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SGU GA PL ANTER. (' rnmunic'ations inrten,!ed for this paper should l,, .lirectdi t., Paton l.on .e, not WJ.at Baton ii ',tlr. Ex'thangres will confer a favor by direct Any ,f our Baton Rnge friends havIng cm mi, icstion , et' . f r this paper, by leaving tr. a on te I! Ferrvy-}at, they will bie promptly r, ivo. andm att-uded to. (ir lsaton Rouge patrons mont wend over their SI. rti en, uts io or before Thursdes to :,cure tI-ir iniertirn the Fame week. M-r; . E.; E. (era.l &, Co., are our duly a: th it ,m ,i ,-", is: f,,r the city of New Oriener. Me-sr' chilst:;:n & Walter are our duly au :hoirizel agent:- fr the city of Batro Rouge SAflORDAY....... AUGUST 1, 1868. t " We refer our real-rs to the adver tirttceut of Christian &H I..att in ilother oltumn. A better House in New Odlear i 15(0 not exist. ;ts Thle ':ity press gi. , .Thldge tDor1ll. a.%.t praise for removal (ii Coalrnison-i r Sithainn. The Judge would h :ve :,,ined far greater praise had he removed tioe carpet-ba er lefo hbe black-mailed I oi mrany pe.pl'e. t 'h. The stmesn.r NX r- E','-, being hard ati dry agr-tunlt some fifty miles above New Orlehnn, the steanr Nertonal will tale her place until further orders. Pas. .',5eire and shippers will Lb.ar this fact : minid. W. A puonster Seymourr and B!air ratiication meeting was held in Omaha, N T., on the Ilthut. lt A hough bnt two, days after the news of the nominatior was recc:ved there, over five thousand po,,ple were present. Nebraska is claim ,.d for the good cause. _. The latent telegram says the sec. and impeachment is dead, and daddy 'Trha, had all his trouble for rotlting a sec:ond time. The "great commoner" shoold now "hang up his fiddle " and patiently await the coming of his great ancestor, Old Nick. Satan wont make two grabs at him ! a.. Baton Rouge is as dull as an old b u l,,w knife, for there is nothing to be seen in town, about town or around town but if you want your wits sharpened, your appetite quickened, your good humor restored, call at the Sumpter House and get " William" to mix yQu up one of "them things." While it is preparing, you can explore the mysterious recesses of a cer tain cupboard at one end of the saloon, where a juvenile iceberg is located to increase the frigidity of the lager. But don't forget " William." Ai The plantation belonging to the succession of Micajah Courtney (known as the Courtney & Woods place) situated in the upper part of the parish, was sold by the Sheriff on Tuesday last to Dr. Thos. R. Jenoiogs, of Nashville, for six thousand dollars. There were no im provements on the place, the dwelling, sugar house and cabins having been all destroyed during the war. The land, about thirteen hundred acres, is fully worth the money, it being one of the best tracts in the parish. SO- The rain continues with no appar cut prospect of a change. The effect upon cotton may well be imagined. The stalks are shedding their bolls faster than the worm- could strip them of their leaves. Comp J19 every side, but they . thr and the de ýt pibs l . 4p akea havoc with the ootton i t4 t para'l without doubt. As the ependence has not been entirely upon cotton this year, the loss will not fall so heavily as in pre vious years, bat, as tit.es are, the farmer needs every dollar he can get to support himself and pay taxes. TIlE CAMPAIGN CaxRSCEr.-The canvass is beginning with every appliance known in the good old days of the Republic. Not the least among them are campaign sheets which are showing themselves in all directions. A cirvular upon our table informs us that the Campaign Crescent will appear early this month, and be con tinued until the election. All those who enjoy the pleasure of the acquaintance of Col. J. O. Nixon know that he is fain i iar with the routine of newspaper life and fully competent to conduct a cam gaign paper, or any other paper. This fact in itself is sufficient to establish the Campaign Creacep without any other endorsement. Stir up, Demaocrts I form clubs everywhere, aud do all in your power to forward the goael aum. For club rates see advertisement on third page. SLIALL \VI: 1HAVE AN ELECTION ? ' - t From the dispositioa shown by the t i newly admitted Southern representatives a in Congress, there is reason to believe a 'that the Electoral vte of the Southerun States for I'resident and vice-President t