The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-07-24
- The contrast fOr building
new Jail for tliis Parish was Yesterday
awarded II NBfsuN PorTs he being
the lowest bidder.

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examination, the non de plume Of
the above correspondent, thus explains
Baruum's last ruse to attract public
attention to his last wonder :
'.Barnnm liz On original character,
one that slakspear would have delight
ed to draw. Some believe him hum
bug Z; others openly proclaim him such;
an incident has fallen under our knowl-
edge that may throw some light upon
the matter. Last week d Dutchman
went to one Of our police courts and
preferred complaint against the pro-
prietof Of tho museum; he paid q
quarter to see the Bearded Lady, and
be did no believe she was q bearded
Lady al I'LL. Barnnm was brought up;
he came in great rage with the wllisk-
cred fair one, ind all her relations
great aud small. He proved her to
be both bearded and d lady, to the
satisfaction Of the court, Gereely anni-
hilated the complaining Datchman,
and tfiunpEantly leaving the hall Of
Justice took The police reporter aside,
showed him low he had been wrgnged
and gave him d $40 bill to report tho
aflidavits and testimony IN all Tho
morning papers. II did not get out I'M
til the following day that Barnuin him
self had hired OR Dutch friend tepfe-
fer the complaint Rest ABSURD he il
under III eiesusien AS to which side his
bread is buttereJ. Il was the cheapest
piece Of aavertisingsha had done fol- u
long time, y
The somewhat celebrated Dir. Hines,
il will be remembered, was Convicted
sonic eight months since iu the Uni
ted States District Court, and sem
fenced to six months Imprisonment in
The county jail, to hard labor, and at
the expiration Of that time to pay a
fine, aud To remain In Jail until the
fine was paid. Ills term OF iinprison-
rnent expired some months ago, but
being upahle to pay the fine, he was
detained in prison. We are informed
that several citizens, who knew that
| Hines vas unable to pay the fine, peti.
toned the President to have him par
doned, which request was complied
with, and on Monday last the captive
bird was once more upon the wing
/ Whether the Doctor has acquired any
lessons in morality, during his sojourn
on the sontl Common, his future ca
reer will disclose tits enough for the
public to know that the notorious DR..
Hines is once more at large. .-Dezta.
The severity Of the police ut home
has been exercised, by orders Of the
Cardinal Vicar, upon the origina-
tor Of the pretended nlilical, the blood
exudihg image Of Christ, in the Via
del AIoretto. This IL a young girl,
protegs Of Princess Wolkoasky, by
/ whom she was withdrawn from Il bad
course Of life, and placed in q house Of
education. where either from lanatical
excitement, or love Of no1oriety, she
got up a story Of the mirical, too gross
to deceive the scrutiny OF the autllori-
| ties. lis Eminence has ordered her
to be transferred to the sealette nris-
Nns, a place 1T confinement expressly
for women, to which many find their
way without any mirieaI at all
The attention Of men Of science in
Paris, has been drawn TO an extraor.
dinary discovery made IN neighbor-
ing department 4 grave-digger, in
throwing up some Garth, came upon
body In state Of perfect preser eation
On examination, it proved to be that
Of an individual buried thirty-seyen
years ago. lie had died from the
effects OF the bite Of mad dog. The
shroud and the coffin had fallen to dust,
but the body remained intact. This
/ ID the third cAhumation made within
twenty years, Of bodies Of the victims
Of hydrophobia, under similar circum-
stances, and IT would really seem
that they are beyond the reach Of de-
composition. The registry of deaths
was consulted, and no mention Of the