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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-28

Il SHORT CLERGTMaa.-A few miles below
Poughkeepsie, New York, there now lives.
and has lived for several years past,sa worthy
clergy mana man, however, very short In
stature. Upon aeeftain Sunday about eight
years ago, this clergyman was invited dy the
pastor OF a church to t;.l his pulpit for the
day. The invitation was accepted, and Sum-
day morning saw Mr.-anthe pulpit. Now
it happened that the pulpit was. a very high
one. and accordingly very nearly hid the pnor
little clergyman from viex. However, the
congregation. cut Of respect, managed to Eeet,
their cotsntenunce, and with psous faces seemd
relisiously anxious for the text, They
were not obliged II wait long, for a nose and
W. little eyes suddenly appeared over the
top OF the pulpit, ard in q sqaeaklngs tremn-
ious voice proclaimed IN nasal tones the text:
BE Of goot cheer it is he not afraid 4"
A general roar of laughter followed the
announcement; the clergyman turned all
sorts OF colors. Many in the general upraaT
left the church. and twas some time before
the minister was enable to proceed with a
sermon so abruptly broken Of. ~
Afternoon came. aud the little man, stand
ing on the foot-sto}obl, had a fair vie of his
audience. The text was announced in due
form: ~
"a little while ye shall see me, and again
a little while ye shall not see ms"
tn the course Of the sermon he repeated
his text with great earnestness, and stepping
back lost his elevated footing and disappear
I'd from his hearers. The effect may be
mere readily imagined than described.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-28

e a number Of New Orleans cattle deal
ars have announced in a card that they will
sell 10 cattle affected with the disease known
" the black tongue Just now 50 prevalent
IL some parts Of The country. They further
state that should the disease appear in any
Of tbs places from whence they Obtain their
ssoek, they will immediately aFprise the pub
IL q ~ 4 good move. and they should Be
literally rstronlsed in return for their hon
esty. ESQ.,
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-28

Kansas ELRcr1os.--Exery county - nan
sas gave. i heavy majority against the aoa-=
ference bill. The Southern supporters q tnls.
BIZ. insisted that il did not give tne PEG
pie OF Kansas an opportunity OF passlIs on
The Lecompton Constitution. Wei. ne=Psp.
pie ofthrt Territory haze aoAA yoteefnn sn ~
proposition submitted By the English. phl,
and by virtue Of that vote. the Leeon,psols
Constitution is as dead as the old Articles V
Confederation, That noted document -
%n,1llity, Not six months ago, the Defaoeraflles
rarity. with tue Presidential J6a head N e.
pledged body and soul TO prevent - =gol',gZ
back to the people. We wonder + tney ~ ~
rot begin think, since the issue 81 tae ~ ~
election, that the English bill did sub[1Is N S
constitution, nd that The administrator Ill.
and It's hackers have been beaten-- iess111h
WAtg.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-28

The HgALru or rHe Ei1yy-Dur city ex-
changesai Ill notice the gradual increase Of the
epidemic, although they saesrn to be Of ths
opinion that a change forSlsshe better, will
shortly take place. For the week ending
August 22nd there were 3lo deaths, beirg an
inc, ease of 90 oyer5the week previous.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-28

ANOTHER @Hox. MEAHRna Arrested
John T. White. an Hon. Member, Of the
Tennessee Legislature, iasbeen arrested upon
the charge Of rrocarlng land warrants to be
issued by the government apon forged palers.
He forwarded nine Of ten applications IRON
thattanooga N the name q FarqMharson. He
vas taken to athens and bsiled in the sum Of
5000. sz #ssS
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-28


