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The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-02-24

comfortable house win Of h
d be Ss ~ centre nS' M
Inquire Of VIM suekney, e'q, No Fowiets Buildings
RonSs NEW HANDBOOK OF WASHINGTON,
Hlu,uaed all the public building. the Of the
CAPITOL embossed the cover in gold Ms Statue Of General
s nsna o. .ye stranger w" visits . % an" and DESTROYS OF
reliable nomauon about the public .daee. &C
be consulted with advantage by nhabtnnt because OF
the historical aceoun, gives Of the public buildings, their begin
ming progress, SC
PANORAMIC VIEW OF WASHINGTON.
Panoramic Washington and public buildings, and its
city, and should be purchased BY every ysier who may desire
returning to his home give 10 his negbor correct nosn OF
Washington and it's magnhcsnces
picture Of Ms. Statue Jackson the Washington
Monument For saleby = 49,,
And at all the bookstores in Washington.
WASHINGTON AND ALEXANDRIA BOAT.
~>-n The superior steamboat UNION, with nne eomor.
Moa1. S.pa are for ~. Sess
Leave. ..sins'on Ss,iiS LAY, AZ and ss O'Clock
, Lady with fresh breast o milk ~tshe. q s,tua-
Tor shs p.reul.r inquire q M Bfesnshoru corner
Feb 2S-dst
G. A. MosTos J. s. wm.or.
MORTON a WILSON whoe.al. dealer. in imported wines,
brandie, sn teas, cigars se street. Georseown D. Q.
Febl7-dlm
UIRGIsIA mIIITARY LAND wARRANTs.-The un.
degped will pay the highest price for Virgins military land
scripa and EvANsh FAINT,
- Agents Attorneys
Feb issmdhw ls street, opposite the Treasury Department
Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the south
= s On and afte Tuesday nopt, the 18th February,
Lx-rkko- the Bay Line steamers will leave the Baltimore
1ka&k Packet Companys Wharf, Union Dock foot
street. daily Sundays excepted at O'Clock
Immediately Of the from Philadelphia
Passengers Norfolk Portsmouth, via Baltimore, will take
O'Clock, in Baltimore In time TO
with the boats leaving al O'Clock
Through tickets from Wsshin gon to Norfolk, g.
M. N, FALLS,
Agent Baltimore stesmPacket Company.
BaLrIsopw, Feb 10, 1858. Feb i5-d2w
I,OR RENT !. three-story brick dwelling, opposite
JAS. G. MCGUIRE,
Feb 23-a Auet and Com. Merchant.
TRsAsUpy DEPARTMENT,
February "a, 1858.
LII persons having books belonging 10 tho La
brs Of the Treasury requested Them forthwith
Fob 23-lwG
metropolitan Mechanics Institute Exhibition Notice,
THE Managers deemed advisable alter the time Of
opening the hail Thursday ncrt from p M TO " m
dress, however viii be delivered at the ums hho'o nameo
HPm
= - = J, NJ. O'BRIEN,
Recording Secretary.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed Proposals for the construction Of
the Baton Rouge Prison, will be received
by the undersigned commissioners until
II O'Clock of the 18th day Of July 1859, and
will be opened on that cay.
The Prison will be construgt ted agrcea-
bic to the plan adopted by the Police Jury
OH the 27th of June. The plan and specif-
cations can be seen atthe Office Of the Com
ct. to which reference is made for more ac-
curate information. A copy Of the specif-
cations will be furnished to the contractors
to which they will be required TO adhere
strictly; for this end the commissioners
were appointed, who will see that the work
executed, and the materials used are in
strict conformity to the terms and specifi-
cations Of the contract.
The contractor will be required to COM
pete the building in ninty days from the
closing Of the contract.
Ifrequired three thousand dollars will be
paid when the work is commenced and
fifty per cent on the work as it progresses.
The balance when completed.
Ifnone of the bids are satisfactory to the
commissioners they will be at liberty to
decline to accept any Of them, each propos-
al must oe accompanied by the signatures
Of two responsible persons as surities for
the faithful fulflment Of the contract.
All proposals mist be sealed and endorsed.
Proposals for building the Baton Rouge
Prison. and then enclosed III another en-
velope and addressed to the undersigned
commissioners at Baton Rouge.
ISAAC S. TAYLOR.
J. B. KLEINPETER.
F. ARBOUR.
July std.
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NEW A66ettisc II. emts
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
TIME Members of the Can't Get Away
l. Club, are notified that the President
to afford them some amusement and ex-
element has ordered the undersigned Sec
retary Of the Club to get up Splendid
Rattle In compliance with the above
order will rattle as soon as all the chances
are taken, FOUR SPLENDID OIL PAINTIsGs.
valued at ninety dollars, two prizes, 45
chances at 81 per chance
The members sre notified that the list
is now ready, and to call Immediately to
name their chances. Persons wishing to
join the club are notified that the purchase
of ticket will entitle them to membership
Tickets to be had only from the Sect'y.
BY order of the President.
July 9th j. C.. LANOUE, SEcT'Y.
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NOTICE.

