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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-04-17

When Orsinii, who was recently
>guillotined for eonspiring against
the life Of the French Emperor,
was arrested two months ago his
hair was perfectly black. At the
time Of his execution it was as
white as snow. z
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-04-17

!. It is hardly worth while 10 inquire
who they are that destroyed tile nation-
ality, go called, Of tbs Democratic par
ty. That nationality was never szyt1 Ing
real. It Was asre fiction, q prstenee,.
nothing at AL 1t was as ssnsubtantisl
as sick monkeys dream. !
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-04-17
LOUIS NAPoLEoy's BALI, Ros7

LOUIS NAPoLEoS's BALL RoeM
Corr D'ETAr.-The Paris cores
pondent Of the North american,
writes under dateof February 18th
4 funny instance of the length
to which etiquette is carried in The
Emperor's 1>urv4aaue conrt was ex-
hibited at the Tuilleries ball on
Sunday last. Prince Christian of
Denmark was there, and it was
thought desirable to accommodate
him with seat BY the Emperor and
Empress. But, unfortunately, ac-
cording to imperial etiquette, am
bassadors take precedence of all
princess not sons or brothers Of
reigning nonarchs. The Danish
prince comes under neither cate
cory, and as ambassadors do not
sit atthe French court, SO the Prince
could not be allowed to sit either!
It was knotty point how to do the
&'civil,'' properly OH the oecasion.-
The Emperor solved it by his geni-
us. He resolved not to sit himself,
and ordered away his stool from the
side Of the Empress and invited
the Prince to stand beside him +:
The incident almost reminds one of
Sheridan 'sreply when asked to help.
q drunken acquaintance out Of the
gutter, being drunk also himself:
MY dear friend, that is impossible;
but I'll lie down beside youl''
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-04-17
q Characteristic Parody.

iond scarce expect one Of RI age,
10 smoke cigars and look 50 sage;
And II should 1noust ache wear,
.lA'tnoogh the hair is rather spare,)
Don't vie WINE with critics eye,
but pass my little wfislyers by.
big aches from little toe-corns grow:
I hnd AND though my beard is short and young
ol tender growth, and lately prung,
yet all the whiskess n the town
onee existed but in down.
bnf why may not Caarley's face
be covered like Others of his race
Exceed what Tom and Dick have dore,
ur any man beneath the sum-
:" aere're the wti.ieTs far or near
mat may not tind rival heres
of where's the boy but three feet high
Who has more fuzzy beard than II
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-04-17

''E5jx feet IN his boots 2" exclaimed old
Mrs. Beeswax. What will the impsr-
ence Of tLjs world come to, / wonder !?
Why they might just as reasonably tell
me that Il man had six heads 10 his
ha:n
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-04-17

The Southern Convention it is
announced, will assemble in Mont
gonery, ala, on the second Mon~
day in May next+ ~t>
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-04-17

A very ugly aud penn,lous man is 70.
ported 10 work in lis own fslds IN tbs
summer mouths to saye ths exp.nss Of
4 .SoaysEroW. f.~
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-04-17

