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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29

The Fcnians are coming over to the
Democrats.
1t is ahundantly proved that Grant had
a father, but his adhcrcnts are trying
now to establish his Claim to a great
grandfather in the person of Noah Grant
That Noah is respectable ancestor no one
doubts, but the assumption that he be
longtd peculiarly TO the Grant family
although the vineyard story might give
it some color, is only paralleled by that
of the French family which had the DIS
,inguished diluvian painted as emcrg ng
from the ark with a tin box under his
arm labelled, Papers relating to the
family of the Duke Of Lewis"
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29

A Coop HEAD FOR WuIsKY.-The Oma-
ha Herald says "Major Bayliss, of
Council Bluffs, companion OF Gen. Grant
in by-gone days, paid us a visit yes'er-
doy. Speaking of the General, the Ma.
ior says that he AMI Grant used to be
boon companions, Grant could always
drink more liquor and show less effect
than any other man he ever saw. In re-
cognilion of bis distinguished abilities in
this direction, the General. among his
friends in Galena, was christened "Old
lnvuluerab.e.'
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29
POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS.

At a regular session of the police jury
held at the Court House on Monday. the
lst day of June, 1868, the following
members were present Messrs. Pope,
Chinn, Vaughn, Doiron, r. Hebert aud
Trudean.
Mr.. Robert Glennon was appointed In.
spector of roads and levees for llth ward.
On motion of DIR. Vaughn, resolved,
That the resignation of J. NJ. Brooks as
Inspector of roads and leyees for the 5.h
ward be accepted, and VIM. Cassie was
appointed in his stead. Philip Bauer
was appointed Inspector of the 9th ward.
On motion the parish surveyor was
directed to make a survey and examina
ton of the levees on the plantation of
Isidore Daigle, j. A. Leveque, j. Trash
mord Landry and Dan Hickey, and make
an estimate and report of such new levees
as may be required to be made during
the ensuing year.
Th, petition Of F. E. Trudeau was
read and on motion of Mr.. Chinn it was
Resolved, That F. E. Trudeau & Co.,
be permitted to construct a railroad from
the dyke on the lower mouth of Falee
River to the Hermitage landing, said
railroad to nj on top Of the levee. The
said F. II. Trudeau & Co., Or their assigns,
are to keep the whole of the levee and
the public road running at the base of
the ~levee, always in good condition in
accordance with their petition. Further
resolved, that the above privilege is to
last during the term of ten years.
The account Of Sugar Planter office for
parish printing for $1l2 so. A.. D. Bar
row, as clerk, for $75, o. M. Leblanc for
$25 and j. F. Jarreaud for making rolls,
$40, were allowed and ordered to be paid.
On motion it was
Resolved, That the accounts of Messrs
O. NJ. Leblanc, A. V. Dubroca and U. LIE.
jeune be. returned to them with the re.
qnest that they make them in detail and
refer to the law in cases when a fixed
compensation is allowed.
On motion the jury adjourned to Mon.
day June Sth, 1868.
A. D. BARROW, N. W. POPE,
Clerk. President.
An adjourned meeting of the police
jury was held at the Court House on
Wednesday the 9Th June 1853, when the
following members were present Messrs.
Pope, Cbinu, Vaughn, Trudeau, R. Hebert
and II Hebert. The minutes of the last
meeting having been read and approved,
the committee appointed to examine the
Truasurer's books made the following
report taaia Z
We, the undersigned committee, ap.
pointed by your honorable body to exam
inc the books of the Treasurer Of this
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29

Beast Butler says if Grant becomes
President he (Butler) expects to be ap
pointed Military Governor of New York
lie has no doubt that a Democratic Gov
error in New York would give Presi
dent Grant so much trouble, n way o1
another, that he will deem it his duty al
an early period Of his administration, to
put the State under martial law"
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29

