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Etat de la Louisiane — Paroisse Alberville. Vente de Succession. EN vertu d'un ordre ou décret à moi adres sé par l'Hon. Cour du 6ème. District de l'Etat de lu Louisiane, en et pour la paroisse d'Orléans, J'exposerai en vente publique au plus offrant et dernier enchérisseur, Lundi, le 17 Mars, 1856, entre 11 heures A M et 1 P M, les propriétés ci-après décrites appartenant à la « Succession de fue Samuel Whitman, savoir , Un certain Lot de Terre ou terrain, situé dans la paroisse d'iberville, sur la rive gauche du fleuve Mississippi en face de l'habitation de Randall McGavoek et maintenant hors de la Levee, maOtrant un arpent cané ainsiqui les bâtisses et améliorations qui s'y trouvent et y appartiennent. Une quantité de mobilier consistant en un Cheval, une paire Renes. un lot de Barils, lot de d'ouves, outils de Tonnellier, &c., décrit dans l'inventaire de l'article 2 à l'article 13 in clusive. TERMES ET CONDITIONS. Le Lot #e terre sera vendn payable en six mois du jour de la vente, l'acquereur fournira son billet endossé à satisfaction, portant inté rêt à 6 pour cent du jour de la vente, jusqu' a échéance et si non payé échéance il portera in térêt à S pour cent jusqu' à parfait paiement. Le mobilier payable comptant. La vente aura lien sur le lot terre ci-dessus décrit. JOS. H. EWIN, Shérif. Paroisse d'iberville, ce 14Fev. 1856-fel6 Mttrron en Prison. IjS.Y II à été ameaé à la geôle de cette Pa Jjflfia roisse un nègre marron, qui ce nomme HARRISON, et dit qu'il appartient à T. Harper, de Nile. Orleans. Le dit nègre est âgé apeu-près 23 ou 25 ans, et d'environ S pieds 10 ou 11 pouces d'hauteur. feb!6 THEO. BLANCHARD, Geôlier. TROUVE, AU Café de H. LeBlanc, en la ville de Plaque mine, un porte feuille or porte mflÉnaie, con tenant une somme d'argent en billets de Banque. Le propriétaire peut l'obtenir en prouvant le pro priété et payant les frais de cette notice et s'ad dressant au soussigné. feb2 H. LEBLANC. CEbSÉB ITiTffl For Sale Cheap, A fine second hand PIANO. Ap ply at tUjeflice. ' jy7 Etat de la Louisiane— Paroisse d'Iber ville. Vente de Succession. IT^N vertu d'un ordre ou décret â moi adres \i sè par l'Hon. Cour du 6ème District de l'Etat de la Louisiane,en et pour la paroisse d' iberville, en date du 8 courant, J'exposerai en vente publique au plus offrant et dernier en chérisseur — Mardi le 11 Mars prochain, 1856. à 10 heures A M, a la maison de cour de cette paroisse, les propriétiés ci-apès décrites appar tenant a la Succession de feu Raphael L. Schmidt, savoir Un certain terrain ou Lot de Terre, situé dans la village de Bayou Goula, mesurant tren te huit pieds trois J- pouces de face au ehemin public ayant une profondeur de trois cent qua tre vingt neuf pieds et neuf pouces sur la ligne d'en bas, «'ouvrant au Sud 86^ dégrés à l'Ouest a ligne d'en haut ayant une profondeur decent quntre vingt pieds s'ouvrent vers le Nord de 83 dégiés à l'Ouest s'étendant à une sue qui doit âtre ouverte, cou rant avec cettp rue83dégré Ounsl, j'usqute une manche qui se trouve sur In ligne en arrière qui forme Is ligne de derri ère à partir de la termination de la ligne d'en bas No. 6£ Est, mesurant ceqt cinquante quatre pieds cinq pouces. Le dit lot ctant borné en haut par lot du Docteur A. H. Mears et par une manche, et en bas par lot de Pierre L. Dufres ne et Paul Sauvage, et en arrière par lot de ia veuve Julien Commeaux, ainsi que le» bâtisses et améliorations qui s'y trouvant etappartien» nenL Conditions Comptant. JOS. H. ERWIN, Shérif. Paroisse d'iberville, ce 8 Février, 1856. Etal de la Louisiane —. Paroisse d'iberville. Vente de Succession. EN vertifrd'un ordre on décret à moi addres sè par l'Hqn. Cour du Sixième District de Etat de la Louisiane en et pour la Paroisse d'iberville, J'exposerai en vente poblique au plus offrant et dernièr enchérisseur — Lundi, le 3 Mara, 1856, à 10 heures A. M.,L'ESCLAVE citaprès nom mé, appartenant à la Succession de feu Lemuel J. Beck, et à la communanté qui existait entre lieu et son épouse Zuima Marionneaux, savoir: LEWIS, mulâtre, age d'environ 49 ans, bon charpantier, (se soûle quelque fois). CONDITIONS. L b quart du prix payable comptant le jour de la vente, et ia balance payable, la moitié en Mars 1857, et l'autre moitié en Mars 1858; l'ac quereur fournira son billet endosse £ ia satis faction de la tutrice, payable au bureau du Re corder de cette {»roisse, portant interet à 8 pour