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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-06
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ETAT DE LA LOUISIANA, PAROIsSE
d'Ouest Baton Rouge, Cour du Cinqui.
enc District. Dams Paffaire de Ia sue.
cession de John A. Bird, DECIDE. No.
663.
En- vel, tn due commission addresse an
Sheriff de Ia paroisse d'Ouest Baton Rouge
dams la succession Ct dessus. date le II
Mai A. D. 1868, de Honorable Ia cour do
cisquieme district jndiciaire dams ct pour
la paroisse ct Fiat susdite, j'ofrirai en-
vente pubIiqne an plus ofraDt ct dernier
encherrisseur' q Ia dernier residence du
decide sur Phabitation Belmont en- cettc
JEUDI, lie l8me jour de JUN A. u. 1868,
a II heures a m, les terres ct proprietes
ci-aprcs decrites appartenant q la dite
succession d. John A. Bird. DECIDE savoir:
l PInteret indivise du dit John A. Bird
dune moitie dams Int langue de terre
mesurant quarante pieds de large, form
ant part autrefois du moroccan de terre De
Charles Mason, mails qui aprartient
maintensnt . George Smith, etsnt 10 pa'-
tie nord. on superieure, borne en- avant
on 40 nord, par terre de James L. L"!r
dell, est par celle de Ia succession de-
Nine. Joseph w. Dougherty, DECIDE, ct
Quest par IN chemin ct canal ci-ap'es
decrit.
2 rInteret indivise dune moitie dams
un certain chemin ct canal entire terre De
Marcel Lejeune ct celle de Jane Smith, T.
c. l., a partir de rhabitatiou james l..
Lobdell jusqu'a a rhabitaiion David Pipes.
3 Interet indivise Motto dams IN autre
moroccan de terre, situe aussi en- cette
paroisse, oonnu CONNIE lie moroccan Dele
piano.. ct des:gne CONNIE le quart sude.t
de Ia section treize en- township sept De
range Onze est, etant Ia portion Quest du
dit moroccan de terre, contenant environ
cent quarante trois 69.100 srpents. les
Ecinquante six arpents de Ia portion est
a%ppartenant a Ia succession de A. o D
deli. DECIDE. rayaut acquit de B. Dele
plane en- 1843
4 rTnteret indivise dun sixieme du dt
John A. Bire, de, EIDE. dams IN autre NOR
ceau de tsrre, situe aussi en- cette psro'sse'
! ct designe CONNIE la Motto est de 10 Sec
ton viDgt, ct linteret indivise dams 10
Motto nord de Ia section vingt neuf, tous
deux en- township sept de range ONE
contenant ensemble six cent qusrante
acres de super6cie, ct connu CONNIE 10
moroccan T. w. Colwell.
5 Uu lot de ferraille. rl
6 Wnteret indivise dun Motto dun
fourneau de briques sur lhabitation Belle
mont.
Nuteret iddivise dune Motto dune
moulin a cotton, bouilloir, machine. bo's
ct apparel. lhabitation Bellevs,e'
pautre moitie appartenant q James L.
Lobdell.
8 Woteret indivise dune Motto dun
lot de %bouqueaux vides sur lhabitat'on
Belmont.
Conditions de Ia vente-Comptant.
r. J.V DURABLE, Jr,
myl6 Depute ehcrif'
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-06

The two and ten franc notes now 10
circulation in Italy, it is said, were en-
grsved in the United States, and cannot
be counterfeited Is easily as the other de.
nominations.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-06

Bets were offered in Washington on
the 18th ult. Of $1,000 to $4,000 that
Hancock would get the nomination fol
the Presidency, and the same amount that
he would carry Pennsylvania by twenty
Thousand majority.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-06

A Western paper says sour member
of Congress has made a great speech
one of his very best. 1t was written fol
him by a graduate of this Office, and the
matter and delivery do credit to both
parties"
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-06

A PROFITABLE CRoP.-There is a gen.
tleman living neal Southampton, says
the Petersburg, Va, Express, who plant
ed this year ten acres in strawberries. A
few DAYS since be contracted to sell them
to a New York merchant for $4,000, he
to pick and ship them. This is what we
would call a profitable crop. and would
advise our farmers to turn their attention
to raising them as we'll as tobacco.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-06

