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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-03-28
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Southern sPafior Magazine
LadAe2'> Book.

NEW SERIES.
The arrangements for blending The SnUrH-
sRS LADIES, EooK and the SorrHsRF Pan
LOB MAGAZINE, being now complete,
MRS. v. r. ". MoCoRD
Takes great pleasure il announcing to the
citizens Of the South aud West, that the tlrsti
number OF the above Magazine will be ready
for delivery. and the Mail, On or about the
nth daypf November, being the December
number OF the Magazine. and 1t will, there
after, be published regularly on the 10Th day
or the proximate month.
There never mas beeG q period III the his
%ory Of our caliutry, when there was so stern
= necessity for the exercise of the Southern
mind, for Southern gt<d, as at the present
rsofnent, when every element Of enterprise
and independence should be brough: to ope-
rate for our beloved home.
Then, at this moment there need be no
langthened appeal in behalf Of a Southern
Literature no argument to induce The South
to refuse such mental pah.la-n as is furnish
ed BY the North 10 exhortatien to INSPIRE
She tr.~s Southerncr with becoming zeal in
behall mis- house hold traditions, and the
legends ofthe beautiful sayannahs that elus-
ter about his sunny home.
Each Hu, Der OF the Magazine will con-
tain 81 pages OF neat letter press, in royal
octave form, on superb paper, one steel en-
craving, ons piece Of original or popular fnu-
dc: plates oi.sae Fashions and other ernbel-
ishuents. There will also DC added about
10 pages. go be devoted to advertisement of
suitable style for such a Periodical, and it
will thus form a most appropriate and protita-
bic medium for the advertisement OF articles
Of taste and elegance.
To the subscribers Of the Southern Ladies'
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-03-28


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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-03-28

f.. aesise.ses Ess~-.
= he s5w price but - quality Of 1as fast -
ave oH bad.
~ TIE L41IEs DFpAhI1EfT
ric.,e.3 and plain f}srsges and Tissues
y,a..,e.s and uiaiu sa4sIius and CrganiiAA
H,stsn JsrYlet And orgaa5y hcbes,
Printed srilisnsiness aaconsfs and leeDn1
rt.,a aud Frias-d L4nnsn iAsae.
small Erurs printed iiren TOT ciiiiaEess &
Plain SsisasooEs and sieseTis LAsas,
p,ain aud dotted Swiss, sn.s great variety -
r}z#.A,
Plain ant StTipszl s"srA 'a1sss' "
81 and french prints.
E4sRoTpERiEs.
,sxeissr.s f.spsasetts AMI .leeves, II seNA
Rich t4uipuEe Lace t"llsrs:
ARR rsr:stg Of Six and Lsee AsneslAa
! F,,hro;aeres Muslin and iasaaes tands,
Yer. rich FuihguiaaEsd akerchan
Embroidered skirts, . great sariet*ssn3el
q. 50 .a'ares, rte., SIC
.sTs DEaeARTsEtE
F.. ...if selected fuz .his essrket. md GnaesANee~
~ he ,rt. best nors nasnslsir An .Atsst BIN -
sing
suits of White L.3nHen Drill aud s.assia Dnea,
Suits Of Checked Aarse3Hfs,
Sssits r Slack Italian 10th,
Mersaaz F,.,sszins, BaEpSas Sud Asepsca 800
60 do do 10 10 ~
srcso ttpasn EFisl, aad other styles os sspne
Cee.s, ans ants. -.
yesss Of esaE description ifsAI six se-s
rlef sssEs
al Iia1aa al.si4. +. shirts.
Under ~earmentt. in iinnen sfs cotton, -
SIN and Mum Crsvats. Half Egse Gisssi. - "a
Hat. straw Hats for YoaRg asaeriez.a
pg- SUse{s! attention l. paid II cur casfauaesn
from zee 4ariety Of oar stack, = 9elrcs " -
- sEys assured.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-03-28
Terms.

