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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-02-20

p.ca-"HE CANE FROM New JERSEY. -
csa Fat Contributor" Of the Cincinnati
gyms. is responsible for the following
There was an amusing scene on board
a.. I,nisyiEle ma.lboat the other Gay
ras the usual experimentation 81
~"s.sogers in the cabin just before the
ao,Isndsd and amid the general hub
ar Of conversation . man remarked ID
cidsutslly, Now in New Jersey where
Instantly, and old man, who had sat
u..,iily and silently ponderIng by the
10 for some time, sprsng to his !ee'
scrrsnger, are you from New Jersey =
Eyes" "a,
And wiIlia' to acknowledge nF
"Yes, sir ; proud on't.'
.Harra. give us your hsni," cried the
a, N. fairly dancing with exnlta''on'
aim from New Jersey, too. bn, l never
"a, Tka iecgsriu' it afbre. Shake I'm
: o,d nan. w. travelled long and FAR
Fee beep in every city in this here Wes'
.~,e.mbosted on the O!,iD and Miss's
.;,ni-beea to C4liforBy over the plains
ri ,rouod the II ru ; took a vysg'
once 10 Liverpool but in all my travels.
hang me if this amt the first time ! sVr'
l,ser1 a man ackpowledge th"t ne kun
from New Jersey. "Bnys,' tufGing {"
the whole assembly, augmented by rail
road runners, hacknien, bootbiicks, new
bows. anil appIegirIs, for The boat bad
l,adsd. diets all take adrink to NV Jtr
ssy the an! Of FreIinghuysea, Old Hy
an. and Ynnng hyson, C~amnodor'
stockton and Dan Rice. Hip
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-02-20

Taxation is said to bear eqo.liy on AL
classes, from the fact that it hardly
presses on the rich aud presses hard',
on the poor.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-02-20

A cigar seven feet lying and weighing
,b;r,c mounds has been made in New III.
ven il i. Of leaf tobacco, aud is about
a foot ia circnmfrrcr.
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The rolling mill at Rome. Ca. is to b.
,ebuill. and a mai! factory established
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-02-20

UPrRRS his professionaiserviee to fbs rablie
Of BATON Rouge and vicinity. efics OF Church
street, the same heretofore occupied txaIa.A..
d. Day. - Dy9
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-02-20

Shirt. Table. Psntaloon And Fancy L'nnen q
from 50esnts, and upwards, per yard. Or vale ~
mch23 \. huoHNk iebD.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-02-20
DIRECTORS
Assets, Jan. /. 1868, over 50 500 600

THIS COMPANY issues policies on lives on al
the different plans. aud at rs favorable ra,e~ as an,
fthrr. while IL has no restrictions in regard 10 res
idence or trapst. and al ais profits are dinided an
aualy among its policy holders. Its policies are
all issued on the NON FoRrEiTIN0 PLAN. 1t il
prompt in the payment of losses. no compan,
having a better reputation for promptness OF
liberality.
The amount received for premiums
alone 10 tie wear 1867. was...--.. Sl.405 349 SO
IN crest received same time. ....-.. ltSo35 e
Losses by d. a1 | II The sa lie period 255 ) o 0t
THIS Company al its las, Annual Meeting, held
in January, declared a dividend Of Forty per cent.
payable IN cash and f
Resolved :" That all dividends previous to. and in
GLIDING that OF January, 1867. will he paid during the
current year. al the period Of fse rea wal OF the re-
spectiv. policies, and from and alter January is6y,
they will be paid at the periods oitheir first renewal
Agency office:
JAMES McVAY'5 HsRDW ARE STORE,
Bston Rouge, La.
Medical Examiners.
T. J. Burlington, NJ. D. ]. Duchein, NJ. D.
JOSEPH 8. WILLIAMS,
gent
JAMES McVAY, Sub-Agent.
Baton Rouge Board Of Reference:
Prof w. II. N. Nagruder. John A. Dougherty.
Hart & Hebert, R. d Day, N. W. Pope, w. B
Cnamberlin. j. V. Dnralde. George A. Pike,
Henry Jones. D g. Montan, J. Z. Elan. II. j.
Hysms. r. II. Day, Md, W. F. Tunnard.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-28
Traits of a Gentleman.

