gentle- aga
men on Louis Napoitoni tiurledlately on his
alrla l in AmlleriCa, Lut sup.postlg that all;
thnlig butt a Inete burtal acjtaitallnce not
woutd be the resutt. But tile stranger wais
heas y-hearted anld felt the need of a iriend, Ji O
aud he so attached binlmelf to 2ir. Stuart that ell
a mutual friendsthlllp grw ftip between them. alit
They spent fmliiiy lhours togetuer. L.uri C1
A.upoleonu was not during his rdeatdeste in .dmer- 12"
ire rdhlr tnlteitperite urt.hstul ,ite Il his ha.als: a
but in the meanll ltle Lucre was inl the city, .l .
a )otiung prince of tile tUllaparte tit wlliV WLO
was. I lsa was his colsllt the sonll, I iA.ie.'e ait
ut Lucet lioitiparte, aId it is I ertlfs t ulo 1
cotidurt that ale to this day asltg-ted to tae be
presentl Luiperur o1 France. WV h1ie il Amlier- b,
lea. uutweacr LUuni NtOleolnl i ight aplpeiar
lit l puulilC ie was lit pilate it deep dejetUl. Ill
I ihe dLgLlace to his lallurea at launrg tl I
BI .ogue pllseel upoi hl-s spirits. VWeie he at N'
LIeiLrt). he satd, to auOw iettera in his pttoses
aI lol, culoalllillg the ulillleld pirultllaes anld
ltittsie UbsulitiaCP |of tlhose fi tile higlhest.P
rattk and tltuenie wihulIt he had witl r'easOin
'ruited on to aiu u lllu, lie d i sallt acquitttted be- a"
lutre the world of iOuslisl tellleriV. As t At
,aNn, le Could lever Cretrieve hlllself Irusn t
the igiiiulltiy oil ill posltiolli, is caitltlg a di
sti " utjo his I i U sallnelsa din l
sir. Stuart cou.d not answer for Louis Na
r poieul since lie Ielt tulI counltry, iur did id
uthurrisltailtld hint io ieenl that lie might Witle wi
-hI itete, hIale lliadle tieus tlat he itas ulllaue to a
SulCiiihalge. Oi brt'e tils er.et aittl hte lSas .hlluWii
all thtluurdule ItCcuctliteli l Uh ili jultuier
iriell daiiip to .I.. ýLU ilt.
A R-sit:.SA:Ie.E L'. :Ci I . ON II --We have ot
observ ed several wonideriul storTie ol late, rt- a
specting the skill of the Chinese executioneras
N ho.it Is -aid, can strike fttf their vctim-t heads
"t sokihlllly that the poor teilows thenlsell es
never discover their loss tintil a itnollellt oro
twL alter tilhe)' are dead. We recall to rnliiI.
d haowever, the story of a Germllal executionler, a
Swho liar sulrpised the Chillese inl prole-sloinal 1
dexterity. U oti olne occaitnu it happenied
Ithat a cllnitlial, who was Conldelnlie to death,
had a -lngular ctlhiniug to play at nine-pllus;
AIld he implored perutissio to play ,ince more
at h.s ib.sole gamlle ,elore he died-then lie
I aid. he woutl isub.lillt to his fate witlthout a 0
hilurlnur. Thie judge, thinking there coull be
not harm in I untorinlg him. granted lis last "
, ra) e ; and,. tilnll arrlving at the place of ex
ecutilnl, he touid everythiirg prepared for the
gamie-tilhe pins being set up and the bowls e
all ready. le conLtiuielct-d his laeorite sp rt
wiis enithusiasm. Alter a while tthe heritf
olrsersiig that lie siowed lno inclination to t
. ,-i-It. nlade a sign to the executionler to g
stlike the aitl blow while he stooped for ar
l atwi. Thie 1te're-ltitter did so. biut wit li
.such exqinisite dexterit,' that the culiprit did
I not ilo ce ior ft-el it. lie thoutight. iideed. h
l tinut a cold breath of air was bth~i ng lupo,
Is neck. and dirawhng himself track with ai
y sit Ug. his head it ttpedt forward into his hanid t
lite ilatlii ly suiplp;-ed that it was a Itoo I
which he hadt glaslet:, anld seizing it lirmiry
moiled it at the pins. All of them fell: a:,d
tn e head was heard to exclaim as it reboi.itne.I
i i;ollr the farther wait!, "lltrali! I've woil the
game."-I-ortifadia.
