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t .B. E. HATCH, :
BATON BOIIBE:
SATURDAY,AUGUST 19, 1885.
Our Agents In New Orlcana.
Messrs, Oabdnkb <fc Co., Newspaper Ad
vertising Agent«, No. 5, Commercial Place,
New Orleans, are tlie duly authorized
Agent» in that city for the Gazette and
Comet.
0F' We were favored yesterday
with a call from our old friend Maj.
G. W. Munday , of East Feliciana,
who for many year» ho ably and
faithfully represented that parish in
the old Louisiana Senate.
The Major is a candidate in his
parish for réélection to the State
Seriate, and a worthier man for the
position could not be chosen.
The " Kino " Picnic .—On Thurs
day we attended the Picnic at Cas
tle' s and are forced to acknowledge
that, though always proud of our
Parish and fully aware of the num
ber of beauties we could boast, never
before have we seen bo many belles
in a similar assemblage. The gen
tlemen are well behaved at all such
places, but who ever before saw auch
a gathering where there was abso
lutely nothing to mar the pleasure of
a single individual ?
The candidates were there in full
force and were universally agreea
ble. We are sorry that we can't
vote for all of them at the coming
lali election.
Ah! how our heart throbbed be
neath our waistcoat, and how nat
ural It came to us that boating of
time to the music of the " old banjo ! "
We went back to the days when we
were young folks and went to the
picnics with our sweethearts ! Don't
laugh at us for being old—our heart
is as young to-day as twenty years
agone'! Don't forget us at the next,
'tis not often we enjoy such scenes
as that of Thursday.
We understand that in a few
w.Wiks another of these charming
heart-expanding affairs will coilie off
in the same neighborhood. The fol
lowing "Kings" were made on yes
terday for that occasion :
Messrs. A. Jackson, Milton Pow
ers, Ii. F. Bryan, J. R. T. Haynes,
N. Beruiiughani, 11. V. liabiu, F.
Trahan, Moses Leinley, George
lJuckner, Henry Larguier and B. J.
McCabe.
All who participated in the en
joyments of the festive occasion to
which we have alluded, are profuse
in their praises of Mr. II. A. Castle,
for bis kindly efforts in ministering
to the pleasures and comforts of
everybody. The free use of his
sugar-house was generously given,
and his general supervision o? affairs
wa« such as to give the utmost satis
faction and elicit the most unbounded
acknowledgments.
Postage Stamps .—It is not gen
erally known that all the U. S. post
age stamps in circulation at the com
mencement of the war, were called
in and a new issue substituted. In
the loyal States where there was no
interruption iu the mails, they were
invariably returned and the new pat
tern obtained in their stead. In the
Southern States this could not be
done and a large amount of the old
issue remain. We are informed that
letters stamped with the old stamp
aud mailed are seat to the dead letter
office at Washington, and fe<b1 satis
fied that few persons are aware of
the fact. The difference between
the old and new issue is, that in the
old the Lead of Washington is in a
circl«, and in the aew a square. The
new is a lighter color than the old,
aiul the figure 3 is twice printed
.above the head of Washington, and
there ace no figures ou the old.
JäfThere are said to be seventy
four divorce cases awaiting trial at
La ('rosse, Wis. Ererj complaint is
»«id to be a wldi«r or a soldi«'* wife.
Susceptibility of Our Soil for Diver
silled Culture»
"We grow like those with whom
we daily blend," is a truism of sig
nifioant application alike to the
moral and physical relations of
man. Manners, customs, conven
tional usages—all serve to wed us
almost indissolubly to principles
aud systems, which however erron
oous they may appear, when ana
lized, become to u» a second nature
from familiarity. Children, taught
by precept and example gradually
acquire the characteristics of their*
preceptors and exemplars and learn
to walk in the beaten track of anti
quated and exploded notions, un
less their minds are early imbued
with ideas of progress, in order to
enable them to overcome prejudices
and make room for the introduction
of liberal and expansive views.