An Ohio woman poisoned herself be-
cause her husband would not buy new
furniture.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-06

"Are you going to see our friend, Mics
Belle, when you 60 to New York, Head ?"
asked G. "Yes, if l can 81 some good
clothes to 60 in ; l need a snit or tvs"
"Well," says Pete, who always has bis
put in," perhaps she has a sutton too"
We threw him ont of the widow.-Cres.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-06

The New York Mail says the only safe
and generally satisfactory way for a
young man to meet . cousin, is to kiss
her -frankly, heartily, honestly.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-06

Hellwig is the name Of a family in Chi
cago and Pewterbottom is a son-ln-laW 10
the family.
We knew a young lady named Leather
wax who married q man with the fra.
grant appella,ion Of Tarbucket. But
what's il . name
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-06

A telegram from Oregon announces a
Democratic victory in the recent State
elections there.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-06

The National Intelligencer styles the
Capitol a "Bastile." p Times.
Plenty Of the steal, neighbor.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-06

STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF
West Baton Rouge. Fifth Judicial Dis.
trict. In matter succession of John
A. Bird, deceased. No. 663.
By virtue of . commission directed to the
Sheriff Of the parish of West Baton Rouge
in the above entitled and numbered sue
c~ession, Of date May 18th A n, 1868 from
the Hon the Fifth District Court, in and
for said parish and State, I will offer at
public sale to the last and highest bidder.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-06

SATURDAY,. JUNE 6, 1858
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-06

CHASE AND H PRESIDENCY. Whateve
may be thought of Judge Chase in the
South, it can no longer be denied that
his chances for the Democratic nominal
ion are growing stronger every day. 1t
is contended by his friends that be can
secure enough conservative Radical votes
to defeat Grant. Strong efforts, it ap'
pears, are being made to secure his noml-
nation, under the impression that we can
also carry every Southern State, ever un'
der the reconstruction acts. l. is to be
hoped, however, that the Democratic
Convention will select the man best cal
culated to ensure success, whether Pen.
dleton, Hancock, Chase, or any other man
Harmony in the party alone will enable
US to defeat the Radical nominee.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-06-06

june6-1m
New-York tribune., 1868-06-15

We trust the Commissioner Of Revenue who
will be appointed to succeed Mr.. Rollins will
be some officer of known vigor, fidelity, in
dustry, and honesty. Let him be one who can
be trusted with the power to remove and
appoint all subordinates, and let those powers
be vested in him by the pending Revenue bill.
We care not what his politics may be, so long
as he has enough knowledge of character to
distinguish honest men from thieves, Is
enough of a man himself to prefer the honest,
and will collect the taxes. We believe Benjamin
F. Butler, if he would accept the office, would
collect the taxes and GUST the corruptionlsts
more faithfully than any other man. lie had
a large experience in such work, under DIM
culties, while in New-0rleans; yet, as is well
known, he not only collected enough to run
the City Government in all its departments
better and more thoroughly than had ever been
done before, and to sustain his army and navy
without drawing on the United States Treasury
for q dollar during his entire adminlstra-
ton, but he turned over to the Treasury OF
the United States surplus of about eleven
millions as the net profit of his operations.
Of course such an officer will be styled by the
Rebels Spoons" but he will collect the taxes.
AS the probability Of Gen. Butler being ap-
pointed by President Johnson is not so imml-
nent as to justify further urgency in his
behalf, we may state that Gen. o. o. Howard
and others that might be named would prove
equally acceptable. If the President is deter
mined to appoint only COpperhead, we hope
he will take vigorous administrative Copper
head, who at least knows how to prevent others
from stealing, and will allow none but himself
and his immediate friends to have hand in
that little game. We would rather have a
Fernando Wood even, who would vigorously
collect the taxes, and let very few steal beside
himself than feeble or imbecile Democrat
who would allow everybody to steal that felt
inclined to. We hope the Senate will confirm
none but an honest man, if they can get one,
and none but a vigorous and able man in any
event.
New-York tribune., 1868-06-15

