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Grass Valley telegraph., 1853-12-15


Who among US can read faa Gliop g &C
acknowledgement and compliment tt. Ehe Amer
lean people, from the London sAdfertiser
without feeling the hot blood rHsh throu
every vein-wfthous feeling the gsctTiC 8reE
of national pride flashing through cry
nerve:
4" An American corvette, the St Louis ~
tered harhor or lay in it. Informed Of the
facts, the captain boarded the Austrian brig.
He insisted on seeing the prisoner, would
take no refusal, and would listen to no sub
terfuges. NJ. Koszta was produced Bleed
ing and stunned. he could give no explana-
tion, and maintain no claim. The Amarcan
commander was compelled to leave him till
accurate information was procurable But
he warned the Austrian not to weigh his an
chor, and put himself in position to prevent
flight. The passport was found, and the
captain of the St. Louis re-demanded NJ.
Koszta. He armed his boats, cleared his
decks, and showed he could act as we'll as
talk. NJ. Koszta was set free, and is now in
the charge of the Consul of France and is
saved from the gibbet of the friend of Aber-
deen and young hope of his country"
We have something to say and something
to ask.
We say, what all see, that America can,
and that she WILL protect her citizens and
guests. She has no standing army-she has
scarce a navy, but her flag is upon every sea-
and the name of "AMERICAN," and the pass
port of America is warrant from affront
and outrage. Unarmed, unharmed, she takes
her place among the nations, and is treated
with respect and awe. We saw this in the
Hungarian war, when Daniel Webster made
the Austrian Government abjectly eat the
1eek. We see it again now. The reason is
plain. America represents that principle of
liberty that makes every people her ally
American statesmen speak and write in the
interest of country, not class The act
of this American captain is the theme of Eng
land, of Germany, and France. Their jour-
nails express what the people feel. Even the
Charavari jests no more, but shouts Long
live Americap
The refugees, the Pariahs, the maligned of
Europe, are'living men once more. America
claims these waits of liberty. and offers them
the safeguard of her flag The hulks of Aus
tria, motionless beneath the pointed cannon
of America, render up their victim. The no.
BILE conduct of her marine at Smyrna is a
great fact in history. The news of the de-
mand of NJ. Koszta by her Minister at Con-
stantinople, sets the seal upon her magma
nimity. March forward, Young America, in
humaRity's cause, and shout the rally shout
Go-a-headP = which makes every heart beat
highr'
&~ Daddy, want to ask you ques-
ton" "Well, what is it, my son ?" why
is neighbor Smiths liquor shop like a coun-
terfeit dollar?" II can't tell, my son." "Be-
cause you can't pass it, said the boy. The
Il id II,
Grass Valley telegraph., 1853-12-15

FANNY FE0N.-The TRANSCRIPT says that
the newspaper articles signed Fanny Fern, >.
are written by Mrs. Harrington, formerly Mrs.
Eldridge, Of y ton. The lady is the daugh-
ter of the&5eY able Nathaniel Willis. ESQ.
for many yeas editor and publisher of the
Boston Recorder. It will be seen that Fan
N.Y. belongs to a literary family.
Grass Valley telegraph., 1853-12-15
THE AMERICAN BANNER.

go may that spotless fac untirled
Wave high in triumph o'er tie world,
And may each freelaan's choras be.
My native land and liberty"
Grass Valley telegraph., 1853-12-15

g~ Daddy, want to ask you ques-
tion." "Well, what is it, my son ?" "Why
is neighbor Smiths liquor shop like coun-
terfeit dOllar?" II can't tell, my son." "Be-
cause you can't pass it, said the boy. The
old man was carried off on shutter.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-12-18
CD m M ii ,klcdfe4

