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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20
for the Democracy.

1t is the intention of the queen, on the
return of the court from Scotland, to give
a series of state breakfasts al Bucking.
ham Palace, and the first will take place
upon the arrival of the duke of Edin.
burgh.-C Crescent.
We regret that q press of business will
prevent our accepting the Invitation of
her majesty to attend this round of fes-
tivity, Hitherto i. has been our i~nvaria-
bic rule to accept invitations from our
reigning European friends, but our old
chum, Louey Nap. treated Us badly at
the last Tuillieries ball, when be insisted
upon dancing with Eugenie first when
he knew her hand was promised US for the
opening quadrille.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

YE IBERvILLE SoUTu.-"T Tell 1t not IN
Gath, publish it not in Askslon," the
South, the cratic South, hath grown wit
ty, yea ! phrightfally phunny, and cachin-
ateth thereat greatly. Iuasmuch as none
seeth the point thereof, ye editor hath ii
ali to himself. Quoth ye merry South !
AS for that Crosse Tete garden, would
not you West Baton Rougeans-and for
all that, city Baton Rougeans like 10
get it," Yea ! will We get it, and Ell.
compass it all about with the wares of
our men of barter and of trade. But VT
marvel much that such wit pr0ducetb not
a rupture In We mighty sanctum of ye
ocular South! We have essayed to
laugh therest, even hath our imp
tickled US that our couutenance might
wear a jovial smile, yet, beshrew Us we
have labored in vain. Liveth there zone
in Persimmonville strong enough to bind
with cords ye South man lest he set the
bayou in flames or, ~perchance, runnetb
the river up stresm2 We marvel more
that be be permitted to run at large as
other men doth, lest mischief Gefsll him !
Well wager now a cup of nut-brown
sherry that there existeth not another
man Of like merry wit in all Persimmon-
dom !! Yea we'll wager our best beaver
ont Thou'rt %marvelously in danger
good friend, South! We counsel that
our neighbor Kearney do send thee a
proper dose to work of the fever Of Thy
brain, then get thee to bed, e%pcircle thy
ribs with a good cataplasm, and astonisb
thy interior arrangements with a strong
sack posset ; but forget not the dose -
Thou'rt in a terribly forward state of
danger, good friend South!
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

Grants admirers call him a spbinx -
ter a creature who sat in the road
the city of Thebes, and propounded nal
solvable riddles TO perplexed trave,or.
When these unhappy persons failed -
guess the riddles they we're incont;nsn,
iy gobbled up, aud quietly digested aI
though history is silent on the I,,tar
point. Finally, gentleman named IA
pus came along and guessed the srlan1;s
riddle, on which, as fate had decreod
the monster laid down and died, or tn,nadI
tail and fed. the radicals think ,ba.
Grant is enough Of a sphinx to pobbIs
up everybody else iii the cohutry. bnt
the people have already found him on M
AM the Democratic Edipus will pnsss
him off the track ia November. We oro
sorry for the General commanding ony
Armies" but it can't be he!oed-rt..
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20
SUGAR PLANTER.

Communicstionsintende for this paper should
be directed to Baton Rouge, not West Baton
Rouge. Exchanges will confer q favor by direct
ing as above.
ANY of our Baton Ronge friends having COM
municstions, etc, for this paper, by leaving
them on the Ferry-bost, they will be promptly
received and attended to.
Our Baton Rouge patrons must send over their
advertisements on or before Thursdas to secure
their insertion the same week.
Messrs. E. E. Overall & Co. are our duly su-
thorized agents for the city of New Orleans.
Messrs Cheatham & Walter are our duly au-
fhorized agents for the city Of Baton Rouge.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

VERASDAH HorEL.-The dull, gloomy
summer months seem to have no effect
upon Steve, the exquisite caterer Of this
popular house. Whatever the markets
sfford in the way Of delicacies. or IAN be
had elsewhere for love or " filthy lucre,"
is bound to fall into the hands of Steve.
Those visiting Baton Rouge will find the
Verandah Hotel = superior establishment
for bed and board. W. speak by the
card, and from long and intimate expe.
rience.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

Gen. Sheridan, after carousing through
the North for the benefit of bis radicaj
allies, has at last gone to fighting Indians
on the plains. At one time he tbouoht
that be was especially cnt
ont for the presidency, and indeed he
was cut out at last. Long before The
convention met the radicals had exhanat.
ed Sheridan aud Sheridan bad exhausted
himself. He could do more for them. and
they could do DO more FOR him. Just IN
keep bis hand 10 and by way of recalling
his former exploits, we presume, he Wi
issue q general order against Spotted
Tail and Hole.in-the bay, as imped mems
to the construction of the PaciSc rail.
road Crescent.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

vs.. Bishop Atkinson, of North Caro-
line, in an address recently delivered in
Hartford, Conn, mentions as G significant
fact Of the rapid decrease of the negro
in the South, that in a negro town, oppo-
site Newbern, consisting of ten thousand
Inhabitants, one undertaken alone filed
orders for twenty-five hundred collins in
0 single year
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

