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The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-03-12
TIE RspuBLto or LtBEaiA 10

TIE RBpuBLlo OF LlBEniA To
our neighbours Mccormick II Co.,
we are indebted for the March NUN
Der Of the National Magazine, contain
ing Among other interesting articles u
we'll written review Of the present con-
dition and future prospects, Of the Re
public Of Liberia with a portrait Of
President Roberts. The Republic now
extends in direct line along the sen
coast rearly four hundred miles, and
is at present, in prosperous aud flour
ishing condition. President Roberts
isa native Of Petersburg Virginia, Of
free parents. For a number of years
nf,er Tie commencement Of the Liberiu
Colony, the governors Of the Colony
were appointed by the American Col
onization Society; Mr.. Roberts was At
length chosen, md has filed the office
without internssiun since first elected
The English is the Language spoken
by the inhabitants of The Republic, in.
deed as far back in the interior AZ Han.
do. The English is well spoken The
Republic of Liberia dates its birth
from the Oath August 1917 on the
9th of October following, Roberts vas
proclaimed President, aud the Ameri.
can and British naval vessels in port
fired salutes in honor Of the new etn-
pire.
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STATE or LOUISIANA,
Pnrtsh nf E,nSt Hntnn Ronge-.

.ytnth JNaiciak District Conrt.
Succession Of RoprRr PENNY, deceased
1876 "rrobaten
DY VIRTUE Of a commission issiied in
ID the above succession. and 10 me dir
eeted from the Hon sixth jidi ia District
rourt, in aud for the Parish OF East Baton
Rouge, louisiana will expose at public
sale at the Court House tlobf 81 said parish
in the rity of Baton Rouge, on Saturday,
the first day Of .aprH nert, A. D., 1854 al
II o'cfpk, a. NJ, the Property hereinafter
set forth and described. belonging to the
successor OF Robert Penny, late Of said
Parish deceased, to wit.
Valentine. a negro man aged about ID yrs
Pompey 81 years; Dick GO /; Marcy 40
wears, and her four children viz Judy TO-
Harriet s; Wallace G, and ------ aged yrs;
Mary a negro wonon 10 years Lucy
negro woman II; Collins negro man 81
years; Lsvena a negro woman 10 yeHrs,
and her child an infant about months old
On the following terms snd conditions to
wit the woman, Mary and her daughter
Lucy to be sold together, for one half cash.
and the balance payable in four years from
the day Of sale with sin per cent interest
from the day Of the adjudication until paid :;
tie negro man Dick 10 be sold for cash, and
the remaining saveste be- sold for one third
cash. and the balance in one, and two
years from the day Of sale, in equal install
menis each instalment 10 bear eight per
cent interest. per snn,m from the day Of
sale until purchasers to give notes
endorsed to the satisfaction Of VIM. s. Pike,
tutor to the minor Beniamine + Penny, and
special mortgages with vendors privilege
reserved OH The slaves sold. until final pay
lnent and payable at the Parish Recorders
office in the city Of Baton Rouge.
feb.2Stds II. v BABlN, Sheriff.
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STATUE or WAsnfNeros. Several
years ago, M appropriation was made
hy our legislature for a statue Of Wash
ingfon to be placed in the Capitol,
md Mr. Hram Powers was engaged
to do the work. Since The first mp
preparation, two others we think have
been made, and yet we hear nothing
If the work. Tx Governor Walker
On his last message, made mention OF
the NATTER and in nm appendix to The
mpssagn, letter from Mr.. Gayarre,
70 Mr.. Powers, was given, from which
we are informed ",llat the work is
progressing The question is, how
far has it progressed. and when will
Il probably be eomrleted' Certainly
'imn enough has been allowed, and
some enquiry shonl'l he made to know
when 'l,e work will be shipped that
renr'p may not ln talsen by surprise
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Notice to Contractors.