will be east by their respective Logislat- t arts. We have heard that this plan oft, defeating the wili of the people at the t ballut-box is strongly advocated by many ,J pri)riinent Radicals of" otr' own d- lecta-, ble body, and that there is cvcy reason t to believe that a bill will pass before ad t jurnment empowering that body to act as the Electoral college. In Alabama, we find from our exchanges, the sa:ie de terminat;on exists among the members of the Legislature, leaving no doubt in the mind ef every retlectinig mnan, that the RLadicals intend to for.e the electoral vite of the South for Grant and ('>ilfax wheth ir satisfactorv to the people or not. Des perate diseases, it is said, re;i.ire desper ate rvnredies, and the Radicals are acting 1upon th at principle to all intents and purposes. The telegraph infotr n us that in Wa\irington on the 29th iut., some tweu ty five Radicaimemrbcrs of C.:,rngress had a -meeting the night prcvi.ous, at which an oflicer of Gen. Gra:t's st:,lt was pres ent. It was stated at te meeting that the Radical prospect was gi romy,, but Grant's I election was regarded as a ,,lir;lol ,reI shiy which must be achieved I This meet inrg seems to have bern held ander infer :mation indicatirng the strong probabi.ity I that the Southern States would all o Democratic.' IHence th.e necessity of tak i ing time by the forelock, anil outwittiong by Legislative action the wishes of the 1 7 people. We are fully confirmed in .h( r belief that no popular vote in the So. th will be permitted. It is further intimated t that the impeachment question will be revived with renewed vigor upon the re assembling of Congress, and the Presi" f dent ousted-his position giving him more t power at the present trying time than they are willing he should exercise, well t knowing, as they do, that that power C will be exercised against thetm with all 1 the force the Executive has at command. From all of this our readers should take ( comfo.rt. It shows as plain as the band writing upon the wall, the slim foundat-: ion upon which the clhances of the Chica. go nominees rest. The desperate efforts t of the [Raiicals to prolong their power c will only recoil upon themselves when the time comes -for 'vigosors and deter mined action. We may be deprived of the cthance of asisting otr Northern t brethren in the great contest now at hand, but the wrongs forced upon aus, because we are down, will only induce them to work the harder to ensure success. Many men dig their own graves while quietly preparing that last receptacle for others. And so with the Radicals. f I LKvra WoaRs.-The Penitentiary hands having finished the levee work in the .upper part of the parish, have now commenced upon the large levee on the plantation formerly owned by the lament. ed Gov. Allen. The magnitude of this work will be eqda to that of the famous Chinn and Robertson levee, which it will join. Those who know the locality will be surprised to learn that the new levee will p. a lasmdatly is freest of the sn gatr hbse, throwing outside the remains of the dwelling which was once consider ed the finest in the parish. The greater portion of the plantation is covered with cotton wood and willows of several years' growth, the result of crevasse waters which have annually covered it since the breaking of the levees at the outset of the war. The work done by the convicts " in this parish is reported by those who have seen it as being excellent in every particular, the lessees of the Penitentiary having faithlrlly performed their con i tracts. This is gratifying news to our citizens; but the greater portion of their work will be useless nliese the Grand Levee be closed in time for the next kigh water. What can theBoard of Levee Commissioners be about ? is the question asked by almost every one we meet. And well may they ask it. Time enough has elapsed since they assumed offce to have cotrtacted for and built hal a dozen Grand Levees, and yet we hear nothing from them or their intentions in the matteb. Serietely, this is trifling with public aitrea.ts to, too great an ex tnt. The so-called Legislature is piling i tax . tal.r tax upon us, a l' yet--a-' it In tentionally-the Board of Ievee C>omnris sioners deprive numbers of our citnr i of the means -,f paying them iy crimin ally permittirg this i ,ig: ga, ', reumain open. It is a great pity thie imebers ,of the Board do not reside ihn.oliately ill' the rear of that crcvaas,' so that they might experience a lit,: ,,f the misfor tone they nernit to he iildi,:'cJd upo.in otlhers. hil-e uporn the esniject of levers, wi take occasion to congr'Tulate tihe I)'iei thntiary lessess upon havin, secured th1 servi's o f Mr. )avill \hern as supervi sor of the work. Mr:. Ab ern has had many y.ars' expl"rince in lv, a buildluing in this and adjoining parish:s, and all vhbo know him will bear wtitness to tEi truth of hat we say. Levee Ludllhin may appear a s imple matter of iiling up dirt to those ignorant of tit kii,d of work but every plan1ter on tie luLsi. is of thisi State is w,.l aware, fr :o sad exlperience, that it r(equires nmre knowledge and skill than is generally suip;:a, s We.i venture the asstrtioi that any work of!, this kind undertaken, or supervisecl, by M\r. Ahern will be done in the best and safet manner known to tlose of long years of experience. Srmous Acc .nE T.-- We are pained to learn that Louis L Blroussard, a citizen of this parish, was singularly and seriouslyi j1ured on Tuesday last. lie fell from one of the small platfori. cars used on the railroad to bring of.t wood, while on der way, and had his leg cut to the bone Siy a scythe was placed at one end of the car to mow down weeds when in motion Fortunately fir him a surgeon was in theI viciuity of the depot at the time who s sowed up the wound, or hIe moust have bled to death. ----- -~,. ,. .. Vs® With a view of preparing for the fall business, Messrs. Arbour &L Dlahaye, the lessees of the ferry, have hauled their little propeller high and dry ashore for i the purpose of thoroughly repairing and caulkiug her bottom,. H[er machinery and boiler will be completely over hauled and put in the best possible condition, aen experienced engineer and mechanllic, An- i gus McKay, Esq1. being now engaged upon the work. It wiil eqnlire a few weeks to effect the necessary repakrs, in the meantime skiff navigation is the order I of the day. 1)VArri flvMx Hl.r.-The New York World, of the li.h ult., says that from the llth to noon of the 16th, tbhre were. 741 deaths in that city, of which it is known that over 400 were caused by heat. The oldest inhabitant remembers no sim. ilar instance of such torri.I weather, or rather the eifects resalting tberefron. ItTESRSTINO DIsrPTCuES.-We clip the following interesting dispatches from our exchanges : WASBnIGTON, July 16.-Congress is earnestly at work, and will close the ses sion ~n Wednesday esat. In politics nothing of interest is trans piring beyond an elaborate preparation by each party for the Presidential eanvass. Respective National Committees are en ergetically arranging for the libeial dis tribution of Campaign doectmeati." The feeling over the New York asmia atiojp hich. Japired tle Radicals with falqe iap so bei heard. Obase qndoams tt:4iOA; DoktlswIte l and Tom Ewing, Jr., is end ; Voothies goes heartily into the 6oateat, and President Johnson signified to your correspondent today that the ticket has his beat wishes and would secure all the support the Federal S ecutive was able to give. The Chairman of the State Jentral Committee of Pennsylvania is here, and says Pennsylvania is as certain for Sey mour as New York, but by a smaller majority. He reports a raatfioatim et ing at Philadelphia om Saturday last, as the largest and most enthueiastic ever known in that city, while the Radicals have thus far failed to get up any ratifi cation for Grant. Philadelphia is good for tean thousand majority for Governor Seymour. It is confidently atated by well posted posted politclaans that Chase's endorse ment of the Democratic ticket secures the electoral 'vote of Sio for Se~mour. Illinois and .adians polticians who claisa to ktno sa. their States will go 'enthsiautleaMy for Democracy and Qreenbacks. The political aspect is comepletely csasnA here withi two days. The nom isetions are beooming as popular as that of FPolk ind Dallas in the better days of the Republic. Not a breath of diseatis faction is heard, and the greatestenthusi aam prevails. I ueE 1'aosPr INt' TiHE NORTHI.-- U 1. ,juill ',,r-yth, editor of the Mobile 'Register, F who has lately returned from the North, I' avs of the feeling there respecting tbh j nominations of Seymour and Blair : It is irnpossile to witness the spirit i w it which these nominations have beent Irecivel without feeling cheerel wi'h the I cti tent belief that the day of deliver- - ince front radical tiisr'le anid tyrarnny is at hand. 