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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-01-23


THE subscriber having c%ou,rlrtcA his srseIsh
i Warehnus and Manniactorr. is nov opening the
most cusrples. VI CARRIAGES and HARNESS over tf
ferea to purchasers in this vicinity and would sa't
the attention Of his friends and the public genfraiiT
to bis establishment and to examine his stoch teforc
purchasing elsewhere. **T=f
MO w M sToRE.
Caieche nnh chose Coacnes, aa
Two and four seat Bretta,
Eockaways ami Raroncties, "
Side and single seat Bugsies, With and without
tops, -.@.ziI
With a splendid assortment Of doubis and sin.
gle Harness. Whips, &e-, to match. 49, sS.#S83
Also Stage. Wagon and fart Harness
Blind Brides. Collars, Hanes, &c. a #@@
All of which viii BIZ sob, as low ns thsy esab
purchased At npr house in the South. 81 -9#gaa5
My facilities for repairing are nnsnrp.saed in Az
the b ranches, ami u eontlnuancs 81 patronage w.
solicited.
have in, store a full assortment 81 irsn ~eomrrfaHs
ing. Flat, Round and Square. SIeet and Hoop Iron
Axles, Springs &c. q
Balcony and Cemetery ratings made 70. order, ~
the latest styles and patterns.
Ihavealso on hand Cane Wagons and carts.
Road Waggpns, Bagagke and other light carts, and III
kinds d Wi1eelwright work made 10 order. t7S@ts
~Aiso Rarker's Force Pumps, Chain Pnanpa. eann.S
plete Lightning Rods. &c.. &c. Call and examine ~
he old stand NEW ~buiiding) corner Of Maine and y
hureb streets. - -. z5YE 8&
pV& ". r. IIt%HAFaA y
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MERcHANTs'DIART& GUIDE
FOR 1857-'58,

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Chronological Table, a guide to all the Pub
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and Rates Of Postage, Levee Guide, Laws
Governing Hacks, Cabs, and Drays, Interest
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Courts. with a Diary for Every Day IN the
Year, and Advertisements Of Prominent Mer-
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A B r A y 70 r ID /.
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALER in
addlery, Harness, Trunks, Whips, and Bad
n " d1nry Hardware. ms

HARVEY HOUSE ROW.. BATON ROUGE LA.
yXTE WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM our Friends,
w Customers and tbs Pubic, that We have nov
the muHt complete and varied assortment nj goods I'D
=au,line that can be hr found in the Southern MARKET
We have recently made very large additions l." our
Stock. in general, and will continually ne rec"''lhe
additions Of tho best quality and lateststyles. LIVING
made arrangements with ono os the best Nanusactnf'
ing Houses In New York, to have most Of our FINE san
nlka and HARNESS, made TO our order expressly, 70
gnther with those OF our own Manufacture W. haSe
every confidence In recommending them to be- d sui-
erior workmanship, and feel assured that we can hi'eF
extra Inducements to customers. Weafe prepared "
sel ut Wholesale or Retail. and pledge ourselves TO
sci, On AZ Gayhratle trrg,A AZ can be bought Mt any
otier House III the South.
10 our Old customers We beg leave to return our
sincere thanks for their liberal patronage lerft"i"rp,
mud invite al! to riv+ as n call. to whom we VIII take
pleasure in showing our Stock Of Goods. 4 list in part
may be found IN follows:
In the way Of Saddles, I have
American, baltimore.
Engl:sh, Kentucky,
Spanish, and Washington
and Mexican. Somerset.
Danube, httalapns, Crro.e Sou4ersett,
Hue. Citizens Wheeier'A i'atcnt
and Traveller. Sprius& Hnazhr.
ilnin and Stained
kslnftoe City style.
Ladies', Misses and
H. Boys OF avery quality.
OF Harness., there il
rsiiver, fraea Plated and
JapanneI Earringe Harness,
Sil-ec. l;rnas I3nroncl and
Thifting Ca~rrrageHnrness.
I'nggy and omnibus Of the same.
invite tIeoial attention to our stock Of HarneH
which Ia very large and wr are determined 10 pn
them NJ the lowest I,o@1ible figure. 4 general "Fs'F-
ment.
ALSO OF
Cart Harness,
Collar. Blind
' pridlrs, Trace Chains,
Breast Gt.ninH, Ha,nes, &c.
IHArEA COMPLETE A&so7MENToF
English Foiin Carpet I,asa.
and Sole Leather Snddl" Bags,
Trunks and Trunk Water proof
yaiicra. Basss
scnoo. sachelF, Ladies'
Travelling Trunks Trunks,
nnl Bonnet inxos.
Also all kinds OF
arr,are Planters
and Buggy Whips,
VIII E:*;a,s. rm;n m a"',
Msrtingales, Overseer
Stirrnps, Whips,
rSpurB Horse
and Rtts. brttNbfA, |
Curry Combs. Cards,
Mime Combs, Dog Collnrs nnd Dog tha'na'
4 very nno article OF American and F.ngiisl, Brides
Kidding Whips, Riding and Driving Gloyes-W"rsted, |
Linen and Cotton Fly Nets.
-ALSO-
y Ausaasortnent in general of ~saddlery HARDWARE
s%kirting, Harness. | Ather, Enamelied Leather, En-
.meiied Cloth, Patient Leather, Saddle Trees. Cal
md examine our goods and prices. All orders prompt
v ATTENDED, to. A., BRADFORD
Baton Rouge, Sept, u, is56,-yi
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THE GUIDE