- A )DiG S tovn.-"The- other day on trial of
te a steamn fire engine iI this city. a do., entire
i-. ly w, ite with the exception of twoi b ack
spots about his head, a short heiavny nioe, ail
he a tail at tiltce remarkable, fr its thick,les s
. ndll brevity, dlispla)etl a degree of grit. and o '
. i ers.istanlle in a us-eless altl ilan.erous occr,
- r'ation that wol:d am....ply e-tai..sh-if tlherei
ri- uhoil: be a coitiroi.veis oni the su.-ject--Lt
(a claim to membership of the bull-dog faily. I
he )ooin alter the jet of water beganl to plat., le
bt rotund hi- way thilrniuh thecrrwd aitnd reg.r.dd
tO it \'ilit ierce and glowing eve. ti hen thu
hose wail lowered he commenlterid to p!liuge I
- 1 .nanli at the hissinrl and fli.hihg streaml.
is as if to jniit it out. P'resently the jet strl;"k
hn- him antd ht whirled onvetr .e.tral times in the e
n. mud, salit ideplorably his white coat. 'rhen i
ia- the tise wais Iencated. ald the dog recov er
lsb in g hinisell lealped fuiriciltiy at the fl inlg water
it.i hat i pr, uip a tnd down.i crashinthis teeth and
-v huwlnsg ,ltil the stremauli being directed
itv k-arth-ward str.eck hinl again setuutng[,iiliu
ri- c "'obbillg aroud." fairly spttilning like a top.
or At thi.s lie appeared astonished, and after co,A
tir .idering the case for a -lom -nit,shook himself
it. alld with a dignity ofa hero disenfited with
io- ouit dishonolr left the scene of action. It was
I conceded that'f tile capacity to flog a stream
:sg fire engine hall ever teen concentrated within
ic- a dug--kin. he would have cotlquered. Per
ar- haps, at last, the radical mistake that he nmade
urIr was o, ly in attacking the stream instead ,of
ter the fountain head. He was merely ignorant
ear' of the first principles of hydiostatics.-Cin.
I Lommercid.
iTuE PuILO..or Y OF A FRO.-. We saw
yesterday, on Bollingbrook street, a lump of
so.id transparent ice, about ten inches thick
and wide, in the heart of which was a large
nrog nicely frozen up. and looking quite pleas
ant with a b lsing eye The ice was found
on the marsh behind the gas works, and
whdrn ni-lted downl. the frog good humorebly
-hook himsellf and jumped about quite lively.
We heard a railroad operative describing the
Iphi osophy of the thing to a friend of his, as
fil ows :
"You see." says Mikey. "the poorcraythur's
instiuction towld it the air was going to be
cowld and that the frost was going to p,' er
down red bot. so in it jumnps into the wather
to get oAtal" the damlipiness, and wraps itself
up in a toot sqttare of the liquid to keep the
frost out, as whi.-ky was'ut convenient, which
is the correct clothiig4or any intiil~ent baste
-bIarrin a Know-Nott ing-to dress his in
tarylor with. And ye know that water is
transporious, for it runs into ye at one enld an'
out ov ye at the other. a td nevir gets into
your head at all; and so, it began to snow
with a fever hate, and the cowld penetrated
the bones of the frog through a ioot thick of
dry water. so he shook his feathers to keep
up the circulation' of his blood, which the
Haythins call ichor, t I by dinlt of kickin,
with his hands and toes-for devil a leg has
a frog or any other natural bipld iI Americay
he soon got a comiortable warm cougealment
of ice round him, arid there he squatted as
happy and cosy as If he was on Silos', soft
feather bed which was uade out of hart!
