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, 1866-07-29

Conflicting Stasentcnt<-Eofh Sides u
ahr Que.tiDn.

T.
lhr Que.tinn.
The OMAHA R<t~,1ltnn, no!icins. the re.
ports frsua Lcarcnwurth VI revival u ths
iiu!len WAT. rayk:
VII have placed ttlese extravA.ant etatc-
nlrnts before nur rra.lrrs iii order that thry
1nuy k1tow ufthe cifoTta made t., Manufacture
4 h.~c putlfc sentiment. II Ia we'll kn1wn u
the r.tn}t,Itty nf the people Hf EthfaakA that
these reports could not hare been true, ua1ess
Indiana are ubiquitous. No one las scum one
hundred ur i've hundred hostile Indians :" es:-
tween Fort kcatrcy and Jule*huTg." II l.
i,lta that the great number Ut Indians tneH-
timed in sotnc Of ll'ceo extracts, were AA,ctn-
ticl At Fort Laramie; md II IL al-5 utterly
EattG that til: rn,ount Of Ammunition a[alken
IT WIS nhtalntd at The fort. The Conlu1it*ton
which went <mt 10 treat with these lntilAna
only ttok 10 Fort Laramie ahnut 5000 ra.
items, and not pne }H,nnl IT IN rtlsr.
In rcENttt tn Tho Issue nf rAtsaE., there crr.
ta1u1y Il & yrrat discrepancy bttwrcn- The
allegations If tho LrayGnwotsh cor7car"n-
l:snns IN ills ttcston VI lls c.'unir3.
Tbs latter have t1l*rgcd tiaat there wrTe
Ave l,nnt'r..t Indian. present; md that thsrr
wcre Als!st tltuent,tt Inisu:la Issued 1tf day
/ rnnAlis1 a mt irt,ht to tilr EsinIastlunees u
er7en thnusatau fire hundred r1llonx! W.
will tenTc these WIN make thess stirty con
trnbictett statements, 10 reconcile shctn al
| !aselr Ict*'irr. 49,.
4 despatch VIA rrretrMl ty hts,tn~s'
lonsr In ,hl. cl,y. yesterday. stat4ns tl.At n,
sfpIt hnti thryca',r- Ind hnr1,rl Etk',"rt
| htutih,, ronE Eu.i,t'l1 ecse:l hutscn. and ltat
| run ttir several l"rad Ut *toek ne't The f'sL
| II the Fin,tr. rfuu' ntlfsr inflammation "
| I'LL nat th!rh il rrn.lcnt 10 publish TIM rr
1tr,, Hud consequently nothln. IN rrlat1o
IL ttt 1nattrr HrtHaif,l IN tha NJra3k'ts
t.u, Easir+s td,ilay nj That the wbt'ts thin
IN tl,rsr rttrnt!.r. Thr atstlpn whs hnruc,1
lut i.s.k fl" tl.tpuRl, tho cas.lrksAess NJ rsr
t't~ wsn hrti l',tt t'hskitE It, II, anu til
tsnrsr. # tutt,s1 tihlei,. merely atatrltsnls.t.
VT trssri t1'1t III thi+ matter Gut rpl't
ta,,arJ ~ns IN such ttpste ta n.!A l., NJ, ulinr.
| estaty ctralrtnrnt and nprtr tten.l'rl. II
t.,ll TIN pa.t If The tnnal Nslli.afy prtttlant
ipwntt un1!l sueA ht.artArhllc xnJ fal,sgh
| II t4tts nsH rhnflt Hnt1. hFf,f~ stHti1ttrx r.n
| etrnl+ Nib ttIr.r ra',ltehttt,n. tto T., Acg
| .t'y In the t,,tnlnst Hf MI fEhlft. Mu +
rruIsnrn.i MI ttnvrliru ir IA raU.,ntlt ut
.tk'l4ut fa,r VT tlH'ls h,r ;etty tiltt'a A,
t~rhnpa Al nrtaaiutiai lnnt!iar. up,ler t,,~ hr
ta,..!,i~ rtra,n u *ltait. I'LL ri, far NJ "
Hnw kl,aw, thc lisdtnt,t whn slRnrsi ihn tFrA
Al Lstalt1c. h"sr itn thn t.'arr, "" Ia
hrstt! ut ,,u train t.ing interrupted N, |
lsnr"f srasnl up .l,v t'1All', ~hts h !s frsi''
! ~ NJ luIH".tt tt4rnt ut-,t, fnn& trat'ft<It
''-'.. : tstit II unkl~ .lslrt. u ll.,nl
! ,ti4 t,s iIr.. IN II 4.h-jf
, 1866-07-29