An apt illustration of the stand
Htill policy to which we have ad
vented, is to be seen in the manner
and stylo of cultivating the soil, to
which some people so tenaciously
cling from generation to generation.
Talk to them of the great impor
tance of diversifying crops, or of
entering more largely into the cul
ture of the garden, the orchard, the
potato patch, or the vine, and irre
sistibly the impulses of a chronic
prejudice or distorted vision of tlio
profit and loss features of the pro
position, prompt them to decry it as
either impracticable or unprofit
able.
Here, in the parish of East Baton
Rouge, with a soii peculiarly adap
ted to variegated culture, with a
salubrious climate and admirable
facilities for water transportation
to New Orleans, by means of the
Mississippi on the one side and the
Amite river ou the other, we have
been surprised at the want of atten
tion so long manifested iu relation
to this subject.
Fruit, such as peaches, pears,
melons, etc.,—which can be pro
duced in great perfection and abun
dance in this parish receives com
paratively little attention. Scien
tific hoiticulture, such as we find so
successfully practiced in other por
tions of the country, and yielding
Buch immense profits, has never,
excepting in a few rare instances,
been introduced here. There can
be no doubt, that with the national
advantages at hand, fruit crops can
be made do pay quite as well in
this latitude, as any other species of
crops. They meet with ready sale
and at handsome, not to say exor
bitant prices, at our very doors.—
The same remark may be applied
to the products of the garden, which
are always in demand, as among
the necessaries of life, and net to
the producer and vender large gains
in proportion to the small amount
of labor and capital required to be
invested. We have here a home
market for the sale of every article
of consumption which can be pro
duced in the orchard or garden, and
in case of a surplus, there are ready
means of conveyance to New Or
leans, by which that surplus could
easily fie shipped to another mar
ket, and command quick sales and
remunerative prices. Arrangements
could be made to forward to New
Orleans daily by the numerous
steamers touching at our landing,
all such products, and the Stewart»
of these boats themselves, would be
likely to purchase large quantities
of them for the use of the boats and
for speculation abroad. Nearer the
eastern limita of the parish, those
articles could be forwarded dosru
the Amite as far as New Orleans—
starting, say from the brickyard at
the old Johnsou Place, and requir
fi-'g only eighty-five mill!« yf trans
portation to reach the "crescent
city." The navigatiou of the Amite
is entirely practicable the year
round, for boats drawing thirty
inches of water ; and were aufflcient
inducements offered, one or two
boats could be kept eo«tipually
plying to and from New Orleans.—
To furnish such inducements, is
within the «cope, and power of our
back settlers, if they will only tuffc
their attention hereafter to a more
varied and diffused Cultivation of
their lands. Let the experiment of
fruit and vegetable culture be fully
tested throughout the parish, care
fully and intelligently adopting the
moBt scientific and approved meth
ods for developing the rich and va
ried resources of the soil, and the
problem of sucfceös cannot fail of
being satisfactorily solved.
A friend at our elbow, who is an
enthusiast in horticulture and who
is thoroughly familiar, from years
of experience, with the productive
capacities of the soil in this region
and its peculiar adaptation to fruit,
as also to leguminous plants, prom
ises to occupy himself in procuring
from the best practical as well as
theoretical sources in the United
State«, (to which he professes to
have the most advantageous ac
cess,) all the requisite information
bearing upon thin subject, which in
formation he will freely impart, for
the benefit of cultivators general
ly in our parish.
Our friend is fully of the opinion
with ourself, that East Baton Rouge
is preeminently the parish in which
soil, climate and situation combine
to render sure and profitable every
well directed effort looking to a
more enlarged and varied cultiva
tion of those products embraced in
the fruit and vegetable kingdom.
Oi !K Schools .—For months past
our schools have been sustained
mainly through the exertions of
our fellow-citizens, Messrs. Breck
inridge aud Knickerbocker , and
too much credit cannot be given
those gentlemen for the energy they
have exhibited in this laudable en
terprise.
