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and Printing Establishment Of tina Wins tHe olHce
COLORADO TRIBUNE,
Consisting of two good Presses large assortment of
ana oo hhd all the appatails usually we'll
printing otee together with BUILDING by 30 feet erected e
three years ago expressly printing flee. 80 s0Hie
iuE TRIBUNE lias been
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convenience bs increased treble
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fftntlng inc Advertising Patronage probably worth @
annu There is opposition paper md III @
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terms will be found rta so ''' oeeuf' ine
nsofda for health exemption from b
any other city ne Not Yellow yf
10 TINS vicinity for the last yerrs The t5a
on az elevated point the
w aealoh OF the Colorado river an extensive
e usa and cotton growing bordering on thai
aad WIZ be largely The which
% gns on IN the removal Of The Rs been
MasasSrda also he commercial
productions of Cuey and portion OF Wharton
sS Inc commerce here has
lI,tion ~ is
one thousand Subscribers and the receipts the establish
mshi warrant, at the lowest estimate, say
.SP,aQ0
1900
'0o F1lnting 600-s4t00
EDW. F. GILBERT.
1I
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-26
GARDNER SMITHS SALES,
7y,e Gentlemen

HHe Gentlemen
Are now offered greater Inducements than purchase mi
SPRING AND SUMNER CLOTHING
Fg.@B
C. B. DREW,
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-26

Kate Lawrence, daughter Of Hon. Abbott
Lawrence, has been presented with a most
magnificent silver service of plate, by George
Peabody, Esq, the London banker. 1t is to
be manufactured in London, at the cost of
$4,000. Miss L., it is said, is about to be
married.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-26
Furnished Deciding House for.

Ey- large Three Story BRICK DWELLING HOUSE in
containing all completely nthed central part
the city. House Furniture will be together good
reasonable terms. Applyto TODD d CO.,
my4S 9p6t 100 Canal street. near ROYAL
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-26

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The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06

An exciting scene occurred in a
room in the Census Bureau, at Wash
ington, on the afternoon of the 2l.t
instant, in consequence of a young
lady attempting to shoot one of the
clerks BY the name of keyser,or Ker-
sey, Mr. X. escaped unhurt from the
room, but the lady expressed deter
mination to consummate the deed aud
redress her grievances, and waited
pear the building until all the clerks
had left. She alleges that matters
connected with her honor caused the
attack.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06
THE MINERAL WEALTH or MExfcn,

The MINERAL WEALTH OF MEXICO.
"A well-posted correspondent Of the
New York Times says
Santa Anna availed himself Of his
recent march to Acapulco, to test the
accuracy Of the reports that the noun
tains Of Guerrero contain extensive
coal mines The result Of his invesii-
CATION satisfied him that there are al
most inexhaus,ible supplies Of this val
u9ble article, which can be obtained in
any quantity at Acapulco, at a cos.
considerably less than the freight on
that now carried there from England
and the Atlantic States for the use of
cur steamers. Santa Anna has also
satisfied himself that the undeveloped
precious mineral wealth Of Mexico il
immeasurably greater than has ever
heretofore been supposed, and it is
his desire and purpose to adopt mems.
ures to make treasures available -
What these measures are, remains to
be seen.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06

A MANS spirits depends somewhat
upon the water A bright blue sky,
south west zephyr, ventilated spring
morning renders him as buoyant and
as happy as a nest of kittens around a
warm 6reside. lie sees everything
through a pair of golden spectacles. -
Let the wind box into the east, and the
blue above change into black, and be
feels as desperate as bachelor at
forty, on the marriage question. For
putting folks into the best condition,
there is nothing like sunshine, blue sky
and similar Injuries.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06

Two ITEMS IN ONE.-To use the
phraseology Of the New York Times,
we "boil together two items we find in
the New York Mirror, Of the 2lst
An exciting false rumor was afoat
yesterday There is an awful whisper
that Nine Sontag and Pazzolini wers
poisoned. to the effect that the steam
err Commodore, which left this city for
Stonington on Wednesday evening,
crowded with passengers, was totally
destroyed by fire on the Sound. "Fol-
sNs IN NnoIaIsus M Omnibus" PIC.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06

OVER WORK OF THE BRArN-M r
John Marshall writing to the Spec'a-
tor on overwork of the brain, says
that mad the first symptoms of this
dreadful malady, which carried Scott,
Southey, Pitt, Castlereagh, Moore,
TytIer, Rommilly, Leman Blanchard,
Wilson, Robert Hall, and Talfourd,
and in great measure, Burus, Byron,
Campbell, Colefidge, Wordsworth, and
Hayden and host Of others distin.
gnished in literature, in science, in
politics, and in art to premature
grave, been promptly attended to, ma
ny of these illustrious men might have
been yet spared to us.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06