Mr.. Editor The patience Of
| this long suffering community is be-
coming worn almost tlrcadbare, BY
fhe tardy action OF the city council in
reference to the building of a wharf.
There is no toHn in the United States
" half the size er commercial 'impor-
lance Of Baton Rouge, that is 80 poor
" provided with the public means for
carrying Oh its commercial business.
For years the only landing for ship
ping or receipt Of goods and produce,
was the banks Of the river as nature
made it. covered NJ times anele deep
with its native mud and slime. After
a desperate effort and much talk an1
buster. few wears ago there was a
poor little miserable wharf erected,
hardly large enough for the comfor-
table landing Of q respectable sized
oyster boat, but which, with much
crowding and jarring was made 10 au-
swer tollerally well SO long 40 it was
kept in good order. Bit this seems
now to be entirely neglected and it is
at present little better than no wharf
at all--intleed that portion Of it lead
ing down to the river il. in i's present
condition positively dangerous and
ought either to be speedy repaired. or
at once declared b nuisance and tax
Ell away.
Strangers visiting our town fur The
first time, are led to the conviction, by
tile wrctched condition Of the wharf
which greets them On their landing
that our people are wanting in all the
elements Of energy and interprise.----
Now [ am not wiling 10 believe Mr..
Editor that the people Of Baton Rouge
are behind those Of other places in
erergy and public enterprise, but rath
or, that The fault lies with The me,n-
bers of the council, who evince il
many things Il want Of that iirlnnees
and enlightened foresight, that should
always characterize the actions Of
men occupying the important position
they do. II is 70 he hoped, that these
things will not any longer b. over
looked or neglected, hnt that the com
mercial, which with the maclHniea
portion Of the community, is the very
life blood Of the city. will be properly
cared for, and projected.
n, GOMAIERt E.
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a RECKLESS YOUNG MAa.--Edgar
Nev, grandson Of Marshal Ney, aid de-
camp and first buntsman Of the En-
peror Of France, is in prison for debt
Immediately on his accession to the
high Offices to which his Majesty ap-
pointed him, lie commenced career
Of e1traragance which very soon
brought the sherifF's down upon him,
and, as he could not pay, he WIS in
immediate danger Of prison. The En-
porpr released him from his awkward
predicament. In few months he was
again in o similar position, and bis
family was obliged to extricate him,
though the sums requiring liquidation
we're really enormous. The foolish
fellow pat bis neck a third time into
the moose, and, As his friends and bis
sovereign refused to interfere any
further, he isflow, and has been for
some weeks, 1t the Debtor Prison, as
Clichy
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Ga-Iho Shreveport Democrat Of
the 9Th inst, says in reference to the.
falls on Red River that Col. DeRus-
sey, the engineer Of the falls at Alex
andria, Is now engaged in the work
assigned him, and one Of the contrac-
tors j., present, ready to commence
operations as soon as circumstances
will admit. We trust that the work
will be so efectually done as to OBJ
viate all further difficulties in the navi-
cation Of Red River"
The same paper says that L. E. Car
ter has been appointed Post Master Of
Shreveport, vice Peter Rush.
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Sunday Morning, !: Dec. 10, 1863:


IL Our Planters will notice in an
other column, the transfer Of the bust
ness Of Messrs. Niles < Go. Of Cinein-
natl, to Boston Mass. This we IN
Jers'aud is mainly on account Of high
froights to, and from Cincinnati, and
also, The difference in price of labor
Our friend 4. II. Gilman is still the
travelling agent Of the house, and
planters desiring machinery can con
tract as usual with hin We refer
to advertisement for his address.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-12-18

Is Renp requests US to say thai
he is in receipt Of very large and
varied assortment Of roasting hogs, and
pigs, for the Christmas times. They
are Gagged up, and grunting at the hon
or Of being ready for the sacrifice
They seem to be intuitive!y con-
cious of the honor Of being roasted
to commemorate the approaching an
nivenary Of the Christian religion.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-12-18