a ToueH YARs-The Ala California oil
July 2oth, contains a letter from Freds1ick
Llchtenherger; NJ D., who states that a com
pan'on named Ernest FIuchtersp!eger, while
prospecting for gold in the neighborhood oil
Fraser river found some gsodes, which are
masses Of quartz, containing cavities lined
with crystal. One of these, containing hall
a pint Of ruia. called the .zpater of crystafiSa-
tios, was dr,1nisby the unfortunate man, With
4 TESTING remark, and soon after he complain
ed of great weight and pain III his stomach
and bowels. In a sh ot while he died, and
his body instantly became rigid, and in a few
hours petriiactlon took place, the whole bo4y,
flesh, blood heart, liver, intestines, &c. be-
coming stone Thus, by drinking half .
pint, the poor fellow became quartz His
body became Immediately rigid, and Freide-
rich undertook a ~post-norfem examination.
fe The knife grated on the flesh, the blood
vessels were hard as if ossihel the stomach
and its contents were turned into stone; the
heart was like a piece Of red jasper, and ii a
little while poor Earnest FiuchterspIegerswa was
a mass that couid only be further dissected By
stone cutters. Having cut out his heart Aid
a=teW otherchoicE pieefes of his Old friend,
Frederick buried the resi- Of him. He made
some experiments On The specimens he had,
and found that they Were d~ensely impfeg-
mated Nsithsllica. In fact, By drinking half
a pint, poor Earnest had himself turned into
quartz aFreldeIfeh Lich+enberger, MD,
Ph. D. is delighted with his discovery. and
says that he is going to send the specimens
he has to the Academy Of Natural Sciences,
Philadelphia, for examination. Have they
yet been reeelyeda -a
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-28

IfaEp o. s.EIsa YOU Rossp.-Theyhaye
: llsenise prodigy At Boon1iIle, A I'VE.
bif ct 4 eoy' astonisaed his naothera few
fays ssnts She had occasion, Ii, ~ctastise
nm zslisasgg Tor some offence be had com
fs'tsea Harley " quietly for some. time
II. At last be brake Ont thus Mr,s,sr I
wish pad get anurzer Ilcase ks@ner M r.
yoa 60 I. why 20, my son z, ause. I,ys
yet tlred a1ein' You round,
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-28

GeLp IN AFE1cA.-Tthe Philadelphia Evening
Bailetin,In an article oman African Fxolus,n
remarks;
There is one thing, however, watch will
,n1pel such an exodus towards hfrica, as we
have lo,g waited for and hoped to see. In
Africa the richest gold de posits in the world
await the miner. We have been assured by a
gentleman whose integrity we are willing to
souch for, and who las been eighteen years
in the Guinea trade, that the amount Of gold
which abounds in some places, and which is
protected by superstitio1s taboo and bytfetisf'
nations from being gathered, is literally m
credible All that has been found in Ea!ifor4
n'a or Australia is as nothing, compared to.
what will YET be gathered from the obscure
and burning regions Of Africa A thousand
facts conartn our assertion: anecdotes and
hints il g score Of books, old and new, as
well as geological proof, tend to show that
the gold is, there In inmence quantities.. ,%s
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-28

Fon FRAZER R,vEa.-Ffomz the Cettre,
O,gu,. OF Aroyelles, we learn that a CON-
pany is being formed in that parish for the
purpose Of visiting the Frazer River Mines.
If recent accounts from the new diggings
are correct, they will be acting d wise part in
ataying at homs. =
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-28
SATURDAY, AUGUST IS, 1868.

t. We are pleased to learn that Mr.. PAD
nos. who was stabbed some weeks ago, in an
encounter vita r. MuEzEsHx1MER, is rapidly
recovering. The wound not being as sesl~
cut as was at first supposed,
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-28

t. A violent storm Of wind, rain and hail
visited ua on Sunday evening and for about
ten minutes was the most violent we have
ever experienced. Trees, corn chimneys
&c, suffered considerably. No damage Of
any very great consequence was done thai
we could hear Of. The old and new WHAT
boats at Baton Rouge; took an excursion down
the river on their own private account, and
4the terryboat Sammy South, as she was at
ten7pting to land, was blown off down the
river to company with the Mary Foley and
Bella Donna. '1 ~
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-28

