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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-04-06

A few days ago. four wealthy planters from
Maryland-one owning 4 hundred slaves
passed through Rome, on their way to Ala.
bama, to purchase plantations with the in
tention OF settling in the Confederate States:
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-04-06

AssAss1NAr,oN.-A young man named
Warren H. Williams was shot at and killed,
on Monday night last, in Baton Rouge. The
assassin is unknown.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-04-06

o. The election for District Judges in
New Orl cans, on Monday last, terminated as
follows: First District, T. w. Collens; Sec
ond, J. Bermudez; Third, Marcus A. Foute j;
Fourth, J. W. Price; Fifth, H. D. Ogden !;
Sixth, R. X. Howell. There was but little
excitement on the occasion.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-04-06
sATURDAY.........APR IL 8, 1861.
~ See advertisements Of stray horses
and mule in to.day's paper.

LARcurr. 4 LASouE.-This house, as
usual, has on hand u full assortment of tagri-
cultural implements, especially for planters
use. See their new advertisement in to-day's
paper.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-04-06

~ The total vote in East Baton Rouge,
for Judge Avery was 500. Scattering votes to
the number Of 10 were given for other parties.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-04-06

The largest dry goods business in the
world, it has been recently stated, is done
bv the house of Morrison, Dillon & Co., Of
London, whose sales last year amounted to
nearly fifteen million of dollars.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-04-06

c. lE- Louisiana CouN+ntIur has refused
to submit the permanent Constitution to the
people 70, ratification or RI -'tion. This Is a
good syn. irdieufing haf the politicians are
afraid 10 trust TIL peoplc Nth a direct -ofe on
the question of Union or Disuniom. There is
a latent sentiment in Louisiana 70. Union.
which if a compromise is made. will bring
her back into the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
Enquirer.
No compromises will ever bring hack Loui.
siana into tne Union. There is no union party
here and never will be " hile a Black Repub-
! lican President fills the chair, Show your
devotion TO the Union by e!ecting an anti
Black Republican or anti-abolition President
four years hence. and then there may be a
chance of talking abon. a return to the old
Confederacy. Your unnatural, and unhallow-
ed acts have driven us to this course. aud on
ly when We see signs of returning reason,
can VIC for a moment permit ourselves to talk
of Union with the North. Had the Consti-
tuition of which you speak. been referred to
the people, seven-eighths of them would have
voted for it. The difference Of opinion in
this State, upon the late great movement, re-
ferred only to the manner Of going out Of
the Union-not a difference Of opinion about
staying or going. In this State we are all
united, we do not want the protection of the
Black Republican egis-it would be such
protection as v%u'tures give to lambs. Be
our future as it may, we have embarked and
will stand the hazards OF the ocean of futur-
ity. Say, Mr.. Enquirer, that a cooperation, or
Utien, if you Wallpaper says this, and as
we speak, SO speak all the organs OF the coop
GRAFTON party in this State.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-04-06

BUSINESS PRo>PEcrs IN NEW YoRK-De-
creased Mnpo'i ations.-There appears to be
very poor prospects in New York for any.
thing like activity in business, The N. Y.
correspondent Of the Philadelphia Ledger.
after sptakins Of a falling If s2,557.429 in
foreign imports. last week says:
These figures tell their own story. And
if it needed any additional! illustration. It NAV
be had by a walk down Liberty street. and
most other t~horoughtares in that neighbour
hood, " here the wholesale dry goods trade
il transacted. On almost every warehouse
may be seen a little placard, announcing
" lofts" to let. at low rents. and not unfre-
q%nentIy. the whole house. The marble.faced
stores which We're erected in Liberty street.
between Broadway and G%repnwic h stree S.
during the flush times. a few wears ago. have
proved a melancholy Investment. To-day
there IS scarcely one of them, | am told, that
could not be purchased for cash at about one
halt the original cost. 4 little frrtEur up
town-in Murray, Warren and Chambers
streets there is more business doing, and re-
al estate is suffering less depreciation: yet.
even there, the vast falling of in business is,
in a variety Of ways. painfully visible. 1t is
IDLE to deny that the foreign impor ers are
greatly alarmed lest this state OF things. bad
as it now is, is to be aggravated by the Nor
rlf tariff and the anticinated competit on
from the seeded States 1t is also true that
not a few OF them are making arrangements
to transfer their business to the South. Poll
tlcians, for partisan purposes, may pooh-pooh
these things, but they are facts. nevertheless
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-04-06
A SrARrLER.- The following is a special
despatch to the New York Dau Book,

