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The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-03

of the Springfield tMass.) Republican. wit
ing from Elsineur, Denmark, says:
"Here is shown Hamlees grave, evident
" Of rather modern date. OF this Ger
man writer says: "A more striking homage
has probably never been paid to the genius
of poet than when particular burial places
are assigned even to the creations of his inn
agnation; while an English writer, who re-
CARDS the matter from more historical
point of view, says: Any heap Of stones,
with Runic Inscriptions on them, and said
to denote Hamlet's grave, will be in vain
searched for here, even if they ever existed
In fact, Hamlet's identification with this
enchanting spot, is at best but a Shakspear-
ian fiction. Hamlet's country was not Tea
land, but Jutland Here the name was pro-
nounced Amlet, signifying mailman Ac-
cording TO the Danish history Of old Saxo-
Grammatcus, The wrote about the COM
menccment Of the 18th century, Hamlet
was not the son of Danish king. but of a
famous pirate chief, who was governor of
Jutland in conjunction with his brother
Hamlet's father married the daughter of
the Danish king and the issue of that mar
rage was Hamlet.
Hamlet father was subsequently MUIR
dered by his brother. who married the wi
dow and succeeded to the government Of the
whole of Jutand. AS Pagan, i. was
Hamlet's first duty TO avcnge his father
The better to conceal his purpose he ieigned
madness His uncle suspecting it to be
fegncd, sent him to England with a request
to the king that he would put Hamle. TO
death. He was accompanied by Two crea-
lures of his uncle, whose letter 10 the Eng
fish king was carved upon wood, according
to the custom Of that period. This, Hamlet,
during the voyage, contrive1 TO get posses
sion Of, and so altered the characters as to
make it request that his two companions
should be slain which was accordingly
done on their arrival in England. lie az
forwards married the daughter Of the Eng
lish King, but subsequently returned to Jnt-
land, and, still feignng madness, contrved
to surprise and stay his uncle, after upbraid-
ing him with his various crimes. Hamlet
then became Governor Of Jutland. was mar
ried second time to a Queen of Scotland,
and was eventually killed in battle. The
whole history of Hamlet is carefully and
infinitely detailed but these are the lead
ing historical features upon which Shak-
speare founded his beautiful tragedy; and
rude disgusting as many Of t1e incidents in
Hamlet's life We're, the mode in which
Shakespeare has treated them is one of the
greatest proofs Of his splendid genius Ac-
cordng to Saxo, Hamlet lived about fou'
centuries before Christ"
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-03
STgTE OF LOUISIANA.

ST.aTE OF LOUISIANA.
Sirth judicial District Court Parish Of Eds
Baton Rouge.
JAMES SULLIVAN,
rs. |NO. lUSj}
WILLIAM Hosxrv. Absentee.
DY VIRTUE Of writ of 4. "a. issued in
ID the above entitled and numbered snit,
and to me directed from the Hon. Sixth Ju-
dcial District Court. in and for the Parish
Of East Baton Rouge. and State Of louisa
ma. Lave seized and will EXPOSE at public
sale. at the Court houee door in The City Of
Baton Rouge on Saturday, the Second
dan Of OctoJer, 1852. at II o'clock, a. NJ. the
hereinafter described mortgaged property,
to wit
A CERTAIN Tract Of Land, situated in
this Parish. East Baton Ronge) at about Is
miles from the City Of Baton Rouge. and
containing One Hundred acres more OF less
and bounded az follows. TO wit North by
lands of John Kennard. south by lands Of
Boatner ard west bv Cypress BAYOU. Seized
TO ray and satisfy the amount # 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. Sheriff
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M A L s