10 district attorney in few words a compn--
cation of proofs and accounts which mere
lawyer would puzzle over in vain and which
bookkeeper could never explain to lawyer so
that the latter could make himself understood
nv n iurv. He could often restrain the zeal OF
clerks and accounting officers, who sometimes
commit the most fragrant injustice, and set
most fatal precedents by mistaking supposed
equities for law, and their personal knowledge
or suspicion for legal proof.
In short, as a strict, uniform and consistent
construction of law is the conservative power,
the balance-wheel, the centripetal force OF
society and business, so it should, and under
nroner conditions would, serve the same pur-
nose in public business. well-aTanged sys-
fem of administration and Interpretation OF
nnblic law, and well-selected corps of law
clerks. would reduce the number of cases
where the rascality of officials or the incompe-
tency of clerks forces the United States into
litigation, and would secure many success
where now defeat is almost certain. 1t would
introduce harmony and consistency into or
ganizaton and decisions of the departments;
it would result in some settled rules of prac-
tice before the departments, and obviate the
and quasi lawyers, who carry with them an
atmosphere of sycophancy and corruption; and
it is not rash to hope that, before another gen
Grafton, great deal would be accomplished in
systematizing or cOdifying our present labyrinth
of public laws.
In order, however, to reap the full benefits
Of such system, great care should be taken
in making appointments, and the advantage OF
permanency should be added to competent
salary. A mere accounting officer, who has
simply to sign his name and look out for the
organization of his Office in order to be rated
good officer (and not unfrequently these are
the best, leaving the skilled labor to skilled
clerks, and not medding with what they don't
understand)- such man may be changed every
year without any harm; but the brains and ex-
perience of a bureau lies in old clerks, who
have made its business the study of their lives
Among the most important of these will be
the clerks if any, appointed to take charge OF
the legal business of the department.
New-York tribune., 1868-06-15

Among the members who will retire from
service in Congress with the close of the pres
ent session, the loss of none will be more fell
than that of the Hon. j. f. Wilson of Iowa.
His appointment and able services as Chairman
of the Judiciary Committee of the House, aud
his influence in originating and molding i'm
portant acts of legislation, with his uniform
discretion, judgment, fidelity and industry
naturally cause the people of other States q
well as his own to hope that his present with.
drawal from service In the House may be CON.
pensated by his return in more conspicuous
if not more influential field of action.
New-York tribune., 1868-06-15

The weather of the last week gave us heavy
rains on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday. For many previous weeks, with the
exception of the one opening the month, the
record is almost identically the same In that
one week large part of the corn along the
seaboard was planted, and it is now coming
up finely. If few dry days follow, much
more will he planted. Gardens are in back
ward condition, and some are scarcely planted
at all. More depends on this coming week
being pleasant than on any preceding one 1or
after it little or no planting can be done, since
it will be too late. In the West were ten falr
davs from MAY 10 to the Goth, and large
breadths were planted, although heavy and
long rains followed, and the ground is foul
with weeds. To watch now for the few favor
able hours and when they come to work with
ceaseless energy, are all that remains OF the
planting season of 1868.
New-York tribune., 1868-06-15

The Copperhead press have for months repre-
sented that immense numbers OF white men
were dsfIanchised in the South, some OF them
asserting that in several States a majority OF
that class were denied the right of voting.
According TO figures recently sent to Congress
by Gen. Grant, we are told that in Virginia
the whole number of whites registered Is
12O,1l1, and the whole number who failed to
register, Judging from the tax list and other
data, is 1G,343, making the total white male
population of voting age 136,44. There Is
nothing to show with certainty the number
disfranchised but it must fail considerably
short of the number failing to register. Yet
assuming that every man registered who
could do so under the laws, less than
twelve per cent are disfranchised. If
only seventy-fve per cent OF those
who did not register are disfranchised,
or t9,95s, then less than nine per cent Of the
whole are disfranchised. This is probably
very near the exact figure. In North Carolina
the number of whites of voting age is about
1876 200, of whom 1866 are disfranchised, or a
little more than nine per cent. In South Caro-
lima the figures are: Whole number of whites,
57,S75; DISTINGUISHED, S244, or a little more
than fourteen per cent. Georgia: Whole num-
Der of whites, 114,s33; DISTINGUISHED 10000, or
a little less than nine per cent. The reports
from the other Rebel States do not show the
the number disfranchised. We are told that
in Florida but few are dsfranchised, and
nearly all were registered and have voted. 1t
is altogether probable that the proportion dis
franchised in the other States is not greater
than in the four States above named. The
average in those States is but trihe over ten
per cent. That is, one in ten Of the white men
of the Southern States are DISTINGUISHED on
account of their participation in Rebellion.
New-York tribune., 1868-06-15