A BAD CHARACrER.-We always were
aware of the Importance of preserving a
good reputation for truth and honesty,
but we have met with nothing lately so
we'll calculated to impress upon the mind
the disadvantages of having a bad char
acter, as the following
A mortal fever prevailed on board a
ship at sea, and a negro man was appoint
ed to throw overheard the bodies of those
who died. One day, when the captain
was on deck, be saw the negro dragging
out Of the forecastle a sick nan who was
struggling violently to extricate himself
from the negro's grasp, and remonstrat
ing very bitterly against the cruelty OF
being buried alive.
What are you going to do with that
man, you black rascal p said the captain
"Going to throw him overheard, massa,
cause he dead.'
dead | you s%coundrel," said the cap
tain, don't you see he moves and speaks p
Eyes, massa, l know he say he nc
dead, but he always lie so, nobody eve'
know when to believe him."
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29

The report was adopted.
On motion it was
Resolved, That the compensation Of the
parish surveyor should be fixed at fifteen
dollars per day when in service OF the
parish.
On motion Of Mr.. Chinn it was
Resolved, That the ordinance Of this
jury allowing fuel to the Clerks and Re-
corder's Offices be repealed.
On motion Of DR.. Vaughn it was
Resolved. That the inspectors of roads
and levees for the Sd and 5th wards, &C.
companied by two freeholders and the
parish surveyor, be directed to make an
inspection of the levees in said wards
and report at the next regular session Of
the police jury the condition Of the same.
On motion of Mr.. Chinn it was
Resolved, That the President Of the
police jury be and he is hereby author'z'
ed to ratify ell contracts for the building
of levees in this parish and to make any
changes in any such contracts as may DO
necessary for the better protection OF the
parish from innundation, and this ordln'
auce go into effect from and after It's
passage. ,
The minutes being read and approved
the jury adjourned sine die.
A. D. BARROW, N. W. POPE,
Clerk. President
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29

The Alta Californian urges those San
Franciscans who have babies they wish
to get rid Of, to have the decency to throw
them into the bay and not leave so many
about the streets, as it has become disa.
greable.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29

The baptismal admonition Of the Hin
docs is as impressive upon the bystanders
as it is beautiful Little babe, hot en-
terest the world weeping, while all around
you smile ; contrive SO TO live that you
may depart in smiles. whilst all around
you weep"
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29

Butler has at last been r~evenged. Some
European photographers have been sell
ing bis pictures as authentic portraits of
President johnson. Buffers revenge is
complete. He needn't trouble himself
further about impeachment.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29

C~AKpEr-BAGGERs IN THE SOUTH.-Some OF
the stories that are told by carpet-bag
gers and saddle-baggers at each others
EXPENSE are more amusing than any from
n other source. A tour on horseback
was recently made by two Of them through
the State, and the following is the story
told by one Of his partners
"The first time | noticed anything
wrong about him we went into q country
store where q crowd was sitting around
and looking at us hard. called for L.
ouor. and while the bar-kecper's back was
turned, Il reached over in a cigar
box and commenced to help himself. !
caught him by the hand and gave hlm a
look. When we got away | said to HIM 4:
you Internal fool, what did you want to
90 for that fellows cigars for? intend
ed to give you half, but d-n it, couldn't
You see those fellows sitting around, and
who would have cut your throat IT they
had so much as seen you bat your eyes at
them 1t was sometime before | tulIy
got over that.
$50 we travelled on another day, and
at every house we came to my partner
would carry his arm stiff, and tell people
he had been wounded in the Confederate
army.
ave stopped all night at Dill 5
who had killed half a dozen people in du
els, but who treated us well. About all
he had left was a pair of d~ucling pistols,
and one of these | discovered when We
got on the road the next day, that my
partner had brought off He promised,
however, after ] had nearly cursed myself
hoarse, to do better. But that very night
stopped at another house, where an cx-
planter treated us like fighting cocks, and
l thought my partner would have the de-
cency to keep quiet, as there were ladies
at the table, aud did not care to make
a bad impression upon them.
But the next morning as we gallopcd
Of, L noticed that my saddle-bags had
wonderfully bulged out, and kept a flap,
ping about in a queer sort of way.
"Why. what in the deuce is the matter
with the id things | said to a negro
boy that was riding with me. 1T seems
if l was riding on a bag Of corn.
oil has put something there said
the niger in a whisper, but his is fuller
than yours
"And it was true. He had stolen sew
cral carat of perique tobacco, and placed
some of them in my saddle-bags. He
put in his own saddle-bags, among other
things, a pair of the old mans pants,
which he used as drawers, after cutting
off some of the legs. When he rode up
l said to him: You id internal thief,
what do you meanT Why said he,
you don't call it stealing to take any
thing from these rebels"
A good many subsequent adventures
followed in the same style, but we have
not space to quote further.-N. q. Times.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29