The Bay.St Louis Gazette records the
death of a gentleman, whose Christian
name was Clam. We trust the departed
is as as happy as the bivaive OF the same
name. - Crescent.
Is our frierd of the Crescent a natural
list How does be know a clam is hap
Ply If a clam is.bappy atshigb water,
as the old saying goes, onght not an
oyster to be correspondiDgly happy, if
not more elated, at full tide We think
those who indulge in bivavular feasts are
Infinitely happier, at least such has been
our experience /; but there is no acccun
Ing for taste, no. not in fried, roasted,
stewed, souped or on the half shell.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

HONDURAS SuGAR.-A sample of this
sugar has been received 10 New Orleans.
and is highly spoken of as a superior
article. It is called concrete aud is the
first ever manufactured in that colony.
The process of making is entirely new,
the juice of the cane being completely
cooked into sugar, leaving no molasses.
Among sugar buyers in the city, the ship
ment has created some excitement, not
alone for the quality but from the simple
manner in which it is made, with such
large results.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

- The Union White Boys in Blue
is the name Of an ex-military organization
now forming in all the western States 10
opposition to the Grand Army of the
Republic. Gen. Love- of Indiana, is at
the head Of the organization which mum
bers over one hundred thousand names
with daily accessions to it's ranks. II
fsvors Gen. Hancock for the presidency,
but will support any other good man who
may receive the nomination.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

sas~ Warm weather admonishes us that
light suits are far more comfortable than
heavy ones for the season. To all who
wish to keep as cool as a lump of city
manufactured ice, we advise o call on
Fender and examine his stock. lie will
receive you warmly, but serve you with
everything cool you may deeire. Try
The ezperiment-it costs nothing.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

AT the latest dates the action of Gen.
Buchanan in regard to the organization
OF the Legislature is sustained by the
authorities at Washington. The carpet.
baggers will not be required to vacate
their residences about the wharves and
market houses Of New Orlnans for some
time yet.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

A picture in the last number of Judy
represents two little girls talking to each
other over the title Not to be beaten. !"
The first D says, with pride on her
brow "Ah, my mamma has a carriage |"
And the second replies, with more pride
on her brow /; "Oh, that's nothing my
my mother can take her teeth ont and
put EN- back again I"
Equal to the two little boys who quar-
relied abont the qualities of their respec.
tive fathers. my pa has been to New
York, and your pa hasn't" pompously
said one. We'll, don't care if has"
.de6antly said the other my pa has
been 10 the calsboose, and your pa hasn't"
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20
A wet weather joke from New Hamp-

A wet weather joke from New Hamp-
shire !: ss q
Robert Batchelder, of Salisbury, has a
flock of twenty-eight sheep, which during
the winter were housed 10 a place where
their wool became filled with hay seed
They have been ont to pasture for sever
al weeks past, and the excessive wet
weather has caused the seed to sprout,
and they are now bearing about with
them q crop Of grass two inches in length.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

$50 The editor of the Bastrop Dispatch
complains bitterly Of q neighbor who sent
him q basket full of nice ripe peaches
lie says be has been in the condition of
Oliver eve since. Unfortunate man ,
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

w. The Pesdleton Club of Cincinnati,
one thousand strong, have secured pass
age over the Atlantic and Great Western
railroad, to the National Democratic Con.
vention which convenss in New York on
the 4th Prox. A strong turn out for one
club.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

- Iowa papers report the grasshop-
per as having injured most Of the crous
IN the central part Of the State. W.
have heard Of their depredatioos in other
portions IF the country. but none in
Immediate vicinity. With the present
drouth We can afford to lose nothing from
Dur crops.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

