The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-03-12
s@nIn liz li,i.iat 81.


Truth. a map agent suffered orr sane-
tuary, aud SO completely changed he
current Of our thoughts, ut the sefy
period when Mr.. Wilmot's proyi-p in
its full foree was before or minds eye
that not wtrd ,uore could we force
" rather forge out, aud the world is
thus deprived Of another heavy article
Oh this Interesting subject. Perhaps
it Is compensated, in a measure. by
the following eolloquy.
IEafer map man Win thyee SET
eroi maps4 lie finds peg to hahg
them on, and sans ceremonte. begins
to descunt. H
Map u,an. Here sir is The largest
map oil the world---in Tue world--got
up in the must excellent stJleA-Aleca-
tors pr,jeelDil--a-col,ta marginal
notes observation-disclosures If latitude
and observation-disclosures ron prinei-
pal cities---toutes of Cook, Columbus.
Amerieus vespucius an CULVER
shows the Bal,amas--Berings straits
and The Black Sea--Cape Halterls
Look out and Cud--.he Gold region
in Califoruia---the mines Of Patoso---
roads md routes--ca'als, lakes, rivers
---ffitls Or froths. bays. inlets, prom
aptories, mountains, creeks and bay
ous-all the Islnnds Of the South sen
aud h,atty others out fide---embrarIn4
the whole Eastern aud Western hem
ispheres, with Oseauica showing The
Cuffs strealn, and the great SaIiali
--~land routes and water routes, view
in the neutrality-suspicious. of'be prIn-
cipal cities--is 3, by IL feet---tron'
stell plates and --.-'' there he bad to
stop to take breath. and lost his place.
Map man. From steel plates apI'--
we added lis a very fine mp >lr :
Ageut-"Indeetl il is, sir Every
editor should have it when writing o.
the Eastern question, or the affair. OF
Europe before him"
When we told bin that We thought
It the very thing least needed in the
editors Office, he commenced rolling up
the maps, as we continued-~-' if an ed.
i'or only knows where he Is, there Il
nothing else Of inpo,tance---a' TO the
Eastern question, We think the less h.
knows about The geography # tie
country, the better. If he knows
that tie Emperor Of all the lInssias.
lives at n place called st. Petersberg
that his elicif minister IL Count
Whitlemofsky--tbat the Danube run
through Turkey Sir"--tllat Amen
Bey pacba, Is great man, for more
reasons than TINT because he bas an
hundred wives, and is The lineal de-
cendent Of a long line Of blood thirsty
nyogenitors,- This sir, is all he needs to
know in order to write with the free
dom, and Gaze # the Picayune's leader
writer---and.--Thc map man had Gn-
ished rolling up bis map and was
gone. We took up the Nebraska mat
Ter. but could not pct over the Wilnot
Missouri Provisu, md the whole affair
was lumbled under the table. i. .s.s,
Considerable excitement was mani
tested at Madison, 1ndiaha, On the LIT
Instant IN consequences Of the body Of
d man being discovered IN u cask con-
timing aleIohol@ The cask was dis
charged from The steatner Alvin Adj
aus on Sunday morning last, and was
directed 10 "a Kelly, sadugu Ind
The body aud features are in a good
state Of preservation. Aknife wound
in the side Of the neck, and the effects
ETA blow upon the head are the only
marks of violence visible H'
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