A Richmond lady sent a silver urn to
an auction to be sold. 1t was the last OF
her once great wealth. The people who
knew her made up a heavy purse, put it
in the urn. and sent it back to the owner,
Pretty charity, wasn't it
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29

Woman is composed Of two hundred
and folty-three bones, one hundred
muscles and three hundred and ninety-six
pins. Fearfully and wonderfully made,
and to be handled with care to avoid
scratches.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29

Digman and Moses Kean, the mimic,
we're both %tailors. Charles Banuister met
them under the Piazza at Covent Garden,
arm in arm. Il never see those men TO-
gether," said be, "but they put me in
mind of Shakspeare's comedy, Measure
for Measure.'D
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29

A poor woman who had attended sew
eral combinations, was at length recog-
nized by the bishop. "Pray, have | not
seer you here before ?" said his lordship
" Yes" replied the woman. ." get me
conform'd as often as | can they tell me
it is good for the rtieumaiis."
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29

Wilson, the celebrated vocalist, was
upset one day IN his carriage near Edin
burgh. A Scotch paper, after recording
the accident, said We are happy to
state that he was able to appear the fol
lowing evening in three pieces.n
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29
A DREAM,-"My dear Horat:o. I had .

A DsEAM.-"My dear Horat;o, l had a
very mysterious dream about you."-
"What was it, my dear {" IL dreamed
l saw you carried up to heaven in a gol.
den chariot, surrounded by angels clothed
in white and purple. What is it a sign
of, dear :" ut is a sign that you had
salmon and cucumber for supper, my che
rub"
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29
ETAT DE La LOUISIANA, PAROI>SE

ETAT DE La LOUISIANA, PAROI>SE
d'Ouest Baton Rouge, Cour du Gme
Juge de Paix. Samuel b. Elwell vs..
Baptiste Pinyon. No. -.
En- vcrtu dun writ de Fl. ia. a moi address
SC dams le process ci.dessus, date 81 JUL
let a. d. 1865, de l'hon. la cour du Sixieme
Judge de Paix dams ct pour Ia paroisse
ct retat susdite, ,j'ai saisie ct J'offlirai en-
veDte pubIique a la porte du bureau du
6me jnge de paiZ AT ferry landing en-
cette paroisse, Samedi lie cinquieme jour
de Septembre a. d. 1868, a II heures m,
tout droit, titre ct interet du defendeur
Baptiste Pinyon au droit ct credit suiv'
ant, savoir -
Tn reclamation contre - Kelley, pro,
prietaife du bateau a helisse, Twilight,
msintenant au ferry landing, en- favour
du defendeur, Baptiste Pinyon, CONNIE
gnardien du dit bateau, Sc montant a en-
viron cent piastres, plus on moins, ct
don't lie paiment est guarantee par privil.
eye sur lie dit bateau.
Saisie pour payer ct satisfaire lie mon
tant du jugement. des interets dams de le
process ci-dessus.
Conditions de la vente-Comptknt, avec
behefice d'inventaire.
J.V DURABLE, Jr,
aug21 Depute Sheriff.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29

When you see a man on a moonlight
night try to convince his shadow that it
is improper to follow a gentleman, you
may be sure it is high time fer him to
join the Temperance Society.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29

Gumpshuu says the French ladies'
watches are the best time keepers, since
they gain all the way from thirty five min
9tes 70 an hour and three.quarters per
Gay: They not only run on time" but
quite over it.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29

Every male Mormon that can be spared
from bis domestic duties is at work upon
the Pacific Railways. Then there are
but few at work on the railroad.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29

A Chicago paper advertises the cere
monies at a church under the head OF
"amusements."
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29

Although nobody ever saw a perpetual
motion, somebody has made a perpetual
motion saw.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29