Among the prominent Radicals who
have left the party since the action at
Chicago, Wendell Phillips is the most
emphatic in his denuncintions of what
was done. He will have nothing to do
with the nominations or the platform
adopted, and has boldly raised the stand
ard of rebellion against the whole con-
Germ.
Rats are said to desert a sinking ship,
and Wendy seems to appreciate the pc
sition to its fulicst extent. lie has lost,
it is true, much Of the prestige be ono
enjoyed with bis party, but even yet his
admonitions are not 10 be despised or
condemned. Once a leader 10 the hosts
Of Radicalisn, many of its old members
have not forgotten the service, be once
rendered the party, and, with him, be.
lieve that it has deserted its ancient faith
and wandered off after strange gods
They will cling to him with all the tcnac.
ity of shipwrecked mariners to a floating
spar or plank, and if 60 down they must,
it will be with flying colors and a defiant
voice. Glad Of Wendell's p~ertinacity-
every vote lost to the Radicals is one
gained for the Democracy.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

The newly elected Legisl ,ture of North
Carolina will have a Republican majority
of twenty six in the Senate and foIty n
The House Of Representatives, whence a
southern paper is induced to hope that
the Conservatives win carry the State for
the Democracy ia November.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

The Albany. Ga, News, encouraged
by the fact that in southwestern Geor.
gis the negroes generally voted the Dem.
ocratic ticket, says : We profoundly
assert that they are the safer guardians
OF the franchise. We see no longer rea.
son to oppose negro suffrage
Said GaIens 10 Grant yesterday. when
1t defeated the Radical ticket by three
mildred majority /" your popularity at
home is all in your rye, General r.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

The New York Herald says the elect
ION IN Oregon indicates that the name of
Grant has no magic to change the yer.
dics against the Republican party that is
written 10 the mind OF the whole people.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

The Washington correspondent of The
Charleston Courier remarks that General
Grant wss virtually nominated as the
Radical! candidate for the Presidency a
year or more ago. and that successive
defeats have followed the party ever
since.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

Eea~A company has been formed in
Illinois for the purpose of manufacturing
sugar from beets, and have purchased
four hundred and eigbty".acres of land
TO commence operations.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

The States which have instructed for
Pendleton are Ohio. Indians, Illinois, To-
wa. Nebrasks. Oregon, California and
Kentucky. and he is said to be the first
choice of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Mary.
land and Tennessee.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20
MARRIED.:

Ia Baton Rouge, at 81. Joseph's Church. by Rev.
Father DeIacyoix, on the evening of The i5th inst.
ALLAN to Miss LEONTINE AR
BOUR. both Of that city.
our thanks are hereby rendered the happy pair for
KIND remembrances. and wish them all the f~licities
that over resulted from q union Of hearts and hands
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

~ The telegraph says the Democrats
bave carried sixteen Of the thirty one
districts of South Carolina. Before the
year is out they will carry everything
before them.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

Eugenie has 5000 dreasss.-E1e1c.o.
Ana yet, poor woman, perhaps she has
roihlpg to wear
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

~ Half-hour guns were fred from the
Garrison on Sunday last in honor of the
late ex-president Buchanan.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

Don't put your hat or feet on an edit
or's table, and don't touch bis pen.-Cres
Better still keep out of the sanctum
altogether ; it's no place for l~oafers.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

ave tried for q while to persuade them
that they could do better, but they would
not hear u.s." says the New York Tribune
on Grants nomination.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

Why is . joiner less handsome than
hls wife!' Because he is q deaLpIancr.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

SPLENDID RECREATION. -In these dull
times when man knoweth not where to
stow his corpus to escape from the heat.
let him retire to some shady nook or
quiet retreat, and peruse that refreshing
work, Zimmerman on Solitude. Verify.
it IS a refreshifer City editors cannot
be expected to indulge in such feasts Of
reason, because their proximity to whis-
ky rings" induce q flow of soul instead.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-20

Alice Carey turns off two poems dai-
ly.-Crescens. =
If some of the city dailies would turn
of much of the poetry so-called that ap.
pears in their columns q change for the
better might be introduced.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1868-04-30

