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AVIS D'ADMINISTRATEUR.
r | ROUTES personnes ayant des réclamations à
-*• faite à la succession de feu Joseph Mathèrne,
décédé, en cette paroisse, sont requises de les pri -
se n ter dans le plus bref délai au souesigue admin
istrateur de la dite succession.
mh !4 2t H. F. DEBLIETTX. \n\n a»
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VOL I.
PLAQUEMINE, PARISH OF IBERVILLE. MARCHAT 1849.
m 48.
INVITATION!
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CALL AND SEE
Tht Largest Stock of Clothing in the
Southern Country.
ALFRED MONROE & CO'S
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34 MAGAZINE ST., M. O.
Ü-J'VVe have, dining the Summer, greatly en
larged our Store, and our facilities for serving cus
tomers surpass those of any other establishment in
the Sonthem Country. *By recent arrivals we
■have received some magnificent goods, and are en
abled lo place before the public ».he following enti
cing list:
COATS.
Black, blue and fancy colored
Cloth Dress Coats, $12 00 to $30 00
Black, blue and fancy colored
Frock Coats, 12 00 to 30 00
Black, brown and drab Pilot
Cloth Paletots and Sacs, 10 00 to 17 00
French black, blue, brown and
mulberry Castor Paletots and
Sacs, 18 00 to 22 00
Elaok and fancy colored Cremo
nia Doeskin Paletots and Sacs, 10 00 to 28 00
Fancy colored Tweed and Cod
rington Paletots, Sacs and Cu
vera» tr, 7 00 to 12 00
Binck, blue atid drab Beaver
Cloth Paletots and Sacs, 10 00 to 18 00
Plaid Cassimer and heather plaid
Paletots and Sacs, 8 00 to 9 00
Tweed, Codiington and plaid
Cassimer Polka and Lamartine
Coats, 7 00 to 12 00
Blue Pilot Cloth Bouvelards, 7 00 to 8 00
Black and fancy Tweed, heather
plaid and fancy Cassimer plaid
Bouvelards, 3 00 to 6 50
Black and blue French and Eng
lish Cloth Cloaks, 16 00 to 35 00
Blue Pilot Cloth Cloaks, 18 00 to 20 00
Extra superfine Blankets, Pale«
tots. Sacs, 16 00 to 18 00
Blue, drab, doe colored, green
„ and white Paletots and Sacs, 5 00 to 16 00
PANTALOONS.
French and English black Cas»
miner and Doeskin Pants, 5 00 to 11 00
Blue, olive and fancy colored
Cassimer and Doeskin Pants, 4 00 to 9 00
Mixed Doeskin, Cassimer and
Redding Cord Pants, 4 00 to 5 00
French and American Cottonade
Pants, 1 00 to S 50
Tweed and Satinet Pants, 3 50 to 4 U0
VESTS.
Black and color'd cloth embroi
dered Vests, 10 00
Colored Cashmere Vests, of all i
qualities and styles. 3 00 to 9 00
Black Cloth, Cassimer, Merino,
and Bombazine Vests,
Black and fancy silk Velvet Vests,
3 00 to
4 00 to
3 50
10 00
Riqfr figured and striped Silk do.
Splendid Tinsel Ball
3 50 to
4 50 to
2 50 to
GOO
8 00
3 00
do,
Valencia Vests do.
SHIRTS, SCARFS, CRAVATS, &c.
Superfine (all linen) stitched bosom Shirts,
do. English Muslin do.
do. York Mills do. do.
Medium quality do. do.
French Gingham and Calico do.
Linnen and Cotton Check do.
Menno, Flannel, Gauze, brown, white and pink
Undershirts and Drawers.
Very rieh styles fancy Cravats.
Merino, Cashmere, Buckskin, black and white Kid
Gloves.
Cotton, Merine and Linen Half Hose.
Silk and Gingham Umbrellas.
Trunks, Valises, Carpet Bags, &c,
EFAt thin establishment, every article is offered
|f|A wa^u IntBnot nvin.t nf tnkînK it /»«in ha Cnlfi .1 n('
NO
«t the very lowest price at which it can be sold, am
REDUCTION can in any instanae be raadt
ALFRED MONROE & CO.,
nov20 6m
34 Magazine si.
JUST RECEIVED.
