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The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26

SLEEPING wirn THE HEAD Low
DR.. Fiddledino Of Naples, who has
given much study to this subjct, says
that sleeping with the head low is not
injurious to mind nor body, but in,ig
Grating to both. He argues that in
the normal state--whilst attending
to the common avocations Of life,
there is downward tendency Of in
tellect to the region of the epigas-
trvm. In sleep, intelligence runs
back to the seat of reason, and the
mind is rejuvinated. The learned
Doctor remarks that he has seen no
evil effects from sleeping with the
head low, except in cases of over exer-
sion of females in Scottish PoIkas,
and other violent dances. lie ac-
counts for fatality in such cases, from
the Fact that intelligence travels along
the flexors and extensors, to the heels
extremity, hereby causing vacuo IN
Uranium; when the patient lies down
with the head lower than the level of
the body, the certain REVISION back
to the seat Of reason, is the cause Of
collapse.
We recommend this intelligence to
our editorial confrcres, and hope to see
it figure extensively hereafter, under
the head of valuable Information for
the People"
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26
A New ILIAD.-The New York

A NEW ILIAD.-The New York
Sunday Times presumes that a
Committee on "Greytown" will sit
during the recess, and suggests that it
offer inducements to one Of its mem.
bers to compose an epic in honor Of
the achievements, to be fled away in
the archives of the Smithsonian Insti.
tute. If no member of the Committee
should be poet, there is CALEB
LYON, Of Lyondale, who might be add
ed-his muse is said to be always in
harness. Let the Had be taken as a
model, and a new F]axman engaged
for the designs. BY way of encour.
agement it furnishes a few lines,
which will do for specimen. They
commence in the spirit Of HoMEE's
Iliad:
"Of Borla nds wrath to Pierce the plenteous spring
OF fame immortal, heavenly goddess sing
That wrath which burned the luckless Grey.owD
down,
And done It up particularly brownl'
Declare, Muse in what Inflated hour
Sprang the fierce s;rfe-from what offended power,
lIons The brave hat conhasration spread,
And fred the town, til all the natives fed!
The Greyton men our minister had spnrned
And for high offence their houses burned!
For Dor and sought with menaces to gain
The captive Smith from The Musqut0 chain;
The venerable patrio; reasoning stands,
With one Of Jennings rife In his hands;
To this he points, and with ~ jestic grin.
Declares with spiri,s, 'I'p go in and win' ect.
IBuiletin.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26

r The Bloomington Qll..) Para
graph gives an interesting account of
the discovery Of a vein Of gas in that
vicinity A NJ. Robinson was dig
ging a wei, VIII. q. me Gepth Of
twenty feet the jet poured out upon
him, shaking the very earth. He was
forced to ascend Immediately, when
on application of lighted match, it
was found to be infammable, jetted
up flame some ten feet. Mr.. Rob-
inson went to work to wall up the
opening which he did, placing tube
in it about ten feet high, and large
number of citizens came from the
neighborhood to- witness the strange
phenomina. 1t is the purpose Of Mr..
Robinson to conduct the gas in tubes
to a grist mill in the neighborhood,
and put it into practical utility.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26
Valuable Real Estate at Auction
BY
L. E. PoNers & Co Auctioneers.

