Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-05-01
!. su Orleans Correspondence.
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in these parts, might be of some interest I
you, | %intTule and | know Of no ru,n,,,,,
events occasloning more talk just now TIA
the Bell Ererasse.o I made one of the MAJ,
who visited this grand scene Of destruetio
today. The opening is now one hundrs
and eighty feet wide, the deepest portion
(about the CENTER twenty-three feet. accor
ding to soundings taken to-day, at / O'Clock
The sounding had to be made with a Ioad,.
stick OF timber, a lead and line being Of y,
avail. About seventy feet Ut naling is alraad,
done, and The work ofclosif= progressing a.
well as circumstances will permit: for II,
force OF the water running through this wael
is incaIcuIabIe. The work is beinn dons b,
three pile drivers placed on a large flat boat
which is noored in the breach by stout zones
with al! available Purchases, and two lace
anchors thrown ont in the river. The piles
already driven in from six to nine feet wa
ter, they are now at the deepest portion. I
saw a piece Of timber thirty feet long placed
IN position for driving To-day, after it had
reached the soil, a weight OF six hundred feet
was placed upon it and it sunk to within saw
three feet Of the top Of the last piles driven,
Of course, ii had to be taken out, and a lorqar
one substituted.
The old adage of it's an Ill wind that
blows good to no one'' was never more truth
fully verified than is demonstrated here
omnibasess Ferry Boats, vehicles Of al!
kinds, shapes and forms; skills at your SER
vice for lay at all times; vendors of ginger
pops, and ginger bread, bad segars. and ion
the sly worse whisky, all deriving a -four
lshing trade.
The whole back cotantry is completely in
undated, and the eud is not yet. In Alaiers
some -four miles below, the people this moi
sl1ns Were moving o 3rier quarters, the water |
need them out of house and home.
Oh our side Of The river we are as yet, lfor
thauks) safe.
In political circles there is considerable
excitement, the great question being, WAC
shall be the next candidate of the American
aafty for AaFor7 The contest no.c lies be-
.Wesn the present worthy incumbent, Eofs.
lHAs..M WATERMAN, and the efficient Re-
of the First District, Hon. GERARD
>IETH-Who has the inside track. the i4a.es
lave rot Jet made kaown:-the friends Of
10th, as is usual: are confident Of the success
their ~iaFoTIte' As there is always, "in
peh cases made and provided" low cunning
3eing played. here We see plenty Of il; how.
'rer, it wuuf1 not surprise me in the least #
nl1d were to step in, take the track, and win
Eae race, carry of the palm, and secure the
=onlnation, which is equivalent to an election
$ the democratic party will not enter the lists.
he other offices, Street Commissioners. Re-
Aldermen and assistant Aldermen.
re a!most entirely lost siglt OF in the strife {
os the Mayoralty. 4
The great question for the past week, and +
r to last night has been the election Of Di- d
ecsors OF the Jackson Rail Road. Exten- a"
an or non-extersion hoiag the points as i
wen ont; bat, if the real truth aas known. o
think It vas whether this stock j,bber or !"
sat one should be placed i'll power. THIS isl b
ny my opiagion. though i,
Shortly after the adjournment Of our State ii
j noticed a goot'lF number OF t.
who were proud to represent the u,uer- S:
Ted IN either branch of that august body. 81
hat the object Of the s~ojourn, and what the =
use oil the length Of their stay with US. is il
It my province to say bull it has been said Il
alters In regard to who should BE 1Ir. Ben "
MINIS successor, was the sole object. and in ~
is connection it has been whispered that !,
e gentleman from Natchitocfies was pet w
,tly willing that Mr.. sandidge should be CT
e lucky man, when he in that case would
n5ent to step in and accept the post Of rep in
from the Fourth Congressional ID
strict, or ne would allow his name to be eA
ID TOT Senator, OF, If the party wished a ,s
ndldate Tor Governor, he was ready to in
the sacrifice. The Hon. 3. &. seems, an
viewer, to have been, in his turn, as self ~
'rl'lcitig rs any one else, and SO announced
by stating plainly he would consent to be tn
next US Senator, CT, they mlght put pc
friend, Tow GREER, a peg higher, and in f.,
It case ne would accept e representative
'aclty, or i the patty desired it, he. tn
'uid be the standard bearer, in the next ~
bernato.ial campaign, There were plenty tn,
'ers, | am told equally as patriotic as the xii
named: but, whyany any more, while an
ing Jobn'"sways the sceptre." ha
Notwithstanding our city has been given of
" and soul to Thugs and midnight assas- The