Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-09-04

pIeseslEs 70 lAa eye pi atI6 @BeAol0Hf.-
i Thanked on ali aid J by high hill, Hhiel,
like prairias axtand far and vide, il lies
esnboaon. I'd ID their midst. Hare and
|there = naked bill project. outliks
rock, and then another covered With
shrubs and vines, rises ike 4 prom Glory,
and seems q bower Of yerdufa emsrqine
from the placidfurfscc Of the ~sters.---
In many places tho romantic cypress
tree reafs its proud and lofty bead ia
solitary grandeur, like king Of tie
waters, and then again il groyes. lifting
| lta branci.lsss trunk from out the sv.vss.
| forms Yalleya and avenues stretching
out ike Massive columns under . canopy
| of5 grsen. That bayou oan DO made ID
serve useful purposes; il can bs oon-
'' yarted iato navy yard, and no spo. on
Iihe Nississippi could be more advantage.
onsly adapted q tha. purpose, Il is sur
prislng TO y. the idea I,a.n no. been ii.
ready executed. Other beauties will Be
found e.. n Baton Roues, for instance, tbs
Bsrfaek. and grounds Of lhs United
slates those Barracksswets bulk ID ths
year ! s - When seen from this riiysr.
they present = picturesque and romsntic
appearances, and when within The on
5cIoanre, i, seems q. # you vsrs ii au
English Park. Grows, of oak ri.s hsre
and there 10 4 beautiful meadow, and
,esm e vie IN beauty with Tia vork.ot
afl, the building. and magazines ars .ys-
teInatically arranged. The Barracks .rs
.bnils u The Shape Of s pentagon, With
large open spsca within their circumfsr.
.'tice. An avenue ofysnsrable old china
trees leads tolhem. Psramids Of cannon
balls line the road and look up in do
lance, ~ i they knew slle awful mission
they are intended 10 convey alls work
of death which il rese,yedto Il,aln.---
Dark brazen guns slu1nber inz1heir might
and grin in savage joy !. the passer by,
while their dumb muatlIs seem ID await
bn. the sigaaI. Of var. q pour forth
through volumes Of 6rs aud smoke. shs
messengers OF dsatl, which man hss
invented 70 xiii Bis fa'low-tnsn.
L, the year 1e25, Gen LArArsrrx
pad 4 yisi:to Baton Rouge, Tha friend /
OF WAenIseTor had ii ths derline 81
lite, once tnore crosssd The ocean 10 ses
that land .of liberty for which hehsd
fought and bled. The herD Of two ravo.
!atloas, destiny had thrown him Id tt1s
midst Of those pplisical- crisis, Hliei,
often bury nations IN their views. Hs
rad coma out giofionsly Of both, M ii
~ haa been ,nads 10 direct tlls rebsl
ous .ile OF reyoiutions. All knew ths
,art he performed IN the american revor
ulion. Ia tbs eyer.1ns,norabIe criais,
which in 1893. 1rsncbsd lis oun below
ID counlry.in the blood Of l,er children,
e stood supreme afbitef between the
Republicans and the Crown, and check
d the sa,1guinary faryof the two con-
ending motions. r.
During bis short slay il Baton Rougs,
ie Was hailed ii tie friend Of liberty,
Inferior in fame TO VVAsHIHnfoa alone,
4aiayettc street was named after him,
md IS al that i left to ren1ind as Of his
'isit. Wtat be returned to his nzti7s
and, hs took over with him q supply Of
american soil, With whicl, aftar his death N
is coffin vas covered. Thus in q land
i tyranny he sleeps in soil which Il
reedom has sanclifisd. .
Destiny reseraed him .:or anoth erreyo-
ution, that of 1885,, !, ID which he acsed
he part ct Dictator; and when he nad
een.that the idea u establishing 4 b.
,ubIic in France was but an Utopfan
Team. lie placed Ill. crown % ths head
{ LoUrs PHsltrP. instead Of placing It
Il liis own. glorioaIs aastinys hs
lad given freedom to 4 nation, 4 crown
D an heir of Royalty and disintsre.tod
. tile last, he had rsrnsinea Wis. ns.
ure bad n aeIe him a