Gys. +. slArEE, representative
elect from the 3D.. Representative Dis
trict of New Orleans, has resigned, and
Proclamation has been issued by the
Governor, for an election to ill said
vacancy.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-12-18
E.r- On yesterday morning our

sanetnm was honored with y visit from
our friend aud occasional corrrespon-
dent, Mr. Mannering, in company with
Gen. Chas. Ii. Davis.
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COMAIERt Z.

t. II is not unfrequently that
some such scraps OF morality meets the
eve of the indifferent reader as this .
Honesty is the bost poliey" "I'ine
is money" Virtue is It's own reward $
The scraps servo q double purpose
independent Of the most exec lently
brief moral lesson they consain, they
sewe to Ell a column Of the newspa-
per that just wantsa line. Assneli
scraps are continually staring honest
people in the face, let's annalizo them.
Honesty is the best policy We doubt
the truth Of the saying Honesty il
very good for dealing with honesty,
but it is no virtue to practice it will,
rogues.
thine il money The falliey Of
this saying is very apparent. One
has only to 80 into Lafayette street
any sunshiny day, to see what large
number ofthis respectable community
would be bankrupt, if such were the
fact; yet we find them supporting
gold headed canes----coats Of the finest
cloth, and gotees that are fashioned
by the hand of Vino Victor himself
If there we're any truth in the saying
nine-ten'hs of this community, would
have to resort to the covering Of our
primitive parents, and the fg-tree
would be extensively cultivated for its
leaves.
Virtue is its own reward" Now the
question is "What is virtue ?" .Jere-
my Bentham has n chapter in his book
which goeth to show the "virtuous-
ness of virtue > and this is the only
Ancient who has any thing to do
with the subject modern writer's have
overlooked the question.
t is impossible to say what the re-
arard of virtue is, until we find out
what il virtue Until that discove-
ry is made, we most positively deny
the fact, THAT virtue is its own re-
ward"
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-12-18

The long peding libel suit of Fry,
the musical composer Us. James Cor
don Bennett, was called up on the 9th,
in the scperior Court Of New York
The alleged libels grew out of a quar-
rel between Bennett and Fry, while
the latter was manager Of the Italian
opera house, in 1848. Damages j:
laid at $4,000.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-12-18

DMrs. DOUGLASS, convicted at
Norfolk of learning negro children to
read and write, has escaped to the
North.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-12-18

@ The 22ad inst, is tie day sci
aside BY proclamation of the Cover
nor, for Public Thanksgiving.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-12-18
"A fellop fccIiu9 makes us s1on

q
II IL for this reason. that The tender
ssnsibiIities Of the female heart, melt
away ut the touch ofympathy, which
the ndroit lover gives, when be leclairs,
with tears in his eyes tnat " Ma, ind
"a" are cruel and barbarous in not
permitting their daughter to make her
own selection and "tafc bin alt IL
for this reason that politicians, hang
together and did ouns other in mutual
Office insurance eompanles--lt is
fur this reason that one speoulator
'bonors" The paper Of another specu-
lYtor. It is a fellow feeling" that
induces Que Attorney to screw up his
conscience, to swear to the business
Of another Attorneys unjust bill,
against bankrupt estate. A fellow
feeling binds honest men, and rognos
together in fraternity 1t is the great
palladium Of civil liberty, aud acts r'p-
On tie principal, that If you will let
me alone 10 believe that The moon is
green eheese, | ain willing for you to
think that The n1arg Of a frogpond
Is the threshold to eternal life There
is only one class Of The community in
~lticl, there Is no ''fello. feeling" and
this Is with "8Ilssiu,their-t teens" in
references, 10 tho beauties Of face and
perfection Of person; this is the great,
and oulu exception tn the rule You
find no youog lady under The mellow
sgc Of forty -ftc, to agree That fhore 10
any other Young lady in ehristiandon
better hooking than herself
4 1.-THE trial If parties engaged in
the Opera Cotniqae' conspiraey, t"
take The life Of the Emperor Of the
French bos int como 70 ! elosn ~
If tho nr;sonars voro ocan;tted ard
twenty one found guilty, with extenu-
a,;,, circumstances 0f tho lo,ter
aayen has been Sentenced 70 t,ansnor.
ta.;op. three to EIGHT vears exile. and
the reat to terms If ;m,r;se,rmen W.
rylpg from I'VE 70 zen years
- IS ra''ef l"''oy that 'ie opera
'o'na'e shoh'o nave been selected,
'of 80 serious matter as 'he a'ath OF
me Emperor i can ohly g accounted
'of % 'bo GROUNDS u ffeiich eecoh-
triclfy.
Hg-T'Le Nebraska peop1e. through
Whose territory the Great Pacific rail-
way is to pass. have begun 70 quarrel
about it, location. One party advo-
Gates the Platte and the other the
hahsas routes . doa''ei noaer 'i'e
s.'' IS reasonable ma '" II.
!" wv ''io .oa' - 'o'"'''' '"o' : W.
DC u ofeS'''ei business 90 u wiz oe
- - P'oSp,'' '''''0"'ts Y e"''.'
'i''' ''0 i'''' ''' 0'i '0"' "''''9 ''e
a''' "'''S - o1..''
f,~- c,eo;ol attention, = o.i,a1 In
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-12-18
brown ii in an ocean of words.

