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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-09-22

reAL A shower OF two this week has
not interfered much with our cotton pick.
ing, although any delay now is by no
means advantageous to the planter. The
worms continue their rayages, having
stripped many fields Of leaves and young
bolls. We hear many complain of lack
Of labor in picking cotton, and it is not
out Of place to mention that considerable
cotton has been lost in this manner from
want Of labor. If we can rely upon New
Orleans papers, that city is filled With
idle freed-people, lounging about, and do
ing nothing but feeding the cholera, whose
services in the country would not only
be thankfully received, but literally paid
for. A good cotton picker, willing to
work, can easily realize from two to three
dollars a day in the country at this sea
son Of the year, but strange to say, idle
ness has such strong temptations for
some Of them that so long IS they can
keep from absolute starvation, the goal
Of their ambition is reached. The officers
of the Freedmen's Bureau might take Z
hint from this and force these idIers from
the city where they are neither profitable
to themselves or any one else.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-09-22

Da- Gen. Baird has been formally re.
moved from the command of Department
of the Gulf and assigned to duty in the
North. Adoo Gineral E! Had you barred
your arm in defence of right, reason and
justice, your home might still be in the
Sunny South.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-09-22

A man went to Memphis, the other day,
and presented such strong recommends
lions from Parson Brownlow and other
notorious radicals, as to obtain a position
on the police. His appearance, however,
correspondent so clearly with that OF a
torse thief, described in bandbills from
Wayne county, Tenn, that he was arrest
ed, and proved to be the individual ad.
vertised for.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-09-22
RAMBLER.

Prentiss asks, do our gallant young
fellows mean to let the beautiful young
widow, Emma, queen Of the Sandwich
Islands, 90 home unmarried !?
Here is a chance for some Of the des.
cendauts of Ham to be Sand-solched.-
Houston Journal.
To complete the stale joke, we will
add i: Suppose some fellow should be
mustered into the embrace Of the fair one
be might find himself badly psppered.-
The "goak" is now supposed to be well
seasoned. 41@.s
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-09-22

va Mr. Breckenridge, of the Post Office
book store has placed US under obliga-
tons for late Northern illustrated and
other newspapers. In these cholera times,
light reading matter is said to be q sover-
eign specific. Give Breck q call and Q <
anime his stock.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-09-22

~ Those wanting o really splendid
article Of superior French cogniac, should
call on Philip Bauer, who has a few bot
ties hard to beat, Never indulging in
spirituous liquors o%urself, we are com
PEELED to take the SAY SO" of c%onnois.
seurs as to its merits.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-09-22

HoRmBLE-A friend Of ours who must
he nameless for the p%rescut, purchased in
New Orleans, q dog, of an almost un.
known breed, unless it was of the canine
and fed him, but his appetite was vora.
cious to an extreme-he couldn't be sat
isfied. One day he missed his favorite
boy. a fine, curly headed chap, Of some
three summers, and after a search, Of
some hours, in which the afflicted parents
were almost overcome with grief, they
discovered the remains entire Of their dar-
ling boy fast asleep in the dogs kennel.
Neither boy or dog was at all injured.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-09-22

peA- John Henderson, Jr., one Of the
participators in the Convention riot in
New Orleans in July last, died in that
city on Thursday the 18th inst. We knew
Henderson we'll, perhaps intimately, but
never knew him to entertain an idea long.
or than it suited his purposes. He was
not a bad man, nor did we ever believe
him capable of a personal injury. Els
mind was not properly balanced, hence
all the errors of his ways.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-09-22
SATURDAY \. sEPTEM BEE ~, 1850,

No. 1t is q singular fact that while the
the plantations in the upper part of the
parish are afflicted with the cotton worm,
the lower part Of the parish is compar.
at.vely free from the pests. Here is o
point for some learned Thebann to ex-
pound. t.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-09-22

1t is stated that many Of the Northern
capitalists are buying up property III At.
lanta, and many Northern families are
residing in that city. Tie capitalists
consider Atlanta the safest place to own
property id, in the South.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-09-22

Napoleon III is said to have q weak
ness in the lumbar region which threat
ems softening OF the hrair.-Ec.
Louey should have known better than
to have gone into the tnmL.r business
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-09-22

ANOTHER Chick COMING TO Roosr.-
Major Casello, formerly Of Gen. Butler's
staff, has been arrested by the proprietor
OF the Higges Hotel, wherever it is, N
the charge Of illegal seizure Of liquors
and other goods belonging to that house
while Gen. Butler was in command. i
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-09-22

The Louisville Journal the
e%lopement Of DeHaven, The circus proprie-
tor, with tie wife Of an actor in that
neighborhood.
No doubt she thinks she has reached
the haven Of her joys.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-09-22
SUGAR PLANTER.

