Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-23
A Mares Nest.

A would be very important individual, pre-
tending to write from Baton Rouge to the
Gazette 4 Sentinel, Of Plaquemine, has discov-
cred quite an extensive mares nest in rela-
ton to something that TRANSFERRED at the last
session of our Police Jury. THIS Jerry Sneak
says in his letter:
Speaking of that parish West Baton Rouge)
"a parish, by-the-bye, where lives some Of
the noblest men in creation: it's Robertson,
Allen, Chinn. Durable, Caldwell, Vaughn, and
others, are men hard to beat in what consti-
tutes the true nobility of manhood-l say,
speaking Of that parish, let me tell you of a
little incident, !" as twas told to mel that
occurred the other day in their Police Jury.
Some member, it appears, drew up a reso-
purpose of paying the value Of property des-
troyed at San Michel, BY building a levee
in front of it. But he had barely got through
with the title, when another member-hav-
ing probably smelt the biggest kind Of a rat
which this tax bill was likely to stir up
precipitate'y moved that the resolution be
laid on the table until after the Crosse 1ete
Election. It was carried by a unanimous al
hrmatlve, silently, yet powerfully expressed.
If Jerry had told the story correctly, we
would have had nothing to say; but as he
has thought proper to misrepresent the mat
ter, it becomes our duty to "show up'' his
mares nest, with all the benefits of his dis
covery. A petition written by the editor of
this paper, had been presented to the Police
Jury, praying for indemnifcation for the value
Of the property damaged in the town Of San
Michel by throwing up a levee in 'front.' of it.
The amount of damages claimed was SO, 500,
all told. During the reading Of the petition,
we became convinced it could not pass, and
so determined to withdraw it. We did so,
without assigning any reason to that body
for SO doing. This Jerry must have seen and
heard, for he was present at the time Why
We Withdrew that petition is no ones BUSH
ress but our own, and did not and does not
interest any one but ourself and those %entrust-
ing their business to our care. 1t is rather a
hard case when . stranger attends meeting
ofour Police Jury, and then travels off to retail
Misrepresentation upon the Autonomous au-
thority Of we heardp
AS to our parish, through her parochial
representatives, promising to take stock. in
the railroad TO the tune of $4,000, in case
Crosse Tete become a portion of our territory,
every man, woman and child on G iosse Tete
knows that for . resolution to that effect, pas
sed our Police Jury more than too years ago.
We marvel much that Jerry, with his prying
nose, did not smell out that important fact
before. Perhaps, however, his olfactories
only got into smelling order a day or two
since.
The buying up of votes is something en-
tirely new to US. If it has been done, or is
trying to be done, on either side, we unhesi-
,tating'y declare our opposition to it. Let the
voting be fair and honest, each man deposit
ing his ballot without monied or other infu-
ence. All honorable means to retain Crosse
Tete in 1bervi]le, or to annex her to this par
ish, is justifsble, and in accordance with a
proper Interpretation Of the purity of the
ballot-box; but let not money be used in a
question of justice and right.
Our contemporary of the Gazette and Senti-
mel, notwithstanding our mutual promise to
refrain from any editorial participation in the
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