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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21
SUGAR PLANTER.

Observation-Disclosures for this paper should
be directed to Baton Rouge, not West Baton
Rouge. Exchanges will confer 6 favor by direct
ing rs above.
Any of our Baton Rouge friends having com
umnications, etc, for this paper, BY leaving
them % the Ferry-bost, they will be promptly
received and attended to.
Our Baton Rouge patrons must send over SER
advertise ments on or before Thursdas to secure
their insertion the same week.
hfessrs. Z. E, Overall & Co. sre our duly an
thorized agents for the city Of New Orleans.
Messrs Cbeatham & Walter are our duly su-
horized agents for the CITY Of Baton Rouge.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

H INCOME TAx.-The New York Elk.
press says
The income tax is viewed in a very
Feoe'llous spirit by nearly every body
affected by it. All men of common in
telllgence know it to be unconstitutional
and know that. if they refused to paw il.
and the matter were pushed up to tb.
courts OF last resort, the decision woula
be in their favor. The Income tax i
)" od~lons"-that is the word applied to it
by bali a dozen Of our correspondents.
1t Is likely that the next session of Con.
gress will do something by way of ame-
''ofatlng this unpopular and illegal op-
preston. =
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

aS- 1t Is with regret we the
caterpillar in the parish SO far, their
Expectations have not been great. bpt
with such weather as we are now having
they may yet be troublesome. We have
been In possession of this startling intel
for some days, but RETAINED from
giving 1t publicity under the impression
that the fears of our iuformants miybt
be exaggerated. The pests are here and
at work
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

Nor DEAD YET Andy Johnson's re-
turn to the United States Senate, in view
OF the r suit in Tennessee, is almost Ger
tain. This is bot the least satisfactory
esnlt of the contest 10 that State. And,
Is a bod positive exponent of that class
of ideas tina; is least agreeable 20 the
blatant Ra ical rulers. He has the one
grand virtue that he will not be put down,
and, therefore, discussion IN the Sen tie
viii lie the less moDotOnous for his pres
He has a Union record that no
can impeach. He is a Southern
'enator not open to the carpet bag OBJ
nor assaiIable on the copperhead
sneer. He is genuine in all senses. abso
fearless and honest, and will "mske
Rome howl F" from his place 10 the Senate
with much better eff~ct than be ever did
bis messages. He is the first Presi
since John Quincy Adams whose
political vitality has not been exhausted
by the Presidency.-N. Y Herald.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

E Now that the river is falling rap.
IDLY, and the bayous aud lakes in the
rear OF the parish resaming their old
bounds, would it not pay to run excur.
sion trains TO Lake Crocodile With
the fare a a small sum, say seventy-fve
cents tor the round trip from Baton Rouge
and back, nuL.bers would gladly avail
themselves of a chance to breathe the
fresh air and shake of the dust and cares
OF city life for a few hours. What saws
the President of the road and the good
people OF Baton Rouge? In a week or
Two the tshing will be splendid, the ad
iaoent country perfectly dry, and evsry
ENDORSEMENT to have 9 good time.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

o. Again We are compelled to record
the death of one of our most energetic
yoang men in the person of Phillip Ber-
nard, which took place on Wednesday
n'ghtiaSt. a constitution naturally strong
aud healthy, but Slapped aud injured by
long confinement 10 Federal prisons dur
ing the. war, was not able to withstand
the attack of the destroyer. A better
man, or on more thoroughly appreciated
for his manly worth and virtues did not
in our community.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

GS A telegram to the New Orleans
press dated Memphis, Aug. I6, amour
ces the organization of the Mississippi
Valley Immigration aud Labor COMPANY
with lsham G. Harris, President /; Il.
Buckley, Secretary, and a Board of Di.
reotors among whom are Gems. Pillow,
Forrest, and Koopmanschapp. Unless
interfered with by. the Government. la
borers from China will soon begin to pour
IN upon Southern lands. Once commence
ed. and there is no knowing when the
tide will stop.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