WASHINGTON. March 2O.-l have telegraph
ed you once or twice in relation to the pro-
gramme OF the Republicans in regard to Mex
leo. | now write you more fully. Corwin
is to go there o carry out the free negro pol
icy of the Republicans. If they cannot zen
up the South by excluding "siaveryn from
the Territories. they are determined to do it
by the aid OF England. in placing Mexico un-
der unter her protectorate, aided by the Lin
coin Government.
p his will be done at once, by negotiating
atreaty with Mexico. 1t is understood that
Efglsnd will send, at the shortest notice, al
most any number Of troops to guarantee the
Independence " of Mexico, and thus present
a barrier to the progress of freedom South
ward. II they can once pen up free ~institu-
tons. no matter how, they hone the time is
not far distant when this country will Ielapse
to monarchy, or at least a semi-RepubIican
form of government essentially like England.
AN 1%xPorANr LETTER.-It will be recol.
lected that j" 1887 a distinguished merchant
or banker. in Londcn, was sent out here to
act for the Bank Of England, in which capa-
city he was 'as one in authority y in an APP
artment of the United States Bank. This
gentleman was John Cowel! and the letter
we speak Of and print elsewhere, is from the
London Examiner. Mr.. Cowell advises Sc
paration Of the Northern and Southern States.
and teaches the South that separation is its
interest, and that cotton manufacturing, slave
hating England is the natural friend Of cot
ton producing, s!aveholdlng South. His ar
gument, however, will go for what they are
worth-admitted aboIitionist as he ;s-but
they teach US a lesson, especially US Of the
North: not to triAe more with this abstract
Issue Of slavery, but to live with the South
in peace.-N Y. Erpress.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-04-06
Che Sngar glanter.

. Commun~ icat,ons intended for this paper should be
directed to BATON ROUGE, NOT West Baton Rouge
Our Exchanges will confer . favor upon US by
directing as above.
~ Any of our Baton Rouge friends having COM
unicat,ons, &e., for the SUGAR P~IAyrER, by leaving
them with Mr.. Richard Markham. on board the
Ferry Boat, Sunny Soutb, viii b. promptly received
a. Our Baton Rouge patrons must send over their
advertisements on or before Thursday, to secure their
insertion the same week.
D nA-Mr. JAMES STRAwBRIDGK " our authorized agent
in New Orleans to receive and receipt for subscrip
tons and advertising.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-04-06

o. The Secession Convention of louisa
ma has defeated an ordinance which proposed
to submit the new Constitution othe South
erh Confederacy to a vote Of the people. II
mas probably ofraia that they uoukd reject it.
We hear a great deal in these times OF the
whole Government being based solely upon
the consent OF those under its jurisdiction !;
but this action IS a strange commentary on that
Philadelphia Press.
The above is a fair sample of the method
used by such renegades as the man. + orney,
to deceive and mislead the people of the
North. For our part we ardently. desired
that the Convention should submit to the peo-
pie the Constitution OF the Confederate States
for a vote thereon. They wo,id nave ratified it
bv a vote hitherto unparalleled in this State.
The refusal Of that body So to do excited the
Indignation of the people, because they wish.
ed the world to know that they and the Con-
%vention 'nere one! A few wretched souls, if
they have souls. can be found here and there
throughout the State to clamor for Union
but they are men whose souls could dance a
rlgadnon upon the thousandth part Of a mus
tard seed. and whose ire is awakened because
they cannot now realise 'sshent per shent,';
upon their Investments. To all such Union
men Nj. Forney, You are welcome. and if
you will Only draw them from our midst
with one of your sovereign Union p~|asters.w we
will only be the better satisfied for il.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-20
NEVADA.

