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The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-11
Particular Notice.

VNHE undersigned would most respect
l. fully inform his numerous friends and
acquaintance, that he has removed his Jew
elry store corner of Third and Church streets,
where he will be prepared to accommodate
all those who will favor him with a call.
He would also inform all those with whom
he is acquainted, that he is prepared to re-
ceive watches, Jewelry, fancy goods &C.,
to be sold on commission
janis H. G. DELARODERTE:
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-11
Lafayette street Cigar Store

AAIAycIuc street C1gAr StOfes
This establishment, situated in the south
end of the late residence of Chas. Tessier,
has been fitted up in the very best manner,
and contains larger and more varied stock
Of Havana cigars than have ever before
been offered for sale in this city. The
proprietor is determined to keep the very
best stock, and take the lead in this line of
business. feb-9 Y.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-11
Twirg's Hair Restorative y

IW1ggb HAT K6SL0rdC1Ve
THIS compound possesses the virtue OF
i restoring grey hair to its original color,
and for preservation and growth Of the hair
has no equal. Prepared from the original
recipe and sold in quantities to suit purchas-
ers by WIN. BocEL, Druggist.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-11
Chemicals.
vi MUSTARD.

VEUS n III
On GROSS OHIO Mustard put up in
~ pound, half and quarter pound tin
canisters by Dixon, Shoemaker Il Co. Gin
cinnati. Also 30 gross Thornton and Gun
steads Kentucky Mustard. for sale by
octl4-ys H. y. WADDILL.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-11
Hat, Cap, Il shoe Store,

THE undersigned take pleasure in in
l. forming their friends and the public
generally that they have just replinshed
their stock with the most fashionable style
ofarticles in their line, which they will sell
as low as can be purchased elsewhere, for
cash. silk, Moleskin, Beaver, Cassimer
and Matilod Hats, Navy, Army, Mohair,
Silk plush, Cotton and silk glazed Caps,
for men and boys. Hunting, Calf, Kip ard
Laced. boots. Ladies, Misses and BOYS Cal
tiers and Brogans. Also negro hats and
shoes -t A. N, BOOTH.
Nov 1S-ly. J. w. OUIGGINS
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-11
BATON ROUGE FOUNDRY.

THE subscribers having bought the
i patent issued to Isaac Rabbit, for
improvements in Tho mole Of making bores
far .Arlcs, Gwdgeoss, &C., hereby inform
Planters and others, that they are prepared
to execute any work in their line, with
the compound known as "Babbitts metal,n
which is preferred by many persons to
Brass boxes.
jan 4 Hull Il HENDERSON,
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-11

TOWNSEND'S, Sands' and Bully Sarsa-
l. parilla, warranted genuine, and for sale
by VIM. BOGEL,
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-11
COrns Cured and no Hum bug.

COrns Cured and no Hum bug.
THE original Three Minute salve will
L elfectually remove and cure Whorts.
lM.oles, Corns, letter, Salt Rhenm, Ring
Worm and Toothache in from to 10 min
utes. FnlI directions accompany each vial
call Immediately before it il all sold
oct14. WIN BOGEL, Druggist.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-11
Lyons KathairOn.

nor Preserving, Restoring and Beauti-
l. flying the Hair, is the most delight.
full and wonderful article the world ever
produced. Its astonishing success is with.
out precedent in the history of the Mater.
ia Med'ca. Dark aud luxurant curls, soft
and glossy hair, with scores CT admirers
(mark this ladies,) is the universal effect
OF the kathairon. Bald and Grey heads
were perfectly astonisbed Price Is cents
per large bottle. For sale by
febt25ly. Post Office Cnr,sr
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-11

SPECTACLES AND GLASSES.
JUST received superior article of Con
u cave and Convex Priema and colored
Sspectacles and Christals TO suit every age
octlO. THEODORE GOLDMAN.
Sign Of the Biggest watch.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-11

EANCY HAMS Just received and for
i sale, 1900 pounds ofsugar cured Hams
OF the following choice brands: Stagg &
Shaw, S. Davis, Jr., John c. Schooley, J.
H. Burrows, any one which brands are a
"whole team" and no mistake.
Feb 2nd JOSHUA BEAL.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-11
RadWaYs Ready ReliAf

Railways Ready Relief.
THF great spain Killer" said to cure all
4 Pains, known to man, Except tina
from the Inconvenience Of an empty purse
For sale by II. r. WApp1II,
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-11
For Coughs. Colds Ac
Gum Drona.

