The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-08-07

New Ybfk pspsf, s4ts: ''Thht ~ The
! l1th alec.. l sxle If ! kite became On
|tanglsd ii the telsgfsph wires, on 9
line running through Rochester, and
that III teok Are and burnt up.
We do not marvel that such . thing
should occur in Rochester Rochester
Il 4 very remarkable place for many
things but any one ~ all acquainted
with eleetricity-or we should rather
say Galsanism, viii know ut once
that such i thing IL simply absurd
The galvahic circuits kept open as
often a. i dot or line il made-when
closed there Ii NIB effect, besides this
one pole of the battery at each end Of
the line Is run into The EARTH; and no
Two lines being united together by 4
kites tail could cause fire.
The West Chester News must hunt
lib some ether solution for this marvel
Gus story Of his.
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EWThe restoration Of life to Miss
Griswold, one Of the victims Of the
Norwalk Railway accident, is attract
| ing a great deal Of attention. Miss
Griswuld was thrown into the stream
and drowned. Her body was placed
with others Enthusiastically dead. Mr..
Linus benedict a stage driver residing
near Canada, did not see the body for
full half hour after 1t had been re-
moved from the water, when he did
| he said Il don't care what the doctors
say, believe the girl has life IN her.
With this he pulled of his coat and
went to work rubbing and was soon
rewarded with unmistakable signs d
/ life. When he found that concious-
ness was restored, he wept like child
There are many persons who deem Y
profanity" to endeavour to restore
life when 1t has fed; hence many
persons are consigned TO the toni
when life ID not extinct. 30 rapidly
/ has medical science progressed "back
| wards that physicians Of the presen
| day, do not know what s-dsath Isl
The Grand Lodge of Indiana hay,
adopted a resolution that it Is "highl,
unmasonic to engage ID the manufac
turc or traffic of ardent spirits as
beverage
The Grand Lodge Of Indiana, !
seems, has fallen into the crazy doctrin
Of prescription into which the presen
age has voluntarily plunged itself; il
doing so, she has fallen out Of her Il
climate sphere, and may with til
same force and propriety ipterdict til
{ manufacture Of any thing else. l
fashionable doctrine is, that all man
kind is born in SIN How forcable ar
i the words Of the Prince Of Denmarl
J when he says to Orphelia, Get thee T
ia n,innery; Why would'st thou be
breeder Of sinners r "Sin' II woul
seem, can never be subdued as long d
4 new heads raise TO take place Of 81
I heads.
It would be d good service for th
, world, II fellows who are now wearin
their lungs out III abuse Of king a
ohohor could have their attention q
4 verted TO this curious paradox.
''lfall mankind ID born ii sin shoul
not an end be put to the worlds pol
9 ulation, for the sake Of virtue and mo
9 atty ~ win some 81 the Tempe
I ance SaedAs answer us this question
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HoERoRs pERrETRATED AT MAJ
!. KlN.--A letter rom Canton, Chin
speaking ii the capture If Nankin |
4 the rebels, says:
/ sOf the Tartar garrison, more tia
] 40 600, including the families Of Il
soldiers, women and children, we
eithet nut 10 the sword or committs