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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-04-24
From the Sunday Hagnet.
AN IMPERIAL LAY
Ey FRANK GCIVonLTf

ss4g -.. .. ~ FRANK oarvon17=
Excellent old hat, farewell
Injured Tile adieuI adieu!
z@ Nov Poetry, with magic spell,
Put this parting through.l
Your Grown is rent, your iabIlc greasy,
ii Your rim hangs parted, deft and easy,
And this .sesc hat your master wears. ~
tMan yainly as protapely swears
There's nothing new
Every man hath royal blood
b. .. 4.~ How he ranks is as he dimes,
Kingly if he daily food
All his veins with kihgly wines:
But with hat diseased and dank-
Told--condding, injured sore,
How can king keep up his rank ?
Hope to drink as monarch more?
mans man, and every man,
sal Is royal, done-but how unione
>.@ With no more powder In lsis pan.
What Christian fight was ever won :?
Excellent old coat. farewell!
Seedy Friend, adieu adieu!1
(Now Poetry, with mystic spell
Put this parting thEough-l
Your seams are gray. your body worn,
You match my old tl.~ both iorIorn,
And this nsw coat proudly wear,
tNen vainly, as pro:anely, swear
There's nothing new,I
Th'eadbare coat and shabby hat
Set d :rin~~rcft buck a few,
.+ But he waxeth gross ard fat
T. II the hat and coat be new:
FL" = - have w"rn them Of and on,
Hats aAd coats both new and old
r.. old--then I was going, gone, i
*-<2 New-then some one else was
sold,
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i. ven. Henderson u. s. Senator fron,
~ seaas, y sad to BE- far gons in consunp-
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-04-24

A man is but a man at best
An emperor can be no more,
and every man al least may rest
Assured he is an emperor.
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ministration-right CT wrong. II is now Justly
deemed slavisb, and inconsistent with ou-
higher obligations of justice, to God But then
it was patriotism, and its denial treason. Ths
Throne or the Commonwealth knew no rivalry
in the devotions of the faithful A Socrates
could willingly yield up his life to isctien abl,
to call itself Athens. A Brutus, in obedience
to the State, could condemn 10 death his own
sou. A Cranmer, in purifying the church
whose first bishops were but fishermen, could
find no head for that purified church 30 meet
as lcentious and bloody King. Misguided
patriotism or loyalty is the grave of personal
Independence and public liberty. Yet was it
the deity of all, and he who could expose the
mysterious shadows of revered philosophy.
bowed to the common idol. So loyal was hi,
whole being, that when accepting those gifts Of
Essex which he is condemned for so requiting,
he happily alluded to the feudal obligations, and
said: " Ny Lord, see l must be your homa
ger, and hold land of your gift; but do you
know the manner Of doing homage in law
Always it is with q saving of his faith to tn
King end his ether Lords." To illustrate the
capriciousness of human Judgment as to a sub
ject's duties, l can but notice the fact, that
Macaulay, so severe upon Bacon, does not hest
tate to condemn the continued affection and
gratitude of William Penn towards his friend
and benefsctor, the exiled James, implying the
obligation to withdraw all attachment to the
enemy of the State, or of public liberty.
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ITO BE CONTINUED.

