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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

W. Right pleased are we to learn that
the last break in our great chain of Ievees
is about being closed. The lessees of
the ~Penitentiary, finding levee contract
ing more profitable than working the con-
victs inside the prison walls. have pur-
chased the work in the upper part Of the
parish, comprising the levees of Cain,
Winter, Barrow and Courtney & Woods.
Arrangements are being perfected to
commence operations as soon as possible,
and the full force of the lessees will be
engaged in the work. We did not learn
the terms of the contract ; but is a matter
of little consequence to us, so long as the
work can be done. The levee on the Le-
vequc plantation in the lower part of the
parish is completed.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

PRACTICE VS.. PREcEPr.-Not long ago
the New England Conference Of Metbo.
dists assembled at Boston, voted unani.
mously to sustain Congress in negro suR.
rage measures for the South. Now mark
the action Of the same conference when
the ebony idol, worshipped at a distance,
is proposed to be set up in their W
houses. Here is the record
At the recent meeting of the New Eng.
land Conference, in Boston, the bishop
(Ames) stated that be intended to trans.
fer a number of colored preachers to the
New England Conference. A resolution
approving of this being offered, an exclt.
ing debate ensued. Several of the breth.
rem expressed the opinion that " not one
church could be found willing to accent
colored men as pastors" while others
were quite of an opposite opinion. The
whole matter was finally left in the hands
of the quarterly conferences, who are to
recognize or ignore colored preachers at
their pleasure,
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

Political ADVENTURES The impu.
dence of the political adventures from
the North and West who are roaming
through the Southern States, running for
all the Offices, from the highest to the
lowest, is uncomfortable. What would be
thought in Massachusetts or Pennsylvania
if some of the freedmen or Radical whites
Of the South were to go there and insist
upon being made Congressman, Legislat.
ors, or Governors? Yet this is just what
these loafng political lazaroni OF the States
north Of Mason and Dixon's line are do
ing in the Southern States, through tho
iustrumentality Of the untutored freed.
men, who are made to believe that in
electing these interlopers to Office they
are exercising the proudest prerogative
of freemen.- Baltimore San.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

w. We have had rain enough to last
for some time. In fact we have had too
much for the season, and it may be, in
consequence, that we shall have drouths
this summer when not desirable for the
benefit Of general crops. Such is the
prediction of many old heads who pre-
tend to know and understand he phen.
omena Of the weather. Cropping is ad-
vancing as we'll as can be expected, con-
sideriDg the singular weather we are
having, the only complaint being too
much rain. The hail storm of last week
did moro damage than we were .ware of
at the date Of our last issue. 1t played
sad havoc with the young plant cane
which was then growing SO beautifully.
In some places where the hail did not chip
the leaves and beat it to the ground, the
high wind almost tore it up by the roots.
Mischief of this character can be easily
understood by those who know anything
Of the culture Of sugar cane.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

The SUMMING UP.-The agony i. over
at last and we know the complexion Of
the General Assembly, and can guess at
the result Of the Constitution. The mem.
bers of the former, as collated by the N.
0. Bulletin, shows in the Senate Is Dem.
ocrats and Is Radicals. The casting
vote OF the Speaker giving that body the
advantage of one. The House stands
Democrats 40 Radicals SO, a majority
Of three. So the General Assembly is
Radical after ALI The Constitution is,
of course, carried by a small majority
much smaller than the Radicals expected,
as they had nearly 10000 majority in
the State. What a satisfaction to the
white-and supposed to be enlightened
voters of the State, that the Constitution
is carried. the General Assembly secured
to the Radicals, and they the poor salts
faction, here and there, of having elected
their local officers F! Oh shame |! where
is thy blush? One of two things should
have been done: To have united all our
energies to defeat the Constitution, or
have done the same to secure the General
Assembly. The latter wonld have been
preferable for obvious reasons. In striv.
ing for too many things we have lost
nearly all. What satisfaction in having
a few local officers, when the power to
emove them il 10 the hands of our enc
mics, and placed there too by the person
al ambition of men who dare call them.
selves L~ouisianians and Southerners =
This is a sweeping charge in the main,
but is not intended to apply to those par
ishes which worked nobly to defeat the
Constitution and to elect their home folk
at the same time. The returns from
many parishes explain this fact fully.
1t is to those parishes which could have
done better had their white citizens acted
as they should have acted that we apply
our structures, and New Orleans can take
q fair share to herself.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

