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MARRON EN PRISON.
Ilà étc amené à la geôle à Plaquemine,
Paroisse d'Iherville, un nègre arrêté comme
marron qui se nomme WILLIAM, et dit
qu'il appartient à Mr. fllerrill. résidant à
Nile. Orleans. Le dit negre, est âgé d'environ 22
ans, et 5 pieds 3 pouces de taille.
my9 HENRY SULLIVAN, Geôlier \n\n j 'T I.
fy.
VOL. I.
PLAQUEIINE, PAEISH OF IBERVILLE, MAY 16, 1849,
NO. 56.
INVITATION!
CALL AND SEE
The Largest Stoch of Clothing in the
Southern Country.
ALFRED MUNROE & GO'S
SIS, S181M
34 MAGAZINE ST., N. O.
H5"We hav e, dtiling the Samnicr, greatly en
larged our Store, and our facilities for serving cus
tomers surpass those of aov other establishment in
the Southern Coantry. TBy recent arrivals we
have received some magnificent goods, and are en
abled to place before the public the following euti
ein I m K
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
Black and fancy colored Cremo
nia Doeskin Paletotsand Sacs, 10 00 to 28 00
Fancy colored Tweed and Cod
rington Paletots, Sacs and O
vercoatr, 7 00 to 12 00
Black, blue and drab Beaver
Cloth Paletots and Sacs, 10 00 to
Plaid Cassimer and heather plaid
Paletots and Sacs, 8 00 to
Tweed, Codiington and plaid
Cassimer Polka and Lamartine
Coats, 7 00 to
Bine Pilot Cloth Bouvelards, 7 00 to
Black and fancy Tweed, beather
plaid and fancy CassiAer plaid
Bouvelards,
Black and bine French and Eng
Hsh Cloth Cloaks,
Blue Pilot Cloth Cloaks,
Extra superfine Blankets, Pale
tots. Sacs,
Blue, drab, doe colored, green
ami white Paletots and Sacs,
PANTALOONS.
French and English black Cas
situer and Doeskin Pants,
Blue, olive and fancy colored
Cassimer and Doeskin Pants,
Mixed Doeskin, Cassimer and
Redding Cord Pants,
French and American Cottonade
Pants, 1 ®0 to
Tweed aid Satinet Pant«, 3 50 te
VESTS.
Blade and color'd cloth einbroi
deied Vests,
Colored Cashmere Vests, of all
qualities and styles. 3 00 to 9 00
Black Clath, Cassimer, Merino,
and Bombazine Vests, 3 00 to 3 50
Black and fancy silk Velvet Vests, 4 00 to 10 00
Rich figured and striped Silk do. 3 50 to 6 00
Splendid Tinsel Ball do. 4 50 to 8 00
Valencia Vests do. 2 50 to 3 00
SHIRTS, SCARFS, CRAVATS, &c.
Superfine (all linen) stitched bosom Shirts,
do. English Mnslin do.
do. York Mills do. do.
Medium quality do. do.
French Gingham and Calico do.
Linnen and Cotton Check do.
Merino, Flannel, Gauze, brown, white and pink
Underahirta and Drawers.
Very rich styles fancy Cravats.
Merino, Cashmere, Buckskin, black and white Eid
Gloves.
Cotton, Merino and Linen Half Hose.
Silk and Gingham Umbrellas.
Tranks, Vaines, Carpet Bags, &c,
ETAt this establishment, every article is offered
at the vety lowest price at which it can be sold, and
REDUCTION can in any instanae be madt.
18 00
900
12 00
8 00
3 00 to 6 50
16 00 to 35 00
1800 to 20 00
1600 to 18 00
5 00 to 16 00
5 00 to 1100
4 00 to 9 00
4 00 to 5 00
250
400
10 00
NO
nov20 6m
ALFRED MUNROE & CO.,
34 Magazins st
WINERS
Canadian Vermifuge.