Communications 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
munications, g., for the SUGAR PLANTER, by
leaving them with MIR. ARBoR, on board the Fer
ry-boat, they will be promptly received and at
tended to.
Our Baton Rouge patrons must send over their
advertisement on or before Thursday, to secure
their insertion the same week.
va Oscar Holt Esq, is our authorized
agent in Baton Rouge.
B6E- Messrs. Wharton s. Tandclif are our du-
ly authorized Agents in New Orleans.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-09-22

~ We are glad to notice q marked
change in the condition of the health Of
Baton Rouge. The cholera is rapidly on
the decline, while the few cases lingering
here and there are generally Of a mild
character, yielding readily to proper
treatment. Let us hope the the fair wealth.
er which has blessed us for the past few
days may continue, and by the time cold
weather sets in, we will be able to an
announce the full condition Of health
which has ever characterized this section
of the State. A little care in diet and
personal cleanliness will do much to de-
prive cholera Of it's horrors.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-09-22

Ben Butler is going to take the stump
In Ohio.-Er. a'#s 4i.a
If he were put on the block it would
be a Complete execution.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-09-22

The Maine Republicans have been act
ing in a menial capacity-they have
swept" the State.-Er. az q
And will now pile up the filth in Wash.
ington.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-09-22

SATANIC AoENcY.-The Philadelphia
Age, speaking Of the Rev. Newman's
opening prayer at the radical convention
in Philadelphia, in which he invoked the
Deity to deliver us from him who, through
satanic agency, has been raised to au-
thor'ty over us,"says, pithily, that as An
drew johnson was raised to authority !,
IN the federal government by Republican
votes at the election of 1864, it must be
admitted that the clerical gentleman's al
fusion to such 81 agency" was in terms
not altogether uniting.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-09-22

PERFECTLY HoRRIBLE.-Ever since the
celebrated operation Of the South Carol''
ma and Massachusetts delegates to the Ph'
ladelphia Convention entering the hall arm
in arm together, the mania for doing ike
wise saems to have seized all classes and
of society We saw. yester'
day, q gentleman ane his wife, in Baton
Rouge, walking quite friendly, arm 10
arm. Things are coming to . pretty
pass! Well, they are!
A correspondent from the Plains says
that q negrpetole a mule from q planter,
the negro was arrested in Baton Rougs
and because the owner Of the mule dld
not want to be troubled with prosecuting
him, he vas discharged. We ask whose
fault is this? Why no one but the o"De.
Of the mule should have appeared ana
prosecuted his claim. Our Justices o.
Pesce do the best they can but cannot
prosecute every man. who is brought De
fore them without the injured party tx
ing the trouble to make affidavit, give
The Names luufthe witnesses, etG-AAdc
d sna osAaeetfq aeaa fal asiaaat alilsT At i
In such . case To prosecutor stLoauldd
be compelled to appear, OF suffer Tue
penalty u wearing "a hlsehOod.
'9gnH giqssa ts9W .tdesef 6Pg8 lee
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-03-20
THE COUNTRY CHURCH.

