Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-11-07
Drc1pEpLY FUNxy.-The Baton

relieves itself Of a vast quantity OF
spleen, at the expense of fhr lucky
candidates in that city. Says the
reqalator Of the A0uocata:
The successful opponent Of Capt. Kent
50 Of the Recorder elect, Tho farmer
has bid }roflseiy for his triumph, and
has protited largely ty the support of a
class Of pufeh.s~;bte s%gal onds Nt'ots-
isl on tie public Of Baton Rouge and
bold themselves ur for sale to the high
est bidder o.. all occa. ions where voting
is 10 be done. We believe this "coIo-
MID" vote Numbered sonle tlftesn OF
twenty, and were voted NJ the Plains
precinct b. those whok.pt tender watch
oyel them. One fellow patadvd his
shame on ti,s streets yesterday hr the
exhibition Of ~ $50 bill which had been
handed to him for Iii. vote. This was a
clerk IN one Of cur grocery establish
men1s, and it is gratifying to stx'e tia
lis employer kicked him into the street
when he bml learned Of this financiat
operation. Mr.. babin is j tish-toned
a"d universally esteemed gentleman, =
90 d officer ard 4 better c.tIzen, and we
drink it hut right to give ! III m oppor-
tunily Of disclaInaing ali connection With
these tral saction., If lie nae Ii. At the
bottom # Item.
What candidate ever al for Of
flee that did not bleed protilselv2-
and did not Capt, Kent bleed equal
" as protuseIy, and have as many
warm friends working for him as
Mr.. Babin had! Our friend Of the
A9rocats grows highly pure when
he talks Of the "purchaseabie yas-
abonds who exist On the public Of
Baton Rouge" lie seems particu-
larry troubled with a sAortn"ss Of
memory about this time as 70 q Ger
tain little matter that transpiE.d
lust previous to the last PGesideA
tIal election. when these same "puir,.
chaseable ragabonds were run off
into the woods, aud there col0nized
by some members Of that pure
party to which the d1cocats be-
longs. These Z" vagahonds then
voted the Democratic ticket, being
fed, clothed, vbiskved aud paid for
- doing, but there was TO harm
done then, because voting the De
moeratic ticket was the penance
that covered the sin. We think
this system Of getting votes, q can
da1ous one, and ought to be tFown-
ca down ~ all good men Of both
parties, but as Democracy has in
troduced the system, they ought
not tn grnanbIe when It is played off
70 their disadvantage. The closing
part otthe paragraph, is rich about
giving Mr.. babin a chance of dis
claiming all connection with these
transactions.
We sympatillse with the sigpr
press, at the utter discontinue Of
their candidate, and only wish that
we could offer them some words Of
coincidence, to sooth their narrowed
feelings, but we can't. We pre-
pared them III a measure for the
blow, by telling them last week
that their candidate would get but
one parish, and that parish Iher-
vile, and they should be thankful
to US for that, Poor BALou, he
paid US d visit Oh Wednesday last,
looking like the fag end Of pea
time. He said something, and we
smiled, and mingled our woes TO-
gether, and talked Of better days
yet to come. Poor BALcu-poor
BRADBURN
GREAT FIRE IN JACKSON, Miss The
Cotton Factory IN the Peniteat;arv Des-
troYed.-Atout seven O'Clock on SUNDAY
eTenlnge tho people Of Jackson, Miss,
were startled by the alarm of the fire,
which, from the !ight, was 0 found to
be III the ~Penetentiarv. The firemen
were pronpy on the ground, but the
large cotton factory, situated within the