A fellow in Nashville has trained a rat
TO steal bonds from brokers' windows.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29

parish, beg leave to report that we have
carefully examined the accounts Of ,ho
present Treasurer as well as those of =
r. Allan, ex.Treasurer, deceased, both
of the general fund, school and Povdrsa
funds, and find them correct. We INA >
balance in the hands Of the Treasurer or
the Poydras fund of 1868 33a. Also
balance in his hands in favor OF the schooi
fund of S214 G33. And a balance dra
said Treasurer from the general fund 81
1881 40 We would suggest that a roc
%olution pass your honorable body autho,
izing the cancclling of the bond given b.
f. r, Allan, ex-Tlcasurer, deceased.
Respectfully submitted,
T. P. VAUGHN.
RAPH'L HEBERT.
JUDEON DOIRON'
On motion the report was adopted
On motion Of DR.. Vaughn it was
Resolved, That N. W. Pore. BP
Chinn and Raphael Hebert be appointed
a committee to memorialize the Board Of
Lcvee Commissioners of this State for
the purpose Of obtaining their assistance
to build the levecs OF the Allen planta
%tation, as also those on the plantations
Of Dan Hickey, J. Trasimond Landry
A. Levecque & CO., Isidore Daigle, and
widow Rosemond Hebert, all situated in
this parish. Further resolved, that the
parish surveyor be instructed to make
full estimate and report of said leyees
for the use of said committee and to aid
them in their object.
The report of the parish surveyor was
read and on motion it was resolved
That the report of the parish surveyor
acting as Inspector of % ward be approx
ed and he be instructed to proceed to
notify the front proprieDrs to build the
new levces required by said report in the
manner required by law.
o. NJ. Leblanc, clerk Of the Court,
made a report Of funds expended for
books which was approved and be was
directed to pay the balance into the
hands of the parish treasurer.
On motion Of Mr.. Chinn it was.
Resolved, That the sum Of three huud.
red dollars be and the same is hereby
appropriated ont of any funds in the
treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for
the purpose Of fascining the levee On the
plantations of Dan Hickey and Desopry
Further resolved, that a warrant to the
amount Of three hundred dollars be plac
ed in the hands Of A. V. Dubroca, parish
surveyor, to be by him used in said work.
Proper vouchers to he returned to the
police jury, in accordance with these res
olutions, ut their Dext session.
The committee appointed to estimate
parish taxes made the following report:
We, the Undersigned committee, ap-
pointed to estimate the amount of taxes
for the parish necessary for the year 1869,
make the following report, TO wit (:
Parish Attorney. $3.50 90
Inspectors Roads Il Levees... $50 90
Printer & Clerk Police Jury. coo 90
Police 200 90
District Court. -. ............ 1900 90
Clerk, Sheriff e. Recorder...... 400 90
Assessor. 200 90
Coroners 4 Justices of the Peace 600 90
Contingent Expenses. 1000 90
Commissions on Collections. 300 90
Total. $500 0O
Respectfully submitted,
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-29

1OldI. SJZUV w
Respectfully submitted,
T. p. VAUGHN.
RAPHL HEBERT,
B. r. CHINN.
On motion the report was adopted and
ordered to be published for thirty days
according to law.
The Finance Committee made the fol
lowing report /:
We, the undersigned, members Of the
finance committee. have examined fo0ow
ing accounts and find them correct
T. W. Bird, attendance on levee sales......e 80
valliere Landy, attendanee - lsvesal0... 81
Raphael Hebert, attendance On levee sol@ 500
Hubert Hebevt, serving notices. ...... 80. 23
O. Bemsrd, Recorder, for fuel. ........... ~ o.
o.. bernard, for stationary. 10
A.V DubrOca, Paris Surveyor. laying out
levecs 3VO
Total. S37l 20
fiji II. HILBERT,
l''SaeuJ JUDN DOIRON.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28
Items About the Working People.

tits stated that co operative window
glass factory has just been established in
Pittsburg by skilled mechanics.
Fifty carpenters were discharged from
the Kittery navy yard, last Saturday.
The Gloucester (Mass.) Advertise,
says there is vast amount of deStitution
in that town. The classes who are suf-
fering are the widows of fishermen, and
the families of those fishermen who had
bad luck the past season.
The North Bridgewater (Mass.) Ga
zette says in some. of the schools in that
town there is falling off of one.third the
attendance from lack of clothing. In
many cases children are barefooted and
families are reduced to Indian meal as
their only food.
Shipbuilding is greatly depressed in
England as well as this country. At the
east end of London, where the business
is largely carried on, thousands of work
men are out of employment, and ten
thousand persons have peen added to
the charity list.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28
Gamblers Dsmoralizsd into Thieves.