porky-pine quills, and looking ftr all ihe
world like a bame in a sinner's eye, or I.ke
a new arnbry tipe pie tile, which is the re
presentation of ilo mortal conceivable thing
any way you can take it. So you see the ice
couglonmnerated round about the frog. ror he
hit on that plan lihk an Egipshun mummy to
preserve himself in seca.u seculorum, as the
parrot says, till conjaymial times slould come
when pop gone theweazel, and he'd come out
in a blazing perspiration !':
'And was it the frog did all them mighty
things by hitaselt'" demanded Tady.
i" 1"was the Irog's own natural phLosophy."
answered Miltey.
"The frog !" said the incredulous Tady.
Tiar ELeCTI ,I BILL ro 'rues Dis'raIC' oP
CoiLUMBIA.t-h$ House o Hetevresentatives S
has been eingaged hi a sharp 5truggse upoir d
the election b.il our the District of GCtosnama. o
The bill as reported piovides that 4f eluers o
must reside iin the DLrtrlct for one year lbelore
oting, but leaves it so that they may be nat- m
uralazed as late as ten days Lb ore the ciec- h
tion is held. A very serious ditiuctiont is t
thus made in favor of naturalized cittens t
against those of native birth, wio are co0il
perled to live a year in the Uitrlct before
votiiug, although they may have been legal 1
voters lor twenty year iiis the Staltes Irol r
whenlce they Clie. 't'ire opIiultlollu. Cii- t
posed chlreir of ti.e N.tio ll lllrraAr tL1l5., CtII
tellnd tlat, to make both pIalties equal. tile
alien boli should live WilnlI1 tne Di)stl et as
ctl:mans (that is, alter they have been alltuill
ized) or une year belor e votinlg and on an
ameindment to this etlct otnered by dMr. Mar
siala, of Kenltuckiy, a discussion ns arlselen.
"eI ne ques:l rlllalvu\'led is all inlteiestling one,
and tie wiouoe sutJeet 01 Ali.rlctallsiii has
comilie upl in tle enurSe ul the deuate. The
lost sºingira: lealoure ol the whole is thle fuillOlni
betweein the iepublitcals and tllt Deiocrats,
botil of wholel iale litavur of tile ut1 as orig
Ilnally retloited, alld olppoisel to tile alillild
eiti of Mr. ltrsnalii. This anllendnlltll
was staved olf on tiLe 2th u.t , by parllatllen
tar)' tactics.
VsiAT 'sie A.I1 Si.KlIAN .AVi Di.--The
Philadelphia Leger says : "'As it Is deemned
all easy iladtter Ill Ekiglalid, tu crush the
AmlericaTian Navy from the ocean at one tell
iwoopu . It seemlls to tie proper to show how
dliticultthat task was in 112."l l'ite Ledger
theli gives a list of the lBrtish s:lips.-or-war
andl irerchalit vesseli ciptured by Amertlrleals
during our last war wlIn Englial,. The ito.
low'li1, i a recalilttlatiull : ,i ar veisils j. itn
all. car lly bg i0l gunll; ii. rchallt sbits 33- :
birts il; cnouuolerg. 41); slouols 153; va
rouus classes, recaitured, 7.9-m-iatiig 2.a
vessels. carl lilg auti. gilus. to' trlese are to
be added '4J seasels of war lost by wreck or
otilrlWlse, c'arryig Osu grlls; anil we hale
all aggregale ur '3Ut5 vessels, carryIng 9077
gulls.