P B. Garesche is very anxious to be elected
public administrator of St. Louis and since
his nomination on the Buchanan ticket is quite
likely to insure his defeat, he issues card for
the purpose Of counteracting the effect of the
untoward accident and placing himself right
before the public. he is very solicitous that
the Office shall not be made party reward.
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ltioral Era Of June 3D. w
moi perfect" one of Adams race
Sharing the shadow of the Fall,
But sancn6ed by Jesus grace,
The one atonement made for all
He claimed no perfectness but mir
Who dare deny that ii was his?
Not Pnfeet; +" though 10 US 1t seemed
Man could no truer, Bobler be-
Though, as we gazed on him, We deemed
That only immortality,
Battling decays relentless power
Could add one charm 10 his rich DOVER
mot peyfeetj" we, 10 whom his prayers
Were our own spirits heavenward wings,
Llinng Us up, from grefs and cares,
Above all sublunsrv things,
Know how he pleaded TO be free
From all of mans in6rmity
Not pesfsefj" no. we never claimed
1t; fondy, proudly we loved
Him, he himself had blamed
Our folly, and the thought reproyed.
He lived as one who felt his share
'Tof iltsnii e watching aa,o prsIernJ cd.
Not perfect" yet, if those WHO seek
To show him but OF mortal birth,
(which none e'er doubted1 can but speak
OF that which proves his highest worth,
If" the one errorn OF his life
Was 10 be first in Freedoms strife
Then he tcss perfect. Fearlessly
We fling our gauntlet to the world
The had no Janlt but TO be
Drawing the missiles Sander hurled)
standard bearer in the van
OF those who fight for God aud man.
We ask no better eulogy
For him. who needs 10 naortaFs praise,
Than his own so.emn words will be
Henceforth, throughout all coming days
That calm, grave protest against wrong,
NeUr req snied of lifelong.
Thank God of all his brief bright life
No word or action claims regret;
Least of all, that in holy strife,
He, on Gods wall a watchmsn set,
Flung out the banner ofthe Free
And batAed well for Liberty
NOT perfect" yet, no meaner goal
Than perfeciness could satisfy
His glorious mind, his lofty soul;
And SO, God called him to the sky
We to the stroke in anguish bow
He-God be thsnked-is" perfect now.
III. Holly, June s, 1858. R.AR.
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CHAPTER III.
The Knights Lady.

daughter Of the gods divinely tall
And most divnely fairn-Tsnnyson
htre La destinee voice dun grand homme.
asr par sa main, grandir dams SON Sort briller
s sous son nom, cetait la seule ambition que lui
iu'' permise ambition tendre ct devouee qui
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For the National Era.
DUDLEY A. TYING,

ne was not perfect; he committed one Deep grave
awful error"-Dv Cunnai,ass Sermon as ,epoJd in ~,
National Era Of June 3D. - F w VIC
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3m or her who doubts that daring assertion, take
$ any omnibus or car that runs four or five miles
Boston, and in again and let him or her listen
anon sense of the wesrers of waistcoats there.
81 earnestly, but hesita,ingly, sttily, and with
sof men somewhat painfully overtasking their
{, endeavor to discuss politcs; and then let the
; .slighting from the car or omnibus, er,er the
..ading room, and for the argument of the Dem
= yesterdays Post or Courisr; for that of the
) sieader in the Boston Daily Adcertise-; or per
, aid Wing be q very general reader, some old
Daniel Webster's; and then let the listener say
hat rash assertion is not founded on fact.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-09-06
Tompico Taken by the Liberals

Mr.. Hudson, purser of the steamship Gen. Rusk
from Brazos St ago, informs US that an express from
Victoria arrived at Matamoras on the lst inst, with
intelligence that She city Of Tampico was taken on
the 25th ult by the Liberals consisting of 400 From
tier Raemen, under Capestran, assisted by revolt
inside the walls.
In the Brownsville Flag, of the 1st inst, we find
the following confirmation of the above
News has been received in Matamoras to the effect
that the citizens and merchants of Tampieo were
growing exceeding tired of being Gagged up and were
making overtures to the besegers to deliver to them
the city. The citizens, poor souls, have long quietly
suffered simply because they could not help them
selves, and the opuent merchants who have all along
controlled affairs have deemed it to their advantage
to hold out. But they have found their profits mate.
rally curtailed when confined to the city limits
besides Gov. Garza has managed to possess himself
Of a talsman of wonderful power in controlling their
movements. This talisman consists ofthree hundred
cargoes of rich goods These goods are held to be of
more value to them than their fidelity to Zuloaga or
to Moreno and hence the change in their sentiments.
Surely money is king.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-09-06
Texas Intelligence.

