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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-02-10

permanently fixed by twistiag the hair
tightly ronqlf fsmall soyliadeys Of wood,
and then boiling them for Considerable
time in water. :.
The golden hair is nol Lelling ID Eng
land for twelve to fifteen shillinxs tie
ounce. or at about three times .thm mprice
of silver. But there is q arsr u stil1.
! yoath and beauty in Il sity
are outstripped by age. IL
such demand that deale' q
exc out their stores
hair. Fine gray haif
land fora guinea an
the purpose Of the PEI esl -
the precious material fsils into thbs
of this amiable fanctionary art claims u
for its own, aud the price dscends to
fabulous heights.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-02-10

! PRINTER meddling with a verdict of
. coroner's jury, struck out comma
after the word appoplexy," making it
read thus, deceased came to his death
by excessive drinking, producing apo
plexy in the minds Of the Jury"
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-02-10

a SERVANT asked her mistress whether
she could oblige her by going out on a
particular afternoon, as she was going
TO have party, and wanted the loan OF
the drawiug-roon
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-02-10

There are two directly opposite rea-
sons why man sometimes cannot get
credit one IS, because he is not known !;
the other because he Is.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-02-10

Writes the Washington correspondent
Of The New York Tribune
A Republican editor. applying at one of
the most important departments last
week for the official advertising, was ask
ed if bis paper would adopt the presi-
dents policy. The intimation was made
that on no other terms conld official pat.
ronage be given ont.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-02-10

We know great many persons who
are !. kind to fault, but that is about
the only thing they are kind TO,
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-02-10
RACK ME 40 sLEEP,

e..twsrd. turn backward, 0 Time In your light,
.r.Le me a child again just for to-night.
Ma,,ar cenne back from the echolsss shore,
rake me again to your heart as OF ycre'
r:.s from nv forehead the farrows of care,
smhoth the few silver threads out OF Iny hair;
over nv slumbers your loving watch keep
Rock me to sleep, mother-rock me 10 sIeepi
backward. fow backward, O tide OF the years
am SO weary of toll and Of tears
Tail without reconpense--tears all IN vain
Take them, and give me my childhood sgaia
/ hare grown weary Of dust aud decay
Wsarv Of finging my soul wealth away;
Weary of sowing for others to reap
Rack ne to sleep, uothef-rock me TO sleep
Tired Of the hollow, the base, the untrue,
Mother, O mother, my heart calls for you.
MANY summer the grass has grown green.
p,ossorned and faded our faces between
Yet, with strong yearniDg and passionate pain,
Long to night for yeur presence again,
CANA from the silence SO long and so deep
gacl me 10 sleep, nnother-rook me to sleep!
Over mr. heart in the days that are flown,
No love like mother love ever has shown;
No other worship abiies aud endures
Faithful, nnsel6sh. and patient like yours;
None like mother can charm sway pain
From the sick soul and the Torld-weary brain.
Slumber's soft calms Ger my heavy lids creep
Rock me to sleep, mother-rock me to sleep.
Come. let your brown hair just lighted With gold,
Fall on your shoulders again as Of old;
Let 1t drop over my forehead tonight,
Shading my faint eyes away from the light;
For with its ny-edgsd shadows onoe more
Haply win throng the sweet visions of yore-
Lovingly, softly, its bright pillows sweep
Rock me to sleep, mo,hec--rock me to sleep.
Mother, dear mother, the years have been long
Since last listened your lullaby song;
Sing. then, aud unto my soul il shall seem
Womanhood's years have been only dream.
Casped to your heart 10 loving embrace.
With your light lashes just sweeping my face,
Never hereafter to wake or to weep
Rock me to sleep, mother-rock me to sleep!
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-02-10

A young lady recently returned from
boarding school, being asked at the table
if she would take some more cabbage,
replied by no means, madam, gastrono
alical safety admonishes me that ! have
arrived at the ultimate culinary delution
consistent with the code of Esculapius.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-02-10

a MAN boasted of having eaten forty
nine boiled eggs.
why did you not eat ore more and
make it tlfty2" asked Sounds.
Humph, do you want man to make
. hog OF himself Just for one egg Z"
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-02-10