TO SCIENTIFIC AM PRACTICAL AGRlcuLTUnE
Fy Henry STEPHENS, F. R. S., Of Edinburgh,
ard the late J. p. NoRTon. Professor Of
Scientific Agriculture in Yale College, New
Haven. 2 vols. Royal Octave. 1000 pa
ges, and numerous Wood and Steel En-
cravings.
This is, confessedIy, the most complete
work on Agriculture ever published, and in
order to give it a wider circulation the pub
fishers have resolved to reduce the price to
Five Dollars for the Two Volumes.
When sent by mai (post-paiIj to Califor-
mia aud Oregon the price will be 81. To
every other part of the United States and to
Canada (post-paidl Sc. u Ills uork is
NOR Ms old Book Of te Farm.o
Renfttances for any Of the above publica-
lions should always be addressed, post paid,
to ts'eP1blisht<s,
LEONARD SCOTT 4 CO.,
No 81, Gold Street, New York.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-01-23

Tyra wish Fl cheap and good COOKING -srops,
either for coal or wood, call at s,ontan Il fiuvn.,.
They base on land aud are constantly rcceivinae No..
St. Louis, Cincinnati, Ps,sburg, the iateat nna oI III !
patterns Of extra heavy rooking stores. They ats,
furnished complete with Iron wsrs, Tjn 49, ~
Stove Pipe. Call and examine a. our sateroou nraa.s
the Old Gazette office, - corner Church and Iafss
yettc} Or ut AOSTAN H. HEgEETs
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-01-23

"Why did you not pocket some
of those pears" said one boy to
another, was there to Sec" eyes
there was--l was there to sec my
self, and / don't ever mean to see
myself do a mean thing"
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-01-23
" LIAM BOGEL 'a@@a
Wholesale and Retail Druggist & Apotheeary

- -,-.-.E- -. ~ .BAION RUUHE, Ia. -
II EEps CONsTA VIII on HAM, and is dai
ia increasing hts stock Of everything usually KEEP
in country and city Drug stores. Your orders are re-
s~pectfully solicited, feeling assured that he can giT
satisfac Hon tohis cunstomers-prfces will be ,ow--ser1n
.liberal-your orders whether in or ont Of his line r.
meet with prompt attention. Particular attention W
be paid to packing andshipping.t S'
~-Eyery thing shipped by him per any good steam
boat, will BIZ insured. " -"
It viii be to your interest to buy Jour Drugs and
Medicines from .. 49,
Mar LIST $50 $&*3' *'|S &tA Wms BDf5EE .
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-01-23
To Sportsmen.