TOHE best remedy ever yet discovered
for all kinds of WO RMS. It not only destroys
Worms and invigorates the whole system, but it
dissolves and carries off the superabundant slime of
mucus, so prevalent in the stomach and bowels of
children, more especially of those in bad health.—
The mucus forms the bed or neat in which Worms
produce their young, and by removing it, it is ira
possible for worm* to remain in the body. It is
harmless Tn its effects on the system,and the health
of the patient is always improved by its use, even
when no worms are discovered ; the medicine being
palatable, no child will refuse to take it, not even
the moat delicate.
Sold Wholesale and Retail by J. Wright &■ Co.,
151 Chartres lt. New Orleans. A. E. Richards
k the agent for "Winner 's Canadian Vermifuge,"
is Plaquemine, and also for the sale of " Dalley's
Pain Extractor." marll ly
Plaquemine March 11,1848.
DR. DAVID JAYNE'S FAMILY
MEDICINES.
TAYNE'S Expectorant, for Coughs;
** Jay tie's Tonic Vermifuge, for Worms, Dyspep
sia, Piles, &c. The Carminative Balaam, is an
n valuable medicine for dysentery and sti tamer com
{»taints Jayne's Sanative Pills, a mild effectual
purgative, free from mercury. Jayne's Alterative,
»r eleausing the blood, removing mercurial dis
uses, and for renovating the system after disease or
violent humours. Jayne's Hair Tonic, to repro
duce a growth oT hair and beautify the head.—
JaynesHair Dye, it colors the hair without staining
the skin. Jayne's Ague Fife, a sure Cure. All
the above are for sale in Plaquemine by Ric harps,
who is tin agent for Dr; David Jayne of Philadel
phia. Almanacs for 1848, will be given gratis to
persons calling for them, giving foil descriptions
Mes of the above remedies.
' May 13,1648. ' :tf
IMPORTANT TO PURCHASERS.
CLOTHING NOTICE-READ THIS!
CT On the 2d of April we commenced selling off
at prime New York cost, ou» entire stock of
WOOLLEN CLOTHING, and all such articles
as are comprised under the head of Wintet Cloth
ing, a partial list of which may be found below.—
Our gonds the past season have cost us unusually
low, and we have nohesitation in saying, that offer»
ing them at Cost an opportunity is presented to
purchasers to supply themselves at much lower
prices than the same quality of goods were ever
before sold in New Orleans. We have an im
mense stock of Goods, and it must be reduced.
Examine the List of Prices:
Best quality black cloth Dress Coats $25. former
price $30 2d do $21. former price $28 3d
do $18, former price $28 4th do $17, former
price 22 5th do $15. former price $18 6th
do $14, former price $17 7th do $10 and $12,
former price $14.
ETBIack cloth Frocks at prices iu same propor
tion.
Best quality black doeskin pants $9, former prce
$11 2d do $7, former price $9 3d do $6
former price $7 50 4th and 5th $4 and $5, for
mer price $5 50 and $6 50.
A very large assortment of colored cassimere pan
taloons, prices from $4 to $7—remarkably cheap
goods.
Super black satin Vests, from $3 <o $5.
Ditto colored do $3 to $5.
Rich figured velvet do $4 50 to $6,
Also, Vests of black velvet, cloth, cashmere, bom
bazine, &c. &c , all exceedingly cheap.
Also, black and colored cloth Sac Coats and Pale
tots, cassimere and tweed Sacs and Paletots,
Blanket Coats, Satinet Pants, colored Cashmere
Vests, wool and merino Under Shirts and Draw
ers, &c.
fcf"One Price! No Deviation!
ALFRED MUNROE & CO.,
aplllm 34 Magazinest.
RUNAWAY IN JAIL.
Was brought to the Jail of this Parishon
the 30th ulu, a runaway negro man, who
calls his name WILLIAM, and says he
belongs to a Mr. Merrill, residing in New
Orleans. The said negro is about 22 years of age,
5 feet 3 inches high, and a black, with no visi»
ble marks. The owner will please come forward,
pay expenses and take him away.
my9 HENRY SULLIVAN, Jailor.