We regret to learn, through letter from
delegate, published recently in The TRIB-
UNE, that the thousands of strangers who
visited Chicago to participate i'll the proceed
ings of the National Republican Convention
were rather shabbily entertained. They COM
plain that their board bills were too big, their
place of meeting was too little and the city
offered no amusements for willing away their
hours of leisure. This is really a very painful
statement. Chicago has been termed by a cele
brated statesman the Continental Metropolis of
America and one of its most illustrous jour
nalists greeted New-Yor as " the Chicago of
I" the East" But what sort of continental me-
tr0polis is that we should like to know, which
packs National Convention into inconvenient
quarters and then swndles them in the bill
The moral of all this trouble is that no con-
vention should ever meet in Chicago again.
There is only one city in America which can
properly accommodate such great gatherings,
and that is New-York. Here we would have
built for the Convention q wigwam big enough
to hold as many as wanted to enter. Here we
have splendid hotels, which would have COM
fOrtably fed and sheltered the whole body
without packing the delegates away like dried
herrings, and without arrangement of their
daily routine Here we could have offered tho
New-York tribune., 1868-06-15
MUSIC.
Mp AfiRp's CONCERT.

Mr.. Cesar Alard viOloncelllst, gave concert
at Dodworth Hall, Friday evening" 10 small, oui
very enthusiastic, not TO say noisy, audltfee' ne an
accomplished artist who has thoroughly mas,HEed the
technique OF his instrument plays with remarkable
rectness and will undoubtedly become one OF our most
popular resident performers The principal Character
stcs OF his style are neatness OF touch and purity OF In
tonation He shows OF the inequality which Is 80
often perceptble in performances on instruments OF se
violin class. There harshness rasping on the
string but every tOne-rapd Of the bass Wen a.
the sustained vibrations OF the upper cordss SMOOTH
and musical His trills and tremoos are excellent and
his runs which we glad TO say are not orenSyely
frequent, are very neat He plays with 9 egoa es.
his hand is too heavy and he lacks heart ID
the first pece-Seryaiss variations on sehuberts ~
Dgs-tliere was an unpleasant tendency accelerate
the time but this was probably owing in great measure
TO the nervousness incidental TO hrSt appearance po
ing the fault was less conspicuous Three other artists
made their New York debut at the same entertainments
light but pleasant voice and faulty style. Madame
Bageard has voice OF considerable power pest III tns
lower register rather reedy in the middle notes but clear
again i'm the upper She would probably make better
impression the operate stage than ~ saiI r1S, Iy
night did not enable the audience Judge fairly OF he
abilities. Mile Damainyle's pano'pdynB Hss 49,
cordially appauded but there was 700 e III ,aery took
rant us in venturng critical opinion she meteS eG
part with Mr. Aard in duo Mr PoLhahshSi
great deal TO the enteTanmeat Sse Sy o ., Simmer N
three-part harmony, was especially good
MUSICAL NOTES.
Miss Jenny Landsnan mas idueNci - bar
concert this evening at Irving Hail. preparatory se.
departure for Europe where she is going TO NJ herSe M
the stage
Miss Adelaide Phillips sailed for Europe dsa ca
satnrdav i'm the ST. Laurent Miss Minnie Hauck sailed
the same day in the City OF Boston. signor Anonsc
has also gone to Europe, and signor MasSmInam
ioin Madame ParepaRos company, in California
Mr.. Jerome Hopkins publishes the following
card: ,,oS ,roantx
The undersigned wishes TO return his ,
10 the members OF the Ticket Committee OF us
"Orpheonst and Charity Chldrens singing -, ths
for their very efficient efforts in It's cause Aiso S "a
solo artists on the oceasl0n 20 the Directors o us hs
emv OF Music and 20 Mr. T.. Rullman, JantoI .Vt .Vt,J
nnisual Facilities extended I'm connection with that eu
ing Also 70 many gentlemen OF the press NnIso md
torial smiles were encouraging 10 all eoncerhcuSs
"last though not least" 10 the gentlemen OF the LISA
for their generous zeal IN the Interpretation o va
mostly new but OF which only solitary rsheaIsaM, 49, "a
possible The friends OF free musical lnstrncuyhn hh bss
be congratulated on the gratifying brilhahey exit.
marked the closing exercises OF the seventh year sa
ence OF the Orpheon schools notwithstahulns royeE
circumstances which In many other cases nav ~ nass
sasson JEROME HOPKINS.
New-York tribune., 1868-06-15