That hard times demoralize history
has always shown. Within a few days
we find that decentralization has extended
so far as not only to necesSitate the
closing of several "hells," but also to
convert at least two gay gamblers into
thieves. Two individuals, whom the
detectives describe as well known in the
more fashionable circles OF fighters
with the tiger" have been arrested on
the charge of being implicated in the
recent theft of fifteen thousand dollars
from the Bank of the Republic. One of
these gamblers turned thief has, it is
said, "been for some time past acting
as bull in Wall street speculations."
Had he confined himself to Wall street
speculations, or even to his equally
hazardous risks at the faro table, who
knows but that in due time he might
have been elected to Congress ? But
both he and his friend seem to have
decided in favor of the alternative
offered to their ambition and to have
laid their plans to 60 to the penitentiary
instead. It is not unlikely that their
plans may prove successful.-Ne,o York
Herald.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

From the New York Postoffice during
the twelve months ending with Novem-
Der last there were delivered by carriers
in that city l2,0O9,O7O mail letters,
5,l37,OOO city letters, and l,666,0l4
newspapers, and there were collected
from the lamp-post boxes 1890, ,424
newspapers and letters. The Southern
and Western mail matter is carried
daily across the Hudson river in four
horse wagons, and weighs one hundred
tons. In 1918, Colonel Dodd, who is
now 81 years of age, and is superin-
tendent of the Southern mail, was
accustomed to carry the same matter
down to the river bank in bag on his
back.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

The Internal Revenue reports of the
amount of sales for 1867, show the fol-
lowing aggregate amount of business
done during the year by the leading
business houses of New York; H. B.
Clahin & Co., SAC, 1904; A. T. Stewart
& Co., Wholesale Department., S32, ,0SS,.
600; E. S. Jaffray & Co., 1884 500 ;
Lathrop, Ludington & Co.. $3.50, 500;
Anthony & Hall, $6,l6l 800; George
Bliss & Co., SS,5l2, 500; Geo. A. Wicks
& Co., 1850, SEQ; S. S. Chittenden &
Co, S4,599, 800; VIM. l. Peske & Co,
Sc, ,9ss, 500; G. Brewer & Co, 81, ,235, ,000
Hoyt, Sprsgue 4 Co, 1882, 900; Benk-
ard & Hutton, S5,272,500. Those sales
are much smaller thaR those of the pre-
yious year.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28
The Loves and Hates Of Radical Con-
Grammar.

"Mack" writes 70 the Cincinnati
r....;,J h., ew or ,ha Rad;oa,
U0""'''''D' '""' -" r'-I
Senators nave any aumifanoh LOT eaon
other, and thus instances Sumner and
gessendeu. who for many years have
-. ,o.son.i onam;os.
'ee" p''sO"a' '"y"
sumner ana fessenaen nave never never
quarreied over pflheipie IN ponucsi
so that thslr eetu'ai ns'e rs nvt ass'gn
able TO oeliei IN eaon tha' tne otner :
ideas are not Tor ihe pes. interests OF
the country fessehdeh thinks sumner
Is an ldiot' ana sumner Is iulIy con
vlneed that fessendsn Is a D. m1hs.er o. OF
some sort or o'her' Inc ieeIlng oe'ween
the TWO was so p.''sr aoou. = ysa.
ago. that sumner asked ressehuen' as
special iavori never 10 speak 70 MN,
except ID puohc uepite, anu peleVe 'n1
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-28

AN Akron, Ohio, newspaper publishes
the following which apparently means
business" "As there is gang of scoun-
drels hanging around our city, watching
an opportunity to break into some house,
store or shop, those in favor of forming
a vigilance committee, to hang such fell
lows up on our lamp posts, are requested
to meet at the office of the Mayor, on
Saturday, January 25th, 1868, at six
o'clock p.m."