cent par an après échéance jusqu'à» par fait paiement. Hypothéqué speciale aera re tenue sur l'esclave pour assurer le paiement du dit billet et toss interet» eventnel. La vente aura lien à la maison de Cour de cette paroisse. JOS. H. ERWIN, Shérif. Paroisse d'iberville, 1 de Fevrier, 1859. Dans la sucseesion ) Etat de Lonisiane, de feu > Paroisse d'iberville, Valerien Duplessis. ) Cour du Gme District. ATTENDU que Valéry Duplessis, a ce jour,, enliassé dans le Bureau du Greffier de cette cour, son compte et tableaux de distribution d» feu Valerien Duplessis — Avis est par le present donné à tous ceux que cela concerne de déduire sous 30 jours de la date, ce present les raisons pour les quelles le dit compte et tableaux le distribution de la succession de feu Valerien Duplessis, ne serait pas homologué et fait le jugement de cette cour, et le dit admin istrateur autorisé faire les paiements, selon Is dit tableaux. Par ordre de la cour Î6 de Jan., 1856. Bjan26 M. A. ESTEVAN, Greffier. \n\n A Hi(h Compliment from a Dlstla fniibcd JurUt. Anything of high merit occurring to a citizen from » display of great professional or me chanical ability, is always deserving of record, from the example which it seta to others if for nothing else. This remark, the verity of which connot be questioned— no less than will be admitted the entire propriety of what we are going to state was occasioned by what we incidentally learnt a day or two since from a gentleman entirely disinterested in the matter. It relates to a case lately lüfore the Supreme Court of the United States. This was the celebrated case of Wilson and heirs vs. J. B. Ckaighead and others, to which we alluded in an article a few weeks aince— waa appealed from the Supreme Court of Lou isiana, and the decision relative to which was given in our last. As might be supposed, there were in this cas« many able Briefs. Among them was that of our fellow citizen, Zenon Labauve , Esq*, which was printed at this office, about sixty pa ges in length ; and we were told that the Hon. Reverday Johnson took occasion to compli ment it in the highest terms as one of the ablest that hail ever been presented to the Supreme Court, as r#spects the force of its argumen t> the many points of law apposite to the case, the able manner in which its positions were sustained, and in fact could be said to be the only one which treated thoroughly of the vase, and was a model of legal ^evidence as of professional skill, ability and research. If not tiie exact words, such at least was the sense or substance of the compliment as expressed by the distinguished jurist, which we inadver tently heard. And wa trust that -its record lie re will not be deemed amiss by the modest and unassuming recipient of such an encomium ur by those of his immediate friends, it is an honor which many a lawyer would consider as a proud and priceless cap-stone to that monu ment of fame which all, of any worth, are strug gling to rear, as a memento of their applica tion, their ability and success. The Impending Fate ef England. A most able and statistical article, in Black wood's Magazine for December, gives out a warning voice to Old England, under the head of "Our rural population and the War." From causes, well-explained and defined by the wrj«r ter, it appears that the fighting population are dying out in England, Scotland and Ireland, have been doing so for the last thirty or forty years. Thirty years before the American Revolutionary war, in the year 1745, Lord Pre sident Forbes of Culloden, reported to the British government tbp«rmed force of about forty clans, whiifti he Mmed and which then could, at three day's notice, bring 30,000 sol> die.s, fully equipped, into the field. Now, says the review: "It is hardly a century since a rebellion of the Highland Clans sufficed to shake the British throne to its base. Where is that host of uiutchless soldiers now? We have it on re cord that in 1745 there were upwards of 30, 000 able-bodied clansmen in the Highlands, fit lor home or foreign service,—eve'y man of ihem, alike in frame arid spirit, a warrior. There is rot a tithe of that number now; and many districts which furnished tiieir 500,700, or 800 soldiers in time of the wars, are now without u single human being in them but a shepherd or two and a brace of gamekeepers. But the following startling extract, from the ^ «ame article may truly be called "The Hand writing on the Wall for