/ a CR1Tlo SHAKEN DoWN." In
Saintsville, a very quiet town in one
Of the Middle States, Squire Will
hanson reigns as supreme Judge Of
all matters OF taste, especially the
fine arts. lie sets up to be the
most knowing man in town, not in
law only, but in al departments in
science. Now and then he over
shoots the mark. One Of his neigh
bors, an intelligent mechanic, hay
ing 6 fine taste for natural history,
spent great deal Of bis time and
labor in preparing cabinet Of stuff
ed birds, arranging them as " "natu-
raj as life " on perches around his
shop. The Squire was very fond
Of dropping in from time to time,
| to find fault with the arrangement
OF the specimens, He. admitted
the skill Of the man in skinning and
stuffing them, but the habit of the
bird was not hit in tile way he
stands.
- Why don't you follow nature %
the Squire would ask, and grun1bIe
at the work to show his own &C.
quaintance with q subject Of which
he was ignorant.
Rogers, the bird fancier, was vex
ed at the Squire's criticisms and
elt-conceit, and resolved upon fix
ing him. 4 friend from the conn
try one day brought him q live owl
OF beautiful plumage, and Rogers
gladly took it Of him, and set it up
in one corner Of the shop on shelf:
Presently the Squire was passing;
he asked him in. His eye caught
sight Of the new addition to his
cabinet, and he exclaimed:
Hey, hey, Rog2rs-a splendid
specimen that? Elegantly stuffed,
hey! But Rogers, who ever saw
an owl with his head tucked up in
that kind OF way? Follow nature,
man, %
- Perhaps,'' said Rogers, "you
could fix the heads as owls are ac- |
customed to hold then.'' |
ITO be sure [ can," replied the |
Squire; and mounting g chair, he
reached up to the bird to straighten
out his head. But bis owlship did
not wait to be pulled ; he darted ont
his bill and gave the Squire's fore
finger grip that he will carry the
mark for many day. Failing back
out Of the chair in bis fright, and
seeing a smile Of satisfaction on~I
Rogers, he saw at once that he had
been sold. The old owl looked as
wise as a judge, and the Squire
was compelled to give in; but he
that owls in the woods or
N a barn do not hold their heads
IS this rascal does in the cabinet
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-04-17


a oCENE IN THE LIFE OF AARON
BURR.-A scene occurred in the din
lng-room Of the house while he lay
helpless, which may as well be re.
peated here. A gentleman called
to engage board, found suitable
rooms, and said he would call in the
afternoon to say whether he would
take them. lie came to dinner
Addressing himselfin an embarras-
sed, hesitating manner to the land
lady, he said he had just heard Of
a circumstance that would deprive
him Of the pleasure he had antici
pated in residing under her roof
Lie understood that Aaron Burr
was boarder in the house, and he
really could not live in the same
house with man of that character.
The blood OF all the Montroses
was up in 8 moment. She rose
from her chair, and said, with a
flashing eye and subdued intensity
Of tone:
" lou have been misinformed,
sir. COL Burr is not boarder in
my house. He is my guest, sir, my
honored guest Before any board
er III this house is served, Col. Burr
is served.o
Then, turning to servant, who
was waiting at the table, she said
in the manner Of Napoleon order
irg a column to the attack:
Patrick, take away that per-
sons plate, and open the door!''
Patrick obeyed, and the "per-
son retired, without venturing any
further observations.
This brave lady could not, of
course, escape sharing, to some ex~
tent, the odium thatsurrounded the
name Of the man whose last days
her. wit and kindness: cheered.
g What do you think I've heard
this 1norn1ng, Colonel ?'' said she
to him on one occasion. HThey say
Pm your daughter.''
I" Well,'' said he, :" don't care for
that, do we?''
Mot bit!" was her reply
* But they say something else, Col
onel," she continued IS they say I |
was your mistress" !
'*Do they said be; II don't
think we care much for that either, |
do we % |
81 They may say what they choose,'
replied the gallant soldiers daugh-
ter. -
e Butt said he, taking her hand
in both his, and liftening it to bis
lips, his hand shaking with para1y-
sis, ''I'll tell you something they
might say that would be true. Let
hem say this Of you: She gave the
2Idneaas q home 2uheaa nobody else
,voulz ~ ~~~~.
He uttered these words with an
SO tender and penetrating
hat two of tis relatives who were
present, one a member Of the bar,
md the other a Judge, could not
.efrain from tears.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-04-17

| LEAN eWIET MAKES THE BARBEE's,
t'oRTUNE,-Dean Swift's barber one
day took it into his head to unite:
profession Of publican to his more
regular one, s:for the better main.
tenance Of his family" otw1ich he
duly informed his distinguished pa
tron, one morning while lathering
him: ~
"Indeed," said the dean, stand
what can I do to promote this happy
union?''
"And, please. you,'' said razor,
'ssome Of onr customers have heard
much about your reverence's poe
try 50 that if you wonld but con
descend to give me a smart little
touch IN that way to clap under my
sign, it might be the making Of me
and71nine for ever.''
But what do you intend for your
sign !'' says the DEAN.
''The jolly barber, if 1t phase
your reverence, with razor in one
hand, and a full pot in the other,''
"Well," rejoined the dean, Tin
that case there can be 70 great
difficulty in supplying you with a
suitable inscriptions So taking
up his pen, he instantly scratched
the following couplet:
"Rove not from pole 10 pole, bus step in
here,
> Which Eanght excels the shaving but---thc
besr"
which was affixed to the sign, where
it remained for many a year, and
made the barber's fortune.
"Do you know Mr. Browne" said
lady to her husband.
''Ahem Yes my DEAR
''ls he not a very deserving man e.
''per-r-r-fy deserving, indeed, loYs.--.
He deserves good Aogging; ard if be-
ever again has the imputlenee to gallant
you home, | will be sure to give it t5
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-04-17

