Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-05-08
Hesv sirEeau us Correspondence
New oRIsaEs, Kay Al 1858

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.nencet sinae lie date Of MY last, Tee. that II uouls
be altogether inexcusabls 10 omit the usual weatte
paragraph. and particular statement Of atmoarhsri,
\ eceentricitias which have 1,aen experienced within thu
j rast week. There is strcng prejudice in this con11nu
nifty against The character of The weather NC hare
had for q month past. atut I ana inclined to think Tbs
community perfectly iustifabla, with the prnsist
that Que credit is given Tor 3 much needed fall O
rain, with which we hare been favored. Nearly
eyeryhodyss cistcrn demanded rain, and the sky hay
II. promised the article all sar Sunday, lei the big
drops down al 3 late hour Of TIC night, and nude a
large nuu7beE Of people temporarily glad. The rain
resumed operations between eight and nine o'clock
yesterday morning, and your inteta sisablc cores
pendent vho has an immense amount Of - out door
business, haTsnx 50. thoroughly soaked. came to The
toaciasion thata long spell Of rain might prove inju-
fionz to craps. he consequently purchased an uu bre!-
Is, and tbs pleasure of seeing the sun shine brightly
II precisely I quarter Of III hour after he made the
purchase. four correspondent has tried Ills expen
sive ez experiment. on other occasions, and the result
is always tAe same.
Conversations son change, y on the corners of the
streets, and in private circles, are daily assuming
more Of al aquatic character. The Boil crevasse,
above Greeaa, continues as formidable as ever, and
although the contractor who engaged to stop it ina
remarkably short space of time seems to still consider
1t bis dug to s&y Thar SUCCESS is speedily to be acl.-
iesed the pueiie. has taken the liberty OF. coming to
the conclusion that what the contractor saws in this
regard, Is strongly 't'netured with an element popu-
larlg kno#n as 9 CANNON" A large portion Of tile
p'laag was swept away last week. the volume Of water
now rushing through, is deeper and more powerful
than at any tinia previous, and for some distance be-
10" tts break The wafer was running syc. The ton Of
The leFee yesterday. Another erevasse has occurred
ON the same side Of the RIVER, 2 short distance below
the Red Church and although it is to be INN
closed, as IL usual IN such cases, the latest accounts
iaa'cate that it will prcye adificult customer to man
age. Passengers on tho opelousas railroad are sup
posed to leaTc the road at some mysterious point be-
tween this and the LafourctA and to be transnorter;
in some mysterious manner TO the city. The river is
still rising, ard the water came over the .syee ves,p-.
Jay at several points in the upper part OF town. and
inundated the streets. Much of the wharf ,,e,nv
Canal street, has been oTeraowed for several i.avs
ana da ! rot place ths most implicit reliance u,on
the assurances Of safety yonchsafed to our citizens
generally hI benevolent Eewsnap r "loeals " Of an
engineering turn OF mind, / shouli actually think it
Possible Tor q justification " in the leyee to take
place on this side Of the rirer and for tho CITY to be |
INUNDATED, as it was several years sinef.
Accounts o! frosta, hail storms, hurricanes, over. !
ao"s, and other unhealthy visitations to the Grams !
continue to cotae in from all directions. and thew ars |
haVias d depressing effect upon the 1aauy CLASSES ~ |
business transactions The bulls are belIow,,,r ,,sti,o
and doing their best to lift up the price Of eotton |
Whlie the bears draw immense business in prooosa.
ing q aeetaed dislneliliation to make any advances on !
sie ns2t crop. w1'na view Of forcing to soma extent. /
present sa1es' ;@ut The last aGTicez from Europe ARE
Il 'aFor OF the hniis, and for the time being. they are
@sceaaancF: 10th cotton and sugar were frn1e~ in
PRICES yeStafu2T. the EntaEofabie weather checked
'o1 Oh Ao'f business. lam informed by. nav friend
ot1lEf'ers, f=1at The money market is by no means rs
Easy Is 1t ought to BE- and he strongly sy1nputhises
With the market in its unfortunate condition. enn
ayhags can still get his paper done at from II to 70
per cent, but sn1itiars says there is M r,o+shrs
;fanse in the general difficulties atteadant unea Tho
Ct his board and washing bills.
The Qualification dinaer to JAMES tss.gs.. which, i n
'o'ne Oh at jackson, Miss, Tomorrow, has again
:ise1' occasion For the True Delta to put that se,fsac
lac'ns and hugely Tirtuous fnancier through a
curse Of " sptoats." He certainly should have a
'oaa ainncra ofaco in q while, poor fellow. Gid nj he
efrse nny salary as President Of the N y.5.Sc nj
K Company Eaan'the made numerous soea..4as
. iaTer OF flie enterprise? Did Mt he advances r,on.
y OH 'Is conlpaaySs boRaa at the rate Of 7sk eer.z
Il the dollar? Did Int he go to Europe and mise {
Money on bonds3 ! ask AL these questions IF tha Il
rse Aettd, and why the editor Oh that pansr eouz;n. +;
es to pitch into such q proper 1::au as Mr. r.~r,
'OBB1 The editor OF tEa T,,;s T.+s.a =
saaiser Of sarcastic arrows, and he
- '"Shf'a'e IN keeping them flying at the :
aud Eositica1cbalacter of Mr.. JAMES Pam !
appase sir' hqHB did mount the then popular rail. t
5as hoehs ior the purpose sf securing an uticn yI,;c,, r
to secure him 8 large debt; supDoss. he tsua :.
ataana and RECEIVE his salary as President. vhe, he
wv plainly that nothing mere was to be r,asa art a. +"
as Company; suppose all his expenses in E,1roIe. % n
en- as magnificent commissions, were paid bv The b
'fnpanyi suppose he did pa 3 large debt, h. owed b
.e Company IL bonds ct 100 cents in TIE ao,,,r il
n''h lie haa Kindly taken of the Gem pany at 7ok
AHsse are circumstances Of a very trvio;
"neh connected with the history of 4 Grant Z
IKE JAMES HosB, and lam sstorished tsot a.. 81
'"e 0e@" ooes hnS say so, when it alludes to tha,, Il
4 Sast amount Of cna]loyed delight has bcen a q
fleheea "1sal1 tEe-la5t few days bv p~artiei,,a ,+s - =,
flons May parties thai have beer, uotica,1 :, .Ao
Some Of them were Of L r;c .n;c;,
and sosse Of them we're not noticed in IL. r
..u, u,- "eS" IL ea' o
lers' These of course, sre supposed to have been ~
sher unhappy ~afsirs. In the way of an1usessn1s n
still have the renowned penny whistle tro,.ne Il. r
.Rss children at the Aanphithea1re, and some other II
e-horse shows, Including VssSucu's Museum. u a:
'''4a'eo slf'S morning that nj the distinguished 81
liens Of the city are about to unf+a :, +... c,
L pl''ashelrJ y Testimonial y lhefeftis no logger g =
'pAr SeEat To Iii. MARSH, the renowned Manas er of q
) hsno~Asa penny-Wtatatlez. Aeitl err the President ~
'he heSas OF departments have bean invited as =
= i believe, and it is barely possible that thev vii, +
os present On the OCCASION. Billy BowLEus IS on -,
way to New Orleans, however, and 1t IL likely tba+ y.
VIII hecGlna nun NJ fha .a.;4