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The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-09-18
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| TnE BArp or SEvEr-Early in
the career Of the Epidemic in New
Orleans, seven young men Of this city
volunteered to 20 down, and with their
own hands aid in extending relief to
the suffering With letters 10 May.
or Crossnan and the Secretary Of the
Howard Association, they left the then
healthy shores Of our own healthy city
and proceeded on their mission Of be.
nevolence. This was done without
any Of the eelut, that would have fol-
lowed the same number Of men, had
they enlisted to defend our border"
against hostile foe.--Their mission
was a fearful, Christian mission, and
consequently unheralded. They as
sembled on the deck Of one Of our
packets, and attractsd no attention
in the midst Of them was the principal
guardian spirit Of the town. He gave
them advice In brief terms and after
bidding them 'God speed in their
mission they departed. The Howard
Association after highly compliment
ing them fur this hazardous display
If true moral courage, declined their
eryiees--believing as they said. that
their danger in the pestilence greater.
han others better acclimated. Finding
it impossible to obtain a place in the
advance guard on active duty, they
feachedour shore, where field for their
services at once was opened, and with
! fearless risk Of their own lives they
went to work; how serviceable they
nave been-- how much heart sicken.
ing distress they have relieved, and how
much they have done towards stopp.
ng the progress, Of the untnerciful
apidemic, remains yet to be told.
Two out of the seven have fallen
u the service yet undaunted the FIVE
ire still united, and before the low.
ring sky clears of, they will have
written bright page in the history
# Baton Runge.
FdREsTALLiKu THE MARKET.--1fI
my one will take the trouble to
efsr to a neatly printed digest Of
he laws and ordinances of this corpor.
lion, ii will be found that there stands
n the statutes an ordinance that should
. printed Ia bold characters, land
osted at, at 1east three different
laces' to strike terror into the hearts
f fhereiless spectators. That ordin.
nance goes on to say that it shall
ct be lawful for any person to fore
all the market by buying up eggs and
ther Vegetables and this thing is
pntinaaily done. The ordinance
hould be enforced at this season, for
J the market people are all afraid to
1me to town, the town is put at the ,
'ercy ofa few meretless spectators !
Inc Of these leeches on The communi.
/, went to the market on Thursday
'orning Last, and bought out the whole !
-"fowl, fruit, fish, and 1osh,'' for |
'ree dollars and thirty-three cents i
ID afterwards advanced the price Of i
'ery article one hundred and Thirty !,
sr cent.
PoL1T1cAL THouBLEs.--1'he Balti- d
ore Sun says that James +. Brady, |
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Eg-The Bedouins Of the Great
Desert have been awakened by the
shrill wistle of the locomotive. Look
out for the engine when the bell rings
is the kind admonition to be met with
it the cross roads in Egypt. On the
9th Of June last, we learn the first Eve
miles on the Egyptian railroad was
run, much to the astonishment Of the
emi-barbarians.
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rriaay 1Iornins. Ill. ssps, Z. 10 !.

rriday Morning. 49,. sspt, II, 10 !
EWe have seen two letters, one
from West Baton Rouge, and anothe,
from a sugar planter, east Of this city
which 20 To sliew in the most substan
tial manner, that they sympathise Will
our afflicted people. We shall endea.
your to spread them before the public
tomorrow Though the spontaneous
offerings 1t the shrine Of mercy, and
deeds Of christian benevolence and
charity are not designed for the pub
lie eye, yet il is due our people 10 know
whr, in THE hour ofsofrbw and affection
he's come to their relief.
ut win be seenshat Ii the list
Of deaths. for NE twenty four hours,
ending yesterday At 4 o'clock, that The
name Of Dr.. L. War, occurs. Doctor
Way, had for the past three years
been a resident Of this place. Al a
Physician, his labor was confined to
the southern portion Of the town,
where he was esteemed by sll who
knew him.
EY-The N. York Woman's Rights
Party have been holding another
Worlds Temperance Convention
Mrs. Vaughan was President, and she
got up and said that II the woman
were refused the privilege Of voting,
that she was IN favor ofgoing en- ssassr
to the poll--stand there to electioneer
see what vote every man puts in the
ballot-box, and brand him who does
not vote for the Maine law a. 4 moral
coward, no matter who he Il.