Tur PRa.C;RFI r SPIRIT.-'The legis'atlure
ol New 1Iexico. has passed an act to crea:e
antd rgalnize the Atlantic and Pacific aii
sred Compiny. with a capital stock of SIO.
010.000,). ThIe sixteenth sectioll provides
hat the Eastern terminus of a.rd road shall
be as near the city of Memphis. in the Slat.
ol' Tenniiessee. asid the Western. teriislllrt as
i:ear the city of San Francisco. in the State
of ('alir:lia. as practicalle. alnd the main
trunk thereof shall pass throungt'the territory
tof New .hexico. at the nlist practwablie
t ,ints, to be determinied liv stockholders. be
tweein the la' .iule of the Ntrthern and South
ern boundar es of said Territory.
o I
For %n 01 Fr A-rlTIrP - son. can you
take a tCnk opi to the hotel ' sa:d a pa-sen- C
ger t-'rtiirg from a 1-,rt on the leveer to a f
raigedll 'rnnester whi. sat balancing himsrelf i
on t'e t0iF end, of a tray. a
"Yur r -on." cried the boy. eyeing him from ,
head to tooi. a
• -Well. I'll be dodl !rapped if I sin't in luck i
Here I've been tryin. to find daddy these
three rears. and all of a sudden in comes the
hans himielf. and knows me right off. How n
are you ?" 'tretching out his mnl!dy paw.
The traveler was non-plinsed. Between I
a -mile an,! a frown. he innhired :
'Wha i vo r ,am- sir ?'
"'lv name. You d n't krow. Well, it's
notl.in, in these parts to have so minvy chil-t.
dren that they .to not know th"ir names.
\I, n ,anm's William,. tbt somr folks call me
rared Bill. for short. Wt'hat tt e other part
ia. I reckon yon know ; if you don't, yout
nu t a' lii tII nomnn. I
An:-I lnaillAterii the trnnk. he marched
off tolwaric the hote!, nrmiiling to himself:
Well. tlhis is a goii The oiW ,emmHan come
h.nme at last. G'rol clothes. b!,i trunk, must
have the tin. Well I'm in luck."
The Little Rock (Arkansas) Gazetre con
aius an accounitit f si ig ,ilar inoise heard in
'he viri,,ty of Clark-ville. Arkansas. on the
,I1 of Febrnary. It is variously described as
like a blaist il a wel'. the explosion of a m,'
teor or a sing'e di tantelap of heavy thundler.
in some pulace a't n'eI wish a rumbling
noise and a seniible sibrrtion of the earth.
The noise was heard within an area of some
tao hountred mile.s in dianmeter.o its cause
had not been certainly ascertained. Some
hail at'ril,,ted i tFo a ioTcatf eruption on-a
mountain fi the county of Scott; others. to
a eruption in Johnson county near Pittshnrg.
where it has been ,tiscovered that an eru,
tian has rec.ntly taken place. the earth hein
hurst open and huge masses of earth androck-.
&r,. being thrown out. Such eruptions have
Socarred repeatedly before in that region.
teI Alit ten years ago one took place in th.tI
county. in which large boulders weighing
r several tons were thrown up. So too, sonme
fit:ein years ago, a tremendous exphlsion wa
healld. in Yell an Johnson counties, the cause
r-.nainin unknown until a shcrt time there
after, when a hunter crossing the Magazine
mountain. iound where it had been rent as
uuiler-abso ufely sp!it in two, leaving a clett
or fissure varying from two or three feet to
as mawy inches ii. width. The region here
referral ti, it will ie remembered, Is that of
the boiling springs of Arkansas.
"Sor.'asn. AGGRESSIO."'-Of late, )he
salbolition orators are very fond of stating t.,
their audiences 'that there is a North;"
not as a, piece of geographical information.
r but as a threa--used with a sort of mora
r swagger to check what they call Southern
"rapacity." "aggression," and "usurpation."
