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siATURHDAY INe1. CANDIDATESFeor Asseser. a Da. SveAn wlil pleaee announce rai LqJeme, as ar for Asgesor of this perish. le will be supported for tLbaUDee bh hs maey FRIENDB.

1as AuteOw et FreNe Acesamu. We are authorised to announce the imme of PUNiU'TA, as a candidatedor Audi tor of Public Aoote, at the election to November nat. WOE BRONWEUR. Enaoes SonAS P.rasum:-You are hereby euthoris edesaaounc Os feIsL r.mad the presset dient ecumet, as a candidate for reil. ection to the eose of Recorder othis parih.

He will be supported bt the mass of our VOTERS. jWThe amended estimate of tSh parish taxes for the ensuing year, will be found in the Police Jury proceedings on frst paige. Ous Orucs RULw roa Vimrroas. 1. Enter the office and-be quiet 2.

Read the papesr and-be quiet. 3. Ask no questions, but-be quiet. 4. Don't ask for papers, And the editor will-be quiet.

5. Having read the news, leave, and the offlce will-be quiet. A We are plfsed to notice in the Baton Rouge papers that a meeting is called to-night to form a Confederate League for that parish. Good All the other parishes should get to work at once 'ad do the same. A Our friend, McCormick, the efficient postmaster at Batn Rouge, has had a quantity of postage stamps printed of 2, 6 apd 10 theconveniene of the public.

These stamps will save a world of trouble. They are quite neat anl we may add, handsome, and are the work of our cotemporary, the Conuet. sa he Red River Conutitgvioso says lWri ewboy and Suar Planter, two very little papers as he calls them, have been trying their hands at wit.We wouldn't advise the Constitutional man to try his hand at wit-it would be like Old Abe's government, a Constitu. tional failure. A' The remains of the much lamented Col.

Chas. D. Dreux were consigned to their last resting place in New Orleans on Monday last. The funeral pageant is represented to have been one of the most imposing ever seen in that city.Poor Charleyl loved and honored by all who knew him, his death creates a vacancy in the hearts of thousands which will ake years to fill. A Major Alfred' HEbert laid on our table yesterday, a fragment of a shell, thrown from the Federal steamer, a.smckAess, 'at Confederate forces on Ship Island.

Tis shell exploded near Capt. Rahman's company of National Guards, but without injury to amy one. Judging from the piece before us, a bursting shell would be likely to produce unpleasant sense tions in the" human form divine "should they come in contact. Ispoanra complacent cities of San Michl and Baton Rouge were much astonished on Monday moraing at seeing a ae anehored in the river about midway between the two lties. She i named the lMele, and visits Baton Rouge for ammunition.

The report that Capt. Joe, the BIny ot, fearing the blockadot Oan Michel had commenced, demmded an unconditional surrender of the man-of-war, we are happy to say is without foundation. Capt. Joe merely intimated that any interference with his privileges, would produce immediate activity in the neighborhood of his one pounder. He says he is prepared for all emergencie, having taken a reef in his jackosa, pumped et his bilge-water, eel-hald the rudder and ete.

Au HI II-A mn was rIeenJtly W-. aed IAAlabaa murder. On the i he emafesed that he csamenced I emer of rlmse-by heatin a print. tfer jale that veything seemed to 4 GoSUr to him4 Ani-WaR SP eIIe A Tru Noaid.We begin to believe that a ipg. 'oad powerfhi party, sternly opposed to lIsplo's wal policy, is springing up North and West.

Tbe Northerm journals that reach us now and then give unmistakable signs of this movement; and could we receive our full fles of exchanges from the United Stated, we doubt not we could present our readers with overwhelming evidence of this opinid-. For the present, at we confne our extracts to the following, taken from the N. Y. Day Book, of the 24 inst: We are glad to see that Democratic Union Clubs are being formed all over the country4 take a stand against this disunion cost of this war as now going on tLed $34 per second; $2088 0,000 per hour, disa once glorious Union is costly business. Two Republicans, one for war and the other against it.

got into a quarrel in a second story dining saloon in Mercer street on Saturday night, when anti-war threatened to throw war out of the window. This would have been a painful business. And yet we should be very happy to see war thrwon out of the window. He is a blackguard and a rowdy, besides being a murderer and thief. The Albany Atlas 4- Argus says of the Republican programme: It is all one scheme, to end in a central despotism before which rights and individual liberties will be crushed.

