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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19

DAMN THE PRESIDENCY "'-That model
of elegance and Senatorial proprietY, the
Hon. Andrew Johnson, Of Tennessee, in a re-
cent co|loquy with Senator Davis, got of the
following very proper and Senatorial para
graph:
We have got to making Presidents in mod
ern times so that nobody knows who is safe
/ DO assure the Senator | prefer to discharge
my duties faithfully as al honest Represent
at We OF the States and Of the people. Occu-
pying that position, the Senate Will pardon
me for tire expression, and [ DO not use it in
a %profane se~nse-when contrasted With being
President of the United States, I SAY DAMN
H P~REsIDENCY: tits not worthy the aspi-
rations of d man who believes in doing good
and 1t is a position to serve his country by
popularizlng her institutions,
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19

THE Suoor1NG ScRApE AT JAcksoN.-We
learn from reliable authority. that the follow
ing particulars Of the shooting affair among
the Students of Centenary College is a cor
rect version.
One of the Professors of the College, Mr..
Wiley, having married a Mrs. Magruden,
whose residence is not lar from the Classic
halls of the Centenary, the students resolved
to rhnriuari the happy couple. A knowledge
Of their intentions having been obtained by
the Professor, the young gentlemen were
cautioned against carrying out their designs
as they were told it would not be tolerated
Rejecting the council Of the Professor. a party
of students made their appearance in front of
the residence Of the bride. when the discord-
ant music of tin kettles and cow-horns arous~
ed the inmates, who fired a few blank car
tridges upon the musicians, in order TO fright
en- them away. The students returned to
the College, armed themselves with pistols,
retraced their steps, and fired several times
at the house with balls. The inmates lwho
they were We know not) returned the cola
pIiment with small shot, ~wounding several
of the students in the face. None OF the
wounds are considered at all dansdrous.-.4d-
voc1te.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19

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LtvEE NEhrIsG At LAKE pRovInE>cr.-
The following arc the changes and amend
ments proposed in our present levee law at
the late meeting at Lake Providence
/. That each parish should be divided into
, three Districts. from east to west. as nearly
equal as possible, having in view the extent
Of the river front and the territory and popu~
lation.
3. The restriction upcn the amount Of tax
es to be assessed by the Board Of Lever Conn
missioners should be removed. and the Board
authorized to assess a tax sufficient to meet
all demands, and to pay promptly In cash for
all work which may be done.
5. That in addition to the present tax for
ievee purposes, an ad u0}orem tax on lands
s. ouId be assessed of equal per cent as that
paid en- slaves and personal property.
. 4. That greater facilities should be given
to the enforcement Of payment OF taxes, and
particularly the taxes on the lands Of nou-
! residents, and others who w no property in
the PARISH except lands.
That in view of the fact that many Of o;r
citizens lost their crops last year by the over
flow. and it would be oppressive upon them
to pay the amount Of tax now required to
. meet the demands against the Board OF Lee
wee toE11EliSG iCAtclS. tllE sNiNo US1A SIuAIu DS
authorized by law to contract a loan payable
in two. three and four years. for the sun Of
four hundred thousand dollars, upo, the best
terms possible, and to issue bonds therefor,
and to lew a special tax to meet the said
binds and the interest thereon at maturity.
which said tax should be declared to be ire
pealable until the said bonds and interest are
pNd in full.
Resolred further. That whereas the %alIuvipl
lands Of the parishes OF franklin and Gaia
boula are protected by our levees to the same.
extent that our own lands are, that common
Justice demands that they should be required
by law to contribute to building and keeping
them up.
SrARTL,se RuMoRs From RASsAs.-In the
St. Louis Democrat Of the 18th we find the
following:
A gentleman who arrived in this city last
evening brings a startling 7lifno1 from Kan
sas. from which territory he has come direct.
He states that when he left Shawnee which
| was on Saturday last, the 5th inst there was
a rumor current that Brown, who had been
b|ockaded in some log nuts near Nebraska
and was released by a force Of the free State
citizens of Kansas, had afterwards lnet the
Missouri posse under Inc uiFectloh OF DT.
Woods. Deputy Marshal, whom Brown cap
tuved and Immediately hung. .
Our informant reached Westport on Sunday,
where the same rnnor had preceded him,
causing considerable sensation,
Mr.. Smith, the we'll known hotel keeper
in Westport. was of the opinion that Or.
Woods had not been hung, although he be-
!ieved he had been made a prisoner BY Brown.
John Campbell was Suuith's authority for
the whole statement. .e.=
1t is thought, if the report is true that
Brown has hung Woods, that the citizens Of
Platte City will wreak their vengeance on
Mr.. boy ana his son. ~y.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19

