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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-10-18

REMEMBER IT - srbioin an extract
from an article in the Camden Democrat
published at Camden, New Jersey. Remem-
Der it, you who have beer asserting that Mr..
Fillmore is not the National Candidate Re-
member it, you who have traduced him as
an Abolitionist! Remember it, you who
have asserted that Mr.. Fillmore degraded
himself when he accepted the nomination of
the American party! The Camden Demo-
Graf is a Buchanan paper. Here is the ex.
tract:
1.-THE people Of West Jersey who are not
leagued with the Disunion .Abotatiomists, should
remember that the papers and ORATORS
who are most bitter in their abuse and deuun-
citation Of Mr.. FILLMORE and the american
porty are most profrse in their praise and in
defatigable in their efforts to elect Nj. CLAW
SON. Why? Mr.. FILLMORE is a National
man and not an Aboiitiouist! Mr.. CLAwsoy,
on the contrary, is a SECTIONAL man, and
the record proves him as GOOD AN ADO
LlTlONlSTAS GIDDlNGS, FRED DOUG
LAS OR BURLINGAME! Voters of West
Jersey, eSomine the record and see for uour-
selvcs."
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-10-18

SIXTH DISTRICT CouRT.-This Court con-
vsned on Monday 9th inst, with a larger
docket than has been known in this parish
for some time. Nearly one hundred and
twenty cases. OF this number, judgments
have been rendered in ffty-six and the bal
lance laid over until next term. But two
cases were brought before the Grand Jury
one for assault and battery, and the other for
selling liquor to slaves. His honor at the
opening Of Court, congratulated the people
Of our parish upou the scarcity of criminal
subjects, and paid no small compliment to
our law abiding citizens. His honor was un-
usually prolific upon this subject. During
this term the following persons were natural.
ized from the parish OF East Baton Rouge {:
Paul Sarrabayrouse, Michael Ostersetzer,
Bartelemy Weissen, Nicholas Fousie, and
John Nolot, and of this parish, Auguste Retz-
aer, Alfred Gwynn, Narcisse Lambert and
Patrick Kavanagh, were also made good citi-
zens. One applicant for naturalization was
rejected on the ground of having been con-
vlcted of selling liqno, to slaves.
His Honor adjourned Court on Thursday
evening last.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-10-18

GROCERIES: &c We with pleasure point
our readers to the advertisements Of Messrs
BARpEE & BENJAMIN, (euccessors S. NJ. Hart
& COY who now offer to the trade of Baton
Rouge aud vicinity. 4 complete assortment of
Groceries, Wines, Liquors, &c. They are
constantly receiving additions to their stock.
and we need hardly say that they have in
store at all times, everything the most fasti-
dious h~ousekeeper could desire. They offer
at the same time superior inducements to
others in the trade. An idea Of the business
transacted by this house may be drawn by
inspecting their warehouses a: tn: foot OF
Of Laurel street.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-10-18

IMPORTANT PoLlr,cAL MovEmrsr.-We
are informed, says the New York Commercial
Adserfiser, that during the past few DAYS fire.
quent conferences Of the National Union men
from every State in the Confederacy, have
been held in that city, the result of which is,
that a great Union Movements movement
calculated to crush out the spirit Of disuniou
now 50 extensively rampant-has been pro-
lected. The loyal men, the true patriots OF
'ne land, are to be brought and boa I'd togeth.
Or anew. Delegations of citizens from every
State are to be invited to visit the tomb Of
me hermitage, Ashland. Marsh6eld, Month
cello Mount Vernon, and the prominent bat
tie fields, wherein, for the sake ofthi, Union.
was commingled, without distinction. the
blood Of Northern, Southern, Eastern and
Western patriots-there to meet conservative
union-loving masses Of the people, for fra.
'srnization, for counsel, and for invocation. in
the present crisis, Of the patriotism of the
whole ountry, and on behalf OF the Const;,
tuition and tqe Union. The project is re,,r.
d'd Is the harbinger Of peace and good will
the troubled nation.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-10-18

C. TheNew Orleans Bulletin, in speak.
ing of the intense enthusiasm for Fillmore
and Donelson in that city, says:
We have been under the impression that
we should carry the city by fifteen hundre red
or two thousand majority; but the indica-
tions now are that we shall carry it by three
thousand. The Old Line Wings have yet
to speak, and we are greatly mistaken il
hundreds of those who have usually co .op-
Grated with the Democratic party, both ma
tives and naturalized citize is, do not plump
the Union and Fillmore ticket through and
through. Cheerinsly break the clouds away.
Let the country respond % the city. Let
the Union men Of every class and name
throughout the South wheel into the ranks,
and push o. the column. It is the ca Of
victory and OF safety.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-10-18
New Orleans Correspondence.

