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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-01-26
\ HARD One en- NEW J~HRsEY.- Ore

\ HARD one oS NEW JhRsEY. Ore
terribly stormy u5sit L. LEAK Decrmbe,,
a United States vessel WIS wrecked Cd
the coast OF Jersey, an. every SOU d
one went down WITH he doomed craft.
This oue.sury}yaf IA y estern gentle
MAN. seized floating spar aud was
washed toward the shore, while innu-
mer#bie knd-aeafted tools Of the Cam
den IL Aeaboy ID Iroai clustered on the
shore with ropes and boats. Slowly but
surely tue Unhappy mariner dfitted to
land, and as lie exhaustediy caught at
the rope thrown to him, the kindly ma
tiyes uttered an encouraging cheer.
"You are saved they shouted. "Tou
are sayed-and must show the conduc-
tor your tel.
With the sea still boiling abou. him.
aud a floating straw tickling his nose,
the drowning stranger suddenly resisted
the efforts to haai him ashore.
stop" said be, in a faint tone. "Ten
where d am? What country is
tAiss T.
Aud they answered, "New Jersey"
Scarcely had the uane been uttered,
when the wre!ehed stranger let 90 the
rope, calculating as he did SO, II guess
III footo little terther."
He was never seen again ~. 7.
Mercury.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-01-26

coeNrsHFasr rHa BY PHoroanApH.-Tbs
Detroit -Ade-rts@sr Of the 7th in>t, says:
Photographed money has been pass.lupon
several merchants OF ti.is city within The
last two or three weeks. slhs money is d
photographed copy Of genuine haetra'--
presents the appea'
walton. Of be;
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-01-26
TEE ORDNANCE GE sEsEss8oN.

The io,ioa 9pg is the 0tlaaaev re'
| ported ~ lie lion. John l'etktus,
chaitman u The conmiNea at fifteen.
y minority report va m-de end seyera!
o.ber fern FIR secession offered, Whicb
witi appeal ~ AVID ~ Wien tie Stasr n
out # lie Uaiou. va infer from abun
lant Signs 4 The times al tbs writing
that tie ordinance viii Lave passed oe-
fore it will reach oar readers in his
mornings paper.
Az ORDINANCE
- dissolve the uDieG between lie State
of Louisiana and os.er States united
With her. uudeT the compact entitled
The Constitution Of lie United
Stats of America
re, the peop5e b tie State q Loaasi-
ara, IN Coaeention assembled, do dee}afe
AMI orda5.a, and ii Is derebY declared and
orIaiae1, That tie Ordinance passed uy
US IA Convention on The 22d day Of No
v4aber 1911. whereby the Constitution
Of the United States Of America, and
the amendments of the said ConstIiu-
ton were adopted; and ali laws and
ordinances lay which the State Of Lonis-
ana became : member of he Federal
Union, be AID are hereby repealed and
abroeated; aud that tie union 0
existing between Louisiana and other
St les under the name of United States
Of America il hereby dissolved.
Be do JurtAer declare and ordain,
That The State If Louisiana hereby re-
n Ill rights and powers heretofore
delegated 20 the Government Of tie
United States Of America; that her
citizens are absoived from al allegiance
to said Government: and that size is in
fall possession and exercise d III Hose
rights ef sovereignty which appeEtain to
a free aud Independent State.
We % yarther declare AMI ORIGIN,
That ii I.rjsfIss acquitted ard vested under
the Censtitpti9n Of The United Sta.ezf IT
any act VI Congress, or lrestr, or ander
any law II tbs State, and moi comrat-
be with this Ordinance, shall remain in
force, and have the same effect ~ il this
Ordinance had not been passed.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-01-26
The CousPIRAcY.-As has been often

The CoNsrIRAcY.-As has been often
remarked, the secessionisls of South
Carolina have now furnished abundant
evidences that they hsve been long con-
spring the dissolution Of The Union
The following are extracts from speeches
made in the South Carolina Convention,
viz:
Mr.. Packer, speaking Of secession
said;
It is no spasmedic effort that has
olae suddenly upon US, butt has been
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-01-26