REMOVAL.
CHARLES SIMON
U'Begsto notify his friends and customers tha
he has removed his place of business from Plaque
mine to BATON ROUGE, where he has always
onhaudalarge assortment of every description of
JESARS 1 ML&üDH (gI,®?KS2SS , ©2
AND FANCY GOODS.
He also begs leave to state that the business is
now earned on under the firm of
N. DALSHHIIER & SIMON,
and that they have in Lafayette street two places.—
The following embrace a portion of their stock on
hand:
Dress, Frock, Sack and Blanket Coats,
of every description;
Very jme Paletots, Cashmere Vests and
Cashmere Pants;
Very fine Silk and Cashmere Hats;
English and French Prints;
Cashmere, Muslin de Lains, Bareges and
Plaids;
Silks, Gimps and Fringes of all prices;
Vesites and Mantillas, Shawls, Scarfs,
Embroidered Hd'kfs., Sfc.
nov20 ly N. DALSHIMER & SIMON.
FANCY DRY GOODS AND
CLOTHING STORE!!
l-JAVING commenced business on my own ac
count, I beg leave to inform the citizens of
Iiis town and Parish, that I have just received a
arge stock of
CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS.
at.so
A variety of TRUNKS, and a large
assortment of PLANTATION
G O O D S, such as Kerseys and Lin*
seys, Blankets and Russets. I will also keep con
stantly on band a large stock of
JFanc» ®foo5s anîi perfnmrrç,
and a great Inany other articles too humerons to
mention. Persons wishing to pnrchase will please
call and examine before going elsewhere.
sepl8 A. LEVYSTEIN.
TWICE A WEEK!
BATON ROUGE PACKET.
|The steamer ©IBS», Capt. J as.
H. Ü be , master, leaves New
Orleans every Friday at 10 A. M.
Returning, leaves Baton Rouge every Saturday at
2 P. M.—Leaves New Orleans every Monday at
5 P. M, Returning, leaves Baton Rouge every
Wednesday at 8 A. M.
iEFThe GIPSY is entirely new, and will take
he place of the Majestic. Her accommodations
are unsurpassed by any boat in the trade. For
freight or passage, apply on board. mh21
Colonial History of Loaisiana.
In the course of the same year (17G3)
Louisiana was transferred by treaty to
the crown of Spain. The tidings of this
unexpected cession, which were not pro
mulgated until two years after the exe
cution of the treaty, spread dismay thro*
the colony. The idea of being p&ssed
over, nolens volens, to the domination of
Spaniards, was revolting to the thousands
of true hearted and loyal Frenchmen who
had acquired and defended the territory,
and claimed it as their own. They re
solved, as one man, to resist this uncere
monious change of masters, apparently
determined if their old mother France
persisted in casting them off, to set up for
themselves.
In pursuance of this resolution, they re
fused to receive Don Ulloa, whom the
King of Spain despatched in 1766, to
take possesion of the Province, and to as
sume the Government, as his representa
tive. The point was disputed at the can
non's mouth, but the colony prevailed,
and Don Ulloa returned with his dishon
red commission, to his master. Charles
was as indignant as his cresï-falien ser
vant, at this unexpected repulse. But he
was too busy with his own troubles at
home, to pursue the matter at that mo
ment.