#@&%%5n @4..rT %#}%# % E&L TSLE@-" %E%E %& .@E.}SF. $780,
t. In times like The present, when ths
yellow fever is spreading over our State. We
conceive i. to be our duty togive notice Of
the first appearance of the disease in our par
iah, 50 that. all persons residing therein may
be placed upon their guard. One case Of yell
low fever has appeared here, and which we
regret to say resulted fatally. The victim
was . lad about twelve years OF age, named
EpwARpERA1N son OF the iateIsHAm CRA1s oil
Crosse Tete. boy was in perfect health
when he came here, some two or thgeeweeks
since in ! visit, but was taken sick with a
bilious attack several days befo.e his death,
from which he recovered While barely con-
salescent, be vent out kanting with s.. eral
companions during which time be was much
exposed TO the sun. On his return, he was
Immediately seized Wlttihlsa violent fever, and
on the second day, black yomit ensaed, and
on the third, death. >e :
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-28

D~ The man who has never tried the
eompanionship of a little child has carlessly
passed By one Of the greatest pleasure Of LIE,
as one passes a rare flower without plucking
ls.pr knowing its value.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-28

New York soefRry.-I'he New tork
Erening Poa makes the following editorial
statement:
Tt il d notorious fact that. ii New FORK
fer irstan ee a man of wealsbsofo eaptlsa~s
ting manners and accomplishments, whose
moral character il kIiown to be thoroughly
bad, nay,so long as he is not pab|icly.expo,s.
sed BY the press, or the courtssof lay, ans ~
his circulation ii some circles Of WHAT'S cali.
ed the best society rather improved bar
.hindered BY the report Of his ransgresslo,'s
He may be q libertine, a thief, and an habl-
tual liar he may violate every command "
the decalogne but il he be recognized by & {
feWleaders OF t..thsfashiana Bile world II tWno
naag have special: and priyste reasons 1or
their contlnct,J he is sure among their oose-.
sguious deVotees Of reeeiyilga welcome
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-28

aPTr i BxsehR oN t5osssB4ck, ~ & !.
VIII RINK 70 TIE g 49, 49, 4 i
mendicant upon the apperrlos1 .sss ;asalf a.
charger, and he wall rafsffolesAla'asf
A!polIyon. 4 Il
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-28

K~ANsAs.-The Cansas correspondent Of the
n. Z. Herald states, that the only hasir-
ess WHICH is. at all brisk in Kan,as now
is horse stealing. IT. appears that the Free
State men in the neighbofhood Of Lawrence
are becoming as much ~enarnored Of free.
horses as free niggefs A reverend Political
pafson, a resident Of I1ouglas county, who
commands a com pal Of horse thieves ,preac CHI
es on Sunday and steals horses on week days,
has been arrested for stealing a number Of
horses from a Ero~sEayery man.. Il his re-
verence can secure q Freesoii Jury. he need
not concern himself about tne result, .tfor III
win be easyto show that asouthern man has
no more d ht to property in horse than in
a negro, and that a fine liosse Is q peculiarly
Southern institution, and therefore entitled
to the benefit Of the underground -@aroa1.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-28

Then. if the figures Of the last United
States census still applied to our population.
there would now be found in the Union, 9I36
deaf and dumb, of whom 1ll6. or i2.8 per
cent, are children of cousins; 1878 blind, OF
whom GAS. or 0s.1- per cent. are children Of
cousins; 1887 tdiotie, Ct 1864. or I.29 per
cent, are children Of cousins; 14,972 insane,
of whom 2s9, OF 8 10 per cent, are children
Of Cousins.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-28
sneciaI Notice.

From this date, all legal advertisements
s,ch as s,erit7s sales, separation OF property
divorces, notices of Introduction, etc. mast be
paid for within thirty days from the fFst IN
ssstion thereof. M exception will be made
in any case. Hi %s M*
~ All JOB Work must be paid for on de.
livery. December 9Th. 1857.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-28
MAaalAass OF CossaKauIarrr.-In the

