Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-10-10

scale,-will soon have commenced. Then
will Sambo be in his element-throwing
body and soul, such as they are, into hi.
work-making it fruitful of content and
well-belng to both mind and body. The
rude song and the yet ruder joke will
tighten his labors and excite the most We
hement and most prolonged laughter. Is
all this cloud laughter" indicative Of va
Guilty of mindl Very nice and very fash
ionable people say SO; grave doctors and
graver judges say so;-yet, upon the
WHOLE confess to more or less Of sym
pathy with sambo, when he "goes it with a
loosenes ,"-as is usually the case. When
unaccustomed to them, his cachinnatory
teats are seemingly frightful to hear and
| to behold. At one m oment, you deem him
the subject Of strange apoplectic complica-
| tons; quick, he labors under strong asth-
matte infuences,-now choking, and,-
last scene of all something very like the
death rattle, falls upon the ear,-remind-
ing us somewhat Of Pope's:-
Exulting in triumph, now swell the bold notes,
In broken air trembling, the wild music floats,
Tiil-by degrees-remots and small,
The strains decay,
And melt away,
In dying. dying fall!
II may may not be doub ted, that, OCCASION
ally. he literally "dies laug hing"-justa
every now and then,-very old people
and rather weak about the lungs,-gently
yield to a fit of sneezing-long drawn out
which, though highly refreshing, at first,
may prove deadly in the erd. This same
gay-light~ hearted meaning Sambo
has been, are We told, clothed in the beauty
and brightness of new freedom;-ha
been elevated to posts Of honor and trust,
without fitness or preparatory training,
land the world is called upon to testify
its joy in song and in thanksgiving. In
the meantime, we, "the hewers of wood
and drawers of AS it
were,--''in the dark valley of the Shadow
OF DEATH" and mortal ken may not dis
Germ what lies beyond.
will be Of short duration, for the ten or
dozen planters who grind, will not turn
out more than 500 or 600 hogshesds of
sugar, all told. Our front lands, old and
somewhat sterile, are sadly in need of
renovation, which "cow-p peas" readily
effect. In word, we would want 80
many things-if wishing were the means
to an end-that, fear me, even the long
purse of Christian (?) banker, like Jay
Cooke, would hardly suffice to supply
them. The introduction Of cheap and ap-
proved labor-saving machinery, and the
more general study of the Agricultural
works of such men as Liebig and John
ston would-it is elieved-prove powerful
adjuncts to the otherwise well-directed
efforts of the intelligent planter. But l
am getting out Of my depth. Will you
allow me to call the attention OF your
planting friends 10 small pamphlet, by
Judge j. B. Robertson, giving, in very
condensed form, to the Solons of our last
Legislature,-the results Of extensive per-
sonal observation and experience as to the
agricultural and mineral resources of our
State? To me, it was truly little mine
of information, such in formation as you
would hardly get elsewhere, and the tiny
little pamphlet ought to have been sent
here, there and everywhere,-but not being
political in it's birth, rearing or complexion,
it has had but limited circle Of admirers.
If the pamphlet under consideration con-
tain no typographical errors,-Louisiana,-
with hardly any obstetrical helps the
most fruitful Of m others, and the maternal
bosom is true enough, and warm enough,
and large enough, to afford to her i'm
poverished children sanctuary and a
home
The papers announce the speedy arrival
Of Charles Dickens, on second visit to
for the purpose of giving public
from his own writings, in all the
principal cities. His first visit to this
was made, we believe, in 1881
but was Of no long duration, owing to his
disgust at the vulgarity, toadyism and
ignorance of northern notabilties in gem
oral, and the result was his "American
Notes for Circulation" which gave great
offence to his quondam admirers. Martin
Chuzzlewit followed, and their Indignation |
knew no bounds. In this last work, we |
have the hypocrite, Pecksniff, and the
Yankee agent, Scadder,-the man with
two different profiles,-oue alive and tenn
ing win palpable rascality, the other, like
a dead wall, with a thief behind it. If he
come, we almost venture to say, that he
will find things changed for the worse, but
if it call forth an imitation of "American
Notes." with the necessary variations-his
visit, in the end, may be productive of
great good. AS both he and Carlyle are
fond of fighting "shams," they should |
come together. Dickens best produc-
tons, such as Nicholas Nickleby ,'-sthe !
Old Curiosity Shop,'-'Oiiver Twist
Martin Chuzzlewit,' &C., will live as long