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VOIjJME X.
PARLSH OF IBERVILLE, LA., AUGUST 22. 1857."
NUMBER 3.
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A STAlTLIYß ADVEMTRE.
In the summer of 1815,1 as travel
ling on buiness in the wester) part of
Tennessee. That portion ofthe State
which lies ietween the Teiwssee aud
Mississippi ras at that time a 'ild, drea
ry forest. Vo roads—nothin but horse
paths—throigh the woods, ad the only
marks to guide the traveller upn his jour
ley were the 'blazes' and 'notliee' on the
■ees. I waj dressed in the ;rue back«»
V)ods fushiin, and I rode a fiery mus
tl ig with a mane and tail a white as I
st'w, a beaitiful arched ne« f and eye
hk an eaglt He was a perfect beauty
j*nt«6 fleet «the wind. Acnss his back j
I "*;w a p«r of saddle bage containing
IU *?* B 'de g dozen 'pones' of com bread {
ai'U jgee ofbacon, and to balance them j
t .ere as a 'pile of rocks' in the other end
in t ieijapg 0 f tMro thousand dollars in
gol , wî c j , I had collected, and was trans
porting, etn to a {j Äll k in Kentucky, to
e 'spvdoffor Eastern exchange.—
1 wo iar^ WO oden stirrups hung dang
nig rodity «addle, and the holsters in
ro»t c<>ut )e( | two beauties, in the shape
o euormo pistols. Over these, to keep [
t}u L ,n V e the skin I
h squirrel skin
not like their
L V e the squirrel skin covers.
. 13 . ^"ding for several hours!
swimming trovers that crossed my path,
tutu n g m t -ich perfume of the forest
owers, the squirrels playing
about in the tre^, and )isteuing to ' th |
music w ic I uj e j f rom t j, e throats of
housan« ot brjupinged songsters with
m ic l t it wooa%i, oun< j e( j f I had not
seen a s tary aR b e j„g since morn
ing, and night «"«rapidly approaching;
1 n deed, itliad alre% began to grow dark,
and I had made ujfy m j n( j t }, at | WO uld
îaveto amp out , the night. I was
looking about to sefc some gQod pIace<
when I was startled m, e neighing of a
norse a «ad ot me, aj presently I saw
wo men approaching^ on horseback. )
They were rough loo^ fellows dressed
in hunting shirts, ^nd
caps on tieir head«,
drew up my
placed them
looks, asi unseen bj t
pistols, aid cockingth
in the holsters, and casti|j my lye for
ward, I*w one of the m* make n mo
tionl M not like I r ^, yed th>t
they pifed to be %hat r, uspected .
would pe them a, hard %, and die
bravely,
'Pslwr! what afool I wasUhought I
as they »de up an bade me ^ 0 d even
ing. Te con ver d for a mi^te when
one of àem said:
'Myjoungster, hat have yo^ ^ ot
your saldle bags t it rattles so?'
•Naâ,' I repliet
•Naä,' said be. Eh, Bill let'sca,,,
ine thtarticle aot ee?' and he u,i„ht
hold ofrny horse b the bit.
Quià as lightii \ I drew my ^jg
and penting a au&le to each of'^j,.
heartssaid:
'G«tlemen, rmk a motion to draw a
wcapo, and that lotion seals yourfatei'
The were copjtf^eiy taken by surprix
and steeling tiei- »orees around, struck
into tit forest. Afar getting a few rods
off, ose raise| hs fist in a threatening
attituè; I difv he trigger of my right
liend ist ol, atf tie villain'sarm fell up>
on thfsaddleini uttering a yell of ago
ny, tky dartefoflinto the woods. I re
loaded wy pi»l, struck my spurs into
my base's ai#s, «id after ten miles of
the fallest ri<|)g [ ever experienced, I
reacbi a loghoue where I put up for
th en| ht.
Ts yearstfterthe incident just noted
took.jace, Is wa» travelling down the
Mifsiippi or an cd fashioned boat when
mention fas atracted to an individ
ual « board«lion I thought I had met
befig but îfere | could not tell. I waa
determined to follow him up, and see if
I couJu not call to irind where we had
met, and under what circumstances. At
last I found an opportmity to look at him
as he was seated on tn old barrel head
earnestly engaged in agame of'seven up.