Il am on the trail of DEAR" as the fell
low said when be stepped on one of the
many street sweepers.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-02-10

TEACHER" Peter, you are such bad
boy, that you are not 6t to sit in the
company of good boys on the bench.
Come up here, and sit by me-"
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-02-10

Robert Tyler Esq, son of the late ex-
President and treasurer OF the Conteder-
ate State ESQ called , has settled IN
Montgomery, Ala, and gone to practlelng
law.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-02-10

THRILLING ADVENTURE OF a CINGINNATI
TRAVELLING AGENT AT A COUNTRY Horst
A short time since the travelling agent for
a large publishing house in this city, had
occasion to put up" at country hotel,
and, as usual with him, examined the
lock of bis room before retiring. Find
ing it satisfactory, be drew ont his revol.
yer and his wallet, and proceeded to
count the money, OF which he had large
sun, collected from agents Of the house
for Mhich be ragelexsthroughout the
Icoua5 This i14ersf process was
Iaqd hout, at It'd
q sIl(ll Ilcljl The traveller
preps 70 go. 30 bed. first by looking
under that article Of furniture-a habit
usually INDUCED in by sojourners at coun-
try taverns, especially when carrying fat
purses--and secondly, by unsieng the
strings of his baff4lo overshoes.
Now, it happened that our traveller was
one OF those practical fellows who try to
kill two birds with one stone,' and he
tried to unite his oyershoes and look nm
SO his eyes encountered the huge proper.
tons of massive hnman head and shou!.
ders protruding from heterogeneous
collection Of bandboxes and namelesa
lumber slowed away there, and a cold
sweat broke ont simultaneously and In
Simultaneously over his body, at the bare
thought Of being murdered and robbed by
such a giant.
Not a moment was to be lost, for he felt
that the Pwouid-be robber and assassin
saw that he was seen. The traveller seiz-
ed his money and his revolver at the
same instant, and in voice, tremulous,
we were going to say, with fear, be de-
manded the villain to come forth. No
reply.
An thought the traveller, the rascal is
going to shoot me. and quick as light
ming he cooked his weapon and banged
away at the gigantic head under the bed,
and then rushed for the door and called
for help.
The report Of the pistol already alarm
ed the house, and the landlord, the occu.
pants of adjoining rooms, and several
Ioungers from the bar-room, rushed to-
ward the scene Of excitement The trav-
eler was thought to be crazy. for there he
stood, his eyes starting from their spheres,
his hair on end, and his trembling hand
grasping The revolver, while bis bloodless
lips murmured, I've plugged him, sure ]
Pve plugged him, sure I" He pointed un-
der the bed with his revolver, and the
landlord, catching a glimpse of the stu
alton, stopped down, with the candle, and
drew forth bronze bust Of Daniel Web-
ster, with a bullethole through his fore
head.
The murder was out, and no amount Of
explanation could save the cruel crowd
from laughing at the traveller, nor keep
them from calling for numberless drinks
at his expense that night.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-02-10

GRANDPA" Well, Charley, and what
nave you been learning today 2"
CHARLEY" Pneumatics, gran'ma
can tell such dodge ! If l was to put
you under glass receiver, and exhaust
lhe ar, all your wrinkles would come out
as smooth as gran pas head |"
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-02-10

Two thousand six hundred bales OF cot
ton left Savannah On the 10Th for New
York.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-02-10

At a recent Government sale in Mont
oomery. mules sold for 5000 and $3.50.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-02-10

!. what is the difference between Cath
ono priest and Baptist? One uses wax
Candies and the other dips.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-02-10

How are you, Smith ?" said Jones.
smith pretended not to know him, and
answered hesitatingly,
Sir, you have the advantage of me- .
And, pray what kind Of state is he
IN r persisted the other.
In State Prison.,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-10-08
Old IattArs.