Fall is upon us and our school
rooms must be filled by cheerful,
happy, knowledge-seeking children,
and to this end we hope our citizens
generally will use their endeavors^
Our children must be educated and
it is the duty of every man to open
his purse for this purpose. We claim
to be an enlightened community, and
our childrens' prospects were fairer
at the beginning of the war than
ever before. Let every man con
tribute his mite to the philanthropic
purpose of reestablishing our schools
upon the former basis, and next
summer we can go to the examina
tions, view our work and realize the
good done !
By the way, we are reminded that
the Government still has in posses
sion the "City Hall," the school
house of Ward No. 2. This build
ing is absolutely indispensible as a
school-house, and let us endeavor to
get it. Our Government officials are
well known for their justice in these
matters, and to them we look for as
sistance as well as to our citizens ;
if they are willing to assist us they
cannot better signify their interest
in the matter, than by letting our
Mayor have the school-houses, and
our City Hall. We speak earnestly
in this and as we truly feel. Our
children have been for four years al
most without instruction and this
should be so no longer.
Mississippi State Convention.—
An extra Vicksburg Herald of the
15th informs us that the convention
now in session at .Jackson, elected
J. Shall Yerger as its President»
and John L. Power, Secretary.
$08* Experiments are being made
in Philadelphia in infiltration , a pro
cess by which a live hog may be con
verted ipto corned pork in twenty
minutes. The aniipal is killed, his
heart removed, and an instrument in
serted in its place by which sweet
pickle is sent through the main artery
into every part of the pig. It is esti
mated that this process will reduce the
price of food fifty per cent.
W At a cold collation given to
General Grant at Lawrence, Massa
chusetts several of the most intelligent
and beautiful ladies of the city acted
as waiters at tha table. All the mills
stopped work, and tha population of
Lawrence joined in the reception.
O rder of " G ood T emplars."—
»s have in our city two lodges of
the above order—one a soldiers', the
other a citizens' lodge—each holding
weekly night meetings at the City
Hall. The order is a secret one
and, we are informed, is making
flourishing progress in our commu
nity. It is devoted to the cause of
Total Abstinence, and for the suc
cess with which it meets in its cru
sade against the monster, Intemper
ance, cannot fail of eliciting the good
wishes of every right-minded man
and woman.
Acting upon the principle that it
is easier to form than to reform, ;
to save from falling than to rescue
the fallen, the order claims as its
first and paramount object, the bring
ing of the young of both sexes into
its fold, "to be trained up under the
guidance of their parents and older
friends in the principles of strict
total abstinence, that when the next
generation comes upon the stage of
action, the ruling aud motive part of
society will entertain healthy senti
ments and practice temperance." To
promote this desirable end and its
kindred purposes of striving persist
ently to save from ruin all of every
age, sex and condition, who may
chance to be misled into the habits
and vices of intemperance ; and to
extirpate the very root of the evil,
even to the extent of outlawing it,
the members of the order are taught
to throw their whole hearts and
energies into the work which is set
before them.
By no means deterred by the
herculean nature of the task aimed
to be accomplished by the order, the
members of it here and elsewhere,
are keeping steadily to their labors
and duties, and are, as we have been
told, achieving great success.
Murderous Attack on the
pASSENORfts of a Steamer .—The
Cairo Times of the 11th, relates that
while the steamer Ben Stichney was
lying to at a woodyard at Yeatman's
Landing, about 35 miles below New
Madrid, a desperate outlaw known as
" Arkansas Bill," came on board pre
tending to be drunk, stepped up to
the bar, took a drink and then walked
ashore, flourishing a pistol the while,
and made offensive allusion to the
soldiers of the 72d Illinois Regiment,
who were passengers on the boat,
but many of whom bad gone ashore
to recreate themselves. He was set
upon by two or three of the soldiers
and felled to the ground. A pre
concerted alarm brought from the
woods contiguous a large body of
armed men on horseback, who fired
a volley into th£ crowd of unarmed
soldiers and passengers effecting a
release of " Bill " aud forcing the
soldiers back upon the steamer.