So NI" w.
DEAR PLANTER :-Presur,ing that a few lines
from this big village" may be Of some ~
terest to your readers, l, PENN hand, have at
you. Cotton is firm, and your planting friends,
If they make ony-will assuredly line their
pockets at present prices. Fillmore!stock Is
up, and rising daily. You may safely bet on
fifteen hund red-take odds on two thousand,
and hope with no slight probability Tor three
thousand. for the 'Pride of the Nation" IN
the city of New Orleans. How the State
will 60, l do not Pretend to shy. Being no
politician, l cannot venture to predict on such
uncertain grounds as . general election, but
if reliable men can be politically depended up
on when they politically depict the workings
CT the Union Fillmore sentiments throughout
the State, l would say louisiana was safe for
Fillmore. The accounts of the great Baton
Rouge demonstration is enough to rivet my
convictions that the Florida parishesare safe.
Waro YOUR readers against election frauds
Yours,
VIADOR.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-10-18

ST.. JosErH's HIGH ScuooL.-Dr. r. D.
WILLIAMS, SO we'll known in the South as Z
superior teacher, bias taken the spacious ane
comfortable building, corner OF Florida anc
Main streets, Baton Rouge, and formerly oc.
cupied by Miss Victor's Female Academy
is now fully prepared for the reception o.
pupils. The Classics, Sciences and Modern
languages form u portion of the studies a.
this establishment. Mrs. WILLIAMS super.
intends the domestic arrangements Of the
school, and parents may rely on their chill.
dren having every attention and comfort
possible, At this Institution. See advertise
ment in another column.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-10-18
Communicated.
Castleton Seminary.


NJ SWAN PLANTER Amongst other I'M
~,oveu,eats in Baton Rouge, the besu'1'u'
beautiful bearing the above title, should not
csc.,e notice. In addition to its beauty
and chaste style of architecture: the enters
prise which prompted its erection, is h'sn-
" creditable to Mr.. Cast'eton and his gene
ro,s congregation. Having been invited by
the worthy gentleman occupying them to III
spect the Seminary and Parsonage,l VIII with
YOUR permission, give yon 4 slight description
of them. The Seminary is an elegant and
airy ediice, of the Gothic Cottage style OF
architecture-a style quite as imposing as II
beautiful. The Study Hall is large with an
.bondance Of room for oven hundred and nifty
pupils when seated at their desks. The VIM
dows are lofty and opening as folding doors,
allowing the fullest possible circulation OF AIR,
while it can also be made perfectly warm
during the winter by closing the openings
In this establishment, nearly branch Of edu-
cation has its separate study, and the grounds
adjoining the building are amply large to'
exercise. The Parsonage is built in the style
similar to the Seminary, and reflects no
little Credit upon the designer. 1t Wi! form
a most dellghttul residence for the worthy
pastor and his family.
These buildings were commenced only
about two months ago, and 1t IS incredible
.j,,,,+ bn,.- r,nch bav baan rrnynnflSIpU M
SO short a time, both in the Seminary and
Parsonage which Mr.. C's generous and liber-
raj eongration have erected just by its side.
This is lust what We like 10 see IN our
Observation-Disclosures enterprise IN The
right direction. Let Baton Rouge be what
it is really approaching, the Athens OF LouIsl-
not be? Louisiana will educate her daught-
ers. and it <must he done either al home or
abroad, and | say-and say II advlsediy too
tn t any expectation OF finding female edu-
cation on a higher grade than that Baton
Rouge is now able to afford, will be disap-
pointed. No better is nedeed and no better
can De LdO.
Yea, gentlemen, educate your daughters at
home-in our own South-in our own State
in our own enterprIsing metropolis, and be a
bona casl as some deem us to b.; e.en tre may
yet find Hymsss .iLtcr with some one OF them.
Joking aside. the enterprise IN every respect
and especially in regard TO our schools in
Baton Rouge, make quite an era in our histo-
~, and from the au>plcies n,w manifest, the
path is onward and the highest success is
certain. | was pleased to learn that the
Seminary opened on the 9th inst, with a
large number ofyoung lady pupils-s number
sufficient to give encouragement to the wor-
thy pastor and his amiab!e lady, in their On
dertakins.
Yours, OBSERVER.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-10-18

