Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-05-15

very IegilIe transcript Of IT, Nunroe.
doctrine to the point q a bayonat, and
sticE i in the allied =ttnugs' of #n n
Buff ard Grnpsand. am never 90 for
city Impressed with The vaslness Of this
country, AZ when / SEQ the "millingtefry'
with their bIood-tlirsIy~ clothes Oh, per-
forming evoIutions which | AN credlb'J
! informed c>uId not BE- vilLstood hy All
enemy, and marching over r"ush pare
u1ents, with tie most heroic disregard
for corrs. At such times, / fully agree
with the man who is sure 10 assert that
the country Is safe.
The authorities have at last entered
into Il contract which has for its Object,
tie correct numbering Of the houses.
and | do 1ot know Of an improvement
more essential 10 the convenience If
both citizens and strangers. Heretofore,
it has seemed TO ne that people in many
II the streets put numbers 70 sniE their
fancy, Oh The bonsas, and it is by 10
means a rare circumstance TO see ad join
ing tenoment= separated four Or five
squares SO far rs their NUM- ers are con-
]ceTuasI. 4 beginning has also been
made Oh work Of arranging the great
Me&a'rie Ridge park, that is TO be Al
soEpa remote period Of time, excessively
magnificent. Worksnen are engaged
i'll fencing in the proposed institution,
and the mar who "Ot1'd for 4 lodge III
some vast Wilderness" The WAS evidently
Il Professions! park keeper has had one
built for lin. S1HPE1ss is q the opin~
ron that while SO many duels with sinai
swords ara taking place Gu the rid q,
tE4s Council should negotiate for tho
surplus fencing to be used in enclosing
the park. s1aTErss prepared a written
apology for this perrstration and in1me-
slialejy left town, but added insult &c
gross injury by mentioning 1t as bis
latest opinion that any attempt to carry
out lis suggestion, would be .ffoilea. I
shall ever bold SIHrK1ss in the highest
possible condition 81 contempt, and
>aTTHERs is hereby declared heir 10 IL O |
cFazllingIg weigbty opinion T formerly |
entertained for the diabolical Individual |
dEst named. Speaking Of dueI<, no Lass
than three affairs" have come off With |
in q week past, and / heard a cynical
individual express the opinion that "the
code" vas becoming a rather cheap !
article. Tie parties 10 one Of tie fright |
fJI encounters alluded to, were introduced
% lie public By ftl,a phT:s#sf.! D ,s7
man of ~ 1rse B@fta !; their araTv
as-1c1Itjes having furnished him with
several !2ce3;ous paragraphs. They wer@
presented rs DRY Goods and "IEarA-
~ The one being a knight Of the
y4fd-=tck, and the othor 10 the hard
wars line: both eIerks. After figuring
in The local column Of the I'rae Delfa,
o7ef their proper signatures, and graft
/
lying AT Intense desire OF the pat Of The
public 10 know all the particulars Of the
misunderstanding, the young gentlemen
id ourned to The Oaks. and punched at
each other with small swords. Dry
Goods got q, scratch IN tbs thigh, and
tie affair ended. Another fight was to
hare taken p'aee on Friday mosnire,
but when the parties reached the ground,
The seconds are SAID 70 have come very
near getting into g grand row, ltlen and
there. They coaId mol agree upon Che
pfeI III inaFIes, and the matter was post
poDeds Tho weapons TO be used were
s'n&lE~swords, aud the principals are said
10 BE- very skiIIfuI in their use. It ras
rulnored that The seconds were to have a
meeting, but I have heard nothing Of
the affair since. /
The town begins to grow dull although
hotel registers eontlsgue to show. that