A Coon ExAMrLr,-On Sunday
afternoon the 9Th inst, his Holiness
Pope Pro Mono, preached a sermon
in the Roman foram from the steps Of
the Church Of GIUSEPPE del Falegnami,
over the Mamcrtin prison, where it is
said the Apostles Paul and Peter were
confined. The Popo's sermon, was a
"model Sermon" and other Divines
should follow the illustrious example
He said all he had to say, N exactly
twsnty flour minutes.
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,lers'aud is mainly on account Of high
froights to, and from Cincinnati and
also, the difference in price Of labor,
Our friend 4. II. Gilman il still the
travelling agent Of the house, and
planters desiring machinery can con
tract as usual with him We refer
to advertisement for his address.
1--we acknowledge receipt from
our friends of The True Delta. their
neatly printed work on the epidemic
giving an alphabetical list Of all the
interments from May to November.
This Ia most valuable publication,
and will enable persons all over the
Globe. to see at glance, who among
their friends and relatives, have fallen
in the great battle Of death. during
the ever to be remembered pestilcnce
Of '53. The work ID not only yalua-
bic in this poiht Of view, but also in q
legal point. We shall make extended
reference to the valuable essay from
the pen Of DR.. NJ Farlane on Hygiahe
(which prefaces The statisties) at an
early day. Such Of our citizens as
desire the work, can obtain it by mail,
by renting fftysonts to the True
Delta Office.
Ut will be seer By the pictures,
that Monsieur Van Amburgh the
celebrated Lion King, viii be here the
dry after Christmas and such Men
agerie, as be brings with him, never
before honored the capital with visit.
Our country friends. and the folks
about town, should be on hand for
that oceasion. There Ia no harm in
m animal show, where the beasts are
kept within bars A Menagerie is
moral spectacle in which the most
puritanical, may indulge without hay-
Ing 10 tell any bends Of penance.
-----<-e- s---l---
- Yesterday evening the citizens
Of New Orleans were to have held Il
meeting, at tho American Theatre,
to tender Mr.. John Mitchell, a public
reception, and congratulation on his
escape from Van Diemen u Land. The
committee OF arrangements, of which
Mr. Joseph Brennan is President, con-
sist Of many of the first citizens Of
New Orleans, Coy. licbert has been
invited to preside
WHERE'S The DAILY GAZETTE p
For The past few weeks, moi single
number Of chat valuable paper, has
been laid at cur door. This is our
apology for not having any more "spir-
its" 1t would not do to sum up the
whole weeks work Of the Journals, and
crowd them into one spirit at the
end, it would be too much to bear
besides, spirits of the It[eekiy Jour
nails would not sound well The
Delta's spirit of the mornings" is
what We would fain initiate
Come gentlemen Of the Capitolian
corpse editorial, arisc---awakc from
the dead, and come up to "the Office
Let's open breach somewhere, and
have quarrel--if for nothing more
than to keep up the spirit Of the times.
1t is just as interesting to the public at
large. for us to quarrel about nothing,
as it is to take something to task, and
drown ii in an ocean ot words.
A Coon ExAMrLE,-On Sunday
~rn~o,,,, ma oti iue4 ~ IT ,iinaec
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-12-18

