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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-25

A SEA-SEErENr CArGnr I'VE published
an item yesterday stating that a veritabIe sea
serpent had been caught at the Bermudas
A mercantile friend has furnished us with a
copy OF the Bermndian newspaper Of the LIST
inst, containing a long scientific description
OF this remarkable Psychological specimen
from the pen of Mr.. Mathew Jones, a natural
'st. From this description We learn that his
snakesbip is I6 feet, 7 inches in length-ll
inches thiek-with no teeth-has large and
brilliant blue eyes-its head is adorned with
a delicate rimson Elementary plume-has a
fin talso OF crimson tint running nearly the
whole length of its back-a handsomely
taperins form Terminating in a point-and the
coating of the skin is represented as being
~lustrous as FURNISHED silver. The Bcymudian
editor thinks that the most vivid fancy could
not picture to itself a more delicate and beau
t'ful creature than this fish, and reioices huge
" over its capture, since it solves the long
agitated problem, whether there are creatures
living in the ocean to which the cognomen of
The Great Sea-Serpent' may be appropriate
ly applied.-N. o. Bulletin.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-25

10 The ball given at Bruly Landing on
Thursday night Of last week, on occasion OF
the nuptials Of our young friend ALFRED BA-
BIZ. was one Of the most splendid ever given
in our parish. Not alone was the beauty and
grace Of our young Creole ladies present; but
the adjoining parishes contributed q fair rep-
resentation to increase the pleasures of the
entertainment. Red Stick was represented
BY some Of the " lords" who well-sustained
the reputation Of their fair city for gallantry
and devotion to the fair sex. Nothing but ill.,
health kept Us away from the gay scene, and
prevented our personally witnessing what
was 50 highly spoken Of by other. more for.
tunate than ourself. The dance was kent IN
until . late hour, when we know all went
home perfectly contented with the pleasure
Of the evening. If the future OF our friend
ALFRED, and his fair bride, prove as gay, as
Joyous as the merry throns which assembled
to honor his "tieing w." then he will have
indeed happy time Of it."
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-25

20 The storm Of Tuesday last, which
came down upon US rather unexpectedly, did
considerable damage to fences, out buildings,
and other fragile arrangements in our neigh
borhood. We have heard Of no serious dam
age to property, and no loss Of life. For an
hour or two the wind was most violent
which for = time urged the impression very
strongly that the Sugar Planter Office was
about to take an 1riaI excursion to parts un-
known. The only accident we heard of du-
ring the gale was to the engineer Of the ferry
boat, who very imprudently opened his
mouth to gape, and the wind entering the
" cavity" with great violence, putfed him up
like q balloon, and be has not been heard of
since.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-25

HENRY CLAWS SINE Qua NoN.n-lf any
OF my readers were ever fortunate enough to
hear Mr.. Clay tell the follow ing story. they
can never forget the inimita oe grace ana
hnmor with which it was dore. SWhile /
was abroad laboring to arrange the terms Of
the treaty of Client, there appeared a report
OF the negotiations or letters relating thereto.
and seversl quotations from my remarks or
letters touching certain stipulations in the
treaty, reached Kentucky, and were read by
ny constituents. Among them was an old
fellow who went by the nickname of Old
Sandusky.' He was reading one of those
letters one evening at a near resort, to a small
collection of the %neighbors. As he read on
he came across the sentence, This must be
deemed a sine qua mon.' What's a sine qua
non ? said a half dozen bystanders. odd San
dusky' was a little bothered at first, but his
good sense and natural shrewdness was fully
eq"a! TO the mastery of Latin. sSine-1mH
non !" said odd Sandusky,' repeating the
question very slowly, why sine qua non is
three islands in Passamaquoddy BAY. and
Henry Clay is the last man to give them IN.
NO SINE qua non, no treaty, he says, and he'll
stick to it, You should have seer the laugh
ing eye, the change in the speakers voice
and manner, to understand the electric effect
ne story had upon his hearers,
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-25