PROPOSALS will be received a. the
L 0Eee Of Me Button Rouge ami Clinton
Plank Road Company until Saturday. the
25lh March 1850 for the construction
OF CutvFRrs required on the Ord and 4th
Sections OF this road. The work to be per-
formed, and materials furnished, according
70 plans and specifications on file at this
Office. By order of the Board
f.b-4 "A. SHOPPERS, Sec'y.
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FnlsurFuL ACCIDENT AT NIAGARA

i NIBHTFUL ACtJDBNT AT N1AGAKA
"A despatch states that another
frightful accident occurred OF Niagara
Falls on The 9th ult. Several person.
il appears. were ut work at the suspen.
sion bridge. when the schfFolding on
which they were standing give way,
precipitntinQ two Of them from the
height Of $40 They we're Of cource
instantly killed, two others saved
themselves by catching hold Of the
cables, to which they clung until res
cued.
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Eg-A divorce suit has recently

Neg-A divorce suit has recently
been on trial ut Boston, between Dr
Gardiner and his wife. people in fash.
ionable life. The lady sued on &C.
conn' Of labitual ill-treatlnent aud ne
glntt to provide for her wants. Fash
innqhle society there appears to have
'livided about equally on the question
The Developments Of the domestic
squabbles are rich.
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EF Roht. j. Ker. ESQ. il candi

EF Robt. J. Ker, Esq, is a candi-
date for Controller Of the city Of New
Orleans. Mr.. Ker. is well qualified by
business habits for the post When
such men as Mr.. Ker, are elevated to
Office by the people, we shall look for
a better political condition Of things
IN the Crescent.
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=
LEGAL. ADVERTISEMENTS.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Srth JudiriM Dist. Cou,t-Pav.
ish IT East Baton Rouge.
DAvt, plrrs,

| J. s. HaMprpN. Ell al
DY VIRTUE Of writ otf fl. issued in
- the above e..titled aid numbered
cause, and TO me directed from the Hon.
Sixth judicial District Court, in and for the
Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, |
will expose at public sale, at the Court
House door Of said Parish. in the city Of
Baton Rouge, on Saturday. Me ist day of
.aprI merit, A. D., 1854, at | / o'clock, A. NJ,
bill the tight. title. interest and claitas Of
James M.tMeCutcheon oi the defendant in
he above entitled cause in or to the Pro-
pefty hereinafter set forth and Described
surrendered by said detehdant, James NJ.
MeCtte heon TO pay and satisfy the judy
tnent, interest and cost III the above entitled
ratlse, 10 wit,
The undivided one half Of the following
Ia certain tract Of Land or plantation. sit
mated on Wards Creek, near the Bayou
Manelae In this Parish East Baton Rouge,
at about fourteen miles from the city Ut
Baton Rouge, containing two hundred and
eighty nine and half arpents, more or'ess
bounded IN the East and South by land Tor.
merly Of Win. Herrin, now Dr.. +. M. Here.
ford; on the West by lands OF tno. e Fore
man and on The North by lands Of Gritty,
with The und yided one half ofall the build
ngs and Improvements thereon also the
undivided one half OF another tract Of land
fronting on the Bayou Manchae In this
Parish Fast Baton Rouge, containing six
hundred and Fifty acres, and bounded above
by lands formerly of Comeaux, now pf
Aubin, and below by those formerly OF
Stephen Cebhs now Joseph A.Cotton.
Terms of sale-cAsH, with the benefit
Of arprasement.
feb 28ids. II. V. BAfBN. Sheriff
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The New York Herald is going to
raise its prices, and will cost three
cents insteed Of two, as ut present.
Bennett has been feeling his way to-
wards this advance for some time, and
it is probable it will commence very
shortly.
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Office Of he Baton Rouge and Clinton
Plank Rond ConDnnv.

PROPOSALS will be received at the
L office of the Baton Rouge and Clinton
Plank Road Company. until Saturday the
25th March next 1854 for the build
ing Of two Bridges--one across Cypress
Bayou, and one across Whites Bayou.
The bridges to be constructed according
to the plan and specialization to be seen o.
this Office. By order OF the Board.
Jan. 20 A. SHEPPERS Sxc'y.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-03-12

The rencontre Ii Washington be
tween Senator Clemens aud MIR. Har.
ris, OF Miss. originated in Clemens
refusing to acknowledge an introdac.
tion to Mr.. Harris. Angry words en-
sued. when Clemens knocked Harris
aown.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-03-12

1.-THE celebrated trainer Of the
Elephant in Van Amburg's Media
gerie Mr.. Rowland s. Story, died ut
the Mansion House, in Natchez. on
the lst inst, aftera very short illness.
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Mem a 0pcrtise Il, cnts.


A N ELECTION will be held at the
n Court House in west Baton Rouge,
hv the Stockholders in the Baton Rouge.
Crosse Tete and Opeloasas Plank Road
Company. on the Goth day of March 1854,
for the purpose Of electing four Directors,
to serve for the ensuing year.
maj. ltd. JAS. H. JOHNSTON, Sec'tY.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-03-12

Ls In consequence of the increas-
ed expense Of publi~hing--the raise
in all kinds Of material and labor, the
Caddo Gazette has increased its sub
scription from So to "a per annum.
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Dic0.