DEATH or DEvort.--We clip III g
following from the Natcbitoehes Chron-
iele. Of the Sd inst. Poor nevoti was
well known here
Most of our readers remember
Mons Devoti, for many years n teacber
Of dancing in t'lis, and the adjoining
Parishes, and his very name is sugeos-
tive of qundrilles, polkas, schottisches,
heated rooms and all the attendants Of
the gay ball room. The poor fellow
loft here for Texas, 90 the appearance
Of the epidemic, and was taken sick
and died on his route to that State.
He has danced his last step, and taken
bis last, the dead march.
Monsieur Devoti, was The FIRST per-
son to dance the Cracoyiene in this
city. The performance came of al
Madame Legepder show the CRY
Hotcl. A large concourse crowded
the ball room on that occasion; when
the professor appeared in Fanny Esler
costume, the applause was immence,
not more however than when he made
bis ext An accident befell bis flesh
colored stockings which put an end to
the entertainment.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-12-18
r. We haYo n letter before

rrF-W We bayo letter before us, in
which the writer latnents bis loss of
The round sum Of twenty dollars, Ivy
not reading the Comet. Were we to
calculate The amount maae by peru
sal Of tile same interesting paper, the
world would hardly credit the figures.
--4--z,ssN- 1-r----~----.
1y='1'he Hon. Cllas. Gayarr6's pam
phlet in reference to the late election
il, New Orleans is before ia, We shall
take an carly occasion, TO speak Of il
al length.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-12-18
ARRIVALS All THE HARVEY HOUSE


FOR The WeeF huHing the ltth met
T. q. Mediation, Mi, " = Sharp, Mt, Maguo.
LIN . \ Iseachbafd, Western No; 7 q na1yidsen,
Livingston Wu. Stephens, Mr. Ross. X. &. Stuart,
Baton Rouge; r Iapinr, n. o. g, II. Gilman
Boston, Mass. J. II i,nainer y. II. r.; II. G.
Alien Sacramento City Dr. Fisher Nj; Dr. q.
". Jones, John Bond, n. q. =. D. Howard Phiia-
dolphin J. Ludlow n. q; " Il. Manteetl,, Nat
chez s. j.. Moore, hoereiptise COL De Rinaido,
N. o; u. II. Summers, Louisville J. +, Glover,
Stony Point; ] y. Batet, West Feliciana. II, N.
MaFruda, t'trtspu: -. It. Chinn, ". Il. sisougc
WIN, West, West Frbciana, Vim. s. Scot. farrell,
Il q. Allen Calf ornia L. ] sieur. Il. Rouge y.
Dapont, Hiram Mansut, N. q; J. Davis, Louis
yille Mrs. J. T. Foster, ". .. r. Miss ]. l.. Cross
aud servant, Washington, D. G.. Col n. W. Pope.
Gen e II Davis, Fowler ". II. II W Il. Raidal
son, IT. Hudson, s. Horn, New Orleans.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-12-18

10 The Secretary Of War isabout
to recommend $50 paper before us,
says) an increase Of three regiments to
the army. He will advise soine
change also, in the order Of promo
tons 80 as to afford an opportunity to-
sergeants Of good standing to obtain
commission
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-12-18