I stepped up, and looting over his shoul
. , perceived t, .' at twc fingers of his ri^ht
hand were missing, ^he game progrès
I « . — e — r* fe 4 v '°"
8e " until, in an excited moment, he arose
aild shakincr his fiat imhö f.. c i •
' '8 ms nbt Inthe 'ace of lue op
ponent, in answer to 8«me remark of the
la " er concerni "g die gime, exclaimed:
«[ gvvear you lie*'
T . J '
* P aced my hand ppon his shoulder
[ ölld tUril6u him arOUfld
'Ah! ha!' exclaimed!, «we've met be
fore!"
Lifting lug maimed hind, his face turn
ed as white as a sheet and, hoarse with
passion, he vociferated:
'Yes, we have met b<fore,in the woods
of Tennessee, and I hure sworn that you
shall die! Take that!'
And the wretch attenpted to draw a
pistol from his coat, but he trigger caught
00 the ragged lining cT his pocket it
went off, and he roiled ever into the mud
dy waters of the Mississppi, a corpse!
[Life in the West.
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Wine Workg Harder*
Will you read a sad stnry of inebriation?
[ Not of a poetic inebriatbn does it treat,
one of those sad and sighing ones, not
one of the imagination wjich hag emptied
! its glass to the dregs, one which keeps,
J even in its height, the name of the loved
one a secret. No, it treats simply of
a worthy musician of the orchestra of a
theatre on the boulevards. This fine
fellow, having toasted Bacchus for a con
siderable period of time, returned home
at 2 in the morning, staggering and sing
ing. Arrived at his door, he finds a drunk
en man on the threihold. He interested
I himself in his fellowsiuner.
'Come, my good man,' gays he, 'you
can't stop there. My bed is large, 1 offer
j you my hospitality.'
So saying, he raiies the man, who is
{ drunker than him, aid can't sustain him
j self. Our musician, half pushing him,
half carrying him, reaches at last the
fourth story; he opens his door, puts him
in his chamber, draws the curtains, and
puts him on the bed.
Tranquil then as to the condition of his
new friend, he says to himself:
'It's shameful, my boy. Here's a fel
low drunker than you are. It ought not
[ to be. I repeat«, it oqght not to be. And
I it shan't be.'
And reasoning thus ke leaves his room
I and going through the street stumbles
I against a man stretched on the ground.
It is another drunken man, drunker than
the firgt>
He goes to raise him,hut he is so drunk
that it is impossible. By great efforts,
J however, he finally getshim up and car
ries him to his room« ile places him on
his bed, and then goes «ut for something
to drink, with the laudibie intention of be
ing as drunk as his guesl.
At his door he finds mother drunken
man
'What the devil's this? 1 says he. *An
other one! There'll be three in my bed.
No matter, they can settle it among them
selves.'
He takes the third drunkard on his
back, carries him to his chamber and
throtos him on his bed, then, worn by fax
tigue, falls on an arm chair and goes to
sleep.
Presently day begins to dawn. A fresh
breeze awakes our musician. He looks
around. His bed is empty and the win*
dow open.
'How!' said he, 'have they gone with
won't do a good action again.'
He rises, and looking out of the win»
dow, sees a man lying oi the ground.
Well,' thinks he, 'this is a night for
drunkards.' Humanity induces him to
descend, when he finds the man dead and
horribly maimed on the pavement. It
was his first friend whom he had thrown
out of the window three times, intend»
ing to throw him on the be4!
Marrying a Husband for the Chil
dren . A strange looking couple stopped at
a hotel in a small town in Wisconsin not
long since. They sent out for a justice of
the peace, who soon united them in the
bonds of a very unusual wedlock. The
quite a young looking person,
and informed a lady who was present, im
mediately after the ceremony, that she
met that man a few days before, and that
he had 'just lost his wife, poor man,' and
that her husband died last week, and left
her with four children, and this man also
had four, the oldest of which was born on
the same day with her oldest, and the birth
day of the youngest was also the birth
day of her youngest, the age of those
hopeful innocents being six months, and
it seemed so pretty to have all those little
•critturs' around the house together. [Mil
waukie Democrat.
Geo. Harney.
A Kansas correspondent of the New
1 ork Tribune gives the following account
of this valliant old soldier:
In personal appaarance, Gen. Harney
is impressive. He is considerably over
six feet tall, and i9 large-boned and mus
cular. His hair was red, but is nuw thick
1 y mixed with white. He wears it ßhort
and begins to be bald on the crown of his
head. His moustaches and beard are
nearly white, and are also thick and chip
ped short. His eyes are blue; and dull,
for he uses spectacles. In younger years,
he must have been a model of physical
vigor and strength, but he now looks ol
der than he really is, for his age, 1 believe
does not exceed fifty-five: While in St.
