Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-01-25
OUR NINTH VOLU Me.

With this number closes the eighth
volume of the SUGAR PLANTER. For tn.
past two years we have laborpd faithfully
and diligently to restore our paper to tn
position it occupied before the war. ON,
efforts have no, been az successful as W.
anticipated, owing mainly to the inpov'
eIished condition Of the country and the
great scarcity Of money. Business has
been brisk enough, it is true, but, like tbe
business Of many others, it shows only
npon our books. Credit has been given
with an unspariug hand with a view OF
assisting those whom stern necessity
drove into the Courts, uotil we begin t.,
feel compelled to force u settlement will
all whose names appear as debtors in ou'
accounts. Our own wants demand this
unpleasant though it lie.
1t was our intention to have procured
new types aud to have ealargened the
paper At the close of this volume, in order
to induce . larger advertising and sub
scription list. Difficulties, never antici.
pated, have prevented it. We are com
PEELED, therefore, to continue with such
material as we have until something bet.
ter "turns up"
Yet, taking a candid view Of the .itua-
ton, we are content. w have partially
succeeded in restoring our broken for
tune, and amassed enough to scare want
from our door for some time to nc.
Few q say more, while many are com
PEELED to say less. Misfortune is a hard
task master, and none but faint hearts
shrink under it. At the close Of the war.
all the property we possessed in goods
and effects Of all kinds, was not worth
fifty dollars family destitute Of nearly
everything, without clothes. money or
cre'it. tie prospect. then, WAS. not very
encouraging. Good health and d.termin.
alton wers left, however, aud with u little
assistance, here and there, the way for n
was soon open, If nothing more.
How We have succeeded our friends arr.
well aware. But for the depressed fnan.
cial condition Of the country, our business
would have been better our circulation
and our advertising columns far
more extended. This condition of affairs
Ia not what we expected, but such it il.
and the most must he made Of it. How
ever, should we weather the storm Of the
year, We promise u patrons thar
il shall be the last in which we present
them the PLANTER in its present type
The appearance Of the paper, typograph.
ical|y and otherwise, If not such "a W.
could wish. but %circumstaf ces prevent
any alteration at the present time. A
political campaign is upon IA 10
which We hope for deliv' rance from Rad
ical thraldom. Every white man mus,
he up and doing his best to securs that
great end. As far ss possible, our little
sheet will be devoted to the advocacy OF
The principles Of the Democratic party,
aud should we prove successful in the
contest, VIC will have the prond satisfac-
ton Of knowing that we contributed an
effort to the cause Of Southern regeuera-
ton.
To those who have extended US q
helping hand, either as advertisers or
subscribers. we beg leave to return sim
thanks, only regretting that we
not able to give them a sheet more
their patronage.
LEGALITY OF THE Reconstruction Acrs.