THE undersigned, CONSTANCE Ter
L SorR, wishing to leave Baton Rouge, will offer
for sale at Public Auction, at the QPurt House
door, in the City Of Baton Rouge, on MONDAY,
TIE 18TH DAY or OCTOBER NEXT,
n55i) at II o'clock, NJ, all her property, situa
ted in the Parish Of East Baton Rouge, as follows
list. A CERTAIN PLANTATION or TRACT Of
Land, about ~ miles East Of the City Of Baton
Rouge, on the road leading to the Amite River
containing in all Gao acres Of which $50 or 200
acres cleared and the balance Of the land well
tmbered. This tract presents unsurpassed ad-
vantsges for raising all kind of stock.
End. PLANTATION within three miles Of the
City Of Baton Rouge, containing 315 arpents, of
which 100 are cleared, and under fence with
good Dwelling, Negro Cabins, Kitchen, -
Blacksmith Shop and other necessary plan @i:::l
tation houses. The nncleared land on the &3tiH.
tract is well timbered. 1t is bounded north by
Genl. Joseph Bernard, east by Lewis Pyburn, south
by Mrs. T. Davis, and west by lands Of J. H..
Perkins. This place contains all the necessary
Cane Wagons, Carts, Horses, Mules
together with 1900 barrels Of Corn, Hay,
sweet Nsns s, sSse. ss ,ei,o&s
HARRY, JEAN, JACK, CHARLOTTE, GEORGE,
BARRON, ALFRED, ALFRED, and JAMES.
9Th. A LOT and HOUSE, in the City Of Baton
Rouge, at the corner Of north Boulevard, and Sd
9th. ~ LOTS or GROUND in the City Of Baton
Rouge, in Beauregard town. plan Of which will
be exhibited ON the day Of sale.
~ COSDlTlONS.-Th plantation lying in IL
miles Of this place $500 cash-balance !, 3yrs.
credit; mortgaged retained notes well secured.
THE Plantation lying miles Of Baton Rouge,
$1,000 CASH-balance in !, 2 and years credit
mortgage retained and notes well secured, bear
ing per interest from date till maturity-and
per cent after due until paid.
tVThe SLAVES-One third CASH LIST Mar
1855 first March 1866.
The House and Lot and the ~ lots of ground,
u Cash-H first Of March 1866 first Of
March 1856.
The Wagons, Carts. Oxen, Mules, Horses, Hay,
Corn, Hogs, and all the movables 80 days credit,
with notes well secured. Acts of sale at the ex-
pense Of purchasers aug19-3w-1t-1w-d. u.s.
~ Baton Rouge Gazette, vis-a-vis, Bayou
Sara Ledger, Plaquemine Sentinel, State Paper
Clinton, please copy twice and send bill 70 Georgs
A. Pike, for collection.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26

~ On the New York boards a
new tragedy is shortly to be produced,
which claims to be a revelation from
the spirit Of Shakespeare, through
Isaac c. Pray and Michael Jones
Currap, mediums" Nothing has
been received from the spirit of DR..
Franklin, later than the new patent
corn crushing machine. a description
of which has already been made pub.
JIG.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26
Corporation Of Ration Rouge.
DY VIRTUE of the assessment rolls

DY VIRTUE of the assessment rolls
- for the Corporation Of the City Of Baton
Rouge, for the years 1852 and 1883, have seized
and will proceed TO sell on NONDA y, the 2!kh
d0y Of SEPTEMBER, 1854, at the Court House
door, in the City Of Baton Rouge, at IL O'Clock NJ,
the following described property, assessed in the
name Of Benjamin Bryan, 10 wit certain Lot
or parcel Of ground situated in that part Of the
City OF Ba on Rouge, laid out by the late +. Beau
regaid and designated on the fgurative plan Of
said part Of the City, as Lois No. and the wes
tern half Of Lot No. 2, in square IS, containing
Ninety feet on france Street, by One Hundred #.
on 81. Charles street, more or less, and bounded
IN by France Street, East by property Of Benz
Bryan, South by property Of Joshua Wilson, and
west by IS. Charles Street, 20 pay and satisfy the
sum Of Thirty One Dollars and Twenty Five cent?,
being the amount Of Corporation Taxes due by
Benz Bryan, for the years 1852 and 1853. together
with the cost, saiG property TO be sold for cash
without the benefit Of appraisement.
aug265ts.w. II. =. WOLFE,
Collector Of Corporation Taxes.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26