They then put spurs to their horses
and in a moment were out of sight.
Two of the shots fired took ef
fect—one in the throat of Levy
Derby, private of Co. "E," 72d Illi
nois, and the other in the right breast
of Sergeant-Major C. V. Blake, of
the same Regiment. The first named
is still alive, but the latter died last
night, the ball having dropped into
the stomach.
As soon as possible the soldiers
supplied themselves with weapons
and scoured the adjacent country,
but the scoundrels had fled. Their
residences, however, were discovered,
and burned to the ground. Three
men, kuown as desperadoes, were
fouud skulking in the woods, with
arms on their persons, and brought
to this city and handed over to the
military authorities.
No doubt is ascertained but that
the design was to rob the steamer,
but finding so many soldiers on board
they concluded not to undertake
the job.
Major Cornelius has been applied
to for a force to repair to the section
nanied, witb the view of capturing
the gang, which application will
nrnliahlv 1#> frflnltul and if la fn Lu
piouaojy ire granttu, aim u ia to ne ,
hoped that " Arkausas Bill" and his
accomplices may soon be caught and
made to expiate their crimes at a
-
ropes end. t ,
[¥rom the New Orleans Pîcayuo», 17th]
THE GREAT EASTERN IN TRINITY BAY.
The Atlantic Cable Successfully Laid.
the kentucky election.
Political Complexion of the Senate.
ACCIDENT TO THOMAS HANLON.
Wonderful Egoape from Oeath
Large Nnmber of Class Pardons Granted,
THE WER T Z TRIAL
IHtiatrtliig Out Utiaaalgnad (.cnrritli, <kc.
Nf:w York , Antust 15.— A targe vessel,
guily decorated with tings, lia» entered
Trinity Bay. Without doubt It is the
tirent Eastern.
The successful laying of the cable is con
sidered cht tain.
Lotnsvn.ii Aug. 15.-—The Kentucky
Senate will stand : Democrats, 21 ; Union,
17.
The Democratic candidate in the second
and third Oongrotti-ional Districts are elec
ted by lOOO majority.
lion. _U. C. Cole, Supreme Judge of Iowa,
huK written a letter in which he takes
ground in favor of negro suffrage. The
Judge before the war, was a Democrat.
Thomas Huulon, (one of the llanlon
brothers now performing here,) while
going through the act of "The Leap for
Life," fell to the stage. lie mado a won
derful escape from death, lr, is expected
that Mr. Uanlon will resume his perform
ances this week.
A large number of pardons have been
gran tied to persons embraced in the second
and fifth classes of exceptions, including
seventeen from Columbus, Miss.
Other pardons have been temporarily sus
pended. It is contemplated to refer par
dons, in order to relieve the President.
The Wertz trial commenced to day.
Public sentiment is strongly ugainbt him.
Congressman Kly is a witness in his behal f,
A general order will soon be issued to
muster out a large number of unossigned
officers.
Messrs. R. M. Hough, Josiah Lombard,
John F. Carter, W. T. Hughes and ti. H.
Hösel, have boon appointed the committee
of reception to entertain the visitors from
New Orleans, invited to attend the inau
guration of the Chicago Chamber of Com
merce.
Tlir i'resldt lit und Cnhliitl on llir Trial
of .ft-AVisoii Dnvle.
N kw Y ork , Aug. 15.—The HuraWt
Washington special says it is believed
there ts an unwillingness on the purt of a
portion of the Cabinet to have Jeff. Davis
d for treason, while there is reason for
asserting that the President is persistent to
have him brought before a civil tribunal.
Chief Justice Chase is expected in a few
days lor consultation as to the time and
place.
The ablest counsel in tho country are
being consulted on the subject.
The Writ of Hnlirni Corpus,
The President intends soon to restore
the writ ol habeas corpus, aud dispense
with military courts.
Frightful Knllroart Accident.
