Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-21

are increasing in the Charity Hospital. andI
have no doubt that the same is occurring, in
| private practice. Indeed, it cannot be other
wise, with the weather we are now having;
It having be n pretty much the same for v
Or three weeks past, Sun shining with bIis-
teTiRg NEAT, and cold, dry hreszes from the
North and Northeast.
Between 8 and 2 o'cluek on Saturday morn
ing last, the iron Lake steamer, Virginia, be-
longing to the Mississippi Sound Company.
! exploded her larberd boiler, while lying at
the pier Of the jefferson Railroad, and The
!; destruction was terrible, All the Iarbpard
upper works we're knocked into binders
Three lives were lost instantly, while five of
the injured have since died 'Iha engineer
lad just commenced getting up steam the
boat being advertised fer IN: excursion trip
that day, and there Was5lot more than SIX or
seven pounds pressure on the=boiler, when it
exploded, Everybodysfaltceftain that ate a4n
did not produce the explosion, which acted
both ways, a hole having been blown in the
bottom Of the boat, 50 Chat she sank to her
guards. A thousand rutnots were aaoat in
regard to the cause Of the catastrophe. aud in
sInuatloIs OF a ~p!ot@to destroy the boat Were
throWnaou These Were treated lightly by
most people at first, but there now seems to
be no doubt, whatever; that there was such a
hetldlsh plot, and that gunpoWder was the
diabolical agent used to proInce the explosion
which destroyed the boat and the lives OF 50
many innocent persons. Close examination
has led to nnuistakable traces Of powder el
several portions Of the Iuiiled upper works.
The Company offer a reward Of $4,000, for
the discovery ane arrest ol the PEI petrator
III the act. 1t makes one s:,udler 10 think
there ~ a being, with the outward form OF
humanity. and with Eentiisnness enough in his
heart, to conceive and carry ont such a plot.
The coronet ofthe1 parish OF Jetfefson has been
guilty Of he most ~ pable conduct in con-
~uection withthls affair, and he deserves TO be
forthwith, booted out OF Office. Instead Of
holding inquests upon the dead and esaulin-
Id into the cause OF the explosion, he paid
no attention whatever to the ease. The cor
oner Of New Orleans did no. Feel Opposed to
put himself forward in the matter, so there
has been no inquest and no Investigation ex-
cePt b. the officers OF the boat. aud the agent.
There was no one but the crew on board at
the time of the explosion, with the exception
Of a man named McCAGy1nY, a plumber, and
his apprentice, who We're at wo,k in tie PAN
try, and both OF whom have died Of the iniu-
ries they received. The case is most awful
as it is, but it is fearful to rontemp plate what
it would have been had the explosion occur
red after the arrival on board Of the passea-
gers for. the excursion.
Turning aside from yellow fever, explo-
SONS. etc. | propose torhat a little wltf1*ti,e
readerspf the Sagny Pianief abort GLEaNos.
COLEMAN & Co.'S Southern Fire Proof Roofing,
whiedI consider the most valuable invention
10 the way Of covering for hnuse tops, that
has ever been made, The t. stiu1onv OF thusc
who have tested it, being that it contains all
the qualities desirable in an article OF its kind.
Perfectly inlperyious 10 water, elastic; not
liable to be Affected BY extremes OF heat or
cold. great durability, and cheap, ~ithal, the
IRE PROBING is rapidly becoming popular In
New Orleans and IN other parts Of the State,
where it has been used. Those building new
houses can cover them with the fire ~prooing
at a cost much less than tbatlot slate, white
al the same time, it can be applied to any
kind Of roof, 50 that people need not suffer
the annoyance of IealSy houses. Its a plea
ton OF the 70 ,ting is simple, and with the
directions furnished, any one can perform the
process. & "a
You come back tartlv at the city for not
providing a shelter for the vast quantity OF
sugar landed on our leree. and | freely admit
the truth aud iorse Of what you say But Is
there another city IN the Union in which most
OF the dealers IN a great staple look upon a
proposition to invest any money where they
are making it, as a perfect absnfd!ty? II Is
idle tosuppose shatthe vampires who mere
~ soiourn here four Or i've months OF the year
and suck in the wealth to be invested. or ex-
pended IN the North. are going to do anything
Tor the sugar planters of L. ~uisiana- | may
be very wrong, bus it is nsy i;HprcSston that
you can select five planters from almost any
portion. Of the susar-grewing district. who,
by combining, are perfectly able to build the
A'giers pla tIorm originally contemplated and
l stlll. retain my confidence that it would
prove a paying concern. - =
VICI.