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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-01
Good bye, legal advertisements
STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF
West Baton Rouge, Fifth judicial Dis

West Baton Rouge, Fifth Judicial Dis
trct. In matter succession Of Aicajah
Courtney, deceased. No. =.
By virtue of a commission directed to the
Sheriff Of the parish Of West Baton
Rouge in the above entitled succession,
Of date June 18th A D, 1868, from the
Hon. the Seventh Judicial District Court
in and for the parish of West Feliciana,
State aforesaid, | will offer at public sale
to the last aud highest bidder at the
Court House of this parish Of West Ba-
ton Rouge, on
TUESDAY, the 2Sth Of July, a. q, 1868,
at IL O'Clock a. m, the hereinafter des-
cribed plantation belonging to the sue
cession of Micajah Courtney, deceased,
situated in this parish, 10 wit {:
4 certain tract Of land situated in this
parish of West Baton Rouge, called the
"Woodlawn Plantation" fronting IN the
Mississippi river, containg thirteen hun
drsd and twenty acres, more or less,
bounded below by lands of estate of j..
B. Hereford, deceased, above by those of
Robert II. Barrow, and in the rear by
those OF the estate OF w. w. Lennon,
deceased, together with all the buildings
and improvements thereon, remains Of
sugar mill, engine, etc.
Terms of Sale-One third cash, and The
remainder in two equal instruments, bear
ing eight per cent. interest from the day
of sale until paid. The vendors privil
ege and mortgage importing confession
of judgement and containing the fact of
non-alienation retained on the lands sold
to secure payment Of deferred install
ments, and interest as also five per cent.
thereon as attorneys fees 10 case judicial
proceedings be instituted TO enforce pay
ment. The purchaser to assume and OBJ.
ligate himself to pay all taxes now due
on said plantation and unpaid,
]. V. DURABLE, Jr.,
in27 Deputy Sheriff.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-01

SATURDAY, the LIST day Of August a. D.
1868, at IL o'clock am, all the right, title
and interest of said defendant in and to
the following platation, stock and impte'
ments to-wit -
|. A certain tract Of land, or p%lanta-
ton, situated and partly being IN this
parish and the parish of Iberyilie in this
State, on the right bank on the MissIs
sippi river and fronting thereon, and
forming the point known as !" Point Man.
chac," opposite Bayou Mancbac, said
tract of land being cultivated as a sugar
plantation, known as the Australia
Plantation" bounded on the upper line
by Valsin TuillIer exclusive of the brok.
en- tract containing about ninety acres
containing in all an area Of fifteen hund-
red and one 3i-l00 acres (i50l 34-l00)
or seventeen hundred and seyenty.four
superficial arpents and lifty-three humid.
rcdth Of an arpent. and being composed
of different tracts of land acquired by
said Sos,hene Allan as per plan Of said
plantation as measured by A. Nrotnoskt
in March 1860, said plan being now in
the hands of Felix GrIma IN the city Of
New Orleans, also all the buildings on
said plantation consisting Of a brick sugar
house and mill with slated roof machin-
cry, dwelling house and oathouses, Negro
quarters, barns, stables and other i'm
provements, together with the crop oI
sugar cane and corn now growing there
on and attached thereto.
9. The following mules and horned
cattle now upon and working said plan,
~tation, viz; Sixty five head of mules
seven oxen, one bull, seven COWS, three
warnings and two calves.
8. The following implements attached
and used 10 the cultivation of said plan
~tation, viz Seven cane carts, one wag
on, two single carts, eight four mule
plows, thirty double plows, fifty single
plows, six harrows, three c~ultivators, five
stubble cutters, nine subsoil plows, three
duke5, two left hand plows, contents o
the blacksmith shop, three old wagons,
one old cart, a lot of hoes, spades and
axes, e lot of single and double trees
chains and names, a lot of old empty
hogsheads and barrels, a lot of cord wood
and two pair scales.
Seized to pay and ratisfy amount Of
judgement, Interest and costs in above
entitled and numbered suit.
Terms of Sale-Cash, with benefit OF
appraisement. J. Y. DURABLE, Jr.,
iue27 Deputy Sheriff
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-01