The Galveston News of Thursday last says:
The health Of the city continues good and there is
but very little sickness Of any kind. We have had
nothing at all approaching to yellow fever among our
own citizens do we anticipate any this sea.
son. The only case OF yellow fever was that reported
some two weeks ago as having been brought over by
the Mexico, and buried the same day. In fact, we
have yet to hear of the first case Of yellow fever in
Texas this season.
The Bexar Herald announces the arrival there of
some of the Bell county gold hunters They brought
with them about thirty or forty pounds of silver ore
which bad a very pure look.
The Herald states that train of twelve large mule
wagons loaded with merchandise for Chihuahua,
passed through their town on the Goth ult This
route is said to be gradually coming into favor in pre-
ference to that by the way of Independence and Santa
Fe.
The McLennan Southerner says that buck deer
had been lately killed in that county, which had
thirty spikes on each Of its horns. 1t was very large
and had fat on its breast an inch and half thick
The Sontherner notices the arrival in Waco Of the
old Tonkaway Chief Plaeido, He had been on a
visit to the Governor and on his return from Austin
his horse ran away, pitched him off, and caused him
to loose a silver medal which had been given him by
President Polk.
The Seguin Mercury learns that in Belmont on the
23d ult., during trial for rape, before Justice OF
the Peace row took place in the court room, and
ten or fifteen pistol shots were fred Only one man
was hurt, he having received ball in his side.
Mrs. siyilee, residing some six miles west of Dallas,
on Mountain Greek valley, was struck by lightning
and instantly killed few days since.
The San Antonio Herald says that no part of the
world can beat the mountain region of Texas in the
production of wheat. That paper mentions several
crops in San Saba county and says that while some
ofthem have gone above forty bushels to the acre,
they have generally averaged between thirty and
forty.
The San Antonio Ledger publishes the following
letter of the 10th ult., from Laredo:
Yesterday about o'clock in the evening party Of
Conedores were attacked by the Indians on the
other side Of the river, and near this place.
The Indians killed two men, and dangerously
wounded another A party who started in pursuit
of the SayagGs have returned with the news that the
| Indians had crossed over to this side.
As we thought that the Indian depredations had
ceased in this country, our farmers were returning to
their long abandoned fields and to the care Of their
cattle but they will have to abandon again these pur-
suits unless the United States send US sufficient
force of cavalry.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-09-06
Qt6 0rIeans 4aiIp Grsstent.
MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6, l858.
The Song Of Seventy.

LAS gong OF seventy.
Who would suppose that the author Of Proyerbial
could write as good poem as the fol-
owing
am not old, cannot be old,
Though three score years and ten
Have wasted away like a tale that is told,
The lives OF other men.
am not old though friends and foes
Alike have gone to their graves,
And left me alone to my joys or my woes,
As rock IN the midst Of the waves.
/ am not old cannot be old
Though tottering, wrinkled and gray;
Though my eyes are dim, and my marrow is
cold,
Call me not old to-day.
For early memories round me throng,
Old times and manners and men,
As look behind on my journey so long,
OF threescore years and ten.
look behind and am once more young,
Bnoyant and brave aud bold,
And my heart can sing, as of yore it sung,
Before they called me old.
/ do not see her-the old wife there
Shriveled and haggard and gray,
But look on her blooming aud soft and fair,
AS she was on her wedding day.
do not see you, daughters and sons,
In the likeness of women and men,
But kiss you now as kissed you once,
My fond little children then.
And, as my own grandson rides on my knee
Or plays With his hoop or kite,
can well recoIlect was merry as he
The brghteyed little wight!
'Tis not long SINCE it cannot be long,
My years 50 soon were spent,
Since was boy, both straight and strong,
Yet now | am feeble and bent.
dream-a dream-it is all dream!
A strange, sad dream, in sooth,
For old as am, and old as I seem,
Ny heart is tull of youth.
Eye hath not seem tongue hath not told,
And ear hath not heard it sung,
How buoyant and bold, though itseem to grow
old,
Is the heart, forever young.
Forever young, though life's old age,
Hath every nerve unstrung
The heart, the heart is a heritage
That keeps the old man young.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-09-06
The Captured SLAYER.
CONFLICT or JUR1sDrcT1os SUGGESTED.

It appears that the excitement in Charleston over
the Africans of the save brio Echo Is nat occasoned
siro,1I,, ~, ~ a,.I- ~ .i.o aoas.-.a ra;t
SIMPLY py the novelty OF the occurrence a point
has been raised touching the Jurisdiction of the case
one party claiming that il belongs to the State of
South Carolina the other that Il 6ertans II the Fed
.rai r,,,,orrr.ar,t .s;s
erai Government IN whose possession the eaptiyes
now are. 1t Ii pretty clear that the United States
laws govern the case but it seems that the State au
thorties or rather some of tho state ,f7car, b.ra
80, II
taAe eS''ute9 " test lhe qhestoh. lhe Charlestoh
Courier thus recites the facts 50 far as they have
transpired:
on Sunday. the Sheriff of C!Earfastor, rfstrict I
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-09-06
capture or the slaver---onclal report.