FANc1rp V1RrrE-As a recent writer, in
a happy sketch Of the peculiar virtues which
the human conscience creates for its own en-
.ioynent. says.
This Pythagoreans thought it wrong to eat
beans: the Essences We're a teetotalist sect.
and thought tina. all use OF wi'.e and oil " as
wrong. The Ialmudists describe three great
denominations Of Phari>ees-tEe Truncated
Pnarisee." who thought il wrong to step, aud
dragged his foot as he walked, in order 10
avoid he pride of lifting up his foot from the
ground: the " Mortar Pharisee.1 who tho't
it wrong to lift up his eyes from the ground,
and wore a deep cap in the shape OF a NOR
tar, or a sort Of large. obtuse extinguisher, in
order to cut OF all horizontal scope Of vision
and the Striking Pharisee,> who thought
it wrong TO walk with his eyes open at all.
for fear they should light upon his far neigh
bors, and whose peregr,nations were eonse-
%quently, one perpetual collision with stone
walls.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19

4 Ban SpEcuLArtoN.-We heard, some
DAYS ago. from a source entirely reliable. that
a lot Of Africans, supposed to be portions Of
the Wanderer' $ cargo. had recently been Of
fered for sale in Charleston und Grahamville.
The price asked was $3.50. and vet the OWL
ers were unable to find purchasers at that low
rate. tn" difficulty in the minds of Planters
seems to be two-fold, to-wit: the uncertain
ty of title and Of life. No man Will voluntar-
lily purchase a lawsuit. If he knows it.; and
in this case, under the law, he makes himself
both a defendant in civil action, and an Of
fender OF the criminal side of the c~onrt.--
These negroes. toe. it is said. arrived in a dis
eased condition. many Of them having itch
ard other diseases contracted in their passage.
while they are peculiarly subject to pnueno-
MIA and other winter diseases comulon to our
climate. From these and other reasons, we
have no doubt that the experiment proved
anything but profitable to the undertakes,
and we trust the result may induce the par
ties to abandon altogether a traffic that is OPP
posed both to public sentiment and the laws
OF the land Sarannah Republican.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19
SHOCKING MAN-LET IN HIS House. BY

SHOCKING MAN-LEr IN HIS HOUSE BY HIS
OWN WIFE Some scandal-huntirg ladies in
a quiet nelghborheod in New York city,
made the discovery that late every night d
man ANA whtstllug dawn the street. to a
respectable boarding house, where a door
was onened by a young lady and he was adj
mitted into the house, after giving her a sa~
lutte, that shocked their the Old l%adies'l ideas
of propriety. They called upon the landIady,
informed her Of what they had seen, and Of
the talk it was creating in the neighborhood
They were informed that the man was a
printer and worked on a morning paper, and
his wife, dear soul that she is, sits up to let
him in. whenever he whistles to inform her
Of his presence.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19