r = CHIP OF IRE OLD Block
: Iord Broughasn's son, who is yet q
nlno1, and consequently dependent
upon his father for support, has been
: tioseo somewhat Of late for his at
nhslon to a young actress in the
tleneh is theatre: His father recent
\ ~ Wfo5e '9Ee the following laconic epis-
sto,, ~ al yon do not quit her, IN
stop your allowance, ,, -
~ 20 J which the son replied : I'll
,rI' {ya o9 not g, !d5,oubleit, I'll marry her.
nne ne son, son will ':-I enjoy a seat IL IL Paslia-
''t7i1t 1 When W lie becomes Of age.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-04-17

An honest man is believed with
out an oath for his reputation swears
for him.. s
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-16

II is pretty apparent, even to the most fanatical
Slavery that, whateyer may be alleged as to the
benefits conferred by that system on the negroes,
ard as to the favorable position in which the
wealthier slave-owners are placed By it, neverthe-
less, in its present operation, it bears with oppres
rive weight upon the poorer whites-that is to say
upon the great boSy Of tie free population of the
Seuih. Hence the schemes for the revival Of the
slavetrade, one leading object Of which is declared
10 be, so to increase the number and reduce the
value Of slaves as to put it in the power Of every
white man to be q slaye-owner. This scheme,
however, for the elevation Of the poor whites Of the
South, is evidently chimerical, and would only end,
if carried out in reducing the rich shareholders to
the level of the poor whites, BY rendering slave
property Of no value to anybody.
The difficulty in the position Of the great body Of
the white population Of the South is this that while
agriculture is almost the sole existing brGch of in
dustry in those States the planters all prefer slave
labor 10 free labor. Unless white man possesses
. farm Of his owp, be cannot expec! employment in
the cultivation Of the so-at least not without con-
,e1 ting t. associate with slaves, and to play the
part of white negro-a very anomalous and ua-
comfortable position at best, and which, even il
tie uatiye-born whites Of the South were more
ready than they are to submit to it, is not open in
the .lsve cultivated districts to any considerable
number of them. Hitherto, an opening has been
tou1d for this constantly Increasing superfuity Of
white labor in the Slave States in constant emgra-
tiou TO the West and South. Thus, the eastern
,l.ve cultivated districts of Maryland and Virginia
baye not only peopled Western Virginia, Kentucky
and Missouri; they have sent of large numbers Of
euiprants to the Free States Of Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, and to the Slave States Of the
South.West. The same process, indeed, has
been soips On in al the Slave States,
recoumercipg in the newly peopled ones the mo-
ment that tie increasing number Of slaves and the
occupation of the Isrd BY large planters begin TO
dimiIi.h the openir for small farmers. It appears
by the l,st ceLsus that of the white persons then
alive born in Virginia, the two Csrolinas, Kentucky
ard Tennessee, third or 90 were resident in other
States. But the filing up of the Southern and
Western county is rapidly closing this outlet for
tie superfuous white population of the slavehold.
ipe St.ies. Alresdy, Georgia, Alabama and Misss-
.ippi, 90 lately refuge for enigrAnt whites, have
f.er into tie predicsment Of hssirg, like the older
Slave Staies . great body Of white people sunk
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-16