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Ncatl,rf" t'h4it.tHl islust!.l4-'f'sat II.
eFnt tMhtttNlts
i.4thu. July III -t,hasics Vrtssnrely. nil, Ma
wun'nir,t - he tsrtaslnn VI aHnphx1c4 At tbs
t'*l5Gana i hncae, dirt ltAl .,ttAia,.
tr,tral n,lsu attt 1T suattstaH .1a trnaisri,
T~u 1t Mtll1.l t'iIJ. aud Uns fi. H-e Mohair Anl
btu kaiIr,at trGtsd fatal. Tie tllretnaAlrtsf
iltsa hui rsn.n ~ hfGla ts.tsJ. AR IAstu Is tue
tuu%ft rttrtn:.
=. uret:h; u sha statni I. sas1.d tet r,.nsht tar
t'.+ tu,ra.c u aptaiatlnE I'VE tls"s:Ates ~
iht Ssikshrd Ctn4FltinH III appnint delegates t..
tcsr'ssrHL 1l'!s.t4 1T uts ltIsls hia runtentiuu.
Thu sre. Ad ,cal!s rs.stan q :hr Alexan.tss
County issehrrs' insttu,e will h. held in tais
t.aJs, All VIII he msde ~ The ,iec
vi Cairo Ast frrc entertainment Of I'll III N btc
, 1866-07-29

if'oA Ho1sst ns EnET-eFA reTt II s;stlor ~
~. ,lIss,, t,,txr~t,ln,t .r.a u,,se arr tic
~ s..t rn'., ~
<,.~, WARRINGTON -n'I T.
SESATE
lse .Alest ~ the tt..S'snsc %,; St'LEue" ~ -.
IttH htfrT'p1taH''n f+ts1. fsc&h'rs tHE X! O.
t4E:n~! E!ru aGa ls-4f etrs- -a* t,dtA:J uts F3=
aE.Hst 70 IT i>.e i.!aws:i9 4t!e
1tu*-EesHt- 4hfkt1-E. eof'tFes. -o"shs u"
Ma 1h.e.lLiIes lAacrt-- F.s.1AteE. Fo.;e:,
t'4:l.te, Esrls.soc ta"wE't. johnson. Ne3't'as
go - Sal n.t: sSsarnc. -sGaaH. Sa-.ne4, Van
.nkfr hn:i Wn!l*M+-15. ,.,, :,
St.4-Ssstfs, Anthony, chandler. S'fsewei!
. HATS hhk~Dnc- -'ne. N3t. tn*". 3san,"1A
-".se: M1sss; ~ Iron asd aasss I'll
tsu.!es bn l4ArG ~. hut nio1ine: taadr " Ut.
i4:snd. To psHtsd nt:h fhe <A*r q MI Fast 1s9n.
At 1etSeas*r. pfr'assd a1ai t-e fs!iowir2 ftte4s'
tsfa r. adopsc1-I tnll; ~ +4
Eff~tva. 1aai tEe ffdn. uatA r. '..tss.s,-.
f1'tf 'nf'rt c:+!,,ssa 2! Les es1f.si'tssos s
hti tA"r+ Y aiGi9N 70 nls e*At ~ sasa aab" Asso
I 1rt!E*-sf-
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!it, Eanantl- f*estIaet fF,s;t:. e..ihn:, tattN-
Eend"'.tu hnS' Snhss.s'0. hasEmonH. .Sfs ,.,A n,s
ttu. ioitsn. 4hHll"s -saftaan, VAR "lakle. WHY
| md "t.ssMa'
Asu"t-Nt e94tAltf. GEsaH u, Ho 4tn 'stts
lhe nIiAte Al 8:lo sh's. 1nctnsne asa-n Tt1t EGO
l executive
, 1866-07-29