To Sportsmen. '%
Gun Waading, ..~ s~i ~ Sf3&
Wad Cntssrs, .sza5tQ
Gun Tubes, sf5
Tube Wrenshes, 3~&@N#SH3
Hazards Powder,
Duponts Powder, $F
Game Bags, H.S8E#
Gun Worms,
Gum ~Sjeqgeas I'll LA
Gun .cNr,ncrat &#
isna Tips, .~.get*
i5ror Shot,
fHuek Shut, #@@#%t
kise. Caps. zzxsq
Shot ruuche*. 4! =
htDNTAS X fiHGTfTR. il
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-01-23

"sister, are you happyEo
Eyes, Deacon, I feel as though I
WAS in Beelzcbub's BOSOM"
~'eNot in Bcelzebub's.o
"Well, some one Of the patri-
archs, / don't care which,"
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-01-23
HOES, SHOVELS. &c,

Best EnEfish, care, corr and eet:an hhe. so*kest
spadea, grabbing hoes, stutble hnes Ames shovel. and
a'aaeE- III MORTAR 4 Hrstxn9@$s
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-01-23
Now I'm store.
AZ bbls bi-suIphate Of Lime,
20 bbIs Polar whale oil, eleas

~ s<*@ Now i'm Store. "F# y
4 q bbIs bi-SuIphate Of Lime, &.Ht
~ 20 bbla Polar whale oil, elesr,
I,E5.35 g Castor oil, x.s~ y. 90. 70.
10, q L;nseed oil,
1000 lbs White lead, t-- -. @F
Z 10 dozen Champagne, j
20 -" C1aret,
5000 choice brands Havana cigars,
10 600 German cigars, :. ..
10 casks Scotch Ais i"
. bhls Blue Lick .Warsr, .~...
q choice Peach Whisky
2"s~%M onongahe1z do
&g@%. s different kinds nf French Brsady At
different prices, &.4
@3 &s@1o ozant3arnun Il FluidLanpa, s
In 40 reauns Wrapping paper. r. rsa..vs
SO boxes Chinese Ffre-crsEeTs+
All the above articles are offered at 1T DrlaaaS
ricea, either for cash or on credit zs
ED Druggist,
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AT H. 7. Waddill's Drug Store

souoble terms as in New Orleans; and ! take
this occasion to say to Planters, that VIII
furnish you your Medicines for the same
money you paid last year for the same arti
Giles, in the same quantities. ami pfedgeiny
self that the quantities shall be fully equa11to
those sold else NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of mafke
oGly expected
We HAVE
CALOMEL,
QUINlNE,
BLUE MASS,
KHEUBARB,
SALTS,
CREAM TARTAR.
lpECACllUANA,
: SIENNA,
! BARkS,
SALTS,
h CASTOR OIL,
BICAKB. SODA,
LAuDNAUM,
PAIEGORlC,
ALUM,
GINGER, &c.
TuEN WE HAEE
FAHENSTOCk'S VEhMIFUGE,
pEkRY'S DEAD SHOT,
McLAIN'S YERMlfUGE,
CHAMPIONS WORM MIXTURE,
WINEH;S CANADN FERMlFUGE
BESIDES ANY QUANTITY OF PILLS, AS
WRIGlIIns, JAYNF's,
cMcLAIs'S, BRAFDRETA'S,
LEES, LOUDEN'S
MOFFAIIsS.
IlOLLOWAY'S,
CHAMPIONS,
+ MOkKlSON'S UlGEN,
DIR. FRANKS,
GOEDON'S,
AND OR LIN1MESTs PAINS, BRUISES
sWELIlNGg, STRAINS or RHEUMATISM
NERVE AND BONE
THE MUSTANG,
ARABIAN,
=ClIINESE,
VENETIAN,
JAMES,
RAILWAYS,
LOUDEN'S,
OpOlJILDOCk,
ROCK OIL,
McLAlN'S,
HAAS, DC.
For DISEASES OF THE LUNGS AND THROAT
| HAVE
WISTAR'S WILD CHERRY,
STABLER'S ANODINE,
WOODLANDS EXpECTORANT
JATNES EXPECTCRANT, g..
LOUDEN'S AND
AYERS PICTORIAL,
BARTHOLOMEW
PINK SYRUP,
THEN FOR D1spErs1A, WEAK STOMACH
]JAuND1cE, LIVER COMPLAINT, OR
GENERAL DEBILITY, | HAVE
PEpSlN, SECHlEDiIAM SCHNApS
ORIGINATED DlTTERS
MOFFA1T"S BITTERS,
IIOFFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
GOULA DITrEKS =
J. La HlAL l. WEI u tcfo o2
s~AKsAPAK!LLA UCH AS
TOWNSEND'S,
WAYNCOOP'S,
GUIlsCOTT"S.
WILLIAMS
SANDS
BULLS,
Besides these We have many other renee
dies for Uterine diseases. We hive DR.
Morse's lnvigoratiug Cordial, Mather's Re-
Ilei, Carter's Spanish Mixture. Lucina Cor
dial Marshalfs Catholicon, Carpenters Bu-
chu.
AND OF FEVER AND AGUE REMEDIES, WE
ROMANS TONIC MIXTURE
OSGOOD'S CHOLAGOGCE.
SMITHS TONIC SYRUP,
SPEEDS FEVER TONIC,
MINERS FEVER TONIC, and
SAPPlNGTON'S PILLS,
u Then for those indebted to us for
Medicines, sold them in 1856, or previous,
and yet unpaid for we have their accounts
made out, and waiting only for Qua signature
% be receipts in foil to January, 1856.
Corner Church and Third Sts., Baton Rouge.
Nor, 1866. .r.
ALFRED W.
GENERALcoLLEcroR,
PZaqwenine, La.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-01-23

