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The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02

~An adventurer, calling himself Duke
Of Mantua, and many other high-sounding
names, who has been living for long time
in Paris, in good deal of style. recently
presented himself at the Palace Elysee,
with brilliant equipage, and demanded
permission to see the President. General
Roquet. who was in attendance, having
some suspicious. refused to admit him, and
applied TO the Police for further information.
It turned out that he was an imposter. and
had for fifteen years supported himself BY
confering decorations Of Hungary and Po-
land, for which he received large sums OF
money. His career is at an end.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02

ST.ATE OF LOUISIANA.
Siuih Judicial District Court-Parah q Eds
Baton Rouge.
JAMES SULLIVAN,
WILLIAM Hoskrx, Absentee.
DY VIRTUE Of writ OF fl. a. ISSUED in
ID the above entitled and numbered suit,
and to me directed from the Hon. Sixth Jn-
dicial District Court, in and for thu. Parish
of East Baton Rouge. and State Of LO1isia-
ma, have seized and will expose at public
sale, at the Court house door in the City OF
Baton Rouge, on SATURDAY,, the Second
dav Of October, 1852 at II o'clock, A. NJ, thS~
hereinafter described mortgaged property,
to wit:
A CERTAIN Tract Of Land, situated in
this Parish, East Baton Rouge) at about !!
miles from the City Of Baton Rouge, and
containing One Hundred acres more OF less
and bounded as follows. TO wit: North by
lands of John Kennard. south by lands Of
Boatner and west by Cypress Bayou. Seized
to pay and satisfy the amount Of Judgment,
Interest and cost, in the above entitled suit.
TERMS OF SALE-CASH, with the bene-
fit of appraisement. II. V. BAbiN.
aug. 2S-6ts. Sherin-
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02

~We find the following singular para
graph under the heads Of Deaths, in the
Boston Courier
In Ipswich, Otto Go ldschmidt, 5mos.
l2ds, an infant son Of an Insane Swedish
maiden, who was found astray in the streets
OF Andover. in November last, whence she
was committed on the 18th of that month
to the County Insane Asylum at Ipswich
where this child was born on the 23rd OF
March 1852, and where the mother still
remains in state of hopeless lunacy, all
unconscious of either the life or the death
Of her boy, who was quite bright babe {;
but gave early manifestations OF that dis
eased brain which he without doubt inner
tied, and from which his death ensued.-
Nothing is known of the history Of the
mother or child beyond that here narrated.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02

~Advices from Port Philip, Australia,
received IN England before the Canada left
state that the production Of gold was stead
ily increasing, and it is now estimated at
100000 sterling per week, or :f5,00O,0OO
per annum. The public revenue Of the
colony had increased f35.592 on the last
quarter.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02

M. Proudhon has been making efforts to
remove the Introduction of the Minister OF
Police against the publication of his new
work. 1t is said that his appeal to Louis
Napoleon on behalf of his book has been
successful, and that the President has him
self ordered the removal Of the injunction
which restrained its publication.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02

A man ont West, who advertises store
to let in the delightful village of Pleasant
Ridge, adds to his announcement: The
late occupant having been suddenly taken
off by the yellow fever, density populated
community for many miles are left to
mourn the loss Of good family grocer
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02
~We learn from Geographic despatch
to Capt Mark ham, that there is no founda-
ton for the rumnred loss OF J. J. Pearce and
family. in the late Mobile tornado.

UWe learn with pleasure, that, that
ancieatc friend of ours, the Gallo Clock, in
the steeple of st. Joteph's is. to adorn the
new Jlsuit College.
We think if the town were treated
right about it, that the toung would be
taken out, so that it'cannot tell this poverty
stricken community every fifteen minutes,
how much nearer it is to eternity The
board Of selectmen, notwithstanding a nu-
merously signed petition that was sent up
to them, were afraid to buy it, at the very
low price for which it was offered. They
put the matter in the hands of Committee,
that will report, We presume, when time
itself runs down.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02

A modern philosopher, taking tho
motion of the earth Oh its axis at sew.
entcen miles second, says that if you
take off you. hat in the street to bow
to your friend, you 60 seventeen miles
barehcaded, without taking cold.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02
ETH DELI LOUISIANA.
Comr dx Siriene District NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
fEa Baton Rouge
JAMES SULLIVAN,