TUST received IS lbs Gum Arabic Drops,
y Tolan Lozengers, French Jugube and
Liquorize Paste, Acidulated Drops OF all
havors; Spruce Gum, refined Calabra LID
uOrice, ect., by VIM BoGEL.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-11

PREPARATIONS FOR THE HAIR
L Bears oil, Pomatum, Tricopherous.
Balm Columbia, .'aynes Hair Tonic, Lou
dens Hair Tonic Phalons Hair Invisorator,
Lyons katharlon and Hair dye--for sale by
oct 70 HI. WADDILL,
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-11
Land for Sale.

Land for Sale.
a Tract of Land confirming GAO acres
IA lying on the Comite Road, five miles
from the town Of Baton Rouge, about so
acres are clared. apply to
oct13-y w. y. PHILLIPS.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-11

DOMESTIC LIQUORS Brandy and
~ Monongahala whiskey whole and
halt packages, for sale at New Orleans pri.
res, for good 60 day paper or cash
ieb JOSHUA BEAr.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-11

Cod Liver Oil.
NOV the remedy for Consumption. Fol
~ sale by f. r. WApDILL
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-11

Billings' Astringent.
NOW thought to be the best remedy Of
IN fered to the public as a remedy for
diseases Of the bowels, in all recent cases, a
cure is warranted" For sale by
aug 1s-y. II. I. WAppILL.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

Heavy Cotton Soaking"
nF Penitentiary manufacture mot being
~ kept in any other store in Baton
Rouge) is hereafter offered for sale in such
quantities as may be required by
oct13 JOSHUA BEAL.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-11-01
Burying Alive.

A paper was read before the French Acad-
emu of Sciences, in which the following eX-
traordinary instance was adduced as rea-
son for abolishing the preseut custom of bu-
rying so soon after death
"a young female had been twice pronoun-
ced dead, when only in trance, but had
recovered in time to prevent being buried
alive. A third trance came on, and in con-
sequence of what had previously occurred,
permission was obtained from the constitu-
tional authorities for the body to remain
above ground SO long as decomposition
should not take place. A week or ten days
passed anywhere was no decomposition;
but all the medical men declared that she
was dead, and at length she was laid in q
coffin. Only few minutes before the cof-
fin was to be nailed down, and while the bell
of the village was already tolling for the fu.
neral, female from an adjoining village
who had been schoolmate of the supposed
deceased, came to take last farewell. She
stopped to kiss the lips of her departed
friend and remained in that position for some
time. The bystanders attempted to remove
her; she waved them away with her hands
and remained in that position, with her lips
npon those of her deceased friend, ant
breathing, as it turned out alterward, the
warm breath of life into her lungs. A
length she exclaimed, 'she lives and theI
rising from the body she pointed out une
quivocal signs of life. She then stated tha
when she was kissing her friend, she fancie'
she felt her breath, and in few minute
was convinced of that fact. The woman
who was supposed to be dead, was taken ou
of the coffin and placed in warm bed, AM
in the course OF few hours fully revived
She stated that she was, during her trance
fully sensible of all that was passing aroun'
her, and she even heard the bell, but wa
utterly incapable of speech or sign to SHOW
that she was not dead"
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-11-01
KmOW-NOtlliMgism Exposed by a
Member of the Order over his
own Name.