FRAUDS UPON THE TREAsURY.-Ours is the
Age Of Fraud. From the President down to
the nayy-yard b!acksmiths, stealing and hid
ing one for another, has been the order Of the
day for four dreadful years past But the
greatest 6~rgiarics perpetrated On the United
States Treasury have been by distinguished
government officials, clerks and contractors
Here are some of the leading swindies, as
enumerated by Il New York writer
Name ofSwindle. Amount. Name of Cabinet Min'r.
Fort Smelling -. $500, 600 J. B, Floyd. Sec. Of War.
Willet's Point :. $50, GOO J. B. Floyd, Sec OF War.
Bedford fort site. 80, geo j. b.. Floyd, See. OF War.
Utah -four contract 100. 600 J. 8. Floyd, Sec. of War.
gtah corn contract 27O, GOO J. B. Floyd, Sec. of war.
Utah mule sale. 40, 600 j. B. Floyd, Sec. of Var.
lPaso wagon road 900, 0a9 J. B. Floyd, Sec. OF war
Fowler dedication IT'S, 600 A.. " Brown, ?. M- Gep.
GODDARD Baily rob'y $4,000 J. Thompson, Sec. u
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-01-26

MAHYI3&o.-A Washington cores.
pendent If Tie Charleston -Asrc@fg.
writing On The 14,h, say:
TIE Black Republicans have hitherto
regarded Maryland a. The b~reak=watet 81
the secession movement. But senator
Kennedy soId then to-day th#t i va.
lie last chance. and if the resolutions
(C,i.tenden's) were voted down, Mary
land wou i be ready, With her soatherf
sisters, 10 meet the issue presented by
the AboIitionists. This astoniahed them,
Preston King, "a New York, approached
Kennedy after the adjournment aud ask
Cd Jijrn what he meant
Kennedy replied that b meant aAaa
le said-that if tie abo!itioli1ts Voted
DOM Ctittenlyn's resolutions, Maryland
wae ready fur civil war.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-01-26

HE CosT OF SECEsaIoE.-lhe yicSs-
burg (Mtss.) Wig says:
AT tie lowest possible estimate it viii
casf twenty-five millions Of dollars 70
maintain the State Of Mississippi out ii
the Uuion. All Of this ai,l have 10 be
rai,el W direct taxation Of tie people.
Are DIZZY ready for any such emergency?
1t :he peoP.e remember that the seyo-
Iutionists are Determined 10 perFetfate
this great outrage % them
IHI4 n. Q PicoyaAe says.
On another point, the commencement
Of future difficulties !, apparent. soush
Carolina, Alabama,,G Georgia, and Mas
issippi are free trade States. Aifeaix
tie manifestation of a future free trad
policy 10 any pew Confederation which
may te established y openly made. But
Louisiana Is scarcely prepared 10 abaa-
Ion ~ anoa All duties On f3rei-a sugar.
Her sugar planters are now protected +,
WHICH is equivalent 10 $500 bonus on
every $1,000 worth " sugar raised
Mi;h this protection to her industry the
sugar planters are growing eN@Fbitaf5y
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-01-26

i>ters to tie leading courts Of Europe which
nay caase thuse governments, il they have
any such purpose as is aseri}'ao 10 them, to
yta>e sera lime.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-01-26

with Tire representative sovereignty of
the States, and swafu 10 support the
constitution Of the DGiteu States, while
yet acting as the privy cvuqseilors Of the
President, AMI anxiousIy looked 70 BY
lIejr constituents to eiiecs some practical
pI,u Of Adjustment, deliberately con
ee.ye a conspiracy for the overthrow of
he government through tie military
organizations, the dangerous secret order,
the Knights of the Golden Circle,
Committees Of safety southern leagues
and other agencies st their command !;
they have instituted as thorough a mill
tsry aHd eiqi! deapotism AS ever cursed a
m~aldeDed country.
Ii is not difficult 10 foresee the form
Of government which a convention thus
hurflediy thrown together at Montgom-
cry will irreyocabiy fasten upon a de-
iuded and uusnspectlng people. Il must
essentially be "a monarchy founded upon
military principles, or it cannot endure.
Those who usurp power never fan to
forge strong chains.
1t may be too la.e to sound the
alarm. Nothing may be allie to arrest
tie action Of revolutionary tribunals
whose DEGREES are principally i'll secret
sessions" But [ call upon the people to
pause and reject before they are forced
to surrender every principle of liberty,
or to fight those who are becoming their
masters rather than their servants.
EATON.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-06-22
Telegraph,o News from all Quarters.