PRo-SLAvERY DoUGLAs.-The Philadel.
phia North .American has the following
Whether Douglas did say what "a Democrat
ic paper" reports him to have said, or not
We have no doubt that such are his senti.
ments
Senator Douglas is stumping the West fol
Buchanan, and in his speech claims 10 be ar
anti-Slavery man. In one of these deliver.
ed at Galena, he is reported by = Democratic
paper to have said:
They call me a pro-slavery man. But
am like you. opposed to slavery. and rejoice
in the policy which has made the slarekold
ing States of seventy years ago; free States al
this time. l am proud that my adopted
State of illinois is a Tree State. and will re.
main so. All Northern Democrats are op,
posed to slavery"
"All Northern Democrats ale opposed tc
slaveryw And this is the Northern mar
with Southern feelings, talking in this way
Where is The New Orleans Delta, the thun
derer of the South?
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-10-18

Fremont AND BucHANAN.-Some few sup
! porters OF Fillmore in the South having been
heard, in moments Of excitement, to say that
| they had IS soon vote for Fremont as for
Buchanan. the Sag-Nichts raise a great howl
over'the matter, as if it were an objectionable:
mortal crime and yet, these same "hallow-
ed" defenders OF Southern rights and hollow
| hearted haters of the Union, have no wo1
| of condemnation for their own bitter breth-
rem who say every day, and everywhere in
! the South, that they had rather see Fremont
| elected than Fillmore! Even Gov. Mat
the VS.. of Miss, is reported to have uttered
this sentiment in a public speech. The Fred
ericksburg Recorder, one OF the most ultra
Democratic papers in Virginia, recently de-
clared:
"Were we compelled to choose between
Seward and Fillmore for President, IRE shonM
not hesitate q moment to prefer thetornrr.'
The following, from the North Alabama
Register. tine Democratic organ of that be-
nighted region, is hut al expression of what
uITCt t-lIEc uUllulcOlbSO VI NC SoUtlCIu Gag"
NIGHT organs would say, If they did not deem
it polite not to be too o%ut-spoken upon GER
tain points:
"The whole Wing party in the North was
Just as much freesoiled as Martin Van Buren,
or Prince John; and We emphaticalIy assert
that Martin Van Buren, and his son John al.
ways have been and are now sounder upon
all constitutional questions (the subject Of
slavery included) than Willard Fillmore, aud
we had rather support either of them for
President than to support Fillmore"
The Atlanta (Ga., En,eAigencer-a leading
Buchanan paper in that State-grows still
bolder. Hear It:
"For our part we do not scruple to say it,
that we would sooner see Fremont, traitor as
he is to the home of his birth, the President
of the United States than Mr.. Fillmore, who
never ceased to hate and prosecute tae South.
until the South had bought him of with the
Vice Presidency.',CY
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-10-18
OBSERVER.

AN INclDrNT.--We have always looked
! upon the election Of Mr.. FILLMoE. as certain:
but one day this week, we were fully con-
WINGED OF the fact. 4 gentleman called NV
on US, and after exchanging the usual courte-
sizes. he asked us for his bill Not knowing
that the gentleman was indebted to us. we
overhauled our pcnderous ledger on which
the debit side is slightly the heaviest, we found
that he was ind. bted to us for three years
subscription and advertising. An enormous
sum! We tremblingly ard i~eariully stated
the amount-tearful that SO large a sum would
oversize his pile, alas! when did ICE ever
have a pile! Judge of our astonis hment and
pleasure when he calmly ard collectedly put
his hand in his pocket and drew forth tro
OF purchasing a large sugar estate or paying
off the State debt rose before our bewiIdered
imagination, as the gold pieces glidered be-
fore us on the table-and we felt. yes, We
felt that we didn't have s~eventy-tive cents to
return him his change. Put we felt gener-
Gus, and adjournins to the Planters House took
a ''smile" and handed ovei the change. Our
babe and little ones also INDUCED in an unusu-
al quantity of candy and bon-bons that day.
1t is needless to add, that we were entirely
unable to perform any labor for the balance
of the day. Now, kind reader, that gentle
man was a +horouoh bred out.apd.out Dam.
ocrat-and none Of your small fry Democrats
neither, but a wholecsouled fellow, every inch
of him, but he said he was going up the river
after the election: and he wished to pay up
before he went. We asked him if it was up
Salt River he was going, and he sa,d-noth-
Ing! OF course, we concluded it was so. AS
We have several other accounts similar, we
hope we won't be forgotten.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-10-18