Mr. Fred. p. Stanton, while Secretary for the
Territory Of Kansas, received letter from Mr.
Bigler, U. 5. senator from Pennsyvani., who had
recently returned from tour of political observa-
ton in Kansas. This letter was dated Clearfied.
Pa, Aug. IA, 1857, and contains the following sig.
ni6cant passage:
Make my special regards to Gov. Walker, and
say to him that he has the popular heart toit4 ham
throughout the entire country except only the extreme
South. Should bis programme succeed, he rM hare
he most enriabk prominence Of any tie natton
The Administration Is llAle ceak al ke knees and
rinces under the Southern thunder, but ttey must
stand up TO the rork."
Alas the Administration was not "a little" but
good deal "weak at the knees" and not only
WINGED under the Southern thunder, but actually
fell on those weak knees before it, And poor
Bglerl bis knees" stood the ordeal no better
than Old Bucks! -Four months after the above
was written, Buchanan bad thrown Walker and
Popular Sovereignty overheard and gone in for the
Lecompton offspring of fraudulent registries and
bogus elections, with Beler pe.tfogging its despe.
rate case in the Senate. PENNSYLVANIA will
make these folks wish they had cared less for
+" Southern thunder before they get through next
October
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-16

Of tie weakest State may COW &c to sea II saisv
ur der the p otsctng gss Of thN'e great PuaoP'ee'
We ,sy With Mr. Mason, Honor to the government"
snd tesotiators who have achieved fhese results
At the sAue time We cannot help little doubling
e.pecialy considering tie glorIhcation ABOUT MS
country and himseIf as one Of it's jewels 10 which
Mr.. Mason bad Just before indulsed-tee nsp?lhcss
If a1y aIlu.ion TO treaty, with the chief provision
Of Which we have refused 10 have anything t. do;
or. in fact, any reference at 81 to the se:unsy oil
commerce and the seas, at moment when our
chief diplomatic anxiety seems to be to provide
pirates and slave traders with Few chances for
safely pursuing their vocation. There is another
point slso in Mr.. Mssons speech which see ms
little questionable. He tells the company thst
within tie last hLf century trsrpchsre labor has
ri,en in digrty, and the working man receives more
Of the product Of his indu,tly. True enough IS to
Frsrce and England; but what shall We say OF
Virginia ard Of those other slaveholding States OF
which quite as much at least as OF the Unon az
large. Mr. Mason is the diplomatic representative
There is more deXteri!y and good deal Of sisnin'
cauce in the reference which Mr. Mason makes IN
the same speech ts Louisiana, Florda, Texas He
Cal;fornis. as more valuable to the commerce OF
tie world, as well as to the people who inhsbs
item. as States of the American Union, than they
ever would have been in the hands of their original
distsnt .overeigns. This, We take it, means Cuba;
and was Intended as sort OF sidewiss apology for
the Ostend Manifesto. We want Cuba, not TOR
ourselves sloue, but for the bene6. of everybody;
and even should We lay violent hands upon it, must
be considered as acting in the interests of humanity
such ls evidently the idea which Dir. Mason in-
tended to impress upon bis hearers.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-16

In Senator Stewards speech at Auburn, on the
Atlsntic Telegraph, We find the fol owing passage;
while Adams and Jefferson in their closets were
studying the model ofthat pew system OF govern
ment based on the rights Of man, tsyse2 2armg
the people of these then British C,ll- esfor its
acceptance mechanic, aprinter in s.sSS Sselphia'
" Franklin, was perseyeriugly engaged hI''tiylns
:" the Lightning Of the skies with Il s'scsricity
which peyades the earth, and Sue,eetlng that
hitherto fearful element to the serv.'s OF msn-
kind" This kind of attempt at drawn ePsrallels
and grouping facts rs very attractive but also
very dangerous. Nine times out OF ten, these
rhetorical fourishes will not bear close examl'
nation. In the above passage the orator, in his
wish to be striking falls into curious
apschroDism. Franklin made his great discovery
of the identity of electricity and lightning in the
Summer of 1852. John Adams at that time was
&C phomore in Harvard College, and Jefferson a
school.boy, in his tenth year. The Revolution at
that time had not been thought of, still less any
new system of government based on the rights ct
man.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-16

