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% IS PUBLISHED TRI-WEEkLY,
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays.
J. C."CHAREOTTE" T. B. E HATCH G J. PIKE.
T. B. E. HATCH, : : : : : Editor.
BATON IIOUUK I
TUESDAY,::::::::::::::::::::DEC. 20, 1805.
Owr jlKent* in New Orlvan*.
MtSMB. Oäroskr k Co , Newapap er Advertising
A ^ Atit.fi, No. 6, Commercial Place, New Or lean»,
*re trie duly «athorited AgentR in that city for
the Qapette <vnrt. (Jomel.
T hk L evers » —We learn that a
large force of laborers are at Morgan
za (Pointe Coupee,) engaged in re
' building the Levees in that quarter.
The contractors, Messrs. T hos. O'II ea,
G reany & Co., have undertaken to
put up 16,000 cubic yards of embank
ment, which will be a pretty tightjob
for them to get through with in time,
we fear, unless they should happen to
be more favored with fair weather to
aid them, than has been the case dur
'ing the greater part of this moDth
ÄÖ ^ S kth W". N ye , who had spent
some forty-eight years of his life in
New Orleans and filled various im
portant financial offices under the
City and General Government, died
in that city on Monday evening last,
ia the seventy-sixth year of his age.
—
HaT* Dr. Louis K ormbndy , com
mitted suicide in New Orleans on
Tuesday morning last, by swallowing
hydrocianic acid, lie lefi a note on
a chair in his room stating the manner
of his death, but assigning no cause.
M arkyimo hy the W holesale.
The Alabama Convention passed an
ordinance ratifying all marriages of
blacks, whether contracted before or
since their emancipation, and also
applying and legalizing the matri
monial status to all who nre now liv
ing together as man and wife, and
binding them by the legal obliga
tions of such relationship Also»
legitimatizing the issue of such mar
riages or cohabitation, and requiring
the fathers of children born without
the father and mother having lived
together as man and wife, and have
ceased to do so, to take care of such
children, as in the case of bastards
under the laws of the State. Freed -
men and freed worn en are furthermore
to be bound by the same laws of in
termarriage and required to conform
to similar ceremonies, with the ex
ception that they shall not be re
quired to give bond in marrying, as
ia the case of whites, unless other
wise enacted by the General As
sembly.
The ordinance further invests the
Legislature with full powers to pro
vide for the maintenance and support
of the freed population of Alabama.
D eatii oj L eopold op B elgium.
The telegraph to-day brings us intel
ligence of the death, which has for
some time been anticipated, of Leo
pold, King of the Belgians, Prince of
Saxe Coburg. Ifc; was now just sev
enty four years of age, this mouth. On
the 2d May, 1816, he was married to
the ill fated Princess Charlotte, the
only child of George the Fourth of
England. He was elected the King
of the Belgians on the 4th of June,
and ascended the throne of that king
dom, July 21, 1831. Hissecond wife,
whom he married on the 9th of Au
gust, '32, was Louise, the daughter of
another Kinjr, Louis Philippe, of
France, by whom he had several chil
dren, the eldest of whom, Leopold, his
heir, was born April, 1833, and was
married to an Austrian Princess.
King Leopold was a connection,
both of Queen Victoria and the Prince
Cousort, and was ever the warm friend
of both. Of the Queen, since the
death of her lamented husband, he
was the devoted counsellor and advi
ser.— N. O. Times, 20th,
> » i
G en . G rant '« T estimony to the
I nfluence of G un . L ke .—Gen.
Grant, in his recent report, thus bears
witness to the beneficial results, for
the cause of peace and tranquility, of
Gen. Lee's influence in the South at
the time of his surrender :
"General Lee's great influence
throughout the whole Soulh caused
bis example to be followed, and to
day the result is that the armies lately
under his leadership are at their homes
desiring peace and quiet, and their
arms are in the hauds of our ordnance
officers."
IMPROBABLE THEORIES.