OPENING TIE MANcHAc.-Our spicy little
contemporary the .Acadian, Of Ascension, with
great gravity tells its several thousand read.
ers that the Bayou Manchac never was navi.
gable previous to its closing by order of Gen
JACKSON in 1914. What authority our cotem-
porary has for making such a bold assertion
we have no means Of knowing but to the
best OF our knowledge the editor is not per.
sosaNy cognizant Of the fact. We are inclin-
edto the opinion that W,NrREE is not a thor
ough or profound admirer Of the hero OF Chal.
nette, or he never would " have gone and
done /" the old hero such injustice as to indi.
rectly charge him with the folly Of closing
up an s~~auigabk bayou 10 prevent the Brit.
ish gnn-bOts from ascending it in order to
reach the Mississippi. In 1903 the late Col.
PHILIP HicxY, sold his crop of cotton amour.
ting to one hundred and fifty bales to the
English Consul at New Orleans, and It was
sent down the Bayou Manchac to the port Of
st. Jonn on Lake Ponchsrtrain, thence to he
reshiPped to Europe. Besides it was always
used when goods came down the river des-
tined for Mobile, Pensacola or other points
upon the lakes and Eastern Gulf coasts. The
donation Of that splendid gold watch BY the
Earl Of Htumas has rather befuddled our CO.
temporary's brains.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-25

LEERfE Z&l EKE3 M 4E
%. The election for Associate Judge
passed Of, on Monday, 70 quietly, that none
would have imagined that IN election Of so
much importance to the people was nj hand.
Not half vote was polled as we predicted
last week. Although there was no excite
ment, the candidates seemed determined to
have plenty Of tickets--if tickets could do
anything to favor their aspirations. We
counted for one candidate At Bruly L,nding
precinct no less than nine hundred tickets
Of which ths fsstsnate individual received
forty.nine. The result is below. Crosse Tete
precinct, Rawle received eleven votes Beat
~, one. Cutoff precinct, Dua.l. II; Michel,
5. Bruly Landing precint. DufeI, 40; Mi
chel, 30. Court House precinct. Beatty, 8;
Du6el, 3; Rawle, 22 votes. Total number
Of votes cast, one hundred and forty-eight.
Recspitnlation DufFel, O. Michel 81;
Beatty, ., and Rawle, 80.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-25


MARRIAeE.-To marry one man while IN.
ing and loved by another, is about the mn
gr-v'ous fault that a woman can commit. h
is a sin against delicacy, against kindness ~
truth. 1t involves giving that to legal IN
which is guilty and shameful when gives y
any thing but rec procal affection. II involves
double treachery and cruelty. II iavelvss
%wounding the spirit, whitening thu heart, psf.
haps ~blightiny and soiling the soul-of u
one who is abandoned and betrayed. In
wolves the speedy disenchantment Of ths ~
who is Knocked by the shadow where h. -
promised the substance. and who grssps seg
the phantom, a ~soulless beauty, and the hi,
the shell, the skeleton Of a dead a6ettioA
entails c~easless deception, at home and sbsssl,
by day and night, at our down-sttiaeastSQ
up rising deception in every seIstioa-dsesr
lion n the tenderest and most endearing ~
ments Of our existence. It t,akes The VIII
life a weary, degrading, qprewsrded III. 4
right.minded woman could. scarcely 10y :
deeper sin upon her soul, or one more eeiis
to cring down a fearful expiration.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-25

The PRINTER. The Belfast NreIand) Mcy.
cnry, gives the following in relation to prin-
tiers. ...
From high or low they are the same reck-
less, Iight-hearted, clever. well-iniormed fell
Iows-knowing how to act better than they
do-nothiny at times-everything if the &C.
casion requires, or the fit takes them. No
sooner are they comfortable in one town, than
they make tracks for another, even though
they travel on hair space means. And to
what will they not turn their hands? I'VE
have seen" says an American editor. -'one
and and the same individual Of the craft. a
minister in California, a lawyer in Missouri. a
Sheriff in Ohio, a boatman in the western
canal, sailing a prlvateer, an auctioneer in
New York, and a pressman In a great print
ing Office" Nor are these characteristics
confined to any country; they are everywhere
the same. We nave met them as lecturers.
actors, travelling preachers, ventriloouists-in
fact everything. We have met on the tramp.in
country members Of this rowing profes.
sion from all parts of the globe-Frenchmen.
Spaniards, Portuguese, Germans and Swedes-
and all apparently as much at home as in
their W country. Ardent lovers of liberty.
king craft finds but little favor in their ewes.
they are always with the people. When
the Chartist excitement was raging in Eng.
la Ind, the eloquent leaders in the movement
were printers. When the barricades were
raised in Paris, in 1s4S, the compositors, cast
their types into bullets md fired them at the
troops. When the Americans were
ut war with Mexico, Gen. Taylor's regiment
composed almost entirely Of printers, and
Inc were the bravest of his troops.n
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-25