PROPOSALS will be. received to the
L 18th inst, for the necessary repairs to
be made on the Bridge near Mi. Roberts. 10
miles from Baton Rouge Specification
can be seen by calling on B. Williams or
Seth Davis. The contract to lie aiudicatde
to the lowest bidder, and a bond of five
hundred dollars exacted for TIE faithful Pc
Torrance of same. Hour of ADJUDICATION ~
o'clock NJ. at the Bridge. By order of COM
nissioners.
B. WILLIAMS, Clerk.
Comite, 9Th July 1853.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09

DvDr. Charbonnel, Roman Catho-
lie Bishop of Toronto, has addressed
circulars to the clergy Of his diocese,
warning all Catholics who shall create
disturbance like the riot at Mon
treal that they shall be deprived of re-
ceiving the communion for a time, in
proportion to their offence, and if they
die in disobedience of the ordinance
shall be deprived Of ecclesiastical bu-
rial.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09
A Brsnop's Par AND Praeulslrrs,

A BrsHoP's Par AND PERQuislTEs1
The Bid,ep Of Durham is in ern-
barraased circumstances. poor man.
His income having been reduced to
about $4,000 per annum, lit was
formerly about s12O.000.) be finds
himselfin state of pitiable distinction
and has applied to the. ecclesiastical
commissioners for an additional $4,000
a year or SO to pay lis "gamekeep-
ers" and watchers on the moors, and
keep his lawns-not the lawn he
wears, but the lawns around his place
lin apple.pie order. Tho commits
sioners decline to make the extra
allowance, the more especially as the
worthy lord Spiritual has already
overdrawn his account some $500, 600
since his salary was cut down or
rather, has retained the AMOUNT in
stead of paying it over like an honest
prelate.
In the diocese Durham there are
dozens of poor curates, with wives
and females to support, who do not
receive eco sterling per annum and
yet the bishop, in his schedule Of ex-
tras, puts down the annual wages of
one gamekeeper at 9l0l Cd, and Of
another at 958 Is Cd. Saving his
Lordships game, therefore, is con i'd
cred more valuable aud important
service than saving the soules Of his
Lord.hip's flock The estimation in
which his Lordship holds carnal luxu-
ries, as compared with things spir-
itual, is also manifested.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09

The Catholic Bishop Of St. Louis
has publicly stated that the odlous
opinions in regard to religious tolera-
ton expressed by the Catholic news
paper of that city, entitled Shepherd
ofMe Valiey, meet with no counte-
nance from him, that he has no ccrl-
troll over the paper. as its editor and
proprietor is layman, and that he
alone is responsible for those senii-
ments which are as repugnant to the
feelings of American Catholics as they
can be to Protestants.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09

FIVE CENTS TO BosToN.-There
has been a brisk competition this week,
between the steamers Penobscot and
Boston at Bangor. Through tickets
to Boston were Offered as low as tcUe
cents and one man says be was offered
ninepence and ticket to steam it to
that city On the Boston ..-Arg~s.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09

No woman ever loved to the full
extent of the passion, who did not feel
humbled, delighted in that humility
by her exaggerated and overweening
estimate of the superiority of the OBJ
ject of her worship. What State
could fall, what liberty decay, if the
zeal of mans noisy patriotism was as
pure as the silent loyalty of woman's
love ;?
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09

There are three things woman
cannot do-to pass bonnet-shop
without looking Into see baby
without kissing it, and to admire a
piece of lace without inquiriug how
much it is per yard.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09

A Frenchman, Mr.. Hebert, has
recently exhibited some curious expe-
riments. by which plants are made to
blow instantaneously. The means
used was chemical mixture with which
he watered the geraneams, which be-
gan Immediately to open their buds,
and in ten minutes the plants were in
full bloom. With rose-tree he was,
however, less successful.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09
Let It be Done.