To which we commend the following pointed
and timely remarks of the Cincinnati Ea
quirer :
"At the present timethe President of the
United States, the acting Vice-Prtsident, the
Secretary ofitate. the Minister to England,
and the Speaker of the House of Represeuta
ffies, the five hlghest and most distinguished
officers of the government are Northern men
In addition, a majority of the cabinet are
northern men. ps well as a ma ority in both
branches of Coagress li the House of Rep
resentatives the North ha- a rmjority in every
standing committee. and the chairman of all
s excepting two. Yet, notwithstanding this
fact. we hear the demagogue cy of'Southern
aggression' and 'usurpation.' -Do not those
e who join it under such circumstances out
rage and insult our common sense ? How can
there he any Southern aggression when the
North has p.isesqion of all the highest offices
in the administration and full sway in both
abranches of Congress !"
e People who think there is something in a
name. remark that the greatest English Phi
Slosopher was Bacon. one of the tineat Scotch
poets, Hogg, and a se Of the pleasantest Brit.
ish essayists. Lamb.
A tlegraph line from Tuscumbia to Hunts
ville, Alabama, will be ready by the 10th of
April.
How Tat ELQYfaD Iu .--Wheen enral
S;ott was nominjted in IS62, for the Presi.
dtncy, (says the aleigh Register.) what
oceans of tears the Locofoco leaders shed
over Mr. Fillmore, No language was strong
enough to convey sit adequate idea of the ad.
miration and love which tl.eyentertained for
him. He was a pure sa iearorruptable pa.
triot true to the rights of the South. and wor.
thy ofthe conhbdergtdall. He was indeed
a' morel Presidet,." whose administration
had been "a conservative as Washington's.l
'the very tmen. who thus extolled Mr. Fill.
more. now tor partisans purpo.es, swallows
their own words. belie their own endorse.
ments. aind traduce him as they hesm praised
hitm.
THE MAPLE ScUstA Caor to VEauoN....
The Blurlington Free Press says these frosty
nights and thowing lays are making, the
malide sap run well. C wing to the depth of
the scow in the woods and the peculiarities
of the seasson. however. it is probable that
less sugar will be made in the Stats that usu
al. although the b, h price of corarnm sugars
will stimulate the manufacture of the native
article.
Felkins has had some desperate advenfures
in his time. Last spring he started for Lou
don. The third day out. a gale came on of
the most fearful magnitude It tossed thesea
about so that the only way he got his trowser.
Ihols on was to stand on his head ! Felkins
is one those fast young men who see a great
deal of excitirmeent it. a short space of time,
and thinks he knows something more than
beaus.
Talking to a feller about some guniingez,
ploits, tie told me of a singular insta .ce of a
guni hanging ilre. which, were it not for hias'
well-known veracity, I should feel disposed
to doubt. lie had snapped his gun at a gray
squirrel, and the cap exploded, but the piece
a:ut going off, he took it from his shoulder, and
looked down into the barrel and saw tie
ciharge ltust starting, when bringing it to his
sho.ider again. at went off and killed the
quirrel ! it'his wonderful piece of ordinance
is said to have been once the property of the
famous Baryn Munchauson.
'Tim." sa d a man to his friend, "I think it
highly dangerous to kegp the bills at small
baks on hand now-a-days. Such,foriatianq ,
as tour Wild Cat. Red Dog, and curs e(fal
most every size and color you can x on..
"'Faix," said Tim,' I don't know how it is
wid you Toni, but. be the powers, it iait
ditficult wid me, for the divil a bit ofanaoe-,
elm have I had to keep for a week past.'
Tae Ca WrLt.s a Co..siso -The Washing
ton ,'tar, of Friday last, says:
S'he camels and dromedaries pi.hhased arnd
`otherwise procured by Major Wayne and
Capt. Porter. uniler the appropriation' omui
fir the purpose at the last session of Congress,
f in Asia Minor. were embarked ill February,
and th " v 'ssel would sail with thq irst tfair
wind for the United States. I'he number of
animals procured is 32, viz: 9 male and. 15
female cameis; 4 male and S female drom
edaries.