DESIGNS UPON THE SUPREME CouRT-h
is the intention Of the Radicals. should ths
impeachment scheme succeed, to reorpan.
ize the Supreme Court, change the dis.
tricts, legislate some of it's present mem.
bers out of Office, and new memI ers in
and increase the number of Judges hr
new appointments. In other words ~
" pack" the court with men who ,ro
committed to the reconstruction bills If
Congress and pledged to belief in Their
constitutionality. This will be one Of TIM
first things done under the new regime
Judge Carter, who is now Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of the District. will
be transferred to the bench of the Su.
preme Court of the United States, and
other gentlemen like him will be appoint.
ed. There are those who say that in the
change of districts or circuits, Chase
will be legislated off the bench. Certain
it is that most of the Radicals would
legislate him out Of Office. They denouuce
him every hour of the day, and for no
other reason than because be has presided
over the impeachment with that judicial
dignity and impartislity which alone have
saved the trial from becoming a complete
b%urlesque.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

~ Summer is coming, VIC know it,
feel it, and taste it-at Philips. The
very thing for warm weather has Just
been concocted by the /" Whiting Club y
nothing more nor less than a"Ku-Klux
julep" Philip is sole proprietor of the
great secret, and the only person author.
Used by the "Klub" to compound them.
Ye thirsty and disconsolate Red Stickers
come over and taste something that
throws old Jupiter's nectar Into the
shade
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

Go IT, BoEs THE colored Democrats
of Baton Rouge have had a full week of
.jollineation wei the result in that city
and parish, in which they so handsomely
participated. The have had balls, public
speeches, and tonight they are to have a
rouising torchlight procession. Go it.,
boys! you are fast learning who are
your best friends /! The exodus of the
carret-baggers is approaching.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

BURKE's WEEKLY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
This paper has already established it.
self at the Southern favorite." It is
just the periodical for boys and girls
" 1t brings sunshine into the household
Marbles and dolls are laid aside to wei.
come it. It instructs and entertains at
the same time. and even the old folks find
interest in its pages" A new volume
begins in July, with increased attractions.
Now is the time to subscribe, and to re.
new subscriptions. A beautiful title
page and index will be furnished at the
close Of the volume. Terms, 81 a.ycar,
or three copies for S.. J. W. Burke &
Co., publishers, Macon, Ga.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

Thurlow Weed says the appointment Of
Mr.. Chase to the Chief Justiceship +" was
one Of the bitterest cups recommended to
the lips of Mr.. Lincoln, who accepted it
as tho only means of squelching the
Cleveland Convention. There has never
been a more inscriptions political DEM
agogue among all the rapacious aspirants
for the Presidency than Salmon P. Chase.
He is opposed to impeachment for two
reasons First because it makes Mr..
Wade President ; and second-Because
he hopes to receive the Democratic nom:.
nation for President"
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

g The New Orleans Tribune, the or.
gan of the colored people of the State,
has been compelled to suspend for want
of proper support. All the patronage
the U. s. Government could direct was
given to the white carpet-bagger concern,
the Republican, while the unfortunate
Tribune, which really was the friend and
advocate of the colored man, persisted of
neglect
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

' n@- The awful stories told Of the mys
ferrous Ku.Klux-Klan surpass in a~trocity
anything and everything heard of here
tofore in the annals Of di abolism. Mol
even the pleasant little eccentricities of
the King of Dahomy, when, to while
away the ennui of a warm afternoon, h"
cuts off the heads Of a hundred or so of
his favorite wives, a compare with their
nefarious proceedings. Those singular
night-riders indulge in witchcraft and dew.
iltry of all sorts. At night they visit the
.graveyards of Confederate soldiers, per-
form an incarnation, in which old Beelze-
bug plays a prominent part, raise the
defunct, mount skeleton horses, and
away they gallop over bank, bush and
scaur." Woe, to the unfortunate carpet
Dagger or "newly enfranchised they
may encounter in those nocturnal ram
bles !! Little niger babies are their
special delight, gobbling them down at a
single bolt, and then wiping their mus
tachios with the brains of the first carpet
Dagger they can catch. These diabolical
operations should be put down, even if
takes a whole wagon load Of New Eng
land parsons to do it. Here is a story
told by the Wilmington Star Of one of
their cspers in North Carolina. At the
last account. the enchanted negro" was
still fishing:
The negroes of Guilford have q strange
tale Of another negro who vent fishing
near that place, a few weeks ago. They
say be has been sitting on a stone for
several weeks, With a pole in his hand,
and cannot be gotten off. At every effort
to remove bin, be cries out with pain and
blood gushes out of the stone. When
his friends attempt to take the pole from
him, his hand bleeds, and in this horrible
condition he sits and fishes day by day.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

