Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-09-03
GOING 70 RoxE-Mr. raymond. of the New York

about to proceed to Rome. OF course! Having per
fected his arrangements with Exeter Hall aud its sat
elites, he is now off in eager pursuit of another
powerful influence. He sancies that he has already
established weighty claims to the Catholic vote, and
that his visit to the Holy City " II com pietely estab-
1.sh and render those claims luvincibiy effective
What says the southern Dppo tition to this last move
ment? WAL it deter Know Nothings from coatesci4 g
with Sewardism.
should fail to command. success. He has put him
self out OF the ordinary way OF electioneerlng t"
strengthen his candidacy. Let the Democratic par
ty profit by the exertions which he is making. It
must awake arouse, or be forever fallen Wdshtng-
ton States.
We do not know whether the States is
right or wrong in it's statements and inferen.
ces. Neitheris it pertinent to oar present
purpose to inquire. There is probability in
what is put forth; but whether the arch-agi.
tatoI will succeed is altogether a different
matter. All We are positively sure. of is that
Seward is Inscriptions enough to attempt
anything calculated to advance himself, and
that he has sufficient impudence and reck-
Iessness to profanely kneel at the altar Of the
Ancient Church if he could thereby attain
any important end.
So far as the "Southern Opposition" or
the Know Nothings" are concerned. the
States may rest assured chat they will be
found battling against Sewardism" in eve
~ II pc dlu ~ Ill III J uIdf tuCSCbV
itself. Of that there can be no question:
1t would be- a libel upon honorable and patri-
otic men to even ,nsinuate other wise. But
will the States and its party give Us a candi-
date upon whom we can all cordially rally /
Do, we say, in the name of patriotism IN.
o. Crescent.
The last paragraph of the Crescent's COM
ments suits us exactly, and expresses what
we have always maintained out suppose
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS should be successful
before the Charleston Convention, must we
consider him then a frmer friend to the
South than SEWARD?
THE SLAVE TRADE,- Under date Of the
Gath a Washington correspondent OF the New
York Herald writ IS:
Letters have been received to-day at the In
terror Department from the Marshal Of Flvri-
da. report that re has made a full examination
of all points on the coast, and that h. is fully
convinced no slaves have been landed there.
No doubt Secretary Thompson i%nstructs the
officers to exercise the utmost vigilance to
prevent the landing Of Africans, and the 1e-
partment is made to belle. that the Wan
derei's cargo is the only instance il: winch
the landing has been effected. Percontra.
parties aver that they have seen two or three
hund red Africans at ~vdrioIs points South and
Southwest. Amongst such persons are dis
tinsuished Senators, who unhesitating avow
their belief that from ten to fifteen thousand
have been landed within the year. The Pre-
sident and Secretary Thompson are both de-
termined to probe all rumors, and discover
whether the officers are faithful; or not. Re
creant Marshals. as in the Wanderers case.
will lose their heads. The schooner Nautilus,
the vessel advertised at NewYork to sail for the
Cbiriqui gold caves, was fitted out here. osten-
sibly for Australia, but suspicious having
arisen that she was going into the slave
trade, she slipped eff suddenly, and turned up
IN New York where some OF her crew lef;
her, and returned here satisfied thas she was
intended tor a SLAYER. She cost the Govern
ment about eight thousand dollars for revenue
service: and being incompetent. was sold for
less than tour thousand. 1t is believed he.
present destination is the Congo coast, in
stead OF Chiriqui.
BUCK EXPECTS THE NoMlNArios.-
D,ErI. D..,tJ:. -...L L.. 1911 .-.tI l.