ALEVYSTEIN would respectfully inform
• Iiis customers, that for the purpose of add
ing to his already extensive stock of Goods, he has
enlarged (hé dimensions of his store, arid has just
received * new assortment, among which are the
latest styles and most fashionable
FANCY GOODS AND JEWELRY,
end trusts that his friends—particularly the ladies—
to eaJl and examine for themselves. ocl
Tailoring: Establishment.
THE subscriber has opened a shop on Front
street, one door below the shoe-store of Mr.
P. Layrissvn; and would 1 respectfully inform his
friends and tba public generally that he is prepared
to do alt work in his line on as good terms and in as
neat a manner as elsewhere.
He respectfully solicits the patronage of the pub
lic. From h« experience in the business, he feels
confident of- giving satisfaction to those who wish
Taitofiftsdtw.
no*3ptf JOHN AST.
SUGAR LIME.
Planters.— The subscribers keep
con stan cy on hand, direct from the quaries,
'GLENN'S FALLS MARBLE LIME,"
tleoidedly the best article extant for sugar making,
pot up in extra large barrels, and in fine order for
iramporMiim. Also, Philadelphia White Lime in
hogweads and barrels. Also, St. Genevieve and
Thomaatoa Lime always for sale on moderate
terme-b* i. HAYMAN & CO.,
oct 9 6m 98 Magazine st., New Orleans.
STRAYED HORSE. „
Was taken np by A. G. Stringer on
Grand River, on or «rout the 20th of
Light. Bay Horse, about
~ high', aparently 10 hearsold,
The owner» requested to come forward and take
llim away, or fee will be disposed of according to
law. A. B. NEAt, I
ftb23 Justice of the Peac#. '
PETERSON'S MAGAZINE:
(OR, LADIES' NATIONAL.)
edited by mrs. ann s. stevens.
THE Proprietor of the Ladies' National Maga
zine returns his thanks to the American pub
lic for their liberal patroiiage of his magazine, and
commends to their attention the following
REASONS FOR PREFERRING IT:
As a Ladies' Magazine it stands tiniivalled, its
authors beitig the best ut America, and its contents
original.
As a Fashionable Monthly it is first: its fashions
being the real Philadelphia and New York ones,
but issued in adrancc.
As a Family Magazine it is invaluable. To ren
der fiction useful is the great aim of the work; hence
its domestic stories are pronounced by the press arid
the public unequalled hi truth and merit.
As a PictoriaJ Work it is without a superior: more
superb mezzotints appearing in it tha n a ny other
P< For Cheapness and Merit Combined it has no
parallel. At two dollars we furnish a periodical
rivalling the three dollar ones in elegance, and mû
nitely more useful to the sex. Onr success in this
reduction of price is owing to a rigid adherence to
the cash system and to payments in advance from
all subscribers.
TERMS.
These are cheaper than any other magazine can
offer Two dollars a year invariably in advance.—
To facilitate remittances we offer the following
terms to clubs:
3 copies, $. r > 00 I 7 copies, $10 00
5 copies, 7 50 I 16 copies, 20 00
premiums.
To the Postmaster or other person obtaining a
clnb of three or fi - e, we will send a copy ofTrum
bulPs celebiated Picture of the Battle of Bunker
Hill, executed on steel, of a size to frame and hang
up in the Pallor. Fora clnb of seven or sixteen,
either an extra copy of the magazine, or a copy of
the Military Heroes of the Revolution, an octavo
of 500 pages, illustrated with two hundred wood
and eighteen steel engravings, and sold for three
dollars. Address, post paid, the money at our risk,
CHARLES J. PETERSON.
mh7 98 Chestnut st., Philadelphia.
COAST, BAYOU SARA,
and WILLIAMbPORT Packet
WAVE —Captain S. T. Smith.—
This substantial and fast runniug steamer having
been procured by the owners and late officers of the
Belle Isle, to take the place of the latter in the
above trade, will continue to make regular weekly
trips to the above and all intermediate landings,
leaving New Orleans every TUESDAY morning
at 10 o'clock; and returning, leaves Bayou Sara
every FRIDAY at 10 o'clock, a. h . For freight or
passage, having good accommodations, apply on
board, or to
K. DUNBAR & CO, 24 Common st.,
ROMAN & KERNION, 3 Front Levee,
feblô tf
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
THE subscriber has opened a Drug
Store in Plaquemine, near Mr.