For any ore of the tcur Reviews s. 90
For any two of the four Reviews + 90
For any three OF the four Reviews - Z 90
For ali four OF the Reviews s 90
For Biackwood's Magazine 1890 ) 90
For Blackwooi and three Reviews Q 90
For Blackwooti aud the fouT Reviews : 10 90
Payments to be made in all case III adj
vance. Money current Ia tire Stale where
issued will be received at par,
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-03-28

Now la SEorc.
x bbls b ~sulphate IT Lime.
III 291hia Polar whaic el, clear,
5 e Castor oil.
10 & Linsetd oil,
oeefa lbs White lead,
10 DOZEN Champagne.
70 g C7aret,
5000 choice brauds ifa-ana cigars,
! 10 Ooo German cigars.
10 casks Scntch Ale.
) hhis Blue Lick Wa..r
| g chaice Peach Nhisky.
g 80 Monongaits.a dc.
different kinds Of Frenet. rrs5dy at
different prices.
10 dozen Earnnnl's Fluid Lamps.
40 rsasas Wrapping paper,
SO boxes Chinese re-crnkerr.
AL the ahevs articles are offered at ysv oriaan ~
prices, eatha- tor csst, OF On credit.
zrsoaEL, pruga:,t.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-03-28

II W. ROBERTSON, lTf0RAFT8 COUNSELLOR
iLs At Law viii practice his profession in the
si1fl Judicial District Of this state, the rn;fed states
and Supreme Courts At New Orleans. Business en-
trusted Y iiEs care will receive prompt attention -
Office in Piaaaeiaine .bervitie n.risi. Ia.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

MAYOR WooD has been re.nominaled by
the Democracy Of New York.
WILLIAM CARPENTER, a demo ocral, has been
elected Prolhouolary oil Lancaster County.
THE State Senate will be largely democrat
ic--more so than !. has been for years.
Judge BELL, the democratic candidate, is
elected Senator in the Chester and Delaware
District.
GEN. PACKER will have larger majority
than has been given to a governor of Penn
sylvania in many years.
To make times good, respectable a. people
must work more. spend leSs, and mind their
own business.
General JACKSON once told man who came
TO him 10 complain o! hard limes, "so home
and talk less, spend less and work more.n
az Al the suspension in 1897, gold sold
in New York al 10 per cent. premium--bul
1t is now sold as low as per cen..
III An original miniature Of Napoleon, said
o be one of The only :hree in exlsiance, is
advertised for sale by The executors Of the
late Andrew Stevenson, Of Virginia.
IRos seltees are being made TO replace the
pews in Henry Ward Beecher's church, a,
Brooklyn.
The proprietors OF the Girard House have
reduced The price OF board from 50, so 10 So
per day.
IB- There is more silk consumed in the
United States than in any other connlry on
the globe. Las. y@r there was imported
into this county and consumed here ss2,.
553,oI3.
~ A young man named White, who al.
tended a wedding party in Lancaster county
Pa, last Thursday, drank too much and was
found dead on the promises next morning.
~ The population Of California 10 estima-
ted to be 100000 of whom 100000 are Chi
nese, and 100000 native Californians aud
European immigrants, leaving goo, 900 Amer
leans. There are 2U0 Poles,aot clsrgymen
of oil denominations, OF ono minister 10 eve.
~ 1000 Of the Americas population.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

VThe superiority of American inventive
genius, no, only over that of our English pro-
geniiors, bu, indeed Of all other nations has
become 100 tangible 10 be- aispu.ed.. /. WAS
notorious al the Worlds Fair in London, that
the Americans far outslripped all others in
the useful inventions which they supplied.
We beat the English in vessels, railroads, and
manufactures by power. We are beating
them in the scientific arts Of Chemistry and
Medicine, as we have long beat the rest Of
mankind. A new aud practical proof of this
assertion Is shown in the fact that the princi-
pat remadiss of The aided armies OF the East
are furnished from the laboratory OF our own
couulrymar- Dr.. C. AVER of Lowell is fill.
ing orders for immence quantities ofhis Cher
~ Pectosal and Caiharic Pills, for both the
land and sea forces in Turkey. His medi-
ciDes have been tried and approved by those
in power who have found them The most re-.
liable which they could procure for the exi-
gencies in which they are 10 be employ ed
~. City Times.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

THE VALUE OF SPEuE.- Nothing shows
more clearly the comparative soundness of
the finances of the country at this time, than
the fact Thai the price of gold has already
fallen from about six TO one and two per
cent. 10 some cases in New York, The gold
drawn in large sums from The banks, has
been already deposited agsin-there being
no sale for il, al a price worthy The mention.
The rate OF exchange still continues against
Europe, and specie is flowing in upon u.s.
The last steamer from California, il will be
noticed, also broush' over million and q
half in specie 10 1887, the rate OF exchange
with Europe was heavily against Us, and
coin was shipped out of the country by the
millions The more the present distress is
looked into, the more il seems 10 differ from
a great financial revulsion, reaching down
10 The basis of things. The foundations of
the great fabric of trade seem as sound and
strong as ever. Everything beIokens fair
weather not very far ahead.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28
rE DIMENSIONS AND OTHER DATA OF TIL