— r*
That broad "inland sea" in front
of our city, which courses its win
ding way through such an empire of
fertility and variety of latitude, and
whose volumes of waters seek their
main exit in the Gulf of Mexico, has
always been a theme of exhaustless
speculation to engineering minds.
But, amid the numerous theories
broached from time to time, to shape
its changing channels; to control its
currents and eddies ; to shorten its
"magnificent distances" and to stay
its "moving accidents by flood," not
one has ever resulted in anything
more than partial good or positive
evil. The theorieavof "outletB and
inlets," of "cut-offs," of channel-deep
ening and bank, protection, have each
had their ardent advocates and sup
porters, and, when tried, have still
been found wanting in their counter"
acting 'effects against the will and
way of the old "father of waters."
The Raccourci cut off, an experi
ment tried many years ago at Tunica
Bend by which a distance of some
thirty miles was saved in navigation,
while it benefited the riparian lands
above it, by relieving them of a pres.
sure of undermining currents, was dis
astrous to the lands below, by precip.
Rating the force of that current di
rectly against the shores, extending
the area of the caving banks and car.
rying off acres upon acres of valu
able plantations. This put a check
to any further experimenting on that
score.
During the administration of Presi
dent Jackson, recourse was had to a
national expedient of damming the
bayou Manchac at its point of con
fluence with the Mississippi. The
benefit resulting to the lands along
the bayou was counterbalanced by
the evils resulting to the river lands
below, by the closure, as was con
tended, of an important outlet, add
ing thereby to the bulk of water
thrown against those lands. The re"
opening of the bayou was for a long
time a vexed question to the planters
in that vicinity, but the bayou re
mains closed to this day. Similar
results are looked for by parties
who oppose the damming of bayou
Plaquemine at the town of Plaque
mine—a scheme which has been un
dertaken under the authority of the
Police Jury of Iberville Parish, anJ
which is rapidly being completed.
The advocates of this scheme are the
same, we presume, who favor the
theory of damming the outlets of the
river or building continuous lines of
levees along their banks as well as
along the entire alluvial banks of the
Mississippi, with a view of confining
its waters so as to accelerate the
current and by this means wash out
and deepen the channels and render
the river less liable to overflow.
We cite the above instances to
show, that no scheme tending to dis
turb the natural laws which regulate
so great and powerful a stream as the
Mississippi is ever likely to subserve
"universal good." In this as in many
other things in this world, "what is
one man's meat is another man's poi
son."
While on this subject, we cannot
forbear inserting for the benefit of
"all whom it may concern, the follow
ing new proposition, which appeared
in a late number of the St. Louis Re
publican :
A resident of Memphis has ad
dressed the Governor of Mississippi,
recommending to his attention a
scheme for shortening the Mississippi
River. The proposition is to lessen
the distance between Cairo and New
Orleans 300 miles, or to reduce it
from 1200 to 900 iniles. The effect
would be to increase the current one
fourth, or to give, for high water, a
current of seven miles per hour in
stead of five, and for low water a
current of five miles per hour instead
of three. A part, of this scheme is to
dam up Red River near its junction
with the Mississippi so as to throw the
waters which seek an outlet through
Red River into Atcbafalaya and Ber- j
wick's Bays.
Not to damage the commerce of
New Orleans, an iron lock is to be
placed in the dam so as to let boats
into and out of the Mississippi
through Red Riyer, Another part
of the plan contemplates that all the
outlets, both natural and artificial,
from near the mouth of Red River on
the west bank of the Mississippi to
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, could be open
ed, small streams straightened, and
their banks leveed, thus opening a
system of drainage through a country
embracing the best portions of Ar
kansas, at the same time, with these
positive outlets, drawing large quan
tities of water from the Mississippi,
never to return.
The Pea-nut Culture .—For many
years past, the ground-pea has been a
most important element of commerce
in the Cape Fear country—the annu
al exportation to the Northern States
and Canada considerably exceeding
100,000 bushels. A single planter in
one of our eastern counties obtained
from it a yearly income of $60,000.
