The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-07-24

ye1Y body i5 - ] 1I6Stn
Adysrsh.eA b. always ~ -
tributes his success III life mainly v
| TINT important fAct. The following
may BIZ IN advertisement, Or il may
b Intended as a burlesque. twill
pass for either;
The Bearded Lady" with her wfiiskefs
darK,
Il seen each day at Barnum's, near the
park,
Barnum exhibits, with his usual taste,
His only hunbug that Is not barefaced.
~ manager advertises in Bos.
ton that he has commenced series IT
performances under favorable horse
pieces (auspices) ..Maseppa' and
"1ochinvar' are the principal stock
pieces at this theatre, and are having
great ystn.-- Balloon. -----The
trial Of the parties engaged in the
Tammany Hall riot at New York
some time since has terminated In the
sentence Of two men, Stephen Wilson,
to six months imprisonment in the .
Penitentiary, and Thomas Wallis to
the payment of one hundred dollars.
II was In this riot, which wasA politi-
cal one, that Mr.. Augustus Selell was
so severely injured that bis life was
for a time despaired of.--------The
Montreal Gazette says that there are
two millions Of people lib the Canadas
Of this number, 100000 belong to
the Catholic religion, and LOGO, 600 to
the Protestants--sh showing nearly eleven
Professionals to nine Catholics. The
latter have gained 100000 in thirty
years, the former 92O, 900. -------The
last foreign aecothts say that the
health of the French Emperor excites
the greatest anxiety. Violent swell.
ings of the legs and feet Is ono Of his
dangerous symptoms; but be still con-
tinues to appear III public. Am
Anti Beef Eating Association has been
formed in Philadelphia. The mem.
bers pledge themselves against eating
any meat which costs more than eight
cents a pound. --------A Yankee edi.
tor says The march Of civilization is
onward---onward--like the slow but
intrepid tread Of d jackass 10 peck Of
oats.----Louls1ANA SrArE BoNDs.
The Secretary Of the Opelousas
Railroad Company advertises for seal
ed proposals, receivable ut their Office
until the 18th inst, for the purchase Of
one hundred bonds Of this State, held
by the company, each bond for
the amount If $1,000, payable in
forty years, and bearing interest at the
rate Of 8 per cent, payable semi-annu-
ally. The Direction will receive no
proposals under par.-----The Nor
nous of Malmoe, in Sweden, have
been summoned by order Of the Minis
ter Of Justice before the chapter Of
Lund to receive warning; and their
chiefs, the priests are to be prosecu-
ted.---.-----The King Of the territory
Of Zoulcn, Africa, has allowed the
Norwegians to establish missionary
stations in his co,lntry.------M Mrs.
Swisshelin says that "a man in regi-
mentals always make her feel as if
somebody had lost monkey .''------
Dogmatical.- lit has been discover
ed where lot Of boarders are fed for
sometime on sausages exclusively, they
begin to groaol---Christ Church
in Boston was established in 1872,
and during the one hundred and thirty
years Of its existence has been an
Episcopal society .----BALTIMoRE.
July 13.--professor CALDWELL, the
oldest physician in the United States.
died in Louisville on Saturday night.
SAMUEL APPLETON died yesterday, at
Boston.----GREAT FrsH1Ns The
m'ckerel yet continue plenty between
the Merrimac river and the Isles Of
Shoals. Wednesday morning, not less
than one hundred vessels were fishing
close to the mouth Of the river
NcwbW yport Union.
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OuR MINISTER TO Msx1co.-The
Charleston Courier Of the 18th says:
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