.N, At"ttt'.s Ntshd faeay hsll t.;nk ptars II
ttts4i l!.ls ~ Il',mtuay. 1lra 1'aq,, H.a 4Adl
hid, VII .prnt th6 huns II tr,,fht, nnlf stsy I
mn,nlns's ''asn, IN *ttpJlDR 81. light 's,.t3+ll
4"a", ii Ms!!hhiaf saa1ts4 Ut a!aat taslsl lag
hus'r. Vii. lr&Ily, "rat1tI, s,Id Msisll6t.L III.
u!tn'.nt vsts .La elatsett.t tallss Ut thu sfche.
1te raiIe,l.s M..a fsosard HbifI 4 lttp h.,ut
b, tIara knff4l. an! fslr lattIvs ~ Antnrietu
1AIiGI.
~ n!ra.t At nln. ncI oet tba s1ent,ori..4 ,t4ts,
" a;-.i"l ltalu., Tor sl'c MsmeetI s'a.t. a','f
.lH1a! 'uEda1 a,H!tF Kfa1nt, Nitl oIM t4t. and
itapsstsias u4ua.eAl IA !csse, a1tt l.ak a.an m
Hhntsg, wLWi E'H fst,t t'.eR1ss !'a.a l$a.th -lH-
Tis Isasuan useTa i Tty,,st sI ;s,a b..,, .t,,tpo
!hr tho last tHo nttks, and elu,n to.ut.iIl The
lpI ~r.IAtt, ttr !'ansrtbsad. ste., iI,a .4p.'lta
, 1866-07-29

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u u. Hurrlr., t.u-.4+ ,iultp II utln. hhANnss
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n tiI+
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NFAItN /. lNLN... u Lnl thlL nlt,atattf IA.
, 1866-07-29

Verdict IN *txitsfti tieta rnsr- Hun. J. H.
ssritthr1t AtI.ltcAts'e utnlAeif.
tsrctiaf tlr,psset, 10 lie rh9cs ~ Tflonne,f
DEe MetxEs. July II.
In t.,~ rAse of Anna MaIrs. t;-rt,Au Eitl.
eean.l i,.n,.rt Ituals, an MD PrF'nchman, TT
t4n.a."s fer .,slrttlnt,, lhc tutJ Today ttoaxJ In
st.i1!ft ri et4G.
ito.l. y. n CsttHurtl Ia row nm A *sslf TO thle
-lly ann Inv NttI!t trttet 10 urs Eglat*r. 'n.
Aral;nE tti4 eGt.Sutt R tllr AthEt Hfes thlhetaut
Atsus H41UA. at1r.trat In tlll+ riF. w7A aent
tack !.-.1ay IL Js*r't fannit. N snsxtr IN tlLs
Ff,atr4 1f tpsxt-Afs1ljrr.
, 1866-07-29

Hank rft-~rslGtr Ik111itrsf --'Tit~ atras~~
s;sHt.t t'A~*~4 1t KHh.HtTs,kr-~ n.stitt1r
Attlt tfsr ~ sas%E<-tlnlek rH*sakr, &rs
lsrtelnt ucsrattli " t!c hi. ago T,lhnnA.1
" t1trs, iul3 r..
Trss stistrohn. st1rs o'fttrk, 1h~ snesscn1es
Ut lie AreumnnAalipt, ltank wN tas,t>st IN 'rltri
sttrei II! \ t'.rkaan ttnsalnlns fIa,too. Tht rot.
fel 'sh tlstHth Mn ttdwtt. tatl.tl,1 tao.'rf II
!hr tlrti aha hi, In h"t** NJ srtstahs ..utsnlt
sr' ttifts !" h1r t1tas"f Il, t'H1t.l.ra ha'btnR
III. aH,i f,s.'to. IT, vst dt%retttrt. Mr#estt, sht
t,u,itt All ii,t 1enrf ~as tftn- srstt.
'tbn tsst y A. rttt "a fntehsr +" d3l, hHa p:ll
,asrt II *r,s sticks ~" Ertn'tef
ruu Ius",~. .'"tr't Nsnty r,.s'i snd ,iint,t
i,u.u. Ls1nr tbtstt~d IN tttIr Arrit"* IN It atst
.irt drs .n't. f.t 't1h tn.t tsr lLth i'"h i'''f
-" "''''" 'l''''. sns It; ;nu t. '"..n'"f;s
, 1866-07-29
f'1lt),l I.0UlHyII,LE.

