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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-01-02

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HoL1pAY PREsEsrs.-In our last is
sue, we overlooked noticing, not inten-
t%ional|y however, some Of our adyertis'
ers, whose wares are in every way suisa-
Bile for Christmas presents. Now every
body in this and the adjoining parishes,
knows the old establishment Of
JACOB PIPER 4 Co., on Maine street,
where every article to be found in a
weIl-reguIated household, can be procu~>
ed at a reasonable price. We hope all
in want of fine furniture, crockery, wood
en- ware, 6ns cutlery, hardware of all
kinds, fancy porcelain, and stone ware,
clocks, plated ware-welI we couldn't
snumerate all their counters and shelves
display, to give Messrs. PIPER d Co., a
call. If a suitable Christmas or New
Years. present cannot be found at their
establishment, we must say that some
people are hard to please. We went in
to purchase something, but O found
the attraction was too strong for cur
" pile" and left after getting rid of what
we had. Don't forget the place when
you visit Baton Rouge-it is on tho
same street as the Harvey House, and
knows Major RHoDvs.
Now leave P1PER's after you have all
the fine things you want, and cross over
10 that fine large brick building, at the
corner above-that large building with
the big gold Eagle on the top, and en-
quire for
Capt. ". F. TuNNARD, and tell him
you want a splendid carriage to help
carry home the fine things you bought
at PlpER's. The CAPITA very accom-
modating man is tbs Captain-will show.
you at once into bis large sales room,
you a select a carriage of any
and price you may want. Bug
g'es, barouches, any sort of q vehicle
made or contrived, can be found
Or, he will sell you a dray, cart,
"heeIbarrow, or a railroad passenger
car, if that will answer, so long as you
be satisfied. This establishment is
of a visit, for its size and the
immense amount OF business done there.
t is equal to any establishment of its
ize in New Orleans, and we know does
is much business as any house of the
lind in that city. No prettier present
n the world than a fine carriage or bar
'uche, for the holidays.
l.. KoSpERT, on Lafayette street, lust
.bove GoIDMANN's, can furnish you
nth as fine a rair of boots or shoes a.
be found anywhere in the country.
'oUY has a peculiar knaek of making
1mself agreeable, and the consequence
!, a rush Of customers. He always
ives his customers fits in one way!
1ough not in another. If LouY. don't
I've you a 1T you need not apply else .
here in the town of Red Stick. !,
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-01-02

Our fair correspond
we are glad to see, has
though far away. We
g above title, one of the
'mpositions she has as
ith. Our West Baton
III at once recognize the
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-01-02

GEN. K1DD's ,sPos1r1oN.-We fndsth
following .eardyzof3 Gen. .KpD, denying
that the report bf his having gone owe,
to the Democracy, going the rounds 81
the papers. vi doubted the Generals
reported desertion from tie first ;:s'.-s. . .
l5T LITTER FROM GEN. ". n. KIDD. So:
G. ". Mechanic: lDear Ssir-The
article headed "The Democratic Victory
A Consequent !" in your paper Of the
2lst inst, has just been read BY me-
Your informant stated correctly, when
be said it was my purpose to reflect tie
political sentiment Of the majority Of
this Senatorial District in the election Of
an y. s. Senator to succeed Tie Hon. !.
T. Benjamio. - d55$# &zs7
/ do this upon the principle that an
honsst* agent would exeeute the known
will of his chief. : t #sT"
The inference, that Twill in the next
Legislature, act with the Democratic
party" is your own.4 God grant that I.
may find a party in that Legislature dis
posed to act for the good Of the people
and county, rather than the interests Of
a party and spartisans as. such
Most respectfully, you, &c,
Nov. 28,ls57. W. KIDD.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-01-02

DRAwrse 4 -PTIsro1.--AA deputy of
the Sheriff o1;New Orleans--one Perry
Lyons-who brought q batch of Pen.
itentiary binr s's*z ,uP', on The Capitol On
Monday, a%tteInp'ttepF to shoot one of our
citizens for some trivial cause before ta-
king his departure rtl t. /. At last, he drew
bis pistol as though he would like to
discharge it at somebody but; being iin.5
formed. by his antagonist that folks up
here were used to looking At such utens
sils. he suffered himself to be persuaded to
put it mp. He left sou1eafter. 1t IS!
more than probably that Mr. Lyons will!
be called up to answer before; Judg Bealeafz
to the charge ;;of carrying concealed wea,
ponds J.: # + SCI g be will have acgood time
of II: --.1 zhk.,* #5
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-01-02