These are a few of the more import
ant traits of a gentleman He is above
a mean thing. He cannot stoop to
mean fraud. He invades no secret in
the keeping of another. He betrays no
secrets confded to his own keeping. He
never struts in borrowed plumage. He
never takes selfish advantage of our mis-
takes. He uses no ignOble weapons in
controversy. He never stabs il the
dark. He is ashamed Of inuendoes,
He is not one thing to a mans face and
another behind his back. If by accident
be comes in possession of his neighbor'
counsels, he passes upon them an act of
instant oblivion. He bears sealed pack
ages without tampering with the wax.
Papers not meant for his eye, whether
they hutter at his window or lie open
before him in unguarded exposure, are
sacred to him. He iGvades no privacy
of others, however the sentry sleeps.
Bolts and bars, locks and keys, hedges
and pickets, bonds and securities, notice
to trespassers, are none of them for him.
He may be trusted himself out of sight
near the thinest partition-anywhere.
He buys no offices, he sells none, he
intrigues for none. He would rather
fail of his rights than win them through
dishonor. He will eat honest bread.
He tramples on no sensitive feeling
He insults no man. If he have rebuke
for another, he is straightforward, open,
manly. He cannot descend to seurrility.
In short, whatever he judges honorable
he practices toward every man.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-28
A Dog story.

A dog story comes from Paris. For
the last eight or nine months an old
man regularly made is appearance on
the Seine, with a lar log. The dogs
hair showed that he s11ered with skin
disease. The old man had consulted a
veterinary surgeon, who had prescribed
an ointment, to be followed Immediately
by a bath. The old man, the dogs
master, had followed the prescription for
two-thirds of year, and the dog, SO far
from getting better, seemed to grow
worse. Panied by the dogs suferings,
the master resolved to end them. He
could not see the death of the faithful
companion of ten years, so he gave
orders to the man be had daily hired to
anoint and bathe the dog to drown him.
The servant took large stone, secured
it to a rope, and began playing with the
dog in order to slip the moose around his
neck. In these gambols the man slip
ped, the rope became wrapped around
him. and he fell into the river. He was
no swimmer, and he was so embarrassed
by the heavy stone that he must neees-
sarily have. gone to the bottom. The
dog plunged in, seized the drowning
man by his clothes. and swan with him
to the shore, landing, not where the
man had fallen in, but at the place some
distance up the the river where the man
| had daily anciuted and bathed him.
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A Sens ton.

A scandalOus occurrence in the family
of NJ. ROuher, the famous French Min
lister. has created a great sensation in
Paris. 1t appears that Madame Wslles
de Lavalette, the elder daughter of VI
Rouher, young lady, whose eeeentriei-
ties have Oftentimes already attracted
public attention, was surprised by her
husband. the naturalized American, In a
dlsgraeeful tete-a-tete with Capoul, the
celebrated tensr. Welies De Lavalette,
who is a man Of the world, did not kill
the sedueer of his wife, but simply took
her back to her father, whom he told he
might dispose of her as he pleased.
ROuher, although he was almost dunn
founded with astonishment and grief, did
not lose his diplomatic presence Of mind.
He knew his son-in-laW was harrassed
by his creditors, and he promised to pay
Welles' debts if the latter would consent
not TO make fuss about the matter.
Welles accepted the offer and returned
to his house with his wife and a check
for seven hundred thousand francs. So
it was not the BoeHf gras Onl y that had
gilded horns during the recent carnival
in Paris.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-28

fuenees, which must hasten the march
of improvement aad quicken the steps
of progress upon every foot of fruitful
coast washed by the Mississippi. The
rates of marine insurance will be re-
dueed. The economy of travel will be
promoted. The comfort of the traveller
will be marvellously enlarged. And
the safety of human life and of freight
will reach the maximum. VIII not these
results once more crowd the mighty
Mississippi with every index of prosper
ity-every accumulation of floating
wealth-every auxiliary of civilization !?
1t is upon the banks of this Western
Nile that the religion of Christ is des-
tined to rear its most solemn and impos-
ing temples. 1t is hither that the star
of empire is to take its course. 1t Is
upon its curves and courses that the
mightiest struggles Of the century are
to be made and the most splendid
achievements to be won. No man ever
gazed across Its resistless current, who
was not moved by its magnifcence.
none ever l6lB us lDduhS WltuOub q Nlon
to return and share in its promises. Its
panorama inspires its beholders to com
prehensive plans and to munifeent under
takings. No intellect is dwarfed be-
meath its sway. No generous or daring
deed is arrested by its proximity. 1t
owes but to command. And it COM
mands to the creation of works and monu-
ments which shall approximate to its
own incompatible grandeur, and which
shall rise as superior to the shrivelled
performances of other and anterior com
munities as itself is isolated in its
greatness. When these per
formances shall become realities, then
in truth will free navigation become
blessing which shall repay all the tolls
and struggles it has cost. Then indeed
every wave shall dance and every spray
shall sparkle with the glad burden of its
cargoes, which shall rival the ancient
glories of the Adriatie and the modern
of the English channel in the
splendor of their equipment and the
substantial value of their commerce.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-28

