The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-11-13
OLE lftteklg (Daliilrt
. Mar. 10. 1864
Friday Morning
asHsnr ANA isHngsasaes,

IN the United Atates, md q eotitrnvei-
IS has been carried on IN reference to
the matter until it tnas well lie de-
nominated a-lha Sugar WA" 7ais,
"a We have before said, has been bro BIT
about bY III ill.adsisesl convention Of
augar Planters 1T Donaldson'ille IL
employ assistant council. for a United
gtatea District Attorney, who asianls
III ii The fall consciousness Of his own.
ability declares he II ''tpitoia tenn
himself mud wants no assistance This
rives rise II, Il question Of Court etl-
qtettp, and legal courtesy, and the res
cult II. tiat the sugar planters after
irving adviac, arc called on IN the
chaste Language Of the II. So District
Attorney, 10 reteite al,.te4
Az we have been all the while INF
he1i9,,s, and have not had our pre-
iteliees aroused, wa have stood ufar Of
and " atrlltl The controversy a. nii
impartial observer " passing events.
The eharges tiat have ',eell made
against Tie Belchef Dlfailiefs 81 st.
Louis. and others, III fgdnR on The
"revenue laws We have regarded as
more The charge Of prejudice than cool,
calm and tiiHpassionate reaaoning fron,
tho fscls. These charges have Ind,
tho very reverse effect from what has
been desired they have called forth
an impartial statement Of facts, and
~ investigation that puts an end 20
he war
Tie New York Journal II Com
merce of The end inst, contains Al ar
tiele oil the recent discussion " tie
matter from which we make the fol
lowing extract
Mcssrs. lIaluhor and brother, Of
Missouri, imported at New Orleans,
certain articles called concentrated
mnlasses." and concentrated lnplalo."
which were iitsoce,l ut a certain rate
IA their true yalAe At Matail7ta, whence
They were shipped. The New Or
leau appraisers said that the invoices
ala not represent the true value al
Matansae, and marked Thorn up much
higher. while Ignorant letter-wrter
ii Washington anil elsewhere, instead
ot stating what Wa4 The only real ques-
ten At issac, via: The market value Of
the articles assorted that It was an
attempt 1t fraud By importing sugar
under The gsiiao of molassea. After
much aisrute the subject was referred
10 tho Board n. General Appraiser,
who met ii this city, and whole sam
plos ofthe 2s eafgoes were sent on for
Their inspection. This board, AFTER
carefully Investigating the matter, de-
eided that the articles WE'RE tSvolceD
AZ ruEiH aAkNEr vytuE Ar MarASgAs,
thns sustaining Messis Bclchef N llro.,
ii their Position, and completely re.
versmg every point made by thu New
orloana Appraisers agait,stthen. They
went farther. however, ~ stated III
our Former article, nd decided that
the duty IN this country must he paill
NOT only on tho market wslue At Ma
tsnzas, but also on nm export duty
which they say oasat IL have been
charged by tho Guhm authorities
This question which is an entirely
new one. will have 70 be setlel by the
U. \. Courts. Tho Board of Apprais-
ers aatlc an elaborate report OF their
proceedings to the Treasury Depart
mcnt at Washington.
---4A s<sr-e s.4----4Ss'
IL nr. s, Bard, Of Lake rrovi.
lence, Ian, has resigned tho eiiice of
ehc Ministry ia the Methodist Eriseo-
psl Church
The above item, is from The vioks.
burg Wing Of the s,h inst Il viii he
remembered that Dr.. Bari attracted 4
great deal Of attention Ii tlis city some
time sinee during a spasmolic temper
ancc fever The noct's Lectures on
The subject, were very wei attended,