WAsHINuToN, June 10.-A lady of un
doubted varicity. who was within full view
Ut the batteries 1T Aqua Greek when attack
cd by the gun boat Ircchorn, communicates
to her relatives in Washington that fifteen
were killed to her certain knowledge, and has
no doubt as mnny as fifty were killed, besides
large nun.ber wounded She says every
pains was taken TO conceal the fact even from
the friends of the victims-that us fast as
any casual. j. occurred the sufferer was re-
moved to the woods for conccament
Company Is, I'd Cavalry. under It, Thomp-
k'ns, Is here. with no trace of the severe skir
mish at Fairfax Court House, and ready to
fight again at a moments notice
Two of the five Confederate prisoners cap
turcd recently by the Goth and by the cavalry
company 3, have been released The others
arc still in the guard. house. All the troops
here arc in perfect health and in fine spirits
= Major General Banks left Washington to-
day to assume command of the Department
of Annapolis. lie has not selected his staff
yet.
WINCHESTER, VA, juno r. There is
great excitement here to-day. 4 report.
which VIC believe reliable, reached here last
night that Romney, the county seat of IIamp-
shire. is in the hand of the federal troops
two thousand strong. Their intention is to
march on to Winchester, to cut of the sup
plies to the Ferry.
Romncy is ~ miles from Winchester, and
there is direct road through the mountains
between this point aud that.
The citizens of Bomncy and of the noun.
tains intend to make stand at the Hanging
Rock, Ia miles from here.
The citizens of Winchester aro making
preparations to defend the town.
RGhmona Enquircr.
RICHMOND. June 14.--Thc Virginia Con.
vcntihn signed the ordinance of secession
to-day.
Intelligence has been received here, which
states that the Governor Of that State has or
dcrcd out fifty thousand troops to defend the
honor and sovereignty of Missouri
Nothing else of Importance or interest to
send from this point
militia hnyc.a battery below South Usage riv
or. The Missourians arc. concentrating at
Jefferson city from all quarters.
ST. Louis, June l4.--yThroo boats, with
Col Lyons and staf aud 500 mcn.and some
artillery. have left for some point OH the Mis-.
sodri river.
/, IlAGERsTowN, June 1I.-Gen Cadwalla
dor Is in command OF Grecncastlc. His di-
vision will cross the Potomac at Williamsport
Patterson's headquarters arc Mt lIage,stow,l.
: ! WAsnINuroN,t juno IL. THE Post Office
Department is getting up nov postage stamps
to render worthless those hold by tho South,
HAuERsToWN, juno IA The fight at
Dam a is progressing, A company Of sharp
shooters has gone to assist the Unionists,
Tho president ofthc Chesapeake aud sOhio
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-06-22

determined, and all is secure. Lctthcm omit
no preparation, no watchfulncss, no prccauton
which thcprcscnce OF the bravcst enemy might
rcqure-in one word, let them always trust
in God and keep their powder dry" and our
soil will soon be delivered from the boastful
braggarts who have dared to pullnte it,"
LATEST FROM BErllrh.-Thc following
despatch was received by one of Gov Pick.
ems Aids, on Thursday night, and kindly
placed at our disposal:
The latest news from Bethel says that a
flag of truce Was sent BY the commander of
the Federal troops TO Col. Magrudcr, for the
purpose of burying the dead and exchanging
prisoners. Col, Magrudcr replied that they
might bury their dead. but as to exchanging
prisoners, he declined doing it, Tho officer
bearing the flag of truce said their loss in
killed aud wounded amounted to two hun.
drcd and thirty-four. Two of their field off.
GERS aud 1t was supposed one general officer
had been killed. General Butler was said TO
have been in command. and possibly lie was
the dcfunct officer. Thirteen prisoners of
war have been brought to Richmond.
"The Maryland Legislature las instructed
its Senators to vote for the recognition of the
Confederate States.
" MS is all the news received Tonight
Nothing from Gov. Pickcns this evening"
ANOTHER BATTLE AT pIILLIppI-GLo.
nous VIcToRY THE Lynchhurg RcpuJH-
c"n, of Thursday, has the following glorious
tdings:
Through a gentleman of undoubtcd veraci-
ty. who arrived here yesterday from Manassas
junction, we learn that information, doomed
altogether authentic. had been received there
of another battle at Phillippi in which the
most complete victory was achieved by our
troops.
Large rcinforccmrnts having been added to
our forces. they made an advance on Phillip
p where the enemy were cncampcd, and en-
gaglng them in battle, succeeded in completes
ly routing them, with the loss to the enemy
of over one hundred killed and wounded
besides the capture of uumrcr .; prisoners
and the rccapturc Of large amoi.nt of arms
munitions, &c, together with several of the
cncmy's cannon.
Our troops suffered but slight loss, and
now hold complete possession of the town.
TIE BATTLE OF Pn1LLlrpI.- gentle
man from Richmond informs the Petersburg
Express that tho venerable Bishop John
Early, Of che Methodist Episcopal Church,
was in Phil!ippi on the day Of the recent bat
tie having just returned from the session of
some Western Conference over which he had
presided. We understand that Bishop Ear
ly reports one hundred and twcnty,thrcc as
the number of Lincoln;tcs who fell in that
engagement This may be received as en-
,tircly reliable
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-06-22
Stga ag0 TGD POE TRY.
The Graves whore Loved Ones Sleep.