The following beautiful sentiment Is
from 'bs Loekpor Daiiy Jaioa
We have been to the country church
thl Was Old when We we're young Ii i
neither costly nor grand. bu, rude and
homely, With moss growing about the
caves, where a pair Of swallows built their
nests IN the summer that is dead. There
are no lofts marble pillars near the porch.
nor lesselaied doors. nor has il skilul ar
chitectares bot there Il stands. plain old
boilding, hallowed relic Of other days
II has no gallery, where the hired mu.
sicians Jet fan The liquid tones Of sound,
eNer desp.tsned ofsau biovn. bof ,suss5 twans
Nv eim lgbi sifcamisg tbfangt pietnfo,l l,auer
Bot sull we like lhe old church. Ii
brings bach TO rs the daisied Stops Of child.
hood, the joyous edlicipalions Of The future
aud the golden CLEANS of gladdrss that
hover around the steps cf youth, We
hear eehoiug through memorys corridor
the holy words falling from the pale brow.
ed man whose guileless teachings sank
deep into our heart. We have listened
since then 10 the sermons Of The great rhe-
torcally rounded, and brilliant metaphors,
and poetic imagery, and flights Of fancy
but their hgh-toned beauty has failed to
touch our hearts as did the simple slo-
qucnee Of the minister in the old church
There, too, is the graveyard where
sleep ia dast the ashes Of those who were
so dear to us in life, and whose memories
come 10 us with the rise OF sun, and the
pale light of stars There rest the COM
panions OF our schoolboy days, and our
youthful sports. And there, too, she lies
who rcamed Land in hand with US about
the valley, who plucked with US the wild
flowers beside the brook. who saw with
HE appreciative eye The violets blooming
)n the robe Of may, and wept with US hap.
by tears at the glory and gor5eousness OIL
summer sunsets. For eleven years she
istened to the harp notes Of the angels
,till we love 10 linger beside her grave
rear the old church, and fancy that the
Mid breathing Of the evening air is caused
" the soft rusiling OF an angels wings
10 not blame US for loving the old church,
or M morIcs me ours, pure ad holy as
he dreams Of dying saint, when We sit
n the shadow Of It's walls.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-03-20

BooneAn y.eial. ~ g =. tblsel Jan q
5. masierel yau - O.. aig in rgrriss.
gurt Mehaa Fetefan Reserve Corps
CsaHinfham Nirhasi N. : Reg @ a. enlisted
Jsa g IS, mus'ersa taa q "a. siill ia service
pewniue s4mes Res. enlisted Jan u C5
nssterei Jan - g. discharged Fsb 20 66
Kaiser Georrs. Reg. enlisted yaa IA 65 aus
tered Jan IA %.
HsmiRon Fraak. enlisted Jan 65, murisrei
Jan g. deserted hefafe lsatiue Stats
Malloy Patrick. Reg CO enlisted Jan IA
6s, mustered Jan la o. Transferred 70 CO c Jaue
1895.
Sheet. Jacob L, Reg Co A , enlisted Jan 20
Is. mustered Jau % g. sill ID service
Dec Jersmiah. Reg Co =, enlisted Sep,
"a, mustered Sep, 3 "a. wounded a, Cedar Greek
Oct ~ O. mustered Gu, sune ~ 65
Smith, samuel enlisted July IS ca. mustered
Jaly 3 50. no further record
Tool, Jerry enlisted Juiy % CA. mustered July
25 g, no further record.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-03-20

Nisilhstanding that now near bait =
century has elapsed sinet llle shove event
occurred ~ the attending circumsane,s
arr recalled 70 memory sifh clear and
vivid distincincss, aud vii be. ! trust. 10
the close Of liio.
Il was Ibis event n will be remember
Ell ~ some readers thea NJ new q iraught
with y sad interest. that elieited The lhtme
fOr those beautiful and impressive poetic
lines lhe sSnow Storm, composed and
Published, a. i believed, BY Mr. Smith,
then editor Of popular journal IN Port.
land, Maiue. a copy Of which is appropri-
aiely suhioined.- pfrnoHt Record.
SNOW STORM
"rbc oOl winds swept he mountain hight,
aud pathlcss was the 1reary Wild.
Add mid the cherries hours n night
mother wandered With her child.
A. through he driliei snow She pressed,
The babe vas sleeping % her breast
And colder s.iii tic winds ala blow,
Aud darker hours II night came on,
And deeper grew The dsifts II SNOW
Her linbs were chilled, her strength was rcue,
. Cod she cried, ia accents Wild,
III must perish save nay child.
She stripped her mantle from her breast.
And tared her bosom 10 the Storm
Aud round the child she wrapped the vest.
Aud smiled 10 think her bate was warm.
" it'll one cold kiss, one tear She shed,
And sank upon snowy bed
AZ dawn, a traveller passed by:
She lay beneath a snowy veil
The frost o. death was 10 her eye:
Her check was cold, aud hard, aud pale;
lie moved the robe from OF the child
The babe looked up and "sweetly smil,d"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-03-20
AImogt 30 EIeot d Temnernnoe