He raised from fifty to seventy-five
bushels to to the acre, and cultivated
five acres to the hand, which at $1 a
bushel— the ordinary price, though
$1 25 were frequently realized—yiel
ded an income of from $260 to $300
to the hand. No such result, under
the old system of labor, could be ob
tained with the staples on similar
soils. Our cotton planters contented
themselves with a crop yielding from
$12 to $15 per acre, and it was the
summing up on a large surface that
gave a living result. The cultivation
of no crop is so easy, and only the
simplest implements are required—
first the plow, to break the land, and
then simply the sweep and weeding
hoes. The average crop, as we have
stated, is (rom fifty to seventy-five
bushels to the acre, besides which
there wiil be left on the ground
enough to fatten one hundred pounds
of pork. The vine, when the pea is
removed, makes an excellent forage
for cattle—said to be equal to the
best northern hay. From the nut ia
expressed a most valuable oil. During
the war just closed this oil was uni
versally used in our machine shops,
and its lubricatory properties are pro
nounced by competent authority, to be
superior to those of whale oil, for the
reason that it does not gum at all.
One of the qualities of oil is exten
sively employed ia the compositions
of medecmes ; another is used for
burning purposes, and possesses the
virtue of not smoking, while still a
third make-s a really excellent salad
condiment. Such, and so varied and
important, are the uses to which this
simple product can be devoted ; uses
which the uninformed, who have, per
baps regarded it only in the light of
an indigestible bulb, would never sus
pect to proceed from its cultivation.
JV. C. Advertiser.
General Santa Anna.—A cor
respondent of the New York Journal
of Commerce, writing on board the
United States steamer Powattan, St.
Thomas, West Indies, November 19 f
1865, says of the Ex-President of Mex
ico :
" Last night we went to a grand
ball at Gen. Santa Anna's. He is a
very fine -looking old man of seventy
years, and talks very much like Dan
iel Webster. On leaving his house
he gave us all a present, as a memen
to of our visit."
The Hydraulic Engine .—Much
speculation exists in the public mind
in regard to this extraordinary inven
tion. The revolution which it will
bring about when brought into gen
eral use, in all that relates to that
first principle of mechanics, motive
■power, will astonish the world. No
necessity then for our ocean steamers
to carry thousands of tons of coal for
fuel. No fear of explosions and the
fearful loss of life consequent upon them.
No danger to be apprehended from
conflagrations through careless em
ployes. No heavy bills to be paid for
fuel. The elements—water and and
air—costless, or nearly so, will furnish
of themselves power to move the ma
chinery of the universe. We referred
to this invention in our paper of Tues
day last, but had not then reflected
upon its extraordinary merits, nor suf
ficiently estimated the grand results
which it is destined to compass. If cre
dence can be given to those who have
taken the pains to inform themselves
on the subject, and it is scarcely possi
ble to doubt their judgment or their in
tegrity, the parties who have secured
for the term of seventeen years the
right to make and vend these engines
in the manufacturing states of Massa
chusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Is
land, are in a fair way to reap a rich
reward for themselves and those who
may be fortunate enough to become
their associates.
Clrvkr Boy .—"Ma,"said young
Hopeful at the breakfast-table, "if a
man is Mister , is not a woman Mis
tery '( " Mamma fainted.
A woman may speak as many
tongues as she will, but don't let her
do it with too long a oae of her own.
Thk Future .—There are, says the
New York Journal of Commerce, two
paths open to the American people,
and according to the choice which
they make between the two, will de
pend their prosperity and happiness.
On the one band they are invited to
follow what enthusiasts call the path
of "progress," and on the other hand
they are urged to continue in the safe
way, marked out for them by wise
fathers.
