Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-07-03


I >AralcAy RL"I"AL.-=A correspondent o5
tte Hartford Times thus describes i xcer1
at 4 legro revi4ai meeting:
! / he preacher was at the lind 10 MA i1e Il,
impression upon his audience. He rupresen~
ted the place where bad folks 70, In true
orthodox tnaonet a.rlace where black inns
OF despair giash their teeth, and dance and
hosWi IN isHeF- to- be stinguisneI flames -
| Heaven he pictured as Il place marie Of gold
| and having golden paremeEts, and. golden
| throne, Oh which sits the Deity Of the place
| clothed IN white, and Il gold crown on b..
I head, Az he waxed fsrvent in bis descrin~
tons Of these opposite places, his hearers
followed and groaned, or laughed aud ctap-
pet their bands as the subject grew dismal
or pleasant
When the preacher sat down they struck
up some ol their " songs oi Zion" which a.!
ways sets them Oh their "hIgh heelsH and
high heels they seemed to be on, literally q.
well Ill fguratIvejy Such stampede cf
heels as kept time 10 the musie. could have
heen made b. none but the genuine African
Some got up and dat.ced the gospel ue,n aa
they call 1t, Others walked the floor Clap
ping their hands and 1aIoons glory"-~
One Of their songs begaE-~
~ heard rusueltng In thc sky,
begun u Ihtak ny eneEn|ea nigh,
Glory H4lcl"ja,,
1atsn threw IL an 1T u4,
1t ssFiEE.d mi sou, Ind h,t n~ sllfeiI
&sGioryf ltalleujah go
Had it hit is akuee" instead Of his
" shield, the rhyme would have been much
better. but his knee" mishts5have been
much worse,
JoHs SailrHs.--~Johu Smith iy sort OF otn-
nipresenrc A learned scholar contends for
re f~Lx. a..
only III our own, bat among all lands Com
meneing with the Hebrew, he says they had
no Christian names, and consequently ,1adax
in Hebrew the maine stood simply Shent or
SAssazt. In other nations, however, the }1tz;
Smith is found full, one and undivided. Let
us trace It
Latio--j ohan1as ssnithius.
lta|ian---GsogaunI Smith.
span;sh--J uan smithaz
Dutct--Hans Schmidt
french--Jeaa srneets,
Greek-lon Skmitton.
Russian --1oIlof Seifnittow$ki
Po|ish--Iyan Schn1iftiweiski.
2 Cninese--Tohn Tch1ntuit,
Icelaudic-Tahne Sn1ittson
WeIch--Jiohn Scrnidd,
Tuscarora--Ton Ia Smith,
Mcxican-JontI F'smitlx.5
To prove the antjqgityto Of the name, the
'au1e sarua observes, thai in the tenpte~of
Osiris, Egypt, was found the name of phar~
lob smltEosist being the 9th in the 18th dy-
nasty OF the Theban kings. H. was the
ounder of the celebrated temple Of Smith
'polis Magma"
An ExTsAoRDlHARy WAcER-A few
weeks ago, young gentleman, in company
with circle OF friends, boagted Of his sd
T. A
o bet the horse against forty dollars that be
,ide from the Capitol gate to the Presidents
1onse bareback and Standing with q pre-
7iso that the horse should not kick or rear
The offer was accepted, and at the appointed
line, the assefnblage mel at the Capitol gate.
The rider ia man Of small statue, came pre-
1area with paii Of lhdian naoccasjns and
small I3ae kage Of resina puIver;zed to keep
ain from slipping off, aud two suspicious
looking bags, supposed to contain trimming
ballast. With the air ii q confident giadiator
he addressed his friends aud concluded BY
;tating that the dinner he had ordered would
ret cold if the horse was not speedily
brought.
The horse is feadysa said the wag; and
5eei<oning to an aged African woodsawyer,
(who was standing by, apparently waiting
or lob,} asked him, in the gravest manner,
+ Ats horse ever kicked orreaFed. ''|Fhat -
sxcia jrned the darkeE7 Ills horse kick p at
;he same time placing his sats-h0rss Oh the
pavement. ''No rassa, II! swear fore God
1e never kicked or reared one time since
bis chile fuss bought him tree years ago.
Rv this time the lnerfinlent burst forth and
,ar che Waller" looked unutterable things
sswore he would win the ager, If be had
o put the saw horse into du1nr.De- cart and
make the trial; which as he has never been
zno"n to give up point re presume he
will do at some future day, when business
gets dull. -Ipastingtox sfotes.
4 BLACK REpUBLIcAN EDlrc11's PLsrFoEsf
- lit sspaper just started at Deniphan.
Kansas, called the Free Press. lays down the
blowing programme:
We VIII claim character TO blew on
whom we please. We will puff Donrphaa
:ity If We think it deserves putting, puff all
merchants in the city who will remember
he printer; puff steamboats, that will let sss
ise dead head puff boarding house keepers
vhn don't bother LIS about our bill, and will
PROMISE to puff any decent political party
hat viii promise not to make Congressman
# u.s. We tear God, hate the Leconptoa
constitutional dcspise all our cctemporariea,
,eznect The city Government, DON'T ask any
avors Of the town company love ourselves
giI take Atchison money tor subscription
,Fe will make war against the devil, against
he Administration, and any body that says
boof' to us. We won't tell any lies won't
AXE clubs Of over one thousand TO ono ati-
Igess and won't join any Free State party
until sc find which is going to be the strong
st We believe in natrimony, believe tnae