The Radical correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial writes from
Washington of LOngstreet His mem
ories of the late war are exceedingly in
teresting. He possessed more brain
than any General on the Confederate
side, and it was, with all its cultivation,
a military brain. l believe that if he
had been made Csmmander-in-ehief of
the Confederate forces, instead Of that
dull respectability, Gen. Lee, he would
now be dealing out official patronage, in
stead of being its recipient. 1 urged
him to get up book on the war, and he
promised to do so, saying at the time,
that Gen. Lee was at work, and had been
at work on one since the surrender 1
gather from what know, and from what
General Longstreet said, the two books
will very materially differ, not SO much
as to facts as opinions.
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has been rather prejudiciaI than other
wise. The Canadians themselves see the
inferiority Of that class of horse for any
thing else than mere drudgery, and are
endeavoring to improve their stock by
the importation of well-bred horses from
the United States number Of thor
oughbred stations having been lately
purchased for that purpose.
All over the country the value Of the
horse has increased in a ratio cores
ponding to the high price of every other
product, and may be set down at about
double what it was before the war, with
no prospect Of dimunition As re-
spects very fine horses they show con-
slant increase in price.
At the commencement of this article
we stated that there were about 8,000,-
600 of horses in this country at present,
as near as the facts could be arrived at
in the absence of any census enumera-
ton. In 1850 the number of horses in
all the States and Territories amounted
to 4, 136, ,620, and in 1860 the computed
number was 6,249,174 Notwithstand-
ing the great loss sustained during the
war and the almost entire cessation of
breeding in some of the States of the
South during that time, the natural in
crease has been sOgreat as to fully reach
our estimates of 100000. The fol-
lowing table will show the number of
horses in each State and Territory at
the periods alluded to above
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-28

"There are greater actors off the
stage than ever were on It, says dis
tinguished writer, and the same rule viii
apply to singers. The advantage the
public vocalist has over her sister in
private life is merely one of audience.
There are three voices we know Of in
private life which, in point Of vefome,
sweetness and hexibility, are equal to
Miss KelIogg's, superior to Minnie
Hanek's, and as charming in some re-
speets as Lagrange's. One is in the fair
throat of a married lady Of this city.
Mobile has one which is an organ of
singular beauty united to other charms
of one of her young matrons, and New
Orleans the third the last is the most
sympathetic Of all and once delighted
the congregations of Christ and Trinity
Churches where the young lady sang.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-28
The Chinese.

AS the Chinese are to be made citizens
by Grants Administration and the coun-
try is to be overrun by them, the fol-
lowing item may be of interest to the
ladies Cinnamon are considered good
" matches among the lower classes in
England. An old Englishwoman ex-
plains these mixed marriages thus :
& You know, with too many Of these
rough Cornish men, it is, Well, is my
tea ready? and if the wife says No,
perhaps he knocks her down at once, or
abuses her at least; but, lor these
Chanymen are always so kind to their
wives, they dote on the ground they
walk on.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-28
LEeEND OF THE MOSS ROCK.
TRANSLATED TRox THE GERMAN.