ECONOMY OF DYING SrxuGeLEs.-Irving
used to tell II story illustrative of the Yankee
talent at making things pay" A man who
sent turkies to market also swept chimneys
tor a living, tying a cord around the neck Of
the bird so as not to choke it too suddenly
and then drawing it mp and down the Chin
nev, SO that the ffutter OF the expiring strug-
gle might do tte sweeping. The papers tell
us also that there is grocer in Pennsylvania
who IS so mean that he was seen to catch a
ny OFT his counter, hold him up by his hind
legs, and look into the cracks of his feet to
see If ne hadn't been stealing some Of his
sugar.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-25

Gov. Chase tells the story that whe1 Leo
Governor Newman Of Tennessee wss :
G'si'ssss' si IL T.. ,as . xss'ssas 81 i g &: 81
servant a sprightly saddle-collored boy
about thirty, who was c~oncious Of his d.salsf
His master who was in the habit OF lestlaS
with him Familiarity, accosted him to the y
Of the Neil House, just before the dspaspIg
Of the guests, with. a.'why, Jack, 4svn't 81
Of the Abolitionists carried you Of ~
Yah ! yah Mass Newman, quoth Je1,
when l seed you gwine down de stresf 9.
in arm wild Gubner Dennison and Gsese,
Chase, | tot gov were gone. sure yah yyaaA
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-25

ND It 10 said that small vases have been
found among the mummies Of Egypt which
contained \ perfume as powerful as the day
when they were deposited in the home OF
the Pharaohs. BosEL, on LAFAYETTE street,
has now In store some Of the finest perfumery
ever brought to Baton Rouge. So powerful
are some Of his +" Extracts" that TO look only
at 4 bottle Is sufficient for whole days per-
fumery. The "Rosedale Extract" is worthy
the attention Of our friends at tother end Of
our railroad. JuL'Us says their perfumery
will outlast those Of Egypt-and i il YOU don't
believe it, just come and try them. Great
boy that JrLrus.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-25
E. B. TRINIDAD, President.
Louis LEvsQuK, Secretary.

RExIsrscrNcs or Hon. WILLIAM Pxn-
NlScron AND HENRY CLAY.-The following
extract from a letter to the Cincinnati Com
mercial, from Lexington, KY. will be read
with interest and pleasure by every friend
and admirer q Henry Clay.
Lexington, FEB. 1sf, 1s60.- Eds. Commev-
ciat Perhaps it would into rest some Of your
readers to know why the election Of PEN
nirston, Of New J"r ey. as Speaker. gave
such satisfaction in Lexington. | think it
vas in either 1915 or 1916 that Henry Clay
became embarrassed t., such an extent that
he had to mortgage Ashland. In the mean
time, a movement had been started in New
Orleans by some Of Mr. Clay's friends. that
they would ray his debts and relieve him
from his cmbarassments, and Mr.. a. H.
Trotter the agent Of the Northern Bank in
New Orleans. was sent East to confer with
Nj. Clay's friends. The consequence was
that about fifty thousand dollars was subscri-
bed. and the Hon VIM. Pennington was sent
to Kentucky with the money, and came to
Lexington without scarcely any one knowing
him. He walked into the Northern Bank
and asked for Mr.. Scott, the Scott, the CASH
Ter OF the Bank. and upon being shown that
gentlem, asked ii there were not several notes
Of Mr.. Clay's that were due in a few days,
and was answered that there were. Mr.. Scott
was requested to give the whole amount of
Mr.. Clay's indebtedness, which was done.
and a draft on one OF the New York banks
was handed him. and Mr.. Pennington lett
the bank with all Mr.. CIay's notes paid. In
a few days Mr.. Clay came to town to arrange
for a renewal of the notes, il possible, aud
was shown in the side room of the bank. AZ
ter sitting a few minutes he asked Mr.. Scott
if there could be any arrangement to run the
notes for a longer time. Mr.. Scott looked at
Mr.. Clay to see if he was not testing, and
finding that he was not, told him that a gen.
tIem' n from New Jersey had called yester-
day and paid all his indebtedness Mr.. Clay
started when Mr.. Scott spoke, leaked at him
a few seconds. bust Into tears, and left the
bank overwhelmed. No man ever had such
friends. Such, sir, is a brief narrative. an
incident in the life OF the Speaker elect; and
here, sir, where Mr.. Clay lived, his personal
friends are r%ejoiced that be has been honored
with the Speakership.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-25