The END OF THE Wok1D 10 BE THIS YEAR.
The Newark Journal says Messrs. Abraham
FIavelI and J. Decker, Second Ad y~entists.
Of this city, have issued a circular called
1.-THE Time Messengers,' containing twenty
eight columns oil arguments and figures to
demonstrate that the second coming OF Christ
will be during the Passover Of the present
year. Mr.. Flavell was an ardent Mlilerite
during the excitement of 1913, when the " big
TENT was erected in the southern part of this
city, and notwithstanding various ~disappoint-
ments in his calculations since concerning
the second coming Of the Messiah. he appears
still to cling TO his peculiar belief with re-
n1afkable tenacity. It is understood that in
1s43, when the end Of the world was . sure
to tak Ike pace Mr.. E. sacrificed some valua-
able real estate AID a prosperous banking
business.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19

STUrptNG CREvASsEs.-\u subject Will
come before the present leg stature Of more
substantial Importance than the 81 ject OF
~le"ees, and the prevention 4 creVasseS.u unless
it be the means Of stepping them after they
do occur-we trust that both will vet receive
the careful attention o!the t~'eneral Assembly.
Especially the latter. for the very ha'lre OF
the river banks render crtVasses not only
possible, but probable, no matter ~" secure
aud how we'll guarded the Levers may he.
We, last week %4;h mUth interest. exam
ined all invention OF +. Il. tNGANAR, Esq.
for stopping crrvas~e, and 10 not hesitate t.
declare ii eminent the ti!lne So mach need
ed it combines simplicity and practicabiIltF
with rapiditv. ard s;loni,l be at once tested
BY the State. Tie i, @sent!otl IS not entirely
new. it is only ar l~prorene't npon the
old Creole way anti consists IL this, that
tie gencla! difficulty !rret"Iore experienced
in stoppn Srrevasses. was the giving way Of
the piles after they had been driven into the
ground, and the supposed. and heretofore ac-
tual irnpossibi'ity Of b'acing them, Mr.. An
GAMAR's invention IS Il mode Of blacing which
is as simple as it is feasible.
The plan IS now on exhibition in one Of
the Committee rnou1s o. the House. and
should be examined b; every one interested
and VINO is not! 4 simple glance at the
invention and I. word o. EXPLANATION will
convince any one that we haye not stated
anything in relation to this important inven-
ton which will not bear a successful exreri-
ntnt.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19

"Have we a Democratic party :" is the
question now in many nouths. We trust
that our Uemocrafc friends in the Legisla-
ture may succeed in solving the question.
Will they call a caucus. agree upon an ap-
portionment, and Fest the fidelity of those
sent here to reprfsent Democratic constitu-
ents! We beiinvf such a bill can be framed
and passed othefs think not let us try it,
and see who are Ehe recreants. democratic
Advocate.
1t ahords us pleasure to answer you. Not
only have you u Democratic party. but you
have tuo. Perha: IS you wish to know which
is the Democratic party if so, we think your
caucus proposisiot a good one, for it will in
evitabiy SHOW that King Caucus sceptre has
deserted him, at least, so far as the SiideIl
Democrats are concerned.
We should like to know how the Advocate
can hope to unity the Democratic members
upon the Apporionment Bill, when it could
not do so i'll the Senatorial election. Does
the .3drorGte suppose for d moment that the
friends of GRAY will ever 60 into caucus with
the Democracy: If so, We opine it will be
sadly nalsta ken ] and, besides, the same
L. Ms who elected Mr.. BENJAMIN may not
be quite AZ friendly to the Senate Apportion-
ment Bill. Fave We n Democratic paTty
amongst HIS :" will 60 the rounds of the press
Tor i proper solution.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19

~ On last Thursday, a resolution was
a~ioEsed by the House, instructing the Com
m1ttee bn Public Buildings to enquire into
the 'exped'ency of removing the S,ate Houss
gasa|meter, The question suggests itself, will
not Fhe Committee under this resolution stop
II CERTAIN windmill insthe: other end OF the
CAPITOL. We like hymns. lHyams) and
shopld regret TO hear that the Committee
on public buildings had stopped their sweet
tones by removing the State House gason,-
pteff
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19
feblQ