The path of "progress" has many at
tractions, and men are apt to be led
into it by the bright view which
presented to them- They Bee the
beautiful fields through which they
are invited to walk, gleaming with
flowers, and rich with vedure. Streams
flow through them full of sparkling
waters; palaces shine resplendent in
the sun ; gold flashes up from the
depths of the rivers, glitters in the ra
vines of the mountains. The
leads, in fact, to a land of universal
wealth, universal equality, universal
peace and prosperity. If human na
ture were as good, and pure, and holy
as the progressive school of politicians
believe it, there might possibly be
something in their vision of this glo
rious future.
It would then be at least within
the scope of imagination that men
and women could be found, who, not
withstanding their wealth, would de
scend to the filth and drudgery of the
viler occupations for pure love of their
fellow-raeu. It is just possible to
think that there might be some who
would work in the gutters, where some
one must work if the world goes on,
while others rested idle in the luxurious
homes, which the workmen could have,
if they desired, quite as luxurious. In
short, if human nature were perfectly
lovely, the Utopian equality might, by
a remote possibility, bo realized, and
no one covet another's property,
while all the trades and occupations
went forward to supply the necessities
and luxuries of mankind. But until
the nature of man becomes thus pure
and perfect, the future toward which
these advisers lead us is the wildest
vision of fancy. Every step taken
toward it is a dangerous step. Every
plan adopted on the faith of its possi
bility is sure to fall, and bring disas
ter with its failure. The fields toward
which they point us will be deserts
when we reach them. The streams
will be found foul and stagnant ; the
palaces but rocky heaps ; the gold
red indeed, but with the redness of
blood.
The other path seems less pleasant
and attractive in the prospect. The
view before us is rugged, the »scent
attended with difficulty, to be over
come only by steadfast labor and toil.
The path is that which our fathers
walked in, and by which the
the nation arrived at substantial pros
perty and a large measure of happi
ness. It leads to nobler success in the
future if we follow it. It is the path
of cautious, conservative advance. It
is marked out on the theory that hu
man nature is weak and erring as well
as sinful. There is no such doctrine
on the way-marks as this notion of
universal equality. It is constantly to
be kept in mind, all along the road,
that a great spring of human action
is the relation of the dependent on
the supporting, and the necessity of
the serving to the served. Men help
one another on this path not because
they are equal, but because they are
mutually dependent. The worn shoes
of the pilgrim are replaced by his
companion, not because he loves^the
Eilgrim, but because he will get from
im something which he wants or de
sires. They are very foolish travelers,
who, tired of labor in their particular
vocations, put their heads together and
claim the luxuries which others seem
to have without labor. The future of
the nation, on this conservative path,
is a future of industry and consequent
prosperity. It is not likely that it
will ever lead to universal wealth, and
it is certain that it will never lead,
either in this or any other state of ex
istence, to universal equality.
The view of the two paths is practi
cal, and the test of the new political,
financial, and commercial theories is a
good one, which judges of them |by
their tendency to one dr the other of
these paths. The future of the na
tion will not be prosperous if it is
guided on thejidea of general equality.
It will be presperous if the nation be
comes economical, steadfast, industri
ous—one in which the rich give em
ployment to the poor, and the flow of
wealth is from high to low—here in
small streams, there only drop by
drop, but still flowing, because there
is a lower place to which, like water,
it must fall.
The English are never satis
fied. Now they find fault with Glad
stone for being a grave man. If his
name was Gravestone they would
complain that he was a glad man.
OP* Why are fleas liable to at
tacks of insanity? Because they
generally die cracked.
AND
street,
Niws ïor Lovsrs or P ost
Sherry.— The following advertise
ment appears in » recent number of
th« London Time»'.
" Partner Wanted. —A practical
distiller, baring been experimenting
for the IqM; seventeen yean, can now
produce a fair port and cherry by fer
mentation without a drop of the grape
juice, and wishes a party with from
£2,000 to £3,000 capital to establish
a house in Hamburg for the manufac
ture of hie wines. Has already a good
connection in business. Apply to 6.
H. Mead & Co., No. 11 Wood
Cheapeide."