The DESTRUCTION OF GKEyTowN
Letters from Nicaragua, brought to
New York by the steamer Prometbeus,
on the 18th ulto., give full accounts Of
the destruction Of Greytown-other-
wise San Juan de Nicaragua. Cap
tain Hollins of the United States ship
Cyane, is cbargeable with this, and
what apology he has to offer for it, re-
mains yet to come. Certainly no.
thing that we are aware of at this mo-
ment could justify vengcpce SO summa-
~. The place was composed all told
Of about five hundred inhabitants-na
tives and negroes from Jamaica. The
whites are numbered at 100, of whom
about twenty are Americans. As
palliative, for the destruction Of the
place we are told that no lives were
sacrificed. We can see no sufficient
reason why the place should have been
leveled with the ground and wait to
hear Captain Hollin's apology.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06

ScHooL LANps.-According to act
of Congress Of 1s43, the sixteenth
sections of land in Illinois, Arkansas,
Louisiana and Tennessee, were reserved
for educational purposes. Under that
act, nearly all the sixteenth sections in
this State have, from time to time,
been sold, and the notes Of purchasers
taken, Many of these notes-nearly
all of them, remain unpaid. We are
pleased to see that the State Superin-
tendant, who is charged by law with
the collection, is now taking steps to
have them settled.
This will throw large additional
amount of money into the Public
School fund. 1t is really a consume
ton devotedly wished, that something
will be done for public education at
the next session of the Legislature,
if time can be found in the intervals
of the political gambling that is to
take place to fill the vacant seat in the
u. S. Sanate.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06

Mayor Conrad, of Philadelphia, is
in the habit Of initiating the famous
Sultan Haroun Alrascbid. in going
around the city at late hours Of the
night to ascertain personally what the
police are about. He frequently ere
ates great CONSERVATION among the
sleepers, and an invitation to visit the
Mayors office next morning has been
found by the delinquent "CharIies' to
be equivalent to good bye John as
their terms of office are concerned,
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06

Harrod anil Jarrod.-In report
of the case of Harrod Us. Jarrod, in
stitu'ed in the British Court of Chan
Gerry to recover payment of a legacy,
the London Times says it was an ex-
traordlnarv feature in the case, and
one giving rise to much confusion,
that out of two families of the respec.
tive names Of Harrod and Jarrod the
intermarriages had been suca tha,
every female member Of firmly Of
Jarrod had become a Harrod aud
every female member of the family Of
Harrod had become Jarrod.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06

10 Monroe's Reporter, Charles
ton, says that counterfeit $50 bill on
the Southern Bank of Alabama,
changed from an old counterfeit plate
on the Southern Bank Of Kentucky, is
in circulation. We subjoiu discrip-
ton of it:
"Vignette, a man, temple, &c, 50
on each side Of vig,-on right end, fe-
male and globe--Wasbingto on left
beehive for tail piece between sigma.
lures poorly engraved"
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06

10 BY the arrival Of the Alps
four days latter from Europe we are
happy to learn that Cotton is quiet, but
firmer'' In regard to the same arti-
Gle here, We may say That although
it is quiet" still the "gm-sing' (cor-
rect the photography Mr.. Advocate
many is rioting in the fields with a
manifest tendency to choke it, We
may THEREFORE say that although
cotton is firm, and determined at all
hazards to maintain its ground, still
il has so far been unable to take a
"stand "
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06

PRosPEcs1vE Duel. nthony
Pradas made an affidavit on Saturday
before Recorder Filleul, in which he
affirms that Ernest Foutenette and
another young man, whose name he
does not know, intend fighting duel
with deadly weapons A warrant was
issued Immediately, and sundry
officers dispatched to arrest the parties
Crescent %.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06

RIA philosophic and self-posessed
ship-captan was passing church
yard at midnight, when sheeted
ghost rose up from behind a tombstone
and approached him with menacing
gestures. The ancient mariner cody
raised his stick and cracked him over
the head, asked him what he meant
by being out Of the grave at 30 late an
hour.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06

WHAT is FAME ? The poets idea
of an aspirant for lofty fame dying and
having his name spe't wrong in the
newspapers has been realized in the
announcement Of the late worthy y.
S. Paymaster Generals death in the
Boston Evening Transcript in this
shape:
Death IF Cen Tnnser The In.
telligencer announces the death, yes
terday, of Gen. Nathan Towser, Pay.
master General Of the Army Plca-
YH7ic.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06
ny-lt will be seen BY pernsal of