The war for the restoration of the Union is not pursued with more vigor and efficiency than the war against the Constitution. The people will soon wake up to see it. When Justice gets her due-when the chief offenders in the work of bringing upon the country this civil war shall be punished-such abol i add disunion agitators of the last trenty years as Greely; Giddings and Garrison will be among the list of traitors hung up like herrings'to dry in the sun. Greely particularly has been a great sinner, and withal a very dirty one. Let him be wash'bd, or let him pirit of the Age, Woodstock, Vt.

SINGULAR Monday evee ning last, a resident of o04parish while it crossing the levee, opposite the village, in order to reach the river, discovered a t. man lieing upon the floor of one of the old buildings, entrely destitute of cloth ag and apparently in the agonies of death. Entering the building, he war, assailed by a stench almost overpowering. Breaking down a door which opened into an adjoining room, he there beheld a ghastly, sickening spectacle-a man, lieing across the top of a barrel, dead, and much decomposed, so much so as to render his burial no easy or I agreable task. The neighbors were imrmediatelj summoned, a physician sent for, and all possible relief was adminiatered to the sick man, but without effeet-he died at one o'clock next morning.

1 Both men were seen about the village on the Saturday previous, and stated that they had been sick for some time, but they befeved the worst had passed.They were not seen afterward until found as above described. Both must have been taken sick again at the same time as Saturday evening. Occupying difit rooms, the man found dead, evidently from his position, was unable to the door to get out, while his eomade in the next apArtment, unable to help himself or call for relief, died fkom exposure and neglect. The physician pro. nounoed the last case one of perneious fever.

One of the men was named Jerry White and the other John Nolan. They were well known in the parish as levee builders and ditchers, and bore the reputation of being honest, hard working men. They had an abundance of food in the building, besides being well provided with other comforts. Well might the feelings of our little community be'shocked at sohorrible an affair occurring within their limits. Two men to be taken sick and die within sound of human voices and not be able to call fqr that assistanee which would have cheerfully been given them, is hborrible in the extreme.

CArnm nd the eat great city of New York has "gone to I grass" because of the war, is thus ad- mitted by the New York World mand Courier and Easmirer, abolition orhin: The city of New York hassueJed by Southern rebellion and repudiation little if any, short of one hundred and fifty millions of dollars. It continues to lose every day by stagnation and Whole clamee of merchantg failed. di Credit has Allen to the lowest ebb. The as great body of commeroe is paralysed: I T.irs Cos2uvDmtA. have again to report that our League committees have been suposeful as will be seen by the list of subseiptions in an other column.

According to our valuation of corn, sugar, molasses and cotton, these new subscriptions, with the cash, amoun to nearly twenty.five thousand dollars. We here state for the infor mation of our friends that estimate sugar at forty dollars a hogshead; cotton at forty dollars a bale; molasses at eight dollars a barrel and corn at fifty cents a bushel. Of course these estimates may be reduced ro increas'ed before the stated for the delivery of the produce. As it is, we now place the subscriptions in this parish to the League at over hunded- and thirty thousand dollars, without some fifteen or twenty of our largest planters having subscribed. We ae still confident.

of reacljng two hundred thousand dollars. TouRNINo orT WAR correspondent of the Georgia Citizen from Richmond, says there are something over 900 hundred men employed in the Tredeger iron works, where'they turn off over 10 cannon per day, from 5 to 134 pounders-columbiads, howitzers, field pieces, rifled cannon and shells, shot and balls enough to supply an army of 500000 meni' The musket stock is also made in a novel way. The piece of wood is put into the machine and comes out Sfinished stock; 500 are turned out in day. The manufacture of cartridges is another show. They are made by women and girls.

