Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-06-29
"A DECISIVE AND C,Rrsun

} "A DECISIVE AND causHlsc i, J.
Be STRUCK BY THE AaoIirIos,sra-m
SouA mast be striped our s.
: g SEPTEMBER 1t would seem e.. - I
! following from a Richmond &, sae
the per'od fixed for Lincoln q comm. .a.s
bis "wiping out" process, i, t.. !
tue lrst Of September. Unls,. !"
successful ia the future than il q. '0's
10 the past We opiae A. /. will b Nv y,
to ask 40 extension Of time, 10 .,,a,.
him to ~sub]ugate the rebe.,s '''s
II seems Lord Palmestou +.
nos'ce to the federal goyerauen..,P..eo
they are determined ID a7w;na s1a. u .
South they must DO i. by tss y \. .''s
september nsxt, and ii IS general. =
pected by the quid nuncs of on, s..; -,
that Lincoln has resolved 10 j.. s.pl'a'
this suggestion, aud that lie Min spsa
menea the viping out" " at,ena,;a.
TO strike q decisive and arashinr bll ps'ass
Virginia Immediately. Uudst H. s ,1's.a u
en'ng frown, then, Of tie dos as s.s''
temOer, we may expect from the fsa.sss
government an effort to triumnb .as'a'
The success Of which least vt ! vii, sp y,
the life Of its every hope, and i ssssa
cost, stand the hazard Of tl,s IS s'S
1t is suspected, | ana aware. ,,st
tempt viii be made to assemble - :
my Of 100000 men at Caiso, and IL.
cend the Mississippi river sin,uI,sa.asa
lNwith the descent from Wasl,sins,ss
on>Virginia and were is iSwiu.srs ~
pladsibility Of such xproposi,ion' .s;, i.
spare rational rsaeetion the She'd ! !.
bound 70 giY now. Ii has been sid.
The KiageFfance with forty t~bous,od 81.
chg up the hill, and then down asa; i,s's
Zen. Prentiss may start down i,
10 mississippi with 4 hundred ,hopssas
mer. but with no hundfal tbois,ns
men viii Gen. Pssptrs ever march ii
again.
III GusnoATs AeAN.-Ths three
steamers now at the Cincinnati shipy.rd
undergoing alterations. ETC., lllal ,bev
may be mace gunboats, are ID b so,n.
Epleted this week, the number Ii hand,
employed on each vessel being QUE. kpn.
dred and fifty. Tue Cincinnati Eaca;r.
er says that the interior Of The hulls nave
all been lined, floor and sides, with
two and a half iuch oak plank, and cslH
ed perfectly tight.s A fore and III JuIk.
head of the same material has also ham
on each side of the hull, six feet ffomuAe
side, and cross bulk-Leads. ten feet ap,rt.
arctic be built the whole length d ihs
1ull. Each separate apartment viii b
made water-tIgh,. to prevent sinking.
rom any chance shot through Che hull.
eigl', feet in height have bern
'u'lt flush with the hull, from stem 70
tern, Of The following materials fvs
nch oak timbers, one foot apart, hsye
'een connected to The frame of the w.
el oak planks Of two and 4 half inches
n thickness have been added TO these
10Th inside and out. The pilotiouse
will be cased with the same material u
he buIk-l'eads, with heavy wrought iron
attached. The yesseIs ,ars each
ierced for eleven guns. placed q folcx,:
guns on each side, forward Of The
'ater-@heel, and two bow guns two
uafter guns abaft the wheels, and one
.ern chaser gun. They viii slsosesch
g provided with & heavy mortaf, ~
ed on the forward pait Of The bat
in all twelve guns, ZONE Of which
i'll be 1o-inch columbiads. The boil
: have been placed in the bottom Of
lie boat, between the engines, which
the decks clear for action. The
uns and armaments for the vessels afe
'ady, and will be placed On the boats
q day o two.
~ An appeal, signed By Gosraor