N kw II avkn , Conn., Aug lfi.— A fright
ful accident occurred on the Ilousatonio
Railroad by a locomotive running into the
rear train of a passenger car, the boiler
bursting as it reached the second ear, kill
ing seven persons, and scalding and man
gling many others.
«»old and Cotton To-«lay.
N ew Y ork , Aug. 16., 12tiold, 141 .
Cotton dull at 43.
Lsrg« Drf.ilrnllont and Forirrrlfi In
Wall Street.
Large defalcations and forgeries have
boon discovered in Wall street, aud a tem
porary panic is tho consequence. It will
soon blow over.
The cultivation of cotfou ha*
commenced at the Sandwich Islands,
with every prospect of success. One
planter lias cleared and planted two
hundred if d fifty acres, and employs
six huudied laborers, chiefly Chinese
coolies, who are brought over in con
siderable numbers. Another source
of wealth has been opened up in the
Island. The valleys which divide the
mountains are discovered to be ad
rni-ably suited for the cultivation of
coffee—a crop of which is one of the
most profitable that can be produced,
whether it is retained for home con
sumption or treated for export.
AT REAL'S.
SUNDRIES /—SUNDRIES ! !
JUST received, per steamer Henry Ames, from
Bt. bonis : '
200 Bags WHIT*! CORN.
260 Bushels OATS.
05 Bales HAY.
15 Barrels POTATOES sad ONIONS.
5 Boxes Assorted CRACKERS.
0 Tubs Table BUTTER.
10 Kegs Leaf LAKÖ.
1 Ti «rce do. do.
From New Orleans i
25 Bags newly Imported SALT.
5 Iloxcs Star CANDLE*.
5 Bags Rio COFFEE.
it Hogsheads Kitra CJioJce 8UÖAH.
1 Barrel White Crushed do.
qROUNDPEEPER,
SPICE,
NUTMEGS,
WNJCTOUACÜO,
ENGLISH PICKLES IN MUSTARD,
AMERICAN PICKLES,
IMPORTED FRENCH MUSTARD,
BUÜAR-OURED HAMS,
To * hlcl1 I would solicit tlis attention of tbrje
wh0 pur( , h „„ wtlBrH they get tbe bert good>> , U(1
money. )0SHUA BKAI/
A 4 BAAL'S—Coarse Liverpool .SALT— [
t\. new cargo and fall weight, oajy H 00 bag. j
To Candidates .—Candidates for office
need Occasionally to be reminded that we
insert no announcements, unions accom
panied with the printer's foe of $10. We
have on hand a goodly number of names
whioh have bden left at our office to be
announced In the foregoing connection,
but until our old-established rates are
complied with, the parties concerned can
not receive tho benefit of a standing an
nouncement in our columns.
FOR ATTYJ3ENERAJL.
Mr. Editor—You will please announce
Hon. ANDREW i. H RH HON, of East
Baton Kouge, a» a candidate for the office
of Attorney General of tho State ol Louisi
ana, at the approaching election.
augl7* MANY FBIEND8.
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FOR PIB'T. ATT'Y.
Mr. Miivr—Yoa are authorized to an
nounce H. W. KNICKERBOCKER,
Esq., of Baton Bongo, the present able and
efficient moumbont, as a candidate for re
election to the office of District Attorney.
FBIEND8 AND 8UPPOBTEBS.
aug-19-pd. ,
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FOR SHERIFF.
Messrë. Miturt— Please announce Ii. V.
RA HIN, Esq., a« a candidate for Sheriff of
the Parish of East Baton Rouge at the ap
proaching Election.
july25-pd. MANY FBTEND8.
Mr. Editor— Please state, that at tbe re
quest of many of his friends, ALFRED
DUPLANTIER, Esq., has consented to
become a candidate for the Sheriffalty of
the Parish of East Baton Rouge.
aug.Vpd •*»
Mr. Jûlitor —You will please announce
THOMAS F. HERNANDEZ, Esq., aa
» candidate for the office of Sheriff of East
Baton Rouge, at tbe forthcoming Novem
ber election.
augö-pd. VOX POPULl.