A fit instrument of Royal vengeance
was at length found in the person of Don
O'Reilley, a renegade Irishman, who in
1769 was appointed to subdue and rule
over the refractory province. A more
perfect exemplification of the remark, that
the most depraved unprincipled man may
gain the confidence and regard of Kings,
can scarcely be found. In the execution
of his trust he showed himse'f a very fiend
incarnate. First, by fair promises, cau
tiously mingled with just as much of in
timidation as would give an air of candor
and courtly conciliation to his promises,
he induced the too credulous Louisianians
to abandon their purpose of resistance,
and surrender without striking a blow.—
This artful guise he continued to wear,
till he had obtained possession of all the
insignia of government and the sinews of
power, and placed his own chosen tools in
all the chief places of trust. Then the
mask of hypocrisy was boldly thrown off
and the cloven foot uncovered. His fair
promises were immediately shown to be
only a master stroke of policy to gain an
end. In the face of his solemn stipula
tions, he caused those who had been fore
most in refusing submission to his author
ity, to be seized and put to death. Five
of them, principal citizens of New Or
leans, he caused to be publicly shot. Five
more he consigned to the dungeons of
the Moro at Havana, and one he procur
ed to be assassinated. Other acts of cold
blooded cruelty and false hearted tyranny
followed, till he became the execration and
the abhorrence of the whole colony. He
introduced the Spanish colonial system,
and subjected the inhabitants to every
species of indignity and abuse. At length
the extravagance of his measures, and
his unprincipled abuse of power, wrought
its own ruin. He was recalled by his King
and disgraced—if one already so infa
mous could by any means be tendered
more so. His successor was Unzoga,'
who was shortly afterward superseded by !
Galvez.
The colon} now enjoyed a brief season
of comparative quiet. But the war be»
tween England and Spain, which broke
out in 1779, afforded an opportunity for
Governor Gnlvez to show his loyal zeal,
and exercise his military talents. With
the troops under his command he invaded
Florida, took possession of Baton Rouge,
and Fort Charlotte near Mobile, and pro
ceeded to Pensacola, which, after an ob
stinnte resistance, surrendered to his for
ces. Thus was the Spanish dominion
completely established in Florida.
Governor Miro, who succeeded Gajvez,"
carried into full effect the the colonial sys
tem of Spain, which was by no means
relishedby the French inhabitants of the
colony.
In 1785 a new firebrand was thrown
into the midst of these combustible ele
ments. An attempt was made to esta
blish an office of the Inquisition in Loui
siana. It was fearlessly opposed, and for
tunately crushed without bloodshed. The
agent, to whom the obnoxious business
was entrusted, was seized in his bed, con
veyed forcibly on board a vessel, and sent
home to Spain.
A census of the province, taken in 1788,
just ninety years from the date of the first
settlement, showed a population of 42,
611. Of these, 19,445 were whites, 21,
465 slaves, and 1701 colored freemen.—
New Orleans, then 70 years old, contain
ed 5,338 inhabitants.
The Baron de Carondelet was appoint
ed Governor in 1792. During his admi
nistration, in the year 1794, the first news
paper, called "Le Moniteur," was pub
ished in Louisiana. At the same period,
the Canal Carondelet was commenced;
and the cultivation of indigo and the su
gar cane, which had hitherto been the
great staples of the colony, was suspend
ed.
In 1795, by the treaty of St. Lorenzo,
the navigation of the Mississippi was
opened to the western States of the Union,
and the great impulse given to the com
mercial prosperity of New Orleans, which
secured forever the pre-eminence of the
Crescent City. The same treaty defined
the boundaries as they now exist between
Florida and Mississippi. But CaronJelet
being rather tardy in yielding possession
than suited the active, enterprising spirit
of the Americans, the territory was seized
by an armed force under Andrew Elliott.
Two years afier this, a plan set on foot
by Carondelet, to dismember the Ameri
can Union, by drawing the Western States
into a separat« compact, was detected and
defeated by the address of General Wil
kinson. Whether Aaron Burr was in the
plot, or only took a hint from it a few
years later, does not appear of record.—
Carondelet was succeeded by Gayosa de
Lamor, Casa Calvo, and Salvado, who,
successively, but for a very brief period,
wielded the chief magistracy of the colo
ny.
In 1803 Louisiana was re»transferred to
France, and immediately sold to the Uni
ted States for $15,000,000. The treaty
which accomplished this important ob
ject was entered into on the 30th of Aprd.