A party OF thirty Chicago merchants
gong to California, chartered two of Pit
mans cars-a Sleeping car and a com
mission carat 1925 a day took their
provisions and books, and will live
! dependent of hotels aud eating houses
al ,he way. The trip will be likely to
cost the party $4,000 each. The fare from
oh'cago to San Francisco is SITS cur
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21
&c., The railroad mania seams n ho

&c. The railroad mania seems to be
extending in the parishes east of the
Mississippi. A barbecue will be given at
Sandy Creek on Tuesday. the 3lst inst,
at which delegates from East Feliciana.
East Baton Bouge and Livingston will be
present. The object is to awaken the
people to the proposed route from Pom
thatoula via Baton Rouge, Clinton and
Liberty to Vicksburg. There is nothing
like keeping up the excitement.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

n2- Whatever drawbacks the weather
may have on cotton, the cane still grows
last and luxuriantly. Ripe stalks are to
found IN every patch, and the miscbieyi.
Gus youngsters have found their way into
them, and 50 the young cane suffers
DIX weeks or two months of fair weatbe,
viii give Us a far better yield than was
anticipated some time ago. In the mean
Tine sugar houses are being put in order.
wood cut and hauled and every other pre-.
psFatlon necessary about a plantation in
taking off a crop, is hurried forward
With all possible dispatch. Weather
wise heads predict an early winter. bas
ing their opinions upon matters and
'h'ngs known only to themselves, and
about which no one else seems to care =
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

There is q free school at Vienna al
which the daughters of officers with lin.
tied means aud large families are educat
I'd, so as to be able to taks situations as
governesses in wealthy families. Girl.
are admitted from six to eight years of
age, and remain until they are twenty
The pupils are distributed into four class
and each class has two divisions. The
iirectress of the establishment has under
orders four sub-dirpctresses a mis-
for needle work aud a mistress H.
teach housekeeping.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

At Searcey, Ark. the family Of W. B.
Carter were badly poisoned by eating q
dis Of cabbage into which 9 negro girl
had put q quantity of fly poison. Timely
aid prevented any fatal results. The
negro escaped but was captured the next
day, She vas actuated BY revenge Tor
fancied Injuries.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

Ee& Cotton picking has fairly set 10
and in almost every field the piekers are
busy at work. OF the yield, as yet, nc
. estimate per acre can be made, and as the
qualities vary SO much, it is impossible
to tx a@valnation. The almost daily
showers are doing the cotton no good.
aud of course numbers of the lower bolIs
drop off. With a week or two of uuin.
terrupted sunshine, the fields would need
every lsborer that could be crowded into
them.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

s9 The river at this point is going
down With great r~apidity, and will now
continue so doing until low water mark
IS reached at least such is the usual
custom of the venerable parent of waters
There is much to feared from this rapid
subsistence Of the river, as it often takes
with it whole acres of the banks which
have not had time to properly drain off
the seepage water. Az. as our ievees are
now, more taan ever, the general property
OF the parish, it behooves the police jury
to take such steps as will have them in
proper order for the next rise, and to
devise the means to build such new ones
as may be anticipated from the RAPIDLY
snbsiding river. This legacy, ~bequeatbed
Us by the impotency Of the Board of Pub.
tic Works, belongs as we'll to other river
parishes, and ought to be the first subject
OF attention by them so as to ensure. if
possible, a reliable and substantial chain
levees from the upper to the lower line
of the State. Now is the time to prena,e
or that which permits no trifing when
it does come-bigh water.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

An unknown man, who said be was
citizen of Louisiana, called 90 Con'n'1,
sioner Shields, of New York. ana $50.
his CO operation t, secure the return -
runaway negro girl. who had Oeep =
prenticed to him under the laws o. -'.
On being informed tba. 20 az
could be given him, be depsrsea aa'~
crestfa!len.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

Mark Twain, writing about Boston to
the Alta Californian, says You must
learn to pronounce Quincy as If it we're
Quincy, and FanueiI as If it were Funnel.
In this = you can palm yourself on the
unsnspecting for 8 native. and 90 be re-
spected."
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21
SETTLED AT LAST.