The Pittsburgh Union of the Sd inst.
contains the statement of William Conner,
of Ayr township, Fulton county, in that
State, in regard to know-nothingism. Con.
ner is member of the order, but believing
it to be an infamous one, has made pub
lie disclosure of its oaths and obligations
Hogrees in all respects ,Oih that published in
the Enquirer in August last. When it was
feared he was about to make disclosure
an honorable dismissal was offered him on
condition he would be silent; but he declin-
ed it. They then threatened to ruin him If
he told, but that did not have the desired
effect. While in the order, he was inform
ed by prominent members, such as G: F.
Robinsons, the whig know-nothing candi.
date for Congress, L. B. Boggs, that the eff.
forts Of the organization would be directed
in such way as to PREVENT, IN FEW
YEARS, ANY FOREIGNER FROM LANDING on
OUR sHoREs.-Erchsnge.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-11-01
Terrible Times i'm Texas.

The Charleston Times has letter from
Il correspondent giving an account of the
destruction at Metagorda. The writer
says .....-.. ...
"Such scene Of distress and suffering |
hope shall never witness again, and which
language fails to even give you the most dis
tant idea of. saw one lady, who was driv-
en- into the streets with four little children,
come staggering in (where several of US were
trying to take shelter with everything she
had ON blown from her body and that Of her
little daughter. The infant she held in her
arms alone retained its clothes; the other
two, one three, and the other FIVE years old
were torn from her and are supposed to be
lost. There were, perhaps, a hundred others
who were picked up in the sopen streets and
yards in the morning" X. a.""
: The loss of property is estimated to be
"the entire value of every species of person
al property in the place." AL ..,...,.... ....
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-11-01

The present condition and prospects of
the Sandwich Islands would, very few
years since, have been deemed incredible.
We perceive that the principal business men
of Honolulu are projecting regular line of
steam communication between Honolulu
and San Francisco. One steamer, the Pol
ynesian, has already been built for that pur-
pose. In relation to her financial progress,
the fact may be mentioned that application
has been made to the Legislature for bank
charter, the first application of the sort ever
made. A new steam griSt-mill commenced
grinding wheat in June, and fine article
was turned out from the crop then just har-
vested. This result marks an era in the
history of the islands of no small magni-
tude; for industry, and agricultural enter
prise will be promoted, and collateral
branches of business correspondingly bene-
flied.
But who, in the widest dreams of pro-
gression, says the Polynesian of the Goth of
July, "would have dared to predict, twenty
years ago, that our streets would be placarded
with the name of an artist who has delight.
ed the fastidious taste of European courts,
and the equally appreciating assemblages oil
the more modern Republics of Ameriea!-
And yet, impossible as it might have appear.
ed, the citizens of Honolulu have enjoyed
this privilege during the past week. Oul
eyes have seen the name of Catharine Hays
and our ears have heard her charming
voice.
"Miss Hays arrived here on the 22d in
slant, in the bark Fanny Major, en- route fol
Australia, and on Tuesday evening gave ,
concert, assisted by M. Coulon, to full
bouse, where delighted audience testife'
their admiration by such applause as proceed
only from satisfaction"
As a treaty Of annexation is said t.
have arrived here, or soon may be ex
pected, Honolulu may soon be an Americas
city.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-11-01
The CROPS.

There is more apprehension expressed
about the deficiency in the grain crops of
the season than is well founded. There has
been more than an average crop of wheat,
rye, and oats, throughout the country, and at
least half an average crop of Indian corn.
Let us see what all this will amount to. A
full crop of wheat is 100 100000 bushels;
of rye. 100000; of oats, 100000, 600;
Irish potatoes, $4,000, 900; half crop of
corn, 300, 100000. To which m ay be added
sweet potatoes, 4O,O00,0O0; buckwheat, 49,
900, 900; rice, 5,O00,OO0; barley, 100000;
peas and beans, lO,0OO,OOO Beside an un-
usually large crop of hay. Here is about
one million of millions of bushels of what
may be called bread-a pretty good provision,
one would think, for twenty-six millions OF
people. -i 4s.- ,"iA '.-t '
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-11-01
DeatI, of Governor Bart.