@-A high old time are the young
darkies having, picking and selling dew
berries. This delicious fruit abounds
this..year to an extent almost incredible.
A bucket full may be gathered in a few
minutes in almost any part of our fields,
and especially along the banks of bitches
and canals. They are so plentiful that
they are common. We have e them
sold for ten cents a bushel and the picker
glad to get rid of them at that price,
But for the high price of sugar, it would
pay handsomely to make wine and cor
dial of them. Of all beverages, there is
zone more healthy and delicious than
~dewberry wine. whatever temperance folk
may think to the contrary. W. have
often drank brandy made from the dew
berry and always found it excellent, and,
far superior to imported brandies. By
and by some cute and cunning Yankee
will take advantage of the countless
millions Of this berry, which annually
waste in this part Of the South, and con.
vert it into wine, cordial and brandy, and
make q handsome living out of it, if moth
ing more. We will venture further and
say a fortune, if properly attended to.
The only expense being the picking and
the manufacture.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

GEN. MEADE DIsausrED.-The Augusta
Chronicle is reliably informed that when
Gen. Meade became satisfied that Bullock
had attended q negro ball in Atlanta, and
sought introduction to the "colored la
dies !" present, he declared bis preference
for the success of Gordon. It is stated
that he declared, 10 q conversation with .
gentleman in Atlanta, that he hoped that
Gordon would defeat Bullock.-Saran.
nah News.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

The SNIP ISLAND MYSTERY There is a
horrible story in circulation, which, com.
ing as it does from responsible source,
seems entitled to credit. Briefly, the
facts are these : On Ship Island , force OF
United States soldiers is stationed, com.
posed principally of negro troops, under
command of Gen. Mower. In the early
part of last month, a young negro soldier
gained access to Che sleeping apartments
of Gen. Mowers daughtcr-a handsome
and accomplished young lady about six.
teen years Of age-and brutally ravished
her person. Ayounger child of the Gen
eral Informed him of the fact, and the
negro was arrested. A court martial was
convened, the negro tried and the sen.
tence of death pronounced. How the
negro met his fate is not known, opinions
differing materially on that point, but he
disappeared in some way. So far, proper
enough for the culprit. but what a fate for
the unfortunate girl! Gen. Mower has
always considered . negro equal to a
white man, and one of the results of that
rroneou impression is now painfully
forced upon him. Let US hope for hu.
manity's sake that the story is untrue in
part and in whole.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02
No." Mack" the Washington cores

R-" Mack" the Washington CORES.
pondent Of the Cincinnati Commercial,
says Pendleton will be the nominee oil
the New York Convention on the first
ballot. He says Pendleton gains ground
daily and is about the only man who can
carry the West. The same writer con.
siders the chances of Gov. English, Of
Connecticut, for vice. President, on th.
same ticket, as second to none. aa
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

No NEGRoEs / N THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.
-Thurlow Weed, a Grant man, says -
However blatantly members Of Con.
gress may affect Southern negro suffrage
in their s3eeches, they know enough to
keep negro delegates out of the Chicago
Convention. II negro delegates appear
in that Convention, not ever Grants pop.
ularity will enable US to carry Indiana
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02
EXAMINING THE RECORDS.

Apraise-wortby act of Gen. Buchanan is
that of appointing a board of examiners
for the election rettrns. As the parties
selected for that purpose are army officers
the public may rest assured that fair play
will be accorded both sides. The sub.
joined article upon that subject we take
from the N o. Pieayuns of Wednesday
last. All that is publicly known in re.
gard to the matter is there detailed, leav
ing the reader to draw his own %conclus.
ions as to the result Of the examination
With our contemporary, we would like to
see another election ordered by General
Buchanan, always provided circumstances
will justify it. If the General is salts
fed that the election, as a whole, has
been unfairly conducted and fraud
resorted to secure success on either side,
we are almost confident he will do so
without hesitation. By a new election,
no doubt a few patriotic individuals would
suffer--we refer to self lovers, but that is
q small matter compared with the public
good. With experience before US, a far
better campaign could be planned and
carried effectually, unless, indeed, indiv-
idual interest defeated it.. The result Of
the examination will soon determine that.
But we have depressed
We learn that an order will issue to.
day, appointing a board of officers to in
spect, revise, consolidate and report the
returns at the late elections. There is
very much to do, and the General Com
manding has thought it advisable that it
should be carefully and patiently worked
out by gentlemen who will have that aud
nothing else for the time being to do
He commits it to officers of the army, be.
cause being entirely disinterested as to
individual aspirants, and as much so as
to political questions as any class of per.
sons, it is to be expected that they will
give unbiased consideration to the MAJ
conided to them.
We are not yet apprised how far the
jurisdiction of these officers is expected
to extend ; whether to inquire into the
which are charged by the several
upon their opponents or no /; nor
whether. if such be found to have existed,
q new election shall be caused to take
place. which, to be just and fair, should
extend yer the whole State, so as to
prevent any such thing as colonization or
double voting F.; nor how far back the re
and reexaminipg the ballots, if
all, is to go. W. can only say, how.
ever, that nothing would please the Con-
sentative people Of the State better than
to have the election held anew through
the State, under such restrictions as
would prevent all fraudulent voting, and
give the freest and most complete express
on to every one made competent to vote
~ the reconstruction laws. Let both the
men and the measures proposed have q
trial.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

