15 
In the winter of 1856-57 he was ordered to British Guiana and Yen 
ezuela to take charge of an expedition having for its object the restock- 
ing of the Louisiana sugar plantations, the native cane having deterio- 
rated to a degree affecting the sugar interest. An appropriation of 
$10,000 having been granted for the purpose, the bark Release , with 
a competent crew, was placed at 
the disposal of the Patent Office, 
and Mr. Glover, as the Government 
agent, placed in charge of the ex- 
pedition. He was in every way 
Fig. 1. 
successful, bringing a large cargo of cane to New Orleans, though he 
was attacked with fever very soon after, the result of his exposure in a 
malarious country, and for a time was very ill. A couple of caricatures 
of himself made at the time are interesting. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) 