! MAAa1Aass OF CossaKGuINrTY.--ln the
| National Medical Association, which a~d;ourn-
! ed. recently at Washington City, District Of
Columbia. d very able report was submitted
by Dr.. S. III. Beu1is, ct Kentucky, upon the
Influence of marriages OF. c~onsanguinity upon
offspring. Dr.-Bemis says: s
| NV researches give me authority to say
that over fen per cent, of the deaf and
dtan,h. and over FIVE per cent, Of the blind,
| and nearly fifteen pc. cent. OF the idiotic in
our State Institutions for subjects Of these
effects, are the offspring Of kindred parents.
Aside from the facts which have gained
by corresponding with gentlemen who have
given close attention to these points, a Curl
Gus but perfect legitimate process Of compu-
tation confirms me in the opinion that these
estimates are very nearly correct Five cias-
SEES in the schedules prepared, give 1877 mar
7iages Of cousins, 246 OF which have given
issue 10 deaf and dumb. blind. idiotic. Or in
sane children. Admitting the same ratio to
prevail. the Ohio report, which contains 1877
marriages Of cousins, followed by deaf and
dumb. blind. idiotic, or insane offspring,
would indicate the existence Of 1872 other
marriages Of cousins in the same population,
not followed by such defects The. counties
which furnish these Isl marriages, as above,
and are supposed to comprise in their limits
392 unrepoFted marriages, making d total of
1873, contained in 1850 a population Of SOB
53s. If the SAINT ratio be supposed TO exist
throughout the Union, there would be found
to The twenty millions of white Inhabitants,
six Thousand three hundred and twenty-one
marriages OF cousins, giving birth to 5000
deaf and dumb, blind, idlotlc, and insane chill
dren, distributed as follows:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-03-13
DIR. PERCIvAL'S LIBRARY.

A proposition is made by D. J. L
Jenckes, administrator Of Percival's estate
to put the State in possession of tho yalua
bic library left by the renowned geologist
and poet. We hope that it will meet with
favor from all parties, and that the Legis
lature will adopt measures to secure the
collection of books, and keep it from being
scattered by auction and private sales, to
which the administrator and friends of the
deceased must otherwise resort.
The services rendered the State by DR.
Percival-his devotion to its interests, and
the honor given by his name to its records
will not soon be forgotten, and the
books which were his should be reserved
with pride,as well as In justice to his mem
ory. Let them be the property Of th'
State bv an act of hberality such as is due
to the respect and esteem won by q mos
distinguished and deserving public officer
Aside from these. considerations, how
ever. these books are most OF them rare
and all Of them intrinsically valuable
They are worth more to any one than th
friends Of the deceased will claim fer then
though if sold at auction they will go a
a GREAT sacrifice. Yet such consideration:
we hope, will not be the ruling motive {
those who favor the purchase.- Madiso
Argus.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-03-13
Religious Revivals.

Tn the New York Tribune, Of the lst
inst, there is lengthy account Of a great
religious revival now in progress in that
city. 1t says itabsorbs so much attention
az to be a common topic Of conversation in
public places, and playcards, announcing
meetings, in many places usurp the place
heretofore occupied with. hand tlllssot a
secular character. The number of con-
versions are said to exceed thousand per
week, and the attendance AT all .he church
es is exceedingly large, and embraces peo-
ple of all classes.
These religious revivals, It has been OBJ
served, are prevailing throughout the
country, east and west. The causes for
them will be various in different minds;
but it is remarked that 'the Immediate
occasion is very widely believed to have
baen the recent severity Of the times, by
which men were forced into an acknowl-
edgnent of their dependence on Divine
Providence, and tt cir minds made ripe and
suscep tible to The operation of spirilua
influences aud the, Reception Of religious
truths"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-03-13
MINNESOTA.

According TO a Washington corfesron-
dent, there exists an anomalous condition
of affairs in Minnesota, the consequence OF
the application for admission AS State:-
GA curious oversight, it is said, has been
committed in framing the Constitutionnoi
Minnesota, 80 that, as it now reads, the
members Of the present Legislature hold
their offices for life. How much founda-
ton there may be for this allegation, |
cannot at this moment ascertain. 1t Is
probably not true, though, according te
the latest news from St. Paul, the Lcgisla'
ture is acting in a manner calculated te
make one give .ctedit to almost any allega
ton about it. 1t meets to enact laws as a
State Legislature when the State has nc
existence, and there is no qualified Cover
nor to approve the laws, the ceremony Of
approval being Como through with by the
Secretary of the Territory, acting as Terri
al Governor. A plentiful crop of debt and
litigation may be expected from these If
cgulsr proceedings"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-03-13
From the Cleveland Leader r.
ARTISAN WELLS.