The pablo mind is now at ease upon
the sugar shed question, the city council
having, by a large majority, acceeaed to
the proposition of Mr.. Fleitas. There
has been much skirmishing done on both
sides, but the Shedites prevailed at last,
not, however, without some trouble
Unless the spirit Of Injunction which
seems 10 prevail extensively in hat city
should be brought to bear against the
council, we may soon look for the long
needed protection for sugar upon the
Ievee. Twelve years ago we made a
hard fight to secure the sane privilege
from the city, but notwithstanding the
great wealth and influence of the then
planting community, failed from a want
Of interest by the city fathers, or more
probably at the solicitations Of the fac
whose power was unlimited, and
will was law. 1t is gratifying At
this late day TO record success, and
gratifying to know that we assist
I'd in securing that success.
The sugar sheds being now a 6xed
act-with the exception above mention d
Importance Will soon be manifest.
)ne season alone will convince every
who has hitherto been lukewarm,
II opposed to this plan of protection,
hat it is to his interest to house bis pro,
'uce under them. If be fDds it other.
wise, the levee accommodations are still
t bis disposal, and the warehouses still
pen. Once convince the people by am.
lie demonstration that levee sheds are
ecessary for the protection Of produce Z
nd merchandise, and soon will they
Zach from tbe stock landing to the lower ,
otton press. This will dispense with >
iuch Of the warehousiug system and !
le expense Of frequent handling Of pack. :
ges, and this is no inconsiderable item !
the factors bill of charges. :,
While discussing this subject with the :.
ty pres, We unintentIonally misrepre-
.nted the position of the Bee, or rather
2 did not exactly understand it, and il :
IS been the cause of some little acri-
ony on the part of that worthy %journal. =,
e can assure our contemporary that we
yer wrote a word intending to place .
wrong Interpretation pom any of his :
sumcnts in opposition to the shed r
heme. On the contrary, we accorded !,
journal the highest praise for the =,
it toHk, although differing with us
.~terially upon points. We may ;,
d, for that is the failing of human kind. =,
t we never Intentionally placed any
= a wrong position. With this dis
liner, we hope all unkind feelings If
y were oonjured up-are dispelled ~.
] should We hereafter discuss any other
bic measure, let US hope a better un-
standing will prevail.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

Rs1 The Southern Base Ball Club, Of
New Orleans, is on a professional tour
through the West. They beat the Bluff
City Club, of Memphis defeated the At
%lantics, Of st. Louis, and are soon to
meet the Empires of the same city. Bully
for the Southrons
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21
A California Chinaman having beer

A California Chinaman having been
shown by HE mistress how to make q
pudding with three eggs, bat having seen
her throw n bad egg away, continued
tor months after, whenever he made the
pudding, to use four eggs, regularly
breaking, examining and throwing one
away as be had seen her do.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

BE- Fall is approaching with its cat.
aTrbs, rheums and colds which shonld be
guarded against, and this can be done
effectually by calling on Mai. Jastremski,
Third street, and laying in your supply of
medicines and restoratives.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

/; is understood that in addition to tne
existing statutes prohibiting the import,
alton of Coolie labor, a bill be introduced
at the next session of Congress- render
ing all contracts with foreigners. made 10
foreign countries, for labor, null and vo'a
arrival of .be laborers in this counuy.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

say The first bale OF new cotton recelv.
ed New York this season was soil at
auction for fifty cents a pound. II came
from Texas
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

Over one-half of the 81. DOT, O0U OF ibo
capital necessary for a line OF 'WeIsS
iron screw propeliors between Llvefpoal
aud New Orleans has been subscribed ~
England.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