Between 300 and 400 are employed; about 80,000 are turned off per day. There are 1200 mules constantly employed, conveying war munitions, stores, etc. The democrats of A.anopse county, Iowa, have held a grand mass conveution, at which strong anti-war resolutions were passed. Never, for a half century at least, will mechanical and industrial prosperity return to the North if this wai goes on.Shall a war which has for ifs object the enforcement of the Chicago Platfirm, and for its inevitable conseqnences he dissolution and distruction of the Union, be allowed to consummate all its horro and its wrongs in the face of a starving and protesting population I The pteople at first lent their countenance to the war they were made to believe that it would preserve the Union. Already they begin to see that in this way they were deceived.

They begin to realise bhe truth of the awful words of the lamented Douglas that "war is disunion." 1 Every step 4ey have taken after the lead of the traitorous abolition party has been in delusion and woe. But there is no delusion in the hunger and want which now presses upon them and upon their wives and children. Alas! these are too palpably real. An never will the wronged and suffering see plenty until they rise in the omnipotence of their moral power against the Chicago Platform and the bloody madmen who are striving to drive it forward at the point I of the bayonet. tW One of the most significant signs I of the times, says the Louisville Courier, I is the fact that the last two or thrlEuI ropean steamers have brought over no orders from European capitalisti'for Uni-ted States stocks, while ts ls eJarage I ordersTfor the stocks of federate i States.

Two merchants cif city 'have at this moment orders for $80,000 and $60,000 Soushern, stocks. Under the orders received, there has been, within the or tw, quite a considersable advance in the New York market. WBzDs GaowrIo IN THB STRnTs or New yesterday we had exhibited to us a weed which was plucked up from one of the prioipal streets of New York City. The gentleman who sent it, enclosed in a letter, to relative in this city, says such a thing has not, been seen before in the vicinity where it was plucked in forty years. He represents the city as being on the brink of ruin-almost every branch of business is stagnated, while curses are being heaped by the sufferers upon the heads of the fanatics who have brought the present war upon the country.

New York has seen her brighest day. Gotham must fall l--Selma (Ala.) Reporter. i Oxa or TaE WAx Hartford, Courier says that the i chaplain of the Fifth Regiment of that State has been lately drummed out of eamp. The difficulty with Mr. B.

appears to have been a want of the rem dy," and an inclination to board at ho: tels without settling "that little bill," a propensity for taking things that dim't belong to him. His waiter boy suffered to the amount of a coat which brought a dollar at a pawa-broker's. a A BAD this heading the Savannah RepuMicen has the I annexed well-timed remarks: A custom is comhing very much in vogue in the South of politicians raising regiments and placing diemselves at the bead-or a ith the understanding that they will be placed taking I thoroughly educated" officers from the regular army for Lieutenant Colonels, Majors and other subordinate positions. We know Colonels in the Southern army, who six weeks ago were profoundly ignorant of the mystery of "shoulder arms and yet are ambitious of leading the armies of the Republic. This is all wrong, and publio sentiment, if nothing else, should put a at to Unskilled civilians who plaFe themselves, or allow others to place them in responsible military positions, of whose duties they know nothing, do injustice to professional soldiers, to the service and to thegnves.

Nor can we see how well educat'r military men can, consistently with a proper respect for their profession, consent to be placed in these subordinate positions with superiornin authority who are perfect dwarfs to them in understanding. What estimates must they place on their reputations when they are willing to peril them in time of battle upon the blunders of an incompetent leader. There is no reason why the rules of common sense should not apnply to the affairs of war as well as to the affairs of peace. Every man should be in the right place, and no man in a place for which he is nnfit. We are decide.ly opposed to catering to unreasonable ambition by jeopardizing the result of this important war upon the contingencies of a different philosophy, or no philosophy at all.