!" T i 5 sAsatead that Ne. B3ernhiseell.iE
the. delegate from Mormontdom, q : . y y
Representa- tI.ye q rebellion" d. Ihhe Il 1o'N
called, Is onee Of ths most % quiet and W.
members Of the Hoass: Ha;
rarely talk cannot be- drawp into Z
conversation indeed has npt
heard anything abouttT war II knows
nothing about. tthges burning ila=nE'ii,n Of the pro-
e ri; By. Is. is y ear.td:Lo doing . world
Of writing b z75
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-01-02

=, "a and donbly a sorrow to
demise. Mr.. WTSrnEr has our
fdlals~lshes for success and pros
IN "tiatever he next embarks
.:qtts contributed as much to tl,a
lof Davidson q as any other paper
District, "a fact which should not
ooked by the friends Of Mr.. D.
Snow CoM1se.-A. new
It, according to the" posters"
is abe about visiting Baton
purpose Of giving Eshio-
IT'S II they prove no
. Welcome. They ex-
q Saturday nights.
~ I"S atte.iLlOn OF
!, on the river banks.
their levees. The
great rapidly and a
AZ be the means Of
'c!do'lars worth Of
Si>&4
sndid residence Of
, Conn. was de-
yhts since, The |
100000, and
~ana II
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-01-02

THs EAST fNp1h CoMpAsY.-We find.
in our English exchanges " tie: EIsnrosa.
pa, ansinportantiite item oit'' news ii regard
to this Company, which has fof years
exercised SO potential an@infuenca in II
d;a. The Tendon Times says as soof: Il
P~arrifliaan'f,ent meets for the djilslpaat1cl Of /.
general Business the total abolition q
The CompanIi's government. ~i1Fbe pro.
posed by tho Minister, India willA by
be brought IL Ill &, lately uln1da The cons.
troll Of The Crssa1d Parliament.
When this TAX. place " tth1e. Queen o.
Hindostan s'g,iilff ,1 e added q tll11ae many
titles ii which Victoria T. 3 ices.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-01-02

The best: way to keep boys from ap-
ples, is I, plant pears. .
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-01-02

ARGus.-We regret to
Hinton Patriot thatthis
naucted paper has been
is always a pleasure in
lcal degeneracyto ack-
distance St Of a higb-toned
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-01-02

that it conferred rights hitherto withheld
from her by the Missouri Compromise.
and abe is now reapiug full benefit from
the introduction Of the Black Republican
move, through De,nocraticC) agency.
Americanism, as We understood It and
understand it now, Is nothing more nor
lees than 8 political party seeking to
preserve the rights and privileges acouir-
ed under the Constitution of our COM
mon country to all its citizens: and with
the hr'n conviction that it was best cal
calatsd to preserve those privileges, have
up and fought for it until defeat.
AFTER defeat has SO thinned our ranks as
barely to leave q corporal's guard to make
1ne acknowledgement. w have not
nor 60 We intend 70 fdesert our fac and
the glorious principles inscribed upon it's
'o1oss but we must cease the advocacy
OF tn ose principles while the South: is in
danger from national Democratic m;srn,e
Int ~ local matters extend, u motto
'nAl' os war to tho bilt upon the party
now ruling our State with an iron rod
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

Unsuccessful IN this Lye.-There is
truth beautifully expressed, and words
of cheer for multitudes, in the sentiment
accredited to Geo. S. Hilliard /:
Il confess that increasing years bring
with them an increasing respect for those
who do not succeed i'll life, as those words
are commonly used Heaven is said to
be a place for those who have not sue
ceed upon earth and it is surely tue
that celestial graces do not best thrive
and bloom in the hot blaze of worldly
prosperity. III success sometime rises
from superabundance of qualities in
themselves good-from conscience too
sensitive, taste too fastidious. self for
getfulness too romantic, modesty too
retiring l will not go SO far as to say,
with living poet, that the ''world knows
nothing of its greatest men,, but there
are forms Of greatness, or at least excel
lence, that "die and make no sign.;'
there are martyrs that miss the palm,
but not the stake there arc no heroes
without the laurel, and conquerors with
out the triumph.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02
WHOLE NUMBER 800.