u DR.. Mott in bis liberal dona-
ton to Union College interdicts the use
Of tobacco. It is made obligatory up
on every gentleman who takes Pro-
fessorship in that institution mot to
use tobacco in any FORM" Did not
the learned Doctor pass current in the
world as "sane man." he might up
on this feature of bis will, alone be
classed in the list of the "uon conn.,
pos." How is it possible that Pro.
fessor in Union, can possibly disturb
the quiet slumbers Of DIR. Eliphale
Mott and Urania Z. Mott, by smoking
a "los Angelos,' when heoren has
got the spirits Of Mr. and Mrs. Doc
tors Mott? This is the question. If
the curling smoke ola good "regalia''
at eventide, disturb the spirits Of the
dead, then show us how, and we'll de-
nounce, "this luxury to morsals." 1t
cannot be. Smoking's a luxury,
driDkings luxury, and excellent
cherries, are not only good, but whole
some. Then call your Introduction
back, good DR.. Mott,
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26

o. The Edinburgh Review csti-
mates the annual emigration to the
United States from different parts Of
the old world at the round sum Of
100000. The males are mostly in
the prime fife, and the women young
and buxom-just such as on the from
tier of Uncle Sans vast domain, will
furnish the best material for the
"Mothers Of America" but not the
daughters.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26

Some Of the New York papers pub
fish among other ondits the grave fact
that a company Of negroe soldiers,
about twenty in number, half of whom
were officers, paraded the streets Of
that city last week. They were pro-
cccacI by 4 band Of white musicians.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26

The temperance cause appears to be
rapidly on the increase in California.
and promises speedily to take foot
hold in every town and hamlet in the
valleys and mountains Of the Golden
State.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26

rMessrs. WADDfLL Il Day are in
receipt Of large stock Of valuable
Drugs and Medicines from New York
as will be seen. Among other arti-
Giles enumerated they have the genu-
inc "Alboni sweet gumifum" an article
extensively used now in the northern
part of the Union by female rumi-
giants. We recommend it to the at
tcntion of the ladies'; and need only
say to them that it is fashionable.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26
Official Journal Of this City.
Gbr Dailg Guu1et,
BATON ROUGE,:"::AUGUST 25, "a.

r Hon. U. b. Philips has our
thanks for further proof sheet speci-
mems of revised Statutes Of the State,
now being collated by him. The
coming volume bids fair to surpass in
accuracy Of detail, oil others that have
gone before it.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26
CHOOTING MATCH ATT REEN

~ WELL SPRINGS.-The next shooting match
will take place on Saturday 18th itnst. Prizes
amounting to So dollars Entrance one dollar
each.
larger scale with prizes amounting to 800, en-
trance two dollars each. Guns to be admitted,
must be smooth bore and not exceeding one ounce
caIibre, aug "a 1854.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26

The Divinity School in Cambridge,
Mass, has received from Mrs Park
man, Of Boston, between six and seven
hundred volumes Of theological works;
being part of the library Of the late
Rev. DR.. Francis Parkman.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26

A military company numbering
seventy muskets, and called the
Young America" has been ozganized
at Newport, Ky. Some idea may be
formed of their objects and intentions
from the fact that they wear the
Know Nothing h."
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26

10 The st. Louis Inte)Ggencer
thinks there must be some mistake in
the statement, that house in Belle
Vile, (1ll.,) the other day purchased
20. 900 bushels of corn at 30 cents.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26

TDuring the PAST four months
there have been forty-four fires in
Cincinnati, involving a loss of $685.
600, Of which about SIT 900 was
covered by insurance
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26
Lost or Mislaid.

CTATE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT
~ Land Warrant No. 1913, for 800 acres,
dated cath December, 1852, issued to w.
s. Pike, by him assigned TO +. Nc Illheny,
by the latter transferred to A. A. Fraser,
and by him endorsed in blank
Duplicate of the same having been issued.
the public is cautioned not to trade for the
sane. A A. FRASER,
aug 22-Iw. 30 Camp st. New Orleans.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26

TSoon after the revolution in
Spain commenced, minister Soule left
Madrid on a pleasure excursion send
ing his son Soule Jr. to Paris, Lon
don, and Washington, as bearer Of
dispatches to the Legations.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26
Exciting Intelligence.