UNITED STATES BRIG DOLPHIN, !
AT sea- Aug. q. 1855 lat IS 50. long. sJ.4!
SIR have the honor to intern the department
that, after long chase, oyerhauled and captured,
at o'clock this evening, a SLAYER, surrendering
under American colors. She has on board over three
hundred slaves, and, when first made her out, was
standing for Key West, with expectation of landing
her cargo this evening. Her officers and crew CON
icans and one possessed an American protection.
have put the prize under the command OF Lieut. j. NJ.
Bradford, with Lieut.. G. G. Carpenter, ten seamen,
and six marines, with orders to proceed at once to
Charleston South Carolina and act in the premises
as the may require.
am credbly informed that several American yes.
sells are expected the north of Cuba about the Ist
of October,
Being short Of officers and men, and the vessel re.
quring some overhauling shall sail at once for Key
West there to await the instructions Of the depart
mcnt from its receipt Of this communication.
am, very respectfully, your obedent servant,
j. n. MAFFIT,
licnteuaat Commanding.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-09-06

HoNoR TO WHOM HONOR is DUE.-The committee
Of the Chamber Of Commerce and of the merchants
of New York have adopted the following resolution
Whereas, the Chamber of Commerce and citizens
faction at the successful laying Of the cable and
whereas, the commercial results to flow from this new
and extraordinary means of communication between
the two countries will carry in their train happiness
and prosperity and rebound largely to the interests of
the city we represent
ResOiVed, That this committee, in view of the con-
templated mark OF respect by the city OF New York
to Capt Hudson and officers Of the Niagara, Cyrus
W. Field, W. E. Everett, W Il. Woodhouse, and
Lieut. Bergman, extend the same to the officers of
the AgamemnOn, Gorgon and Yalorous, that the
recognition of the services of these men may render
the action Of the committee international in its
character
here-Henry, Morse, Manry and Brooke.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-09-06
nrIs.lsslppi Tntelllgence.


We extract the following from the yicksburg True
Southron
We had another marked and very sudden change
in the weather yesterday. In the morning the air
was close sutry and warln with the Mercury at sc
degrees. About II O'clock however, rain com.
menced falling, the wind sprang up, and in short
time the Mercury had fallen to Is degrees or full
eleven degrees Such changes must be highly iDiu-
riOus to health and yet the sanitary condition of the
city has rarely been better at this of the year
We were able to hear of no new cases of yellow
fever yesterday il We except man who sent to
the City Hospital from the steamboat Maria Denning.
Two deaths occurred yesterday-an Irish drayman
attached to the foundry Of Messrs. A N. Paxton &
Co., and an Irish servant girl.
The Jackson Mississippian of Friday last says:
A death from yellow fever occurred on Wednesday
night, at the 4" fobecca Boarding House, near the
Brandon depot. The disease was contracted in New
Orleans, The deceased came from that city sick sew
eral days before he died. where he had sojourned in
Il house where numbers had died The physician,
DR. Bailey who was called to see him, found him in
the last stage of the disease throwing up black Yom
it. Other physicians saw the body after death, and
all agreed that it was case OF yellow fever and in its
most yrulent and aggravated form,
Circumstances rendering it quite probable that the
disease will spread from this case many Of our cti.
have prudently left town. and all others who
leave, are preparing to do SO.
Tie Port Gibson ReyeiIe OF Saturday last has the
following:
We are patnod to learn that our friend Nm.J Lum,
Esq OF Rocky Springs, had little son killed almost
Instantly, some days ago, by the kick Of Il horse
Mr.. Lum had presented each Of his little boys with
pony and the little who lost his lite slipped of
TO take another look at his colt, and doubtless ap.
preached to near, and received kick in the back Of
his head from which he died in a few hours He was
found lying in the stable enclosure seuseless.
We learn from the Brandon Republican, that the
county court in that town adjourned in consequence
Of intelligence that death from yellow fever had
occurred in the neighboring town of Jackson. The
Republican has the following paragraph:
Last Tuesday young man named Thomas Holmes
was arrAigued before our Circuit Court an indict
ment ior stealing a silver watch, razor etc. and
plead guilty. alleging that he was drunk at the
/ time, and did not know what he was doing. Being
a stranger and the evidence of the fact conclusive
he would have been convicted before jury in tht
absence ofal testimony topreyious good character
! His honor sentenced him to the penttenary for 1--WE
i years
The Yazoo Banner states that there was some com
plant of the bol worm but that the crop in that re
gion had received no material injury.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-09-06