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 tbs
jury allowing fuel to the Clerks and he
corder's Offices be repealed.
On motion Of DR.. Vaughn it was
Resolved, That the inspectors Of roads
and levecs for the Sd and 5tb wards, &C.
companied by two freeholders and tbe
parish surveyor, be directed to make az
inspection of the levees in said wards
and report at the next regular session OIL
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 be is hereby authoriz'
ed to ratify all contracts for the building
of levees in this parish and to make any
changes in any such contracts as may ~
necessary for the better protection OF .ne
parish from i~nnnndation, and this ora,a.
c go into effect from and alter 10
passage.
The minutes being read and approves
the jury adjourned SINE die.
A. d. BARROW, N. ". PORE
Clerk. President,
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-01

I pressed her gentle form to mine, and
whispered in her ear, if when l was far,
far away, she'd drop for me a tear. |
paused for some cheering words, my
throbbing heart to cool, and with her
rosy lips she said, Oh, Ike, you're such
a fool p
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-01
POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS.

At q regular session of the police jury
held at the Court House on Monday, the
1st day of June, 1868, the following
members were present Messrs. Pope,
Chinn, Vaughn, Doirou, r. Hebert and
Trudeau.
Mr.. Robert Glennoh was appointed H.
spector of roads and levees for 18th ward.
On motion Of DR.. Vaughn. resolved,
That the resignation of J. NJ. Brooks as
Inspector of roads and levees for the 9th
ward be accepted, and WIN. 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.. Trasi-
mood 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.
The petition of F. Z. Trudeau was
read and on motion of Mr.. Chiun it was
Resolved, That F. L. Trudeau & Co.,
be permitted to construct a abroad from
the uyk6 On TIE 1OWSf NOUN Oh raise
River to the Hermitage landing, said
railroad to run on top Of the levee. The
said f. Il. 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 $112 so, a. d. Bar
row, as clerk, for SIS, o. NJ. Leblanc for
S25 and j. F. Jarreaud for making rolls,
so. were allowed and ordered to be paid.
On motion it was
Resolved, That the accounts of Messrs
0. NJ. Leblanc, A. V. Dubroca and U. Lee
jeune be returned TO them with the re.
quest that they make them ia detail and
refer to the law in cases when a fixed
compensation is allowed.
On motion the jury adjourned to Mon
day June otb, 1868.
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, 1868-08-01

ooh, If that's the case you may keep it,"
Thanks to yer rivirence,'' r%ejoined Pat,
pocketing the weed, I'm ready now for
the absolution /"
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-01

Judy Brallygan, having been ordered
to open some oysters, after knocking them
about for some time, exclaimed, Upon
my conscience but they are mighty hard
to peel y
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-01

ETAT DE La LOUISIAE, PAROISSE
d'iberville, Cinquieme District sTudici'
aire. Bridget Grady, ADMINISTRATIVE,
VS.. Louis Desobry ct ais. No. 1898.
En- yertu dun writ de Fl ia. a moi adres-
Sc dams raffaire colossus en- date du 80
Mars 1868, par lhonorable la cour du
SINE district indiciaire dams ct pour la
dite p~aroisse ct Fiat susdite, TAI ssisie ct
.Ii'exposerai en- vente publiqne an plus
~offrant ct dernier enchirrisseur a la mai
son de cour de cette paroisse d'Onest
Baton Rouge
ISAMEDI, lie Ter jour de Aout 4. d, 1868,
a II heures a. M, tous les droits titres ct
~interets de lsidore Daigle, un des defen-
dants, a la propriete Ciapres decrite ct
situe en- cette paroisse d'0uest Baton
Rouge, savoir
/. Ur certain moroccan de terre situe
ca cette p~aroisse d'Ouest Baton Rouge,
mesursnt un arpent ct demi de facade au
feuve Mississippi, ayec profondeur de
soixante cinq arpents, plus on moins, la
ligne SUPERHERO ouvrant de deux degrees
vers lie fond. II etant qua pen
pres a vingt trois arpeDts du heuve Mis-.
sissippi de la dite terre appartenant a la
succession de Valmont Ferbos jus9u'au
fond, lie dit arpent de terre etant entire
Iignes parallelles. La terre decrite ci-
dessus ct appartenant a la succession du
decedee, est borne en- haut par terre de
veuve Rosemond Hebert, EN- has par ter.
res d'Isidore Daigle ct Valmont Ferbos
ct gu fond par celle de James Phillips,
avec toutes les batisses ct amelioratioas
qui sly tronvent. La dite terre etant su-
jet a me servitude dun chemin de char
rette au miiieu de la dite tefre a une
distance de vingt trois arpents du feuve
en- favour de la terre de Valmont Ferbos
9. I'm autre moroccan de terre situe
aussi en- cette paroisse d'Ouest Baton
Rouge, borne en haut por terre ci.dessus
decrite, en- bas par celIes de j. 7. Landry
Il CO., ct au fond par torres de Ferbos,
Tuillier ct autres, avec les bstisses ell
ameliorations qui s'y trouveDt, contenant
environ soixante dix'sept arpents de gu
perficie, ensemble avec la double conces-
sion c%ontenant ~cinquante huit arpents,
plus on mois, borne en- haut par terres de
V. Ferbos, en- has par celIes de j. T.
Landry & Gle, ct au fond par terre de
Phillips.
Saisie pour payer ct satisfaire lie mon
tant du jugement, interet ct frais dams
lie process ei-dessus.
Conditions de la vente-A douze mois
de credit. L'acquereur fournira son bon
portant cling pour cent d'interets de date
Jusqu'au paiment, avec securite person.
ellie APPROVE payable douze mois apres
date della veDte ct les terres resteront
speclalement hypothequees jusqu'au pal
ment plein ct final du dit ION.
WIN. WHITE,
apps Sheriff.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH of
Iberville. Fifth Judicial District. Bird.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-01
T. P. VAUGHN.
RAPH'L HEBERT.
JUDEON DOIRON