SHELLS THROWN AT NAPoLEoN.-The
Birmingham Daily Press says: eve
have seen one of the shells manufactur-
ed for the purpose ofthe late attempted
assassination. They were made by Mr..
Taylor, an engineer, in Broad street, who
was, of course, unacquainted with the
purpose for which they were intended.
They are most ingeniously. contrived,
and the one brought to our office was
very fine specimen of workmanship. 1t
is cylindrical in shape, with the ends
rounded, resembling melon more than
anything else we can compare it to, the
size about inches by 4. 1t is hollow,
and made in two parts The thickness
of the metal at one end is one inch. at
the other three quarters of an inch. The
great popularity in the construction is
the means for exploding. In an ordina-
ry hand-grenade this is provided for by
fusee, which being lit, when it treaches
the powder causes the explosion. In
rhe present instance, one end of the shell
is provided with twenty-five nipples, sim
liar to those of a gun, and upon each of
these percussion cap is placed. When
either af these caps strikes against any
substance it produces the explosion
Thus all the uncertainty as to the time
of the explosion is avoided. The extra
thickness of the metal at this end se-
cures its falling the right way. At the
opposite end is hole for loading, which
is closed by screw plug. The whole
appearance of the machine is of a most
dangerous kind, and on its construction
and design great labor must have been
bestowed"
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02
Miscellaneous News.

A state of affairs peculiar to San Fran
cisco during the Vigilance Committee
days existed at New Orleans at the la
test accounts, the long series of outra-
ges which had disgraeed that city, hav-
ing eliminated in the formation of a
Vigilance Committee. The Committee
quietly took possession of the arsenal
and demanded of the city authorities
that certain outlaws be delivered into
their hands to be dealt with according to
their deserts. From Thursday the 1st
eff June till Friday the Sd, the troops of
the Vigilance Committee were being
drilled, as were also those of the law and
order party represented by the munich
pal government. Barricades of cotton
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02
NEVADA JOURNAL.
(From Extra of tuesday,
ARRIVAL OF THEJ. l.. STEPHENS.
Fifteen Days Later Atlantic News
European News go Vigilance Com
mittee at New Orleans---COngreSs---
Miscellaneous News. &c. sc.
san FRANCISCO. June 20.

The John L: Stephens arrived at San
Francisco at o'clock, Monday evening,
bringing advices from New York and
New Orleans to June 9TH.
She brings nearly 900 passengers in
cluding 343 women and children all in
good health.
The excitement in regard to British
outrages on American commerce still
continues on the Atlantic side and new
arrivals of search are being frequently
announced by vessels arriving at New
York, Boston, New Orleans and other
ports.
The most startling announcement is
that an American vessel had been fired
into off Pensacola by British cruiser
and one man killed. This statement
lacks confirmation.
1t was proposed to send down force
to the coast of Cuba, to capture the Of
Tending vessels and bring them into one
of our ports for trial. Mason and Crit
tenden took more sober view Of the
matter, which operated as sort of
| shower bath to the hot blood Of the SEN
ate. The affair ended in gust-noth
ing at all.
Advices had not been received from
London in reply to Secretary Cass' de-
mand for redress, but the Administra-
ton is confident that Great Britain will
disavow the acts Of the cruisers, and are
not disposed to make any warlike de-
monstration after they can have a talk
on the subject. 1t is quite well under
stood that Lord Napier has sent dis
patch to the Commander Of the British
West India squadron to desist from fur
ther annoyance to American vessels un-
til further orders from England.
There was a story current at New
York which requires contirma ton, that
British officer conspicuous for his
boarding operations, had been arrested
and sent to Jamaica. The British war
steamer Styx recently landed detach-
ment Of mariners at one of The ports of
Cuba, and searched the plantations in
the vicinity for exported negroes. The
affair has caused much excitement on
she Island.
1t seems that in spite Of the British
cruisers large number Of slaves have
been recently landed in Cuba.
Our government has sent the Arctic,
celebrated as the vessel in which Capt.
Hartstene made his search for DR.. Kane,
and the steamer Water Witch have
been dispatched to The coast Of Cuba to
! look after the British cruisers.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

