Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-28
New k1Eissns Correspondence,
; Nav ORLEANS, Aug,

The Inspectors, say that the explosion vas
Il caused by sste4atas. at d high temperature-tha'
e he boi1srg ava way simply because It was
: Unable 70 sta,ftild the pressure. SThay assesay
that the steam guages were eithezzshut OF
6 from the boiler, or badly derangsd, so that
: both the ens.iueer and bis second assistant,
who was on duty. weru deceived as to the
a amount Of stearn n.the boiler. For this bad
: arrangement OF affairs, Mt. GEORGE PARKS,
! the. engineer ~, had his certificate revoked.
which IL q pretty severe punishment.
About the same as last week, Not an
event worth rel ording has occurred. Dull
duller. dul!es!, Sums up the local news OF the
week. In faaet,, the town, hasn't energy TO
originate any thing strange or startling, and
~conseo nen V apthing is to be expected, 4
few stean boata have come in, and a small
amount Of rnertnautile ~ truck has BEEN Ian
dad on the iI4tvee, has been hauled of the
Leree, and / hope, properly attended to, az
somebody NIGH sweat to bring it in the fall,
Keeping OMEN stone here now, reminds me OF
the loafer who sat next to q party of gentle
men at 8 cd ffea stand, and though he was III
%noceut Of having any thing before him. he
asked one of! thu gentlemen to pass him the
salt. What tie Devil do you want with.
SALT" was tlls feply. Well = said the }oafer
II don't knob but so,ne gentleman might ask
me to take IA Bboilded egg" There Is no
business except among doctors and under
'
ia kers, and in one sense Of the expression 1t
may BE- said that there is a great deal OF l1Es
At present in these two professions. In anoktl-
er sease-w>ll, no matter. There has been
a considerable Quantity Of very vigorous thua-
der, and a due proportion o factiSely disposed
lightning during the past week, and re have
tast showers almost every evening. There
| have been some wu1m breezes, and some cold
| breezes, and on au average I am disposed to
admit that there was a slight improvement
on the weather of the week previous.
As to news, I have only TO repeatthe story
in my last letter. There isn't energy enough
in the entire city to originate an event worth
nothing Every body seems to fee! like taking
q nap until fall, and such an idea strikes me
as refreshing. What thieves there are left in
town, are apparently too lazy to steal, no
terrible tragedies occur, and such a thing as
an elopenlent has not occurred for months -
There have been a couple OF suicides during
the week but neither affair was attended
with any sort Of eciat, and tame, common
suicides are the most insipid Of all ordinary
occurrences. s##ss +
The reports from all the city cemeteries
for the week ending on Sunday last, show
there were ATT interments, Of which,
3l2 were yellow fever. This is an increase
Of oaly os3 on the fever mortality of the
week proceeding, and it affords good grounds I
for hope that the report Of the next week !
Will show a filling of in the progress of the {
scourge.. We notice as an evidence G
that the disease has become, well spread H
the city, that Of the persons who .
died Of fever last week, 300 were natives of !
The United States. a~T. o
The long continued high water mas caused !!
snch an. immense deposite Of sand in front Of :.
our ina Eves ttlati it will be absolutely neces- t
sary to extend the latter out into the river, i
ar rather, ovsFr what will soon be a dry sand :
bank, from one hundred to three hundred feet. :
The new lesees, who paid a large sum for the i
Of collecting the revenues, at the recent i
sdjucation by THE city authorities, say that @
he Wharves are by agreement with the city,, +
% be delivered to them on the istof October,
n good condition The authorities don't ex- $
,ctly know about this, and they are inclined =
o discuss The question at such length, that =
t will probably lead 70 difficulties with the a
esees ard anIt entire neglect of$the wharyes. 7
should not be surprised, # the river con- :
inues to fall that when the busttess season !
opens, not. a steamboat were able TO get up TO p
part Of the; wharves. Ia
I regret to see by your last issue, ina tyou1 t
SO +sifk'y, and J am equally sorry 10 ,
earn from the .aaooeate that several cases of ;. :.
yellpw fever have occurred il thu I,
ity Of Baton Rouge. d
The weatheryesteraay was highly u%nfGavor- 6
bic to both SICK and well, So hot ia the y
o%renonns that u ttro deaths occurred frorn sun Il
troke, With clouds, thunder and lightning, a
nd cold bseezes In the ate rnoon- As / have g
more Of any int st to communicate, :
will not multiply words, Yours,
r. = 7s1- VICl. ,,
4 HAT AND SUCH A HAT.-~Possessing IN :
rusual atniable disposition one day this
reek, ~e com piled with the desire If our !.