him /; and if there is any thing wrong
or he, in bis one sided imagination
only thinks there is; it slhis province
to speak, aud speak without any fear
or trembling, that the public mind
may be set to work. to remedy, or
make qvorse the evil.
Sometime since, we had an article
in this chaste paper, the "head'' Of
which we have now forgotten, but we
rccollect distinctly that it was directed
in poignant and forceable language, to
public evil, if not positive calamity !;
met with in almost every by.way of
this moral city. That it contained
some unpleasant truths, we have abun-
dencc Of evidence, in the fact that it
called down upon the Comets head,
many malcdictions. Had that article,
had the desired ef1ect-had it eradi-
Gated the evil, then we should never
have taxed our brain to write this
second chapter, Of the same history Of
shame.
We live under a government-as
we'll as social system, having many
peculiar institutions )" some of them
peculiarly at variance with the chris
tian principals, SO literally given us
every Sabbath day, from the different
gospels of the different denominations
of this city. One of the peculiar in
stitutions, makes broad mark of dis
tinction between black and white b.
peds, a distinction justified by our
forefathers, and vindica,ed in the truth
of history. Whilst this difference ex-
lists ci,illy and politically, it is moral
sin, to mix the colors and fill the COM
munity with hybrid nondescripts. 1t
is wrong VIC say, and being wrong We
have right to speak of it in terms
condemnatory.
Though our philosophy contains
some vagaries, yet it does not embrace
all; We are not willing to admit the
equality of all colors and classes of So
ciety. because we feel that this admis-
sion would urbinge the vast machine,
and throw us all back into the "all
four position from which There is
much evidcnce) we came.
We 60 out into the streets now,
and we meet, hitler and thither, all
shades Of complexion, ranging from
creme color, back to smooiy black
Why is this! Do our own citizens
men who exc Gle the elective fran
chise-sit in courts, and have their
names labeled on the pews Of church |
doors, actually live in open violation
of all laws OF decency (say nothing Of
morality with "Diano of Ephesus!"
1t must pc, else we would not see such |
palbabIe evidences Of shame. Are
there men in this Parish, who dare
hold their heads up among gentlemen;
breeders Of bybrides, and cultivatols
Of parti-colored slaves for market =
So il would seem ; and something
should be done to make them feel ihe |
weight of public Indignation. Such
men should be disenfranchised if moth |
ing more. When found bargaining a
way there own flesh and blood, in
what's called "likely neg1o," they
should be prosecuted by the District
Attorney for criminal offence, invol-
wing their own services to the State in
the Penitentiary. What can our con-
temporaries say on this subject! We
should like to see them come out in
series Of articles, that would a ouse the
public mind," for this is the great ar
bitter alter all. and the only one that
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26

~lt is reported that Gov,
Mortar Of Massachusetts is hopelessly
i'll with dropsical affection.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26
Mem A0pertise ert5.
1 LARGE SUPPLY OF FRESH

IA and puie D,nss, just received from New
York, embracing eve.y criticize needed by Physi-
clans and Piao.e,s. A: Wholesale and retail at
the Drug store Of aug %. WADDILL DAY.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26

10 Grimes, the Wing candidate
for Governor of Iowa, has been elect
ed by majority of 5000 votes.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26
What's the Matter in the Cries.

