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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16

Our DIFFICULTIES WITH PARAGUAY AT AN
END-lSDEMNIrY -GRANrED-The New York
Herald Of Yesterday morning, publishes the
gratifying Intelligence that the difficulties
between this government and Paraguay.
which have excited so much newspaper
comment, and furnished SO many opportu-
mites for covertIy attac king the President
and his administration, are at last adjusted
without any bIoodshed, and without
any Of those serious consequences which
at one time there was reason to ap-
prehend:: This information was received by
the British, brig Ann Mexican, which ar
rived at New York on Tuesday last from
P%elnambuco, and, if it be true, there.is great
reason for congratulations. 1t appears that
Commissioners Bowlin was very materially
assisted in his efforts to secure this salts
factory result by President Urquiza, who, in.
lis commnnicationto the government OF the
Argentine Confederation, sets forth this fact
very. prominently We are not disposed to
disparage his efforts We are confident that
his influence and representations aided
largely in fastening the. conclusion, but
when all the facts are reported we believe
it twill be found that the American repre-
sentative fully Justified the expectations of
the Pesident, when he was selected tor
that important post Washington Union.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16

SBEAuTlFY your oME.-Every man .bo,,,,
do his best to own a home. The first mo"".
which, he can spare should be invested ;"Il
dwelling, where his family can live narn.
ment'y. Viewed as a matter of econona
this is important, not only because he ran :
dinarily build more cheapiy than he can'rent
bntbecause Of the expense caused by freouan;,
chsnge of the residence A man who a,si.'
in life buildssa home for himself and fam;l!y.
will save some thousands Of dollars :, ~,
course of twenty years, besides AVOIDING IN
Inconvenience and trouble of remouvsl.
Apart from this there is something ayree,"L
IN Our better nature in having a home. n.
a form OF property that is moro than prone,+,
II speaks to the heart, enlists the sentiment.
and ennob1es the possessor. The associat;ons
that spring up around it as the birth pIac. =
the children-as the scene Of Tife's hol;..t
emotlons-as the sanctuary where thea,n;,;.
eherishes its purest :thoughts-a are such &. ~
value wherever their. influence is exert.d'.
The greater part of ,our, happiness in III.
world, is found at home; bit how few reco,.
!ect that the happiness. Of to.dvy is increased
by the placeSwe were happy on Yesterday
and that, insens'bIy, scenes and circun.t,1''
ces gather2up a store Of blessedness tor -.
weary hours OF the future !. On iris acconnt
we. shou'd-do all in our power to make boms
attractive. Not only should we %cuItivate
such tempers as serve to render its ipterconI.s
amiable and affectionate, but we sho,uId str;vss
to adorn it with those charms which good
sense and refinement so easily impart to it
We say~easiiy, for there are person, who
think that a home canIot be beautiful WITH.
out a. considerable outlay Of money NOR !, sSuch
people are in error. It costs little to have a
neat flower garden sand to surround yonr
dwelling 4withs those simple beauties which
delight the eye lar more than expensive 81.
jects. If yon let the sunshine and SKI, adoro
your yard, they will do more than any Il.
fist. Ss@Sf
Nature delights in beauty. She loves 10
brighten the landscape and make it agreeable
to the eye. She hangs the ivy around thai
ruin and over the stump of a withered tree
tw.'nes the graceful vine. "A thousand artss
Gsae practices to animate the senses g ,nd
Taaease the mind. Follow her example and
do for yourself what she is alwaya iaboriiur
to do for you. Beauty ISIS devine instrument.
@.|ity. It is one Of Gods chosen forms Of
power. We neveisee creative energy with.
out something beyond. mere .existence, and
hence the whole universe is a teachers and
inspirer of beauty. Every man was boornnltoo$
be an artist, so far as the appreciation and en-
joyment OF beauty are concerned, and he8rohsssS
5himselfo of one of the precious gifts Of bis -
ing if he fails to fulfill this benegcent p2u1rpo61ee
OF his creatiou.-Southern lines. s sssssSlaH
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16
Men and women are extinct-theys died
about sixty years aso, and left no heirs. La
dies and gentlemen have usurped their places.