RICHMOND CoUSrY.-At the Republican Cosr,
Convention for the County Of Richmond he'd At Resn.
County Hall, Richmond on the evening Of Aug lf ie -
purpose Of electiDs Delegates the State couvsrioo
Copsr. ssions District Convepton HENRY CRAsrnrf =.
scoTT elected Delegates 10 the State ConvsS' o.
held At syr.euse Sept 1853. and GILBERT A Cots ''
BowsE were elected Alternates r.
wv. TEsrLEToS JoHSsos Wn. B. TowSsEso pNe 4.
APPLEToS, Henry l. SEAMAN, EDWARD BLAKE saa .s-.x
elected Delssaies the CoDsresaeAS -
Convention with power al VACANCIES which NAY 80
Delefs,ion. GEORGE WH CCRIis' eA
rosrxNs WEsTERvELr, Secretary. 1t
RIcHsosD CoUsrY SITE AND CosohAs s.ur
DELEGATES The Republicans Of Richmond Coun'y
day, in Convention. appointed sAnrEL L. HorrrsS
aud JosEPH EssEsr Of Southheld Delsss'e' % ~ - G.
can Stat Couyrption sna HARMON Csorsn s's .sosA
THOMPSON as A,ernss-a They also elected ~ Nsns
D-l.ss,., WILLARD DuvAL ard WiLtiAs CoSH, s,ut 4
6s,d' HyxRy N. BoELuS Of Sou,hheld, ard JON "
c.,e,ou. with power respectively to GU vscsaess
CHAA " IoREsT, Can Risap'tSo~ A'e
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-16

Mr. Charles Dickens appears to us in the light Of
a gentleman badly in need of good advice. II he
has aby intimate friend in whose judgment be con-
fdes, that friend has much to answer for. Should
the case prove one Of suicide, the friend will be
he'd responsible as an accessory during if not prior
TO the set
Mr.. Dickens has recently felt constrained to sep.
sIate from bis wife of some twenty odd years.
That wife has said nothing and, 80 far as the pub
lie is aware, has instsated others to say nothing,
sbou: the matter. There is no impeachment Of
Mr. Diclenss conduct in the premises resting upon
any authority whatever. That lying rumor should
be busy with the case, and especially with the
name of the masculine party to il, was inevitable.
Every ibertne in Anglo S.Iondom, male or fema'e,
is sure Of course that there is another lady in the
case, if not several ladies'. Mr.. Dickens was stunp
BY the circulation of anonymous scandals 10 pub.
Lab, through Household Words," his solemn,
emphatic denial that there was Any shadow of
foundation for such scandals. There he should
have stopped. Nobody but hi. wife should have
had power to call him out again. Yet be hu been
tempted to write again, cstensibly for private
circulation only, but bis letter has got into print
as such letters always will We shAI rot criticize
it; We only insist that he could say nothing that
would be 30 advantageous TO him a. silence. In .
caae of matrimonial abrasion, the public sympathy
in,inctivey takes the side Of the weaker party
that is, the wife-uOless she persists in proving
herself vulgar .hrew and virsgo Ike Lady Bulxer;
but where the wife maintains perfect silence and
the husband isues bulletin after bulletin he is sure
to lose ground with each succeeding hour. One
more unc.lledfor letter from Mr.. d. will finish
him
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-16

The increase h France Of the production Of beet
root sugar is such as to be likely quite to dispense
With the necessity Of reyiying the slave-trsde for
the sake Of furnishing the French sugar colonies
with labor adequate to the production Of the sugar
needed in France. The amount producedin lS5l
was 64,OOO, 900 kilogrammes; in le54, T,0O0,OO
in 1857, 100000; and this year it will not be less
than l06, 100000. A klosramme, it will be re'ol-
lecttd, is about two aud fifth Of our pounds. The
high price of grain has checked the beet cultivation
for three or four years past, but at present prices
many lew adSenturers will 80 into it. 10 fact, the
home made is gaining 50 fast on tho colonial pro-
ductOn of.ugar that the Chamber OF Commerce of
Nantes calls loudly for protective duty in favor Of
the colonies. whose sugar it is said ought to be
encouraged on account Of the large quantity Of ship
ping employed in its transportation.