Ry-It will be seen by pernsal of
Second Wards communication to day,
that he has taken very nearly the po-
stion we occupy in reference to the
License question What shall we do
now Really. the best thing occurring
to us, is to give up the premises
"Second Ward is a more able deten-
der of the position we Occupy, and we
resign the place to him, We might
say more on the subject, but We think
the Comets position is pretty well I'M
derstood If more is said, more will
have to be said in explanation.
The following paragraph strikes our
attention in a three column article inthe
Advocate the other day, on the same
subject treated of by Second Ward"
We quote it because it suggests to our
mind, an article in the Enenburgh
Review Of April, on the Mormons.
The writer in the Advocate says:
"There is selfregu|ating and self
adjusting power in society-fhe PIP
ular wiN-wbich is paramount to
law, because in our happy country, it
is Ia1r creative. 1t can rescind, re.
store, modify new-create law, when
so required by the actual wants and
exigenci9s of the body poitic'
The Review writer in speaking Of
the Mormon Exodus from Nauvoo,
says:
Thus once more, the lawless fyrran-
ny of The majority tramples down the
rights of the minority, These instan-
ces of triumphant outrage, which has
required so often in our narrative, are
not only striking as pictures of Amer
lean life, but may also furnish an in
structive warning to some among our
selves They force upon us the con
clusion, that laws are not more willing y
obeyed because made by universal
suffrage. They teach us that in
those communities where every man
has an equal share in Legislation, the
ordinances Of the legislature a treated
with contemptuous disregard for
which the history Of other nations can
furnish no precedent The mob,
knowing that they can enact laws
when they please, infer that they may
dispense with that forrnality at discre-
ton, and accomplish their will direct
", without the intermediate process of
recording it in the statute book. They
can make the law they can therefore
break the law; as the barbarous Ro-
mans claimed the right Of killing the
sons they had begotten.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06

ANOTHER CANCEL IN THE FIELD.
MIR. w. B Brown who for the past
year has been cutter in Klmball' s
tailoring establishment, has quit the
tailoring business and gone to lectur-
ing on RomanIsm, q la Gabriel On
Saturday nj ght he was to speak in
Manchester. and tonight in Lawrence.
Brown paraded the streets IN this city
on Saturday night, with wig on his
head, motto on his cap, and star
and eagle on his breast. He is ma
tive o. Concord, in this State.-Lo-
weW Courlcr, Mn.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06

Music at Newport.-The Ocena
and Atlantic Houses, at Newport, are
having concerts from the Germania
Band, and the Touro and Aquidneck
Houses from the Julien Serenade
Band, from New York, to perform al.
ernately at their houses.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06
dir }}]rrkly Cn111rt
Nothing, 4, August 8, 1854.


w Bell Esqr., has our
rspecinen proofs Of the re-
,tutes now being got up under
- 1854 by U, b. Phillips. The
epor-phy is Of the first order. Not
WY read very attentively, the acts
,e u to in the digest, we have no
alt to speak Of the manner. The
method. is the best. The body Of the
mF is in new long primmer, with
rop,ous marginal notes in BREWER. We
,ec It for the dear peoples sake
nal, than for our owns that the stat
utcl 50 often require amendment.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06

Della WEBSTER DIscHARGED.-A
despatch from Madison, Ind, dated
the 2lst. says--"Dela Webster was
discharged from custody to-day, the
Court holding that no sufficient crime
is specified in the requisition Of the
Governor of Kentucky
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06

Theatricals appear to flourish in St.
Louis, notwithstanding the excessively
hot weather in that city. Chaufrau
and Miss AIbertlna are drawing good
houses at the Peoples.
We notice the arrival in St. Louis
Of the promising young actress, Miss
Mary Hill, who played brief engage
ment here last spring, and who is deser-
redl J a great favorite III Memphis and
st. Louis. - Delta.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06

10 On the 31st ulto., there was
another large fire in New York. 1t
occurred near the Philadelphia rail
road depot, and the loss is estimated
at q quarter Of q million.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06
A beautiful mirage was witnesse

A beautiful mirage was witnessed.
says the Kenosha, (Michigan) Tele-
graph, on the lake on the 10th.
Vessels were seen at immense distances
apparently sailing in the air, occasion
ally duplicated. and sometimes tripli.
Gated. The Michigan shore was said
to be visible part of the day, whilst
some insisted on it that they could dis
tinguish the sand hills, trees, and bush
es
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06

TuE TENTH ARTICLE TO THE
Treaty WITH JAPAN-Our contem-
roraries have furnished in detail the
Proclamation of the President, in ref
ersnce to the treaty Of amity and
friendship, between his supreme high
r4sa the Sultan of Borneo The
Treaty contains niue articles Of 'pro-
y lions" to which tenth was afterwards
lied in executive session. The nine
aicles having been ratified on the
1 Lth day of July in the city of Bruni,
mn executive session took place and the
6 lowing addition was made. We
rst it by extraordinary despatch from
c,r East India correspondent at jed
10.
ARTICLE x His highness Omar
Ali alb ehan Panjan DemJean Murin ];
agrees, that in all cases, where vessels
from the United States are wrecked
20 the coast Of Borneo, that they shall
not be robbed, unless their covering is
worth at least three "boo.1a,cs.' That
If American sailors, violate any Of the
laws of bis Supreme highness, they
shall be tried for the ofences-after
execution. In consideration Of this
the shipping of the u S. shall be ad-
United to Jeddo, on footing with low
Dutch providing however that they
export no rats.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06