- DIMENSIONS AND OTHER DATA OF THE
PROPOSED SHIP CANAL ACROSS THE lsrHMUs OF
PANAMA Length from shoe 10 shore, 454
miles Length from five falhoms water in
Nuvy Bay, on The Atlantic, TO thee fathoms
water IN ranaHa Bay, on the Pacific, 4sa
miles. The prism of waller 10 be $50 feet
wide a, The bottom, 270, feet wide a, surface,
and 81 fes, deep. The locks TO be 400 feet
in clear ltaglh of chambers and 90 feet liz
clear width, The summit level will be I5O
feet above mean tide of The Atlantic and Pa.
ci6c ocean. The summit cut will be about
miles long The deepest cutting on this
level will be 1856 feet, and the average depth
OF The cul will be 49 feet. The river Cha
gres yields an ample supply Of water for The
canal at oil seasons OF he year. The summit
level will be supplied by a feeder about "a
miles long, which will tap the river Chagre:
about2 miles above The town of Cruces
where The level Of The river is about IS;
feet above mean tide, and about 35 fee
above the summit level The cost of ihi;
canal, iocluding the requisite harbor improve
menis al each end, will OF exceed $50, 900,
900.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

Low PRICE OF WHEAT IN IowK-The Iowa
City Republican slates that farmers are offer
ing wheat in the CITY for forty cents bushei.
and cannot find purchasers. The Republi-
can adds: "The same state Of facts is repor.
led of the Muscaiine and other river markets,
and indeed We say Of The markets generally
of ibe state"
PooR COMFORT FOR oUR CoUsINs.-The
steamer Arabia, which left last Thursday for
Liverpool, took ou, l02 passengers and fifteen
hundred dollars in specie and bad news
enough 10 sink man OF war. Bat John Bull
mus, grin and bear it, as We have done.
The LAST FINANCIAL PANIc.--Tbe last great
financial revulsion was begun in 1871, with
the suspension of the Unitet States Bank
and ended in 1910. the very one that began
the war. Within those years 10000 houses
broke and took The benefi, OF the bankrupt
law of 1911 Their debts amounted 10 $40O.
600 ,O00--lheir assets 10 almost nothing.
~A Wisconsin correspondent of The Ro-
chester Onion states that, in going from Prai-
rio du Chen TO La Croose, few days ago, a
singular scene was presented on the steam.
bool. Al one end of the lorg saloon cler-
gyman was preaching 10 small crowd gath
erred around him; ia The middle, gambling
was in busy progress; and a, the other exlre-
nifty of the saloon there was music and dam
cling!
Coon OUT or Evil.--The panic han had one
good result, at all events. The Convention
which was to meet al Cleveland on the 26Ih
for the purpose of dissolving The Union, has
been postponed on account Of the financial
difficulties o: the country. Whether they
iea'd they would be anable 10 raise money
10 carry out their scteme of dissolution, OF
to pay their Railroad fare, we are not in
formed.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