England:" After forty years of peace, we are again at war; we want an army, and recruits come in but slowly. We cannot even keep our hand ful of milita regiments at half their coinpie ment; and for service abroad, we have been hunting for the last twelve months for foreign» •rs—Germans, Italians, Poles, Turks, Ame ricans—and have got into all kinds of political désagrément by onr desperate efforts to procure their services. We do not wonder that France should have begun to mutter discontentment at our efforts, and doubî^As to whether we do not design to shirk out pR in the war alliance. During the present year, oar army in the Crt trie a has not averaged above half the strength of the native British troops which Wellington led into France in 1814; and yet the number of males at the military age in this country has nearly doubled since then. The nnmber of men who ough to b* capable of bearing arms is in round number« 1 ^00,000; and yet after two years' recruiting for as arduous a contest as aver Great Britain engaged in, our army in tbe Crimea does not exceed 50,000 men! This is o curious and certainly startling phenomen on, and sundry minor circumstances of a similar complexion intensify the unpleasant aspect of affairs.— ißZacfewood. Horrible Murder.—We learn from the St. Louis Republican of the 3tb, tbat Basil H. Gor don, Assistant Engineer, of the North Mis souri Railroad, who bad been absent on a col lection tour, and whose protracted silence had led to great uneasiness respecting his fate, was (fonnd murdered and robbed about seven miles -this side of Warrenton, and his body hidden beneath the snow. Suspicion point» to two individuals who had been seen in the company of the victim, and in parsnit of whom the police are actively engaged. Rewards amount ing to S 1 ;300 have been offered for the ap prehension of the murderers. D*Tbe cost of the smallest locomotive in tm w from six to eight thousand dollars. The largest, which can draw a train of 16 cars> holding eleven hundred persons, is worth twelve thousand dollars. A first-class passen get ear costs three thousand dollars, second, eighteen hundred; freight car, six hundred. ETA. Washington letter writer says that Colonel John C, Fremont is talked of as the RspabSican candidate for the Presidency. He is a native of South Carolina, a resident of Cali foreia, Bon-io-law of Cd. Benton, and pro* hably on good term, with the Benton, Blair, V an Raren folks generally,— Boa. PmU TELEGRAPH1CJ)ESPATCHES. [From the Picayune.] N ew Y ork , Feb. 18. —To the great gratifi« cation of everybody in this city, as will of course be the case everywhere, intelligence was received here to-day, announcing the safe ty of the steamship Pacific. The U. S. Consul at Halifax telegraphed to Mr. Collins, the agent of the line to which she belongs, stating that private letters which had been received at that port by the Canada, con» tained the announcement that she had been compelled by the severity of the weather she experienced in making her way out of the Irish Channel, and reaching into the Atlantic, to return and put into the Shannon, on the west coast of Ireland. CENTRAL AMERICAN QUESTION. Lord Clarendon is reported in the papers brought by the Canada to have stated in Par liament that the British Government had of fered to refer the dispute pending with the United Statea on the Central American ques tion to arbitration by a third power, but that the latter had not thought proper to accept the offer, as it was hoped she would. THE ENLISTMENT QUESTION. Lord Clarendon is also reported to have said that the correspondence on the enlistment question was still in progress, and the origin of the trouble was that many foreigners in America had applied to the British Government to be allowed to enlist for the war, and that an agency was accordingly opened to receive them. Warm correspondence, he added, had taken place upon the subject, but there was no doubt it would meet a peaceful eolation. The conduct of Mr. Cramp'on haid been ap proved of by his Government, he said. PEACE VIEWS. The views as to the probability of peace be ing effected under the negotiations now pro gressing for the purpose appear to be all but unanimous. Even by many Parisians who rçi»h otherwise, peace is considered certain. NATIONAL AMERICAN COUNCIL Admission of the Louisiana Detega* ' lion. Philadelphia . Feb. 19.