The Boston Transcript Of Monday says:
More drunken people were seen IN our
streets yesterday than on any other SAD
bath within the memory of the Oldest To-
habitaut. Yet Boston has . prohlDl1oEy
Iaw.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

nss- Our Baton Rouge advertisers must
oeaf 10 mind hat our paper closes every
thursday evening, after which time No
advertisements can be inserted -
I mere Is no deviation from this rule for
any one.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

Ess- special meeting of the police
jury was held last Thursday for the tran
saction Of urgent business. Up to a late
hour the proceedings had not been receiv-
ed. They will appear in another issue.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

what is" gumption p The Chicago
i'iouhe says /" We do not believe there
Is gomption enough in P~orkopolis TO
send a commercial excursion to the Pa
clue coast, nor is there any bus;neas In.
terest that requires it..
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21
as.s The August number of the Mann

asa~ The August number Of the Manu-
facturer & Builder is on our table, with
its usual contents Of interesting matter.
Published monthly By Western & CO..
81 Park Row, New York, at The low
price of Sl.5O per annum
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21
SATURDAY AUGUST 81, 1859

eGA The Railroad Cheap Store is again
in receipt Of fresh supplies, which are
worthy the attention of purchasers. See
new advertisement.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

Re- Today we place a new carrier IN
the Baton Rouge route. Subscribers w,ll
pisase notify Us of any failure in receiving
their papers.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

ope Memphis paper compares another
70 a mad dog. Another likens it's neigh.
Dor unto the Cat which gave the name To-
'he creek on which Chicago was located
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-21

oy machinery and hot air an English
nan cures hay in ten minutes.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-16
Oats.

Oats are, of course, a most important article in stable management and these, as everything horse eats, ought to be of the finest quality It may be thought that the weight of oats is not matter of great consequence, nor, in fact, is it to cart or common horses but it is quite the reverse to such as we are particular about as to stamina, wind and condition Horses are generally fed by measure, not by weight; consequently, in giving light oats, we actually rob the horse of his pro per quantum of meal, giving him husks instead; and if we fed by weight, going on the principle that a pound of lead and a pound of featheres are both pound, the principle would be very bad one as regards oats; for, in that case, though the horse gets his pound weight, if he gets an undue portion of it in husks, he is only filled with that which is no use to him so in every way, light oats are bad for choice horses.
 Rupture of the stomach occurs frequent ly in horses it is caused by falls, forced contractions, when the stomach is full of food :; copious draughts of water on full stomach, may also, produce it, It is not uncommonly the result of stomach stag gers, or tympanitic stomach, when reme dial means fail in those disorders. The symptoms are violent collie, during which the animal lies down, and rolls upon its back, and sometimes sits upon its haun- ches like dog. The pulse is small and accelerated the ears and legs are cold; general tremblings are observed the body is covered with cold sweats frequent retching and vomiting occurs, and the animal at last falls. down and dies. This lesion always terminates with death, and no treatment can be attempted. d.-Dixie Farmer.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-16

