Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-06-07
communicated.
latter frou, Col. Rice
p.,,cr. June ith. 1850.

nc ever ,.,vh,t in the dieS;ns mus l nave !
Is ,, 'r'' dom from the lime l was s''' ."n,s a. ''y !
cs,rt House door when | ns''a '' ,nI w., +
' 's's ire, till / found three men ann s~D )
r r''roI nnbact'ing a big 'S"'' ..a ,''
MIR Of pistols from 'roa"' my " rnn ,r, ,
P'' vi, beiar as somebody SCI ''" arc
ask 'v"S s.,,,s the question, and ! vail pro-
N"''t ~ throw light on the s~''Iesk' 0y s'f.
' ans,.ot;.Ily relating all | can 'T'o'''
e"'", .ha matter. 4 don't mean the k'"n u
aO''' ~ ,,,-s Comet throwed onthc "l"N
;.,, when he asked me to vote Tor MI"
w. the Legislature, but It's some 'e'",'on :"
''' " vas stanl;n by the gate lo"k'n
,he prisoners a so'" up stars ""e" '"S'
IsI,d;rp site better been a Sea"Pe''" a''''
sormoos ,whcna little chap as '''N'' me
-.h. first rate vinegar ~ looking a''
.,h of ,sipwater, came a tarIn up Oh w
lr,v hos. and yelled out ''e'''Fe e'''z'"S,-
,;r. =, No yer don't, sez l. but
hadn't got the words out OF my MOUTH De,
.or. I found myself with several h"'''e'
,..,sr se])ers tu.il dirt across the co''h'o''
80, =, =, ike blazc> an | Thought as nov"
Il. .o,v;rts was comm aud When We s'"fP
- ro,n;o | was about ten feet ahead an"
~.;,;, After We had subsidized INTO a S'"'
Of dog trot, Major Two Hundred and rory
col, Bows every man sHecAs b4'o" "''s
=. do her duty, an you that's as brave as a
..;,,,s sire nussv cat, conc along Well |
.hourht that waz all right, and kept along
.;,h the crowd particularly as tne Nay
or led US all towaFl1 the t'a'"ey ''o"se
uovsoever, he turned a short corner ana
,s,er tro,tiag the satss alone EHo'"S ''4f't' we
Il, fetched up in a little shop close by the
.,.v. yard, wher. a biz TELLER as lookci Ike
h Didn't kear if corn was ten bits a o"she''
,.ry;a;n he had no mules to feed, was co"n''n
ole Spanish quarters an putin them inter p''es:
Well we all crowded around his tabul' an /
cot close upto the money piles IN order 10
rake rare of EN-, for there was a srea' many
MILITIA ~ossifers about Tor the safety o! the Siiad
sca,as. Well the teller respected nv anxiety
and pr,bed me of about ten feet, telI'n. me-
.on,d watch It heap better from that DIS
,,rcc Well a bugaAecr general from the
eonntry. who | believe thcycalied kuTne!
Peas, dressed the other general! as WAS c"n''
tin the money IS follows, sc:,he "oeneF"'
the prisons a her. and we want to arm tins
g~aIliant band who in the cmoiutlon o! the
heroes. The Grcckns thgowcd over pi'r. are
= ro;u 70 defen} the widows all orphins OF
the place, e.c.,n and a good deal nor" o: the
same sort. Bot SCI the g%ene1n': Il would
like a little corporate authority With tina
Up steps a li.snt durty loosin (~ellcr: with MS
hat smashed in, an what they call frcscc
work done upon bis face with dust and sweat
who hal been ba,kin around like a bull !Ic"
! waiun to pa. ia MS nose: and SCI he gen
eru'. I amt 1 militia Dssifer bat ims a se'ec&
,ucnl here he stretched himself like . tuT kel
swolleran 4 hot p,rtate3 al III mortgage. on
sir,a Of the corporation for tain are guns
With that the ginavul opened his eyes--rol!
ed up his mouth az much az 20 say YOU b
dlmd,n and turned around - looS out OF II
window for soulc better authority. Aite
awhile the &iljt cum along; and to make
Iorg story short, he got the guns. lie put u
in a croosca line and ordered Us to lnarcf
when half the men followed one another a..
the balance being right fac. marched breas
fashion at left angles to the right. The Ma
lor with the assistance Of one general, tot
kurnels, three captains, no 'e!enants and
horse Dragon, a: last got the army under wa
AMI there we was, ten ossiIers and twenty
four coanter.hopp.rs a marchin up town lik
a"thousand of brick" We got out to Il
field Of battle and | was posted guard over
red cedar pale full Of 'nater; the color OF II
tub made the water look mighty red. but
was thirsty and didn't mind color. aud Their
fore pitched in pretty considerable. No
Mister Editor, what I want is for you to te
me what become OF me after | sot down
that ole greasy musket and Cazed at my sha
der in that red.celar bucket, and also, t.
me il putin guns in a barrel of oil to spoil
cote is any benefit to the United States, t
gun or my cote9
Your agreeable ~serv't, Coz. RICE.
PSI have hearn as how all the no
plstils fellers is to get a forty acrc land W;
1ant-the shot-gunites, so acres. and U.
musketeers, 100. Now as | had all three
them kind Of arms, besides a sword, | W;
you to see the Gunner. and get HIM to don;
800, or at any rate to pint me his aid-de-ko
or something Of that sort in addition to
l60 acres
Yours til deth. G.. r
RI SnCap AVN cotton OF r 7