JAMES SULLIVAN,
US. LNO lUcf.l
I'm vERTU dun writ de j.. ia. lance dams
L. rafaire ci-dessus entitule ct numerote,
ct moi adresse par I Hon. CouT do Sixiems
District Judiciaire, dams ct pour Ia Paroisse
d'Est Baton Rouge ct Etat de Ia Louisiana,
J'ai saisie ct exposerai en- vente publique'
la porte de Ia maison de Cour dams Ia vile
de Baton Rouge, S.AMEDL,h 2,"ej jour d o.
tobre. 1852. / l heures do matin, la propri-
e,e hypotheque ci-aprss decrite, savoir;
UN certain moroccan de terre situe dams
cette Poroisse East Baton Rougel envi-
ron Is miles de la vile de Baton Rouge, ct
contenant 100 arpents. plus an moins, ct
borne CONNIE suit, savoir: Nord par terres
de John Kennard, sud par terres de Boatner,
Quest par Cypress Bayou. Saisie pour payer
ct satisfaire lie montant du jugement, i!iteFes
ct frais dams l'affaire ci-dessus intitulee.
Conditions de la Tenie-CoMPTANT, avec
benefice d'6valuation. H. V. BABlN,
a6ut 2S-6fs. Sherlf
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02

~The Russian Government has treaty
with US which premits free ingress by
American citizens into their territory. -
A Paris letter states tina: accordingly, MIR.
Dudley Mann, special Envoy to Swi'zer-
land, in his private capacity presented him
self at the Russian Legation in Paris, with
his passport duly vised by France and sew
eral other European States, and the repre-
sentative Of the Emperor declined to wise
1.-THE instructions against PERMITTING voy-
agcurs to enter the Russian territory icing
positive! The Baltimore Sun asks: aNow
what is our treaty worthg Mr.. Mann will
present this fragrant thing immediate
ly to our Government, and the question
must he tried whether our Russian treaty
is waste of paper OF serious vital docu-
mentn
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02

The publisher of the Knickerbocker
Magazine says he would rather sit up all
night to enter the names OF new pre- paid
subscribers, than to write dunning letters
two hours day. What strange perverson
tf taste
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02

THAVE lust received, and win continue
i to keep. a good supply Of very fine su-
gar House and water cisteTn Genet.
JOSHUA BEAL.
aug 29.y Opposite Harvey House.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02

Received per Steamer Tuscumbia from
St. Louis.
EO BARRELS fresh St. Louis -four, for
w sale by S. M HART 4 Co.
Aug. 27th IT,
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02

A PRISONER LOCKED OUr.-The New
York Times relates somewhat strange in
cident that occurredat the Sing Sing Prison
not long since Late IN the evening the
warden was aroused BY somebody knocking
at his door. Inquiring who was there, be
was astonished to hear in reply, ITS me-
Schermenhorn.n One Of the convicts had
been overlooked, and the prison had bsen
looked up with him on the outside. The
poor fellow had been twenty-five years in
the prison, and didn't know where to 60,
and knocked until he awoke the warden
ond obtained admission to his old quarters.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02

The aumder Of dogs in France is
1900, 900 nearly one-twelfth Of the
population.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02
funeral Nnlire.

The friends ~ acquaineaaeon nf1hs III
Judge CHARIRS TESSIIEn spsets
fully invited o attend III i'm 49,
morning 4 Sefelock- lzun his ide9ss
Cd Lafayet1e 80.
The Maoouic FSatsrnity isinvite1 % hin
the members ofSt. james Lod sest. their
Lodge, % 0huSeh street, q . o'clock this
morning, to pay TIE lest tribute Of respect
to their deceased brother.
Judge Charles Tessier. was born IN Md
rid, Spain, and came 10 this country in
ITS. He landed in the city Of New Or
leans where he was employed for many
years in different honorable olless ~ ~
Spanish Governor Of the Territory.
after the esssion Of Louisiana to ths
French he was appointed Notary Public fos
New Orleans In 1879 he held an appoint
ment Of Captain Of Infantry under The Cd
minstration Of Mr.. Madison; at the defence
Of New Orleans against the English inras-
ion in 1914 Is, he held the rank Of Major.
After the war he was appointed by Cover
moi Claiborne. Judge Of this Parish, which
Office he held for thirty years. He has liv-
ed an honored and respected citizen amongst
us from the date Of that appointment, to
the period Of his death.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02