:
The State Legislature, fo' the next session,
will probably stand as follows:
SENATE.
l. Dist:--Phladelpsi Ingram, n.
L. Wright, Samuel ]. Randall, = Isaac N. Mar.
seIis,* Democrats.
II. Dist.-Chesler and Delawars--Thos. S.
Bell, D..
III. Ds,-Montgomery-Thos. P. Knox,D }.
Nv. Bucks Jonathan Ely, D.
Dist--Lehigh aud Noahampton-Jos.
Laubach, D.
vi. Dissatisfaction c. Evans, D.
VII. sl-SchuyIkiIl-C.M M. S,raub, D.
VIII. Dist.-Cafbon, Monroe, Pike and
Wsyne--Thomas Craig, Jr., D.
TX. Ds,-Bradford, Susqushanna, Wyo-
ming and Sullivan-E. Reed Myer, Opp.
X Dist.-Luzerne-G. p. Steele, D.
XII. Dist. Tiosa, Potter, MKean and War
ren-Henry Souther, Opp.
XII. Dis,.-CIinion, Lycoming, Cen,re and
Union-Andrew Gregg Opp.
XIII. Dist.--Snyder, Northumberland, Co.
Iumba and Montour, Chas. R. BuckaIew I'D
XIV. Dvl.-Cumberlard, Perry, Juolala
and MIffiin--Henry Feller,* n.
XIV, Dist. Dsuphin and Lebauon--J. B.
Rutherford, opposition.
XVI LDist--Lancasler- Bart,an, Il. Shelter
Opp, w. b. MarshaH,* Opp.
xvii Dist.--York-Wm II. Welsh, D.
XVIII. Disl--Adams, franklin and Fulton
--Geo. w. Brewer, D.
XIX. DIst--Somerset, Bedford and Hunt
inalon--William P. Schell,* D.,
Xxx. Dist.-Ba'r, Cambria and Clearfeld-
John Cresswell, Jr., D.
XXI Dis,.-Indiana and Armstrong-T. J.
Co6ey. Opp.
XXI. Disl.-Westmorel and Fayeus-
Jacob Turuey,#D.
XIII. Dis,.-Washiugton and Greene-G
w. MiIler,* D.
XIV. Disl.--Allegheny-Wm. Wilkins
D., Ed,Dord d. Gassam, Opp.
XIV. Dst.-Beaver and Butler--John r
Harris, Opp.
XXVI Dis,.--Lawrence, Mercer and We
nango-(Two opposition Sena,ors.)
XVII. Dist.--Erie and Crawford-D. A
Finney, Opp.
XVIII Dist-CIarion, Jefferson, Forest anc
Elk-G. W. Sc0fsld, Opp.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28
The Enropean News.

The dates by the Europa, is TO the 10th
insi. There is nothing new or startling from
India. The London Morning Chronicle pro-
fesses 10 have good authority for stating that
steps have beer taken for psoclaiming Queen
Victoria Queen of Hindoston. This move.
men', if attempted, will be an open attack
upon The East India Company, sRd it's an.
nouncement has therefore created some in.
terest In London. -Ms
In Ireland a proclamation has been issued
by the authorities extending the limits OF lbe
proclaimed district around Belfast, informa-
iion having been received that the people
instead of delivering up the arms were con-
cealng outside the original limia, so that
they would be available in case of fresh dis
turbances.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

THE VicIsslTUDEs OF CoMMERcE.-A few
months since the partner of commercial
house in this cIty was taken to lunatic as
syum, utterly deranged, as was said, by his
unpara'led prosperity 10 business. During
the year previous his firm had cleared ST.
900 900 He died in the ASYLUM, and bis
own estate was vaned al $500 900, all in
vested in the concern Of which he was
partner. The firm itself failed the other day,
and is now said to be utterly insolveni. One
item Of The assets OF the deceassd's estate
was thousand shares of The Illinois Central
railroad stock, which was selling q, the time
of his decease al $40 a share, ard was
" orth, after paying up the insialmsnis, $500
600. The same property sold yesterday at
public sale al $5O,OOO.
All this occurred within eighteen months
the prosperity, the insanity, the decease
and the insolvency.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28


During the exciterbent attending our own
State election and i,f financial lrou bles, the
public almost lost sigh of The TACT tha, a peace.
able and quiet election has al last been held
in Kansas and that Dat election has resulted
in favor Of what ths Black Republicans call
:" freedom" Mr. PARRorr, the free state
candidate, elseistio Congress- by over 1900
majority. And this under the much. abused
Kansas and Nebraska bill. And YET, strange
10 say. the Republican papers have scarcely
weId TO say about it, they seem SO disap-
pointed. They persisted thai Kansas would
be slave Slste--lhst Douglass and Buchan-
an designed to make il Slave Stale and that
there was no hope at oil for "freedomn Thus
is this vexed question, which has convulsed
the Union from Main to California and some
times threatened 10 dash it 10 pieces, perma.
nently and peacefully settled by the quiet bu,
efec!ual workings of popular sovereignty.
And thus does The much abused measure
vin!icale itself before the country aud re es
lablish the grand democratic doctrine that in
a government like ours all power can be safe.
ly entrusted into The hands Of The people.
What now becomes of the Republican parry
and ilspredic!ons What will be their next
hobby, now that bleeding Kansas is virtual ly
disposed of
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

