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Louisiana is dreadfully afflicted with two growing evils; one of which operates upon her towns, the other upon her fields. At the last session both were subjects of legislative inquiry, without the most remote prospect of remedy. These are grass-nuts and gsnbterS It seems that the planter after telling and struggling through the sumner to extermnate the deep rooted little enemy, finds that by the fall of the year he has lost the victory and is obliged to content himself with half crop of cane or cotton. This he takes to market, and divides the proceeds literally with the gamblers, who charge

 certain percentage for their trouJic, and pay cer- tain premium into the State Treasury for the privi- ege ofsuch Legitimate robbery

 March l4 Senate.-This house was much occu- pied to-day on the general Gambling bill the chief alteration in which is to increase the number of li- censes from to 16, at the old price of 7 800 each which, if it does not decrease the vice. will if the 16 licenses are sold very much increase the It has been ably suggested that the legislature would do well to farm out the gambling licenses at auction, and we believe thai this plan by forming monopo- y would much add to the wealth of the State Trea- sury.-L0Ristdaa Adcefisor.