GIVE find on the editors table, this
morning. half dozen tin trumpets, with an
incog note, of which the following is true
copy:
Mr.. CoMEr:-The enclosed trumpets are
AS you may perceive-of the compound
mettle. called in commerce "brass" Each
one has red ribbon attached, which is de-
signed to fasten the instrument to the but
ton hole; you will please dispose Of them
to the aspiring young men that most deserve
them. who are on the look out for a soft seat
in the next Legislature"
VIRTUE.
The doner leaves us in a very awkward
position, and we beg him to take his trum-
pets away, for there are SO many parties
deserving them, that we can never beside
into whose hands they shall be placed.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02

~A new hotel is proposed at Nashville
Tenn, entitled the Metropolitan. Com
missioners have opened books in that city
to receive subscriptions. The amount Of
stock necessary is $4,000, and the build
ing is designed to be unsurpassed in magni-
cence by any hotel in TIE South
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02

wOppoition in business is the
life Of trade, but that kind Of oppose
ton which springs from malice. with.
out the hope Of reward is any thing
but cOmmendable.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02

KossprH CoxsriEAcy.-No less than
$50 persons had been arrested in Lombardy,
previous to the 25th July, on suspicion OF
being privy to conspiracy against the gov.
ernment. clue to which was obtained BY
intercepting Koesuth's letters.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02

The LATE ARRESTS AT H.vANA.-Thc
New York Journal of Commerce has the
following particulars Of the recent arrests
at Havana, from gentleman just arrived
thence: ION the 9Th inst, fifteen persons,
all Creoles, were arrested in that city, Of
whom ten are males, and five females. In
their dwellings, were discovered l0,oOOcar-
tridges. IL demijohns Of powder, and 20 ar
robes 800 lbl of lead. 1t is said that this
discovery is but printing to what remains
undiscovered in the interior Of the island
On the 7th, the arrested parties were ex-
amined. and three of them sent to the Ca.
banas fertilization. During the week end
ing August 14th, a good many young mer
were arrested. aud others invited to 80 te
Spain. They will be permitted to return
when they obtain diploma OF loyalty
These events created quite stir in the
government Office, and evidences alarm"
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02

lust LANDED per Steamer Midas. from
j Cincinnati =
70 tierces S. G.. Hams 80 boxes No. + !.
Soap; 80 bbls Ohio Flour 20 doz. Brooms
5 bbls Inferior Lard; Is bbls M. O. Pork.
For sale low-for the times.
sept. z, Y. ,. NJ. HAM q 10
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02

~SiI Walter Scott said, 1.-The world is
an admirable compound of folly and knave-
ry.'' We made similar remark the other
day, and the company at once set us down
IAN ass"
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02

~The Plaquemine Sentinel suggests a
convention of country editors to be held, on
the first Monday of December next, in New
Orleans. We most cheeriully second the
motion Something should be done, as well
for the dignity, as the pecuniary benefit Of
country publishers. The present condition
Of the country press, is anything but agree
able to look on, in any point Of view. The
only way to remedy evils, is to have prin-
ters' convention. We hope the whole coun.
try press will be united on this subject.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02

>~/N>~~~~>~>
TnE Oh DopGE.-Accounts from New
port, R. L., since the liquor law went into
operation, say that it is just as easy to get
wine. ETC., as it was before. The following
will show how it is done. We should think
that so old and transparent an evasion OF
the law would have been provided for in
the bill
"a rather funny incident occurred with
a cottage holder-a bishop-here yesterday.
The bishop, who is an invalid, called at the
Yacht House, and said he felt quite debili-
tated from not being able to get wine on ac-
count Of the Maine liquor law. Don't let
that trouble YOU said Downing, i can let
you have some Have 20" any claret:
asked the bishop Yes said George, in
bottles, but not on draught. | have very
good Scotch ale What would you think Of
thate' The bishop said that was an excel.
lent thing to give strength, and he would
try some. So Downing served up an excel
lent lunch, consisting of the choicest titblts
and bottle Of the best Scotch ale. The
bishop said grace before and after meat ant
felt himself vastly refreshed in the inne
man. When he called for his bill, the b.
shop observed that Downing was charging
nothing for the ale. That is all right SAT-
Downing, Il don't sell ale or any othe
strong drinks-I give them free, but
charge decent profit upon the eafables'
OH says the bishop, laughing, i see how
it is: then l will come here every day an
pay you for the use of your room, and SEEM
the scenery from your windows, and yo
can let me have bottle Of that Scotch al
for nothing Agreed, sir replied Down
ing, and anything else you require, fror
Heidsick to the best Otard,' This is on
example from many"
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-02
Mem a0perttsc m ents.