CHAPTER UPON CIRCUOLOCUTION.A day or two since an unsophisticated darky waited upon a certain military gentleman with a bill of $1 15 for washing done at the camp hospital, which after undergoing a rigid scrutiny by officer, was returned with the followi explanation, which the astonished son of Ethiopia listene4to with an equal amonut of wonder and perplexity: This bill," said the military gentleman, will have to be seiit to the Quartermaster General at Washington, and he will report to the Adjutant Genej, who will lay it before the ry of War forl is approval. The Adjutant being utisfied, it will be sent to the Auditor of State, who will approve of it and send it to the Secretary of-the Treasury, who will send it tothe United States Treasurer, whoirill dispatch an order to the Collector of this port to pay the bill" The darky relieved himself of a long drawn sigh. "Den massa," he remarked, "dat last gemblem you spoke of pays for de washin', does he "No," continued the other, "he will hand it to the but as there is no such officer here at present, some proper person must be by the Secretary of War, under the direction of the President, and his appointment must be confirmed by the Senate. Congress not being in session now, the commission cannot be issued until after it meets. When this commission is received the Quartermaster will show it to the Collector and demand the funds.You wijl then call upon him; he will examine your and if correct, he will pay it, you giving your receipt." The unfortunate nigger first scratched his head, then shook it and finally said, I geuss I'll hab to let dis washin' slide, but it am de last job I does for Uncle Sam, sl.o Cincinnati Enquirer.

No COMPROMIss DgltRED BY THE SOUTH-Nothing 6ut aecognition oj Washington correE. pondent of the Phi North American writes The reports current that the South is anxious for a compromise, is believed to be without the shadow of foundation.Those who have the best means of knowing, assert most positively that the South desires nothing of the kind. What it wants is a peaceful separation and recognition of independence. It would prefer that its independence should be secured in an amiable ipirit; but if this is not possible, then it will fght to the bitter end to obtain it. This i the true state of the case, and all reports about the South desiring a compromise may be set down as the veriest nonsense.

The Administration is fully aware thi is the position of the South, and it treats as idle the rumors about compromise that have been current. WLLNGa.o Dirs HIS COUNTrY.That is a peculiarly a rich passage of Abe's message, says the Richmond Whig, in which he informs the world that he felt that he he had no right to shrink, nor even to count the chances of his own life!" in the cause he is pursuing. We wonder if the old fly-by-night had any visions of hi Scotch eap and clok, and his two-forty hegira from Harrisburg to Washington when he penned theue words. Chances of his life indeed I when he had scarcely caught his wind from this flight before he summoned seventyfive thousand bayonets to Washington to protect him. A wonderfully brave man is Abraham Meeting of the Coifederate At a meeting of the Confederate League of this parish, held pursuant to notice on Monday July lsh 1861, at thE Court House at o'clock, a.

Judge W. B. Robertson was called to the chair and H. J. Hyams appointed The following subscriptions reported by Committees No.

1, 8,4 and 6. 4 C. Woods, 50 hhds bprrels molasses; Guy Labauve, 5 bales cotton Severin Lejeune, 2 hhds sugar; Raphael Hebert, 10 hhds sugar, 10 bbls molasses Adamis Hebert, 3 bales cotton; Alfred Hebert, 5 bhds sugar, 5 bbls molasses; Landry Laudry, 2 bhds sugar; Joassin Aillet, 5 hhds sugar, 5 bbls molasses; Sosthene Allain, 100 bhds sugar, 200 bbls molasses; J. A. Levecque, 25 hh.d sugar, 25 bbls molasses; lsidor Daigle, 50 bhds sugar; Widow Roesmond Hebert, 2 bales cotton; Josine Tuillier, 2 hhds sugar; Widow, Pierre Gassie, 75 bushels corn Widow Ursin Landry, 8 hhds sugar, 8 bbls molasses; Widow Bechad, 8 hlds sugar, 8 bbls molasses; White, 60 bushels corn; Widow J.

