The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-01
NE-In the Point Cou,,ae EcIa, nc

ton from The Register Of the Land
office, in answer to I'M unjust and ab,
sivc article, which appeared in thai pa
per Of the I'd inst The difficulty and
cause of complaint seems to be, that
several gentleman of Point Coupee
cannot each get claim to Township
8, g., range g, e.
As the LAM lis donated to the State
by act Of Coslgress, are surveyed. and
the maps deposited, Of eotlrse squable
ensues between persons desiring to
make entry and they either hasten,
themselves, 70 the Capitol, or send /;
and the conflict engeuders bitterness,
and bitterness, abuse. We can say
for Mr.. SletR, the present incnm-
bent Of the office, and his ob|iging as
sistant Mr.. g. 9. BrBnoN; that the
Office was never managed with more
business to all parties The Mllers
rule Of first come first serve" is OBJ
served to the letter. As we frequent
" have business with the office, we
have "oceason" to know hoW it il
conducted, and therefore this isno vain
eulogy.
LOOK ctr Below In the Inst PA
1ucmine nbervilB) Gazette, appears
the following notice, which gives cause
for additional alarm, on the "Cuba
War Question.
CoErAaNrE p'ARrt1LtRtE.-Les Jet
nes gems de cette vile, nous le disons
avec plaisir. ont deja tehu IN Meeting
oil lis ont pose les prenieres bases
dune Organization Militaire, en- for
tnant tire C'ompagnie d'Artillerie, don't
le commandment d et6 confie rotre
excellent coneitoyen le Dr. Hacker,
ayec le grade de Cspitaine, ct Ell nom
rnant trois lieutefiants. Les tne1nbres
de cette eolnpaenie SO reuniroht tons
les 1uit,ze jodrs. lis d1iyent Sc renhir
&c stir.
llurralf pour Cuba !
AMERICAN GrRLs in PARIS. "A
Paris correspondent says. Il had
last week the pleasure of witnessing
at one Of The first boarding schools in
Paris an exhibition Of private thea
tricals The language spoken was
French, and the performers were four
teen ID them, American girls,
AN IasBR iATs AsvLuu---The Le-
gislature pf New York, at its last SEES.
sion. incorporated an institution mined
the Omitted States fnebriate Asy-
lum." for the reformation Of poor and
destitute drunkards. The first moet-
ing Of the Board Of Directors was held
in the city Of Now York on Wednes
day We notice in the published list
Of the members OF tho Board the
names d Ex-Governor Hunt, Hon.
Iadok Pratt, and other distinguished
gentlemen. Such M Institution, We
have no doubt, is capable Of doing
great deal u good TrVe Dcllu.
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We understand that the Police Jury
Of the Parish Of West Baton Rongo
has ordered an election to be held for
n member from the Crosse Tete dis
trict consequently, the representa-
ton from that section has ceased in
this parish Pln1uemlat Sentin-
OF.
The Boston papers are in bot dis
cussion over tho correct spelling and
pronunciation Of the z,ayluet, as APP
piled to- a certain portion Of their new
theatre. The Transcript says there
is no such word as pnr9uelte, al
though it il so spo)t on the tickets
while The pclaatic box-kcepcrs bawl
out perpetualIy, "rar-tay." The req,
word i pargnet, and Of course the
box keepers pronunciation Is correct
But the fact is, the word payquet is
not used in Paris at all, to designate
any portion of The theatre. That
whiell,ve call the rarquei, is there
called Che paztevre, which is literally
translated into English by the old