VIZ ANTED-A girl from l2 to Is years
w old 10 nurse-apply 10 Mrs. Hubbs,
Sen I'd 2t
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-11-26

JUSTICE TO THE OCCAsION.-The New Or.
leans Commercial Bulletin, a Wing paper, af-
ter the result of the election was known
says:
We use no words to express our feelings
on the occasion. We are in condition of the
hero of the following anecdote:
''Once upon u timc," SO the story runs,
s'thcre lived man whose chief business it
was to 90 from house to house and purchase
ashes, which he deposited in Il cart made for
the purpose, and then conveyed to the ashcry
on the top ola high hill. This man was no
ted as the most tremendous swcarcr in the
whole region around. He possessed an i'm
mense collection of protane phrases, which
he would pour forth, when irritatcd at any
thing, with amazing volubity. One day, at
ter filling his cart, he proceeded to the ashc-
ry. BY some means or other the lid in the
back Of the cart became slightly raised, and
a small stream of ashes poured out, all the
way, as he went up the hill. The neighbors
saw the mishap, and followed, expecting,
when he ascertained his misfortune, to listen
to an extraordinary and unprecedented ebuli-
ton. But they were disappointed; for, after
looking at his empty cart, the long streak of
white ashes all the way up the hill,
and the gaping crowd he put his hand
upon his heart and said, in a subdued tone:
sNeighbors, its no use! l can't do justice to
the Occasionn"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-11-26

A HOPEFUL YOUTH.-A boy, IL years OF
age, was brought before the Mayors Court
Cincinnati, last Sunday, by his father, who
stated that the family were absolutely afraid
the youth would take their lives, and that he
himself found it utterly impossible TO govern
the boy: that he had threatened them with
stabbing, and had even purchased Il pistol for
the purpose of shooting Mrs. w., his house
keeper. A double barrelcd pistol was pro-
duced in court, which the police officer who
accompanied the father to the courtroom said
he took from the boy, who told him he bought
it for the purpose stated" The mayor sent
the boy to the house of refuge.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-11-26

tW- The New York Times, commenting
upon the result of the Presidential election,
says
"The Democratic party hos now completed
its aseendency. Having had possession for
years past of the Legislative branches of the
General Government, it is now supreme in
the Executive Department also. What effect
is this likely to have upon the interests Of
the country!
Gen. Pierce is man of character, of good
abilities, and Of fair experience in public life.
He has never figured conspicuousy in the
prominent positions he has occupied, though
this NAV be due quite rs much to circuni-
stances as to himself That he has, manly
susceptibiitics and the ability to give them
prompt and fitting expression, his speech ut
Concord on the death of Mr.. Webster fully
proves. His course in the Senate would in.
dcate him as belonging to that school OF
Strict COnstructiOnists which searches the
Constitution for prohibitions, rather than for
the powers and means of advancing the gen.
eral good; and we presume that he will act
upon its principles in the administration OF
public affairs. We do not belive that the
Tariff will DO made less protective than it is
at present, nor that the Independent Trcasu-
ry system will be stripped Of those qualify
ing provisions by which its rigor has been
tempered and the apprehended evils of its
operation have been escaped. The general
current of our domestic affairs cannot, in our
Judgment, suffer any serious change. How
the new President will succeed in hold to-
: gether the party which has raised him to
power, remains to be seen. He has before
him the example of Mr.. Polk, who, with at
least equal abilities, failed to accomplish this
end, under circumstances less embarrassing
than those by which General Pierce will find
himself surrounded.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-11-26