It has been demonstrated by actual experiment. in several Southern States that free negroes and hogs cant live the same neghborhood. Unhealthy for the hogs.
 It is said that the Western dealers in bacon arc arranging matters so as to make the cotton planters pay nice sum for meat this year Our planters can and should raise their own bacon.
 During 1898, the total number of emgrants from Europe arriving at the port of Baltimore, was eleven thousand six hundred and iifty.six, in fifteen steamers and twenty six vessels.
 -Lands in the vicinity of Columbus, Ga, have increased at least 50 per cent from the low price at which they ranged just after the close of the War.
 The g;chmond Whig, in view of recent accounts from both places, thinks it is hardfo say which land is blest with the beys government llayti or Arkansas
 A Pennsylvania chap recently tried to open bomb-shcll with red-hot poker. The last seen of him he was looking for place to hang his hat in the milky way, @
 "A lady ins New Albany retired one evening and in the morning found one eye totally blind. It gives no pain nor has it changed appearance.
 Some one suggests that MT. Sum ner introduce bill striking out the word ''whitcv from the name of the Presidents mansion.
 "A gentleman named Richard Craze Sell into coal pit in Chesterfield county, Virginia, two hundred feet deep, few nights ago, and was killed
 ---The Kew York Herald, of re- cent date, says that ssan immense flow of ourreiicy has been steadily moving to tl.e South. from the North during she mast l2 mouth, and that more will ro ii tue Spring" The same papei adds .hat. "cotton culture is lever iust now with Northern capitalis'Ss
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-16
DROMGOOLE & CO.'S ENGLISH FEMALE BITTERS.

A beautiful medical compound, prepared by a class ofregular and experienced physicians who have been practising medicine in the South for twenty years.
 This Female Regulator is a powerful Uterine Tonic, arousing the Womb to a heal thy action, thereby curing painful suppress cd or irregular menstruation, falling of the Womb, Leucorrhea or Whites, Liberation and Irritability of the Womb, Swimming and Giddiness of the Head, palpitation of the Heart, Melancholy, Sick Headache, Ovarian Disease Derangement of the Kidneys and Bladder, and all those preculiar complaints affecting
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-16
WIFE, MOTHER and SISTER,

Read few extracts from letters.
 s.Englsh Female Bitters cured me of fal.- ing of the Womb" My wife carried six bot tlesto Pine Bluff, two bottles cured her of Leucorrhoea and she sold the remainder" Send one bottle English Female Bitters for Palpitation and Sick Headache" '.Three bottles of English Female Bitters cured my wife of Painful Menstruation.' 70, feel so much better after using English Female Bitters, it strengthens me- -Four bottles of English Female Bitters curied my wife of Liberation of the Womb,
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-16
B1oo6l and one $

Are composed of certain materials which bc- come greatly changed from the effects of many constitutional diseases, such as Skin
 Diseases, Eruptions on the Face, broken down Constitutions Shattered Nerve, Effects of
 Mercury, Serofula, GlGndular Tumors and Swellings, old Ulcers, and Sores of long stan ding and all that class of diseases where the blood has become impure, aud this condition of your blood must be changed, altered, be- fore you can expect to get we'll, and for this purpose nothing is better than
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-16
New Method Of Cotton Ca;ture

According 10 the Yorkville (S @ Enquirer planter in England District, in shat State, under a process similar to that proposed by Mir Poullain, raised inst year fifteen hundred pounds of lint cotton to one acre of land He planted two stalks to the hill, at distance of eight feet each way. The hills were prepared as if for transplanting fruit trees, being dug down to depth of twenty inches and two feet in diameter. Sandy loam and manure were then filled in, and the seeds planted The enormous yield is attributed to the thorough subsoiling, the manure and the space-the latter being sufficient to allow the rays of the sun to penetrate to the lower branches of the plant and develop these fully. As cotton is essentially sun plant, never thriving unless fully supplied with sun warmth, the philosophy of this method is at once apparent.
 Another method has been tried in Union District, in the same State, and with the Dixon improved seed This is to subsoil deeply, and plant in hills three feet each way. thinning out the plants when large enough, to two in each hill. About fifteen hundred pounds of seed cot ton to tho acre vas obtained from five acre field planted late in the spring in this way.-Union and American.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1869-02-16
EIurley79 sstomarhic 3ittegs,

For debility, loss of appetite, weakness, in digestion or dyspepsia, want of action of the liver, or disordered stomach, there are no Bitters that can compare with these in remov- ing these distressing complaints. For sale or can be had at any drug store in the United States, or from the propretors, Louisville, Ky., to whom all orders should be addressed.
 JAMES PUDDLE & CO.,,
 Proprietors,