B. Doiron, bale cotton Jesse Penn, 1 bale cotton Valliere Landry, 2 bales cotton; Edonard Lermy, 8 bales cotton; Joseph Dougherty, 100 hhds sugar, 200 bbls molasses; Ferdinand Webber, 54 bales moss; Valentin Tjahan, 2 bales cotton. Cash-Wm. White, $200; Virginia A. Woods, $100; Theo.

Bergeron, $100; Dr. T. P. VaughL, $200; W. M.

Boswell, $25; Ulysse Ferbos, $25; T. W. Colwell, $400, and the same amount anuually during the jr. Reynaud, $500; LeBail Hatrahan, $500; B. Stevens, $500; Marcel Lejeune, $100; Huey, $300: After disposing of the above reports, Mr.

W. W. Lemmon offered the following resolution wqich was adopted: Resolved, That this meeting do now adjourn to 1st Monday in August next, and that the several committees continue their labors and make further report at next meeting. A full of the League is solicited at meeting. On motion the League adjourned.

H. J. IIYAMS, W. B. R(BERTSON, ec etary.

President. ARMS TOR a source entitled to full credit, we have advices uat the Secessionists of Kentucky are receiving daily, from this city, supplies of Colt's navy revolvers, and that in this way they are being pretty thosougly armed with effective weapons. They are purchased mainly, we are told, singly or in pairs, by prcfessed Union men. most cases mere tools are employe make the purchases, who are willing to take any oath that may be required, if they can oly get the pistols. In this way the disunionists are preparing themselves for a fight, and in many districts they have a decided advantage over the Unionists, in this respect.

Our informant, who resides in Central Ke3iucky, is anxious to have attention cl14 lto this matter, with a view to ato tra-fic. He apprehends a i State between the Uniouists ipita ionistt. Thelatter are, he say pecting for the ta. consequence of the thrown sy, tHon. Daniel E.

Sickles has zrlquished the plan of forming a brigade, and now resumes the Colonelcy of the regiment previously commanded by Col. Williamson, who retires from the position. The time for which a number of the New York regiments enlisted is rapidly expiring. The Sixth Regiment, Coul. Pankney, will leave Washington on the 16th the Sixty.ninth, Col.

Corouran, on the 18th, and the Seventy-nrst, Col. Martin, on the 28th. Others in order will return, including the Eighth, very soon. DZIEWAus CONVBTOL1N. A correspondent of the BaltimorcrS'a has the following in regard to the feeling for peace in Deleware: The peare convention held at Dover, Deleware, was a glorious one, attended by five thousand Delewareans, with a slight sprinkling Cecil eounty men from MaIryland.

I lave attended many political gatherings, a.d hue never yet seen such an orderly and quietol endueted meeting-no in no load talking eacitmav deter minatioa of a people wh. their rights and will maintain them. Fifty-one prises in all have been taken by Southern privateers, uwoee ag gregate value is computed to amount to of the New York pis corremspldets, writing on the lt say: Thei moment that Bearegard ee plant battery on Arlitoa heh Washington is doomed; for he ecuo terly destroy it from that poatt. StrIsxo, Nashvrile Ban. ner, 10th fnst, says i We were toi.

a few dajs since that Camp Trousdale, in drawing ars, soldier received the identical mafq which he bore through the Mexican war, bearing his name, which he inscribed upon it when he was in the serice so his country. i Peace meetings have been held in Maine, Connecticut, Iowa, Michigia Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. rAPPLYn, rTa LouP.vill Journal, of the 1lth als WIat. informed that the Chief of Police gl Issued an order requiring the police i suppress all unusual and unaecemsay litical demonstrations in the strsees night. In obedience to that order, e.g.

ing parties have been deterred' the police from. singing political songs or even.national airs. POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS. At a called meeting of the Police IJry Nest Baton Rouge, held at the Coat, Aos on Saturday, June 29th 1861, at IO ddbek, a. the following members were preset: J.

Brand, J. B. Labadiole, J. T. Landry, C.

Woods, James L. Lobdell, E. B. Triidad, F. R- Allain, Stephen Pipes ll D.