Some years ago Mobile could boas, q
several dt,isions.of the order al San. y
Temperance. We alt cory to saw thai
not one ol them have lived 10 sce ,hls year.
One reason for their becoming playtd ~,
was given Us tie other night b, a. ald
singer il lhe printing business, wlo dates
back ~ far as she next ia anything nut
hos occurred 10 Mobila. lis version II
the decay and iall Of The temperance move.
mem here j. as follows
You knew Buck S., didn't yon p
"les; very weiLr
well, you see Buck. iike aaoJ munv
other printers tbu know Of. look his
tod piety regular, aud managed 10 Keen
drunk The biggest part Of The TINE. Subs.
made more lime on bis situation than H.
did himself. so Buek concluded to ioin the
Sous, and made good lIis resolution. some
weeks alter bis admission mio the order.
Biother Buck Was asked 10 address ihe
meeting and consented That he some
What astonished thief asstmblage il lbs
course Of his remarks will BE- IL once sur.
missed. lie said
"'My friends, six weeks ago-I signed
the pledge loud clipping Of hands and
cheoers lin two weeks after.
wards ] bad a twenty dollar note in nv
poelet--an article entirely unknou n 10 me
before renewed clapping and more
cheers In another week, my friends. /
bad good coat on my back "a thing ,hat
could never be said Of me before. Exten.
sive capping and much buder cheers. I
A fortnight after that, my dear friends, /
purchased coffin ! The audience were
going 70 cheer at this point, but didn'tand |
looked serious. You may woader, con
lnued the lecturer, why bought coffin. /
Wei, my friends, bought the coffin be. 1
cause felt pr, tly certain hat IL kept
HE pledge another fortnight, | should |
Sant one
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-03-20

The following Characteristic case Of af.
istocracy is retorded as having come off
htely AT Slanntou Va, One OF the Nor.
thern "scho ] marns," who is there EN-
ployed IN teaching freedmen, told a spiight-
ly negro girl that she ''musl not call the
VEN with whom she lived, mistress
that she was just as good as anybody
Petty soon the girl asked her teacher
Whit business she followed before coming
South TO teach. II was bonnet maker"
was the reply, We'll r said the girl, gath
ering mp her books and making for the
door, y IN moi going TO sociate wild you
any longer 1ou say ! is excl TO my mis-
Iress, and she don't 'socate wild bonnet.
makers
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-03-20
Wit and Wisdom.

How does the hair dresser end lis days 7
lie culls up and dyes.
a summon TO the provost marsIal's Of.
lce is called coming TO grief, in'he South.
Teamsters may do brisk bu,iness, but
wheel barrow men carry all before them.
For nation to be largely in debt, l., in
tie nature of things much 10 It's credit
Go i, old iellew, said two idle scapa.
graccs 10 honest laborer ut work
work away while we play SOW ard
well reap Very likely. my la,ls," re-.
piled the old man. ooolly, I'm sowing
hemp
The publisher Of newspaper out We.t.
in the FIRST issue Of bis journal, return.
thanks to those who loaned him the pecu.
mary means and 10 Heaven that there {.
no law in the State enforcing imprisonment
for debt.
A young widow Of very polite address,
whose husband had lately died, was visit.
ed soon after by the minister Of the par.
ish, who inquired as usual about her
husbands health, when she replied. with
peculiar smile, "lie Is dead. I thank
yon,"
"Sir said pompous nersonage who
undertook 10 bully an editor, do you
know thai take your paper r. I've no
doubt you do take il, replied the man of
the qull, "for several Of my honest sub.
scribers have been complaining lately
about their papers being missing in tbs.
evening"
a contemporary says: "Tbsre Is a
man up IN our country who always pays
for BIZ paper in advance. lie has never
bad SEX day IN his life; never had AIRY
corns or fooihaehe, bis potatoes never rof,
the weeyiI never eats bis wheat, lie ffoas
never kill. his corn or beans. liis bab,gT
never ety in the night, and bis wife never
.co-Js.
"llow did you get oul Of the draft
.a.d Jack Buttons TO Pat. "Och. and fbs
loctOr, glnd luce 10 him excused me-
'Aud what did be say was the matterf6
wei, don't js remember, bat II waS
.ome oallandish kind Of name EVA.
I nan contas?' "Yes, and lie said / had
/ bad. he did"
a little ragged urebin begging m ag
ily the otLer day, Was asked by ladg
ybo flied his baskei il his parents werg
ifjng2
OILY dad, marn," said The boy.
"Ihen you have enough 10 your baskf
ow 70 feed the family for some time
o, no | hayn'l neither said The ladf
lor dad and me keep FIVE boarders ~
oes the house work, and I DO the mark.
tin"
4 few days ago yotng ssiy0ofmisffess
. this cotfniy was taking down the names
Bd agss q her scholars, at the eomsn@Des.
rent q the term. She asked d lilsls
.hite headel boy, Bob ,bow old are yon ~
e sa'd, Ny name amt Bob, hfs Jol,n.S
Well. sad the selio5l-mistress, "shai II
ie rect Of your name 7" @Why. flaP. nu
ie name we got--dist John" .tW.n.
bat Is your fathers name - ssYoa
seda't pui papt name down, be ain't ca1a.
go 70 sei,toi any he's to Big 10 so6
ho0l.
We'll ior Old are yoa ?" y aip't ~
~ i @ oans
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-03-20

