The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-02-05
BsrnvotEseH TN 1'RutfI. AT the

fire d few nights ago. wherein Mr.. j.
W.. browns maehine shop was con
spmed, d number Of euf mechanics
/. working at the shop, had all tlisit
tools destroyed. Many Of Them were
thus deprived Of the MEATS of work
ing as we'll as being thrown out Of EN-
ploymeht BY The burning Of the shop.
A party nf our iti6st benevolent and
charitable fellow eitisens-tiatmes al
ways TO be met with when any good
work is undertaken stepped forward
with open hands, to make III part, res
titntioh for the loss. and the slim ol
1895 90 was raised, and placed In
the hands Of his Homer the Mayer, for
distribution Among the sufferers. We
give The flames Of contributors. and
the amount contributed
WIN =. Pike, $50, LarHuist \ i,sNoue. s25; r.
tiicky, 4t1 Stephen t,asiiIsre NJ b.; Ges. q
taees, Yin; ]. A Mcttaitoh 4gB 1'ihctjhile i,tr.
ttana. ~ 30, q a. Aicttattes, stBi A. r. ttet,th.
tt1; Josephine Bertrand. ~ boz Geo " t'taasai
o.; q q. efepsans, Vt; u. P, t,riant, ~ be; W.
II ttenshaw, Sin; Aired shoppers, Al, l. d.
Kielnpetef, 4tn, u. &W q. Waller Afti b r.
ftatner. &it, A ttarer, &in wit Huti,s ~; II
4. iseaie, " 30; r. At tiaft. f9p; 3 r blanchard,
OIL ". .. Phillips, ~ n, V l,abin, 40, aiex.
Shaw, ~ 1. tspnnetaset ar, Nbian Stuart. 4s1;
y. Hpgel, ~ 90, Tlsp. A. Hersit,ab, 4li A. Cold
hanh, NJ b1. II. U ltntrhisnn, At A. Nitnian \
ntc., Abl John tiahp, 40 b. W. Willis. ~ 81,
jaeeb tipef. ~ hui A. Bradford, Al ttoit, At /,
WIN. Cilne. 20 tssiiaa iieai At " i ihedus.
~ DO Henry jones. ~ bDi {. A. tish M; tehh
HisA.t, n, hr. tipnet, AZ 60; VIM hsrk naut.
n, A, N, tnhn, vi h H. burke, 4ib; j. W.
Seymour. ID 1. NJ. Mcttuteheh, % Stephen Hen.
aefsea tia. rtsni h Astfs sa 4'olai 4sbb %
h.fes t6uet, ttb ghd, ts5i
wa tht undersigned, respectfully fetstt unf sns
cete thanks 10 these gentlemen Nfs haes tssf,ea
their influence III o,ir behalf ard contributed IT..
wards indemnity ne us fer The Ines Ne sustained IN
ohf tools, destroyed by the burning Of j. W.
Btswh's ship IN the 25i inst. ahd hope that The
assistases this rieeh We with inset witb 4 partial
reward III vut grateful Acknowledgements
rtlAH. IT. NirsiEvIit.
". H. FIELDER,
A. MARTIN.
OCTAVE ATTAIN,
DES1NsiE nEAtihEaAttp,
AiiHrsTE punpiF,
/ ttiEIAtE tti blanc.
Is Y4 FRANCIS i,AraE,
Louis fotHNiEa,
ityThe Telieiana Wing, Of the
2sth ulto,. learns by the National
Line that Mr.. Emile LeEere, has
been elected State Printer. The Ma
tional l.ine--which we believe is n
combination Of the peoples witt,
TO- Riley deserves great deal Of
credit for furnishing the Whig with
this intelligence
These Telegraph operators are a
clever set Of fellows, truely. May
they not be classed with editors, aud
reporters ! They are. They travel
In the dead head omnibus, at the ex-
pense Of the million and pass without
question from The ticket Office Into MI
exhibitions and entertainments. This
Is very right, Since, they work the
wires not for their own, but for pub.
Ito amusement. When they can got
nothing substantial to send over the
line, they substitute their own beau.
tiful conceptions. and like editors,
draw heavy checks on imagination
Should not the man at tho New
York office, be rewarded for having
furnished our city bretheren no many
different phases Of TIE Eastern ques.
ton Has he not rausaclsed his
brain, to find some still newer and
moro startling Wow Of the matter than
the last Has he moi worn the sub
ipct thread.hate u lf admitted, il |
must also be admitted that he has
rendered The country valuable service,
for which he should be rewarded |
but our country bretheren should not
publish telegraph news, after it gets