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t,,,tIt,,, ri t'Ftsr+-A Gfntt1 saHtt 81 1sbf
tr,e stsntns"tH tnsis-HHH.tnt finder
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fm.s.,t.t.. fnty r. IN. ,.t'ltt afd Et!,
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, 1866-07-29

}'H,LApsz rnrA, IHiy ,5.--PIse nc~' cae-.s ot
ehtistra and three death. slc reported b. thu
Etard ht Health this afternoon Tutai nnu1!ct ol
dr..tka for the Nres, <St, hetug teers,sr Of ~
t1nt LIST wres, znd tire thme nu.,te1 ~ tho wstk
ssrt.s.nrs tn tho hot spell, tndlHG!nE II from Ast'
niit ctol~ra, II Fu cholera Eaurans- md I'll from
cholera tntautusn.
, 1866-07-29
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4Hi&taa.tt..,t

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ttfA$.IttT h',iH ut,s' llt,. ia s.tarnitts III
hAat A.,.i aa,* l+~h rI.,l..l t.n,, ,l~ ~ 1T,
hin, ID Il X. r't tt'tH''''riy, trey, j i, ,u4.,,n,
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isn., a., aIr.,ft- II j., ,,.. ~ =, y. H..
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, 1866-07-29

ttp !" fi tE.Ellh, tkt ltl4t,. In Af nm ti414
.1ht ~ n'thaiIA tat. sIsa landed Al H.,i IL, MIN
4H!f IT, ~ ! p ~ i +sscu !1ntaAsa AsHA ll4i,stla
..'la"'tf ht!e ~ @Aj !aaat n..pHsss tl*t !,
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slsAf ~ ErHlF4 III st1, hAf, lH9 lt4lt nrtef
ks ttLl1 Ut Il ftutGip tt A x}S 5nttoat ' >" -
, 1866-07-29
FIlOM LE.AyEN1YORTlI,

strlNstrt3 tn.1lnr Tfe,Ihlr%- Ettc,f-and-
asntsts tteltx@t*~ ~ tli~ p1s1thdtlr1tla
Inns tsnst"t,--t'nls,n t'arl1e 2saIifu4d--
f.tft4Aart.kf.
tsnG,Ai uosnss<h In aho th!tasJ 1r!h1u".1
IEiftsnotfu- Iel: ".
TIE tpiln~tns f@eM Fat isAnt.. ets sha tt,wh"t
lItset fuutn IN r+thtf. rt'.7r. thr lsAth Vt III.
dssIAstss furx aia Il, tr Itsee tnu.nts r'""l7,
t:etA. TAtts,s sHa NHlAtrn. i ral!t " tnlt l4s
tat4 t'Ht 4pnt ttsit. at.t sutsE~4lsa In tsl~frH
TT fors sault~. Al ,ha ts+at'Y 'tets~s st'r nj,
N hstd. ssi' III pu.* III viii matt, 1.@ t'resfr
.ft"r tth!es that ttt iniAi.s PTS rt1tti,' ,tl,
r:* ti"t hats sutI ktprk i,ft stl m,ls. He soy
sahr Ut y tf', rs,t.tn#t lf tidt that.*tt
tn"ps II Rlsn 'Aft tts' sl,t EHtfaHs A. lint
i+thn,it rs.s lath,tr Nh, ac,rlanl'e IN tstEs
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'shtntrh. ts,ter gnknlily nas A,,' tnf fun 1irE
yer .", \ = - .
, 1866-07-29

No Signs nf l3sr EFehi EsAstrTn.
Arr D1r. y. j.. July es.-Thr.r are M f!sns Of
The Esv@ y1<hr IRAN ScwfouEdlaad, Tic line,
heslee 10 New York ut1l k kept sprE si.t: srd
duy foI rews Of the Crest Eaat-tu ii Heart. Cun
, 1866-07-29

kEt lat'tt II: f'4r t'T.tt =, ~ ltti,t ,I'tr a
.ir Isft' / 'l s',.rn ie;t. = ~ T.
ff"s'lt q" III NJ in,,t' " II u,,..u.
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t'aeaac. JHi* xs--1 i al NJ sl*rs of t,e tit+at
f''tcsn. torr rt-1ttaa i*t d1isy Ia s;,r,'tsrl "
skt&t'Gt CAGHff. ttFtE1f4N
, 1866-07-29


CONG 1f..ESS.
1'ho Closing 8conun.
AN EZRA OF tit)UD
I'l3IiI.tNN.
Passage Of tho Bounty vI|h
ALSO THl nlLL TO lN0REASB
TnB PAY OF MEMBERS TO
$4,000 PER ANNUM.
PASSAGE OF TtlE ARMY BILL.
s...~-----
The President Signs oil
the Bills but One.
Report Of The judiciary COM
niitlec on Jeff. Davis.
|ALlASD1G!laM 4 DELEGATE
TO TIE h. AND 3.
CONVENTION.
Long List Of Copperlleads |Yho
| An 10 Have Soniv
| Bread aud Butler.
| stRoiT ROBBERY IN WASH.
| ihGT0H.
| Texas to BE ''Rcstorod" by
| tho President
fiasWS GGNDlri0y eF AFFAIRS II AEW
GkLEASS,
| In Important Proclamation BY
zen. Wright.
Progress OF the Cholera.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
11o Signs Of tho Grout
Eastern.
, 1866-07-29