Never burn kindly written letters; it is
so pleasant to read them over when the
ink is brown, the paper yellow with age,
and the hands that traced the friendly
words be folded over the hearts that
prompted them, under the green sod.
Above all, never burn love letters. To
read them in after years is like resur-
rection to ones youth. The elderly
spinster finds in the impassioned offer
she foolishly rejected twenty years ago a
fountain of rejuvenesence. CHANGING
over it, she realizes that she was once a
belle and beauty, and beholds her former
self in mirror much more congenial to
her taste than the one that confronts her
in her dressing-room. The widow in
deed derives sweet and solemn con-
ISOLATION from the letters of the beloved
one, who has journeyed before her to the
far-oif land, from which there comes no
message and there she hopes one day
to join him. No photographs can so
wildly recall to the memory of the
mother the tenderness and devotion of
the children who have left at the call of
Heaven, as the epistolary outpourings of
their love- The letter of a true son or
daughter to true mother is something
better than an image of the features it
is a reflex of the writer soul. Keep all
loving letters. Burn only the harsh
ones, and in burning them, forgive and
forget them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-10-08

We have some startling intelligence
from the seat of government, and from
q source which leaves not doubt of its
authenticity. When the First United
States Colored Infantry were mustered
out of service, large number remained
in and around Washington. These ex-
soldiers have kept up their organization
under the name of Lincoln Reserve
Corps Of which one Captain Daniel X.
jenkins is commander of the LIST bat
TALON. On the evening of September
4th, secret meeting was held, at which
about one hundred of these men signed
resolution offering their services to
Gov. Wells, of Louisiana, to aid in his
struggle for liberty and justice" Capt.
Jenkins was instructed to write Gov.
Wells to this effect, stating that the
Lincoln Reserves were well armed
and disciplined, and would serve with
out remuneration excepting, we sup
pose, what they could confscate Ia
Butler.
What does this proposition indicated
Do the Radical politicians intend get
ting up another riot in New Orleans2
Are the loyal Louisianians" and North
ern political leaders not satisfied with
the blood they have caused to be spilled
in our streets Do they wish to
add to the unfortunate calamity they
brought upon our people by further tn
mutt and disorder2 Certainly this looks
as if there was some foul plot hatching.-
NJ o. Times.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-10-08

LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
EMP HIS:
nom day Evening, October o. 1866
THE GOVERNING CLASS.

BUTLER and the Radicals generally say
that if the negro had NOT been armed,
the result of our war would have been
different. Every white soldier of the
North should treat this declaration as a
personal affront. But they go farther,
and maintain that as the negro saved the
Union. it can only be preserved by him.
He must be admitted to the ballot box,
70 Office. to honors, to everything. Poor
Sambo-we mean no ofiense TO him-is
as.ouished at his importance, and, max
ing 8 vigorous application of his finger
nsils to his head, looks steadily at the
s-oznd and wonders He never had
IL rsm5sest idea that be vas so tremen-
sszsly important When be vas dodg-
NJ rssel tzEe-s behind some tree or
E,rnk q sr--h- Il ssTsr oeeurrss to him
-irls be Wa s1rs-r ih.s Union- ; lea, the
,,,rr.-nrs q. vase vzaz c0ul3 n0i perform
THE, be WIS 5--rsz IND The internal pat
4 Esssrsia-,r y lbs oises-, AID here
arY ans 11srnrls,1 VIII shtl and shot,
H. j5 slsn EpE,x Ehki lie WAS rsooasEHel-
M -iss GasEs-unHIi, via himself a
Euss -iss martyr and ruler q us destiny
h - surprised 70 hsE- d has Own isafs
q a1-anr. In lie hLs 10 recollection OF
than he does remember seeing the
uhi;s troops falling BY The thousand,
tai s1il Standing by the fac, fronting
The terrible rebel army. But il was only
a dissOlying view, for space rushed be-
tween him and those who were struggling
and dying that he might be free.
If he is capable of surveying the his
tory of his race, he looks in vain for
solitary bump of elevation over the dead,
dark, dismal fiat stretching away over
thousands Of years. He may remember
time when he was seized in his native
land, bound, and hurried off on board a
SLAYER Poor fellow; he did not then
know that he was being transplanted
from the region of wild beasts, and men
as wild as they, from superstition, naked
ness and idolatrY, to far off country
beautiful in art, in peace, in progress
which he should save and govern. 1t
sounds like a dream. 1t looks like an
absurdity. But there is no mistake at all
in it. At least there will not be ifthe
Buffers can carry out their plans.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-10-08