We have before us the frat Message 81 Gen.
JAMES W. NyE to the Legislature of Nevada
Territory, assembled Of Carson City, Oct. 2.
1861. 1t zealously combats the pretended
right Of Secession, reprObates the slayeho,siag
treason, and summons TIRE patriotism of she
new Territory to rally around the flag end
keen step TO the music Of Union.> He
further recommends the adoption Of the Mining
Laws of California, the division Of the Terri
tory into three Judicial Districts, the estah-
Iisbment of Common School system, the divi-
son of the Territory into cozaties and Legis-
Iatiye Districts and the Iocati5n Of its Capt.
tai. He urges the passage Of scts making tho
wearing of deadly weapons penal ofense,
regulating the sele OF intoxicating Liquors and
forbilding such sale Oh tie Sabbath, and inl-
posing stringent penalties on Ga@bling. He
further recommends the passage of Lien Law,
and the collection by Territorial authority of
the small sum (si,59D appOr.ionea to be
raised by said Territory ss is share of the Di-
recs Tax imposed 5y Congress. The Message
is corous in style and judicious N its tenor,
and will command general approbasicn.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-20
TEE LATEST WE NEws.

From Washington, though We have 10 pos
tive Bows Of especial mo:aelt, thcge IS, how
ever a restless ACTIVITY rre'aiD5 On bo,,l
sides. We published Yesterday a few words
concerning skirmith between or pickles
and some Rebel cavalry. The affair now az
pears to have been OF more importance than il
at first seemed The fight was ,! mile. west
of Falls Church; the parties we're, Company
III OF the 14th (Brooklyn) Re ment, and 3Co
or more Rebel cavalry. The attack was sharp,
and the firing on bo.h sides heavy for short
time; Of the Union soldiers four were killed. or
mortally wounded, and eleven or twelve were
missing. The loss Of the enemy is not known,
but it was certainly greater than cure.
The Rebel pickets have advanced two m.les
since Sunday. Gen. Porter reports largo
force two miles from Vienna. Their purpose
seems to be to sweep Up al! fciase we,. Of
Falls Church.
A review on a grauder scale than has !cl
been attempted in tbs country i T. take poe'
today near bayleys Cross Roads. IL It res
eral divisions, ineluding more ia2h ,n0CC
troops, win take part.
We print this morning from J1r Botimor
american, Of Tuesday. a lalle siaieAelt THAI
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-20

va have elsewhere seen. concerning Gen.
D;x,s advance into Eastern Virginia. The list
Of the troops engaged in the movement Is
given. together with suggestive statistics con-
corning the Counties Of AccOmac aud North
amnton. Tie intelligent observer can hardly
fail 70 see in this movement something more
importgnt, even, than the mere taking posses
sion of two counties in an enemys country.
Quietly the lines have been drawn around the
rebels; and in Western Virginia, on the Upper
Potomac, opposite the capital, down the river,
in Eastern Virginia, at Fortress Monroe, are
generals able and alert, silently but efficiently
cooperating with each ether and armies wei
disciplined, ardent, indomitaba. we ma!
soon expect news which shall str the blood %
those who hear.
The transport Atlantic reached this port yes.
terday morning from Port Royal, which place
she LETT Oh the 10th. She brings no news
Of especial interest. Everything at Port Royal
remained quiet; the troops were doing wel'
Beaufort had not been occupied though sew
tTdI VISITS uuu bCeH uHuuc ". it6-oNA' ~
two, who, however, soon returned, leaving the
place deserted The stores and ordnance had
5een nearly all landed and several transports
were about ready to return.
We print this morning interesting letters
from Hilton Head; these show that the raw.
ages in the dwellings Of the inhabitants in that
region were shocking, and that they were COM
mitied alone by the slaves, who were with
held by our troops from the work Of destruc-
ton. The letters also gave narrative OF an
expedition into the interior, for the purpose OF
conveying Gen. sherman's proclamation, and
the white population were very sparse, and in
no way offensive.
Gen. Hunter has surrendered the command
Of the Western Department to Gen. Halleck,
according to the new arrangement OF Depart
ments published n few days since.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-20
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1861