Doctor Hines aims Henry Hunt
alias y. J Hunter aims y. T. Hen
derson. was put on his trial for obtain
ing money under false preteDces.--
The facts Of the case we have before
given. Hines, in October last was
journeying towards this city. and be
ing short Of funds, he swlndled a little
boy named Archilles JeHries out Of
four dollars, by serious Of petty, yet
FRAUDULENT pretenees. The proof was
clear and though the grey old offend
or pleaded his cat'se, and cross-ques-
toned the witnesses, with no little
tact, he was nevertheless, found guilty
by the jury. The doctor will consid-
er it hard to have to 90 to the peniten-
tiary for four dollar swiridle. when
he has got clear Of 50 many $1,000
trnnsaclions-- Dflin.
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sou, NJ. Hudson, :, norm, rev orleans.
Rcmarhuble CaSe # Supposed
pctrffeatjoa, There arrived, within
Il few days, at the depot Of the Balii-
more and Ohio Railroad, in this city
III obpug box represented to contain
a corpse, and il struek us somewhat
singular, it weighed Eve hundred md
fifty pounds according to the freight
eharges upon it. Curious to know
something more about this mysterious
Dox ihan the external marks indicated
we Instituted somo enquiries, and de-
rived the following information, which,
as we got it from pretty good authority.
NC arc inclined 10 consider correct
until We shall receive better expla-
,aiun.
The wife Of n gentleman living in
Nelson county. in this State. died
some four years ago, and was entered
in the usual mauner Being n native
Of Woodiard county, Ky, she bad re-
1lested, before her death, to be buried
beside her kindred and in The home
Of her childhood From accident Or
delay, her request was not complied
with, until quite recently her reletlons
caused her remains to he disinterred.
where thaY were found to be Of the ez-
traordlnary weight mentioned above
---over 500 pounds At the time Of
her death her weight was ABOUT 40
pounds. Only the foot II the eotfin
which was still in a good state Of per-
servation, was broken open, when her
feet were found to be in perfect state
Of peirification, The stone partakipg OF
thc character Of ,be hardest limestone
formation in the locality Of the grave.
The inference is That the whole body
is tdua completely petrificd. = Uhelk-
ing (Ta) faktillgenccr.
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Mare puDils for the La. Institu-

tim FIR Mutes aadMs Blsna. On
Thursday last, fotr more pupils were
admitted into this hourishing lnstitu-
ton. AS follows Miss Etelyina
Daigle, Miss Dremile Daigle, and
Master J. b. Daigle, from tho Parish
of Assumption and Miss Cathrlne
Jaqaes, from New Orleans. The con-
tracts for tho new building have been
let o,lt--the materials engaged, and
The work will be carried forward to
rapid completion.
The plan adopted BY he Directors,
combines beauty Of architecture, With
iomnloaousness and ere another
year rolls round, The building will be
ready for service.
We he'll in the Louisiana institution
Tor the Ieaf, the Dumb, and the Blind,
an ornament to the Capital Of The
State; and an Institution TO vie in
usefulness, to orr sister States with
similar New EpgIand establishments.
rEThe steamer Hoosier Stats has
again returned to this trade, to earry
tlh mails. For the past few weeks
the mail between this point has been
enthusiastically bi-veekly
We hope the Hoosier State will
not got mad and leave us aeqin, before
some permanent arrangement is made
in mail matters, which orr oitizons
confidently expect to sec, before tie
Pierce administration II 1T an end.
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Of Washington news:
The Clvay Yin the Ring =
Among the electioneerers infc<ting
the halls Of the Washington Hotels.
just now, may he recognized more
than one minister IF the gospel, with
sundry deacons, elders. leaders. etc,
who are interested in the termination
of the contest for the Chap lAincy of
either House From appearances,
we Judge TINT they understand the
game quite as well, and enter into ii
with AS much zest, as do the thousand
other folks who seem to be straining
every nerve between drinks in the
same places to aid the house in choos-
ing officers. 10 say the least Of it, it
is somewhat disgusting to find clergy
men and their ambitions, hopes and
fears mixed up in such matters.