A New ENGLAND CUsTOM.-According to
universal custom, in the town Of Marshfeld,
on the Sabbath of Mr. Wcbstcr's death, be-
tween the hours of and 8 in the morning,
the bell of the parish church was rung vio-
lently, to announce to the startled inhabitants
within hearing that death had occurred
among them. Then it was struck three times
three, as a signal that n male person had died.
Next, the bell was struck slowly and dcliber-
ately seventy strokes, to denote the age of
the dead; and then there went up mournful
voice from every house, ut must be that
Daniel Webster is dead" y.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-11-26

~ We heard of novel case which came
off somewhere the other day before county
justice. The story runncth thus wise: Two
men and their wives living in the same house
across the river, by mutual consent, agreed to
trade wives "pro-tcmpore." Title was con-
veycd, and possession delivered, and matters
passed along smoothly for two weeks, when
Mrs. -, preferring her old husband to her
new one, wanted to trade back, but the other
parties, satisfied with the bargain, would not
consent, whcreupon hrs. - entered COM
plaint against them, and upon examination
they were committed to the county Jail. The
funniest of the affair is, that the complain
ants were as guilty as those complained Of,
and they are permitted to 60 unpunished
while the others suffer.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-11-26
TERMS:

j. THE POST is published every Friday at
"a per year, payable in advance, or So, if pay
ment is delayed until the expiration of the
year. ..t
ADVERTISEMENTS will be charged 81 per
square of II lines, less, for the first inser-
ton, and 25 cents for each continuance A
liberal deduction made to those who advertise
by the year. Persons sending advertisements
must mark the number of times they desire
them inserted, or they will continue until for
bid and charged accordingly.
For announcing the names Of candidates for
office, 80, CASH.
JOB Work, such as Pamphlets, Minutes, Cir.
culars, Cards Blanks, IIandblls, &c, will be
executed in q neat and workmanlikc manner,
at short notice. and on reasonable terms.
All letters addressed to the Proprietor, post
paid, will be promptly attended to.
Persons at distance sending us the names
Of four solvent subscribers, will be entitled to
q fifth copy gratis
No communication inserted unless accom-
panied by the name Of the author.
cg- Office on the West side of the Public
Square.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-11-26

THE GLOBE WE LIVE MT is known rs &
fact in Geology, that below the depth of thir
ty feet the earth becomes regularly warmer
as we descend. On an average the increase is
at the rate of one degree Fahrenheit to eve.
ry iittieth foot. At the bottom of the mine
Of Cornwall, Il depth of 1900 feet, the thcr-
mometer stands at sS, equal to high summer
heat. At this rate rocks and metal would be
melted 80 miles below the surface, and down
in the bowels of the earth, several hundred
miles, the heat would be ten thousand times
hotter than melted iron. Who is there that
can wonder at earthquakes, when all things
rest on molten sea of fire!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-11-26

Mr.. WEBSTER AND THE HARTFORD Gov
vExrIoS.-The New York Tribune, in reply
to correspondent says that Mr.. Webste
was not member of the famous Hartford
Convention. He was in attendance at Wash
ingtou as member of Congress at the tim,
the Hartford Convention was in session.
Mr.. Webster was then resident of his ma
tive New-Hampshire, which, though decided
ly federal in politics, declined to send dele
gates to Hartford, though one or two appear
ed there as representatives Of a particular
portion of New Hampshire.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-11-26
w A correspondent of the Knickerbock
or tells the following good one:

~ entered log school-house once, where
q 'Debatin' Society was holding forth, upon
the question: If man saw his wife and mo.
ther in the water drowning, which should he
help out first' The question was considered
with animation upon both sides for while
when q 'backwardness' began to manifest
itself. The president desired dcbaters, ii
they had anything to say to continue on -
After pause, peaked-ooking man in the
back of the house got up and said, with con.
siderable difiidence and embarrassment: "Mr.
Presidenr-I think if man saw his mother
and wife in the water drowning, he ought to
help his mother out first; because, you see, if
his wife did get drowned, he could get ano-
ther one, but he couldn't get another mother,
not easy!' This settled the question and the
verdict accordingly
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-11-26

When the merchants of Breslau once ap.
piled to Frederick the Great for protection
against the ruinOus competition of Jewish
dealers, the monarch asked how the Jews
managed to draw business into their hands
The answer was that they were up early and
late, always travelling about, lived very eco.
nomically and were contented with small
gains on rapid returns. Every WE'LL" said
the enlightened monarch, ego and be Jews
too, in the conduct of your business.