Hon. FRANCIS A. BURT, the newly ap-
pointed Governor of Nebraska, died on the
18th ult., at Bellevue city. Mr.. BURT was
for several years a member OF Congress
from South Carolina, and at the time of his
late appointment, held the post of Third
Auditor of the United States Treasury De-
partment.
No steps have yet been taken towards the
organization of the Territorial Government.
Until the appointment of g person to fill the
vacancy made by the death of Mr.. BURT,
the duties of that Office will devolve upon
Secretary CUMMING, who will proceed imme-
diately to the organization of the territory.
Among the first things to be done, is the
election of delegate to Congress-, and the
members of the Legislature, also the location
Of the seat of government.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-11-01
News from IEle PiaiMS-ENigrantS
--CrOps--Tilmcs and Progress i'm
ETtHh

Utah.
Through the politeness of A. J. Smith,
F. +. Welch, and J. H. Steinberger, Esqs.,
who arrived last week from the Plains, we
have obtained the following additional in
telligence: .'-.. '.
They left Salt Lake City on the 10th of
August. The city was crowded with Cali
fornia emigrants. Crops were oil extreme
ly heavy and wheat and cats were harvest
ed. Flour was selling at $5 per hundred
A number of merchant trains had arrived,
and most kinds of merchandise was plenty
and being rapidly exchanged for gold.--
Money seemed plenty. An abundance of
rain had fallen, SO that irrigation had been
unnecessary. A great number of men were
employed upon the Temple, which is to be
built of beautiful kind of red freestone,
hewed and polished. The city wall, on one
side, was being reconstructed, having been
carried away by the water from cloud
that broke over the mountains. Improve
ments in the city .were rapidly progressing,
and some splendid buildings are being erect
ed. The manufacture Of iron is going on
20 considerable extent. Plows are got on
on short notice. A large amount Of sugar
beets have been raised, and the refinery was
being put in operation and is expected to
produce nearly the supply demandad.
A paper mill has been erected and was
in successful operation. Common laborers
and mechanico found ready employment at
from So to So per day. A great number OF
teams had been sent out to meet the COM
ing emigration, with good experienced pi-
lots, to conduct the several companies in.
| Secretary Babbit was again about to pros
ecute the erection Of tire States Prison
A company of Chinese were on their way
from San Francisco to Utah, having been
converted to Mormonism. Mr.. Babbit start
ed with them, returning to meet his family.
but was taken sick and returned to the city
met his family and train one-hnndred
miles from the city, and the Hon. Judges
Kinney and Stiles, at Bridger. Farther
along they met three large'trains of Eng.
/ lis, Danish, and other foreign emigrants, or
their way to Utah, comprising, in the whole
over two-hundred wagons, besides many
smaller scattering companions. All the
I stock on the road looked we'll, and all tht
companies were free from sickness and ii
a fine spirits. Grass and water were plenty
along the whole route Council Btaf Bu
ale, 3d..
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-11-01
New YoRK, Oct. sOi

The Pacific arrived at her wharf without
being telegraphed with Liverpool dates to
the 18th.
No news from the war. Dispatches such
as they are, conflicting, but it is authentic
that up to the 9th of October nothing had
been done. 1---:e
The allies number 1000. They occupy
a strong position south of Sebastopol and
have all their siege apparatus landed.
Menschakoff yet holds the field north Of.
Sebastcpol with 10000 men and 10000
more expected by October 10Th.
Latest accounts say that Gen. CanrobertT,
ordered Russian outpost to be driven and
batteries to be erected @r-li
m 10000 French are to be Immediately ship >
ped from France to the seat Of war. = '3f'2
The Baltic feet will return home without
further operations.
Omar Pacha is preparing to operate on
three points, the Pruth, Dubrescha, and the
4 sea. .
Russia is amassing forces on the Austrk
an frontier. ''@'1s
1t is surmised that France and England
are at present organizing the right of estab-,
fishing an independent Kingdom Of Poland.
Jerome Bonaparte is re-nationalized a. q .
Frenchman. ta4.
The Arabia arrived out on the evening Of
the 18th, and the screw steamer Ottaua on
the 10th.
Lord Raglan's dispatches says that he ex-
pected to open fire in few days, and private
dispatches add that an attack on the out
works was fixed for the 9th.
The Allies seige artillery had mostly reach
ed the camp on the 18th. Cannonading took
place between several English steamers and
the Quarantine fort at Odessa. Nothing re-
! suited from it.
A Vienna despatch says a secret treaty
exists between the Gear and Prussia. *
The Sebastopol dispatches are of the
most conflicting character. Some reporting
another defeat, capture of the Southern
Heights, &C.; but the most reliable indicate
nothing remarkable had occurred up to the
9th. ''
The Garrison of Sebastopol number 30,-
600.
From Copenhagen, Oct. llth, it is telegraph
ed that the House of Representative had voted
by majority eff 80 to 6, the appointment of a
committee to draw up articles of impeach-
ment against the ministry for the promulga-
ton of the July ordinance against Russia
/. hC tu0 SIOoS ~ hCutlS Su0
: whole place would have been destroyed but
for the exertions of the Americans and En-
glsh sailors in port.
Martial law is proclaimed in the gover-
d ments of Charkon, Pultawa, and Queen Chi
ma, &c.
9 Letters mention that three attempts had
been made by the insurgents to take Canton
n but had failed, and an attempt to effect COM
e promise with the insurgents had also failed
o The imperialists made but little progress
i in the recapture of the city. N
. Marseilles, October l6.-Each ship oftho
r Allied fleet is to furnish company of ma
$ rines and eight guns, making total Of two
: hundred guns to assist in the seige of Sebas.
topol.
: HAMBURG, l6.--Immediate steps are TO be
D taken for stopping the traffic with Russia
) through Prussian porte.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-11-01