4AM r. : ~ - = =
10 Sir David.Brewsterzmakeszt the follow
ing remark relative to*the structure Of the
sun: So strong ..has been the be- eitthat the
sun cannot be a habitable world. that a scien-
tltic gentleman was prolounced byfhis medi-
cal attendant to be. insane, because he had
sent a papef-to the Royal Society, in which
he maintained that the light Of the sun pro-
ceeds from a dense and universal aurora.
which may afford ample light to the inhabi-
tdnts Of the surface beneath, and yet be at,
such a distance aIo(t as not to be among
them that there may be water nd4dry land
there, hills and daies, rain. and fair weather,
and that as the light and the seasons must be
the sun may easily be conceived to
be BY far the most blissful5 habitation Of the
whole system. In less than ten years Utter
apparently extravasant notion was con-
a proof OF insanity. it was maintained
BY Sir William Herschel as a rational and
probable opinion, which might be deducible
observations on the structure
of the sun. as IL 4
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16

v 5FRAups ON THE UNITED STATES GOVERN
MEsT.-There is seeminglyano end to the
frauds uponthe puh!ic.# :OnesJ.:C. Woods is
now under examination before the United
States Cammissioner of New York, charged
with making false vouchers, covering anzex-
Penditure Of 100000, against the govern
ment for the construct.onsof a Wagon road
betweenEl Paso, Texas and Fort=Yuma,
California. = Wood was only employed in.
making out the account. He had no profit
10 -, the transaction, directly or indirectly.
pc Commissioner, in committing him says
tne one nse seems to have been committed
oy MIN partly through mistaken views Of. the
law. partly through sheediessness of the
which ne adopted to accomplish in
end which5be considered proper.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16

Tea CtLTuRE.- Ed. Co. Gent. A few
days $50 4 drank a cup Of real American tea
from the Chinese tea. SAINT, Of which Dr.. J.
I. Barratt, near New Market, South Carolina,
has /, 2 inc shrub about four feet high, which
has borne fruit during several years. By its
slo U.s. vas . thrifty specimen of-thes Olea frag-
ran, Or Chinese Olive, with which the tea
is scented. The Doctor thinks tnat the tea
plant should ~ BE- rene wed about every three
years, and # thus cultivated It would. thrive
and be profitable. | was recently Y, at Green
vile IN this State, where J ulnius Smith. some
years ago, essayed its culture. was
.oia tnat 81, sex. experiment nna was BY no means a;
true test. His soil was barren and he took
NO means 70 improve. il. The, plant. ia not
receive proper noarishment, and not being
used to such treatment, they pined and died'.
me :6ne shrub which ! saw at DR.. BIS shows
plainly that. the. tea plant viii thrive in this
STATE. $. B. buckLEY, Ne.r6e,ry, s. G,
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16

A LOVER OF PEACE MARRYING A DUNE
WoMAN.-A man named Thomas Gait was
married yesterday, by } ustica sHanselman to
Sarah Jane! Anderson, a deaf mute. Some
curiosity was excited by the fact of his mar
rying a woman who could not speak, and a
constable asked him the cause of.his doing
so.s@ Gait answered that he, had had two
wives already. end they gave him no rest by
reason Of their talking ceaselessIy, and scoId-
ing and complaining from morning till night.
Both had died, and now. as he was forty
years old, and DESTROYS Of having a little
peace for the remainder of his life, he had
determined to select a dumb woman for his
third connnbial partner.-Cimennati ENQUIRER,
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ELECTION NOTICE.

A N ELECTION will be held on Monday the It'll day
~ .of. May, next, AID, 1859 lit being the End Mon.
day Of said monthly in the Wards hereinafter mention
ed, for the purpose of electing members Of the Police
Jury to represent said wards for two years ia said po..
lice Jury, and until their successors are appointed
1a observation-disclosures, F.. n. Tuillier, Janvier
Hebert and Belesaire Landry.
Sd WardLcommissioners, h. Hebszt, :: cazes and
E. Aillet.M, - 49, tzES%8St
5h Ward-v. Blanchard, i. Landry j. n. Landry.
7M Observation-Disclosures, James La Lobdeu, -
Hanraban and Etienne Leball.
81 Ward-Commissioners, B. v. Clark, 4: Lsclsreq
and J. r 1acneau. @ ~.
II Observation-Disclosures, !. .. Hessford, v. =.
Winter and A s. Roberts0n.# ~ - s@s
Said elections to be held according to Law.
Bv order of the President:
april 10th 1859. T. BERGERON, e
&| @@y%S @1 "$"'F 14as Clerk.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16

