The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-12-18


OrposfrlpN RI rHH EARDEn AN
ingenious Yankeo has invented a sim
wing inachne. II Is said to resemble
m Old fashionable arm chair. The
most unique feature in The whole af-
fair is The arrangement Of the razor
blades, which IRE fixed latutlinally on
cylinders, from three 10 six inches in
length four on eaeh cylinder, il IN an
gle Of sixty degrees. with fine camel.
hnir brushes between for you are
latl,ered and sl,aved Mt ono and tho
same time. the lather being slipped
from tho interior Of The cylinders,
which are hollow The machine il
put IN motion by The weight Of Tie
patient. The semi gradually giving way
beneath aud sinking with bin I'LL he
raacIes he ground, when The oper-
ntipn Is completed The seat, rising
Immediately il is released from his
weight is ready 10 commence again
Without any preparation.
NEpRAskA.--I'he Washington cor
respondent Of the N y Courier and
Enquirer. in his letter Of The JOth,
says
The report Of Mr.. Mapypenny,
Commissioner Of fndian Aiairs. il m
elaborate document He advises nd
dltiopal appropriations for the eytln-
punishment Of the Indian title to Neb-
raAka territory md Tor their removal
farther west This report contains
some interesting statements concern
ing TIM. region. L. proves that oil
tho reports If white settlements in,
aud emigration, the territory are IN
founded Tho Indians have title
10 All the lands worth possessing, bat
they live under the worst Influences,
aud will be speedily removed. Near
" nh thu votes amounting to above
five hundred. given for Terri,orial
Delegate To Congress were deposited
by Indians
A MONSTER OnaAN 1t Is stated
TINT sn organ, 10 cost sl25 900 is 70
he built for The new crystal paIaee Mt
England. 1t will be
INSTRUMENTS. least three
times IN large NJ my ever constructed.
II will contain in all one hundred and
,l,ifty.nine stops, md ten thousand
one hundred and eighteen pipes. be
ono hundred and twenty feet high, md
fifty fect deep. with n breadth Of nine
ty.Gye feet, and will have four rows Of
keys. The bellows, IL IL stated will
be worked by siean
ANOTHER ILlua,atots VHuon.-44-
The New York Herald says. We
learn from Paris that Alexander Du-
mas, the prince Of romaneers and dra-
rnatists. IL about eniigrntif,g " the u.
y. for tho purpose d permanently es.
litps"lf aud spending his
laat days in IN" land Of liberty. lie
has written the following letter to NJ.
Delean, who has arrived in Now York.
as the st. John the Baptist Of the new
advent:
My Dear Ffiena-you IRE TAX
ing nm important step--you are about
to cross tho Atlantic. he Of good
courage. The soil Of America |. the
veritnbIe land Of promise, because /. is
tho only home Of liberty.
Yon 20 on nm enterprise with which
| sympathize with all my heart, TO
publish exclusively in the land Of
Washington, Of Cooper, and Of Irving,
my works, IN advance even Of their
in France. Wacle Auimo !.
| have confided to your care all that
] have At the moment ready for pi,f
licatiou---but do not fear that | shall
leave you in The lurel, # Y
Adieu, my dear friend Find for me
on thc borders Of the ". Lawrence,
the Hudson the Delaware, or the Ohio,
n corner, where. surrounded by my
chosen friends, | may spend my last
days, and die in tranquility under the
sun Of liberty.
My beet wishes and prayers follow
you where you 90.
ALEXANDER Dumas.
We understand that III Dumas hna