Within a forests dark ravine,
Soft as velvet carpet green,
soft bed Of fair moss grew,
Half hid ingloomy snade, The eye
Night pass in thy wonders by,
Nor once It's beauties view.
At flaming rose and forest lea
Glanced the meek moss, aud signed In grle
" Heaven gave no charm 10 me
Though many feet above me tread,
No one remarks my hum bic bed
All fairer beauties see ~
But seet st eve, within the grove,
The weary Saviour comes 70 rove,
With pale and bowed down read
With wounded foot be wanders slow
And feels with soy the moss below,
And cooling carpet spread.
long wandering In the desert land,
his feet, burnt with the sun and sandi
The tender moss care sec,
The Saviour spoke. e" Y tth tender care
Nv fathers hand hath made fhee fair,
And kindly thee hath b.essed.'
= What eye So dull and blind can be
Asin thy beauty not TO Sc
Thy great Gre atOr's care
Thou plant. that all uu arked doth lie,
Thou hath not missed my Fathers eye
Thy lot with patience bear.
Thus Jesus splke and wondrous falr
From the low moss there sprang In air
A sws Ell and radiant rose.
Afoss FOSs It's name sCOn came 10 be
Now emblem OF Humility,
Ia every land II grows
The moss the saviour's feet
Kisses and makes MS lrroW sweet
And with reward overnows-
Oh. beartl be ever meek aud pure,
II like the loss. distrss ed be sure
Already buds like rose
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-28

The New York Herald favors the
sending Greeley to succeed Reverdy
johnson. 1t remarks; He should Of
course go in his original American cos
tune, and should abate no jot Of those
peculiarities Of person and manner that
so wonderfully stamp him as true
growth of this soil, torn out by the
roots, in the grasp of the American
eagle. He should talk to every as
sembly he can get at, and on all his sub
jects, including mileage, vegetable diet,
protection JEFF. Davis, woman's fights,
and cold water taken inwardlY.'
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-28
SHALL DIE ALONE.


When the rich gold and purple Of Lies sunset
Lies in lis beauty on the silent sea;
Wnen on the shore see the white-robed angel
And hear his whisper, God has called for
thee"
Eyes lit with love will watch me on the sea-
shore,
Warm human hands viii fondly press my
own,
But can bear them with me on my journey
Out through the dimness OF the world IN
known
And this great beauty of the earth and heavens,
The holy night whose glory MIS- my SOUL
The softened amethyst fading twilight,
The cleaning stars on nights emblazoned
scroll
The rosy light of morning on the mountains,
The tender purple Of the distant sea,
Things 1 love now, from henceforth all forgot
ten,
What Of their beauty can bear with me?
" Alone, alone" sighed gentle-hearted Pascal,
And yet think that not alone we die;
Though all this earth is dimly fading from US,
Are we alone If Ose kind Friend is nigh@
One who hath said, " 10, am with you always -
The way-worn Man who sat by C4alilee,
Speaking good words and healing all the
Who lived and died for the love of me.
Oh, not alone. for this our Friend and Brother,
Though heavens great angels bow before His
throne,
Shall stand with US upon the silent sesIsh ore,
His hand shall guide US to the world IN
known.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-28
The Bishop OF New Jersey >

A paragraph is going the rounds
which says that "the Bishop of New
Jersey will not, lay his hands on a
woman's head that has false hair upon
it. This is, indeed, nice and new
theological question. 1t is not clear
whether the Roman Catholic, the Pro-
testant Episcopal or the Methodist
Bishop raises it. We hold that a
woman's head ought to be covered in
church. For this we cite St. Paul, 1st
Corinthians, chapter XII. We advise the
bishops to handle the matter lightly,
and not to disqniet. themselves or their
fair penitents with any doubts in so
delicate matter.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-28
NOTHING BUT LEAVES.

Nothing but leaves. The spirit grieves
Over a wasted lie;
Sin cOmmi ted while conscience silent
Promises made and never kept;
Hatred, battles and strife
Nothing but leaves.
Nothing but leaves; no gathering sheaves
OF Lie s fair Tipened grain;
Words; idle words, for earnest deed
We sow our seeds-ioi tares and weeds
We reap for toll and pain
Nothing but leaves.
Nothing but leaves; memory weaves
No veil to screen the past
As we retEace sur weary way,
Counting each lost and misspent day.
We sadly ind at last
Nothing but leaves.
And shall we meet our Father 70,
Bearing our withered leaves2
Ire Saviour looks for perfect fruit
We stand before Him, humbied, mute,
Writirg the words He bIeathes-
Nothing but leayeE.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-28
Alexander Dumas.

Alexander Dumas has had to leave
Paris to escape his creditors, We are told
by a correspondent. At last accounts
he was at Havre, and had issued the fol-
lowing manifesto on the dead walls
" Men of Havre the author Of Monte
Cristo is among you. Come and see
him" He sells his autograph to raise
funds.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-28

the subject of values, we give the follow
ing analytical table, compiled with great
care, and believed to be as accurate as it
IS possible to make it with the data be-
fJre US
THE NUMBER AND RELATIVE VALUE OF THE
ILL
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-05-12
2oetifal.
SH4DOWS.