If such stringent measures were
adopted, We have no doubt the whole
world would forswere snail rotations,
and sign the total abstinence pledge.
wIti lie not pnffequeutly that we
are called very hard names, BY some
Of our ffiends--it only alnsses us
when We hear them. HE Ii i fool,"
sand he lies" are com,non expressions.
Using these appelations indisetimin-
assly involves metaphysical ethics
that have troubled the heads Of phi.
losophers since the very earliest peri.
cd. When a man calls another .
fool he prssupposesh imsslfto be Mise,
and il Is the business Of third persons
interested, to measure and weigh the,
parties TO end which Of the two is
wanting =
The soical problem BIZ never been
solved. Il reads thus:
"Whes man says 4 lie,' does he
iie Or does b. not ! Ii he lies, he
speaks the truth II he speak the
truth. he lies" Masy nv the books
written on this rondersl problem.
favored the world with no
less than six I; Philetus studied himself
10 death In his vain endeavou 10 scise
u.
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CnAnrrIrs.-1here Is no profanity

L 3>S1A1h ssA AAhsNSs AAASAO - Nv fssO'tsD'N
in the expression Of the wish, tba
fire, famine, and pestilence may con
tinue to visit us from time to time a
they ever have done. Tempered b,
the hand Of Divine Providence sal
seeming discord IL harmony not TN
derstood. We like to hear the wint
roar out In his gfuff voice AZ he sweep
over the land and lays things PROSTATE
and we like the pestilence TO come, tt
remind man that he is no better thar
| the .'stuff that dreams are made Of
and his little life il rounded This
is not the only le1lbn adversely teach
Is. II calls forth the tenderest sym
pathies Of the human heart, and con-
trasts true charity with the mercinary
and selfiah motives Of beasts who de-
| trade sthe human form divine" Ii
Ices the soul good To look at the acts
of sisterly affection that other cities
! in the Union have manifested for our
own great metropolis; and when we
look about us and see the philanthropy
ID movements Of some Of our own citi
lens in the hour Of distress, 1t please.
| IT'S to record their names not upon
paper, but on the inaistructable tablets
IF the memory itself.
How beautifully they contrast with
the dark side Of the plcture' And
how delightful II is to Look at their ae
lions in the sunlight Of Heaven. Whilst
the desolate, barren waste Of selfish Sc
rlusion, and inaction of others fills 10
the impenetrable darkness ofthe back
ground. In contemplating the scene.
there Is one fact. that presents itselfto
the mind, and it is one for which the
christian may piouslv thank the Lord
That money will not give security
from the pestilence, or buy one inch of
time when the "death bell rings And
oh! ye miserable poverty stricken peo-
pie who ride about over field Of sa-
BILE bipeds, and use the paddle and the
rack, and the loaded whip, who turn
the deaf side to every appeal Of CHAIR
ty, tremble In your shoes, for the day
Of Judgment is at hand.
r. During the temporary suspen-
sion Of traffic, IL win be seen that
W. B. Phillips Is busily engaged in
opening a stock Of staple and fancy
goods. He will be prepared when the
fall business sets In, to make such a I
display Of dress goods, as will entirely
eclipse any stock ever offered for
salc in this city. We advise the Ia
lies to be il readiness, for 80 soon as
The business season does set in. there
viii be such 4 rush to Phillips as
never was before.
-e------ |
1--WE hope our citizens will not
withhold anything necessary to the
comfort Of, the INDECENT sick. Ifnurses
ire wanted employ them, if medicine
end to any Of the Drug stores, and
ce can be had by applying to Mr..
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EuREkA.--In looking over an old
book, we find the exclamation Azure
ka" applied to Archimedes the SYRIA
csisan. We lad always thought that
Euclid the Geomatrician first made
use Of the word. The old book saws
that when Archimedes on immersine
his body In the bath, discovered the
means of aseertaining the purity Of the
golden crown made for Hiero, from the
space It would occupy in the water;;
he exclaimed "Huveka" u have found
it."
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PoL1T1cAL THouBLEs.--The Balti-
more Sun says that James T. Brady,
Esqs a prominent Democrat politician
in New York, has resigned the Presi-
dency Of Democratic Union Club, as
signing as reason that il may be ne
cessary for him to operate against the
individuals who sway the National and
New York State Administration. He
thinks it necessary to do 80 for the pre-
seTsation Of the integrity of the Demo-
cratic party.