FINE CLorHINe.-Cold weather is at hand
and the shivering frame. require a comforter.
W. D. PHILLIPS, the Clothing Monarch OF
Blton Rouge. has everything and anything
in the shape of clothing, and to see his stock
is to purchase. 1t said that the people in the
in the interior Of Africa 60 "sans Gu
lottes all the year round. If this be true
wouldn't PHILLIPS cut a pretty figure there
with his newly arrived stock of clothing that
they now have at the corner of Lafayette
and Church streets! In this enlightened
country, however, nothing produces so great
an effect as an elegant suit of fine clothing
and we advise a thorough examination of his
assortment before it is too late.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-10-18

NEw YoRx.-Major Wiliiams, a sub-elec-
tor on the Buchanan ticket in New York.
after signifying his determination to vote for
Fillmore, thus defines his position, in a card
which he publishes in the Brooklyn Star
That the struggle in the city and State Of
New York vii: be between Fillmore and
Fremon, is no longer a matter Of question.
And the vote Of the State Of New York will
inevitably decide the result of the election as
far as the chances Of Col. Fremont are con-
cerned.
To this he adds:
And, as the time of the election approach
es. think well, We conservative democrats Of
New York. WHO had resolved to vote for
Buchanan! ask yourselves whether he can
! hope to gain the vote of your State and re-
solve, If you can entertain a doubt OIL this
, subject. to vote in accordaaae with patriotic
principles, and for Willard Fillmore. that
YOU may add, each OF you, by your vote. to
the vote of him who alone can defeat the
candidate OF the Black Republicans.
Let men calling themselves Democrats, in
Tennessee. the Carolinas, Georgia. Louisiana.
Alabama, and other southern States. consider
these sensible remarks, and at upon their
convictions of right. 1t is plain to be seen
that Buchanan has 10 chance of success,
while Fillmore has!
The Censor, published at Fiedonia, has
abandoned Buchanan, and declared for FIJI
more. Its reasons for doing so are the same
that will influence thousands of National
Democrats in New Yo,k to rally around Mr..
Fillmore as the only means OF beating Free
soilism and sectionalism. We cop from its
article announcing the change:
Up 10 the present time. We have advocated
the election Of Mr.. Buchanan, and now we
prefer him to either Of the other candidates.
Hut MIR. Buchalanls potrsr.ass here at the
North. and will not carry a single State
Every Southern State cauno' elect hun. and
we are satisfied that he cant carry them al!
But If tie South will rally TO Fillmore, he
can be elected and the Union saved.
The Ehinebeck Mechanic. hitherto . Ere
mont paper of this State, has dropped the
black flag. and hoisted that Of Fillmore and
Done!son.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-10-18

GERRIT SMITH ON Nh FILLMoRE-Ger-
rt Smith that vile New York abolitionist
has recently written a letter upon the sub
ject Of the Presidential election. We append
a short extract to show how much Mr.. Fill
more has been slantered by Southern Buch-
anan men, in stating that abolitionists would
vote for NJ. Fillmore.
But the true question is not, what is past
Of Mr.. Fillmore and Col. Fremont on Slave
ry, but what is their present on the subject.
And here We fiud that, whist Col. Fremont
has overgrown his pro-slavery education,
Mr.. Fillmore HAS APOST ATiSED FROM
HIS ANTI-SLAVERY EDUCATION! -
That while Col. Fremont is boldly ascend
ing the anti-slavery ladder, and may, ere
long, reach the abolition or top round, Mr..
Fillmore has descended it, and found his home
ardhopes among p~ro-slave,y companions and
pro-sIavery interests. Col Fremont coul;
not travel through the South without being
murdered for anti slavery. And were Mr.,
Fillmore to repeat his Southern visit, he
would be as much carressed and Toasted for
his pro-slavery as he was in his forme. visit.
Every free State-man in Kansas would re
joice in Col. Fremont's election. Every
Border ruRian would rejoice in Mr.. Film
ores. ~Nota single .Abolit,onia will DOT.
for M: FNumo'e!-G Ninety-nine in a hun
dred Of them will vote for Col. Fremont
and even the hundredth will prefer his cleo
ton to that of Buchanan or Fillmore.
In another part of his letter, Smith calls
Mr.. Fillmore the guiltiest of all the guilty
servants Of the slave power" Will the DEM
ocratic orators in the South who unblushing-
ly denopnce Mr.. Fillmore as an abolition,st
read the above. Will theDemocratic paper,
dare publish it!
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-10-18
VIADOR.