Beck's Tailor Shop.
Planters and others will find here every
thine in the Drug line, as good and cheap
as in the city. Every thing has been
selected with care, in the New Vork mar
ket, and warranted fresh and genuine.
From his long experience in the busi
ness, he hopes to merit the confidence and
patronage of the public.
All the usual variety of Perfumery,
Preserves nnd Confectionery, ahvavs on
hand. Call and See.
Call and See.
A. E. RICHARDS
rriHE GENUINE WRIGHT'S INDIAN VEG
ITABLE PILLS, are for sale at the Plaque
mine Drugstore, a new invoice just received from
the proprietor and inventor; they are a sovereign
remedy for billions diseases and indigestion. Call
and try thetn where you can procure the original
pills from \Vm. Wright at
sepl8 RICHARDS' Drug Store.
ESTRAY.
Estrayed from the undersigned, a
GRAIN COLORED CREOLE PO
NEY, white main, yellow tail. A liberal
rewan) will be paid to anyone who will deliv'ersaid
horse to Mr. SMITH, in Plaquemine, or Mad.
MYER, at Bayou Goula. jan 11
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
\ LL persons having claim'» against the succès
■f*- sioii of Joseph Matherne, deceased, in this Pa
rish, are requested to make them known and pre
sent them without delay to the undersigned admin
istrator of said succession.
mhl4 2t H. F. DEB LIEUX.
A CHANCE FOR TEACHERS.
-«TOUNG MEN in all parts of the United States,
P who have received a good English education,
and who are accustomed to teach, will receive in
formation which they can turn fo their advantage,
by applying immediately by letter, postpaid, to box
1913, New York Postoffice. Applicants must ex
pect, however, to send respectable references, with'
out which, no communication will be attended to.
The refetences ought lo be to persons interested in
education. •
Those who wish to avail themselves of an oppor
ttinity to Obtain a respectable livelihood, will be
»»ell to write immediately, as many of the bettloea
ations in different parts of the Union are being mads
up every day. Remember, box 1913, Mew York
PesteSce. *nSL
'jiATtTfrDAY, MARCHAT, 134!).
[original.]
A Tcmperancc Story,
THE SIX BROTHERS.
a tale founded os fact—by the editor.
CHAPTER IV.
THE BITER BIT.
This, next to the last chapter, opeps at a
period about four year« since the third
tomb had been reared over the lamented I
Gmains of the fourth son, but the third |
brother whose life had been sacrificed to ;
, . » . ,
" strange and infatuating passion; As re
marked in the last chapter, the youngest
. .. .. .
a
had been dispatched to Yale College—he
was then not sixteen. The next brother
in age to the last one that met so mourn
ful an end, now steps forth upon the
world's stage, and before he is cleared of
his teens, enacted a part in the drama
of life, which ut once stamped his cha
racter, and displayed that firmness and de
cision of mind, which gave full guarantee
that he was safe from that fate which had
befallen his three elder brothers. W
was remarkable for his generosity of spi
rit, his coolness and daring, and the ele
gance of his person and figure ; his great
partiality to fighting when a boy, gained j
him perhaps the reputation of an over -i j
bearing and haughty nature, which cha
racteriftic was visible in the elder brother
and several of the sisters. W had
been educated at home, and with that ex
traordinary ability that had been displayed
by all of his elder brothers.
Winter had now set in, and an affair of
some importance vas about to take place
in the village of C : the elder brother
had taken another step on the ladder of
fame ; he was now Governor, and a grand
civic and military ball, in honor of the i
event, was preparing to cotne off. But j
before the gaitiescommence, we will speak
, m . U1 ,
I character, ll( l uor never made llim neglect
his pecuniary affairs ; although far from
being wealthy, he was, nevertheless, inde -j
pendent of the world.
A few miles from the mouth of Bear j.
Creek was a farm, upon which was a good I
size log house, at the time we speak, and j
a little farther up the creek,, within the
of another scene and of other persons.
The frame atid system of lîlack Jack
were both now fast sinking away. Ht
scarcely ever came into town—disease had
nearly rendered him incapable. Intem
perance was now doing its work on him.