Possession was taken, in behalf of the
United States, by General Wilkinson and
William C. Claiborne, amid the re|oicings
of a people attached to liberty, and eager
to grasp at any opportunity to shake off
the yoke of Spain.
The population of Louisiana, at the
time of the purchase, did not exceed fifty
thousand, exclusive of the Indians, and
these were scattered over its immense ter
ritory. Seven years after, the population
had nearly trebled, and her prosperity had
advanced in equal proportion.
The year 18.12' was' a memorable era in
the history of Louisiana, and marked with
incidents never to be forgotten by her citi
zens. It was in this year that the first
Steamboat was seen o?i the bosom of the
"great river," now alive with hundreds of
these winçed messengers, plying to and
fro. In the same year war was declared
with Great Britain, and Louisfana as now
constituted, was admitted as an indepen
dent State into the great American Con
federacy.
C^Labor if you would live happy.
Who Salted the Seal
The following scene is reported to have
occurred on board a steamer carrying
detachments of Alabtfma and Louisiana
volunteers to the war:
One tall volunteer from|the pine land
Ot Alabama was unhappy for the want of
employment, he sauntered along "for
something to do," wheti it oocurred to him
that he might, as he expressed it, "take
a good wash." He was a tall, lank fel
low, with a shocky head of dry, grassy
hair, hanging down to his shoulders.«
With a deliberation consistent with an
idle sea voyager; he commenced rubbing
the turpentine soap of the ship into hid
hair and skin with commendable vehe*
mence. He had cause to take a great
deal of pains, for he observed to himself
"that he had an acre of barrack mud on
him."
It oust be observed that all this while,
the vessel was plowing farther out intojthe
sea; and by this time the Mississippi wa
ter in the washroom had become exhaust
ed, and he threw his bucket over the ves
sel's side to replenish his basin.
The first dash he made was at his
head; the turpeutine of the soap and the
saline of the water soon formed a chemi
cal combination, and the oily qualities of
the soap disappeared, and left something
in its stead resembling tar. Two or three
rakes of the fingers through ths hair ele*
vated it upright on the Alabamian's head,
stiff as the quill of a porcupine. "That's
another trick played upon me," said the
unwashed, in a rage, his hair still growing
fiercer. At this moment the watei^ drip
ped in his face, and he commenced spit
ting, as if nauseated to the last degree>—
Coolly and determinedly, be went to his
belt, took a" bowie" some 15 inches long,
and delivered himself thus; "some of them
thar Louisianians has played tricks enuff
on me. Now, if any one dare, lit him
fetch me the one that put salt in this ere
water?" h
The Postmaster General and the
Dram-drinker. — Mr. Corwin, writing from
Washington to the Cincinnati Chronicle,
says:
Judge Collamer has, I understand, very
wisely determined to confer office upon no
one who is known to indulge in his "cups."
Connected with the enforcement of this
rule, a friend related to me the other
day,- a scene which occurred at Judge
C's room, of a very amusing character
It appears that an applicant for office from
the Postmaster General called at bis quar
ters and piesented papers, setting forth his
claims to the office he sought: The
Judge scrutinized him for a moment, and
then very coolly remarked; "You drink
whisky, sir, I believe?" The unfortunate
applicant, construing this remark into ao
invitation to quaff a glass with the Post
master General, replied: "No, I thank you
Judge, I prefer a glass of brandy and
water!" This reply settled his ease—his
papers were returned to him, and he was
told that his application, was duly consid
ered and rejected.
ff?*Tbe Crescent says: A number of in
teresting individuals were brought before
Recorder Baldwin a few mronings since,
having been found in a suspicious quarter
near the new canal; supposed to have
been the head quarters of a band of ruf
fians who have for some time infested and
disturbed the neighborhood with their
frequent outrages, Their encampment
consisted of a few tents, situated about
half way between the city and the lake.
From the remains of a sumptuous repast
found in the place, it was evident the
possessors lived luxuriously, as fer as
satisfying the demands of their appetite is
Concerned.
(^Integrity is the brightest jewel.