WILLIAM MARY coILEGE.-A cores
pondent ef the St. Petersburg Express says
the fire. by which the o|dinstitation Of learn
ing was destroyed, originated in or near the
library, not a volume Of which was saved II
was one Of the most extensive and valuable
in The country. containing about 10000 vol
umes. The library Of the pbeeri@ Literary
Society was also consumed, as also the "a
boratory of the institution There were n mIle
students sleeping in the college building at
the tinNl and they barely escaped with 4. their :.
lives. gaz4.zs
William and Mary was chartered as early
as 1852. The present faculty consists OF
President Benjamin S. Ewsll, and Professors
Totten, Morrison, Joynes and Tellaterro. -
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19

TIE RESOURCES or NFw ORLEASs.-lithe
proposition to open a correspondence with
the Common Council OF New Orleans on the
subject of a State House. has done no other
! good, it has. at least. enabled lfr. LAwEAsoS.
to correct one mistake about New Orleans.
a correction which is as gratifying to the
Pc opie OF the country, as 1t is honorable to
our great commercial metropolis.
The Impression was general, not only iii
the State. bat throughout the Union, that
New Orleans was deeply involved in a debt
which years OF heavy taxation could not ex-
tiuguish. It appears from Mr.. LAwRASoS'>
state ment, that New Orleans is not so heav-
iiy taxed as either New York. Philadelphia,
or Nashville. her municipal tax being limit
ed to Ii per cent, and the tax in the above
mentioned cities being u New Orleans, in
she course Of twelve or fifteen years will not
owe a cent. 1t also appears that her bonds
now are the best of any city in the Union
that in Europe they are more easily negoti-
ated, and command a better price, than even
the bonds of the State of Louisiana So much
for thugs and thugsery, in the thug-ridden
city of New Orleans" Our cotemporary OF
the -1dpocafe should make a very Iarge-sized
note OF this, when he mounts his Pegasus
OF New Orleans wretchedness and misruIe.
The 4ssa<sins, thugs, and o. phaA-kiIlers of the
city have established her credit. and r~eln,ta-
ton throughout the Union despite the sIan'lers
and opposition OF the Democracy; while the
the holy. pure, and sanct!hed Democracy IS
bankrupt.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19

u; We see it stated that there is a phre-
noligiiti in London who can tell the contents
of a barrel by examining the head. That
phreno logist might make a small fortune by
examb ming the heads of some of our l~egisla-
tors THAT is, If he could pronounce upon the
conte nts by examining the exterior. :. good
many of them are notalone barreI-headed, but
barrel in another instance.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19

C. Our sister city of Baton Rouge has at
length etnancipated herself from the limbo
of the, old shanty dignifed with the cosno~
men of q Market House, and has put forth her
energies and bank notes to erect a re " sud-
s~tantial, and beautiful building for the same
purposes. It is to be hoped that aMaTket
House in full keeping with the Importance
and dignity Of the State Capital will be erect
ed, and that every e~xertion will be made to
supply all the substantiaIs the country affords.
Mr.. ISAAC Collins is the lucky contractor
upon whom the weight Of this important
matter has fallen, and the strong presornp~
ton is, by all who know hlm~-and VINO
don'a?-that he will put up q market house,
as is a. market house.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19

CoanEcT REponrlNe.-Amongst the pas
sengfrs who arrived in New Orleans by the
Empire City. from Havana. last week, were
our :fe|low-parishioners, Dr.. LYLE. JESSE
HART, J. V. DuRALpr, and J. r. Nolan
Wonder how they like to see their names re-
port4d as Jesse Sweet, DR.. Lisle, J.. Y. Dural-
do, md J. !. Nolontone The pairayune has
an able reporter!
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19

MAspN1c BAL1.-We are requested to an
nounce, u Grand Masonic Ball, 10 take place
in Baton Rouge, on the 22d inst 1t being
the fret ball given by the Mystic Fraternity
IN that city, extensive preparations are being
made 10 ,,roduce one OF the finest fairs ever
given ia this section OF country,
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19