—The National American Council convened in this city to-day, i'he Louisiana delegation was admitted by a vote of 66 to 50—objection having been raised on account of the non -recognition of Louisiana. A warm debate in regard to the contested Beats from Pennsylvania terminated in the ad mission of that set of delegates ignoring the 12th section of the National platform, by a vote of 84 to 55. Tliis has caused bitter feelings on the part of the Southern members. PLATFORM ADOPTED. Philadelphia , Feb. 21.—The American Convention to-day adopted a platform which will be published in the Washington American Organ on the 15th of March. ELECTION OF A CHAPLAIN. Washington , Feb. 21.—The House to day elected Daniel Waldo, of Baltimore, an old soldier of the Revolution, Chaplain. He is Innocent. —Gen. Dennis Cronan, the well-known contractor for paving the streets, having been formally accused of engaging in the "thugging" business, we feel called upon to give a direct contradiction to the assertion We are well aware that the material of which the Canal street sidewalks is composed is de structive to the human countenance when violent collision occurs, but we contend that Gen. Cronan is not responsible for the eccen tricities of curb stones which depart from the usual gravity of their demeanor, rise up and disfigure the faces of those who, by their heavy headed locomotion through the streets, con vey to the disinterested spectator the idea that they are scientifically tracing out the track of a worm fence. We repeat the expression of our opinion, that Gen. Cronan is not liable to prosecution when paying stones, which he has legitimately laid down, fly up and hit tax pay ers in the face.— True Delta. Poisoning la England. A most extraordinary case of poisoning oc cupies public attention. Dr. Wm. Palmer, a surgeon, but who made betting his profession, in other words "a sporting man," was in com pany with a gentleman named Cooke, at Ruge ley, Staffordshire, settlingup some gambling accounts, when Cooke, who had just drank glass of liquor, suddenly became sick and ex claimed that Palmer bad poisoned him. Cooke died next day, and Palmer was arrested. A discovery that Palmer owed a large sum to Cooke, confirmed the suspicion against him, and it was then remembered that his (Palmer's) wife had died suddenly of symptoms similar to those that had carried off Cooke. This led to further inquiry, when tbe astounding fact came gradually out that sixteen persons, ail immediately connected with Palmer, had died suddenly, within a short time, and that on the lives of some of these persons he had effected insurances, while with others he had betting transactions. The most astounding of these developments ia that Lord George Ben tinck (who, it will be remembered, died sud denly,) had t ransactions with Palmer, and it is now believed that he was poisoned! The corp. »es of some of the supposed victims have been exhumed, and submitted to chemical research for traces of poison. Stryehnine, or some other vegetable preparation, is supposed to have been the means employed. It is somewhat curious that the accused had a fast horse that figured conspicuously in his turf speculations and bore the name of "Strychnine." The Distance of the Sun from the Earth^In^ creasing.— The Vermaß journals have given some tables which prove that the distance be tween the earth and sun is increasing annually, and argue from it that the increasing humidity of our summers and the loss of fertility by the earth, are to be attributed solely to this circum stance. No credit has heretofore been given to tra ditions of ancient Egyptians and Chinese, ac cording to which these people formerly said the sun's due was almost four times as large as we now see it, for they estimated the «par ent diameter of the san as doable of what it is seen in our day If, however, we pay attention to the oontin« ued idminotion of tbe apparent diameter of the sun, according to the beet observation of sev eral centuries, we most suppose that tbe an cients were not mistaken in the estimates they have transmitted to os. , In tbe course of sis thousand years' from the present time, they assume that the distance will be so great that only an eighth part of tbe warmth we now enjoy from tbe san will be communicated to tbe earth, and it will then be coram with eternal icd in tho ssflto sa we now aee the plains of the north, where tbe elephant formerly lived, and have neither spring nor autumn. ST Although uninformed as to whether the author of the following eulogy is now a mem ber of the present House of Representatives at Washington City, yet we cannot however but concede, that kindred spirits are there from the exhibition of similar pertivenent and appro priate speeches and propositions that hive been made by members, whilst the House has been dallying for weeks wittr the Speaker's chair We give it as a specimen of such forensic elo quence. funeral Eulogy. As delivered tn the Florida House of Repre sentatives. 