There are a great many good substantial
reasons, why the mails cannot be as quickly
transported from point to point, in the State
Of Louisiana, as in New York but there are
some considerations with regard TO Email
service" in the South that requires prompt
action ofthe part on our people or we will
be eventually completely robbed of this
great means of communication OF mind
with mind, and cut eff entirely from
civilization. The shameful abuses prac-
ticed upon us, are not new-they are
as old as our memory Of the service -
Our cries have been often repeated to
the General Government-and our Repre-
sentatives in Congress-, to no effect They
are all to much engaged with the political
aspect Of the Campaign to givea moments
thought to The mails--or any other subject
Of vital interest to the country, but Of no
consequence to the politician. The State
Of Louisiana, as does Mississippi and Texas
contributes its quote to the support of the
vast machinery of the Post Office Depart
lnent, and we cannot see why they are not
entitled 10 some consideration, when they
tell the chief officers of that department
that they are abused. Has not evidence
of the fact been given them for the past ten
years! Have they not been told that the
arrival Of mail in some of our inland town,
is made matter of public rejoicing, from
the fact of their SCARCITY Have they not
been shown that mails in the interior OF
this, and the State OF Mississippi, are very
rarely received though there be stage
coaches and mail riders and steamboats, run.
ming all the time with contracts "to carry
from the government Yes, all this has
been shown and still the evils are before
us, and Our citizens frequently, mail letters
for Natchez and Vicksburg, to 60 by the
way of New Orleans. The town of Fort
Adams, or Bayou Sara burns down, and the
intelligence comes to lis by the way Of New
Orleans and this too when there are land
routs that pretend to be regular.
Has not the General Government any
more "specnl agents. to come around and
look up abuses If not we will pay man
to look into things, which we are told does
not concern us.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-03

A machine for painting window blinds
has been invented by Samuel Fields, Il
painter Of Worcester, by which one man
can paint easily so pairs OF blinds IN a
day, and not work over ten hours.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-03

Shocling-To serenade second
story window for two hours, and then
be told that the young woman " what
used to live here has moved around
tie" next corner.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-03

Dickens ( Boz refused the solicitations
Of the electors OF finsbury to run for
Parliament in recent English elections.
Douglass Jerrold, the author, was a
candidate, but with what success is not
now knomn.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-03

A company is organized to run a
line CT telegraph wire from Aspinwall
to Panama. to be constructed in ad-
vance of the completion Of the railroad
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-03

Louis NAPoLEoN's INrENEp.-The Paris
correspondent of the National Inteligencer
in his last letter, says;
There seems to be no doubt really of
the Prince Louis Napoleon's matrimonial
projects and Of his intentions to realize
then before his assumption for himself of
the imperial purple And the Princess
Wasa is generally designated as the favored
fair one. She has already been placed, it
is avered under Catholic teachers, for in
struction in thai religion; the pious Prince
having made it sine qua non that she
should renounce the Protestant faith This
she has promised forthwith to do and re-
ligious convictions are to be changed with
as much facility as would be bonnet or a
shawl
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-03
ET.AT DE In LOUISIANA.
Cour dte Sirienle District Jpdiricire-Paroiss'
n Est Bnton Rmoe.

Us. I NO. lOe7.I
WILLIAM HosKI~. Abaentee.
I'm VERTU DUN writ de f. fa lance dams
II Fafaire ei-dessns entityilG r. nunero'e,
ct a moi adraeeH par rHon. Cour du Sixienne
District Judiciaire. dams ct pour la Parolsse
dEst Baton Rouge ct Etat de Ia Louisiana,
J'ai saisic ct exposcrai en- vente publigue,
Ia porte De la rnaison de Cour dams la vile
de Baton Rouge. S.AMEDL h 2me jour d o.
tobt.e. 1852. = II heures du matin la propri-
Gi6 hvpothcque c-apres decrite. SAVIOR:
UN certain moroccan de terre situe dams
cette Poroi C Fast Baton Rougel envi-
ron IS miles De la vile de Baton Rouge, ct
contenant 100 arpents. plus All moins, ct
borne CONNIE suit. SAVIOR: Nord par terres
de John Kcnnard sud par terres de Boatner,
Quest par Cypress Bayou. Saisie pour payer
ct satislaire le rncntant du iugcment. interet
ct frais. dams l'affaire ci-dessus intitulee.
Conditions de In Tente-CowpTANT. avec
bGroG d'fvaluation H. V. BAB1N,
.1nt 2S-Gis4 Sherlf.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-03

Our minds are like ill-hung yeho-
cles when they have little to carry
they raise prodigions clatter when
heavily laden they neither creak nor
rumble.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-03

FRIGHTENED INTO INSANITY. Miss
Caroline Whitney. of Nantucket, while
walking through Purchase street, New
Bedford, Mass, a few evenings since,
was ovcrtaken by an idiot known as
"Rafe.' who placed his hands upon
her shoulders and uttered some incohe.
rent words, which alarmed Miss Whit.
noy 50 much that she Immediately
tainted, and has since become insane.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-03

UWill our reighbor please inform us
which one of the ancients he alludes to-
when he says, Make way for the youthful
Tully" Does he mean Tullus Hostilius,n
or Serv--us Tulluus? or Marcus Tullius
Furious Bombastus Quintilius Tullus 81
Will he please satisfy our uri-os-i-ty in
this particular
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-03
TO SUGAR PLANTERS.