SINGULAR DisCCvERY-ln the xicini-
~ ot Siraiiordupon Avon, the biih place
OF Shakespeare, about three thousand hU.
man skeletons were recently found while
digging. They were all laid closely side
BY side, and tbs bones were Il remark
able s,aie ofpreservailon. II s supposed
that they were the remains of ihe slain of
some great batile. bai history il silent Re
gardiug any eacsanler between armies
Hea. fhe poi.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-03-20
The Seven Days Battles.

llatper's Magazine for March contain.
an account Of the great battles between
Mcclellan and Lee before Richmond
made up from the official reports Of JotL
sides
Il appears from comparison Of Lees
with McClellan's reports, that at the be-
ginning OF the Seven Days the armies
were very closely matched. Mcclellan
lO3,22i men according TO his own account,
and Lee had 700, 300 according 10 bis re
port 1t appears further from Lees re-
port, that il every single battle our men
beat the enemy, though almost in every
case greater rebel force Was brought
against the part OF ours which was permit.
ted to fight il i shown tha on the Sec
ond and third days Richmond was open to
Mcclellan, the tide OF battle having so
rolled round thai the greater part Of Lees
army was SO placed as 10 leave the whole
of McClelan's force between il and Rich,
mond
Mcclellan had no more iltan a third Of
his army engaged in any single battle, ex-
cept that of Malvern but our gallant
troops fought win heroic bravery the
generals IN com uaud on The different
fields appear 10 have selected admirable
positions, and as the attack lay upon the
enemy, be suffered more severely than our
troops, as will be seen by the following Of
fetal account Of the losses on both sides
Union, killed, j82 wounded. 1909
total, 9,29L Rebel, killed, 3 lGl wound
ed, l5,2j5 total, l9,40j. That is to say,
the rebel losses were twice as great as
ours in killed aud wounded
But after every success, Mcclellan or
dercd new retreat: lie appears to have
been totally ignorant Of the enemy's posi-
tlcn and ,tleugth; he had Richmond in
his power ON every day OF the seven, and
on the last day, if, instead of retreating
from Malvern Hill, he had attacked the
enemy, he would not only have gained |
Richmend, but destroyed the rebel army. |
The rebel General Trimble, in an official
report thus Describes tie condition Of the |
Confederate army on the morning after
the battle Of Malvern IIll:
"lhe next morning, by dawn, went off
TO ask for orders, when found the whole |
army in the utmost disorder Thousands |
OF Struggling men were asking every pass /
er by for their regiments; ambuances,
wagons and artillery obslructed every road /
and altogether, in drenchng rain, pre-
senied a scene of the most woful and .
heart.rending confusion"
The wriiar adds,
The very show Of tn attack upon such
an army by The unbroken Union force,
must have defeated it, But there was in
he mind Of il commander no thought of
an attack. When in the NOR ing the
yorfederates looked up the hill which
hey had SO yaiuly attempted to scale, they
aw not trace Of the grim batteries and
erricd lines which hal confronted them
lie night before. In the storm and dark
less the Union army had fled from vic
ory as though it had been rout,