Gently blow. sweet winds of Summer
Der the graves where loved ones sleep;
Sronmlets, flow with silent nurIncr,
Pale, soft stars. your rigls keep.
Flowers with your richest fragrance,
l,loom,in all your colors fair;
Wild birds, singing in the forest,
Go. and chant your music there.
Fair rs yc, yc woodland blossoms,
2. We're tho forms now sleeping low
But, from carth's dark, restless bosom,
Weary. long, they sighed to- go;
Weary OF this liies dull shadows,
Weary Of its gricfs and pains.
Longing for the peaceful meadows
2 5 Where eternal beauty rcjgns.
Soon Death camc-palc. silent reaper
Touched cnch form with swift decay;
Soon wc laid each white-robcd sleeper
Meath tho valley sod away.
Gently rs the light At even
Fading from the purple west.
Their pure spirits passed to heaven,
Home of happiness and rest.
Radiant morn, fling down your bushes;
Silver moon beam softly there;
Strcamlcts. laugh IN low, sweet gushcs;
Breathe your rcqncns, halmy mir,
Angels. from Your cline so holy,
Down on golden pinions sweep,
Bending Ger their grave so lonely,
Guard our loved ones while they sleep!
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-06-22

torn and maLged, your souls will be safely
taken care Of by Him, and the storm of death
VIII not o'crtum you; no. never, never.
A PRAYING BRoTUER OF MOUNTAINS Grove
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-03
Thc capture Of washington.

AS specimen of the kind Of food that
/ is daily dished uptoihe mOboeracy around
Richmond, we give the following from the
! last Richmond Eramine-
FROM the monntain tips an: ..a!leys to
7 the shores Of the sen. there is QUO Mild
shout of fierce rcsoiye 10 capture Nnsh-
/ ingtOn city at all Hnti every hnm5n hazard.
The filthy cage OF Gucieau birds must and
will nssurediy be puriiel by ire. The
i people are Determined upon il, AMI are
! rlamorous for a leader = conduct them 10
the onslaught That leader VIII tssuredly
arise, aye; and tina: right speedily. It is
! not to be endured thai Ills flight o; Adolf
| ton harpies shall como dnwa from the
black North for their ruosts in the heart of
the-Sonth, to defile and bru1alize the land.
They cnnes AZ our scnslnies--tfey actsns
our most deadly foes-they promise llS
lbloodshed and 6se, and this is the only
/ promise they have ever redeemed. The
fanatical yell for the immediate subjuga-
ton of the whole South is going up
hourly from the united voices of NIL the
North; and for the nurPose of making
their work sure, they have determined to
bold Washington city as the point from
whence to carry on their brutal warfare.
Our people eau take it-ihey will take it
AND ScoltS the nrcn-trtitot, nud LINCOLN
THE BEAST, combined, ctnuot prevent it.
The just indignation OF an outraged and
deeply injured people will teach the IIli-
nois Ape to repeat his r,,ce aud retrtce his
journey across the borders of the free ne.
gro States still more rapidly THAI he came:
and Scott, the traitor, will be given an
opportunity MT the same time to try the
difference between SCOTS tactics aud
the Shanghai drill tor quick movements.
Great cleansing md publication are
needed and will be given 10 that fostering
sink of iniquity, that wallnw of Lincoln
and Scott-the deSecuted city OF WASH
ington-aud many indeed will be the car
casses of dogs and caititfs that will black
en- the air upon the gnllows, before the
great work is accomplished. So let it be.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-03
1NFAunua.

We candidly confess that. much AZ ".
have seen Of the Wheeling UaiOn, and We
- We supposed We knew Its capacity /,
any treaSonabls utterance, We never e1
pectsd totSee 10 its, columns such an ed
tOrial aSSths following. Imagination n
fsses 70 srsdttIh tact that any paper, GU
side Of oharlestoo OF Richmond, cOuE
give vent 70 such Language:
We are glad TO see how profusely Il
NoFlhern bankers and cApitalistSarc 6leet
ing themselves for the 6enc6t OF the fOtu
and worthless government they live unde
They are piling gold mountain high, ar
tumbltpg it into the rump treasury, which
We doubt not, sadly needs it. Ne are il
finitely deRlihted at this rOusing spectac
Of selFsphle6otomy, and &rdently hope Ihsi
every vein and artery may be struck s.
deep as the laaSet eau go. WeWant abc.
all things 70 ses that foul den OF heartleaJ
gamblers, RdR strese. QsI blootle8. vi
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-03