HAVE Just received and will continue
i TO keep. good supply Of very fire Su-
gar House and water cistern cement
JOSHUA BEAL,
aug 29-y Opposite Harvey House.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-03

9Th Cockburn's Life of Jeffrey is u
curious passage relating to the English
Quakess. There are many Of this sect in
Liverpool. .Jcfiry, when proceeding TO
America some thirty years since, was de-
tained considerable time. Here he wrote
letter, from which the subjoined passage
is taken: did you ever here that most OF
the Quakcrs die of stupidity. actually and
literally? | was assured Of the fact the
other day by very intelligent physician,
who practced twenty years among them,
and informs me that few OF the richer sort
live 10 be fifty but die Of a sort Of atrophy.
their cold blood just stagnat,ng by degrees
among their fabby fat. They eat too much,
he says, take little exercise, and above all,
have TO nervous excitement. The affection
is known in all this part OF the country by
the name of the 'Quaker's disease and
more than half Of them 90 ont So"
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-03

The proprietors Of the New York Daily
Times have rented a building fer an Office
at the corner of Ann and Nassau streets, in
that city, for $1,000 per annum.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-03

Music FOR GERMANy.-Among the pas
sengers for Bremen, who left Baltimore in
the ship Martha, was band Of Ethiopian
serenaders, who are going to give The PEG
pie of that region touch of ''nativc Ameri-
cam music. The company consists OF sew
EN- persons, nearly all Baltimoreans. They
carry with them, of course, the banjo, vio-
lin, bones, &C., &c. The enterprise is a
new one and how it will succeed in Ger
man population remains TO be seen They
are said to be men Of energy, and if the thing
will 90, it must succeed in their hands.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-03

Coon BUSINESS RuLEs.-lf you want to
buy anything-if you want to sell any
thing--if you want to hear anything
if you want to tell anything--if you want
to do anything-if you want anything done ;
advertise.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-03

The cholera is said to be prevailing
at Nauvoo to a considerable extent
At last accounts, some eight or ten Of
the Icarians had died.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-03

NPunch gives this question in an
extract from his political dictionary
"What is the derivation Of the word
Empirical Answer, at must be
from NJ. 2 =, (thus NJ p ricak,) from
the popular notion that evory Mem
Der of Parliment is more less Quack. y
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-03

7 UsT LANDED per Steamer Midas. from
y Cincinnati -
II tierces S. c. Hams so boxes No. ].
Soap; 50 bbls. Ohio Flour; 20 doz. Brooms !:
S blls Inferior Lard; rs bbls M. q. Pork.
For sal. low--for the times.
sept. 9. ". S. M. HART & Co.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-03
oScm A1pcrtlse III cnts.

N7 ANTED-A girl from l2 to l6 years
w old to nurse--apply to Mrs. Hubs,
Sep. Cd ct.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-12-02

LATER FROM Rio DE JANElRo-By an arrival at New
York, we have dates from Rio to the Sth ultimo.
Much interest felt at Rio account of agree
into by the largest importing houses regu
Iatng between the importers and the job
bers The rules which forbade certain class
ons which it had been the practice for the former
carry with the retail trade exceedingly stringent
and sanctioned with fine in Of violation. CONNER
circles regarded the subject Of great Importance
involving the prosperity trade and the British Consul
Mr. 'Westwood, had protested against it.
Sr Antonio Pinto da Fonseca prominent merchant Of
Rio the 10Th of September ordered to quit the
pre in thirty days He suspected of participation in
the slave trade Sr Pinto fills the papers with protesa
tlons Of his is Offering to deposit; any sum S
nocence,
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-12-02
FIRE. .--Thealarm of fire at o'clock yesterday
oecasioned W the burning Of shanty in Claiborne
etreaf. In the Third niaftief = -. -