'The oldest and most experiec- r eil New Yolk p;liticia:s told the write r 1 that that State was good for 80,000 for the ticket. The position tatken tby Judge Chase, whose judicial natumi natu rally r(volts at the excesses of Radical violence to all the laws of the Constitu lion, and whose long head as a party man totlls him that the days of l;tdical ism are numbered, it is bIlieve , wiil be decisive of the vote of Ohio, even if that I State was not sure without his inltrience. I'he lemruocratic State Comimitt of ]enn- i sylvania, setit a mriesage, to Now York, promising the Kflystone State by a la'rgi rmajirity f, r the ticket. Iu Ken.tucky, where, before there we ic two Litrni-ecratic parties, Since the noni:, atiot the lesser wing has w!heenhd intn t lile, tie untlitedi Delmocralcy prmrniste ai iaijrity of at least 160,000 for Se)mo~:or and liair. Anid so from all quarters citons t:c same news of union, zeal and eintlusiasm, from a party which buts never mittered into a battle thoroughly unitied Sithott l'niflllt out victorious. W hil this is the w,,rd fr,,m the North and tliai SWest, it is for us of the South to do ourIr part towards the general regeneration,. Let us hear soon from our State Execiu tive Committee with an organizi tion o! .a plan of camrripaign, anrd let every nimarl, weoman and cirld put their thoul.ler to the wreel to achieve victory and deliver ;iiice. On this last suibject much is to be c tihorught of and done. Tuisos Ashi Win"ur:it.-The Washing. ton special of the Louisville Courier thus writes under date of 15th ult : I have just seen Col. t C. MMason, of Virginia, who spent day before yesterday with Mr. Seymour, at Utica ie repre sents the D)emocratic nominee as the most I agreeab!e and unostentatious of men, and his home as a paradise of comfort and hospitality. Mr. Seym'our talks freely of Sthe New York Convention. He says tie went there with no other aim than to join in the selection of some goo,,d Democrat; that he was but hostile to, Pendleton, bu', on the contrary, was Peudletori's friend and that the last thing he expected r r lesired was the result which finally plac I ed him in the field. lie thinks the thian cial question is not generally understood, and is confidant that the West will Fp prove his views when they come to be known more follyl Mr. Seymour is of ,pinion that Grant will make a poor run in ;il the middle States, and that he will lose several of the New England States I Hlis own majority in New York, be be-I lieves, will be upwards of one hundred t thousanr. He is very sanguine of a peaceful campaign and triumphant elect iin. Col. Mason to:lls me that all along I the railroad line in New York. and at ever] station and village, the enthusiasm I was -.cry great. In this city it is certainly t gaining ground. Every day adds new l confidence to the Democrats and witness- º es the Radicals angrier and more skepti- ( cal. I The carpet-bag Senators drew their stationary to-day. Several cartloads of giltedge paper, silver' mounted kuives, a gold pens, ivory papereutters, sad all the _ costly luxuries of a first class bookstore, I supplied to the Government by contracts I made by Formey at three,timea the value I of the articles, whb, willldoabtida tetailt them to their friends at a reasonableli discount. THe TaIra ComInS Our.-Hon. Mr Munges, of Sh, has Shreetime shea from his seat is the Federal E6 Represatatives : " I can prove bºe teestimony ofcfl em of high positions,both of the United States and of Confederate troops, that the proposition was made by the Confederate Government to pay three times the price in gold, cotton and tobacco for medicines for our soldiers at Andersonville and other Southern prisons ; that those medi cines should be put under charge of Fed eral surgeons, and being by them taken in person to the different Southern pris one, and used and distributed to and for the ute of Union prisoners alone ; this offer was made by the so-called Confeder ate Government, and that no response or attention was paid to the proposition, al though our soldiers were dying in those prisons for want of medicine, and the Confederate Government informed the proper officers of this Government of the fact in connection with the proposition. I can prove that these proposigns were received by our officers when transmitted to the proper sathorities, and that they never received say response." A grim old Judge, after hear'ng a flowery discourse from a pretentio/d young barister, advised him to pluck oaf the feathers from the wings of hie imag. ination and stick' tem into the tail of his judgement. Some wretch of an editor says th.t another twist to the present mode of " doing up" the ladies' bheir would tak them off their feet. A FEv FA'T ro 1) .F ,,.r3.