Port is not much used as table
wine in this country, but champagne
is a favorite with Americans, and
champagne lovers will be pleased to
know that their favorite tipple is
made in New York ; in more than one
of our streets may be seen the sign of
a "manufacturer of champagneL r
We hear however, of a growing taste
for the lighter California wines, which
are said to be pure, and if so, must be
mire healthful than any sherrry or
pert which is commonly met with in
this market. Western wioe-growers
claim to have a grape which produces
a good claret—but the amount as yet
made is so small that it doe« not come
into the general market. If we could
produce a good American claret, a
great blow would be struck at whiskey
drinking.
A n A ctor not D rksskd for his
P art .—While the famous tenor Nan
din was recently singing the part of
a peasaut boy, who had been driven
to enlist on account of his poverty,
the audience was Btruck with the
sparkle of several valuable diamond
rings on his hand. In the middle
of the recitative, in which he lamen
ted his extreme destitution, some one
in the party called out, "Why the
devil don't you take your rings to
the pawnbrokers ?"
BALL
roa thk bknerit o»
The Baton Rouge Brass Band.
SATURDAY NIGHT, DEC. 30 th, 1885,
—AT—
PIKE'S HALL. ;
Tb« M ember« of th* B aud , beg leave to announce
that their FIRST GRAND BALL, will take place
a« above.
The proceed! of the Bail, ara partly to be appro
priated to tbe purchase of instruments and to
defray other expenses.
The B akd it composed of amateurs, who In
tend to keep up tbe same, principally for looal
amusement and pleasure. deo21
NEW CLOAK STORE.
New Styles and Low Prices.
rjlHE LADIES Of BATON KOUÖK and vicinity,
and my friends generally, are respectfully invited
to call and inspect my really choice stock of
OLOAK8, SHAWLS,
Hoop Skirts and French Corsets,
Which 1 purchased with great eare during my
recent visit to Europe, and am determined to sell
theui at such low prices, that »Tery one will be
induced to purchase.
"I Want a Living Profit Only !"
My long connection with Baton Rouge ia a suffi"
clent guarantee of my ability to me*t the wants,
both in price and style, of tbe community.
JLAOIKS' Ci. OTIX CLOAKJi,
From $4 00 to $15 00—worth double
LADIES' BIL.K CIRCULARS
ANW HASq,LES,
From tl5 00 to |20 00—worth doubl"
V~ Call and see for yourselves before pur
chasing elsewhere.
M. C. PARKER,
Main St., near Third,
nov4 Opposite N. B. Bermlngham's Store.
L. J. TANSEV, 680. W, ROBERTS,
bt. Louis, Mo. Baton Keug«, La.
TANSEY & ROBERTS,
WAREHOUSE AND
General Commission Merchants
aid OKALE&8 IB
PLANTATION SUPPLIES,
Moss and Cotton Seed,
BATON ROUGH, L a.
w
E WOULD respectfully call the attention of
the public to our card, a* above, and solicit
from them a share of patronage. We are prepar
ed to store and tell Cotton and other Produce and
Plantation and Fatally Supplies; also, Farming
Implement« and Machinery; likewise toflll orders
for Live Stock aad to do a
General Commission Business.
Our desire is by strict attention to business to
merit the confidence of Chose who may entrust us
with their patronage.
dec21 -2w TAXSEy & ROBERTS,
FLORENCE HOUSE,
LAtATirrt S tbmt, B ator K obos,
BETZ &. WEBBER, Proprietors.
THIS old and well known establishment ha*
undergoae thorough repairs and refitted in such
a style as to compare favorably with any other
House in the State. No pains will be spared by
the proprietors to please and give general satisfac
tion to their friends and tbe public.
Their patrons can rely that none but the rery
best brands of
WINES, LIQUORS AND a CI6ARS
will be kept by them.
COLD LUNCH AT ALL HOCBS.
CHARLES betz,
dec21-*ta g RHO. WEBBER,
UBEAT EXCITE®!EST,
—on—
LAUREL STREET!