It is worthy to note that while the
whole North is Mortified at the disloyal
%repugnancel Of the Southern States to
black domination, the lower House of the
Ohio Legislature has just passed the
measure for perpetuatiug caste, known as
the visible admixture BILL" which de.
prives of the right to vote all persons
having visible admixture" Of negro
blood Crescent.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

w. Our old friend and former fellow.
parishioner, Capt. c. N. Welshans, sends
us q file of newspapers from far off Oma-
hs, Nebraska Territory, where he is now
located, and doing business as q steam
boat and insurance agent. We hope be
may meet with the success bis worth and
energy deserve.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

Ba- Many Of our exchanges complain
Of the great apathy exhibited in the sew
)eral parishes of their publication, by the
whites at the late election. "Had we
but worked had We been organized, we
could have done wonders |" and greatest
wonder is they never thought of that
before! A little reflection would have
taught them that idle men never succeed
that nothing can be accomplished with.
out labor, mental or physical. With the
great interests we had at stake in that
election, to find white men Indifferent to
the result, is like voluntarily assuming
the shackles of slavery. Let such not
complain hereafter at all and every in.
dignity the Radicals may choose to force
upon us. 1t was in the power of. the
white to control the State, and it should
have been done when the chance was ours.
That chance is gone and may never re-
turn. The Radicals, seeing their narrow
escape, will, undoubtedly, order a new
registry and have as many names strick-
en- from the rolls as will, hereafter, ensure
their success in every election. They
have threatened it, and, having the pow
er, will do it.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

D6S- The local of the Advocate has been
terribly frightened by the apparition of a
Ku-Klux. After sbivering AMI shaking
for a week, he discovered the phantom to
be bis own shadow.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

Seven South Carolina negroes receiv.
ed orders for corn and bacon in consider
alton of their voting the Rgdical ticket.
The provisions we're not forthcoming, and
now they publish a card stating that they
are conscientious and will vote with the
Conservatives. 81
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

I-A special to the N. O. Piacayune
states that a bill has already been intro.
duced in Congress to admit Louisiana
The same hasty action is observable in
regard to the other Southern States
Let 'em in, Rad ! the Demos want all the
Southern electoral votes in the fall.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

~ They are having Parlor Concerts :"
in New Demonstrating new. We
arc having Nursery Strains at home
nothing new.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

Official figures show that in fifty coun.
ties in Michigan the majority against the
negro suffrage constitution is 39,477.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

A stricken swain in describing the ar.
dor of bis passion, says he made love like
two bonded warehouses in flames on a
dark, windy night and the fire.alarm out
of repair.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02
ELEcrIoN FRAuDs.-Nearly every ex-

ELECTION FRAUDs.-Nearly every ex
change we open contains long statements
of the most audac:ous frauds committed
by the carpet-baggers and their allies a
the late election throughout the State
New Orleans has been particularly favor
ed in this respect ; there, ballot-box stuff:
ing was conducted on a grand SCALE
Thousands of illegal votes were polled-
negroes having been brought from the
nearest parishes, by boat loads, to vote
early, often, and at every precinct. The
Democrats talk of contrasting the election,
but that we consider bosh and CANNON,
as nearly all their local ticket was elect.
ed, and they would be great ounces to
throw away the glittering prize they
gained at the expense Of general interest
No such patriotism nowadays | No such
thing known to modern humanity-it was
buried when breeches-pocket became the
attractive focus of politicians and their
parasites. The Radicals may contest the
election, having lost the much coveted
city Offices, but that is scarcely probable,
because with a majority on joint ballot in
the General Assembly, they a "ad.
dress" out as many officers as will suit
their purposes. As it is, the RAIDS have
the game in their own hands, and they
will use it to the best advantage.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

1t is said Butler will go into Grants
cabinet. The Louisville Democrat saws :
"No doubt, if it is not kept locked.n
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

Why, according to the old hymn. should
Mrs. Gaines 60 to Heaven? Because
she can now read her titles clear.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-05-02

Why is a newspaper like a wife? Be-
cause every man should have one of his
Yes ; but then there is so much fun in
a variety Of newspapers