RErALrAr1oN.-The Huntsville Advocate
says a Boston meichant charged a merchant
Of Holly Springs, Miss, with obtaining goods
undertake. pfetences; got a requisi.ion from
the Massachusetts, Governor on the Governor
of Mississippi for him it was granted to
the Boston officer; he went to Holly Springs;
on his arrival there, his business was soon
found ont, a public meeting called, and re-
solutions adopted to the effect that.Massa-
chusetts. having a lways refused the rendition
of fugitive slaves, had no right to any, sort
Of requisit.ou upon the people Of Mississippi,
and that the agent Of the Boston house be
notified to leave, or he would be " trotted
through OF course he left, and. We un-
burnt all Of his s.requisitiono pa
papers, and promised never to return.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16

. A LIVING FA1rH.-In a public school in
New York, a short time since, on an alarm
of fire, a terrible panic ensued, and many of
the scholars were injured by rushing to the
doors, and one Of the teachers, a young lady,
jumped from a window. Among the hun
dreds of children, with whom the building
was crowded, was one girl among the best in
the school, who through all the frightfuI scene
maintained entire composure. The color in
deed forsook her cheek. Her lip q|1iyered.,
The tears stood in her reyes, but she moved
not. After order had been restored, and her
companions had been brought back to their
places, the question was asked her how she,
came to sit so still, without apparent alarm,
when every body else was in such a fright
my father,' said she. lis a fireman, and he
told me<if there was an alarm Of fire in the
school, l must justsit still."F = =
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16

lNTERNATIoNAL .CoURTEslEs-The con-
duet of the Governor of Victoria, Vancouyer's
Island, in refusing permission to the Ameri-
cans to fire a salute on Washington's birth
day, shows a. marked difference from the
more gentIemanly feeling of the ca ptain= of
the English 80 gun.ship Caesar, at San Juan
del Norte, who not only dressed his shin
with colors on that day from sunrise tall sun
set, the amet at our own ship jamestown, bu5
at noon both ships fired a national salute Of
81 guns. The. next day the officers Of the
gave a splendid dinner to the Sc
nior officers of the Cesar. : It is pleasantto
hear of such exchanges Of national eourtesies
on these occasions lsssSS S..%.4s s#S4#
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16

SPR1nT1NG OFFIcEs.-When DR.. Franklin's
mothes.ill-Iaw frstdiscovered that the young
man had a hankering tor her daughter, that
good old lady said she did not know so well
about g~iviag=ke daughtersto a printer there
were already two printing Offices in the Uni
ted States, and she was. not certain the couIi.=
try would supppoTt3them. Il Twas %plainzyoung
FfankLinsWoulduepen nd. for his supports on the
profits OF q third and this was rather a doubt
jul cnance.t If such an objjection. was urged
to a would be so -'n-I law when ther re were
hut two printing Offices in the Uuited States,
how can a printer hope to get a wife now,
when the present census sho WIS the number
to be 1908 a7-@ NJ s aSS -
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16
A REMARKABLE MAN.-Josiah Goodwin,

A REMARKABLE MAN.-Josiah Goodwin,
whose death occurred recently at the dge of
II, may well be called a remarkable man.
In bis youth be was the strongestaman in
sJappa. He could swing a barrel Of -four by
each arm. and jump asdistance Of twelve feet.
He never LOST sight Of the smoke that curled'
from his own chimney. He never was out
Of this county, and but once out ofthis town
when he visited 4 training at Bedford, a dis
tance.o Of ten miles, which was the greatest
Journey he ever@undertcok. From his resi-
dence to our market is about a mile, but he
seldom came more than once asyrar, and
then preferred to row his boat up the river
than to walk. Believing with Peter Pindar,
"Weulock's -saucy, sad, familiar state
Where folks are very apt t. scold and hate"
men, and lived a life of single bIessedness.
He never@hadzass sick day until his last sick
ness. He was never heard to utter a pro-
fame word, or one un5ecom,ng a gentleman.
He never used Intoxicating drinks, or play
ed, a game of cards. He never had a case
in. court, and was never in one, either 5as
juror, witness. or spectator. He never rode
upon*a steamboat or railroad car, and not
withstanding for, seventy seven years 4he
lived in the same locality, he was scarcely
known out of his. own. Ward. Being con-
scientiously honest from, principle, he was
governed in his intercourse with mankind
by his motives of justice and a purpose to
do right. He. was of strictssjntegrity firm
in his convictions Of truth, and faithful 10
all trusts committed to his charge. . Inehis
social relations he was good natured, urbane
and kind, gaining, therefore. in CONNECTION
just consideration Of his exemplary
in Other respects, the esteemzot
all with; whom he came in contact. He
never made a public profession of religion
be lived and died : Christian.-N etcbury-
port Herald. ss< Y = Il
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16