Meurt. Editor» —Please announce the
present incumbent, EDWARD COUSI
NAKD, for re-election to Üie office of
Sheriff of East Baton Rouge, at the ap
proaching November election.
augl5-pd VOX POPULl.
. e ♦ «
FOR CLERK.
Metsi'i. Editor> —Please announce In your
paper the name of JOSEPH NEPHLER
the present efficient Clerk, for re-election
to the office of Clerk of the Fifth Judicial
District, at thé approaching November
election. MANY FRIENDS.
augl5-pd
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FOR RECORDER.
Mtusrt. Editor»— Please announce JOHN
M 't.RATII as a candidate for Parish
Recorder, at the approaching election,
augl-pd. MANY FRIENDS.
Editor» of tin Gazette and Com«t~Yo\x
are authorized to announce WILLIAM
11 URBS, Esq., as a candidate for the
office of Recorder for the Parish of East
Baton Rouge. He will be supported by
augl-pd. NUMEROUS FRIENDS.
Mem-». Editors— Please announce WIL»
L1AM MON(*ET, Esq., an a candidate
for Recorder at the approaching Novem
ber election.
augö-pd. MANY VOTERS.
Mr. Editor —You are authorized to an
nounce SAMUEL HKOLFIELD, Esq.,
as a candidate for the offiee of Parish Re
corder at the ensuing election.
augG* MANY OLD FRIENDS.
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FOR A8HE8SOR.
Mmm*. Editor»— Please announce JOHN
F. PIKER, Esq., as a candidate for the
office of Parish Assessor at the approach
ing November Election.
NUMEROUS SUPPORTERS,
augl-pd.
Mr. Editor— Please announce as a candi
date for the office Of Parish Assessor of
East Bato» Rouge, Mr. NTEPHEN J.
YOUNG, and oblige hia
FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS.
aug8.
Meurs. Editor» — Please announce Mr.
CHARLES VERBOIS, as a candidate
for the office of Pariah Assessor, at the ap
proaching November eleotion.
*ugl2 MANY FRIENDS.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
I. O. ©. F.
r PHE Regular Weekly Meeting of
X DE SOTO LODOE, No. 7, I. 0.
0. F., Is hold at their Hell, oil Mais
street, nearly eppoaite the Sumter House, every
THURSDAY KVKNINÖ, at balf-past 7 o'eloek.
MASONIC REGALIA8, A
1TJL MASTER MASONS' APKONS, "JtjT
ROYAL ARCH APRONS AND SASHES.
A nice assortment,just received and for sale by
July 15 JULIUS C. BOGEL.
FOR SALE.
A COMFORTABLE family residence,
situated on Main Street, opposite ffifn
the Vemale Orphan Aaylnm. A bargain iljalB
may be had If dispoied of Immediately.
by applying to II. W. JOLLY,
augl2-lm Oa tbe premteen.
FOR RENT.
A NUMBER of unfurnished rooms, ■ _a
large and small, suitable for single
tbdgors or sntall famille». Situation »• iifl iyj
Uemeiy eligible.
for particular«, apply to the Editor of OaxMt
qndCtmiet. Jaly2 #-tf
NOTICE.
ÏHE Ta*-Peyers of the Parish of Kast Raton
ltouge are hereby notified, that I bare depos
ited la the Parlnh Recorder's Office, at tue Court
House in ibe city of Raton Rouge, the Tax Roll
lor tbe year 186«, in order that any person a#
Itrlerml by such arsessment may, »Ithin thirty
days, appeal and hare the «âme If found
incorrect? JAMES h. KKSNKUV , Assessor.
D ato * R oooï, August 10tb, »»wo.
AdmiaUtrator'« Notice.
ALL persons hsving claims agsjijst the
aucoesslon of Henry Droz, deceaeed,
are hereby notified to present them duly
authenticated, to the undersigned Admin
istrator, withiu the time preacribed by law
for »ettlement. J. C, CHARROTTE,
aug!2 Administrator,