Sugar Planter
(West Baton Rouge, LA)
May 4, 1861
With the Delta Rifles of this parish, I leave for New Orleans, early next week, and, from thence, wherever ordered. The Sugar Planter office will, therefore, be closed until my return. I hope that those who have so liberally bestowed their patronage upon me, heretofore, will make reasonable allowance for the interim that must occur in the publication of my paper. It shall be resumed at the earliest possible moment. Hoping to return again amongst my many warm friends, in this part of the State. I bid them all farewell, trusting that Providence will shower its richest blessings upon the kind-hearted, generous people of East and West Baton Rouge.
Henry J. Hyams.