Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-10-08

SATURDAY. October &, lsl2.
NtHY tDroHTAnT-Durnlg 'he present
and coming month, We have large payments
T.. make, and We depend en- the email sums
dug us 10 be allie to meet our oeligatiotis'
W. therefore earnostly request Nib knowing
.,Lefusrlves 10 be indebted in any manner To
the Gazette Office, TO make immediate pay
,ncut. pu,rtual attention 10 THE notice, viii
greatly "blige the fp'to"'
Tur .4nKHrs.-'rhe New Orleans markets
have varied 20 little since Our last, that we
deem il unnecessary to make any formal report
this week, MS i, would be but a repetition Of a
.,ot, once told. The scarcity oil money ap-
rrnts 10 be The great bar 10 business west
s,n produce is plenty and cheap, aud cotton
IS coming in rapidly.
In Auakapas some planters have already
commenced boiling sugar.
Bank paper continues variable
1',tt ar.ttw-Ou Monday. though not "cA-
tnnsiycly" brilliant, was quite equal 20 ~"
ord nary run ol Ehth hi'i"'N'"
warm ttle nds Of den'ls johnson aud Hti'i'h II
This vicinity wrre not u Itttle disappointed ty
Their ~absence disappointment, however, "a'
lost in sympathy, when it was learned 'ha'
both had been detaiued ire,nn itidltT"E''lou'
The Bloody Ilth'' wap consequently re-
view ed BY Gent Rousseau alone aud, "llie
we remarked to great Improvement ~ The
men, We were harpy TO observe that some 81
the officers Of The regiment, have greatly I'D
>anrcd since the last turn ot'.
After the review, Genl Rousseau and h'H
ptatf sat down to "A dinner prepared IN MI
~cl,ael's lest s vic, ordered by Co.'s Malta and
Henderson and Major Copper. Arrange
,aenis had been made for the accommodation
sf the three Generals and their staff, but as
.uly one appeared, vacancies we're fll'ea NY
ipvitation. The company, though small vas
recherche, and composed Of persons who M
derstood tho pleasure Of using without a'iu-
,ing tho bountIea eftle table. With a 20 | airy
,xception. not one Incident occurred 10 mar
the harmony Of the evening aid as 'his was
=. caae arising from a redundancy OF CHAIN
pai rnc, Il was q dily eScuhch a iheFr or or
hammer re, of c~rnrires have seidom met ;
wine aud wjt-tbe jest. the song, tho t0ast
and story, veni tiltit'g about IN Joyous Tree
dom md a choice band caught up and filled
with larpy airs every interlude appropriated
to silence.
tiu TUESDAY, the lollowlr mofniRg, Gen !
Rousseau reviewed the regiment OF west
Baton Refuge, at the residence Of Judge fa-
vrot. Though The number under arms was
small the actisn and equipment OF our neigh
bors ever the river, were far superior to those
VI our own parishioners. Two companies in
particular, The Riflemen and Neltlsenrs, dis
,inpuiahed themselves for appropriate dress
and correct military discipline-doing equal
homer to themselves and the spirited general
under whose instruction ,lcy have been
brought TO SO high a state OF perfection.
Not the least agreeable portion OF this day,
was spent at the elegant mansion Of DIR. Here.
ford. The Doctor, with his accustomed I'be-
rality and spirit, had, in anticipation of the
even, loaded his tables with choice yiandes
and wines. of which the two sbove-named
companies with numerous others were invited
to par,ake. After an hour or two oil brisk
exercise under o vertical sun, the companies
appeared fully competent to do justice to the
substantial evidences of the Doctors hoFpita-
lity nor were the civil at all behind the mi
ditary guests, in demonstrating their approval
of the good taste that rcigned over the boun-
teo,is board.
BY the way, we must forget to mention the
encomium pronounced on the West Baton
ltouge Rifletnen, on this occasion, by an Off
Ger Of z. s. Army. II would make them Alto
gothcr teo vain.
pur pnI trr Jrgy-As no member of this