The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-02-26
Tbr WrrkIq Culltrt.
Thursday Morning, Feb. 10. 1854:

hear, Ut man could desire. The Com.
panies turned oat In their halliday ap
parel.
M,rshad through the principal
streets to so'il stirring iii isio. and al
one O'Clock halted at Stephens whore
the most sun'p'uens r.past was pro-
vided, TINT il bus ever beua our r,p,I
fortune u set down to. After Il,
yiaads We properly dis used il M.
cient md honorable custom, the head
Of Champagne popped otl. And spn i.
n,eut flowed freely, aud was prompt,
responded to by sentiment. III a
hasiy no'ice, We regret our inabilit,
to furnish tue toa-ts ii, en-sulliee IL,
say they v.re all If patriotic and
soul stirring character.
After he fps was over, the COM.
pany conducted The Forman Of No, ],
Mai. 8. N. Hart to bis residence, aud
afterwards the Forman Of No z, r
Arbour Jr. wis properly escorted
home All praise is due 10 marshall
IL NJ. Pierce. who conducted the Ger.
emonies IN orderly deeurum. In TO-
murrow+ edition we shall skip over
the bull at the Harvey House, where
we presume, mari, all the beauty Of
East Baton Rouge was assembled.
clohed IN happy smiles Of pleasure
All In all there has never been n more
full and b rfaet celebration Of The an.
niversary Of the 22nd In the city Of
Red Slick than that Of yesterday.
CATHOLICS vs.. PnotEsrASrs.--1'he
N. y Journal of Commerce states
there is an acrimonious rtvcngeful
state Of feeling IN New Yu,k. between,
large classes Of boil, ptotpstanis aud
Catholics. which Justly exeites apprt-
llrn+ions Of future evil and states that
there has been 4 rapid organization 81
Societies. (a1opting secret sigls) with
I'll" avowrd purpose Ut oprosinv the
Rpinsn Catholics In ease of d collision
Occasionally. all the mechanics IN
manufacturing ar other establishments
JON these organization, en- masse. -
Tie most conspicuous societies Of
this character are 1.-THE Gnard Of Lib
er'v." Which il now said 10 nrmi,e,
5000 members, and the "know Moth
ings.' which probably numbers NJ
mn,v. The Order Of United Ameri-
ca'ls' II raruted to number aluuf |
$4,000 members. Cooperating with
the above. OF coincding Will, them Iii
all essential points are many Germans,
Orapgrmen, or Irish prote.tan,s, and
and A number Of Italians.
PASSING STRANGn. --- Yesterday |
about 8 o'clock and for an hour Or
IN to, Lake Ontari, was plainly VIA
ibl from The canal bridges O, Wash
ing'ou and Buffalo str, and from
Spring street at the corner Of High, II
point below the level u The canal
The clear blue water was plainly de.
fined on the horizon, and the wave
motionof the water was easily dis
cerned II was strange and md
altogether novel instance Of the phe-
non,cna Of mirage. A few years age
the same was witnessed from the side.
walks On The higher part Of Bulfal,
street. The Lake was az prolin"n
yesterday.as when seen from our high.
eat buildings, Lake Ontario is srseul
N Is distant, and 1T an average leve
Of go feet below the city liz water
may be seen from church steeple%,
from our highest buildings, aud from
the ronts Of i few residences. Il i
only IN some p 'cnliar condition Of III
atmosphere that il 'laom- up 81 bold.
~ ny u he di$cernible fr,m tho com
mon walks Of life Lake Ontario j
a quot, ,insnnJhg lake, has the eva.
pors" sometimes and bu rarely ge
high - when it does. it is OWN.
either to cold water or the atuo, pller,
never to artificial ~timulanfs, Yet i
il ALWAYS "blne. ''--Rochester Imcy-]
ican. Tuesday.