The residence Of Mrs. jackson, on
Second streets was broked into while she
was absent last Sunday, and a fine
gold watch and a pistol stolen. Suspic-
ion immediatly attached to a young scape-
grace by the name Of Charles McGregor
who was known to be of the light finger
ed persuasion, and measures were taken
10 detect him. His lodgings were ex-
amined during his absence on Monday
but no trace of the missing property dis
covered. A number Of citizens deter
mined on satisfying themselves 10 regard
to his guilt or innocence, and laid their
plans accordingly. A warrant was issu-
ed for his arrest, and sheriff Johson start
ed for him about noon. He found him a
few miles out in the country, ard started
to town with him in a buggy. When a
shor; distance east of the Cemetery, IN
the dense lhicket, they were suddenly
pounced upon by the Aforementioned
cItizens-some half dozen in number.
One of them seized the horses by the
bits, another presented revolver at the
sheriff and threatened, in the most ap-
proved tragic style, to"Blow him through"
if he moved a muscle Eve are inclined
to think the sheriff was not very badly
scared, however), while the balance of
the party seized the prisoner. at the
same time uuering dire threats Of veng-
eance to have his life. The sheriff
plad % with the exasperated crowd
to allow the young man to have trial,
but no. they were determined(?) to have
his life, then and there, and rid the COM
munity of snch pest. The Sheriff
then tried to pursuade the prisoner to re-
veal the Whereabouts of the stolen prop
erEy, and thus save his life. No be de-
cIared his innocence in the stoutest man
ner. He was then taken short dis
lance into the woods, where the "detect
i've force had left their horses, and one
of the party Immediately produced a rope
about the size of steamboat cable, and
in a terribly excited manner called on
his companions to assistin ''stringing up"
the prisoner. The sight of the rope (and
from all accounts we Judge it was
frightful one) caused the young scOun-
drel to "wIlt, and he said if they would
not hang him he would tell all about it.
This paclfed the supposed ''vigilantes,"
and they promised to leave him to the
law if he would tell them truthfully He
said he had entered the house about
noon on Sunday by way of the window.
stole the watch and pistol, and they
would find them seCreted in the manger
of Mrs. Jackson's stable. The "deIect.
ives" having accomplished their object,
they allowed the sheriff to bring the pris-
oner to town. The stolen properly was
found Just where he said it was, and the
prisoner was committed 10 jail by Esquire
O'Neill in the absence of bail to the
amount of $500. to await his trial before
the District Court. To all young men
who are inclined TO be light fingered we
would say beware. There are "Ingens
around. - PLattsmoutb Herald.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1868-04-30

A child eagerly examines every OBJ
iect around it, or in lack of objects, then
the picture or images of objects. Bul
between the child and nature, we inter
pose medium, a book, and we expect a
child to profit by symbols, which to US
indeed, are full of meaning, buI which
to it are mysteries, whose significance il
is slow TO discover. Pedants snort dis
dainfully at the thought of teaching
sciencet to children. Yet what is science
in great part, but observation methodized.
A child canno. easily be kept from
observing and even generelizing. The
question is, whether it shall do both ign
orantly, of its own wild fancy, or under
the guidance of maturer judgment and
ampler knowledge. As all children,
not wholly supplied by the compression
and distortion of the school, form for
themselves a kind of science, draw in.
ferences, and make generalizaIiOns,
probably erroneous, certainly incomplete.
shall they be left without guidance, or
without encouragement.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1868-04-30

An alarmig report was received at a
newspaper office in London on the %
1t is said two men, supposed 10 be Fe-
mans, were arrested at late hour to.
night near the servants door Of Bucking-
ham Palace. They were carrying a
hamper, which, on being opened, was
found TO contain a gallon Of liquid phos-
phorus, or Greek fire. Thepsrties made
desperate resistance, and were with
difficulty secured. A third person, who
was in company with them, bearing a
basket, fed as soon as the latter were
seized, and escaped all pursuit.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1868-04-30

The "steam man. that has made so
much talk is now denounced by a New.
ark mao, who seems to understand
the case, as an unmilgaIed humbug. It
never has walked a step since II was
made. 1t was carried TO an ice cream
garden; then it was propped up, so that
its feet did not touch the ground, and set
agOIhg; its legs swung back and forth
in the empty air; bu; that was ALL Il is
announced to walk over to Barnum's, but
ii conviently got out of repair, and, what
was worse, the ice cream man has got an
attachment for the wonderful humbug
that will not let it walk. The financial
obstacle may be only sham, but the
physical difficulties are real It will
tumble over as fast as it can be set up.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1868-04-30

The Boston Post is one of the ablest
Democratic papers in the country, but Is
edited by both wit and a gentlemen
Anticipating great Democratic triumph
in the recent election in New Hamp-
shire, it prepared big cut of a rooster
to crow over the Radicals. The result
proved to be mot that kind Of a cat,' .
however, and the rampant bird was dis
played upside down, the editor hopefully
explaining that the election has capsized
him .-
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1868-04-30

In a certain family, not long since, a
pair of twins made their appearance, and
as a matter Of course, were shown tC
their little sister Of four years. Now
it so happened that whenever a rather
prolific cat of the household had kittens,
one of them. of course the prettiest was
saved and the resi- drowned. When
the twins were shown the child by their
happy father, little M looked at them
long and earnestly, and at length, putt
ing her little fnger-tip on the cheek of
one of them, looked up, and said, with all
the seriousness possible -"Papa' tbink
aCe'H sage this one ="