VI NRN'S VIZ pun way hUuDIG0.
On motion Of DIR. Vaughn it was
Resolved, That N. W. Pope. B, r.
Chinn and Raphael Hebert be appointed
a committee to memorialize the Board Of
Leyee Commissioners of this State for
the purpose of obtaining their assistance
to build the leyees on the Allen plsBta
t%ation, 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 Cd ward be approx
ed aud be be instructed to proceed to
notify the front proprietors to build the
new levees required by said report 10 tbs
manner required by law.
o. NJ. Leblanc, clerk Of the Court,
made a report Of funds expended FIR
books which was approved and be wac
directed to pay the balance into tbs
hands Of the parish treasurer.
On motion of Mr.. CHIN it was.
Resolved, That the sum of three hand.
red dollars be and the same is hereby
appropriated ont of any funds 10 the
treasury, not otherwise appropris ted, for
the purpose of fascining the levee on the
plantations of Dan Hickey and Desobry
Further resolved, that a warrant to the
amount Of three hundred dollars be plac
ed in she hands of A. V. Dubroca, parish
surveyor, to be By him used in said work.
Proper vouchers TO he returned 10 the
police jury, in accordance with these res
olurions, at their next session.
The committee appointed to estimate
parish taxes made the following report:
We, the undersigned committee, sp-
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 & Levees.... $50 90
Printer Il Clerk Police jury. 900 90
Police ......... 200 90
District Court..... ............. 1900 90
Clerk, Sheriff Il Recordcr-...~. 400 90
Assessor ....-. 200 90
Coroners & Justices of the Peace 600 90
Contingent Expenses .........10W 90
Commissions Oh Collections. 800 90
Total. $500 90
FIJI --l-.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-01
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STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF
West Baton Rouge, Fifth judicial Dis

WPht DatUn IsUuBt FIEn JuulCIaI DIS
trict. Margaret D. Allan, wife, vs..
Sosthene Allan, husband. No. 2l808.
By virtue of a writ of Fl. ia. directed to
the Sheriff of the parish of West Baton
Rouge in the above entitled aud number.
ed cause, of date May 18th A. D, 1868,
from the Hon. the Sixth District Court in
and for the city of New Orleans, parish
OF Orleans in said State, ! have seized
and will offer at public sale to the last
aud highest bidder at the Court House
OF this parish Of West Baton Rouge, on
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-01

STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF
Iberville, Fifth judicial District. Bird.
get Grady. Administrative, VS.. Louis
Desobry ct ais. No. 1893.
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parish, beg leave to report that we have
carefully examined the accounts Of the
present Treasurer as well as those Of +
L. Allan, e~x.Treasurer, deceased. both
of the general fund, school aud Poydras
funds, and find them correct. We end q
balance IN the hands Of the Treasurer If
the Poydras fund Of $968 33I. Also a
balance in his hands in favor of the scbocI
fund Of S2l4 633. And a balance dine
said Treasurer from the general fund Of
1851 40. We would suggest that a res
]olution pass your honorable body author
izing the capcelling Of The bond given bv
F. Il. Allan, ex-Treasurer, deceased.
Respectfully submitted,
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-01

Respectfully submitted,
T. p. VAUGHN,
RAPH'L HEBERT,
B. r.. CHM.
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 tbs
finance committee, have examined follow
ing accounts and find them correct:
T. W. Bird, attendance on levee sales......4 500
VALERIE Landy, attendance Oh levee~ sales. 500
Raphael Hebert, attendance on leveo sales 500
Hubert Hebert, serving notices..... 80. 23
o. Bernard Recorder. for fuaI. ..... %
0. Bernard, Tor stationary. bW
A.. Dubroca, Paris Surveyor. laying out
iesecs tsV
-
Total. ss7i %
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-08-01

An adjourned meeting of the police
jury was held at the Court House on
Wednesday the Sth june 1868, when the
following members were present Messrs.
Pope, Chinn, Vaughn, Trudeau, r. Hebert
and Fl .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 /:
We, the, undersigned committee, ap-
pointed by your honorable body TO exam.
ine the books Of the Treasurer of this
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-12
Varieties.

Intelligence from Natal contains the an.
nouncement that Judgment has been declared
in the suit of Bishop Colenzo against Dean
Green. The Supreme Court has set aside the
Judgment of the Privy Council, and has ruled
that Dr. Colenzo has ecclesiastical juIisdic-
ton, and is trustee of all the buildings in the
colony. DIR. Green, who prosecuted the suit,
is elected from the deanery, and prohibit
ed from officiating in any of DR., Colenzo's
churches.
The Jewish feast of Purim, which COM
menced on Saturday at sunset and concluded
Monday night,was celebra ed with o good dea
OF spirit by the Jews of New York. This festi-
val was established by Mordecai, in token OF
the remarkable deliverance of the jews in the
time of Ahasuerus, when that envlous ola
Gentle Haman was hanged. 1t Is ceieOra'eu
by the Jews with great variety OF ooSerVsn-
ces Among their customs is that OF solng from
house to house masks, and calling on IT ends,
who are puzzled to know what this JeD d esprit
means. There are also private masquerade
narties. public balls, and in general way the
Hebrews give themselves up to merrlment and
jollity.
Prince Alfred went into the mines at
Ballarat and dug out gold nuggets that had
been carefully placed there Tor the purpose.
Professor Loomis Of Yale College states
that this winter has been the coolest, in New
Haven, of any in ninety years, excepting the
winter of 1885 6, which was one degree colder.
The Pail Mall Gazette gives table show
ing that the proportion of the Irish people
dwelling in mud cabins, with one ROOM mas
gradually diminished. The proportion was
AZ per cent. in 1s41, "a in 1851, and Is IN 1901
Mrs f. E. W. Harper, the eioquoh' anu
ladv-like colored speaker, OF BOSTON, was pus
ont of n street car in Richmond Ns' 'he o'ner
night, while it was running
"A fippant writer in the st. Joseph MOI
Herald. saws that one of the citizens of that
- tos areturned from St. Louis, where he
hos been rusticdting.
Two men have been arrested in Caledonia
Canada, for counterfe.ting American silver, and
a search of their premises resulted in the dis
covery of peck of counterfeit coin.
When Rossini was informed that fa."
was to marry marquis, he held up ms H"nN.
and exclaimed: "Adelina Patti Should neN "
marry anything less than an areno"
tenor"
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-12
killing nnd Dressing Poultry.