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, 1866-07-29

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tAt AZ thtt1n Il 81 ut' t.tE -. III .IA
dialt.t I4t,. !. uii%sss IL" ts>tylssf # Wt: II
, 1866-07-29
i'l{{}t'EEl,lN(;S OF CONGRESS.

tf'oA Iin1sst ~ Chsrr*eFA weEt II <:5tlon ~a
f'tnrr a:gt:, IT. to o'etotl Saturday .uarriu-.,
n. ~:at~s,,3 pIurrt'snzt tn>a- ptsse s..et tho
tlu.t Vt e,.1 t,pp,t farsi
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-07-14

NO. That everlasting institution, the
weather, without which country editors
would be often hard up for a local item,
has not been as accommodating for the
past week as we colud have wished. Too
much rsin has fallen and it threatens to
keep falling for some time. It is not par
ticlarly beneficial to the cotton Q car it
add much to the increase o corn, besides,
the old enemy, grass, is beginning to
raise his verdant head once more, much
to the Indignation Of the "gemblem OBJ
color " who sit upon the woolsack Of ag-
ricultural etiquette and dictate the laws
OF, plantation operations. MARX NEEDLE,
slightly altcred.1 Still we hope for bet.
ter days, as we have always observed
that country printers are SO dry as
in wet weather.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-07-14

EASILY ANSWERED." Sir" said a US.
Revenue Assessor to an individual who
did mt seem to be worth more than sever
al millions of currency, II desire to know
what your income was for the year '64 ~
"Didn'thave no income, particularly, that
year. Wasn't a doin' much" Wei
sir, you must have done something. How
did You live? Remember you are on
oath, and I must assess you upon your
receipts according to law Look here;
friend, l tell you agin l didn't make much
in "a. Had pretty hard work too. Come
nigh s~tarvin' mofe'n onct. Guess you
wont 'sess me much for that year, Oh
yes bound to do it. What branch Of
agriculture were you engaged in-cot-
ton I" No sir" "sugar then, per-
haps r. "Durn the mite Of sugar did l
raise, friend" ooh ! you planted corn,
then r. Mary grain Of corn" Raised
potatoes and other vegetables ?0 "Not
enough to swear by, mister" "Well
what the deuce were you doing that
year" "since you are so particular
about it, I'd as lief tell you as not. Twas
IN Lees army shoot;n' Yankees at twelve
Confederate dollars a month, Want to
'sess me, now 2" Exit Van.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-07-14

A Decent NEGRO NEwspAPsR.--Ihe Mo-
bile Nationalist, . ! negro journal, owned
rnd edited by negroes, has q sensible ne
gro correspondent it New Orleans, who
is not in love with the bureau. He says:
A thousand times better would it be
for the colored man we're it abolished, for
instead of being q safeguard or protection
for the freedman, it is only q place where
freedmen's rights are bartered away it
serves only to 'engender bitterness and
hatred in the hearts Of the very people
With whom be expects to live, die and be
buried. A-'
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-07-14

The chains and iron work of the Char
lotte & Columbia railroad bridge over the
Gatawba river, South Carolina, are made
from the muskets, bayonets. shell, ETC..
picked up on Virginia battle-ields, and
which were stored in the Confederate ar
mory at Richmond, when that building
was burnt at the time Of the evacuation.
The iron was bought by Messrs. Joseph
R. Anderson & Co., Of the Tredegar Iron
Works as scrap iron, and by them work
ed up into cables, etc, to fill IN order for
this bridge. .
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-07-14

Richmond papers of the s9th nit. con-
tain the details of a college commence
ment, at which Gen. Fitzhugh Lee was
present. He wal received with great en-
thusiasm, and spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen--There is a
small village in this good old State known
as Appomotox Court House. At this
place | was most forcibly reminded on
the 9th day of April, 1865, that l had
nothing more to say. l thank you most
heartily for the honor you have SO kindly
conferred upon me.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-07-14