and Democrats was held tonight Hon.
Hester Clymer addressed the crowd be-
fore Independence Hall.
At length, after speaking of the mo-
mentous political struggle about to be
decided, he said he had travelled from
the western to the eastern boundary OF
the State, and had everywhere been
greeted by crowds With full knowl-
edge of the responsibility, he said:
assert that there is no more doubt
of our victory on next Tuesday, if there
be an honest ballot, than Of the existence
of an organization called the Democratic
party. Applause. ~
Fellow-citizens Yoa now behold
those who in their devotion to the Union
have risked life, strength, and comfort
for Andrew Johnson. stand be-
fore the people of this State the repre-
sentative of the Union, Of the constitu-
ton, of the enforcement of the laws, and
of the white race in the land LCheers.]
Ii matters not whether the destruction
of this Union be effected by war or legis.
lation, or whether it be the open act of
the rebels, or the insiduous and uncon-
stitutional abuse of power by the Badi-
Gals.
The Democratic party stands ready to
thwart and prevent them Applause. ]
We stigmatize as traitors those who,
attempting to withdraw from or to ex-
clude a State. seek to accomplish vir-
tual destruction of the American Repub-
lie. [Cheers and applause.] And | de-
clare its spirit is in danger though Its
form be preserved when Yankee thinkers
and at random modify
and amend il.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-10-08
FROM CAIRO.
The Miscegens in Cairo-Recep-
ception.

CAIRO, October j.-The delegation of
Southern miscegens, consisting of Blng-
ham, Hunter and Stancil, arrived this
evening, and were received with all the
enthusiasm the small squad of Radical
Jacobins that infests Cairo could give.
A torchlight procession, which was a
perfect failure, escorted them to the
theatre, where Stancil is speaking.
The stage was decorated with a num-
Der of offensive notices, infamous in
themselves, and outrageously insulting
to the President
SECOND DISPATCH.
CAIRO, October 5-Since writing our
last dispatch portion of the crowd at
the theatre have been interrupting the
speakers with groans, Kisses, cheers for
johnson and cries of I'VE remember how
johnson was treated at Indianapolis"
take down those insulting notices.
At last Democrat walked leisurely upon
the stage, tore down the placard contain
ing the words, Dead Dog of the White
House." crumpled it up and 'trampled on
it. After this order was partially re-
stored, but every few moments Kisses
and cries Of There are no Abolition
bayonets in Cairo now" are heard.
The great forbearance Of the Demo
Gratis under the provocation and insults
offered them are the subject of general
commentator.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-10-08
VIRGINIA COLLEGES.

The Richmond Times says: 1--WE re-
joice to learn that nearly all of our lead
ing Virginia colleges have the promise
of an unusually large number of students
during their present sessions. AT Wash
ington College and the Military Institute
there are already more than five hundred
students, and they are still pouring into
Lexington and Charlottesville from all
sections of the United States The fame
of General LEE has attracted students
even from Boston-a most hopeful sign
that the American Sodom Of goddess her
estes, isms, and uncharitableness and
cant, may some day be saved by the
three young Puritans who are being edu-
Gated in Virginia" "
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-10-08
M E DIcAL.
Something New Under the Sun.
A New Era in Medicine.

