Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-09-04

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nneheeked BY tbs too lenient hand {
, his predecessor. He held Lie reiins q
Ipower With 3 firsner grasp, and ,nerc,
!. never weakened in him the arm Of ius
''ce. By adhvring 70 principles of s!fie
economy. he accomplished his ends, am
:, during his shor. administration, he re
pleniehed The city Treasury, and lef
everything IN the most prosperous con
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] Baton Rongs has had her age 0
cilValry;; that LA. passed away, AMI
Inow the aye OF money has dawned upos
|tbe city. The age 81 cl.iyalry WA
when military companies were all tI,s
80. In lis first period, thras companies
|spraag up; Tie Cdasseurs. the Baton
liouggH=6 6staras, aud tie Iragoons Tie
/ o'Ilatseurs were organized III 1885, under
conma,i'i Of Capt. Il. D.FAvaor; the
| Gcuards, III 1887, under command q
Capt. surTER WulrE, and the Dragoons
Iln 1883, under command ot Capt.
IRoBsAr Psknr. ,z.===
| During those happy dars. the streets
| of Baton Rouge rang with ths soun s
Eof martial il,llsics; the loud pol If the
cannon. o1 the repeated yollsys of musk
elry On the Sabbath, Instead of the
1nohotonus sound Of church bells, the
t town was awakened by the rol, Of The
drum ealing the soldiers togetl.er. They
parallel the streets which 4uake,l uildr,
Tie measured tread Of tie lrou-hoofed
chargers, or with military spomp they
assisted divine service, aud had Il deunas
=sang in the temples Of til. Lord.
After these companies llad fallen, the
military spirit of the population died
a axay, until 1874, when the Wushingtoa
Guards were organized, undsr Capt.
MssAap. That vas, however, The last
Effort At ,eviyiny the cbivaIrous spiri. ol
Baton Rouge. 4 moment awakened,
=tl.at spiri, again gave way before the
tllsu prog resslng spirit Of Christianity !.
II sluinbess ct, tEtB church has given
il its last bIoW-lss dug its grave.
: Three years seetn to have been the.
period assigned hy an overfuling Destiny
= tie existence u all tie military col1,-
panies established III Baton Rouge. The
.Ghasssurs alone onlIiyel lhat term, and
STOOD for tile space Of seven years
. The position oi Baton Rouge secures
its claims 10 future greatness. Bull, on
aii'I whcl. rises far above the level. OIL
lie Mississippi it is the only point ot
The coast # that river, which within the
limits OF tile State 81 Louisiana. stands
above high water mark. Tie town sets
On tile Western extremity Of oltiyhland3l
ridge, which branching off from the Al
advances like q ,rotuotory
across Tie lowiants q Louisiana.
WheFe=tilat Chain is broken off bv the
Mississippi, it rises and forms the key
stone Of the hiIly regions Of Louisiana I
Frutn The BaIize, as yau ascend the |
current Of shs Mississi ippi, The eye is
strnck will, tie n1ouotonus ilatness Of
tie coast i; the gaze soon tires with the /
sight, not a mound rises to recreale the I
view; ); not y landscape stretches out bel
fore the horizon. The CYPRESS swamp /
alone relieves the ere from :le ,nonotony
Of IN everlasting and never-clIanging
scene of II Iow, sandy coast. But Whit
Is .yon massive fortress. that now rears
It's dentils.ed aud crest-like head far
ai,ovetils trees of tile Northern lIof'zona t
Itsstands in bold relief, far in the dis! !!
Iance. Is i, ,te fort Of Baton Rouge, /
xilicl. las thus withstood the ravases Of
sinie, and now towers 50 lottlly above
lie forests around
The scene has suddenly shifted
#5ssG S$ @4&s n
yiew presents itsell II tl,a l'a1'e'-
.a,na o. The banks Of tue Mississippi. II
Here i Baton Rouge. Nov, tor the |
:pace Of 6ys miles lie eye u Be- recfe-
TED bY tie noveIty Of highland scenery. z
rhis i. Baton Rouge i rises ADORE the |