When evils are anticipated, if we
have the faculty Of foresight, it is well
to look forward and select the least.
"Of the two evils, select the least" is a
trite saying.
A company called the Southern and
Northern Company" has purchased
Mount Vernon, with a design to con-
vert it into watering place" This
intelligence does not surprise us; we
look out to see "old Fanuel' used as
a brotheral; for the place where the
first Congress assembled = where
Adams, Lee and Franklin, descanted
with eloquence on the destiny of the
nation, is now Philadelphia calico
shop-and good looking young gents
discourse to better looking young
lasses, on the quality and capacity of
book muslins and delaines. Where
is the patriotism-that hallowed feel
ing which is supposed to cling about
these sacred relics of the past! Where
are the 6uncum speech makers, that
no one can be found to throw out
word, in mockery, to avert the pro-
fanation?
Mount Vernon to be converted
into a watering place-knocked down
under the hammer to Northern and
Southern Company! 1t cannot be !!
There must be mistake about it. Is
the grave Of Washington to be
trampled upon, by the staggering
multitude of gambling rogues, and
drunken rowdies, who infest the age
and polute the moral atmosphere 3. Is
there no combination that can be form
ed by virtuous citizens, Gf there be
any such thing as virtue) to wrest from
the hands of the desecraters, such
things as incidentally belong to the ma
ton! Is it not a more legitimate sub
ject for convention, than the Memphis
meeting of moonshine? We think
SO. This abominable devotion to 7
per cent.-this worship Of the mann
mon of unrighteousness, like a moral
canser, eats out of the human soul, all
that is best and noblest in humanity
Here we have men-and every
where we find pure hearted politicians
who will mount the stump, and dis
course learnedly and eloquently about
the purity Of republican institutions"
the patriotism Of the people" the
"area Of liberty," TIE " destiny Of the
nation" but no word is offered for
the sacred spot-about to be CONVEX
ted into beer garden 10 where the
ashes of the hero of the Revolution are
deposited. The newspapers notice,
that Mount Vernon has passed into the
hands Of speculators,-for the sum of
$20o,oOo-a good speculation, a pro-
ftable investment-it viii pay and
what more is wanted.
Could not one per cent, be saved
out Of the public treasure from the
amount annually donated to pure poll
ticians for patriotic pmposes9 Or
could not some fellow in the Halls of
Congress" be induced to cut his bun
cum speech down-and appropriate
the amount it would cost to deliver it
to the purchase Of Mount Vernon {!
If this cannot be done let a private
subscription be raised, before the bones
Of Washington are removed to some
Museum.
nm Nho r1o~o1 p,roo roxIo
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09
Plank Road Notice
July Std,

Office Of the Batoa Rouge and Clinton
Plank Road Company
Sealed proposals will be received until
Saturday, July 9th 1853, for clearing of
the road, of all distractions, from Cypress
Bayou to Olive Branch, so as to make 1t
forty-fve feet in the clear.
Proposals. are invited for the whole, Of
any part Of the work, and bidders are re-
quested to propose for the work at given
price per mile--running measure.
By order of the Board
ALFRED SHEPPERS, Secretary.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09

Coleridge says that linen ofhumor
are always in some degree men Of
genius The converse of the propo-
sition is certainly true. from Homer
to Hood. The world has seen no man
of. genius that was not man of humor.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09

Even the black Emperor Soloque,
sends from Hayti, specimens of the
products and industrial resources of
that Island. The Turkish frigate,
with her cargo of Musselman fabrics
and curiosities, has not yet arrived.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09

EV- Posters at various places III
form us, that the Democrats" OF the
list. Ward, will meet in the Court
House, and the Democrats ofthe End.
Ward, at the Town Hall at 5 o'clock,
this evening. We presume each man
will be Examined" before he enters,
that the Chairman may be satisfied
that he is ''true blue" and not a
Wing is sleeps clothing.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09

"V.B. PALMER, the American News
paper Agent, is the authorized agent for this
1aner in the cities Of Boston, New York, and
Philadelphia, and is duly empowered to take
advertisements and subscriptions at the rate
required by us. His receipts will be regarded
as payments. His offices are--BosroN, Scoi-
lays Buildings; NEW YoRK, Tribune Bull
dings; PHILADELPHIA, N. w. corner Third
and Chestnut streets.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09

1--WE are authorized to announce AU-
GUSTIN DUPLANTIER as candidate
for Auditor of Public Accounts for the
State of Louisiana. Subject to decision of
the Democratic Convention
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09
For Sale.