The vessel is expected to arrive at India
nola. Te'xas, about the last of April, at which,
pilacn they will be landed and suffered to re
cruit Before being employed for army tram..
portatioi pur;io a several of the animals
xere a present from the Viceroy of Egypt te
this Government.
DR.GaIsna PARotgan.-NewYork.A&rit
P 6.-Dr. Graham. who killed Colonel Loring
I ;n the 't. Nicholas Hotel, some months ago,
has been pardoned by Governor Clarke.
-ýt-------
An exchange quotes Paul's writing-"owe
no man anything;'" and then adda.s. ";unes
nsonce of or subscribers never read Paul's
Epistle." the poor man gave a look at his de
lintquent list-sighed, as only a printer can
sigh-and quietly resumed his labor
The census statistics of one partithltr Til
lage in Iowa are droll enough if the wgrd cd
the wag who made them up canberelied
r upon. Ret rns as follows: Irish. 175; Am
sterdam Dutch, 109; other dam Dutch 20;
Whites, 007. Total population.'491.
e -
e The Times Paris correspondent states thil
on two poisnt Russia makes ample crese
Ssion.. vi the-nettralizationof the tlk=I
to with dismansiiitig the fortress, and the:
s uction of the 'omarsiind defenses.,
A promising boy. not more than fleiev
I old, hearing sonme gentlemen at his .
table discussing the familiar lines-"Ast..
.t est man's the noblest work of God," sGil
th knew it wasn't so-his mother e ias
1E than any man that was ever made.
Everybody is laughing at the b
the Independence Bctgeiasettini .Mr.
Banks down for a negro. It may he
flue sport for the newspapers, but Ao
negroes hke it.
NEW ADVERT1SEMEMN"1
S1PA41E OF LOUIS1ANA.
PARISH OF 1IEW& BATON olk,
xrwtaletr or..
In matter of the Suocessio ofe. Jeuo M
No.44 . 6 -
TH.,HREAS Henry M. Favrot Adm'r. b.ts LS
V tinal Tableau of disribution of h iataids s
tu in aid succei.iyn
Notice is hereby given, that all qpposit*lat '.
homvlogation of said tableau putt be tledl IL
lerk'k Ofice i sard parish withisth iSº14S*nW6
die first 1aplcattie.lwereof.
ETAT DE L LOtlSirRKtZ.9
PAROISSE oI.See rf Wos i. kwu_
coUa a siams oanacer
Dana I'afaire de oi Siacession do, JoACS M
No Wlb. " -
A TTrEDU que Henry M. Favrot a'
STableau fnal, de sonadminiatraqton l
succession
Avis eat.psr lee preseqtes deane qari
tion leglegale a t'homoogato du dit tab. . e
hfait dans leI Bureau du trelAer de cette Paoi
Is dix jours quoe uivront la prepi.ere publiefti R
presentes.
Burega dau GreMer, Avril e 3185s.
w. . CaI..BMULIN
RIGT ABOUT FAQSI ,
JOTsa I A. (RATO informs the publc that >
eusIoteav his late aassucations, bet s now
ita o0 no OWN Ats, in otbetvrla, he hISe
Iiputlsg on Church strdet, nnlsgidg,
the Harney House-where an and his S"MAI
so ote ra nsa, o±f tius, but with sa.s W yA W
as tle (146aq OF oW snao, takes of the h
dnac- muinipulate tirede. AluawOit i 'A
most beautiful to behold. Lulled by tbe ..
drstant whterh&l-aucr, bearing the lae'
and pure as ever eradled the O.sr m
enahtbna of eider down-immered in aroma
oaiarn umuas, there to carry onarmt y.e .
sute and £uppereopaim Arte A
",aome one, come oh,
And glie JOE CRAIG a shr' elU I"