10 We had the pleasure, this week, Of
meeting our friend WARNER, of the Red River
Deuoc|at who is now on a visit to Baton
Rouge as Secretary of the State Seminary of
Learning. Warner looks we'll and hearty,
and seems in nowise set back by that " goat
soup';story.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19

u The best chewing tobacco We have
used for some time came from the we'll
known establishment of A. MosTAN, IT,, cor
ner OF Third and Main streets. Tony will
accept bur thanks for the two samples.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19

ORxGpa A srATE.-Telegrams from Wash
ington, Of the 10th, announce that the Senate
bill for 1.-The admission Of Oregon as a State
passed the House on that day, BY Il majority
Of eleven votes.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19

The NExr P~REs1oExcY.- Washington, Tor
the past three or four weeks, has been ylsstea
by prominent Democratic politicians from all
parts Of the country. The States says tna5
the sentiments among them appears to De
universal that the leading issues Of the nex1
Presidential canvass will be the tariff and the
acquisition of territory, coupled with a ooId
and energetic foreign policy, land the in
PRESTON is equally universal that the nan
who six months hence is the best type III
Donular esteem of these ideas, will be the
nominee at Charleston. Platforms are voted
nuisances, if a man is not put on them OF me
stuff to live up to them. The platform CHS
will be the caniidate.7
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19

a Cincinnati paper is responsible for tle
following: Ont in Vermont, during the colo
circle, an invalid procured a junk bottle q
new rum from an agent carried 1t home
tied a string round the nozzle, and hung hup
near the stove to keep it safe. In the mora
ing he found the bottle on the floor, and iook-
ing up saw the frozen rum still hatlgii'g y
the neck
However much a man may be traduced II,
life, he is very generally allowed, when oez0
to be a finished gentleman,
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19
sATURj DAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1859.

IT, ! Thanks to Hon. jour sL'nnlL ior a
copy Of tine Report Of the Committee on Fed
eral Relations, to whom was referred the
l.ll making appropriations to facilitate the
acquisition of the Island of Cuba by ~negot'a~
t,on.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19
SUGAR PLANTER.

ezs- All tor4mu nicat,ons inurn,t"d to promote the
1r;yet. ends or interests Of Corporations, societies,
schools, or individuals, will be charged as ADVERTISE
me1tS.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19

To- ScHmALsNsxr, Of the "pecple's Cheap
stose,s requests Us to say that a few more
tickets are left unsold in the rattle for the
Eugene Skirt, and other articles. The rattle
will positively take place 50 soon as the
chances zre al secured.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19
CONVENTION.
MARCH l+MH, 1883.

The undersigned respectfully call on their
brethren Of the Press Editors and Publish
ers. throughout the State. to meet in Conven-
ton IN the City o! Baton Rouge. on Monday
the 18th Of March. a. D. 1853, to deliberate
Oh matters touching the interests Of the fra
ternitv.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19

WASHINGTON, Feb. l4-Aluch enthusiasm
was manifested in this city on Saturday al
the passage of the bill Tor the admission OF
Oregon as a State.
\ large crowd assembled at The White
House he President was called out and
made a SPEECH.
He congratulated the crowd upon tue adj
mission Of Oregon, and said, among other
things, that expansion was in future the poll
cy Of our country.
The President said that towards alone
feared and opposed our expansion.
Vice-Presldent Breckenridge was also call
Ell out and responded in All eloquent speech,
Upon the question ot the acquisition of Gu
ba, Mr.. Breckenridge said we talked too
much and did too little. He said that if such
all island was located at the opening Of the
British Channel, England would take it
within ten days-peacab'y ii they conld, but
forcibIy if they mnSt-for have 1t they would.
He vas not in favor Of robblng Spain ofthe
island Of Cuba, but he would willingly act
with any portion Of his icllow-citjZetts in
using all honorable means to acquile 1t.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19

u {oHN Fl. New, Esq. has been appoint
ed by tie Executive, U. S. Attorney for the
Western Dist'ct of louisiana nice "AhDa0H'