How PRopHsTIc.-The following is an ex-
tract from speech made by President Bu-
chanan, when in Congress, on the indie
pendent treasury BILL
"The evils of redundant paper circula-
ton are manifest to every ere. II alisrna,s-
ly raises and sinks The value of every mans
properly. II makes a beggar of the man 10,
morrow who indnlges in dreams d wealth
to-day. II converts the business of society
into mere lottery, whilst those who distrb.
ute the prizes are wholly Irresponsible TO the
people. When the collapse comes-as come
il musl--it casts laborers out of employ.
meni, crushes manufacturers and merchants,
and ruins thousands OF honest and indus,ri.
ous citizens"
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

ANOTHER AsTERoIp-By the English pa
pers which arrived yesterday, we learn that
on the 18th of September, DR.. R. Luther, at
Blk, near Dusseldorf, discovered new
planet, of the eleventh magnitude, the fifth
seen in 1857, and the 47lh now known TO ex-
list between Mars and Jupiter. 1t was stated
in the Washington Union of the 9Th October,
that on the preceding evening, Mr.. Fergu-
son, of the National Observatory, discovered
yet another planet, also of the eleventh
magnitude, which, ifhitherto unknown, will
be the forty.eighth Of the Asteroids. The
size, however, of,hese planets is very small
the diameter of the largest being supposed
to be but forty miles, and of the smallest
only four! ss
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

Who WANTS MONEY ?--Uncle Sam has got
a plenty, and is anxious TO get rid of it. He
offers from six TO sixteen per cent. premium
for his own six per cent. stock, and will pay
for il in specie.-Erehangs.
Ah, yes all well enough. But, "firsl catch
your fish," as Mrs. Glass advises those who
wan, to follow her recipe for cooking trout.
First get hold of the stock, if you can. 1t is
mol quite as plenty in The market as railroad
stocks, and those who own it don't appear
10 be tempted by the bait of TO IS per cent.
premium offered for lis redemption. Uncle
Sans credit is so good, that everybody is
glad 10 trust him.-Reading Gazette.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28
Chinese Sugar Cane.

A great deal of puffieg has lately beer
done. for the Chinese sugar cane, and vari-
GUS experiments have been made 10 exirac,
sugar and molasses from it. These all sue
ceed; but the article can evidently be raised
in this county only al disadvantage. The
higher price of labor here over China would
of Itself prove an insumountable check 10
it's cultivation; and we predict that the enter.
prize will turn out morus muItisanlus fail.
ure.
Theoretically tie United States seemed
perfectly adapted 10 the raising Of silk, by
It's soil, climate, &c., just as il does for rails.
ing sugar from Chinese cane. Butthe prac.
.iical operation Of The matter is very differ
ent thing; and then il, too late, appears thai
some of the most important considerations
have been left out of the calculation.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28

SOME OF THE Beauties OF BANKINa.-The
following rich revelations are furnished by
correspondent of the 81. Louii Republican:
''In conclusion, will depict for you an
Illinois bank. A frame house, counter SO
high that you can barely lay your wrist on
the sharp edges of ii, and so narrow that but
ore man can approach al a time. The spe-
Gle SCOOP hangs high up, like the laws of Me-
70, but unlike Them, covered with cobwebs.
Your check is cancelled in deadly silence.
You hear some fumbling behind green
screen. Apackage Of shin plasiers, as thick
as bulls horn, and twenty-five cents in sill
ver, are handed you for your incouslterable
check. The bundle is tightly laced the notes
are inside, so that, with the other inconveui-
ences, you can hardly coun, them. You
open the bundle and silt out the iInkhsms,
almond trees, and Wisconsins, and you are
peremplorily TOLD, mo use in asserting !; that
is oil you can get You say: 'please, then,
return my check Answer: 'Your check is
already cancelled This is the return made
you by the best of them for gold advanced
on grain. Had the grain gone down, you
would have had Il, but, having gone up,
they return you such shinplasters ,.io'.your
advances in gold, or stand suit
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-28
The Agricultural Fair

Last week brought TO town on the second
day of is exhibition more people than were
ever gathered here before, and all OF them
ssemsd content and satisfied, excep, some
who thought ,heJ had reason 10 expect pre-.
miums, and did not receive any. Bnt this
cannot fail 10 be The case on such occasions.
The principal attraction seemed 10 be the
borse-tsces, which wete ksptu nearly all
the time.
The public dealt very literally with the
society making it's income during the exhbi-
,ion amount to some S4o0--a sign indicating
anything else than hard times among our lar.
lnefs.