A. KOWALSKI, Agent,
SELLIN O OFF BELOW C08TI
Wow is your last opportunity!
la order te make reom for a large invoice from
We# York, X am compelled to reduce my selected
■took of
dry goods,
CLOTHING,
BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS,
to a prick
BELOW THEIR ACTUAL COST VALUE.
M I.
Christs» n« Prcsoita for the Old anil
Vous.«, or both Sexe» t
BLACK SILKS,
SHAWLS',
FEENCH CALICOES,
FKENCII MKKINOS,
EKULI8II PEINTS,
'' ' ' SOLllJ COL'D DELAINES,
FIU'D DÈLAINES, all wool.
CLOAKS, Black and Gray.
POPLINS,
SCOTCH PLAIDS,
• / j OPEKA FLANNELS, all colors.
KENTUCKY JEANS,
BLANKETS,
SONTAOB,
N ÜB I AS,
U&iEJV and cotton sheetings,
—AMD—
nUNDKKDS OF ARTICLES
Too numerous to mention,
TOGKTHKB WITH
A LARGE ASSORTMENT Of
OEHT8' furnishing goods.
ONLY CALL AND LOOK AT THE STOCK
and satisfy yourselves.
f i
JJT In order to accommodate tbe people o'
Baton Rouge and vicinity, and (jive everybody a
chance, I will exposa the whole stocn for Kale at
ASTONISHINGLY LOW PRICES I
VOR T BN DAYS.
Come one, come all,
And give me an early call I
My NecessUy-ïeur Opportunity I
A. KOWALSKI, A gent,
deciil Laurel Street.
Cloaks for Holiday Presents .
jubt rkce1vkd per ao'aai* Bxpreiif , atpleo -
did lot of
BLACK CLOTH CLOAKH,
Basques and Sack Pattern «,
Which will be cleared out at
NEW YORK PRICES,
Also, a splendid lot of WOOL H«A WLS, at
PARKER'S
declfl Main Street near Third.
Peterson ' s Lady ' s Magazine
—FOB—
january, 1800,
—at—
JOHIIUA BKAL'8 BOOK AND VARIETY 8T0ICE,
Corner of Third and Convention streets.
decl#-10t
look out for com) weather !
H. CZAKLINHKY,
Main Street, het. Third nml Lafayette,
(Prendergast's old stand,)
AVAILS himself once more of the opportunity
to Infor n the ladle« and Keritlemen of Baton
Rouge and its vicinity, that he is still better pre
pared to furnish them in
LADIES' CLOAK?, of tbe latest style«.
HOODS, SiîAWL3.CAPBS, NÜBIAB, I'OPLINS,
DKLATNKS, Ac., Ac.l
lie has also on hand one of the most complets
assortments of
OKNTS* SUITS,
DRKSS COATS,
OVERCOATS,
And a variety of PANTS, which he proposes to
sell at Very reduced prices.
He Is constantly receiving ISresh Goods from
the msDuCacteries, which enables him to sstlnty
one and ail, both in taste aod price. decl2
heal estate,
For Sale and for lient.
TUB SUBSCRIBERS offer for sale In this and
tbe adjoining parishes—
KIGHT PLANTATIONS,
varying In slie from one hundred to thirteen hun
dred acres. And
FOR UKHT,
Oae Plantation, sevtn hnodred acres open land,
Cotton Gin, Sugar llouso, Dwelling, Cabin«, etc.
And another,six hundred acres, supplied with ail
the buildings, etc., as above.
FOR HALE,
Five DWELLING HOUSES In town.
dec9-tf W. W. MoldAIN A SON.
just keceiveu.
—at the—
sign of the Big Padlock , Third St ,
BRIAR HOOKS,
TKACB CHAINS,
MEAT CUTTEK8,
BUTCHKK KNIVES,
UVN TUB KB,
HOES à HAKES,
HOBbK BRUSHES,
CURRY COMBS.
OUN WIPERS,
SAUSAGE STÜFFKRS,
HAND iXES,
H A l ., Ii KTS and
HAMMERS.
dao20 JAMBS McVAÏ.