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1--WE very cheerfally endorse the
following paragraph from the New
Orleans Commercial Bulletin. Speak.
ing Of the repeated failures Of the
mail ard the affairs Of the Post Office
Department, as at present administer.
ed, the Bulletin says,
1T was great mistake to make q
Postmaster General q cabinet officer;
He should be strictly and literally :
ministerial officer, disconnected entire
y with party and politics. faithful.
industrious official, exclusively inter.
ested III the discharge of the duties
of his department, and an officer of
experience and known administrative
taent If we are to Judge from results,
Mr. Campbel is better adapted to any
other station than the head Of the Post
Office Department.
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EEThe vicksburg Sentinel iaisrns
us Of the death Of Capt d. B. Dows-
iSe. He died "a Saturday last the
10th inst, At Boltaa's depot station
on the Railroad to Jactsen, ashsn dis
lance back Of vicksburg.
In the war with Mexico, Captain
Downing commanded 4 company in
The FIRST Mississippi Regiment lie
had long been = citizen Of Vicksburg
where he was universally esteemed for.
his public spirit and Ms hberality in
the private walks of life. Capt. D.
leaves 4 young wite--an interesting
family, and large circle of friends
and scqnsin'snccs TO mourn his loss.
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IA late stalistscal writer says
hat thss sre employs - the N. 4.
panals $4,000 msa ~ 1000 boy,
puring ssd swearing snccgh y dan
Niagara
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r. Thirty Five Hundred sheets Of
Bhhk notes, containing four On d sheet
Of Five each, have been numbered and
signed, IL. Bordelon, Auditor" accord
ing to law, for the New Bank OF Or
leans. The cry is still they come.---
Every now and then bundle Of about
the size Of a soap box" may be found
on our packets ''corning up" which look
very much "outwardly," as though IL
contained "a few more Of the same
sort When the sicsley season, ends,
the bills Of mortality are again closed
up, and the business season opens, we
may expect to find enough paper mo
ney in circulation to make every body
rich; and what little Of the precious
metals, now in circulation, will be driv.
en- out by the brass Of specializing
bankers, who will be prised in society
according to their expertness in the
gambling tricks Of flnanciering -and
who will labor with their usual assidu-
ity to convince the people that shin
plasters are altogether preferable to
specie as a circulating medium, to meet
the demands Of commerce. The New
England States have always been flood
ed with rag money, and poor Louisiana
has withstood the appeals of speeula-
tors to ruin her credit, until now, and
now most excellent model Democra-
tic Legislature, has opened the door
that she may go down to perdition
with the rest.
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SHr BulLplNo Al ST. JcaN, N. b.
The St. john prrers state tha, ship
building il unusually brisk there Iii.
season. Some Of the decsest clippers
En the English and American feet.
haze been built 1t 81 John. The
buick sripsof seve1l q The pro iIeial
|ships have mol been surpassed BY any
|pthers and those q The Marco Polo, !
st. John built ship. hass not been
equallcd.
The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-03-18
EROMCALIEORNIA.

The "Uncle Sam" arrived at New YORK on
the 18th inst. bringing 100 passengers and
over $500 900 IN specie.-She reports nearly
81 900, 900 on the way in steamers,-The
emigration to Australia has nearly ceased
The grain crops are fotw ward and look en-
couraging. Great excitement exists in Cola
county on account of Mexican murders, and
the entire Mexican population has been
driven out Rubies, Emeralds and diamonds
been found in the interior.-Benyra has been
fixed on the Capitol of the State. A great
riot occurred in the city between some
Cinnamon and British sailors.-Rebelion in
China is more threa,ening.-A proposition to
transfer the sovereignty of the Sandwich
Islands to the United States has been re-
pudiated by that Government.-Markets at
San Francisco are brisk, ard prices fairly
aintained.-Importation of -four haevy O.
prices sunk to $l20$ls per barrel for fair. q
mixed brands.
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EDITORS TABLE.

GRAuAM's MAGAZINE for April is before us.