LIGHT Arpents OF land. situated within
II the Corporation of Baton Rouge, with
a good connections house, containing FIVE
large rooms, carriage house, stable,
&c, thereon. The place is beautifully To-
Gated, and is admirably adapted for dairy.
or gardening purposes. Terms reasonable
apply at this Office July 9Th 1853
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09


p tie m6f1w Of tie snetsssion Of JAQUE
MesxAu, dec'd.-l No. 800 Probate -6M
judicial District Court, Parish Of East
Baton Rouge, La.
RYVIKTUE Of commission issued IN
ID the shove succession. and to me dir
ected from the hon. Sixth Judicial District
Court, in and for the Parsh md State afore-
said, will expose at public sale at the
Court House door, Of said Parish an the
city of Baton Rouge, on 49,
Thursday the llth day Of August next
A. D. 1853, at II o'clock, A. NJ. the pro-
perty hereinafter set forth, and described,
belonging to the aforesaid snccession--to
wit /: .sr7~ M
A lot Of ground situated in that part Of
the city Of Baton Rouge, laid out by the
late Richard Devall, measuring thirty-slx
feet front on Lafayette steet by ninety IN
depth, being the Southern part Of Lot No.
IL. of Square No. 2, with all the buildings
and improvements therein. Terms Of sale
cash. Ijuly u Fl. V. BABIN, Sheriff.
Vente de succession.
Dams raffaire de ia succession de JAQuE
MonrAri. decide No 500 Preuves Cour
du Sixieme District NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
d'Est Baton Rouge.
I'm VERTU dune commission lance dams
Il Jafaire de la susdite succession, ct 4
moi adresse par Honorable la Courdus six
ieme district Judiciaire dams e. pour Ia Pa
roisse ct Eat susdite Jexposerai en- ventc
publigue la porte de la maison de Cour
'e la dte Paroisse, dams la vile de Baton
Rouge,
Jeudi. le lime jour a Aont. 1858,
a ii hrures du natin, la propriet< ci-apres
NOMINEES, appartenaht 4 la susdite succession
SAVIOR: UN terrain de terre situG dams Get
te partie de la vile de Baton Rouge, aTen-
te par lie defeu Richard Devah, mesurant
SO pieds de face sur rue. Lafayette, par 80
de prolonde,,r, Giant la partie sud du terrain
No. II, de l'ilet No. 2, avec toutes les ba'i-
mems qai sly trouvans. Condition de la
Vente-CoMprAsT. II v. BABlN..
Juliet 7. Sheni.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09

RIVE are authorised to announce
CHAS. F.. GRENEAUX. as candidate
for the office of State Urea -urer subject to
the decision of a convention.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09
AtAuction.-without Reserve.

nN Saturday, the 10th inst. at the Front
OoHice of the Comet. on Third street.
3s4 Bottles Old Cognac brandy,
100 9 Old Whlskey,
Sc g 6 Port.
81 C. Bo'rbons Madeira,
doz Preserved Fruit,
IA boxs Yeast Powders,
ioz. quart Pickles, I
/ doz. i ga. Pickles,
Cadies OF Tea, :, -.
doz. boxes Des Petits POS,
50 boxes Mustard.
All of which will be sold for cash with.
out reserve. Sale commences at 7 o'clock
early candlelight.
July 6 I'd. GEORGE A. PIKE, .4asct.
TO RENT-A STORE HOUSE.
A STORE House with shelving and
n counters attached, suited for family
grocery. Situated on cor err. Apply at
the Sheriff's Office. July elmo.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09

fr Attention is asked to LaNoue's
hotice of Rattle ofoil Paintings. The
paintings are beautiful landscapes in
fine gilt frames-handsome parlour
ornaments. The club has ordered
them to be disposed Of, and now is the
time for some one to get them at a
very low figure.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09

r We are authorized to announce h
NJ. PIERCE as a candidate for Assessor of
his Parish.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09