On Thursday the 9th inst. ut The resi-.
denre Of NJ Morerc. Mrs. VfCENTA
SuANOTy a sister of Mrs. Moreno, aget
60 years.
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EFon Wednesday night, Mons.
Julien gsve his farewell concert to
The citiaens Of New Orleans, 1t Odd
Fellows Hall. 80 gfes
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tW We are authorized to announce JAMES
BROWN Fac, ~ u candidate for the Office Of
7oten Constable. Election In April next.
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eW-We are authorized to announce Mn. Ep.
WARD Corats,Hp IA candidate for reelection
to the Office Of Town Constable. Election in
April
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STATE OF Observation-Disclosures
Of East Baton Rouge--Sixth Judicial
District Court.

"a. ! No. 1347
JonN B.rrfsrE BooNe, hus'd
DY VIRTUE Of an order Of Court issued
ID in the above entitled and numbered
cause and to me directed from the Hon.
Sixth Judicial District Court, in and for
the Parish of East Baton Rouge and State
of Louisiana, will expose at Public Sale
at The residence of the Defendant in the
City oil Baton Rouge, TN Monday, the goth
ddy Of Murch, A. u. 1S54,,t II o'dock, A. Ne,
the property hi 'inafter set forth and des.
cfibed. held in common between the par.
ties, Plaintiff and Defendant, in the above
entitled and numbered suit to effect Par
titon between said Parties to wit
One Lot Of ground situated in that part
Of the City Of Baton Rouge laid out by the
late Ellie Beauregard and known on the
supplemental Plan thereof, as measuring
forty five feet front on Nathcez street by
Ono hundred feet in depth, Fench meas.
ure, (being the same acquired by J. B.
Boone from Joseph Hernandez on the 9Th
day Of February, 1s47) with all the@buld-
ings and Improvements, thereon--also the
following personal property to Wit
One Bedstead and beding; Roune Ia.
BILE; | small table chairs pair brass
Androns. Armoir, wash stand, cook
ing stove, &c. Terms Of sale--cAsH,
feb-17 ids. II. v. RABlN. Sheriff
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CAPITAL PRkEs.--A grea, place
for Lottery otfices, is that place IN
Maryland, called Baltimore. Such
brilliant schemes cc,ue from no 9th.
er place on the globe, he last circu.
lar out, contains more than a millio,
and half of Prizes. Two of them
for $4,000 each. For the great in.
dacemenss offered to parchace pack.
age II twenty halves" We refer to ih,
circular itself, where il will be found
in words. that seem to have been coined
expressly for lottery office purposes,
II II astonishing indeed. that when
people see such eas, roads to fortune,
they will not ''rnsh In lemons and
squeeaed"
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-09-23
LEGAL NOTICE.
To M. John Gorro,c. N;r -.

YOU win talls notice that on the 10th d,v 90
Atrit 4. D. 1854. there was filed in the
ONCE OF sAe Clerk Of the District Court IN . ms
for Cedar county and State Of Iowa, the petitou
Of Wells Spicer, claiming Of you the sum of anu
dollar and twentynine cents, n money due J far
taxes, intercs. and costs paid by said petitonsr
upon lot No. seven in block No. eleven ri,
IN the town OF Upton IN said county, said taxes
interest and costs being the delinquency unan
said lot for the year A. d. 1852, and that noiiea
has been issaed aRd ret1rued endorsed by Tho
sheriff "ietendcns not found" and ut the Nav
term Of said court was continued with an oraar
for publication. Said petitioner further seeks To
foreclose your equity Of redemption and the
right Of yourself aud oil other persons whoms0.
ever to redeem said lot In accordance with the
statutes in such case made and provided, and to
have the deed given him by the treasurer Of said
county in the name Of the State of Iowa confirm.
ed and made absolute by decree Of the court
and unless you appear on before the 18th day OF
Sept. 1854, and make defense to said claim, de-
fault win be entered against you and judgmen a,
rendered thereon, and the prayer of said peu
toner granted. J. w. CATTELL,
n3S.4w.5& Cie,k Of District Cou,f
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-09-23

