Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-05-16

DARlSu Posi- J4Flca koBBt.Y.- la,
Morehou.s 4Adroeats, of May 9th, makes
! the following statement Of An atroc'ou'
robbery committed in the Pos. Office o
Bastrop!
o. Saturday the 23d nit, certain cit
| izens Of ,!,is place accidentally dlscov-
cred a quantity t letters concealed be
tween the mattresses IL 4 bed II The has
| lfop pos;otice, We beiieve there were
forty letters nr perhaps 'l"rr, h!! broken
| pen, aud suct. AS CO tanned ~faIiabi">
" err all cleaned out. On Illumination II
!, vas found thai these letters had all been
taken OF stolen i,om the postotiic".-
What number had been destroyed or
what tnoun of money these n,i! rob
bug postnthce pirates had distracted, 1t
IS impossible IT, SAY. Tie letters found
ART u all probability but small stmpie
i the entire quantity stolen, As it Is not
likely that these thieves put AL they
sto.s under the mattress. NJ doubt the
great bulk We destroyed, and these
'ouud were probably forgotten in then
temporary hiding pIace-the thieves be-
ing 1T the time Of tak,u, them too
trunk to make away with them
more etiestualty. So far a. asc rt,ined
from the tiers found. about five hun
bred dollars il known Ia have beeu Ia
ken. This amount would be quite a rais-
- certalu individuals who are known ~
nave had access 10 The postoHee.-
Whether one rogue pockes-d the pile, or
whether there was spro rata dl,tFIbu
tion among the coni-leratrs, we ARE oI
c urse unable TO $ v. Besides stealing
nom the public generally, these rascal,
we're base enough to rub their emp oF-
-rs, Or at least those through WON they
got access to the ufhce, rs II appears thai
used NJ about five hundred dotia,-
worth u postage stump, "i which, the,
must have sold on Their " account
however satisfied with stealing all
he money letters that passed through
The Office, and such quantity ~ofstatnps,
must needs crafty Their ru'sa
curiosity by opening and reading letters
which they uusi have known cou1I
nothing valuable. Surely sucs
. scene of bare>'acet y"iIIaiuy has u-ve
leiore been enacted IN any civilized
;ountry and Vet, strang~ 10 say tire
,erpetfatprs Of this mta,Dy walk the
in hrosl day ilgl,, rs aucnu
AS il nothing vi the kind had ev
r happeuel-as to who they are, a4d
\ hai tney are, that IS 10 secret III Bs>-
rop-nmpunil. for the past appears 10
them confidence as to The future,
We would pubi!sn the nan o. those
'trates but that is UNNECESSARY, tor as we
sad, every body knows them, and
"e hope. though we are atrsid
ainly that this matter may vet be the
of y Judicial investigation.
As to how far the P,t-tnas,er, Cai.
Avng>tot, is To blame, or bis Deputy,
tr Wright, it j. 10, for Us 10 say
hey both, or at east, Mr.. Livingston,
the characters vino off e'a,ed II g.,
1e pas..tii:e. OF most undoubtedly, If
g did lot himself comnl.t, he certainly
EKMITTEo the prrpetfatioD Of tie gross
( outrage that las eyer been practlced |
? any community. |. is idle to tell Us I
at any Postmaster or deputy Pos; {
is-ter is to he he'd guiItIess, who per-
Ills Lrafsr>, SOS aud repu:ed thieyes to
access IT, the mail matter passing /
rough the III g. But with the Col.
e suppose these these werr. but minor j.,
'nsld-ratlnns. 50 tie P.stuthce could bu /
III the hands Of the Democracy i,
ID above all, in the purii-us of A wills +,
y shop. We'll, the Col. has had j, ali ),
5 own way, aud AZ for Us. all we have
say for the present, IS, we wish him =
Of all the honor and CREDIT hv may y
We receise,l from such > distinguished t,
tcl IF a~s'~tsnr~. r
TnE MAPLE SUGAR CROP. The Al K
NJ IN. y Argus estimates the va;ue i,
Tie maple sugar crop IN that State. t
is year. at two and a half millions If S.
liars in value-20O 600, 600 lbs.-and h
at Of the whole Union ri eight mi e
rs five hundred and sixty-.wo thous- J
d five hundred dollars IS, $4,000 it
t. The State of Louisiana produces a
II fills Of all The sugar crops Of the v
non. both maple and cane. II
CHINESE SUGAR CANE.-Sugar from Il
, Chinese sugar cane, and alcoho! dis u
ed from its juice. have been exhibited Il
the Patent Office. Washington. Thi. Il