ERrHouAkE, ] !, K]ENruckr.-A letter
dated Nicholasvilie, Ky, March '2s: in the
Louisville Democrat, says:snts:,. 49,: -
To-day, about two O'Clock, we heard three
distinct reports, something like the discharge
Of a cannon, which produced a considerable
conclusion; SO much 50 that the glasses in
the house in which I was seated at the time
ratified as if they would fall from the sash. A
gentleman from the Sulphur WeRs, three
miles east, says that the report was very SEN
sibIe atthat place: 1t is thought to b" the
result of an earthquake, s@-s - E.r asa :
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16

FIRST EMPLOYMENT OF Coal AS FuEL.-
AS an evidence OF the vast difficulty expef-
fenced by introducers*of new articles, from
the prejudices of a community alone, we may
mention a fact in relate to the employment
Of the useful material of roaI as a fuel
Whenscoal was first introduced into Eng
land as a fuel, the pre- p,dice against it was so
strong. that the Commons, petitioneds the
Grown to prohibit the "noxious'' fuel. A
royal proclamation having failed to abate
the nuisance, a5commission was issued to
who burned coal within the city
Of London and its .neighborhood, and to pun
ish them by5hue for the first offence, and
by demolition of their furnaces if they per-
sisted in -transgrsssing A law was finally
passed making it a capital offence to burn
coal in the city, and only permitting it to-
be used in the forges ia the vicinity. 1t is
that among the records in the town
of London, a document was once found puir-
thattin The time of Edward La man
had been tried, convicted and executed for
the crime of burning coal in London J.. 1t
took three centuries to entirely etface this
ore judice:-ScieMJ6c American. ,2
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16

ia neighbor Of ours, who is known
throughout the sparish asgthe most unmiti-
gated liar init, has been seized with a serb.
bling mania 'lia during our absence, and psrpe-
trated something excruciatipgly funny upon
the little town Of San Michel. Our: com
positor put tin type without our knowledge,
or approval o II il should not have been. per-
united to2 appear NO paper. AS it is in,
we are glad oft, as it seryes+to.s show what a
eonsummate. ass the author Of Read, Read"
is: We ares. are somewhat hat ;al,ntseaa.yy. ff,y our neigh
boris brains, if be has any. iii. 49, . s4.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16

A Curious SCIENTIFIC D1scovERY.-M.
Moser, OF K"nigsberg, Prussia, it is said, has
shown that light constantly emanates from
all bodies, even in complete darkness, and
that when placed near each other. they re-
ceive upon their surfaces reciprocaIIy pictures
Of each other. These photog raPhic pictures,
however, are invisible, and continue to be so
until they are developed by the application
OF certain vapors, such as that OF water, mer-
curry. iodine; etc. These marvellous discos-
cries OF M. Moser have been fully confirmed
by other more recent inquirers.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16

.A,MAk sHors Brf MS DERsNeeD WIFE,
The wife Of Capt: B. F. BentIy, of Mononga-
hela,s Pa.o,,a533you, and be4uti.uI woman, is
subject to periodical arrangement oif the
lilind. On'W ednes,lay morning last She rrt
possession, BY ON means, OF the Captains
pistols procured powder and lead, and loaded
them, and Went into the garrett Of the house.
Discovering her whereabouts the Captain
went after her. and as he assembled the. last
Hight Of stairs, she presented one of the piis-
tolls and fred The ball Or slug entered his
neck, az front of.the jugular VEN, assembled
through the Jaw bone, and was found lodged
IN the upper opposite side Of the mouth, shat
eeflng bones and teeth in its deadly course
IN q horrible and frightful manner. The uu-
1olto.ste husband is still alive, but cannot
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16

GREAT INDIAN WAR IN PRospEcr.--- The
various Indian tribes on the plains, according
to recent advises from the West, areHaabout
engaging in a general war among themselves.
The Minneeougues appear to be the iesding
tribe among the belIiyerents, OF the #Cheyen-
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16

