Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-07-17

[OEEl1CI dUUh4LftU lChto PVi otS
the platter. The weight of each article re,
CURED to bind a bale, is about the same, iror
nor, about 7 cents, and rope from 10 to
Is cents per ID. Iron could soon be procured
for less. Eight lbs of rope are required t.
bind a bale, and the same of hoop.
CoRREsEoNDENTs.--The "Planters Of La.
was, duly received, but VIZ deem i
proper to withhold it from publication. Our
reasons are simply, that except in cases
where quacIery is concerned, putting through
newspapers is more detrimental than benef.
eial to a MIN in business. Quacks have, 0
lite years, SO monopolized newspaper col.
umns in publishing windy praises Of them.
that it is now a delicate and V dan
gerous undertaking to embrace this means o
the worth of a friend known to the
The peculiar position, too, Of the gen.
in question, is another cause for eau.
ton in this instance He has taken a bolt
stand in opposition to certain abuses in the
trade by New-Orleans merchants and
brokers !; this stand subjects him at cnce tt
the persecution of the unjust, and the guarded
suspicious of the wary the former will EN-.
ploy every underhandcd means in their power
to ruin his business and his reputation; the
latter will receive no credentials relative tc
upright character, but such as experience
shall furnish them. And such persons viii
act W sely and we'll, for it is only from person.
al knowledge Of men, that we should repose
in them entire confidence.
notwithstanding, it will not, perhaps, be
of place to inform oar readers that the
of the communication from Lafonrche
is Benz. HUGHES, Esq, of New Orleans,
whose circular exposing certain abuses in the
trade of New Orleans, and published in
this paper recently, awakened a grand sensa-
ton among the planters Of this section. That
has, as a matter OF course, drawn down
upon Mr.. Ii. the anathemas of the yillianous
gang whom he exposed and they are CON-
biniug against. him as they did against Mr.
Wright, the most sinister and deadly machina.
tons. Personally, we know nothing Of Mr.
Hughes's character; but from all accounts,
we believe him to be a correct, high minded
man. He has now the opportunity to prove
or disprove this in his dealings with planters
his works We shall know him.
In the mean time, he viii find us ever ready
to give him a helping hand in his laudable ez-
posures of thu fraud and swindling practiced
On planters by the mercenaries of New
Orleans.
OFFICE SEEKERs.-A writer at Washing
ton city speaks thus of the crowds of office
that infest the capitol
"The grasping and mercenary ofice-seekers
of this city are loud in their complaints Of the
President and his cabinet. They urge their
claim with a degree Of pertinacity and inso-
lence that is absolutely insufferable. They
think themselves entitled to any place in the
gift of the Executive, and when their impu.
dence is rebuked, and their pretensions treat.
ed with Just and liberal consideration, they
growl nd groan about their immense services
and sacrifices. A set of ~servile, abject, creep.
ing toadeaters, they are yet to be taught tina,
they have no more claim to the bounty of the
government than the inhabitants of any one
of the two hundred and forty-two COMPRESSION.
al districts in the country, to say nothing o.
the territories"
This state of things, in connection with the
fact that many of the persons here alluded te
were promised office by Gen. Harrison, places
the executive in very unpleasant c~ircunstar.
ces. The most impudent, vain and worthless
characters are ever foremost when power dis.
her favors and while modesty and
merit shrink from the disgraceful chase for
station, the opportunities of these are increas-
ed by sights that would silence at once the
sensitive and worthy man. 1t was by such
persons that General Harrison was tormented
until he fell a victim to the sufferings and
modification of his noble spirit. He was
wounded unto death at the shame of his coun.
trymen-a shame which he saw, and bewailed
and which is seen by all but those who have
no shame. A fact which demonstrates the
embarrassment of the late President, and how
he was prosecuted, is brought to light
by evidence now produced of his having
promised the same office to various persons
He was compelled to promise, to rid himself
of their remorseless opportunities and now
it is expected that Mr.. Tyler will redeem all
made Or said to have been raade BY
Gen. Harrison, and his slowness. to do SO, nav,
the lmposslbility of SO doing, causes the CAPT
toll to ring with the cries of these disappointed
Divisions secessions, and war against
party In. power, are of course threatened
and fomented; and the public business OBJ
and arrested as far as the m~alcontents
have it in their power.
ROBBERY OF THE FREDERICK County
money recorered.-A CORES.
of the U. S. Gazette, writing
from Baltimore, explains as follows the
in which a great portion of the
money stolen has been recovered. Many
editors consider this compromise with
worse than the robbery itself. Ii
IS not much better, we believe. but the
hing is becoming quite common, and any
person, with influential friends to back
him, might commit a robbery now on mere
'pecuiatlon some compromise would be
made; he would be allowed to retain a
and go free: or his friends would
guy off all pursuit of him, by refunding a
per cent. on the money stolen.
Was not the pursuit of COLLISION and Daunois