We find in Geylin's Poultry Breeding some
directions about preparing poultry for the.
market and the table. We all know that
well dressed fowl has much more appetizing
look than a slovenly dressed one. A badly
dressed fowl has very unpleasant et-
feet upon weak stomach and bilious tenn
permanent, and such offences are easily avoid
ed If a little care and pains are taken. 1t is
true that almost every locality has its own
system, and these different modes of killing
and dressing poultry cannot all be the best
A glance at our markets will convince any
one that all do not understand this business
who bring us poultry. A well dressed fowl
will always command higher price than one
literally "butchered."
Poultry, when bled to death, is much whit
er in the flesh and more palatable than when
killed by "wringing the neck" or by some 9TH
er modes. To cause death without pain or
Disagreement is surely the best mode. And
to do this successfully is to open the beak OF
the fowl AMI with sharp pointed knife make
an incision at the back OF the roof which viii
divide the vertebrae and cause immediate
| death. After this process, hang the fowl up
by the legs till the bleeding ceases, and then
| rinse the besk out with vinegar and water,
Fowls killed in this manner keep longer and
| do not present the unsightly marks as those
killed by the ordinary system Of neck-wrins-
| ing. When the entrails are drawn immedi-
ately after death and the fowl stuffed as they
do in France with paper shavings or short
cocoa-nut fbres to preserve the shape, it will
keep longer fresh than by any other mode.
1t is very bad practice to cram poultry
before killing to make them appear heavy
and plump. Such process is very lDjuriou:
| as the indigested food soon enters into fer
mentaton and putrifaction takes place. W.
often see in the market poultry of a greenisl
putrid color. 1t must be strong stomach
and not fastidious one that can relish sucl
poultry. 1t used to be the practice anon.
farmers many years ago to force the turkey
intended for thanksgiving to swallow mucl
more than they were willing to swallow by
process which was called "cramming." Thi
was done by forcing dough down the poo
birds throat by the good wife's fingers or b,
some other ramrod.
We once knew tailor in the country VIII,
was anxious to have a very fat turkey TO
thanksgiving, ndhaving purchased sobble
OF one of his customers, he commenced il
good earnest the process OF examining. Ii
drove the process so hard that the crop @
the turkey burst Here was dilemma; bu
this anxious tailor was determined not to b
cheated out Of his thanksgiving dinner b
such a trifiing accident, and SO he got at tn
crop of his fowl and sewed it up. But thl
surgical operation proved fatal to the life
gobbler. And what made the matter wors
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-12

In the last number of the New York Ledger
we ind two interesting letters from j. IL.
Grant Esq, father of Gen. Grant. They con-
stitute a part OF the series relating 10 the eal
ly l5e OF Gen. Grant, and from them we make
the inllnMinn erfracts.
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-12
COrOner'S Sale.

CUMBERLAND, So.
T,AKEN on execution in favor of George W.
L Parker Sheriff, and Eben n. Perry, Dep Sheriff,
and will be sold aU public auction. on MONDAY,
March 30th, a D. 1868, at two O'Clock in tire after
noon at the sheriff's Office in the city OF Portland
in said county, all the right in equity which George
n Nutting has or had on tne Sd dav Of December
a. d. 1866, at four o'clock and So finu es in the af
tcrnoon, being the time of the attachment Ot the
same on the original writ in this action, on which
said execution obtained to redeem the following
described parcel Of real estate in said Portland, to
wit:
certain lot oflad situited in Portland and bound
ed as follows: Beginning at the north wester' cor
ncr Of lot numbered six t6 near the north westerly
corner franklin street. aud extending south
erlv BY said street frty -four and one-hali feet to
Henry Dyer's land; thence south-westerlv by sal
Dyers Ian forty five and haltieet(45gl to a stake
thence north westerly forty.four and on half feet
44I) by land formerly owuel by ia oh Quincy, de-
ceased 70 a stake; thence norJh-eastery fftS live
and half feet (553 to the first bound; beng the
land conveyed 10 Lorezo D. Cole by Emery Howell
by deed dated June z2l, A. D., 1863 and recorded
| in Cumberland Registry of Deeds, book 52i, page
| 1G2.
Dated at Portland this oath day of FebruaryA. A. d
1868.
fe26w3w9 Coroner for Cumberland County.
The Portland daily press., 1868-03-12
Terms $500 per amma,na, d. advance.

and more annoying his neishbors laughed at
his calamity. This story is no fiction but a
fact Which occurred in one OF the towns of
this country many years ago.
We are inclined to believe that this proce IS
some good degree, and yet there may De some
poultry breeders who practice it now just
before killing. If they do, we tope they
will remember this story OF the tailor and
take warning from il.
AGRICoIA