Louis, I heard ax anecdote illustrative of
his character, which I have never seen
in print. Being in New York many years
ago, he passed a store in one ofthe prin
cipal streets in which an auctioneer was
soliciting bids for an engraving of Gen
Jackson. Both the seller and the crowd
were no political friertds of the subject of
the picture, and were ridiculing it in eve
ry possible manner. j'How much am I
offered for the Hero of New Orleans?' cried
the man on the stand. 'Only half a cent?
Why he's worth a cent surely after rob
bing the bank. Make it a cent, won't
you, gentlemen? Now, then, how much
am I offered?' 'One hundred dollars,'
said a voice very emphatically, as Col.
Harney entered the door; 'one hundred
dollars, sir,' he repeated, making his way
through the crowd, half a head taller than
any other man in the room. The auction
eer, naturally astonished, inquired if the
gentleman was in earnest, and started
again on his witticisms, 'Sir, I am in
earnest, and I claim rny bid,' interrupted
the Colonel, 'and if no one bids more, I
claim the picture.' No one bidding more
he handed the auctioneer the money and
his address. 'And now, sir,' he remarked
seizing liiin by the colar and dragging
him to the floor, 'I claim the privilege of
applying the bastinado to your body for
your damnable impertinence.' And hav
ing caned him to Iiis satisfaction, no one
in the crowd venturing to interfere, he
strode out of the store and continued his
walk down the street
Analyze the qual
ity of character necessary to a man to be
the actor in such a scene, and I think you
will discover the traits which military men
consider to fit Gen. Harney eminently as
the leader of the Utah expedition.
A Dpcal Residence . The Duke of
Devonshire's palace, at Chatsworth, ex
eels in magnificence any other of the
kingdom. He spends the whole of hia
enormous income. In the grounds about
the honse are kept fourteen hundred head
of cattle and fourteen hundred deer. The
kitchen garden contains twelve acres, and
is filled with almost every species of fruit
and vegetables. A vast arboratum, con
nected with this establishment, is design
ed to contain a sample of every tree that
grows. There is also a glass conservato
ry, 387 feet in length, 112 feet in breadth,
57 feet in height, covered by 76,000
square feet of gla^s, and warmed by sev
en miles of pipe, conveying hot water.
One plant was obtained from India by a
special messenger, and is valued at $10,
000. One of the fountains, near the
house, plays 276 feet high, said to be the
highest jet in the world. Chatsworth
contains 3,500 acres, but the Duke owns
ninety-six thousand acres in the county of
Derbyshire. Within, the entire is one
vastscene of paintings and sculpture, mo
saic work, carved wainscotting, and all
the elegancies and luxuries within the
reach of almost boundless wealth and
highly iVfined taste.
The following is old but good:
Magic Arithmetic * Think of any
eve n number you please, but do not mens
tion it; I then ask you to double it; then I
ask you to take away half the amount;
then I ask you to take away the num
ber you first thought of, and, although I
do not know what that number was, I can
invariably tell the remainder. For inn
stance, you think of 8; double it; and it
will make 16; add 4 to it, that makes 20:
take away half the whole amount, 10 is
then left; take away the sum you first
thought of, and 2 remains. This seems
very puzzling; but, the fact is, half of the
sum ordered to be added is always left.
I requested that 4 might be added; there
fore I knew that the remainder would be 2.
9^»What is the difference between a
fisherman and a truant school boy? The
one bates his book, and the other hates
his book.
ICPIt is said that the 'pillars' of liberty
are stuffed with the feathers of the Amer
ican Eagle.
fCPThe young lady who caught a
gentleman's eye has returned it, because
it had a 'wee-drop.'
When you find a women who had rath
er make street yarn than her husband 's
needed shirts, it is safe to make up your
mind that Mrs. Slingsby cares as little
about Mr. Slingsby 's condition generally
as a saw-horse does about a peek of oats
or the new crop of hay. Such feinules
should be avoided about the time cordu
roy travels toward matrimony.
A Mimic Conflagration . Put into a
small-necked eartheru vessel one-half
ounce of Balamtnoninc, one oune<? of cam
phor, and two ounces of retified spirits
of wine; »et fire to it, and the room will
appear to be in flames. This should be
done in the dark.
A Strange Tale.
