Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-02-06
A TOUCHING MEMuR1AL-

HpNsA Vs. ~~~'
member in the hurry Of departure ate:
the adjournment @" Saturday OF las
week. The memorial not having beer
presented, We suppress the name OF ths
s,uner, and trust that he will appreciate
this l~eIicacy on oar part:
70 Tie Democrats n tie Senate ana
House Of Representatives, Of the STAT
Of LoMsiano, IN Gsncra( dsscmdly con
peucd.
GnNrLENES
Your memoriaIist would respectfully
represent that he has been - shouting
and l.urraIiug Democrat from the time
he was first lot loose by an anxious fe.
male PARENT, to swell The immensely o!
a country 'orcl-jisht procession. and that
| for SIX ycars past he has been a resident
Of the State Capital. and II voting Demo
crat If the most anxious and wiling
description; having only on n CORA"
sior during that period, laid himself La
Die to the suspicion ofswerving from the
g%:orions principles Of Democracy. Your
mvmoriatin> being engaged in he timber
business in The free State of Livingston,
for u week or ten days before a certain
election, as has often happened to your
mpinoriaI!>t Just before All election, he
Glanced to get into Conversation with A
Iarge-sized Know-No,hing who happened
out 10 that lii ~ection, and bring in a IA
~cetious buuor,your memoriaI'st playtuI!y
engaged to vote the know-Nolhiug
ticket.
On arriving at the poll on election
day, your metuoriaIlst was c%oIlAred BY
the stout, fefoclous, large-s'zed knua-
Nothing before mentioned, and fearing
SOM" damage to the coat worn by your
memoriaI'st, and which the frrocious
know-Nothing accused himself OF having
purchased, your memoriaIist contcsses to
having felt himself constrained to carry
out the playful engagement he so thought
IessIy made while engaged in the timber
business. But, your memo ia'jst trusts
that this little circumstance Will not mill
tate against him, when it is known that
his remorse was SO great in consequence
Of carrying out the playful engagement,
that with the aid OF some friends who
sympathIsed it'll HIM, he was enabled
TO vote the regular Democratic ticket at
two other precinc's in The parish, on the
same day.
Your menoriaiist has consulted sever
al highly intelligent gentlemen OF the
opposite party, and their unanimous
opinion perfectly agrees wit. his own,
Oh the fact that the Democracy ought to
do something for him forthwith. IL
1lpcere;y regrets tina; the State is net the
proprietor OF another penitentiary, as he
be willing 10 accept a lease Of il
upon the MOS! favorable terms, TO him
seIO bat as t! ere is ouEy one institution
Of that description, Your memmiAi'>t
would be wiling to accept any small job
III the gift Of your honorable mniori,y
is certain to yieIdi him very large
profit without The trvbIesume investment
Of capital. Should tie Till IF Senator
for procuring the H~Afn1ansou
pass both Houses aud sill! retain
highly co'nmcndabEe clause attached
10 tue extra appropriation OF $500, and
much more as may DO necessary
your memoria|i<t is under the pleasing
impression that the contract in bis hands.
would have the effect Of nuutishing his
Democracy 10 a considerable extent
Should the tablet arrangement break
Town on It's journey through tie two
Houses, your 'nemoriaiIst trusts your
honorable ma orlty vii! originate some
hing else wherewith TO feed his grea,
political enthusiasm.
And your petitioner will continue
o pray until he ge's something, dc.
Aoctsrs.-A correspondent Of tue
" ashington National InteIzgencer says
hat these pests will this year appear in
he State Of Mississippi, and most prob
IDLY extend nortwardIy into a small por-
ion OF Southwestern Tennessee. They
vii also appear in aportion Of the South
asst section of Louisiana, particularly il
he parishes Of East aud v est Fvlrcjana
hey will not extend East of the RIDGE
q Mississippi; but appear there East of
be r'dge) In 1859, in connection with
ther large districts in Alabama, Georgia.
tc. These !ocusts belong to the South
IN tribe OF thirteen years locusts.
ANOTHER SLAVE CASE DEc1DED.-Tha
Times reports a Ease Just deci