His circumstances were far from being
in a bad situation ; Jike many men of hi
same enclosure, was a still-house, perhaps
the most profitable part of the farm ; at
that period and at that season, every thing
bore the semb'ance of decay about the
farm, save the limpid water of the creek,
whose purity the still-house rendered poi»
sonousand destructive of human life. At
present, the stream still runs on as calmly
and sweetly as it did then ; but nothing
now remains of the form buta few rotte h
timbers, ami the grass-grown fiirrowy of
those cornfields, whose product, in con
nection with the water of the creek that
meandered around them, through an ac
cursed; invention of man, were converted
into the antipode of what Prbvidonce'de
signed themé— to nourish and sustain'life.
On the afternoon of the day that the
ball was to-be given, a finely caparisoned
horse was standing at the gate in front of
tlie log house above mentioned. Alter a
few restless whickering«, two ttien step»
ped from the porch and approached him.
The elder wife bent atid diseased, and ap
peared to walk with d ifficulty, but was
speaking with much force to the one be
side him. The buter was a fine looking
and well dressed youqg man, about twen
ty, whose dark and restless eyes depicted'
an uneasy and vindictive spirit
just returned home from college.
"It is an easy matter, my son," continu
ed Black Jack, with the same emphasis,
"to insult a man in a ball room; get in
the sumo dance with him, elbow him,
tread on his foot, or if neither of these
will do, spit in his face as if by accidenl,
and make no apology for it ; and the ball
to-night, beitig in honor of his d—d bro
ther's election, will make the insult the
more degrading ; he will then challenge
you-—you have tlie choice of weapons—
He had
I an< ' t ' ien ' ,e ' s eurs > In 7 son — he ' s ours!
| repeated the reprobate with increased en
; er ?y*
"Father," said the young man as he
mounted his horse» "your instructions
shall be obeyed ; he was my enemy at
school—he is my enemy now !" and put
ting spurs to his horse, lie dashed off at
a rapid rate. Black Jack gazed at him
until he was out of sight, then calling a,
servant to bring him his rifle, he proceed
ed towards the still-house. He was now
indeed desolate. His pious wife had long
since died of grief ; and he had just gaz
ed for the last time on a living and tjn only
son !"
The ball is opened—beauty, and music
lend their charms to enhance the buoyancy
and excitement of the scene; all were
j £ a y and j°7°" s 5 but no one seemed more
j inflated with high and exulting feelings,
than the newly elected Governor and
his accomplished lady. And well might
the "elder brother" have a countenance
lighted op with animation and with hope.
He had gone on uninterruptedly in his
ambitious career ; he had never felt the
sting of defeat—his tact and his eloquence
were invincible ; and ht had never tasted
spirituous liquors.
At an advanced hour in the evening
two young men, W and the son pf
Black Jack, were, for the first time, en
g a S e d together in the same cotillion, and
directly in front of the Governor.
"Of course that was unintentional, Mr.
P-" —," said W , as he was elbowed,
"we are not in the least crowded."
A look, full of meaning, was all the an
swer received. The act and the whisper
ing was noticed ; and while W — 'aù was
regretting having spoken to him, and re
solving in his heart to detpand an expia*
nation when the dance was finished, his
^ 0<)t the tramp of the snme personage,
accompanied with another stare from his
black arid quietlcss eyes.
W —~ resolved on the moment to
Iinock him down in presence of thç com
V' dl> y l ' ia t ''ad witnessed this second iin
s "'t, but taking a second thought, he ex
cnsed himself on accotipt of sudden indis
position, and conducting his partner to a
seat, he left the room. His brother, the
Gov^cnor, was an eyie-witneséof what had
passed ; he knew his brother's naturé-Mie
saw his flushed cheek ; and iHth the tact
that never dësèrted him, he arose, and
with his lady, left the room. The cotil
lion still went on.
Young P just took one step too far
In his premeditated insult ; he would have
achieved Iiis purpose probably .if he hpcj,
stopped after the first act. j But he had
gone too far—-he knew but little of the
nature of that bloöd he had stirred tip*—
he little dreani'pt tèhattvas coming.