Some years ago, a young Frenchman who
was in love with a young gir! named Julio
« i become convinced that she would not
marry him, and after receiving from her lips
the positive assurance, blew out his brains with
a pistol before ber eyes. Every-body in the
house ran to ascertain the cause ofthe detona
tion, and they fouud the young man a corps«
at her feet, and she motionless as a statue in
the attitude of terror. The Faculty were
summoned, but for half an hour they were
unable to restore her to herself; her members
remained rigid; she was a cataleptic. At last
nature relieved itself iu a flood of tears and
sobs. The next day, at the same hour, the
voung man committed suicide, Julie, who was
in the drawing-room with the family suddenly
ana involuntarily resumed, to the consterna
tion of everybody, the position and immobility
in which she was found when her friends ran
to ascertain the cause of the pistol's detonation
Every day thereafter, at the same moment of
time, the same effect was produced. Medical
men declared they coold suggest no alleviation
of her state, and that her only hope was
time which would probably eure her. Precau
tions were taken to avoid all accidents which
these sudden but known phenomena might
produce. She was very fond of birds. Last
Saturday she was arranging a bird eage which
was suspended at the top of a window over the
court yard; and she was so absorbed by the
birds ehe forgot that the hour of her crisis was
near. While standing on a chair and bending
over the window, fastening the cage to ahook,
the cataleptic fit seiied her; she fell out of the
window on the pavement of the court yard.—
She died in the course of two hours, being so
much injured by the fall that she could scarcely
explain how the accident took place. Bulwer
tells a story like this in Zanoni, alleging it was
founded on fact.— [Cor. Bo»tun Traveler.
A Precocious Youth .—Sometime during
the last year, a yo*ung sprig of the law was
admitted to the Suffolk bar. His father,
prudent old codger, gave him a hundred do I
lars to purchase a library of books and told
him that was all he could do fôr him at that
time, but by industry, prudence, and immediate
enforcement of payment of all sums that might
be his, he had no doubt that he would get a
long. A few days after, the old man dropped
into John's office and borrowed fifteen dollars
of the money he had given him, promising to
pay it by twelve o'clock the next day. "All
right, dad," said John, "give me your memoran
dum.'' The next day at twelve pa did not
appear, and John immediately served a writ
upon him and put a keeper in his house just as
the old man was sitting down to dinner. That
is what we call an instance of sharp practice.
[Boston Traveler.
C uriosity.— Rocking Stow— About six
miles east of this place, on the branch of the
Manahuila, there is a rocking stone, one of
those curioities which were the veneration of
Druids and are the puzzle of philosophers. It
is a huge flint rock, weighing ten or fifteen tons,
which is so nicely balanced that it may be
rocked like a cradle with a touch of the hand
yet the might of a hundred men would not
suffice to move it from its place. When struck
it rings with a loud clear sound, which is re
peated as if it were struck twice. A ledge of
flint and volcanic rocks cross out of the ground
at the same place, forming a hillock which is
shadowed with a grove of oaks. Altogether it
is a curious and romantic place.—[ Goliad
(Texas) Express.
ICTIn consequence of complaints in several
of our exchanges, we have changed the loca
tion of the American ticket, which has hereto
fore been at the head of our columns. In pur
chasing the Ceres from Mr. Anderson, the for
mer proprietor, we obligated ourselves to ful
fill all of his engagements in regard to adver
tisements, and were told by him that he had en
gaged to advertise the American Ticket until
the election. This being the case we will car-«
ry onr agreement with effect by continuing to
Insert the Ticket, but to avoid all misapprehen
sion we will hereafter place it among the or
dinary advertisements, where it properly be
longs.
This will, we hope, be satisfactory to all par
ties. It is our determination to edit a paper
strictly and entirely nentral
Y ankee all O ver .—Bayard Taylor tells a
good story of a Yankee, who, in walking along
the streets of St. Petersburg one muddy day,
met the Grand Duke Constantine. The sidJ
walk was not wide enough for twQjiercons to
pass, and the street was very deep in filth—
whereupon the American took a silver rouble
from his pocket, shook it in his closed hand,
and cried out: "Crown or tail? ' ''Crown !"
guessed the Grand Duke. "Your Highness
has won," said the American, looking at the
rouble and stepping into the mud. The next
day the American waa invited by the Grand
Duke to dinner.
What is the difference between an auction»
eer and a postmastea? One does as he is bid,
the other as he is directed. -
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THE BAGASSE FURNACE.
DATEN TED Dec. 4th. 1856; same patent
X reissued /uitr- 6th, 1856; and new patent grant
e<l Aug. Cth, 1856: to. si. 1Î. Oilman, of New Or
leans. This furnace is now in use on EIGHTEEN
PLANTATIONS IN LOUISIANA, and torn
bines with unequallied success the six important
and dsitinctive features of,
1. Working entirely by natural draught.
2. Containing no grate bars or other irons
interior.