a AHS. La VI uIt NJ q U cl0Ck y6sItTuHy
wss occasoned W the burning of shanty in Claiborne
street, in the Third District.
NICE MEss.-Adele Sitter and Ann DAILY, va
grants found lying in open house Poydras street.
were sent to the for 30 90 days respect
vely Morgaret Gill; tor larceny Of shirt valued at 60
cents First District Court Stephen Kane unprovoksd
assault and battery upon Jos Crempton on Tuesday af
in Magazine street First District Court Dora
Thy Benson assaulting and throwing bucket Of
street First District Court.
LIGHT WANTED.-A slave was arrested on
Naydes street at II o'clock Tuesday night with box Of
candles in his possession supposed to be stolen He had
pass signed BY Mrs H. Gibson, dated 10Th November
SUsPrCoUs.-J. W. Marshall was arraigned
yesterday on this charge 0cer Ross stated that after
ne had arrested accused Marsha told him there
use taking him in as he we'll fxedn Counsel asked
the officer how he knew accused thief Officer eaid
be told mo last fall what lay he on said he was
cross man do you know what that IL? I'll tellyouits
Thief When asked why, knowing him to be thief he
did not arrest him Last fall he that himself and
partner did arrest accused another they begged
50 iteousy saying that they about leave the city
% the beaks too sharp for them that the two
were suffered TO go. Marshall remanded until Friday
REcoRDER's CouRT- Fourth District.--There
was nothing done in this Court yesterday save collecting
JAIL fees and giving advice to loaers We saw by yester
report that Second Lieutenant Andrews Of the DO
lice had been arrested the night of the 2th uto for
being drupk in the satonhouse but there was aida
Wit made agninst him.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-12-02
Letter from Havana.

Correspondence Of tbe grsssent.
Tho bark Lady Suffolk from Baltimore, arrived at
Msrie on the 10th instant transferred to Spanish
coors on the 3d. at sea- osd having eight guns and
rica.
The 10th the feast day Of Saint Isabel but on ac
count of the weather. the main feature in the celebration
was postponed to the 2othhe grand ball at the Palace
which out generated anything have had the fortune
to witness in Havana 1t feast lore-minglingt the
bitter jealousy and hatred of the chosen Of the two races
-Cuban and Spsnsh-and administered with skiful
ability for the engenderment Of strife and eing
in our faithful bosoms. The night of the ed; the Palace
portals were thrown open that all might and the
Aladdin miracle Of enchantmentbut the wizzarachief
was not there to behold the admiration of the democracy
guided along the tesseted corridors by double files of
approved soldery-marching the stairs and back again.
from front to the and thence to disappear among the
thousands of ungrafed curious that thronged the
rior Of the Palace until IL O'Clock at night when the
tains FELL y --t5i
Vessels arriving with recruits from Spain every few
days. to supply the loss by disease in the last twelve
monthstwo vessels in to-day with three hum
dred. -.ss.545... e.. ~
Some four thousand black recruits from Africa have been
made welcome to Cuba since the beginning of the admin
istration Of Gen Canedo-the of treaty faith and stpu-
iation-he last always counting into not out Of his
pocket.
few singula- manifesto documents, have been in
formed through the post office from Cardenas, and
they have been distributed in the files of the secretary
office for the general beneft-supposed to have been
brought out by some vessel recently from NewYork
The vessel has not been sezed but suppose that she
will be- if the Smith doctrines to be adhered toas
the matter very peaceable peo-
pie to stay at home and mind their business in which
they would be protected, etc.
The Crescent City is not to come in-the last
and there is whg party in the United States accord
ing to the Marine Journal of Havana. So adieu JOSE
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-12-02

BROADWAY RAlLRoAD-The New York Board Of Alder
have adopted tho report recommending the consruc
ton of double track railroad through Broadway, from
tho South Ferry to Fftyninth street They have also
granted lease Of the road to Jacob Sharp Freeman Camp
bell and about dozen other persons chiefly omnibus pro-
pretor and those who may be associated with the
twenty dollars per annum for each they may put
1t is stated that individuals had offered bonus of $1,000
for each car and much dissatisfaction is felt that the
privilege not given to the highest bidder that
junction ia thought Of -.. -
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-12-02