TT
ARrEslAN WELLs.-Siliman's Journal. for
March; 1859, gives. an interesting description
Of two Artesian wells in this country-one
at Louisville Kentucky, the other at Laiay-
cite, Indiana. That at Louisville, was com
mencedfin April, 1857, in the bottom of a
well 20 fe8s deep. It was undertaken for
the purpose of obtaining re water for a
paper mill. During the first, II teet,- the
bore is five inches in diameter This norton
of the welEis through, sand and gravel, re-
curing a tube. The remainder to the bottom
IS three inches il. diameter, through4imestone
and sandstone, sufficiently hard to render a
tube unnecessary. The whole depth is 2os6
feet, Of which 1893 feet is through limestone
more or less pure: The boring. Of The well
was accomplished in Is mouths. w.
1he*weli discharges $50 gallonssof water
per minute, or about 100000 gallons. in "a
hours. The. water flows with suche force
that it rises in pipes, by its own pressure,
40 feet above the surface. It's force is esti-
mated to be equal to that Of a steam engine
OF 10 horse power. I~
!. The water is perfectly limpid, with an
invariab'e temperature of 76a. It is highly
charged with mineral matter, and unfit tor
the use intended but is supposed to be valu-
able for medical purposes. The solid con-
tents of a wine gallon Of the water are gl54
grains, Of which .6l5 grains are chloride OF
sodium Common, salt,) Sc grains Of other
chlorides, and 1874 grains of sulphates.
The well at#Lafayette, Indiana, is $50 feet
deep, ahds gives $3.50 gallons of water in
"a ours. This.is also a mineral water, very
similar to the white sulphur water of the
celebrated. Blue Licks in Kentucky.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16

How r . PUT OUT 4 ClGAR.-An elegantly
dressed lady recently enteredsa railroad car
in Paris, where there were three gentle
men: one Of whom was lighting a cigar. OBJ
serving her, with, the characteristic polite
ness OF aeFrenchman, he asked herif smoking
would incommode her. She turned towards
him, and with quiet dignity replied, II do
not know sir, no gentIe.n men has ever yet
SIN oked in1my presence <=ytG M n
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16

4ThetClerk Of our Court informs US that
some fifty. or more planters Of the parish have
been indicted BY the, Grand ury at tIlesr re-
cent session of Court, for not baving.complIed
with the Parish laws and ord~iinansesiin hav-
ing their ~levees built or repaired ~ the first
of December last. One OF the parties thus
indicted %wi'l4appeal to the suprsm me Court
and'upon the result Of that appeal rests the
action Of the remainder. those planters who
endeayoured to acomplywitt the law but
were unable to do SO, w.1e r. eased from tie
fine, as per similar resolution Of tie Police
Jury at its January session -rs s.g2
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16

% Absence from home for ten days past
on business, must be our excuse for lack Of
interest in our present number. p As we ex-
pect to be a permanent and fixed institution
for, at least a year to ome, VIC hope to record
no more such appeals. '"-5' ''s' "%
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16

Down on L1ouoR.-The citizens of Fay
ettevil|e, Georgia, held a public meeting, IN
the 25th ult., for the purpose of d%evising
means for Kidding the town of the traffic in
ardent spirits. 1t was a complete success,
says the Savannah Republican; a sufficient
amount. was Subscribed to buy ont the only
two liquor shops in the place tine owners
being present atsthe meeting, and offering
to sell fer cost and freight. and quit.the bnsi-
.ness,) and all. the property holders signed a
pledge binding themselves not to. rentso1r
sell any Of their property within the incor-
porate limits for the purpose of retailing ar
dent spirits further binding them, whepever
a sale OF property might be effected, to stip-
ulate in the deed of conveyance that no
part OF said property should be appropriated,
either ir houses already erected or in any
that might hereafter be built, to said BUSH
ness, Of retailing spiritdous liquors-the
penalty in case of violation to be the for
fixture of all right to the property. ?
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-16
For tatDISlenatour..

Ed. SUGAR PLANTER -YosAniilIs pleaes;sannounce
Alexander Barrow, Esq, Of thit parish. ;s !
candidate for State Senator, from this sSenatorfal
District. subject to the decision Of hesDemocratfc
Convention. and Oblige the. Democracy ofassssssa#z#ssaaAzH@=s
April 9th, 1858. #