PERsosAL.-We had call yesterday
frcn Hon. w. A. Thurston, recently
elected State Senator, of Fort Madison,
Iowa. Mr.. Thurs,ou is one Of the few
Democrats who were elected in that State.
He was nominated as democrat, with
out any reference to the new tests which
the office holders and political lugglers
would impose upon the party. After he
was nominated, orders were sen. on from
headquarters that he smust swallow Ne
braska.' This he promptly refused to do,
and appealed from the office-holders to
the people, and they ,riumphan,ly sus-
talned him. This fac, has a moral in il.
which those who are making such SIREN
uous efforts to force this unauthorized test
upon the party, would do well to heed
II can't be made to go down, gentlemen,
and the sooner you abandon the idea the
better Tor all concerned. We like such
democrats as Mr.. Thurston. They will
save The democratic party from total and
iSnoble dcteat.--Deas. Press.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-09-23

RELIGIOUS EnIrlcEs. are a
present no less than twenty churches il
San Francisco, in all of which divine ser.
vice is performed regularly every Sun.
day. There are in the city about nine
thousand professed members pertaining
to these twenty churches.
.HJ- The Chicago Time. says. tim,
there are one hundred boys in that CITY
engaged regularly in the business Of
thieving
sAThe Chicago Tribune is full of
extracts from different papers throughout
the country approving the course pursued
by the citozens Of Chicago towards the
man Douglas. 1t seems that l,5eytu Of
speech was not denied the Senator but
merely the liberty to bully and browbea,
his constituencies liberty was emph.
atically denied him.
ODD.--I4ast Lent, the Roman Catholic Bsb.
op Of Periguex issued decree against had
books, and at the head Of the list was the Ri.
bic. N,anesotfaa.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-09-23
Legal Notice.
S1,ATE OF IOWH.
CECAR COUNTY.

To Charles s. OveH-You are hereby
notified that on the 2Sth day Of October A. i,
1853, there was filed in the Office Of the clerk
Of the District court, within and for the county
Of Cedar and State Of Iowa, the petition Of
Flavia Huff, claiming Of you the sum Of one
hundred AMI sixteen dollars, due her on prom
issory note, executed by you to her for tie sum
Of one hundred and three dollars, payable two
years after date, with six per cent interest from
date, and dated Upton, March sth' A. D. 1851 i,
and that writ OF attachment wasssued there
on, and Charles SHETLAND was garnesheed as
debtor 10 you, and that notice in said cause was
issued and returned not found AZ the last May
Term Of said court, and an order Of public stlou
was made and the cause continued. Now, un-
less you appear and answer, plead or dsnur
thereto, on or before the LIT day Of the next
Term Of said court. to wit. the 25ih day Of Sep
tenber next, default will be taken therein,
and judgement will be rendered against you as
claimed by said petition, and further that said
plaintiff will move at the next Term u said
court FOR judgement against said Charles SWEET.
land As garneshee therein, and that whatever is
madc available IN the judgement 40 obtained
against said SHETLAND will Be ap Piled toward.
the satisfaction Of the judgement therein obtain
ed against you. JOHN w. CATTELL.
CLERK DIST c0rRr.
John Huber, atty for petitioner.
August 18th, A. ". 1854.
poa- Az, AZ
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-09-23
The Erie War Again.

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania mas re-
Gently decided the case of Erie versus railroads,
in favor of the ginger pop and peanut town.
The judgement Of the court is, that the Erle
and Northeast Railroad Company, shall within
four months, remove their track from the streets
Of Erie, and leave said streets in as good con-
dition as they were before the construction q
the railroad, and make the western terminus OF
the road at what was the eastern boundary Of
the borough Of Erie in 1912, end that the COM
psny shall reconstruct the parts OF the road
ordered to be tasea up according to the d'rse-
ton Of the court.
So the Erie mob is backed up BY the Su-
preme Cont of Pennsylvania, and 1t Is the de-
cree of high conrt Of law, that the immense
trade and travel between the east and the west
shall pay tribute to = little, insignificant town.
and be forever subjected 10 the vexations and
losses consequent upon break in grea'
thoroughfare. Unless some means are devised
to avoid this evil, it will tend to throw grea'
deal Of bus.aess now done upon the New York
and Erie road, and upon the y. Central and
Canadian route.-Mns ENQ.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-09-23
Gbf Abbertistr.
WELLS SPICER, Editor.
~~N~~~-A~-~~e-N~~~~~~~
SATURDAY, SEPT. %. 1854.
Our Streets.