in the election Of Mr.. Lincoln, while it would
not have been inconsistent with the most vigil
liant circumspection. would have done as much
to counteract any abolition tendencies of the
Administration as the Rebellion has done to
foster them. Such q policy, permitting the
Democratic party to keep up the show of an
organization, and to send to tho House of
Representatives respectable Opposition, would
have kept the Capitol and the White House
both upon their good behavior, and would have
compelled caution inconsistent with any
formidable fanatieism, The prudent way seems
plain enough; but madness bent upon destruc-
ton, will wander into crooked paths. Instead
of quiet and sagaciou3 inacti7ity, the slave
holders at once began TO buster, and from toe
insolencc of speech soon lapsed into p,-sc''c'i
iniquities. They gave no Northern man all
opportunity Of defending them They dlsa-
vowed ell alliances, and officially published
their determination of going to the devil in
their own way. Then indignant men said:
Let them 60! And let Slavery go with them!
Who then, ore the AbotioniSts
We have always supposed Human Slavery to
bs selelncited sociai- disease, especially in
Republican Amsfied The doom Of the mon
ster was pronounced and recorded long before
its birth. The landing of the Pilgrim Fathers
at Plymouth in the seventeenth century made
Slavery impossible upon thia continent in the
twentieth. The Declaration of independence,
diluted as il was, against the earnest protesta-
lions of Dir. Jefferson, to suit the delicate
stolachs of the Southern members OF the Con-
ress, was the death.Warrant of The system.
Sooner or later its last hour must have come.
A lie, though permitted to run up and down,
aud yaunt itself, and below its infinite repe-
.itions of itself, is refuted from the beginning,
and will be silenced at last. 1t may sink quiz
ely out OF sight; or il may 90 out in stencil
of blood and smoke as the Pet Lie of our time
10 gong but its exit is predestinate. The Lie
OF Slavery was unpeasanty yociierous one year
ago: but now its own friends have knocked
the wind out of it, and tripped its legs
from under il, and in all other ways mer-
cilessly exposed its weakness and witlessness.
10 might have meandered through the length
and the breadth Of tie land for half century
longer; but now its career Of curses and OF
crime is well nigh over. For 30 much let us
be thankful, and patiently abide the end
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-20
CONTRADICTIONS.

We are troubled with no divided allegiance,
but We are sometimes a li.ilc puzzled TO know
how to reconcile consistency aud duty in the
approval OF acts of the Government which are
dramatically opposed to each other. Dis
ciplinc ia an indispensable thing in the army,
asd we cieeriully maintain It's necessity, up
Holding tbe authorities, as in duty bound, IN
any severity that they think is called for.
Having taken this ground, We are ready to
defend it, and set our faces against that mis-
placed clemency that would look with weak
confederation upon the faults Of raw recruits
not brought up to q strict habit OF obed'enee
TO others, and whose lives have not been such
rs 10 teach them sell coatrol. There is no con-
aict here between cur duty and our ludgmr ut
Tor an army without discipline is only ?. mob
Tie recent order in regard to d'.unkennes
among the troop is deserving of universal ap
probation, The vice is intoe'. able aud disgust
| Jug anyNhcra but ameGg those where tn
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-20

By tie arrival OIL Cape Race, Yesterday, Of
the lifted Kingdom, from Glasgow on the G,h
lust, we haze one days later news from Ea-
rope. The convention respecting Tho Mexican
expedition is that the Invading Powers shall
moi seek territorial advantages for Themselves,
nor use their influence to interfere with the
rights OF the people to choose their own Gov
ernmen.. 1t also contains an article providing
that an invitation be given to the United States
TO accede to the convention in behalf OF their
own subjects. Tie prospect now IS that the
threatened trouble between France and SwitZer-
land, arising from the presence Of French troops
in DappeD, viii blow over. letters from Ra-
gasa deny the runlors OF The defeat oi tie
Turkish army by tue insurgents. N. Neaio-
hick. chief of the insurgents, had pat a ptiee
Of 1000 sequns Oh the mead Of Omar Pasha'
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-20

Ilr. James y. Camp, Of Kingst5,i Jamaica,
writes US that the opinion has become general
in that island that q large Infusion OF free,
intelligent Labor is there neede6-ssas the PEG.
pie are sick Of tho experiment OF introducing
coolies aud other hagbarians; and tat the Leg
isamre, soon to assemble, VIII initiate sys-
terlatic effort TO AXE to Jamaica the soon
.strabaud " and O5LsF free negroes of the United
States. following tie example OF lnyti. We
do MT doubt that Industrious, honest, intelli-
reat laborers are valuable acquisition 10 any
country not ALREADY densely populated. and that
there are thousands Of Free Cslored Persons
il the United States who wosla be useful to
Jamaica. Watcher migration 70 Jamaica Is
advisable for Hsm. We. leave to their own
Judgment, alter listening to the pga1ors that may
be made them Oh her behalf.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-20