He says. and truly, that it is the best number
he has yet furnished to his readers'-lt con-
tuins i44 pages Of reading matter oil superior
l;od-I, eyideuce whereof read the
CONTENTS:
The Pilgrims Of the Great st. Bernard, by
n. Bucha,,an Read. A Day at Waterloo;
The Ericssons; The Forest Rivulet; Helen
Ivnsev: The Returned Lutte; Marcus Tulus
Cicero Gubbins, l.. L.; Lima, or the Ashtons;
Songs of George p. Morris; The Cherry
Tree; My Life; The Pearl of Lima; imoseni
THE Banker and Cobler; Tasso's Gerusa-
lsmme; Lamartine's Lines at St. Bernardo
The Heroism of Labor; Sonnet; Edwin Per-
cy Whipple; To Norma; The Hungarian
Revolution; Letters from Home; The Homes
and Graves of Byron, Etc; Autumn Flowers
Nv B.oksj AsPsne Court; a Tale ot 'h'
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For the Chronicle.
A FALSE CHARGE!

Mr.. HOWARD: At some period within the
last few days our attention has been called
by different persons to an article which ap-
peared in your paper of the 4th inst, entitled
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Us: ANIMAL MAG
NErIsM. In which production we are charg-
ed with denying the use of the Court House
to persons to enlighten the public on the a.
bove named science. We deem it due to
ourselves nor less SO to the community we
serve, to state the facts in the case.
Never at any time or in any wise verbally
or by writing, privately or publicly, indvdu-
ally or collectively, have we been applied to
for the use of the Court House for that pur-
pose. OF course we have never expressed q
determination that it should not be thus used
AS to the subject of animal magnetism it is
altogether beyond the limits of our official
province at present. as to the future we can
not speak. The contumely attempted to be
cast upon us in the above named effusion in
which we stand indicted for ignorance, parti-
ality and prejudice, must pass unnoticed. We
were ignorant of any one wishing to discuss
the subject in the Court House partial to JUS
tce and prejudice in favor of common sense.
We merely wish to exonerate ourselves from
this false charge and defend ourselves from
the misdirected shaft Of popular prejudice.
IRA LEWIS,
SWAN C. VANCE,
JOHNP. NEWMAN,
Commissioners of Belmont Co.
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). S. We endorse the above.
Appropriations made by Congress.


Among the appropriations made at the late
session of Congress, were the following, which
we find summed up in the Intelligencer:
For'the extens IN Of the Capitol, two ap-
preparations are made, one in the deficiency
bill of $40O,0 900 and the other in the general
appropriation bill of 100000.
For the Patent Office, towards the erection
of the west wing, $20O,Oo0.
For repairing the Presidents Mansion, in
cluding cleaning, painting, whitewashing, ex-
tending the east wing of Offices for carriage
house, &c, 81 300; and for heating, ventila-
ting, painting, the exterior, painting the walls
and ceilings of the rooms on the first floor,
and the purchase of books for the Presidents
library, $780, 500.
For reiurnishing the Presidents house, to
be expended under the direction of the Presi-
dent, in addition to the proceeds of the sale
of the furniture and equipage of the said house
as may be out of repair and unfit for use, $685.
600.
For the Eastern Branch Bridges, to be ex-
pended in completing the repairs thereof, $4,-
900.
For the Equestrian Statute of Gen. Jack
son, to compensate Clark Mills therefor, and
make it the property of the United States,
$4,000
For an Equestrian Statute of Washington,
our readers are aware, special act made an
appropriation of $4,000.
For paving Pennsylvania avenue, from the
Presidents square to Rock creek, in addition
to former appropriations, $l4,7OO.
For enclosing the triangular lot, opposite
the Centre market, with an iron fence, S4,.
500.
For erecting lamps on both sides of Penn
sylvania avenue, from Seventeenth street to
Georgetown, and from the Capitol TO the Ma
Wy Yard, $4,000.
The Clerks in the several Executive Depart
msnts, from and after the both of June next,
are to be arranged into four classes with diff
ierent grades of salary, and no clerk is to be
appointed in either Of the classes until he
shall have been examined and found qualified
by Board of three Commissioners, one Of
whom is to be the chief of the Bureau to which
the clerk is to be appointed, and the other
two to be selected by the head of the Depart.
ment to which the Bureau is attached. Class
| number one is to receive an annual salary Of
| nine hundred dollars each, class number two
| an annual salary of one thousand two hum
dred dollars each, class number three an ali.
nua salary of one thousand five hundred dol
lars each, and class number four su annual
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salary Of one thousand eight hundred dollars
each.