The augur in the Artesian Well in the
Capital Square, Columbus, has penetrated
!he earth some 500 feet, over 800 feet o
which is in blue limestone rock. Thu
rock has become softer than when frs
struck, and the we'll is now settled at the
rate Of from eight to ten feet per day
biologists suppose the limestone strata at
Columbus TO be about 1000 feet thick
Water now in the well comes up to within
% feet of the aurface.
The boring is done by steam, and the
process is simple. A heavy IRON chlsel,
with blunt steel edge So inches in width,
is attached to an iron rod weighing sbou,
400 pounds by socket and screw; the re-
mainder of the shafting is of ash, some
two inches in diameter, in pieces II or l s
feet in length, the whole screwed together
This shaft is lifted by the engine l8 inche.
when it drops, and the churning motion
goes on, the shaft being slowly turned BY
the hand 10 give the well q circular form
When necessary to change the chisel or to
pump out the water and pulverized rock
the shalting is raised by the engine, each
section unscrewed as the joint reaches the
surface, the whole being taken out in q
few moments. A copper tube is used
to pump out the well. The WORK vas rom
uenced on the Columbus well iii Noyem-
Ger last.
At the paper hills in the Unity Of
Delaware some 30 miles north OF Column
bus, an abundant supply of water has been
obtained at depth of less than 800 feet.
4'he water rises soff1e IS feet above the
surface. AT Toledo. Artesian VOLS ar
also successful Institutions, furnishing full
supplies of clear, pure water, reached at a
depth of from rs to 100 feet, and i'll
most places pouring out Of the surface
hipts in large streams. The Blade says il
will not be long until the whole city is
supplied with water in this manner. III
Lafayette, Indiana, the experiment. of ali
ArtesanWell is being made at the expense
Of the city. AT the depth of l18 feet, af-
ter Penetrating lime stone strata, the
anger tapped a sub,errancan reservoir,
which immediately filled the we'll to tht.
surface The Courier says the Arabs iii
the desert could not have been more de-
lighted with the sight of water than wer,
the citizens of Lafayette.
This country has the deepcot Artesinll
Well in the world, and the boring is still
going on. 1t is the well sunk at the Su
gar Refinery Of Belcher d Brother, in ST
Louis, and is now 1900 feet deep, being
800 feet deeper than that of Mcssrs. Du-
lont, at their Paper Mill in Louisville
which s said 10 be the next deepest on tbs
globe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-03-13
OUR KINGLY PRESIDENT WHITTIER ARE
We TENDING.

| The Freeman's Journal, which is known
as one Of the most influential organs o
the Roman Catholic population of the
United States, is SO much shocked at the
corrupt use of the Executive patronage
to carry the Lecompton Consultation, thai
it thus correctly compares the acts of oul
President with the most notorious of the
Iusu,patrons practiceI by the monarchs Of
Europe:
Erec,tipe Usurpotions.-1t is easier to
change the'name than the na:ire..ofa dan
gerous power. The students of English
parliamentary history know the struggles
of people for their liberty against the
pretensions of what was called the "Royal
Prerogative." But can any instance be
found in which Plantagenet, Tudor, or
Stuart, attempted 90 extreme an act af en-
croachment upon the the commonwealth
as our citizen President, Mr.. James Buch-
anan, is said, by the friends of the Le-
compton fraud, to be meditating in refer
ence to the people and the institutions OF
the United States? What is the practical
difference between the"Royal Prerogative
claimed by tho weak, tylanical Stuarts,
and the Executive Influence so impu-
IDENTIFY Haunted in our faces by the aIvo-
Gates of the fraudulent Constitution of the
Lecomptenites? The only difference is,
that this Executive Influence" IS wiaer an
its nature, more demoraliSing, and more
potent, than the "Royal Prerogative5"
which lives in the execration of freemen.
We have been told day by day, by the
servants and the seekers ofthe government
pelf, that some ten millions Of patronage
are to be ensMoyed IN buying the votes, or
the absence, of sufficient number of the
representatives of the people to secure the
passage of an act deadly to the interests Of
the country, and to the fundamental prtn-
ciple Of oar institutions.