THE Hon. John f Potter has lust re-.
turned from Washington TO his home in
Wisconsin. he informs tho Chieago pa
pcrs that of the 10000 stlnd of arms at
HaFPer's Ferry previous to its abandoa-
ment, 5000 stand had teen shipped north
70 PeOp*ylvauia, and wss,wasdly through
PaFkeFs5urg, for artatas tie Western
'F'oPs, aud thar they are the arms that
were stopped and seized IT Cincinnati
t6Sy mad been marked tor Fort Smith, an 4
o'ast SeatueFa points, safely with a view
70 instead pryinG parties, and ensure their
passage through Virginia
Tue remainder of the arms at Haeper's
Ferry, $4,000 stand. were OF an inferior
character, and Svere rendered wholly nee.
less BY the IRE Al lac time Lieut.. Jones
LEFT the arsenal.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-03
rapt d aee IL diraine.l ID AZ last drop. ],

want 30 see it drained 10 the last drop. 1t
will be all the better for the South. Inthe
end she will have the qualification of see
ing great financial and commercial ex-
plosion on the other side Of the iiae that
will SILVER into fragments the power that
fed and fattened up her trade, and then
nsed the money which she put Units pock-
cts 10 attempts 10 euslave hc=. We wish
that we could see a daily anRuuctalion OF
tenders from Northern bankers and capt.
talists To the amount Of twenty millions,
because the more they bleed the weaker
they get. If there be such thing rs a
righieoos rttributiou, it IS in reserve for
these money changers who are just now
in lcngne with the runip Government that
is imprisoned in Washington city.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-03

THE following, from the Lexington, (Ky.l
i06ser9tr and reporter, lays bare the unmit.
igated selishuess Of the Cotton Confede-
racy, and shows for what purpose we of
the border States are wanted, We are to
be theisufferers, whose families are to be
subjected to all the horrors ola war, while
the Cottonocrats, in langusd ease and safe
y protected, are to look a our struggles:
A CANDID AvowAL.-one of our most
intelligent and reliable farmers returned n
day ortwo since from New Orleans. and
informs US that during portion Of his
trip in the South, the Hon. Howell Cobb,
OF Georgia, WAS pHssenger on the cars
with him. At different points on the
route Mr.. Cobb addressed the people. and
he invariably said to shela that they might
now dismiss all approximations of any hns.
tilities in their midst and, return to their
planting duties; that the theater of war
had been transferred to the border States,
aud there it would he kept. This is just
what theae Southern States desire; aud it
is simply an open avoWat of what has all
along been the purpose of the disuntonists.
They precipitRte the revelation, bring on
war, and now wish andIfxpect to change
the scene Of desolRtion .and strife from
their soil to ours. Kentucky will not be
the willing dupe Of these arch agitntors
and -dtsturbers of The public peace
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-03
The Secession Organ wasteth Away


With great deal of interest, together
with vast amount Of crocodile sorrow,
We have been for some time watching the
steady decline of that orthodox sheet, the
Wheeling Union, With pain in our
hearts that was tremendous aud fierce to
behold, We saw it collapse from its whilom
dimensions TO its present size. With an
agony that was killing, We saw tall them
tales, aud other nice rcadtn', disappear
from the frSt page, and "tears like rain
dtops fell without measure" when the
poetry went from the fourth page. But
yesterday, we took our bed, on seeing the
telegraph go from the third page. We did
suppose that that ornamental feature would
larry with Us while the sheet tarried.-
But mol one by one the blossoms fall, and
what may be expected next we have not
the heart to contemplate. We suppose all
the lovely buds that have been odorifering
our noses for months past, will soon disap-
pear, and that, finally, pale blank shee,
will Fegale our sight, If it must be so, 1t
must be. We have no useless repinings OF
reflections. We have been bereaved so
much that we have quit shedding any
more briny tears. The argus nearly
broke our heart when it expired. The
ZF"se'' decsoSe rent our heart strings, and
now, having got over tue frenzy of our
two youthful loves, We shall adopt the
philosophy Of the widow of Pierre Drouct,
who, on the day of her husbands death,
inscribed this aReetiouate memeuto on his
Tombstone:
'Here lies Pierre DrOuet, the tenderes
and best Of husbands, His disconsOlnt
widow still keeps the shop at No. Is, ru |
LaPallsder."
Aud so We say. now that We are dali
loling tie eompaniOnship of our afiectiO,
ate partner, the Iat.ltigtaees sill takes te!
sgraph, aud still goes on in full blast
"nOs . star dlmhed nor stripe erascdo-.
az the corner Of QatRSy and Main, Vince
ing, Va, o. s.
Terms cash.