Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-03-13


sliuBs occur. ~ violation of The
Constitution. The same body or
dpred The sale ~ one million mure
acres Of swamp land, and n order
TO allow the people 81 equal chance
with Spectators, fixed q day 10
May no the time For te-upening
the office. Az that time there wac
such rush on the olllce. and such
q elamor on al sides, and oonien-
lion rot preference, that the Regis
tot adopted The plan of allowing
applicants 10 file their own api
plirniiuns, IN writing. Twenty
clerks could not have kept pace
with the business The result Of
this IL what we find now snine
three ot four thousand applications
un file. and innunerable conflicts.
There Is 40 ttrmedy for " " was
The only resort fot the office 10 get
rid If the crowd. IN ofdet a. have
oilite.ruum 10 work IL. Under the
graduation acts, one person can
only enter BgO acres. The law
does not direct The Register how
10 ascertain whether 90 not the
applicant has previously entered
under the act, The usual rule is,
to require The AFFIDAVIT Of the ap-
plicant " spectators have in
duced people TO part with their
right iut "a consideration" aud
large entities have been made Ia
this way, " ia Legitimate and
proper. and 10 law could bn de.
vised 10 prevent u Certainly the
Register could not be blamed for
~
II ia urged against Mr HARRISON,
that he himself has entered land,
aud afterwards sold u We should
like 60 know If each one and oil oi
his predecessors have not done the
same thing. aud II there ever was
land-uilue this eide of the moon,
in which the Register has not done
the same thing 7 Another ques-
ton IL there any one Of Mr.. lIar'
alson's aeousers who would not
have dome the Hamei Honest, viz.
tuous aud pure Legislators and
congressman do more than this
They have laws enacted about land
specially for their beuelit-uso
funds for votes, aud when the bills
are through, grow rich and fat.
QbaHtpm su6idt, IL enough We
believe that Mr. HARRISON IL wrong
cd. aud do not care straw wbeth
or anybody else does or not.
| 49,
OuR OtD FnihSb, On PtouGH --
We find the following mention 81
DR.. A. l.. Plough. in the New Or
leans Bee of tho 10Th instant.
We understand that Df, A, l., Tough
Of our city, 80 long identified with th'
subject of industrial exhibitions. ant
whose pen has done much service IN thi
cause over the signature If Pioneer" IN
tands leaving to-day fut baton Rouge
where hia experience aud energy may ~
directed with good effect toward securing
the success Of the Industrial State Faif 4
he opened there on the 18th inst, Ia
maine Of which. by the way. was suggest
oil by "rioneef," Tho fret fair ever hell
in Louisiana wna the Mechanics aud Ar
tsans' Fair at Dr. rloueh's Museum II
this city, IN ingp. Of which we nnd ful
aud favorable notice I'm our paper Of tha
date. aud the frat Agricultural and Mo
| uhanice' Association v ar was originated "
baton Rouge by nt, Plough, In is4i. Fou
successive fairs we're held there, oil record
ed In the ilaton Rouge Gazette, ANA II wa
at that Of isl4 that Henry Clay prepetfa
tod the witticizm, referring 90 the doctor
of"God speed the Plough" The labor
Of A" Pioneer IN this cause have beo
pntring, Whore 40 few are willing 30 do
vote their time Co matter ~ public impor
lance, the enthusiasm Of "Fioneef.n
commendahle. We hope that our citizen
generally will contribute toward the sue
cess Of the Baton Rouge Fair.
Como along, Doctor. and brinl
your friends. All are equally in
torostod in such matters. An M
nual meeting for any purpose mus