FREE SUFFRAGE.-A correspondent of the Pendle-
ton Messenger, reporting a trip through Spartan
burg to North Carolina gives some illustrations of
"electon times, which may be interesting and sug.
gestive.
This was the day of the election for Governor in
North Carolina. | stopped at one election ground
awhile. To show to what lengths party and cliques
will carry men, | will relate an incident man ac-
c0mpanied me mile or so to his place of voting,
and as matter of course the conversation turned
upon the election. Says he, 81 have heard McRea
aud Ellis both speak. MCRea is much the ablest
man, but going to vote for Ellis, because he is
the regularly nominated candidate | never vote for
a man unless he is nominated by the party" Now,
McRea and Ellis are both Democrats, and MeRea,
with acknowledged superior abilities is rejected be-
cause he is not the regulnyly nomindtsdn candidate.
have always advocated the giving Of the election of
President and Governor to the people but must ac-
knowledge this little incident put me on the fence.
Here was a slave to party, and not voting as
free should vote BY giving the election Of Gov
ernOr to the people, any Tantiug demag0gue may
reach the gubernatorial chair although totally unfit
ted for the place, provided he be nominated by tht
party" 1t evidently opens up the road to dema,
gogsm.
Arrived at the election ground and there was a
sight worth seeing. Apple brandy ruled. There
were about as many women as men on the ground
This is peculiar feature in North Carolina gather
ings-the women nearly all attend, and it results
benefcially sometimes, once saw fellow get into
fight at one of these elections, while his wife was
along with him. The front yard Of the doguery had
been grayeled with rather coarse gravel Our hero
pulled of his shirt and pitched n but was soon made
to bite the gravel Hero No. Jumped on HIM but was
no sooner on than off for our first named heros wife
gathered hoop.p9le, and such lamming as hero
No got it has not been my fortune to see since
all hands stood off and saw it well done. Hero No
l was sight Imagine a mans back full of coarse
grayel-gouged in through the skin,
| In approaching the election ground, young meI
and women could be seen setting on logs in the
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-09-06

FEUD BETWEEN TENNEssEEANS AND NORTH CARO-
LlNIANS- Warm Fightng.-Since the year 1876,
feud has existed between the North GarOlinians and
Tennesseeans living near the State line running
through Polk county, Tenn 1t has been aggravated
occasionally and keptalive by members Of the two par
ties being badly beaten by their oppot ents and the
3lst July last was agreed on for pitch battle. A
letter from the Tennessee Sheriff says:
The day arrived. Thirty men OF the Tennessee
side made their appearance at the place appointed
armed with rifles muskets pistols bowie knives and
clubs. Night came and still not a Carolinian was to
be seen, only a spy two at distance. The Ten,
ncssee boys got impatient and unIaWtully slipped
over the line, found one Of the men they wanted,
took him ont OF bed and they started with him for
Tennessee some of his friends rushed to the rescue,
and general battle took place. No one was killed,
but one had his thumb shot off another shot in the
hand, another wounded in the head, whilst several
were badly hurt by sticks and rocks
The excitement among the people became furious ;
the North Gaf0linans organized accompany folny&de
the Tennessee frontiers aud Monday night the I'd OF
August, was set apart for the attack About twenty
five Tennesseeans lin self deense) assembled to re-
ceive them.
The Deputy Sheriff getting notice of the anticipa,
ted fray, with a sufficient number OF men prepared to
arrest the hostile proceedings. Night came on; oc
casionaly spies were seen lurking around at whom
the Teunesseeans would fire their rifles.
About O'clock while most Of the Sherifss compa
ny were sleeping in house, an alarm was raised By
sentnels outside, who fred their guns and the enc
my who were advancing, wheeled and fed
| No arrests were made. There ls bitter teeling
and some fatal consequences will yet ensne, unles
| the strong arm of the law succeeds IN arrestng tn
affair.
The LATE KANSAS ELECTION.-The official y0t