Wbi f e moving in the çotiljion with an
increased excitement, from the supposi
tion that he had frightened^ his enemy
from the ball-room, P—^ sdddénly strip
ped to know th ; p meaning of the hum and"
half-screamingof the ladies that pervaded
the room ; but before he turned hb* head
fairly the meaning was self-eiridenfr—his
throat felt the gripe of W—hand, and
his shoulders, the smart of a cowhide laid
on with such force and rapidity that his
coat was ita ribbon« before the wsatteht'
was dragged away.
This was the finale, of course, to the
amusements of the evening. Young
P retired to his bed, but nott6 sleep.
He arose nervous and feverish, with a stig
ma on his character and his name, and
his feelings wound up fora desperate act.
No father's face can be seen, he reasoned»
until this disgrace be revenged.
W arose with a mind made Up aà
to his futare conduct in the matter. He
purposely kept himself from the presence
of his brother, whose counsels in the pre
sent instance, he felt assured would not
be pleasing, nor would they be followed.
A few hours after breakfast, he ^suddenly
threw down his book on the tabje in his
room, -then concealing a large pistol be* ~
neath li*M:lqtJies, he jerked f up his lia// "
hastily and hurried down Stairs; his aged
mother was met in the passage, whom he
kissed tenderly, and started op his way
down town. The matron was aware of ' Yi
the difficulty of the previous evjeping, but
she said nothing, andi wiping away the
tears from her eyes, and adjusting hel 1
spectacles, took up that holy book which
had so frequently consoled her ih mo*
ments of family affliction.
W— 1 — was proceeding down the main
street in the direction of the court-house,
when young P «- rushed out of'a law^
yer s office with a double barreled gun in
hand.
"Stop, coward» aud defend yourself !'*
exclaimed the assilant, when about twenty
feet distant, bringing the gun to his face
at the same instant.
W- had previously stopped «od
drawn his pistol, but held it harmlessly,by,
his side; be evidently had determined«;
with the valor and ppiiit of chivalry, to
give P-—- the first fire ; but his destiny
was not yet filled on earth—the cap ôf his
antagonist's gun exploded, the load re*
mnlned.
"It is now my tur^ sir," cooly ifcpiied
w 1 and leveling his weapon beared,
the second bnrrel of yöung' P—i-L explo«
ding as he fell. A ball had entere^ his
head, and hé was a corpse !
< For this act W— : — Was ^imprisoned
but eventually i cleared by ö jury of his
countrymen. We wilf not'follow his Iiis- .
tory farther, merely spying that he, too*
by not giving himself up tothe illusive
snare of intemperance* has risen to dis
tinction, and as he is not yet in thé pfimé : "
of life, his fine talents and a strict adher
ance to tfemperanbe Will, doubtless« place
him in a still higher position.
While giving an outline of the most,
prominent features'irt^tjie history,of thê
"Six Brothers," we have in view, two pro»,
minent points—1st. the Moral which can
be deduced from it, and 2dly. Thé âppa-î
rent protection and honofs decreed by an
all-wisè Providehce tö those of this cÜs#,
tinguislied family who had the firmness to
refrain from giving themselves tJffto the
destroying cup. And likewfeé'to deduce
from fhet the truth of the scriptuial quo
tation—"The sins of uie; fntber, «hall k*
«visted on;% children!' i Thwwinw^r^
manifest by the tbreé tombs Rlready ërèct- '
ed, for the!fathev itntrilged
Same' pöttttn thai) d&¥fo^te<jf ^foffty-ßad
after having seen three w
ßave. Hp his life mainly to this cause, ft
is fuith«r v verged in t Im «Mei*>4«ft!h of
^onng Pfr— «.Ws father's hands wéisé^dildf *
with blood-^and Blftfek 1 Jâbfc now
suffering in thià wörfif Tot hU wickedness
Q : n j „;^ a 'i. -A"X
and crime. .. ■ nt-i
d / »- li u »« - 1 • '
[TO B,E CONCLUDED 'IN OÜ* NEXT*}'« !
' » • •>« * H'i >U ' *"
: Large Icthyqsaurua^-T^e largest spe^ < '
cimeri of this remarkable fossil reptile, ni#
yet, in this county .has just beet» rtoei»«
ed by Prof. Webster, from Sortrçrretîhite^
England. It feet long, and with
the rook jo which it is imbedded, weighs
half * t»rw r The^ PrpfesSôr has^
'ib the mfnertlo^Kal ak
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