The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-02-05
sunday Morning, y: Fob. 8, 1854
rsz-Mr. ,John sli;lell has our thanks

for report Of the committee ct the
u. 8. Senate, to whom was referred a
bill for an act to establish the Terrific
ny Of Nebraska.
We shall not say with sheridan
that We have no dpubt that we shall be
very much pleased tsfle, we have read
it; but shall anticipate the pleasure,
and be disappointed II II be not real
lied.
PRESENT ~ THE UNITED SfArEs.
The President transmitted to Con
gress the other day, an elegant set Of
works presented by Her Britannia
Majesty'a Government, to the United
States, illustrative Of the exhibition III
the CRYSTAL Palace, III London, ii 1851
1rTher louisville Courier gives
m account Of The great destruction of
coal boats, from yiolenttstorm in the
Ohio. A million bushels Of coal
have been lost, with many lives. The
Daily Crescent Of the 3rd inst, gives
the names Of The persons lost, and
full account Of the distressing calalli-
ties. fs sfa3 PIG
t~-w. ,..t - ~, ~ s;..t no,.s !, II. ; >
Friant In the Parish, Of g. Martin, was burned to
the ground on The 9th ulto,, with lao hhds Of si-
gar. Mr.. B. n member Of the lower branch %
the legislature ana was here at his post when the
accident happened. Ma
ANOTHER LARGE Srous.-JoHN
WosFF on Church street, has just re-
ceived at his Furniture ware rooinsan-
other large and varied stock Of Ar
mours, Beaureaus, Sofas, Chairs, Bed
steads, Locking glasses, DO, direct
frotn the manufaotors, and is selling at
the very last cash price.
Tint Losr PLEADS FouNp.-Yes-
terlay mornings late number Of the
Currotfon Star, came to hand--issued
from Oarrolton on Christmas last, and
containing a very excellent leader on
the subject Of d "fnerry Christmas -
Where the "Star" has been since
that time, Is the unanswered question;
perhapse wondering beyond the pale
efthe Solar system, into the far dis
tant ether, where fashionable preach
ers generally go, after loosing the
text, to look for an idea.
ANOTHER JAnNDtoE. -The case Of
that poor old lunatic, John MELON
ough-or we should have said the
case Of bis estate,--for his own case
is a souless case, that never did, never
will, and never ought, to engage the
attention Of lawyers, and courts in
this Christian Republic. The case
Of This estate il an interminable case,
getting more aud more complicated
the farther ii goes, and like the matter
Of Jarndice, and Jardice. is not apt
to end until the funds fall short, and
then II will be. nothing but huge
pile of feri .factids writs, citations
summonses, costs and fees Of court.
The last heard Of tho case Of the
estate, was III the United States Su-
preme Court, and Mr.. Benjamin,
Brent, Hunt and others, had his will
there, descecting It, to see If it is made
Of law materials. Our word for it
the case will not stay there long, for
more reasons than one. A case is a
very bad case when il gets into courts,
and the farther it travels the worse it
gets. 1.-THE mad old millionaire had
left only a few thousand instead Of a
few million. would there ever been so
much fuss about his will 2" Never
my friends and fellow countrymen,
and pilgrim sinners. on the way to
purgatory. All we have to ask in
reference to our old friend Melon