Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1845-11-29

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70 THE VOTERS or LAF0URCHE.
The Ttopic If tho 5th inst, contains very
important documents 0n the agricultural
productions If Louisiana. IL is the ansWerp
III u i. F9rstali merchant Of NBW Orleans
ID lie questions 1rHBoundBd by The See el
tie Treasury (R ] Walksr) concerning our
agricultural productions. Cotton aud Sugar !:
We have given this able document our
most attentive pHfnHaL sud cannot rufrain
fr6m saying, that 1t II a mastery produg-
tf9h, aud one that slBiId be read By all class
ea Of the community,
This gentleman, although the tins given,
70 him was bat bfief 10 prepare lie answers
still be has done It III ii very satisfactory
and comprehensive manner and all who arc
not blinded by party spirit, viii see at once
the iglIg, and stibsequgnt misery that would
De attendant on any interference with tbs
preeedt Tariff We would respectfully APP
peal to the working men and mechanical POT.
ton ut the community, to give this ali ttnp0f-
tani document their d tsnttvs parttsal and
then answer lbB following iulotfoaatofleg
10 whom d. you owe yoaF subsistence 7 Do
you hot seq at ones, that Sugar l]ntsfesta Of the
South provides g1H with q livelihood I Do you
not eee lbat culture Of this commodity sup
plies the blt5ls Southern Louisiana with
work. for thousands Of mechanics, Of all the
various branches, such ~ msrhahists, Car
]peHtefa, MtsohF, CopBars, LabofGts &c &f
Gel ifsueli then 10 the f4Cta, which arg
lteoalrUyartabl6 how GaGyon no against your
awn ~thlgfr8i, ~ voting for men who are dt.
athatfrhily opposed to your 0wn welfare, By
crushing tho only tBsgfta by Which you gain
! Iiylihond : Do you wish to strike d dead
bloR ~ your own happiness IN following the
d]ieiatJrs, and gsobaastng The doctrine Of the
Lee5tJta pafy9 II 20 th6i adieu to your
yFt1 prosperity, t. every thing that III egleua
lated 10 make map 90 independent being
and welcome those dependent on misery, pen
ufy, aud degradation. We appeal 10 your
own Judgment, your interest, your happiness
And your future prosperity, and IN fact 10
MI that IL sacred TO man, 10 look we'll before
You doom you country to ruin, by giving your
support 10 bucofoG1 hlen or measures, winch
ars tho anlip1dgs Of prosperity, eDnisntmgnt,
| Freedom and independence. We would nj.
20 appeal 10 the mercantile community Of
our young aud furnishing town, to give
your attention let your judgment have an
Opsn field to exercise Ne rgHBuh, unbiased by
party preindtco=, and Minerga~ltko it will
eab1use the doctrines Of the Wing pnrty-
for II IL to that party, AMI IT. it's influence
alone, that go owe the pagaage Of the Tariff
Of az, a0d to fh5t tariff, owes the Paradise
Of Louisiana" her present and prosperous
aanlltion, 70 tfaGe causes 10 effects it Ia
the mighty Influence Of Ebat great nation
III measure, that has restored dvmestio l@1aGo
and prosperity 10 tho whole Union. Con
YOU then. Merchants Of Thibodaux, wish to
PROSTATE yourselves, your friends. and your \
beloved country, by giving eounlensnee TO
the doctrines Of your enemies I those who
to open our ports t. the whole world
th1s6 who wish or yet vacant lands to re-
main in tdletess by repealing the tariff Of az,
md making us dependent on Foreign gov
grntnentB for our supplies, thereby producing
agricultural depreciation, aud the fhal down.
tall Of our recommendation il il from this
cause that the once proud Mistress OF the
world owos her present degraded condition;
4 hsre The Agricultural interest was destroy.
D1 BY excessive foreign inpurtatioGs, which
doomed that once mighty Nation into
.nsign i]frnney. }
A bold poaBaItry' their country'a pride, {
One0 deBtr5y'd can never be supplied.
OF Cot. DAvENronr's MURDERER. Il
Young and two brothers named +
Long, were executed at Rock Island, fiji. |
ioia, on the 9th inat, for tho murder Of Col.
Davenport. They were all hung on one
and on letting the drop fall, The rape O
0 Which Aaron Long vas suspended broke,
nd he fell, striking bis back on the beam be-. Y
Ow, and laid insonsibio from the effects Of 4
he rope on his mack. Soon, however, tho b
descended and lifted hiru TIP, when o
10 recovered hs eenHoe, and was again led n
.poti the g%atl0wa, suffering intensely, raising 8
lie hands and crying out-"1'he Lord have p
lercy on NE You arc banging an innocent Il
am, aud (pointing 10 HE brother) there habgs b
ny brother" q
The scene IL represented to have been "a
indeed, and when he WAS about to be h
the second time there was con- "a
iderablo murmuring among the crowd, and "
general rush, but the officers performed 70
duty, and no was soon launched into
The PoTATos-.T Tbs London Spectator says 81 -
that 300 years ago, the potato was sbso. -
itely unknown In Europe, At The end Of ~
'ltzabeth's, and beginning Of James' reign, -
icy we're enumerated among l]uxuries, and q
to possess stimulating properties -
no eighteenth century was considerably "
before they were cultivated in the ~
'nthwestetn provinces Of Scotland, and =
Ien they were carried on hofseback 10 sup T.
y tho Edinburgh market Now, they are =
worldwide necessary. In Europe they -
e even more important than bread. The "
en- ola general failure Of the potato crop ~
Is Christendom with alarm. No wonder, W
al the terrible disease which has attacked ga
ts years crop in England, France, Belgi- ~
n, New Brunswick, AID the United States W
q subject Of 50 much anxious speculation ap
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A PORTRAIT or THE A~ssrgrAET EpfToR- gr
anced durtng the late SamMer, that NJ
untry Editor fell i'll of Il fever. The fact &C
10 announced to his readers, along with tht
. notice, TO the effect, that during his a. pc
the editorial management would iy
oonfided to an Assistant. Well, it turned rel
that the Assistant contriged to please the
Of the Journal better than the Chief Blu
nself, aud they demanded his name-The tina
nraleRcent editor informed them it would pIa
impossible for him to dlvulge tho name pre-
his aid.de-camp, but that he would, in be
next number of the "Squatter's Thunder. Z,
Il and Settlers Family Guide" present his !
-rons with a correct portrait of the Assis- bee
It. Expectation balanced itself on tiptoe for ing
week, aud when the anxiously looked for Gin
de appeared at last, 10 and behold at anG
bead Of he editorial column appeared a frot
engraving Of a portIy pair of Sets F.,
$ Underneath were printed, in staring mes
.tals-"Korrect Portrait Of, the 'SistGnt "
itor-Frum Life Ne
IN eccentric ballot was deposited at the sn,
ent New YORK. election, in the last ward. froT
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