The outsianding stocis of The United STATE,
may be purchased by the Secretary Of the
Treasury at the current market price, to be
paid for from any surplus funds in the Treas
nry, provided that the balance in the Treas.
ury shall not at any time be reduced below
$6,000,O00.
The Mexican bouadary Commission is con-
tinued Till April lst, 1854, and the necessary
appropriations made therefor.
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HORRIBLE MURDER.
PnILApELpHiA, March II.

Hhuitu
A horrible murder was committed In South.
wark during last night. Two married women
sisters, Hannah Shaw and Ellen Lynch, were
.ound dead in their house this morning a,
half past seven o'clock. A trunk containing
$3.50, belonging TO Mrs. Lynch, whose bus.
band had left for New York on Wednesday
morning, was broken open and the money
stolen. The persons who occupied the lower
part Of the house had been to a ball all night,
and returning this morning found the wome n
dead. There 10 great excitement, and n
number Of arrests have been made. The in.
quest has not yet finished.
SECOND DISPATCH.
An examination Of the bodies of the
women was had. Forty-onc stabs were found
on that of Mrs. Lynch, five entering the
heart; and Ia wounds on that of Mrs. Shaw.
An attempt was made to burn the house
down. but after burning a hole in the kitchen
lioor the fire went out. Many arrests have
been made, including an old Sins-Sing convict
named Arthur Spring.
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THE GARDINER CASE.

WASHINGTON, March l2.
In the Criminal Court, the United States
VS. Geo. A. Gardiner, indicted for false
swearing, in order to procure an award from
the late Mexican Board of Commissioners.
District Attorney Kendall and Henry May of
Baltimore for the United States; and Joseph
H. Bradley and James H. Carlisle of this city,
and B. F. Perry Of South Carolina for the
defendant. There being three District cases
docketed, Kendall proposed to take up the
case of John Charles Gardiner, which was
objected to by the Counsel for the defendant,
on the ground that there not ready for this
case and that it was only accessory to that
of Geo. A. Gardiner. The Court decided
that the case of Geo. A. Gardiner must first
be tried. The Jury was then empanelled
Mr.. May then opened the case, and spoke Of
its great importance. He said it was the
boldest, largest, and most su ceessful case of
fraud yet known against Government. The
dignity and responsibility of the United
States in the eyes of the world, were at stake
in the issue. He gave succinct history Of
the case, and then stated what the prosecu-
tion expected to prove. DR.. Gardiner, in his
menOTldl 10 DOdTu VI SOl1HllSslU1ltTS
stated, that early in the year 1874, he was
largely engaged in mining operations in the
State of San Louis Potosi in Mexico, en-
ployed 500 laborers, had upwards of $780,
900 invested, had men, buildings, steam-e n
gines, mules, and men Of science; that in
1886 he was compelled to abandon the estab-
lishmeut, his possession having been disputed
by Mexican soldie y: that said mines were
worth half million ond would have yielded
him $5o,ooo per annum. The accused filed
with the memorial depostions purporting to
he from persons residing in Mexico, going to
| show that he owned the mines. The issue
was upon the truth or falsity OF these asser-
tons! The United States affirm and expect
ed to prove that every statement in said
memorial, and every paper presented by him,
were false from beginning TO end, were pure
| fiction and invention. Gardiner received from
the United States, as fruits of the fraud, ,S42S.
$50. They expected to show that the mine
was so vaguely located it could not be found
by the Commissioners, although they offered
$500 reward to be shown it; that persons
whose names were furnished as evidence of
title could not be foundin Mexico; that every
one Of the depositons were made in WASH
| ington and the title manufactured here; that
DR., Gardiner was poor Dentist and never
could have worked such mine as he describes
that he was practising dentistry in a small
town on the Pacific coast. thousands of miles
distant, and that the mine, the title, the seals
and signature, of public officers in Mexico
were all forged. "-
Mr.. Bradley thinking there was not time
for his opening argument to-day the Cour,
adjourned till Monday morning.