Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-10-02

",While pursuing my examination, a heavy
shower broke suddenly over the plaee. In al
instant, at a given signal, the prisoners fled tt
their cells. | was surprised at this p~recipitatt
retreat, which was thus explained. We,
weather is the most popitious to r~evolts, fol
then firearms are the least serviceabl5. The
convictsg whose imaginations are continually
in quest of means of deliverance, would moi
tail to profit by All oce aston to commence the
combat with equal arms.
1.-THE revenue OF the penitentiary amount
to some $4,000 per month but the expenses
required for improvements and changes con-
tlnually in progress, absorb that sum and
S5O,O0S more annually. 1t will be yet several
years before the peniteiitiary can make even
light contributions to the public treasury.
"Qultling Baton Rouge,I called mex at Point
Coupec, one Of the oldest cantons of the Louisi-
anians of the last century. The chief town oil
the parish bears the sad name of Waterloo
This village is yet quite small, but promises
one day to grow into Importance, as it is al
most the sole outlet t o:all that rich section Of
our State. If the church, courthouse and jail,
now lost in the central solitudes of the parish,
should be transported, sooner or later, to this
little town, its advancement would be thence
forth more sensible. False River. near by,
meanders through one of the l~oveliest districts
in the, State.
"Ihad hastened on to The entrance of Red
River. The current Of this stream is con-
stantly wearing away portions of its banks.
composed of loose red sand, giving the water
itself a reddish cast, and from which it is aup-
posed the river derives its aPpellation| ! had
just abandoned a town whose marie awakened
in my bosom sensations melancholy and OPP
press!ve; | was now approaching. another
which, in recalling an epoch. of stately gran
deur, revealed most wildly to the mind the
eternal contrasts of terrestrial things. The first
town met by the travellae III ascending Red
River ~is-Ahrandria. L.
"This village numbers about eight hundred
inhabitants its appearance is clearly, regu-
lar, but woiully sullen and detected. In sum-
mer, it is not even tenable and it enjoys the
fame of encouraging quite as literally as New
Orleans, all epidemic fevers. TIE people re-
tire en- nasse, during the sickly season, into
the "piney woods" to Cheneyville, and the
bankstof Bayou Bnuf. Alexandria is then a
solitude, indeed, with its empty hotels, and It's
pretty public walk, shaded with trees, where
no sound is heard but the rustling of insects,
dominated at intervals by the rolling cars,
bringing to market the first fruits of the rich
cotton fields of that fertile country. Natchi-
toches is a more important and far more agree-
able place. 1t was the nursery of a group of
old planters, whose cordial hospitality has
passed into a proverb. The a~ffability Of the
fathers has descended to the sons, ard these, |
finding the material world subdued and en-
riched by paternal hands, will now devote the
energies and wealth bequeathed them, to Lead
ing on the West in the paths of science, plant
ing inlmutab'y there, the intelligence and
refnements of the old world --.
0T The %sulioined communications is
from one of the most respected and intelli-
gent gentlemen Of this town, who proposes
to follow up the present notice with re-
marks upon the existing Black Code
Some of the acts of that code he considers
essentially defective, which he will show
in the course of his numbers.
The article alluded to in his notice, was
by the editor of the Gazette, after
the suggestions Of one of our most sound
headed and practical men. The views
struck us as emlnently feasible, and they
IT'LL force themselves upon our convictions
Is. the only effective mode of combating
he a~bolitionists.
For the Gazette.)
Mr.. EDIToR:-I observed some remarks
i short time since in the columns of your
journal relative to appropriate mea-
;ures to check the meddling spirit of the
in the no%n-slaveholding States,
With our peculiar institutions at the South.
rhe author is certssnly correct when he
to the efforts of those individuals,
those sole aim seems to be to impress us
With the idea that the abolitionists are but
in number. This is a gross error and
'ught to be corrected. The people in the
rec States are hostile to the institution Of
It is in vain any longer to con-
the truth-the descendants of the
ashers Of our Revolution are wiser than +
hose illustrious men who framed and :
dopted the constitution-soleinn compacts :
nd arguments are not binding on them, !,
then, in their lofty and hoy enthusiasm
hey find it convenient TO act on and APP
to what they are pleased to style the
aramount law of nature. Charters, con- I
t%itutions and laws, in the hands Of these !
alf-elected judges of what is right, are as
10 the exercise of the privileges $
'hich they claim,
1t has become manifest to every one '
lere exists q strong tendency in all the c
tates of the Union to extend the demo- v
ratfc principle, or in ether words, to give j
power Immediately to the mass of the
eople. In such state of things it is fol-
! to expect any legislation will BE adopted 7
the non-slave holding States, to secure
nd protect our property in slaves which I
lay happen to be within their jurisdiction. !.
legislative bodies are but the copy of the .
interests, and preludices of the II
onstltuens, and it IS expecting rather too "
'uch from human nature, that it will at v
ny time run counter TO these ; particn. y
.rly, when there is a vague impression al
avs present to the mind, that in opposing
avery, in whatever fornfit may present >
self, we c the appreciation and ~fiatter i
he predictions Of the warmest friends Of u
,cial order. y
If it had been predicted at the formation u
: the constitution, which for certain pur- u
Uses makes the citizens of the different u
tates one people, that a slave holder could 0
OF with telerabie security pass with his :
in any part Of his common coun- !.
y, would this Union hare eper erisssed !,
never! Can it now be doubted that e
Le tight expressly stipulated for in this y