1848.—( Verbatim.) Mr. Speaker;—Sir, our feller citizen Mister Silas Higgins, who was lately a member of this legislature, is dead, and he died yesterday in the forenoon. He had the browncreiurs, and was an uncommon individual. His char acter was good up to the time of his death and he never lost his voice. He was fifty six years old, and was taken sick before he died at his boarding house,» where board can be had at one seventy-five a week, washing and lights included. He was an ingcnus crea tur, and in the early part of his life had a fath er and mother. He was an officer in our State militia since the last war, and Wks brave and polite, and his uneh, Timothy Higgins, belong ed to the revolutionary war, and was commis sioned as leftenant by General Washington, first President and commander in chief of the army and navy of the United States, who died at Mount Vernon deeply lamented by a large circle of friends, on the 14th of December 1799 or there abouts, and was buried after his death with military honors, and several guns was bust in firing salutes. Sir, Mister Speaker, Sir, General Washing ton presided over the great continental sand hedrum and political meeting that formed our Constitution; and he was indeed a great and good man. He was fust in war, fust in peace and fustin the hearts of his country, and tho' he was in favor of the United Stales Bank, he was a friend of edication, and from what he sxid in his farewell address I have no doubt he would have voted for the tariff of 1836 if he had been alive and had'nt died some time be forehand. His death was considered at the time as rather premature on account of its be ing bro't on by an orduerv cold. Now sir, Mister Speaker, such being the character of General Washington, I motion that we ware crape around the left ares of this legislature, and adjourn till to morrow as an emblem of our respects for the memory of S. Higgins who is dead, and died cf the brown creturs yesterday in the forenoon. Importance of Recreation. The following félicitons passage occurs in the admirable speech of the Hon. Edward Everett, at the Revere House last week. The orator, in referring to Mr. Webster's taste for manly sp >rts, added these words:— The Americans, as a people—at least the professional and mercantile classes—have too little considered the importance of healthful, generous recreation. They have not learned the lesson contained in the very word which teaches that the worn-out man is recreated, made over again,.by the seasonable relaxation of the strained faculties. The old world learn ed this lesson years ago, and found out (Herod. 1,143) that a- the bow always bent will at last break, so the man, forever on the strain of thought and action, will at last go mad or break down. Thrown upon a new continent—eager to do the work of twenty centuries in two— the Anglo-American population has over work ed, and is daily overworking, itself. From morning to night —from January to December —brain nnd hands, eyes and fingers, tbe pow ers of the body and the powers of the mind are in spasmodic, merciless activity. There is no lack of a few tasteless and soulless dis sipations which are called amusements, but no ble athletic sports, manly outdoor exercises, are too little cultivated in town or country. ttTFor the year ending August 31, 1855, we Americans imported from Europe, for our own heads and those of our wiveB and daughters $1,682 950 worth of bonnets of silk, straw and leghorn, and of hats and caps. Yet how few of the head-pieces one sees give evidence of having been sent for three thousand miles away. All are seemingly home-made. In that same year, Young and Old America treat* ed themselves to $3,832,850 worth of watch es, chronometers and clocks of European make. Their appetite, too, for foreign jewelry was baited with $974,120 worth of tbe arti cle, upon which, without sighing, they paid a duty of thirty per cent. Of leather to cover their hands and feet, they