honge, Lilly White sIe1l, Buffalo Horn. coar an
hno eonas y. n Brushes Of Nil kinds, 4 new supnlv M
sseifsa Cyl ~ q - ~ ~az T, !
: . #M:BoGEL. .o,useis
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-01-23
Our Card for 1857.
MI O N A N IL uU nu.rn

Having compIsted our yar,ss Az -
liafaware, ~ direct irnportstions from III H., stosi j.
request the attention Of customer. ID IT, sha " ~oula
irisnls o, .% our gooas we would inform th Npsa, Y s OF
try ~ ua, d dur I. the ' sanain n' sssr' e s,I Nv orls.s., ~ 7
whether for A ~yourpsdtas
Mechanics Tools pin g.
Plantation Hardware, wna W. aaa VII, >
House Furnishings. foraa.a nafes
Cooking Stoves, Iatsas Aan Uakuu,
Castings and Iron, ~ ani Ha.ste.,
and other articles more dehnitaiv 49, .uipehlins,
where, In this paper and iftls prlces n.y. el.ss
oargoods do not sEnt It will not bc our fa,,tt u IVY q
AoSr*s a iipaUEr, Church street Z77
opposite the FL rnev IIs..ILzszfs
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-01-23

t'icn%tis! E'lougIis!?
Halls Cane and Cotton. ~
lunnard & Montegues, BATON Koupe.
ard the Red Yankee Plough.
On hand at T.
~~---~~ hosTAs 4 Hrgryr
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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-18
COMMERCIAL

WASHINGTON, Nav 17.-.Snate The resolution
instructinQ the committee of Foreign Affairs TO
enquire whether further legislation is necessary 70
enable the President to protect American vessels
against British cruisers in the Gulf OF Mexico was
postponed in consequence of the non-receipt OF
official intelligence on the subject. =.
The Appropriation bill was again under consld-
GRAFTON. 1t was amended so as to allow extra COM
peusation to official reporters and after the adop-
ton of other slight amendments. it was passed.
Mr. Gwinn gave notice that he would call up the
Pacific Railroad bill on Thursday
House The report from the committee OF Ac-
counts on the case of Hackney, the Doorkeeper'
being up, Mr.. Hackney asked thorough investi-
cation.
The subject was discussed aud resulted In the
dismissal of Hackney from his wosition as DOOR
keeper by very large majority. Ills successor
will be elected tomorrow.
The committee of Judiciary was discharged from
the further consideration of the case OF Judge wa
trous
The President was requested to communicate TO
the House information relative to the outrages Dy
British cruisers in the Gulf and on the coast OF
Cuba ON American vessels.
The rest of the proceedings we're unimportant.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-18
Important 10 tho south.

