The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-10-09

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PoMFEtt, Sept. 10th, o.,
! Since | last wrote you, ths Genera
Government has been pleased y n1aI
slider the lack Of mail faculties To thii
placeA-ahd the commercial Importance
ii Typographical point of View u
/ Pompeii !; and iiow Il mail stage pliel
by. weekly between this and ths uity
Of Pert Hudson. This faeility hss In.
dueed svine Of our influential oiMssus,
TO 20 down to nHimmonsos, = where
they have been regularly installed In.
to The ancient and honorable, and IN.
dependent order Of the Uxiy Club.
Talking Of clubs, II affords me No
little pain TO be the medium of com.
,nunieatibk TO yon tie fact thst there
has positively beef, dissfsotion In The
Bengal Division | record the fact
with ipars In my eyes. AZ the unplsss-
ant duty Of your regular paid cores
pondent.
Il ID perhaps not unknown 10 you
that the Rev. DR. Sam, D. Buxfus, Il 10
this section, and frequently rides into
Pompeii, on 4 mule, Ito show the pub
lilo that he il Il lowly and meek
man, like 'utriah, y while he alter.
nately lectures on Temperance, preech.
es the kospel, and makes political
speeches for The loeefoeo party. For
Buxfus we are glad to say chat between
these three professions he makes q
comfortable living.--bolds stiff bead
wears d stiff shirt collar and a white
ueek-tie, arranged with faultless pre-
eission. A noble philanthropist with
SO many strings 10 play on, IL Of course
eourted by every body---ths srinster
ladies In particular, with whom he IL
particular faserite. He Ii total sb.
.tenanee ID every thing, except bis adj.
miration Of 1.-THE ladies' which he IL
free TO confess In his lectures and 9th.
efwise us weakness with him.
Dusfua, IL never Ht 4 loss 10 make
a speech on any subjeot.---Hs IL the
first man called On by the learned soci.
cites 10 address the people = and he
reads the Declaration on the 4th reg
ularly, when be IL In this section, be
does It, as much TO expand his own
natriotie bosom. a. to benefit the poo.
pie But hold / do not propose 10
give a picture Of the exemplary. pious,
and temperate Busfus Ny object Il
to showshow be BIZ. distracted the ben.
gal, and divided the Diyitien into
such fragments, that no power In Pom.
peii, can ever make IL whole again. :
II may not b. unknown to you that
Bengal Division No o., IL composed
Of some very rough msterials---it may
In fact be denominated Of That charac.
ter known to architecture "a the '.con.
posite.' Such being the case, any
eombustible materials thrown into Il,
readily ignites,, and The more efforts
made to put out The FIRE, the WORSE II
burns.
The following resolution offered by
Jones (you know Jones don't you y
proved to DO powder and shot, turpen.
tine, rosin and bees wax. Resolved
Ia the Bengal Division. that The sum
Of Five Dollars, b awarded 10 the
Rev. Dr. Sam Buzfnx, for bis great
speech on the g-r.-e--a-t cause Of TEN.
perance, at the Pompeii AthHbiun, on
che 2Sth inst, and that the Secretary
later retaining II commission) be or
dered to pay the Rev. Busfas the
same"
This was not the first time that
such a motion had been made In the
Bengal, Division and consequently |
the pent ur indignation ola dozen doub.
le listed sons with lungs to blow the
gaage out Of the wind measureiug ma.
chine---all burst forth at once.-4such
a torrent Of rough elloquence never
burst forth without causing an explo.
sion. Tho President called To cor.
der" and hammcred---hut il was no
use. Had not Jones---with the pres.
ence Of mind for which he IL justly cell
ebrated--blospn the light out. there
Is no telling whoes hcad would not
have been cracked. A capital oppor.
tunity d now offered for Capitol divis-
ion to distinguish itself rs q kind Of
grand moderator until you send up =
to still the turbulent war.
lers which are becoming q little discol.