3. Never requiring the bagasse to be stirred
touched after it fails from the carrier into the
hopper of the furnace,
4. Drying the bagasse thoroughly in the furnace
where it remains more than one hour, exposed
to great heat, before it reaches the point
combustion.
5. Forming no slag, and the ashes being carried
by the draught into a second chamber, are with
drawn at any time without stopping the sugar
mill.
6. Burning all the bagasse on plantations of any
size, and requiring no other attention than to
take out the ashes and occasionally throw in
wood—the average consumption of which has
been only one-hall a cord in twenty-four hours,
when the furnace, flues and chimney were
proportioned.
The furnace erected under the new patent of
August 6th, 1856, are fed without rollers by a
simple arangement of balanced doors in the bot
^ kopi&rs, which open by the weight of
■in a ^? sse an ^ rec l u ' re no attention whatever.
Ihis is the only Bagasse Furnace which com
bines the above named features, either theoreti
cally or practically.
An investigation of the patents, specifications
and drawings (to be had of the subscribers) will
prove this furnace to be constructed upon strictly
scientific principles, entirely distinct from those
ot and other patented furnace, and an examina
tion of the furnace in operation, will convince the
the most incredulous of the successful application
ofthe principles laid down in the patents, as well
as its perfect simplicity of construction and
management, economy and durability. Some of
these iurnaces have taken off three crops without
any repairs, there being nothing but lire brick
exposed to the fire.
The undersigned are now prepared to contract
with parties for supplying and putting these
furnaces in operation, and solicit of sugar planters
an investigation of their testified achievements.
E. CARVER COMPANY,
70 Gravier street;
or to S. H. OILMAN, 31 Natchez st
AGENTS— A. J. CHAPMAN,
Bayou Goula;
HART, AUSTIN & CO.,
Plaquemine.
I LT The undersigned is also Agent for the
''NILES' WORKS" Foundry, and will furnish
any kind of Machinery that planter* may need.
dec27 A. J. CHAPMAN.
Xftcolas Blebler
Barber, Cupping and Bleeding.
HAS opened his shop in Keller'» new house,
opposite Kahn's store, where he will be glad
to see all who may require his service* in either
•f { he above branches. He is *ure that none will
bedispleased who may require his service*. je4
ALFRED DUPKRIKSL-A. L. HATES.— R. W. SANDERS.
DUPBMHSl, BATES A CO.,
COUimiSSIOTV & FORWARDING
MERCHANTS,
No. 37 Carondelet street,
«Pl8 NEW ORLEANS.
OSCAR LAUTE,
Attorney and Connsollor at law,
PLAQUE MINE, LA.
Hp-Office, the same as that of Zenon La
bauve, Esq. my i7
Mourning Goods.
BLACK all wool De Lane, a superfine
article; do. Bombazine do do;
Mourning Crepe Collars, black and white;
do do setts do do;
Black Challice, extra fine;
do Tarletons;
Mourning and second mourning Prints;
do do Ginghamsj
do do Lawns;
do do Berege*}
Black Alpaccas and Lustres;
Black Silk and Lisle Thread Gloves;
do do do do Hose.
Just received by
se6
HART, AUSTIN & CO.
Sperm Candles.
Boxes Extra Sperm Candles.
mh28 HART, AUSTIN & CO.
ROTH âc DEBLIEUX,
HAVING made all necessary arrangements
for the keeping constantly on hand a fresh
supply ofthe LARGEST STOCK of Dry Goods,
Hardware and Groceries ever brought to this
market, they can thus afford to sell at unusually
low prices. Their friends and the pu blip are re
quested to call and make themselves satisfied of
this fact. my9
10
Cheese.
Boxes Extra Western Cheese. 20 Small
E. Dairy, direct from Cincinnati. 5
Tierces S. C. Hams.
mh28 HART, AUSTIN & CO.
Summer Hats.
A COMPLETE assortment of Men's Youths,
and Boys' Summer Hats. Also, Missesaud
Ladies' Leghorn Hats—just received by
ap4 HART, AUSTIN & CO.
Harrison's Columbian Hair Bye."
Size Enlarged, SLyle Improved.
r' has double the quantity and strength of any
other.
It gives a perfectly natural color.
It colors every shade from light brown to jet
black.
Its use is easy and rapid.
Its effect is instantaneous and permanent.
It is the best, quickest, cheapest, and safest
Dye ever made.
n^-Directions for use accompanying each box.
For sale by CARSON & KEARNY.
Catholic Prayer Books,
FRENCH and English, for sale by
my2 CARSON & KEARNY.