LONGEVITY. Is a black woman
residing not Ear from the Long (Potomacl
Bridge who, it is said, is upwards of one hum
dred years old. She was born in Fairfax or
Prince William county, Virginia, and her
scendants--children, grand, great. grand,
and great, great-grand children-number
one hundred and thirty. The old woman's
mental faculties are seemingly unimpa;red,
but her physical frame is weak and tremb.
linS. She says she knew "Master George
Washington and Master Thomas Jefferson
WE'LL" The Father of his Country, she de.s
clares, was "very tall, and thehandsomest
gentleman she ever saw" The author of the
Declaration Of Independence" and the bill
establishing religious freedom" she thinks
"was not handsome, but he was mighty good
to de colored people," This aged member
of the human family is of the opinion; that
long life, after all, is not desirable; and she
calmly awaits to be called from time to eter-
nifty by her heavenly Lord and Mastef.-z-
May her last moments be happy and serene,
and her undying part soar to glorious im>
mortality !--Lnion. "a 4.,
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-11-01

ADVANCE IN SUBSCRIPTION PRIcEs.-UPon
careful examination, says the Statesman g
Democrat, we have been forced to the con-
clusion, that at present rates, the larger the
number of subscribers we have, the larger
the amount of money we lose. The queS-
Iion with US then is, whether to diminish the
size of our sheet or make such an increase
in the price as will at least indemnify us
against pecuniury sacrifice. We have de-
termined to adopt the latter course.
According to present indications, the ma
jority of the papers through the country
will be compelled to follow the example o.
the Statesman and Democrat, and in
crease the subscription price, or continue tc
publish at sacrifice of both time and money
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-11-01
Great Fire i'm Cleveland! Over a
Quarter Of IL Million Destroyed.

From the several accounts which have
reached US, we condense the following in re-
gard to the great fire in Cleveland.
About half past ten o'clock last Friday
night, n fire was discovered on the East side
of the New England stable, which is sup
posed to have caught from sparks of To-
comotive on the C. c. g. C. Railroad.-
Around this stable were number o. small
frame buildings, to which the fire rapidly
communicated.
The flames soon reached that noble struc-
ture, the New England Hotel, and there
ragged with such fury as to render all efforts
of the fireman, to save the building, utterly
futile. The Custom House was also burned
to ashes. Several large business establish
ments were destroyed. Among these was
that Of Crawford g. Chamberlin, Warehouse;
Board Of Trade Rooms; Commercial Insur.
ance Office, &C., &c. aas
$ The loss is yariously estimated. None puf
itat less than a quarter of million. The
property was some of it insured but to wha
extent we have not yet definitely ascertain
ed. f..e4 eau -l- I.