A PET FISH The Carrollton (Miss) Demo-
crat says there is q man at Greenwood. in that
county, a fisherman by trade, who has q pet
catfish, weighing about forty pounds, and gives
the following account of it:
1t was first discovered, as we are informed, by
the fsherman's wife, who lives in fiatboat on
the Yazoo river. The process of tanning was as !
follows: She had been washing one day, and as
the clothing was placed on limb of brush in
the edge of the water, the fish was first dis
covered while in the act of trying to eat or
swallow some small article. The lady, on ap-
preaching the waters edge to protect her &c dry
goods " from the eneroachments of her strange
visitor, observed that his catfish majesty had
evidently been engaged in a severe conflict Of
some kind. it having had huge cash cut in its
head, which extended from scar to ear" AS
the fish showed no signs of being alarmed at the
near approach of the lady but continued to pull
at the clothing with its mouth, and seeing the
wound in its head the generous sympathies Of
her sex was excited in its behalf. Instead,
| therefore, of making an effort to scare the fsh,
| and supposing it to be hungry, she stepped into
her floating castle, procured a piece Of bread,
threw it into the water beside the fish, which it
eat with the ayidity of half starved hyena
The humane lady repeated this act of kindess,
until the fsh's morbid appetite appeared to be
gratifed, when it moved slowly of into deep
water. isss-sss
The fisherman during this time had been abb
sent. Upon his return, the wife related to him
her adventure with the fish, and exaeted pro-
mise from him not to molest her g pet" in case
it should again return in quest Of food. Sure
| enough, the next day, at about the same hour
at which it was fed on the day previous, the fish
returned, and they fed it as before. This was
repeated from day to day, until now MIR. Cat IS
u as gentle as cat.a 1t has become completely.
demesticated. The fisherman has 1T SO trained
that he can call it up at almost any time by
Is n the habit Of feeding it, twill eat out Of his
, hand, will permit him to handle and caress it,
and they appear to be as fond of each others
company as if they were "bone Of one bone and
flesh of one fesh." = IA, *
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-12-02

QUICK SHooTINe.-The NewYork Express says: Talk of
six shooters'" Colt revolvers ' we hear of rife
formidable than them all neat simple, elegant ris
that will discharge twenty balls per minute loading
and printing itself at each successive discharge and not
the slightest chance Of undue explosion The ball and
powder is in leaden cartridge and decorating pill in
stead of the soap" is the printing This gun has been
subject to every possible and has continued to prove
its superiority to anything known Over sixty thou
sand dollars have been expended in bringing perfection
the Jennings Repeating Rifle. .,4
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-12-02

The REvENuE FRAUD INyEsrIoArIoNs-TheS Senate COM
mttee revenue frauds of which Gen. James is chair
man. have pursued their Investigations in the various At
lanc Cities during the recess but finding necessary to
examine very large number of witnesses will be able to
make only preliminary report at the meeting Congress-
and will ask leave to continue their sittings
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-12-02

RUM BorTLEs OuTLAwEp.-The following case tried in
the Quarter Sessions of Bcrks county, Pa thus report
cd by the Reading Gazette!
"a wife indicted her husband for assault and battery
committed under the following circumstances They
returning home together in q wagon, from market-ths
husband provided with pocket pistol well loaded from
which he took sundry 'swigs until he became shot
The wife demonstrated earnestly against such conduct
which aroused the anger Of her lord and he
abusing herr whereupon she seized the bottle, and
threw out into the road For this her brute Of hus
band beat her Judge Jones charged the Jury that the
wes act of breaking the bottle did not justify the us
band in striking that although wife right
destroy the goods and chattes Of husband
tie exception that wife perfectly justifable
in seizing her husbands bottle could
stance the defendant did more than what sensible
ought to have done. The jury rendered verdict
in accordance with this sound opinion Rum bottles may
therefore, from this date be considered without the pale
OF tho LAWS protectionn
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-12-02

The LATE DR. FsArcs PARKMAN.-A dispatch from Bos-
ton, dated the 22d ult., says:
The Times, Of this morning, gives report that Dr.
Francis Parkman recently deceased hung himself in his
bathroom caused in part by alleged conspacies of aban
doned and others to extort money etc from him
This is painful rumor to the family, and should be
eontradictsd at once, If it is not correct.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-12-02

SuIr BETWEEN MAN HIS WIFE.-The Court of Err
at Trenton New Jersey is engaged with interest
ing legal case, which has been in litigation for several
years. involving the title to estate in Monmouth
y party claims the estate deed which his grand
father made him. but not delivered before ho married
his second wife, who is the other party claming but af
ter his death it taken possession Of by the first party
The wife, however contests the validity of the title Che
ground that the deed delivered and that the
deceased did not intend to doso.