That CorroH-Woop PoLK!-SoIne time
since. the little squad Of "irrevocably lost
Ioco,ocos in our garish, got a klnk In their
heads that someth, ng must be done to stir up
the fast expiring fame of Buchananism in
their midst, and 50 concluded to hoist a pole
at BruIy Landing. measuring the enormous
length q ninety feet! They put It up-with-
out the State hands. however-and on the
top was placed a pair OF bucks horns, which
seemed as cuca out Of Place a. "O!d
Buckn will be after the 4th of Novem-
Der. Great were tie demonstrations OF en-
,husiam of our Bru..y friends upon.the erec-
ton of that pole, YEA !! Juitiute was sung on
the occasion. But greater still Was their
astonishment some two weeks SINCE, when
they discovered floating in the morning
breeze at the top Of a pole n'nefy-s'r feet IN
height, the flag of oul glorious Union, with
the names OF Fillmore and Donelson lnscrl-
bed upon its folds.
.. These things they knew were neither rich nor rare,
Ye: they wondered how the devil they got there
1t was erected during the night upon the
plantation of one of our whole-souled Amerl-
can friends Col. FxAaE A WooDs. aud is a
fair sample of the pride our citizens individ-
ually take in doing honor the iilistrious.
Union-lovins Fillmore. The stick is a true
Southern stick-made Of cotton-wood-and
towers majestically o'er its somewhat short
er neighbor. The Bruly boys are hard to
beat when they attempt anything, but we
rather think the Col took them that time.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-10-18
Tho Recent Elections.

The returns Of the late elections are 50 con
fused that it is almost impossible to form
any idea as to the true results. All sorts o.
despatch hes have been received from Penn.
sylvahia, and the spirits oftne Democrats have
been alternately elevated and depressed. The
latest returns show That the victory was
claimed by both Unioniets and Democrats
The true figures will not be known until the
official returns are given.
The Black Republicans have swept Ohio
BY a majority of from twenty-five to thirty
five Thousand
In Indiana, the race for Governor, the can
diLstcs being Willard, lDem-( and Morton,
peoples candidate, is a close one. At last
accounts, Willard was ahead, but it was
claimed that the returns from the Northern
rart of the State. would overcome the major
!ty.
Complete returns from Florida have not
vet been received, although the election took
place or the 9Th. The Democrats had all
confidence in carrying this State, bat it is
believed that Walker, (Am3 is elected, over
Perry, DENY The contest wal very close.
The election in Delaware, which was put
forth as a Democratic triumph, was for moth
ing bat Inspectors o; the November election.
The result Of the town elections in Con-
n~ecticut is favorable to the Black Republi-
cans.
The Democrats claim a considerable ma
jority Of the Congressman in Pennsylvania,
and also, six out of the eleven members in
Indiana.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-10-18
SATURDAY, OCTOBER Is, 1855.

Coz. WILLIAMS SPEEcH-1he Kansas Bill.
On our first page will be found the speech
of Col. J. s. WILLIAMS, delivered in East
Baton Rouge on Saturday night last, which
We copy from the Gazette. 1t is one of the
ablest and ~clearest expositions Of the Kansas
Nebraska act we have yet seen. The per-
nicious doctrine Of Squatter Sovereignty,
which i the prominent feature of the meas
ure, is held up to view. and it is shown that
the who e Democratic party Moth, is fully
committed to this dangerou. policy. We ask
for the speech, an attentive perusal. The ar
gumepts are uncomfortable.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-10-18

@ We have had some little frost before.
just enough to swear by, bu. yesterday morn
ing showed Ii. as heavy a frost as our planting
friends are DESTROYS Of seeing just now
Some have commenced mst-Iaying for spring
planting and although we have heard of seve-
"a, who have commenced planting, we are
inclined TO think that a large majority will
10. plant until Spring.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-10-18

The REIGN OF ARr.-In this wonderful
age, art lays her master touches on almost
everything. The ceilings over US and the
carpets we tread on, Are followed by art
Nothing is too lofty for her touch and nothing
too humble. A new proof Of this old con-
vlction has Just fallen under our notice, in the
shape ofdaeuereotypes At the establishment
Vail and PeE:sc. Co and see Thorn by Ill
means.