- At trie Pre:idential election ,If l 1l Ir. I . .coln by suppres8ing the snldi,.r' vrote east fr I Gn. McClellan and by thro.n; i:.to .he Western States sevrral thousand New Enrglanl sollier wh) v,>ted f;'r Li,: (mst of the mf votig tfie or Six tin;s l ), rallna;teI to ob)taini a ma:i.rity on] the pvt'tlar v.te ,f 411.2Il. At the la-t gIrtal e'iection. in the samne Stiates lhe IRepublica:ni majority was only (i ,10, includig I ,:,,is ad Indiana whih h ae nt a iIe .f geKtu.,tl election -ice the tal, of lfii6, and crediting Obio with a tpipub!licanl majirity of 2,983, which Was obtained by the Republican ca;didlate for Governor, tih,eghl at the sanm: rl,"ctiun the l)emocrats defeated ne. SrI, su!>'age by over 5'),000 majority and eh rtctl a fmajrity of the members of the Logislature. I:k i."4 the cha ,ge of 205,41 votes would have elected lion. McClellan over 1r. L,icoln ; in 1863 it requires the i·hange of but 23,458 to give to Horatio Seymour the Electoral votes of the States wiich were carried by Mr. Liucoln. In the face of tl,:5e l ures is not the tlecti,n of Seymor and Blair as certain a.4 is ti, Iirrrow'H cr, to rise ? Demoicrat w;l ileans bear these fidgres in mind.- \. 1' Wiorld. Tih: Evansville Courier says: " We hal the pleasure of nmeeting Gen. D. C. 13uel yeterday, who paid our city a tfy in, visit. TIP General expresses himself Ireatly pleased with the noloinations ma le by the Democratic Convention and prediets for the ticket a glorious victory.' DIED, On Sunday Jaly 26th. at the residence of his father in tlhi parish, HUNTER COLLINS. son of N WV ati.- Mrs. Leodocia Pope, aged four years a'id 6 months. Advertisements forwarded to all Newspapers. No adv ance charged on Publishers' prices. All leading Newspapers kept on file. Information as to Cost of Advertising furnished, Al orders reeseve carefet attention. Inquiries by Mail answered promptly. Complete Printed Lists of Itewspapess fst sale, Special Listsl prpwed for Cestomers. Advertisements #ritten and Notices seeared. Orders from Basinels Men especially solieited, 40 P AlkN S4A'rE OF LOLISIANA, PARIL IOV W\Vet Baton I .age, Fifth Judicial IA trict. Anthony Hlesse el als vs, t.de & Dsbroca. No. 1063 By virtue of a writ of fi. Ca. directei tfr the Sheriff of the parish of West Bartoi I ta'ge in th.acbuve entitled and nume~ r . Id aeas, of date June 8th, A iD 1818, trovrrthe fili. the Eighth District GCtart in and fti the parish of Vermillion, Stte afsemaid, I have seiz d. and will oeerfqr public sale, to the last sad highest,- idbw, at the dair of the tourt Hme. e4.tii parish offel tPatoe StRa*gtse. - SATURDAY, the 5th day of SepteUtlr, A n. 1868, at ii o'clock i.i, 1b1kright, title and interest of one of tdi.ltId F pt , GOstave Debroca, in ad tk tlbu. a after described tract of lI . t .. A certain tract of Ia i ila bI parish of West .Buat two and a bleosii 1siesippi .'er -by fast ipeeuU I. t , between peealtlhelle, Ba-ded B LTAT DEL LAQtU? Al d'Oesst BJtes RageC, triet Iudiuiaiker Mats.-.ny vs. Cade at Ai-waems. NraoS-. En vertp d'uq ordre' $ AL add sries sherif dela pardi dai t rBatonrn .'+t dana te procem ci-deesma, date4k t!n A. n. ,IS$,alpdiipe Qpa do ia Ditszlet di4 Sait et poar lsagr oiase de Veitallied, EKtlh tite, j'isie at j'eepneerai ea penks pebIiq e, offraat at derpilr encherrneser, ala dela maisoe de eour de 'ette paroi e d'Onest Batdd R'ouge SAS le fiats j 6 etr de Sepieeshe A. a 184;8r W11 ar uqat s.tar t itwe~et4 defendear.-~htlt.D,, Is* ia terra oif-pe desea6, eakls. - To certain tonfbWt 4pt seliwe cette paroisse d 'Oiitt &.t g B ,lS urant denu arpesaset deatl dQ~ an fleuve Misseiaspl saiec protfodeur do quarante arpent, -estre lines ,horue ea $at F') t' .. Alain, et on ar ` ion dea M ,e J see tw -ga Il sa. t itc itnrie 4s an* dalr < iprotere st h i . editi na dal Ate-s- C le t sarec jdasm Depete Sh it.