Horrible Afican Church Decorations
No sight (says Mr.. Hutchinson) ever
seen, not even the room of horrors of
Madame Tussaud's, shocks one 50 much
as the first view of the Bonny iu ju
house. The pillars of the two doors are
formed of human skulls inside, the
ground is paved with them an altar is
erected on which is a dead iguana, and
the whole of this is fabricated of the
same material as the pillars of the door,
Two high columns of them are beside
the altar string of jawbones is hang
ing by the wall and these, you are iu-
formed. are the skulls of their enemies,
of their enemies of the Andony country,
adjoining the Bonny territory, and with
whom, few years ago, they waged
furious war.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

"Whiskerettes is the name given
to the "beau catchers" worn by the
girls this spring, for lack of whiskers,
moustaches or goatees. They are made
by drawing down little tufts of hair from
the temples, and forming them into
scollops.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

I Mr.. Charles Dickens, it is said
does not intend to bring out any more
serial tales. Mr.. Dickens is in his 5Oth
year.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

70 A joint stock company for the
assassination of Louis Napoleon has been
formed in New York. A half crazy
German has promised to kill the En-
peror, provided his expenses to Paris
are paid, and $500 have been actually
raised for that purpose.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

readiness Of AdaptatiOn-There is a
story of Pierri's arrest in Paris, that, if
not true, is very well invented. He was
seized only a few minutes before the at
tempt and they had hardly done search
ing him when the explosions were heard,
upon which the prisoner exclaimed:
There, your Emperor has ceased to
exist; you needn't trouble yourself
about me-
Whereupon one of the sergeants,
struck with the idea that in this case
Plerri might form one of the next pro-
vlsional government, addressed him
with
"Well' sir, whatever happens, remem-
Der that treated you like a gentle
man."
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

A rich man once complained in cof-
fee house that he had three daughters
to whom he would give $4,000 each,
and yet that he could find nobody to
marry them. "With your lave. sir. -
said as Irishman, who was present, step
ping up and making very respectable
bow, "I'll take tuo of them"
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

ECONoMY.-A man VINO chews STA
worth of Tobacco annually, and stops
his paper because he is poor.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

Frank" says one student to another,
whom he caught swinging scythe most
Justify in a field of stout herdsgrass,
"What makes you work for a living
a fellow with your talent and ability
should not be caught engaged in manual
labor. l mean to get my living by my
wits" "Well, Bill, you can work with
duller tools than can -
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

70 Why is the royal couch like Fra.
ger Rivera Because it has Prime. AL
bert on one side and Victoria ON tbe
other
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

% The Hudson Bay Co.. are making
heavy purchases of Flour in San Fran,
cisco.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

"a The Buffalo Erpress says that
cannon with revolving cylinder has
been invented there, which will fire as
fast as a man can move a lever back
and forth. The charges enter the
chamber from hopper; and are fred
by electricity. 1t is thought the piece
can be improved to shoot sixty shots
minute.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

GENERAL HAvELoCK- General,
whose decease in India has been so
much lamented, was not only a soldier,
but preacher. He was member Of
the Baptist Church in Calcutta. and is
said by the missionary Kincaid, who
knew him well, to have been a devoted
Christian. He was accustomed to carry
with him preaching tent, in which to
exercise his personal gifts as preacher
OF the gospel. His influence was great
and good in the army. Lord Cough
used to rely upon his brigade for the
most difficult and dangerous work, and
at one time, when required to send for
ward force on a particularly perilous
and important enterprise, calling for
great care as we'll as courage, is said to
have exclaimed Turn out the saints ;
Havelock never blunders, and his men
never get drunk
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

~ Another ism has sprung up in
Worcester, Mass, in sect calling them
selves "Restitutionists," protesting to
believe that what man lost in the fall.
is now beginning to be restored and
that everything is to come back to its
original form and purity. Their Sab
bath is observed on Saturday, and they
confne themselves to the use of the
Lords prayer, as alone being of any
efficiency with the Father.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

FITTING MONUMENT. We clip the
following from New York paper:
The tomb of Franklin-if plain flag
stone even with the earth can be so
called lis concealed from the public
corner of Fifth and Mulberry streets,
Philadelphia, Pa. The remains of the
lightning philosopher are deposited
there in the old burying ground belong
ing to Christ Church. An appropriate
monument has been accidentally reared
above them, i'll the shape of a telegraph
post, and the lightning is at constant
play over, if not under, the eye of the
man who first chained it to the earth"
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

WATCHMAN DIsCHARGED.-Poli
man A. B. Carley was discharged Tues
day by the Board of Trustees, and B.
Ryder appointed in his place We learn
that nothing derogatory to the conduct
of the Policeman was the cause of his
discharge.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

AMPuTATED.-Jos Yates had the first
finger of Lis right hand amputated last
Saturday by DIR. r. NJ Hunt. The fin
ger had been mashed by boulder which
rendered its amputation necessary.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02
Congressional.