A correspondent in Canada, being afraid
of the Fenians, writes to inquire whether
it is not the duty of President johnson "a
break up their warlike meetings in the United
States, silence their orators, and put stop "a
their projects of invasion. 1t certainly il the
duty of the American Government to prevent
the fitting out within its territory of hostile
expeditions against powers with which it is at
peace, and we proved our readiness to fulfil
that duty at the time of the former Feniaa
movement against Canada. But we do not see
that we have any right to interfere with the
free flow of Irish eloquence, or to dispere
peaceable gatherings of any kind. If the Ca
nadians will furnish us with evidence that the
American Irish are getting up an invasion Of
Canada, we will enforce our neutrality laws q
good deal more honestly than the British
authorities enforced theirs when Mr.. Adams
supplied the Foreign Secretary with proof
that Rebel vessels of war were building In
British ports.
New-York tribune., 1868-06-15
The WOrLd SAWS (;

The trouble in Louisiana Is simply this BY the Recon
stTucton acts the bogus Constitutions To be sent 90
Congress and approved, then the soeaed Legislatures
elected under them are TO meet.
This is very gross msstatement of the
language and purport of the act. The Recon-
struction act provides that when the COnstitu-
tions have been approved by Congress the
States shall be declared entitled to representa-
"tionr--which, of course, is an entirely differ
ent thing There is nothing whatever in the
act about the time or conditions for the assem-
bling of the Legislatures; but we have shown
that by the provisions of that law it was neces-
sary for the Legislatures to meet and ratify
the Fourteenth Constitutional Amendment be-
fore the States could be admitted to Congress.
New-York tribune., 1868-06-15

ago we manufactured one seventh Of our co,,o,,
crop Now we manufacture one-third. In iso
we manufactured 4ss yards for each inhabitaot
of the country, or eleven yards more per cooita
than in 1850. The vitality of this great msrn
featuring interest is shown by the fact ths.
during an advance in cotton from 10 cent?
pound in 1851 to 81 80 in 1854, and a fall 10 "a
cents in 1855, and Is cents in 1867, it had ana.
tanned itself with comparatively few falures
The great need now is Of some comprehensive
mutually -protectivespolicy by which Northern
capital can combine with Southern labor ana
land to greatly increase and cheaper On,
supply of the raw cotton, and at the same
time so develop our capacity for manufacturer
at the South as well as at the North, "a "a
export the finished product.
New-York tribune., 1868-06-15

The Democratic State Central Committee OF
Louisiana, on behalf of the white people OF
q the State" have addressed to the United
States Senate a very feeling and highly
wrought protest against the new State Constl-
tuition. The basis of their argument is the
inequality and utter incapacity of the negro
when brought into association and accorded
equal privileges with the white race. The
trainers of the new State Constitution entirely
overlooked this hOrrifying Democratic dis
covery, and the majority of the voters OF
the State unfortunately followed suit. We
apprehend that the Senate will serve this doc
ument as Gen. Butler did the protests OF His
Honor the Rebel Mayor Monroe
New-York tribune., 1868-06-15

it makes no distinction in favor either OF the
Greeks or the Trojans. We have never heard
of any religious body (save the Jews) that
objected to converts, and there are several
Protestant denominations which are apt to vote
pretty much one way; but we know no help,
even if we desired it, for this. In Republic
like ours we must take our chances and
watch carefully and guard vigilantly against
the political rule of any religious body. We
may run risks, but it is our business and duty
to do