The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-12-11
NO. 80.

asking. hllt they now nnd now eg1l-
giously they mistook the case. Of all
the deaths here during the late cpl
demio only about thirty six ezerhs
were Of the number, and for every one
that died there were ten ready to step
into his place On the instant. The
business season calls for but little extra
help. and Our friends from the North
and Fast find out when it is too late
that New Orleans is not the place it
used to be for poor clerks from abroad.
/ Her merchants can supply themselves
from the Creole population alone now,
and those who come here from else
where must come with the best of
papers backed by large interests and
/ powerful influence OF they will be
likely to wait til the crack Of doom
for situation unless they will work
on the Leyee, or happen to be rnechan-
les. New Orleans wants laborers, me-
Ichanics, &c, &C., but clerks, she can
| produce plenty of them for herself and
for onc half the Union besides. No
Nortberner should come here expect
ing clerkship, for there are ninety
nine chances to one that he will get a
disappointment instead.
4r@ CYRUS.
Iy=Some time ago the Comet was
imposed upon with an account Of the
discovery Of Gold in Louisiana. We
are frequently hnmbugged in this
way, and do not mind il, but are very
sorry that some Of Of our sagacious
New Orleans contemporaries, swallow
ed the whole 'whale story without u
grain Of allowance, for its first appear
ing in a cou7stry paper. The same
paragraph has gone up to Catahoula
and other Northern parts, and the pa
pers there, to make editorial of it,
have shifted the gold regions to Mis-
sissippi, and instead Of giving r, w.
Jones the credit of the discovery, they
place it to the credit of r. W. Smith.
This is decidedly wrong. Tell the
truth gentlemen. even though the sub
iect matter be lie.
Eg" Funny errors sometimes creep
into serious legal advertisements as
well as editorials In an application
to administer an estate, published
round in Lafayette street the other day
it says:
"Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested 10 show cause within
ten days from the first publication Of
this notice, why the said application
should not be gran1ea.'
This would not be observed by us
(because we ia make mistakes some
times ourselves,) il it were not that "a
lady" applies to administer
Ey The Clarksburg Register--a
paper published in the "old Dornin-
ion,'' says ''that there is q white man
in Jail at that place, under sentence,
to be punished with stripes! This is
the basest form Of ancient barber:sm,
and some of the first fam,lics, should
unite and put it down.
VAN AmHuRG.---This celebrated
individual, will be in Baton Rouge
on Monday the 26th inst, the day af-
fer Christmas. tt is admitted on all
hands, that the Menagarie Of Van
Amburg, is the largest and most com
p1ete, that has ever travelled in this
section of tho country. The reckless
ness Of Van Amburg in subdueing and
tanning wild animals, is proverbial.
IF we recolleet right, there is now a
large bet in England in reference to
Van Amburg.-The bet fixes time
for him to be killed in the pursuit Of
his singular calling All we hope in
reference to the matter, is that he will
not come to the end Of his career at
our landing.