HIRAM PowERs.-The Common
COUNSEL of Detroit has passed a resolu-
ton rendering the Inequalities of that
city to Hiram Powers, the great
American sculptor, who, it is said, is
now about to return from Europe.
This is the first we have heard about
Mr.. Powers paying visit to his ma
tive country. Strange that We should
get the news by way of Detroit
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09

F The members Of St. James
Lodge, No. Al, will meet at their Hall
foot of Church street, at early candle
light, this evening. All A. Y. Ms, in
good standing are invited to be present.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09

"A VERY FAT Hoe. "A hog
weighing l,109 pounds is on his way
to the Worlds Fair, from W isconsin.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09


EThe most outrageous humbug
and wholesale swindling we know of
is what is called the Daily Coast
Mail. We are satisfied that no one is
to blame, and what we say falls harm
less. Cannot the people be aroused
in their primitive strength, to throw a
thunderbolt from their wrath, into the
rank and file of the Government func-
tionaries, who swindle the people I'M
der cover of law, from one years end,
to another! We live in hope to see it.
If we are to be neglected because we are
all extremity of the Union, we would
like to hear an apology for it some
times. To our brethren Of the N. Q.
Press, we can say that it is folly to put
their Daily papers for the country in
the Mail, for they generally all come
together with their Weeklies at the
end of the week.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09
John M. Davies, Jones & Coz
104 and LOG

IMPORTERS of Gentemen's Furnishing
1 Goods, Hosiery, Gloves. sus Gsnders'
Cravats, Scarfs, &c, selected in France
England, and Germany, by one of the firm
resident in Europe, which ensures to pur.
chasers the newest and most desirable:
goods in the line; also, manufacturers o.
the celebrated Patent Shirts. Stocks ana
Ties O: every description Purchasers will
find the stock we'll worthy their attention.
july 1. 1mo..
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09

CHOICE WINES AND BRAN
~ dy.-Iust received--25 Boxes good
Claret lis Boxes very choice Claret -
cask superior old Brandy;-1 cask Ma
deria. Either of the above can be had by
the gallon, box, or in bottles.
JulyS JOSHUA BrAL.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-09


FAKIR OF SIvA.-This notorious
parsonage, with whom few of our
citizens are acquainted to their sor-
row, is again in trouble, as it seems
from the following from the Pitts
burgh Journal:
The Fakir of silva was arrested
yesterday, under the name Of Haskill
silva, alias the Fakir of silva, and ia
ken before his honor, Mayor Riddle,
on a charge Of obtaining seventy dol
lars from Andrea Randera, a Hunga-
rian in his employment, under false
pretences. Randera swore that the
Fakir represented himself to be the
owner Of an estate in Georgia, and a
large number Of negroes, also that he
was the proprietor Of the parlarpher-
MALTA used in his exhibition, all of
which he states to be false. The Fa-
kir gave security for the payment of
the seventy dollars, and the case will
probably be settled. !
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-12
Our Canadian Correspondence.

KINGSTON, June 3, 1853.
Improvements IN Canada-Raihoads-Ne 1ae-
graph Line, 1900 miles uader one Company.
Canada at this time is going ahead at rapid rate.
Under the prospects of the Grand Trunk Railway,
new impetus seems to have been given to every
thing. improvements are going on in every village,
town and city, heretofore unexampled, while Amer-
cans are focking in and commencing various kinds
of business. The disbursement of $50 900 ,OOO
within the next three years. roads now commenc-
I'd, is rather entciDg to enterprise.
Some one hundred and eighty miles more have been
added to the new telegraph line (caled the Grand
Trunk) the past week. 1t is portion Of the line
with their branches, from Quebec to Detroit in all
some 2 200 miles are to be under this new company,
in opposition to the old Montreal Telegraph Co.,
whore stock has always been two per cent above
par. The new company have now in actual opera
zion over 500 miles of wire, and will add 600 miles
more by August. 1t Is in fine working order, and
ds gem of line-a model one that would do for
the American lines to initiate A New YORKER.
GREAT SALE OF BLOOD CArrLE.-The sale of Col.
Sherwood's blood cattle 1T Auburn Sth inst drew to-
sgeher company of the most Intelligent breeders aud
farmers om all parts Of the country The stock vas
fne order. The following is the list Of sales-