Last week we were pleased to see tina,
through the energy o. cur wor,hA town
council the work of grading Cedar Stree,
was commenced in good earnest. We
may now look for some good effects Of
having an incorporation-if we can get
even one street improved, it will be glory
enough, but we do not believe they will
stop here, Blu. that before winter we will
have some excellen, sidewalks in town
BY the earnestness with which the
work Of grading was begun we feel con-
fident it will be pushed to completion ii
good style. and tina. there is liberality
enough in the citizens to keep the ,cheels
creased.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-09-23

The following we copy from book cal IL
the . Buckeye Aproa..," written BY 8. $. Coz.
ESQ " travelled gentleman" Of Ohio. He y
now, we believe, engaged in defending Roman
ism in this country. Perhaps he finds the prae :
tice here, different, which accounts Tor his
course.
aF.r otherwise 10 our regard towards the
pampered Cardinal Of Rome, il am to believe
what comes 10 me on the best authority. Let
me give you fact. During the Revolution,
our Charge had access to many places which
upon ordinary occasions were barred. In one
Of these penetralias Of power, he read, IN Lar.
in, a law, BY which If any one, dying, s'gnlhed
To the attendant cardinal his wish to leave him
his estate, all tina, was necessary, upon the
death Of the person, 10 obtain the estate, was
for the cardinal to proceed to the Sistine Chap
81 and make oath to the bequest, when oil other
wills were set aside, and the Swiss Guards were
ordered 10 put him in possession. The card'-
nal, at the dying hour, had the power to som
mand ali out Of the presence Of the dying man.
You may thus see what handle OF iniquity II
this statute. Well may il b kept close. Bat
il Il ever pct into erecsttomp Listen! The head
Of one Of the oldest Of the noble families Of
Rome, named Franjapanelli. wss about to die
His friend the cardinal | cannot spell hi!
name) called to see him off, and administer
the holy water. He had before solemniy dis
posed Of his immense property among his chill
dren; the greater share to his eldest son, whit
had married an .Ansertcan lady, and the rest O
his estate satisfactorily. He died at night.
The next morning the Swiss Guards put tn
cardinal into the family palace, and into all tn
possessions, and the family out upon the work
penniless. This was jus, before the Revolution
The eldest son became republican, and died u
defence Of the city. His widow is pressing ne
suit in the ecclesiastical . mrts Tut withou
hope. The cour. is made up Of cardinals o
priests, who are without soul o, sympathy.
Not having fsnilies, they know no tender tie
Of father or husband. They sit in frigid, ice
berg dignity. in the large marble palaces an
never warm except in the lust of power or pro
fisacy. Yet the only tribunals Of Rome ar
constituted Of such. They have no record
They have not even that respectable apPendas
Of Court, termed lacyers. BRisSRy - THEl
ARGUMENT, AND CORRUPTION THE CONCLUSION
70 THEIR JUSTICE. We may truly say, that
nre., A init in hat tribunal would be to appea
to sullen stones"
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-09-23

Thadeus c. 8. Lake was iouno
dead last Tuesday morning in the barn OF
let & Ransdell, having fallen from the scano:o
over the burn floor in ct Of intoxication. II
appeared in evidence before the coroner's jury
that he had purchased several quarts Of liquor
within few days past. at doggery kept in
the bushes west Of town. Do we not need
"Maine Law" to prevent such miscreants as
win, At the present day. deal out intoxicating
drinks to their fellows, when they know. -
they must know, that they are triaing, not only
with the lives or their victims, but also, with
all that renders life desirable. How can those
who furnished poor Lake with the poison con-
slider themselves guil,less Of his murder. He
was young He was once respectable, and had
he not been enticcd into gros shop, might still
have moved in good society and would have
been useful member Of the community. But
the dram seller FIRST enticed him to his infamous
den, robbed him Of his responsibility, implan-
ted in bis breast Unsuitable appetite for strong
drink, aud then pardered to that appetite until
it has lead him to an ignominous and disgrace
full Decentralization Post.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-09-23

A fatal railroad accident occurred on
last Friday evening a, Lena, on the l. G.
4. r., by which one person was killed
and ne learn other, seriously injured
As the G. & G. U. r. r. train from
Warren east which arrives here at 10
Is +. NJ, arrived at Nora the Engine
came IN contact with q horse on the
track, with such violence that a woman
who was sitting near the door Of the
Accommodation Car was thrown on the
track, run over by the train and instantly
killed. Also . man, who was standing
on the platform Of one Of the cars, WIS
throw of and very severely injured.
We have not learned the names Of the
persons killed, nor any further particu.
lars.-Freport Josr.