The Washington correspondent Of the Richmond
South says that Oomonfort, late President of Mex
ico it 10 stated left in his PORTFOLIO when he de-
scamped, treaty prepared and ready for his signs
ture cedng the United states sonora Ia region o.
vast agricultural resources fine climate and almo-l
unlimited mineral Wealth. Chihuahua and Lower
California, and guaranteeing the right of way al
Tshuantepec for some thirty-fve millions OF dol
lars or this sum, ave millions were to be retain
ed TO satisfy American claims. 1t is Understood,
says tho correspondent, that q treaty is now in
process of negotiation which will not materially
deviate from the above, which has probably been
taken as basis.
The New York Herald learns from Washington
that contracts hare been entered into by the Post
office Department, the Tehuantepec Company and
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company for the con-
veyance Of n semi-monthly mail to California via
the lsthmus Of Tehuantepec. This is the shorts.,
OF the present or prospective routes to California
six days less time than either the Panama mr.
Nicaragua route. 1t will place these rontes some
twelve hundred miles out of the line of travel 10
the Pacific, and diminish the Importance of pro.
traetsd and perplexing negotiations with the weak
ana suspicious governments Of Nicaragua and
new arenada To come from benefits of a nation.
o. 70 those OF Southern character, il 10 predicted
that the adoption Of the Tehuantepec rou to will
aod greatly to the wealth and progress OF the
south, and transfer travel and trafiic as we'll
mails from New York TO New Orleans.
The lsthmus Of Tehuantepsc, which separates
the Pacific from the Gulf OF Mexico, Is 125 miles
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-18
the Grass b oppers.

The vast swarms Of grasshoppers. which reduc-
cd the Mormons, last summer, to extrem'ttes iof
food visiting the growing cereals with utter ae-
strucsion three timee IN one summer, have nov
attacked our frontier States, and devastated the
prairies OF Texas The Philadelphia North Ame-
ricsn hazards the uuwelcome suggestion that they
are moving gradually into the body OF the kepno
Nc. On leaving Texas. they steereda northeast
coarse, and reese to great height from the ground
a. though for long journey. Myriads OF them
are now eating up vegetation 10 Ohio 1t H. there
fore, no violent superstition that they make Penn
sylvania and Virginia visit. These insects. says
the American, are not like the common gras'hop-
per. which are every summer found in our fields
and roads, but are OF the size OF locust, with the
same gregarious habits The ordinary grasshop-
per is weak of wing, and never rises to q great
height, whereas the legions which have 20 repeat.
edly desolatcd Utah and Texas, rise far into the
upper air, aud move off together TO great dis
tances, like wild geese. They appear in immune
rable hosts and instead Of scattering, aligbt in
body upon some devoted locality, which they at
tack and destroy with the systematic movement OF
an army. They will thus eat up crop Of corn or
cotton 10 very short time.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-18
Recreation for tho Masses.

It has become a custom for considerable por
tioD OF the community, in all our principal Amer
fcan Cities to leave town for season during the
summer, and seek pleasure and health amid the
rural shades. The fashion has even extended to
villages, aud periodically their dusty thorough
fares are deserted for what Is called the country,
meaning thereby some watering place, where in
obedience to the laws of society, enfeebled const
tutions are rejuvenated and the animal spirits
stimulated, by pills Of tough mutton, rancid but
ter and nauseating ulpbur water, at an enormous
price, but which invigorate the moral as we'll as
the Mystical man. so that after returning from the
Springs q man knows how to value the comforts
of home and finds ID easy to cultivate the virtue
OF contentment. We do not mean to dispute the
advantage of the custom referred to f; month, a
week. or even days visit to tho country is often
of service to health aud happiness, but the mis-
fortune is that the great mass of the community
men Of moderate means, yet whose industrious
HABITS especially demand Intervals of repose,
virtually excluded from the watering places, OF
indeed any country resorts, by the extravagsnt
prices which 1t has become the fashion to demand
There is scarce village hotel in Virginia, Of
three or four thousand inhabitants, accessible by
railroad which does not charge visitors at all times
of the year city rates. A stranger may go to New
York. and find comfortable houses at which his
expenses will not be great at some of our
little Virginia villages. 1t is not to these how
ever, We refer, 80 much as to the enormous exsc-
tions at the watering places and the country
tayerns during the fashionable season. Somewhat
less than half the standard charges would yield
handsome profit, aud it strikes us tina, some enter
prising person, in the possession Of an ordinary
conscience, might realize a handsome sum, and
prove public benefactor, by establishing coun-
try resort in healtbful location, upon such terms
az would suit the means of people of moderate
Income At present, there is scarce little country
tavern in Virginia, which can boast a sulphur
puddle In its back yard, aud active corps Of
ness aud chinches in every bedroom, that does not
lie in wait for uasu.pecting pilgrims, and vctnze
them at the rate of ten dollars a week.