RETURNING TO SLAvERY.-The 7ccumseh
yesterday took down family of six persons
mulattoes, on their way to Helena, Arkansas,
to enter again the service of their old master
There was something remarkable and unu-
sually attractive in the appearance of this
group, who, despite the obvious tinge Of the
African in their compilations, were fine look
ing men and women, with graceful we'll
rounded forms, aid eyes sparkling with in
tell gence. They were manumitted about
six years ago, since which line they have
been living in New Yo~rk.--Cincinnati Com
merciai.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-25

The M1eHrY HrsrEs.-Gnntly BerkiJ.
the English huntsman lately in this country,
is tall and thin. Recently while travslng
on a Western steamboat, = Western -
asked a bystander: Y
Who is that tall thin man ~ -
That's the Honorable GRAVITY Fitshaa-'
ing Berkly.n q ~ ! q1g
And who the devil i the Honofebk
Grantley Fitz Berklyp 3.
Why, don't you know he is the ~
British Nimrod - ii
"Nimrod -Nimrodl Looks more like :
ramrod," said Western, and coolly waltse
of. '~e.ar .ste4
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-25
MASS MEETING AT BRULY LANDING

Agreeable to a call signed by the President
of a Parochiai Central Democratic Committee,
the Democracy OF the parish Of West Baton
Rouge, assembled in mass meeting, at I. Bours
Il Co.'S bali room at Bruly Landing, on this
Goth day Of February, 1850.
On motion of X. Hebert, ST., F.. B Trini-
dad was called to the Chair, and L.. Leveque
appointed Secretary.
The President IN a few words explained to
the meeting the object of the call, and on mo
ton Of Alex. Barrow, the Chair appointed a
committee ofthree, TO appoint ana recommend
a suitable number OF delegates to represent
the Democracy of West Baton Rouge in the
State Convention to be held in the city oi
Baton Rouge on the 18th DAY Of March, prox-
imo.
The following named persons were appoint
ed on said committee Col. Alex. Barrow, r.
IIehert, Sr, and DR. J. L. Nolan.
On motion of Judge W. B. Robertson, a
committee was appointed to draft resolutions
expressive of the opinion of Ike meeting upon
sqnatter sovereignty, and the acts Of the Ad-
ministralion Of James Buchanan.
The following were appointed on said COM
mittee: Judge W. B. Robertson, Dr.. J. A.
Leveque and Col. B. K. Chinn.
After a recess of half an hour. the meeting
was again called to order by the President
and the following reports were submitted to
the meeting and approved.
Committee or Delegates reported the fol-
lowing named nersous-W. B. Robertson,
Gustave Serret. J.Tras Landry, II. W. Allen,
BeIisa,re Landry, j. L. Nolan, VIleneuve
Blanchard, Dr.J. A.Leveque. Augnstin Aillet,
Lovinski Hebert, Frank White, Bertrand
Gaze and F.. B. Trinidad.
On motion of w. B. Robertson, the names
of Alex. Barrow and Raphael Hebert were
added to the list of Delegates.
Committee Oh Resolutions reported as fol-
lows
Resolved, That the doctrine Of squatter SOW
%erei.nty as held by Stephen A. Douglas, that
a Territorial Legislature can exclude slavery
is as obnoxious to the Democracy Of West
Baton Rouge, as the doctrine held by the
Back Republican party of excluding slavery
in Territories by act of Congress.
Resoired. That we ~reiterate our endorse
ment Of the Cincinnati Platform and the Ad-
ministration Of James Buchanan.
On motion Of w. B. Robertson the thanks
of this meeting werevoted to the officers aud
to Mr.. 7. Bourg Il Co., for the use Of their
room.
On motion Of B. X. Chinn, the Secretary
was requested to send copies Of the proceed
ings OF Ibis meeting to the Advocate and
Sugar Planter for publication.
On motion Of Il. Heoert, the meeting then
adjourned.
4 TRINIDAD President.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-25