sent across the ocean and bought to the tune of $3,069,890—enough to hide-bind tbe nation, and sicken it in various ways. Feminotogy. —A queer gatherer of statistics says, that out of one hundred and fifty eight pretty women whom he met in the streets of fashionable resort in a given time, one hundred were sucking their parasol handles. In an omnibus, four young ladies out of sev en invariably look through tbe front window at the horses. At a party, seven ladies out of ten prefer va nilla ice-cream, while only one in ten habita ally eats orange water ice. The stouter a lady is the more she rolls her eyes np while waltzing. The smaller a lady is, so much the more does she affect the son-flower rosetts, enormous flounces, and extra-sized ornaments. Diminutive ladies sdmire giant-like gentle men—and vice vérsa. Ladies who are greatly admired by their own sex, are seldom viewed in the same light by gentlemen. Some ladies speak of "ladies' beauties" and gentlemen's beauties." It is a curious fact those women who have made tbe most acquaintances during a long course of years have by far tbe best memory for faces and persons. Although women are supposed fo be the talkative sex.it is not less true that in learning a foreign tongue, men acquire more readily the facility in speaking it, while ladies jinderstand it better and sooner when spoken to. gTTite death of John Ferguson, stated to be the heaviest American fund-holder in Great Britain, is announced in the London papers He died at Irvine; in Scotland, and was reported to be worth $6,300,000. One half of this earn he bequeSthed^rfed&ettioual purposes in Scotland—the other half to Ms relations. In early lifo he visited the United States, was far seeing enough to invert heavily, and an in« ise fortune was tbe rasait tTJordan te a hard road to travel. COMMERCIAL. Sugar is dull and prices easier, with seles of about 400 hhds. The rates for molasses have further given way about |c, and some 800 bbls have been •old at 33^a34£c for good to prime lots. Stale of Louisiana—Parish of Iberville. Succession Sale. BY virtue of an order or decree to me di rected from the Honorable the 6th District Court of the State of Louisiana, in and for the parish of Orleans, I will offer at public sale to the highest and last bidder, on Monday, 17th day of March, next, 1856, between 11 o'clock A M and 1 P M, the following described property, belong ing to the Succession of Samuel Whitman, deed., to wit: A certain Lot of Ground lying and situated in the parish of Iberville on the left bank of the river Mississippi, and oil the upper part of the plantation of Randall McGavock, and now on the outside of the Levee, and measuring about one squrre arpent, together with all the build ings thereon being und (hereunto belonging. A quantity of moveables, consisting in one Horse, one pair of Wheels, lot of empty Mo 1-s-ea Barrels, Staves, Cooper's Tools, &c., fully described in the inventory from article 2 to article 13 inclusive. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. The Lot of Ground and improvements to be sold on a cred&of six months, the purchaser to furnish his note satisfactorily endorsed, bearing 6 percent interest from day of sale, and if not paid at maturity, to bear 8 per cent interest till full and final payment. The moveables paya ble cash. Sale to take place on the lot of ground above described. JOS. H. ERWIN, Sheriff. Parish of Iberville, Feb. 14, 1856. fel6 Stlke of Louisiana—Parish of Iberville. Succession Sale. BY virtue of an order or decree to me di rected from the Honorable the 6thDistrict Court of the Stata of Louisiana, in and for the parish of Iberville, bearing date this 8th instant, I will offer at public sale to the highest and last bidder, ott. Tuesday, 11th day of March, 1856, at 10 o'clock, A M, at the Court House of the parish of Iberville, the following de scribed property belonging to the Succession of Raphael L. Schmidt, dee'd., to wit: 1 A certain LOT OF GROUND, situated in the Parish of Iberville, on the right bank of the Mississippi River in the Village of Bayou Goula, measuring thirty eight feet three and a half inches front on the public road, with a depth on the lower line on a course running South 89$ degrees West of three hundred and eighty nine feet nine inches; the upper line run ning N. 83 West, one hundred and eighty feet in depth to an intended street, thence with thai street N. 83 West, until it meets a lane, being