P. Cain Absent, C. S. Lobdell and W. W.

Iemmas. On motion of Mr. Landry it was Resolved, That Onesipbore Bernard, be appointed acting Clerk of the Police Jery during the absence of J. V. clerk of the Jery, now in the Southern Confederacy.

On motion of J. L. Lobdell itl as Resolved, That the report offered by the committee appointed on the 8th day of cta ber, 1880, to confer withth Police oryf the parislh of Iberville, in adopting me.su which would most likely insure the clesg of the mouth of Bayou Plaquemine, ted; and that the members of -Pollcb 1. ry of the parish of West Baton as, body, knowing the justness of i ti and the benea arismn from the elosiS said Bay.ou, would willingly make an apropriation for the closing of same, coultthey constititionally do so; but it being contrary to Section 115 of the Revised Statutep of Louisi.na, and inasmuch as the Bayoe Plaque mine doel not run through this the Police Jury has no jurisdiction i atai Mtte and can only approve of the report of the committee. and order same to be filed away Mr.

Stephen Pipes offered the folto preamble and sesolution which were adspte Whereas the names of Mrs. Anguis Metay and Mrs. Pierre Yersin were omitted on the list as wives ofvolunteers who ie aetitled to share in the volunteer fund of the parish Be it Resolved, 1 hat they be inscribed osaid list, and made to participate in the fast distribution and all subsequent ones, at the rate of Mrs. Angus McKay, and three children 20, and Mrs. Pierre Yersin, and two children, $16, and that warrants be issued to them respectively for their share in first d'i.

tribution. On motion of Mr. Trinidal it was Resolved, That the petition of the leasses of the-ferry between the parishes of East and West Baton Rouge, be filed away with the papers relative to this meeting. On motion the Jury ailjourned sine die. 0.

BKSNAXD, J. C. WOODS, Clerk pro tem. President: a speotl session of the Police Jury held on Mond July 1,, 1861, at 10 a. the following members answered to their names: J.

C. Woods, J. B. Labedlole, W. W.

Lemmon, E. B. Trinidad, J. L. Lbdell, C.

8- Lobdell, P. R. AllainSteph Pipes, 3. T. Lantdry and J.

Braud. Ajbsent, P. Cain. ir Te assessment for the sh taxes for the ng yearu was taken up for cpideitis. motlion of Mr.

itm of for District Court expeases wassedetto 00; that the item of $1l fI lesidental Expenses be stricken out that tha item of $000 for expensesd Clerk, Sherif and Recorder be reduced to 200. On motion the Clerk was ordered to have published in the oficial paper the ameaded estimate of the perish taxes the emagMi year. Mr. Ladry ofered the following retion which was adbpted: Resolved, That Mrs Villeneuve G.idr be placed oaths list of those entitled to pslebipate in the Volunteer Fud; at the mte per month. On a similar motibh of Mr.

ridw Ydeux was placed the motion J. L. Lodoell, Jo.i Lewnes plad on the lir oldutoer imd at tdfs an to per. Oo r. Trinidad, te Clerk oa the Jury, au Pesident of the same, he athori ed to draw all monthly warr Ihr money thi Volaiteer Iuad, withoefather eider from tle Jury, topay the fmifles of thbe voluntra now in aetutstervice.

ir. Ppes of ered th felle a. reselaties whiekh was dDgt.d: Resolved That Pn.e A. hitede.x be fuip ctor fsr We N. is lS who wishr to be x-.

cased from service. The following by Lobdell was edoptld: Resolved, That a committee of three be apoiated to with a sinils i tobe appointe b.ny CouI( of lt Baton Roue, to tdaks i report what relisf, lit. boye tord tels Lessees of the la the city of Baton The Chair ea eabee committee, Rseirs. Triaid s'Aidls ad LlleaU. The ChiefofPolr, Chaib is, ead hio trlysj report, which was erdasedit On motion adjeassed sa e.

H. J. H.as, WOOD, Cla rk otresh ts aid e.Se ru seep, Jlay WsrI..