Aur SEWARD Aur NuLLus.-The N. Y.
Courier and Enquirer insists upon it that, as
mr.. Seward is the representative man If tbs
Republican party, he is to be their candidate
tor the Presidency. To abandon him or throw
HIM overheard, ut saysJ in obedience to pro-
slavery dlctation and threats of disunion.
would so disgust the party that the Democrat
&c candidate would be certain OF an election.
Further, it would not agree to take any of
the old conservative Wings, for the sake of a
union, because they op%posedFremont in 1856.
u promises, however, to support either Bates,
be,' or Crlttenden for the Vice Presidency.
Unless MIR. Seward be the Republican stand
ard-bearer, the Courier intends to .'hang its
harp on the willow"
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-25

MARDI-GRAs.-Quite a number Of young
men of our parish took it int, their heads on
Shrove Tuesday to keep up the t,me-honored
custom of p~arading around en- n,asqne, much
to the horror, wonder and astonishment Of a
large portion Of our " culled" population, who
had never witnessed such dresses or faces in
all their lives before. The number of-nas-
kers was quite large, and the variety Of cos-
tunes added greatly TO the interest Of their
procession. Several balls wound up the frol-
les Of the day. One Of the maskers took our
hat from the beauty Of the mule he rode, and
the extreme d~elicacy Of the rabbit tailed ring
lets which adorned his magnificent head -
Come down and get our hat-we havn't got
nary more use for it.
"The institution" was celebrated in Red
Stick as well ss the deplorable condition of
the weather would permit. A member"
whose perseverance and strength Of muscle
are worthy Of the most intense appreciation.
purchased a tive-cent mask, an immense erin
oline with the other feminine arrangement.)
and a tenor drum, paraded the streets upon
his own hook, and pounded upon the last ma
med article with such vigor and seriousness
IS became an individual who seemed to think
that the whole responsibility Of celebrating
the day rested upon his shoulders. An other
" member" who invariably requires facts and
figures to substantiate everythins-and who
by the way constituted the entire procession
following the d~rum-gives it as his positive
opinion that the Iabors Of the individual upon
the drum did not cease more than ten min
utes during that many hours. The indefati-
gable drummer marched past some points
eight or ten different times seeming perfectly
indifferent as to whether any one was follow.
ing him or not. He looked neither to the
right nor left, but pressed forward with the
air of q man who knew he had a celebration
to do" and he was bound to " do y it.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-25

WoN'r PARrrcirArE--On the l3:h inst,
the joint committee Of the Virginia Lcsis!a-
ture on the South Carolina resolutions, repor-
ted a series of resolutions, which we think
rather snub the latter State. They are as
follows:
Resoired, That the General Assembly of
Virginia, recognizing in orr present. relations
with non-slaveholding States, an imperative
necessity for decisive measures, does not vet
mistrnst the capacity of the Southern States
by The wise and firm exercise Of their several
powers to protect the rights and Liberties of
the people, and to preserve the Federal Union.
For this purpose we earnestly desire the con-
certed action Of the Southern States, but the
General Assembly respectfully submits to the
consideration of South Carolina. and all sister
States ofthe South. that elicie. 1t cooperation
be more safely obtained by such direct leyis.
satlve action Of the several States as may be
necessary and proper, than through the agen-
~ OF an assamb'age which can exercise no
legislative powers except to debate and adj
wise.
Resolved, therefore, That the opinion of the
General Assembly, it is inexpedient to appo mt
deputies to the conference proposed by South
Resolved, That the Governor of the Com
monwealth be requested to communicate the
foregoing resolutions to the Governor of the
state of South Carolina, and to the Governor
OF each OF the slayeholding States.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-25
NV vrsslos OF rnk ".Mr,rLrroB oVt

NEw VERSION OF TINS" .MisrL.ro DovsG"
A little miss Of six, with whom tbssisofos
= skeleton . and g. keleton skirt" we1e y.
inonymous terms, in relating the story q "
lost bride who hid away in the trank 50
persisted, and was not found till many -
after, with wide staring eyes said, AN u
opening the trunk, what DO you thiak
found there, aunty ~ 6 Why, what di.ses
my dearW "Nothing in the wofld,nZ
8 wered the little story-teIler, holding q, 4
hands in horror, I" but a hoop skirt"-n :
Post. p
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-25

% A meeting OF the industrial Fair is
called to-day at eleven o'clock, at the Har-
ney House. All interested are requested to
attend.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-25

They have a queer test in Washington to
ascertain how far a man is intoxicated. II
he can say National hteH,genrer, straight out
he is considered passable. When he sings out
National TeYnencey," it is thought necessary
tor him to 20 home.