the back line, running from the terminatinn of the lower line N. 6£ East, one hundred and fifty four feet five inches. Said lot being boun ded above by a lot of Dr. A. H. Mears and by a lane running to the river, and below by lots of Pierre L Dufresne and Paul Sauvage, in the rear by lot of Wo. Julien Corameaux, togeth er with all lhe buildings improvements and ap purtenances thereon being and thereunto be longing. Terms Cash. JOS. H. ERWIN, Sheriff. Parish of Iberville, Feb. 8, l856 -feb9. Parish of Iberville, 8, l856 Stale of Louisiana—Parish of Iberville. Succession Sale. BY virtue of an order or decree to me di rected from the .Hon'ble the Sixth Dis trict Court of the State of Louisiana, in and for tbe parish of Iberville, I will offer at public sale to the highest and Isst bidder on , Monday, 3d day of March, 1880, at 10 A M, the following described Slave be longing to the Succession of Lemuel J. Beck, dttf 'd., and to the community which existed between him and his surviving widow, Zulma^plrion neaux, to wit; * LEWIS, a mulatto boy aged about 49 years, a good carpenter, sometimes gets intoxicated. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. One fourth of the price cash on the day sale, and the balance payable one half in all March 1857, and the other "barlf in 185S. Pur chaser to furnishrhis note endorsed to the sat isfaction ef the tutrix, payable at the Recorder's Office, bearing 8 per centJMterest from and af ter maturity till {Mid; special mortgage to be retained on said slave tôfeéure the payment said note and all eventual Interests that may accrue thereon. Sale to take place at the court bouse. JOSR R ERWIN, Sheriff. Pa rish of Iberville, Feb. 31st, 1856. feb2 ORA BBLS Blue Rim time for sale by Plaquemine Female Seminary, NOW uuder the care of Rev. E. W. Tür kin, aided by Mrs. Larkiu and an able and efficient corps of Teachers, presents su perior advantages for the edncaiion of Young Ladies. terms. Board, Tuition in Primary Department, " Junior Department, " Senior Department, Mpsjc , on 1'iano or Guitar, Use of Instrument, Drawing and Painting, Embroid'y and fancy Needle Work, 2 " Latin or Greek, 3 " Incidental Expenses, 50 cts. " Pupils are not received for less than one quar ter. i'ayment quarterly in advance. Bearding Pupils are required to* furnish themselves with a silver spoon and silver fork; also with towels and table napkins, and to bave their articles distinctly marked with their names in full. dec'29 $16 per month. 3 " 6 tt " 8 " 7 * 1 3 " Runaway in Jail. Was brought to the jail of this parish a runaway negro man who calls iiis name HARIflSON, and >ays that he belongs to \y% T. D Harper, of New Orleans; said boy is """— about 23 or 25 years of age, rather tall, speaks English only, small scar on left forehead, a black. Theowner will please come forward, pay char ges and take him away. feblG THEO. BLANCHARD. Jailor. FOl\D, IN the Coffee House of H. L'Blanc, in the town of Plaquemine, a portmonuaie containing a sum of money in bank notes. The owner can have the same by applying to the undersigned, bv proving ownerseip and paViae the costs of this advertisement. * f»b2 H- LEBLANC. New Goods. ROTH BROS, are now receiving their stock o Fail Goods, and Will continue to receive shipments by every packet from the North, for some time to come. They keep a complete assortment of Dry Goods, Hardware, Jewelry, Gents and Children's Cloth ing, Boots and Shoes, and all kinds of Fancy and Plantation Goods. Call and see their new arr als. ' au2 6 Barrels! Barrels!! As the time is near at hand when Planters and Merchants will want |to purchase good Barrels, the un dersigned takes this method to make it known that he has on hand a large lot of Barrels, well made of good seasoned timber. All orders will be strictly attended to. sep2 JAMES ENNlS. **S"oar Kations" Coffee-Souse. M The undersigned, presents his compli ments to his friends for favors past receiv ed, and assures 'hem and the public gen erally—the people of all nations—that many ad vantageous additions have lately been made to his Coffee-House, while he continues to supply his Bar with the very best of Wines and Liquors, and an abundance of ICE always on hand during the summer. '"Walk in, gentlemen, what'll you have?" M. MA «IX, ap21 Opposite the Market. WILLIAM CARSOUT, Pharmaceutical Chemist and Druggist, SIGN OF THE GOLDEN MORTAR! Corner of Main and Bank streets, PLAQUEMINE, La , and dealer in