The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-10-21
All Fiction - Truth.
And all Truth Absurdity.

' C0'iGcb eNGT W H"Fe sutu any -tuh'H
that has not been denied by some one
or two---in ina v instances more than
bali dozen different people. This
is of itself strange, but what is still
more strange. is, that the more certain
the truth The greater the opposition
to it. We never expect TO have the
whole world to agree with us, and
shall always be very far from crying
our eyes ont, on account of diversity
of op MON. that may---does----and
doubtless always will exist, in a city
of The vast Dimensions Of this, aud
composed of so many diversified mate
rails. The CoMGT has always been
open to let persons be heard, who diff
er with US, and have Invariably pub
lishcd every thing anonymous or 9th
erwise, that has been comprehensive,
to our comprehensibilities. Aud
here, by the way of parenthasis, let us
add, (the first object of the publication
ofthis paper, isour own fun and frolic,
aud il is an iuexhaustable source Of
both. When it ceases to be, then we
will endeayour to throw the benighed
race Of man into n mist, with the light
Of our extrenlities, and at once leave
the solar system, for a more congen al
atmosphere
We published an article the other
day, for the benefit Of our citizens,
abroad, that has called down upon
us, the vengence of the Board of
Health which is expressed ina very
laconic note, in another column, Of
this always excellent paper. Tie
last Dem. Advocate, endorses the
Important Notice" and must needs
now 60 forth to the country, and ca i5s
the terrified to go off into srasm-, be-
cause they are tod therein, that it is
extremely dangerous TO come to town,
and they must not think of coming in,
until official information is Published
under the advice of our Pbysici,ns,
from the Board itself. This is consol-
TORY. fla panic must lie kept mp
and we find that our single arm can be
of no avail in battling it down, Why
we shall fall in, and assist in blowing
the trumpet Of CONSERVATION, to the
terror of the terror stricken. But we
do not tbinS it at all necessary.
Long before there was any appear
ance Of the epidemic in thi, city, We
learned by the way of The flourish ng
town Of st Michnel. that the fever was
committing it rayages here /; the Ga
zc.te and Advocate come suddenly
Into the possession Of the same fi.e'.
We put on our tri-cornered hat, aaI
went into the suburbs, TO learn The
truth bnt could nowhere find it
written, except i'll the Journals OF our
cotemporaries. To do away with the
fiction, and get at the fact we volun-
teered to publish daily report, if the
Board Of Selectmen would organize a
Health office which was done Our
friend Vim. F. Tunnard, Go whom all
praise is duc) acting as reporter after
the first few days Of Mr.. Coke admin
i~tration, and continueing to act, until
two or three days elapsed, without
case to report--'he Hospital closed,
and daily reports, were at his sugges-
ton abandoned.
During the most gloomy days of the
Epidemic, we were not surprised to
lind our co.enporarie1, contending in
he face of the report, that the town
was healthy Now that there is pos
lively as little, if not less, mortality