% We deeply regret to learn that
Stephen Henderson, Esq, formerly of
Baton Rouge, died in Edinburgh, Scot
land, after a short illness. We knew
Steve vel! and intimately-and who in
and about Baton Rouge did not know
him ?-and alwas found him a noble.
hearted man and the type of a true South
ern gentleman. A soldier in the lste war,
.privations and hardships sowed the seeds
of disease which eventually laid him be.
side his kindred in the home of his an
cestors. Many around the home of his
childhood will mourr but none will for.
get Stephen Henderson. Peace to his
ashes +
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TuE CoNyEnr1oN FAscE.-"Bie Ingin,

The CONVENTION FAscE.-"Big 1ngin'
Rufus K. Howell, has published a mani
festo in the New Orleans papers reconvo
king the great defunct State Convention
which was the laughing.stock of the
whole country. The molly crew will as.
semble on the 30th day of July, at the
Mechanics institute. What is to be done
when they meet in council is unknown,
except to insert in the Constitution of the
State the right of negro suffrage and the
Constitutional Amendment. This procla-
nation, issued with all the pomposity of
Feejee Chief, proposes to sustain the Con-
gress of the United States, and calls upon
the proper officers to hold elections
throughout the State to fill vacancies
wherever practicable. We suppose no
one will be allowed to vote at these cleo.
tions who has been tainted in the slight
est degree by the rebellion, or who look.
ed sour or cross at a Federal soldier. The
preliminary reassembling of the Conven-
ton, held on the Goth of Jhre last, ex.
pressed their belief that the wishes and
interests of the loyal people of the State
demand the reassembling of the Conven-
ton" If such were the sentiments Of the
members, they should have defined the
word loyal to its fullest extent SO that
there could be no mistake about it. The
presumption is, or has been, that all par
doned by the President and taken the re-
CURED oaths of allegiance, have been full
ly restored to a "loyal" status. Per.
baps the Convention think Otherwise
and we don't doubt it-and, in that case.
the "loyal" men will be. confined to a few
who were afraid to shoulder a musket on
either side
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-07-14

Judge Trigg, of the United States Dis
trict Court, at Knoxville, Tenn, has de-
cided that the functions of the Freed
mems Bureau have been superseded by
the civil rights bi!l-that it is deprived
of all judicial power, and that it has no.
thing to do now but issue rations 10 the
freedmen and dispose of abandoned lands.
This leaves the Bureau with all the var
nish rubbed off and most of the knobs
gone.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-07-14

A GENEROUS ACr.-Messrs. Arbor & De
lahaye, the lessess Of. the ferry. kept
steam up on their boat until the fair was
over on Tuesday night, and then convey
ed visitors from this side of the river
over, without charge. Such acts Of cour'
tesy 60 a long way towards making
friends in the community.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-07-14

"a The Savannah News & Herald
says that certain new corners, who are
planting on q large scale in that section,
paid the freedmen in valueless jewelry and
trinkets; and the party has gone North
for a further supply to meet the next pay.
meht. The freedmen have become dis
satisfied and threaten to leave without
fulfilling their contract.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-07-14

w An old planter, writing to a CO.
temporary, recommends the building Of
bright fires in the cotton fields at night
during the moth season Each moth,
says the writer, produces thousands Of
cotton worms, and everything in the
shape of a miller rushes into the FIRE Of 9
dark night wherever they a find it.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-07-14

THE- 1RREpREssIBEE CoNFLIcr--NEGRoEs
AND WHITES K1LLEp.-A Nashville special
of the 9Th. to the st. Louis Republicans
says;
A disturbance between negroes and
whites took place at Smyrna, on the
Chattanooga Railroad yesterday. One
report says a negro insisted on going to
the table to eat with the whites at their
picnic dianer.. He was knocked down,
when. . general melee occurred, resulting
in the death of FIVE negroes aud one
white badly stabbed. Another report
says White soldiers insulted a woman at
q negro picnic, ending in killing three
negroes and two whites.
The negro excursion to Spring Hill
was a disgraceful affair, large numbers
getting drunk and fighting among them
selves. One man was shot and q woman
severely cut. The conductor uncoupled
the locomotive and returned to Nashville,
leaving the train on the track one mile
from Spring, Hill.
Negro soldiers had a picnic and spec;
ches At Fort Gillem, some white soldiers
intruded, taking possession Of bands and
instruments, . fight ensued and several
on both, sides wounded.
~ - z - go 8G&E& &M VlE.-
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-07-14

The remains of the Confederate dead
who fell at Franklin, Tenn, including all
who were buried within five miles of that
town, have been removed to the McGav-
ock Cemetery at that place. Each grave
is marked, by a head and foot board. The
dead thus buried number 1886,