When the children are hushed in the
nursery,
And tho swallow sleeps in the caves,
And the night wind is murmuring secrets,
Apart to the listening leaves;
Then l open the inner chamber
That was closed from the dust Of day,
And gently lndrsrw the curtain
Where my hottest treasures lay.
Sweet spirits that may not slumbcr;
Cool shadows from lights now gone;
Aud the echoes of voices sounding
All sounding for me alone.
And blending among the others,
One echo is softer yet
One shadow is cooler, deeper;
And my dipping eyes grow wet.
For the image 1 gaze on longest
Is the image that blessed my youth;
The angel that lit my journey
With her lamp of love and truth.
We travel'd LIES way together
A little while side by side;
And when grew faint or weary,
That light was my strength and guide.
And dearer it grew-how dearer!
Till watched it wane and fade:
And my angel said as we parted,
Be patient, be not afraid
And when Pm sick and weary
With the heat and dust of the day.
How the sense of her words come DER me,
Her words ere she went away.
And I ask for patient wisdom,
AS journey the way alone;
Till tread on the golden threshold
OF the heaven where she is gone,
When the children are hushed in the
nursery,
And the swallow sleeps in the caves,
And the night wind is nursing secrets
Apart to the listning leaves.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-05-12
AMT I SWEET?

My good mama, she feels SO sad,
And says am tlirt.
Because l 90 to promenade
All in my walking skirt;
She thinks ought to be ashamed
To 20 ont in the street,
With clothes, she says, all fused and fixed
TO show my little feet.
want the sanction of the gents
In all our style of clothes
And yet / love to please mama,
But more to please the beanX.
And ever thus you'll ii nd it is,
When ladies walk the street;
They'll try and manage some good way
10 show their pretty feet.
Our bonnets now are but "mite,"
Though mighty" dear they cost;
Beneath our furbelows and bows
Our little forms are lost;
The tiny heels upon our shoes,
They are so gay and neat,
And solely made You may be sure,
To show our handsome feet.
With parasol above me held,
And our "mama" to see,
/ fascinate the darling men
Wherever chance to be. g
"Oh! what a charming lovely girl!'
hear them oft repeat.
10 make their hearts go pit-a-pat,
show my pretty feet.
Amt sweet-ain't sweet 2
know I'm sweet, and have q right
To promenade the street,
And glad anu there is style
fo show my pretty feet.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-05-12
CONE DOWN, F4THER.

Oh. father, dear father, come down with
the stamps,
My dressmaker's bill is unpaid
She said she would send it right home
from the shop,
AS soon as the tlounces were made.
My new dress from Stewards is down in
the hall
The boy will not leave without pay
I've nothing to sport with-can't 60 to the
ball,
So please send the sfop-boy away.
Come down Come down Come down.
Please father, dear father, come down,
Oh. hear the sweet voice of the child,
Who cries in her room all alone
On, who could resist her most pitiful tears,
80, iatner, WIN stamps you'll come down.
oh, father, dear father come down with
the stamps,
My eurlS are not fit to be seem
The haiI-dresser said he would not do them
Unless could pay him fifteen
He only asked twenty to give a new set,
And take the old hair in exchange
Besides, pa, my waterfalls awfully rough,
And so my back hair will look strange.
Come down Come down Come downi
Please, father, for Braiteau, come down.
Oh, father, dear father, como down with
oho o1tiupS,
The carriage is waiting below
klstori is playing, the seats are engaged,
And want to make good show
My gloves have been cleaned, my cloak
has been dyed, -
But Charley wont take me again
Unless my Queen Emma" is trimmed with
q bird,
Ard have q new cable-chan.
Come down! Come down Come down!
Please, father, dear father, come down!
Oh, father, dear father, come down with
the stamps
The words sounded weepingly sweet
He looked from tho hallway right up the
wide stirs,
And saw there her dear little feet;
very large towel her shoulders encasef1 |
:, Her pretty white hose just put on;
Without any "tilter," and standing I'M
laced,
She watched till she shop-boy was gone.
Hos gone! He gone! He's gone!
ohe cried, as her father "came down"