Congress had resolved to extend the
session to June 10th, three davs be-
yond the time originally fixed fcr ad-
j"urnment.
The famous Tariff investigation COM
mittee have reported that there is no cv-
idence that any member Of Congress was
bribed to vote for the tariff of last sess-
ion.
General Houston's Mexican protector
ate proposition was voted down by the
Senate when he declared that if the gov
ernment failed to take the matter in
hand citizens would and signifed his own
readiness to participate in an expedition
into Mexico which should not be liable
to the charge ofFillihustering nor amen
able to the reproach of marauding.
Gen Henderson The successor of Gen
Rusk in the U. S. Senate, from Texas.
died at Washington on the evening of
May 30th, and the duty of pronouncing
the eulogy would devolve on Gen. Hous-
ton, who in consequence of an old feud
had not spoken to Henderson for ten
years.
The port Office army and ocean
mail appropriation bills have passed the
House.
The Judiciay committee of the Senate
have reported in favor of the right of
Fitch and Bright to their seats which
they held as Senators from Indiana, but
which have been coetested on the ground
of illegality of their election.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

WAGES RAIslNG-Haryest hands in
San Mateo county now command $50
per month. so
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

- H. Staunton, the celebrated chess
player of Europe. who has been chal-
lenged to $4,000 game by Paul Nor
ply, of New Orleans, has declined to
accept the challenge. He is willing to
play the game but objects to coming to
New Orleans. If Morphy chose to go
to Europe. where he is, he will play
with him.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

~ VIM. Philpot and Sam. Nichols
were blown up on Cement Hill, while
tamping down blast on the 10Th lust
Nichols was badly burnt but not serious
ly injured.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02
70 The detonating shells about S,

~ The decorating shells about Sc
bastopol are still exploding and doing
the work of death. A short time since,
British sailor picked one up, intending
to carry ithome with him as curiosity.
Finding it rather heavy, he threw it
down again, when it exploded with a
fearful report, and piece which struck
him severed his head from his body
On the following day two Russians
were killed in a similar manner.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

hc1de"t at tie Democratic Meeting.-
When the vote was being taken by the
tellers, the following conversation took
place between one of them and a
voter -
NJ AIR. P. are you Democrat ?''
P.-"I voted for Frank Pierce aint
that disgrace enough for any man 2"
M.-"But are you Democrat p
P.-"Ies; Lam Douglas Democrat,
and fornenst the Administration p
He voted.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02
Business Cards.
WILSON HILL
NIX. 7
Ruckner 4 Hill.

OFFICE IN KEISEY'S BUILDING. SECOND FLOOR
Commercial street, Nevada.
TJAVINf associated themselves together in the prac
tice of the Law viii attend promptly to all business
sonded their care in Nevada and adjoining counties
Nevada July II, iS56tf
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

bales were erected in various streets and
a serious fight seemed inevitable FL
nally the Mayor resigned his office and
apparent quiet was soon restored. The
committee Immediately appointed spec
ial police force of something more than
one thousand men.
The dispatches from New Orleans on
the 4th, published in New York on the
5th, do not state distinctly whether the
Common Council, also acce eded to the
Committee, but rather implies that they
will offer no serious resistance. The
New Orleans papers appear to have
been divided in opinion. the Picayune
and Crescent being in favor of the city.
and the Delta in favor of the Vigilance
Committee, while the rest were neutral
The month of May has been quite
cold and rainy at New York.
Quite a serious riot took place recent
ly in Philadelphia, between a German
Military company, the police and cit
izens, in which a number of persons were
seriously wounded Two members of
TIE military company fatally wounded.
The riot grew out of an assault on one
of the officers of military company by
policemen.
The trial of VIM. Walker at n. O.
for violation Of the Neutrality Laws,
has resulted as was anticipated, in the
disagreement of the Jury, only two
being in favor of conviction, to ten
for acquittal.