Drugs, Medicines Chemicals. LEECHES, SHAKERS' HERBS, PATENT MEDICINES, SPICES, PERFUMERY, BRUSHES. TOILET ARTICLES, &c. ijic. &c. Physician«' Prescriptions Put up at all times, from pure Medicines, with accuracy and dispatch jelC MY STOCK OF Drugs, Chemicals, AND MEEICINBB, Has been carefully reple-, nishei! during my late visit to the Noith—a!so, my stock of Toys, Fan cy Ciood*—and others, embracing articles too numerous to mention. I hope to receive the con tinned favors of my customers. novlO A. E. RICHARDS. g. e. spi'.ague. rosel1us ouillion Ci. E. SPRAGUC & CO., RECEIVING, FORWARDING AND COM MISSION MERCHANTS AND STEAM BOAT iGENTS, WILL give their entire attention to Receiving and Forwarding of all Freights passing through Plaquemine. Grosse Tête and Attaka pas Merchants, in particular, will find it to their interest to give their attention to this notice.— Those wishing to have theii Freight attended to, will please have it sent, directed— Care of G. E. SPRAGÜE & CO., Plaquemine, La. Refer to— Hart, Austin & Co., 'i F. N. Bissell, > Plaqnemine. Roth Brothers. J Converse. Kennett & Co., Briscoe & Simms, Hall & Rodd, \V. A. Violett & Co., J E. J. Gay. & Co., St. Louis. jan!9 New Orleans. In the succession of ) Sixth District Court, Valerien Duplessis, > State of Louisiana' dee'd. ) Parishof Iberville, TTTHEREAS Valéry Duplessis, administrator, VV has this day filed his account and tableaux of distribution of the succession of Valerien Du plessis, dee'd.— Notice is hereby given to all whom it may con cern to show cause "within thirty days from the date of the publication hereof, why said account and tableaux of distribution should not be homo logated and made a judgment of this court, and the Administrator authorized to make payments accordingly. Clerk' Office, 16th Jan., 18'>0. jan 19 M. A. ESTEVAN, Clerk. TO THE LADIES. VALENCIENNES Lace, Edgings and Iriser'gs^ Guipure do do do; Maltese do do do; English Thread do do do; Applique Insertings and sprigs; S wis# and Cambric Flonncings and Bands; Jaconet Edgings and Insertings: Muslin and Jaconet sleeves, close, frilled a« flowing; Linsn combric and clear Lawn Hdkfs—hand stitched, embroidered, tap«; and reverse bor dered, an endless variety: Rich embroidered Sleeves, collars & chemizettes; 24 doz Ladies' superior Kid Gloves, assorted; And a host of novelties in Embroideries, Drei» Trimmings, &c—just received by oct20 HART, AUSTIN & CO. a. BROWN, t Fashionable Tailor, ust returned from New Orleans with a large stock of Merchandize, such as Fancy and Plaid Casaimeres, Doeskin«. Black Cloths, black anp fancy patterns of vesti..gs, which he will make un in the best style of workmanship and latest fash ions. He also keeps constantly on hand, Gentle men and Boys Furnishings—Black and fancy col ored Frock Coats; Pilot Cloth Coats; Fancy tweed Coats; Black satin, fancy figured and black cloth Vests: Undershirts; Cravats; Gloves, Socks. Hand kerchiefs: Cloaks; Walking Canes: Knives; Fancy Wooden Boxes; and a quantity of Pomatums and Essences of all kinds. ocl8 TO PLANTERS. r' having become necessary to renew our Part nership, we respectfully inform you that wa will keep a better and larger stock of Goods than formerly. Any orders left with us for Fall Ne ero Clothing will be attended to indue time. Wa have now on hand a large assortment of Lindseys and Kerseys, for parsons wishing to maka them up themselves during the summer. Orders at tended to for supplying best o£k tanned Russets. _apU ROTH B ROTHERS. 01T8VS2LS! TIHE undersigned informs his friends and the public genïrally that he has an OYSTER SALOON next dnoi to bis Hotel, where his cus tomers will always get them served up in the best style, and at nil hours. jan26 M. MARIX, Market st. «SB naWSTAfSR SBOOU». A collection of Newspaper Facts and Statistic containing a COMPETE LIST OF NEWS PAPERS in the nRted States, Canadas aiHj Great Britain. THE only reliable work of the kind in the world. An fnvaluabie assistont to the Edi tor, Book Publisher and Genend Advertiser — Beautifully printed on fine white paper, octavo size. This book will be promptly sent to any rt of tbe country on the receipt of THREE addressed to LAY k BROTHER, No. 73 South Fourth street, above Walnut, dec22 Philadelphia. Livery Stable! The undersigned would inform his friends and the public generr"- i has added a LIVERY STA Hotel, where he will at all times keep Horses and Baggies for hue. ejm /&£y 3&. MARIÏ, Marl