T Ell THE SUFFERING AND DISEASED
IL read the following:
Let all who have been given up by Doctors,
and spoken of as incurable, read the following:
Let all who can believe facts, and can have
faith in evidence. read the following:
K,io,p all Men Jy these Presents, That on this,
the twentieth day of June, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six,
personally came Joseph Hayd0ck to me, known
as such. and being duly sworn. deposed as fol-
lows That he is the sole general agent for the
United State and dependencies thereof, for pre-
parations or medicines known as MAG9IEL'S
PILLS and SALVE, and that the following
[L.S.J JAMES SMEITRE, Notary Public,
Wall Street, New York.
DR.. MAGGIEL: 1 take my pen to write you Of
my great relief, and that the awful pain IN my
side has left me at last-thanks to your medicine.
Oh, doctor, how thankful / am that can get
some sleep. / can never write it enough.
thank you again and again, and am sure you
are really the friend OF all sufferers. could
nS help ew wFns to Jp HM hRsse MYERs
June |, 1866. ITO Avenue ID.
This is to certify that was discharged from
the army with Chronic DiarrhGa, and have
been cured be DR.. Maggieps Pills.
WILSON HARVEY,
New York, April 7, 1865. q Pitt Street
The following is an interesting case Of a man
employed in an Iron Foundry, who. in pouring
melted iron into a flask that was damp and wet
caused an explosion. The melted iron was
thrown around and on him in n perfect shower,
and he was burnt dreadfully. The following
certificate was given to me by him about eight
weeks after the accident:
NEW YORK, Jan. IL, 1866.
My name is Jacob Hardy; / am an iron foun
der; I was badly burnt by hot iron in November
last; my burns healed but had running sore
on my leg that would not heal; tried Maggiel's
Salye, and it cured me in a few weeks. This is
all true, and any body can now see me at jack
sons Iron Works, Second Avenue.
j HARDY
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-10-08
FRAUD.
National Express Company "A
Charge of Fraud.

New York, October 5.-The case of
W. Josleyn vs. National Express Com
pany, was up before Judge Barnard yes
terday in the Supreme Court in Cham
bers. The plaintiff is a stakeholder in
the company, and complains of the bank
rupt condition Of the corporation and
seeks for the winding up Of its affairs.
He purchased number of shares, val
ued at $4,000, as he states under fraudu-
lent representations Of certain members
of the company, and he now seeks to re-
cover his money. An injunction was
granted restraining the defendants from
disposing Of their property in any way
other than for the interest of the corpo-
ration, and the case came up yesterday
on motion of the defendants to dissolve
or modify the injunction. After hearing
the arguments of the counsel Judge Bar
nard reversed his decision.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-10-08
HUENIcUT.

An exchange says; The Rer. j. W.
HUNxIcUT, one of the intensely loyal
Southerners, said in his speech at Sche-
nectady, that If the next Congress does
not give us universal suffrage we will roll
up our sleeves and pitch in, and rel
hare the d-dest revolution the ioorld
erer sdc." He urged all persons not
voters to go TO the polls and squeeze one
in, and swore he would 60 to h-ll before
be would ask a rebel to pray for him
This, remarks the Albany Argus, is a
specimen of the men who are admitted
into Northern pulpits to instruct the peo-
ple in religion and morals.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-10-08
UEFoUKDED.

A Baltimore paper says All state
uents to the effect that the President has
announced his determination to recon-
mend the adoption of the amendments to
the Constitution proposed by Congress
are utterly unfounded. He has not said
to any one he was in favor of those
amendments 1t is true, nevertheless,
that the President has had under consid-
Grafton some Of the political points to be
embraced in his next annual message to
Congress, and some of these points have
been submitted 70 his Cabinet
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-10-08
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE NOON DISPATCHES
COTTON AND GOLD QUOTATIONS

New YORK, October 8, II m.-Gold
4S5; cotton dull at 37@4Oc; fves, ll3 /;
tens, 994; treasures, 1861
PRINCETON, N. j., October s-Com-
modore Stockton died last night
The ship Sevastopol from Sagua, was
abandoned at sea on the 4th The cap
tain and crew were rescued by the steam
ship Mississippi from New Orleans, and
brought to this port.
Arrived, steamers Tyber, Galveston;
Ellen S. Terry, Newbern; Moneka,
Charleston; Marie and Colley, Rich
mond.
New YORK, October g. The steamship
Santiago de Cuba, hence on the 29th
of September for San Juan, Nicaragua,
returned to-day, having experienced a
severe gale on the Sd inst. She was
struck by heavy sea at 3 o'clock in
the morning, which washed overheard
a number of passengers and five
of the crew; it also started her stern
timber and swept away part of the house
on deck, and caused the ship to leak
very badly. The passengers were put to
the pumps and remained there until this
morning, when they reached New York.
BALTIMORE, October s.-Flour, firm /;
provisions, dull; coffee, active-Rio,
firm; sugar, quiet-inferior grades lOl@
lie; whiskey, dull