cent City.-The Police Reports, in
addition to an unusual number Of ar
rests, for drunkenness, and crime for
this season, are filed with accounts Of
mobs and riots. On Monday night
last, twenty rioters were arrested in
the First District. On Wednesday
morning, the smothered Indignation
of certain firemen, in the Second Dis
trict, "broke loose" and at one o'clock,
the True Delta says, news got up
town that Gallatin street, was about
to vomit forth its ire, whereupon the
fire bells rung, and the Police Of the
First and Fourth Districts rushed
down to the support Of their allies in
the land of the Gaul. AS soon as
this movement among the police got
bruited about, rumor, with her multi
farious tongue, run riot in telling tales
of outrages committed by the assem-
bIcd legions Of the great unwashed.
First it was stated that Recorder Fill
leul's house had been Quilted. and
completely turned inside out; then,
that the A"mory in the rear of Jack
son square, had been sacked, and that
the great gate Of the Parish Prison,
had been forced by huge batter
ing ram, urged by boys Of Nos. 10
Is and 1G, who were determined to
affect general Jail delivery. This
induced the Saxon and Celt to shout
der arms, and the population Of the
Second District was suddenly increas-
ed by promiscuous multitules."
The cry Of "a ight," is not out
equaled in a point of excitement, for
the sans culottes and the rag tags,
to the crv of Sire" Either, furnish
sufficient excitement, to call out the
multitude; and when they get togeth-
er, if the fire alarm is false, then the
multitude--not to be disappointed,
must have fight. 1t is matter of
small consequence, what the cause Of
quarrel is, the less the cause in many
instances, the greater cry, and more
serious the consequences.
We are positively at loss, with
he light before us from our city con-
to ascertain the causus
1elli Of the present riotous proceed
ngs in the Crescent. 1t would seem
hat fires and alarms of fires, are got
en- up expressly for the qualification
IF this bull dog propensity in the null
itude.
This leads to the already expressed |
opinion, that the volunteer fire depart
nents is great nuisence in any great |
;ity. A paid department with one
rood and sufficient "maehine," drawn !
by horses, and worked with steam,
would do more servicc-cost less, and
obviate, the seeming neces-
,ity Of a riot over the flames
With such a machine-with force
enough to knock a man down at fifty |
yards distance, with harmless jet Of
Adams ale, the public would have
assurance that there would be no riots
IN the ground; certainly not, if the
brennan were invested With the au-
,hority to turn the jet occasionally .
rom the devouring elements, to quench
he ''fre Of wrath" in the multitude.
Pbiladelphia-the Quaker city, has
aiken the lead in this matter. and We |
recommend its favorable working, to
he serious consideration of our friends
and fellow citizens" in the Crescent
city.
The Chinese mail brings an account
IF the murder in China of Mr.. George
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-26

The story that Russia was about
to sell Stika to the United States, or
that the Gar made an offer to cede
it on any condition, is an invention.
No such proposal has been made to
the State Department, and no instuc-
tons to make it had been received by
the russian legation up to the 9th
inst.
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-09-11
EAGLE CITY.

T OTIS in this valuable town now ready for sale at
IL prices WHICH fail to be profitable, either for
Investment or permanent location
The proPceturs of the above have expended both time
and money in exploring the whole of the country in the
immediate line of the ST. Paul and Lake Superior Road,
AMI For beauty OF location water, and rich SOIL
well satisfied il cannot be ssed by other portion
Of the Territory IL Is in the heart of we'll
watered and abounds with innumerabe groves of heavy
timber principally of the hardwood kind. Evidence
sow exists several large sugar camps, which have
until recently been worked; natural abound
i'm every direction and Tamarac sufficient for farming
purposes that will supply the dcpand for to
In addition To the above atural advantages for agricu
turaI purposes it be admitted that town about
that stance 6 mles) from ST. Paul must inevitably
s,ir up necessary adjunct to the proposed Railroad
ami hire Is spot necessary AMI capable OF supplying
the wants of ali that may be required either in com
nercal agricultural point of view Wood and water
a most necessary concomittapt to locomotive engine
are there abundance and being only few miles distant
from Saltwater. the great lumber mart, contributes
greatly to facilitate the operation OF building when the
advantages of ts location is evidently bound to call ior
The propretorS wish not to be mslead by such significant
that they not induced by merceiary motives
IN locatipg this town. it is to make money that they
have embarked this enterprise but this they d0 say
they will sell such reasonable cras as viii make II
matter of and profit to those who may wish TO
ioin in the laudabe object of helping to build up this
prom sing town. The original prOprietors have already
sold half their interest, and prepared to sell
mind that good Warranty Deeds given for all lots SOLD
with the title ndsputabe. Eeariy application is invited
For further particulars enquire at the office of STARKEy
and PETEYs Real Estate Dealers Third Street St. Paul.
Minne~ota Territory.
s. Paul, DIV AZ lS5i-d3m