safety and lives Of many men may d,,,o ai UPON
Tue aobriety and vigilance of single one, Z ia
deserving of the seryerest reprobation. H.,z
is the sentence of one Of these criminals WIZ,
though severe, We presume il no more 20 IN
the flagaucy of his conduct warrants:
Private Fernando skhaltze, coupany D. De Kali %.
Ne%-York Vopncers guilty Of eiylbg rauls Of pieI.t =
while marching ois destination and being aerssa $50
and accouermen. Sentenced Ito txo op ,I n, q, anna
wearing 81 pound ball ETC. 20 forfeit h paw for m. '.oe
tho loss Of aud equipments ana sy
oh % pay hi laandress, aad tho expiration fth,
tiuie 70 be drunmed on, Of the seyicc,r " 'nss
Private Skhultze being ;,rummed ont os .;...
after his Two m'"..'as of hard labor 10 addition
10 aragp.~.g the 32-pouul shot about az rs
l'''s, there, very properly, is gu end CT him.
50 lar 90 the army is concerned, and his com.
rades will take warning accordingly.
But here is another case. A Court of Tn.
qairy wac recently convened to look into thu
conduct Of one Niles, not a private, on Ger.
tain occasion. Twenty-eighs witnesses testified
to the fact that OF the battle of Bull Run
Miles was unquestionaby drunk. II happeaed
that that battle was defeat, aud 1t might
have been so Of any rate; but il seems, never.
theess, that this Miles was in command Of q
brigade, and that certain movement which
nc va, ordered to make was not made because
he was drunk. The fate Of the battle, the
loss Of many lives, the Abandonment Of mil.
lions of arms and munitions, the everlasting
disgrace and the deep Encouragement which
followed, nay have been the consequence Of
Miies's beasay condition. But the Court
thought il was not worth while now to inaict
any punishment upon him, as it is not
easy to establish the charge, and officers arc
wanted.
We want to approve everywhere, If we can.
Are we to understand that there is TO be ono
law for officers Of the regular army, ana
another for volunteer privates
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-20

people Of South Carolina who are to-day
UnionistS by instinct, and ready to welcome
and respond to the Generals ligLtest word OF
counsel or exhortation to fidelity and activity
in the Union cause. We allude, Of course, to
the "mud-sills' Of Palmettodom-the men and
women whose labor has grown oil the produce
wherein the few oilers riot in luxury while
the many workers are restricted to the baresI
necessaries of life. Let the General address
cheering, friendly Proclamation to this inauS,
trious majority of the South CarOiinlans' apu
We viii warrant him to receive eager ana ioyal
attention.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-20
GIN. ssazEnAN,s ,FgEfcphTv

We once heard druoken shoemaker, viii
reference to Inc uDsuccessiHl attempt OF Lot to
ind i've righteous men 10 So1om, remark that
nc did not believe tie patriarch looked through
the shocnakcr's shops. Cen. sherman seems
10 have been guilty OF kindred oversight in
his efforts TO circulate his Proclamation in
South Carolina. IL is al appeal 10 the latent
legally ond UniOnsm Of that unique Stale; but
Ike can find no one to receive or listen to it,
All tue whites with whom his officers car
manage TO come in contact are doubls-dyed
rebels, and be might az well be whistling jgs
10 a milestone as eIloriiDg them to lcrsakc
lhcir evil wey'. They ~ with wonderful
cecrity and unanimity on tie oqpCc Cd of he
les Of truce; If brought 10 "A p1ley the,
anon no ULioDisti-nobody wAo waa,, to hear
Of read Bis proclamation; and it is probable
tfai, Up TO tbs hour not ifiy South CarOln-
aus even know that be hes issued one.
And yet there is Il clear majority Of the
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-20

Tie Atlantic brougss from Port Royal '%A.
Scotch teuierwhich Sas found Fort Walker W.T.
our sailors landed lie WIS tie only living o'a'',
Cagolinan that stood the Ire from toe hSe', ~ ~
although tie, rer was apparently unterIia'd al 'A'
time.
TIE Rev. TLos. d. Anderson, d. d. o. h .sm
bur .. Mass. has, we understand, aecepe' -, .
rom tie First Baptist Society in this e'y' !" ''''
Of 5000 per yeaT.
--secretarv Cameron, on bis recon. I''it 'o''D'
narrowly escaped serious ra'Ifo'a SV'u' r., q;
plosior a, an arsenal, and islai 'es"'' "''
/ ffteen fee. down an ombankmen''
-yhere are in Indiana 30 600 moTe eoSf' ee'"ss'
ibn ace, Of 1--we an lveay,oas than .aeg7 ae sH's