ARRIVAL OF Son OF GEN. LOPEZ
Among the passengers who we're in
the Franklin at the time Of her run.
ming around, was a son Of the late
Gen. Narcisso Lopez the Cuban patti.
OF. He has been for some time Das.
in France, but designs, we believe, to-
take up his rssidence 10 New York.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06

Eg-The "bed Of violets' of which
our neighbor of Church street asks
geographical questions, may be found
in scene 1st, act 1st, OF "Tweltth
Night, or What You Will"
The Duke says-in our mind very
POLITICALLY:
s1f Muslck be the food If Love, play on,
Give me excess Of IL f; that surfeiting,
The appetite may scken and 80 die
That strain again it had dying fall
OFT come Ger my like the sweet South,
That breaths upon a bank Of Vioets,
Stealing, and giving odour -"
Does our neighbor recognize the
passage, or is he the category Of those
who "Know Nothing"
In our present. political position, we
almost fear to quote the fore1gn poets,
when there are so many poetcal ge-
muses. about us, native to the psnor
born.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06

The CAr1roL.-the work of repair
ing the roof of the Capitol has been
completed in the best manner The
principal cause oflcaking last winter,
was the size of the cutters leading
from the roof. They were altogether
inadequate to carry off the large
amount of water in heavy rains.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06
Tn. HARMos's LECTURE. gen

buNtN's ''s y ''F9''N' ~
mens in support Of the late unconsti-
tutioual act Of the Legislature, giving
the Corporations, Despotic power over
an article Of commerce, useful aud
essential is just what we expected to
hear.
Harmon is an able and eloquenl
enthusiast-draws largely upon his
Imagination in all his figures, and is
calculated by genius and tempera-
ment, to carry his point more by
storm, than vy sobe'|y reasoning the
enemy into an honorable capitu|ation.
That he occupies an ultra extreme,
and untenable position, is the only
conclusion the impartial nearer comes
to. In picturing the murder Of some
man in North Louisiana, whose name
he gave us-he spoke pathetica'ly of
the berieved parents--the agon'zed
wife-the fatherless children, when a
gentleman near by, remarked to us, that
he knew the man himself-That he
had no family, and that he was not
the ornament Of society the Doctor
portrayed him-but reckless desper-
ado, and the keeper of a doggery.
However this is the poetic license.
We admit, with the Doctor and
other champions OF the great Temper
ance movement, that intemperance is
chargable with many many, of
the great evils of society; but he should
be willing to admit that intemperance
in many instances, is the mere effect,
whilst the causes remain in each case
different; tie same effect must be
looked for as long as society exists.
Do not, Doctor, charge all the sin
(which is mans heritage, to the great
straw man." so hideous in the eyes of
many, whom you denominate King
Alcohol Moderate little, for there
are some few other evils, growing out
Of excess, which may be alike denom-
mated "intemperance.' Did we say
we fear the milk of France andvine
of Burgundy we should play the I'M
qualified hypocrite, with our own
feelings. You should remember, Doc
tor, that there are many passably sane
men, who believe in the use, without
the abuse of the article which you
have singled out for your wrath, and
you should not stigmatise them as Vi
pers---miduight assassins, and other
horrid names, the very coinage Of your
imagination.
CHEAP REantNG Prom time to
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06

Eduard EVeyett.-Tbis distiu-
guisbed gentleman is summcring at
the delightful watering place at New
port, r. |. where he is domiciled with
a personal friend.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06
"JoHN BULL" KNOCKS UNDER AT

JOHN DULL hNOCKS UNDER AL
LAsr.--The Albion knocks under.
I'VE must haul down the winners
colors from the Cunard steamship Ara
bia, and transfer them to the Baltic of
the Collins line. The passage of the
latter from Liverpool, which ended a.
an early hour on Saturday morning
last, was performed in four minutes
less time than that Of the Arabia,
hence TO Liverpool, in June Of last
year, previously the fastest ON record.
This is the precise truth, though the
particulars are crowded out.
SCIENCE AND LITERATURE IN
AMERIcA.-Dr Pierre in his work
just published, entitled "A Partisan
PASTORS Glance Of America, says:
We went to the United States with
some prejudices, and one Of them,
which we doubtless shared with many
Of our compatriots, was the opinion
which we had formed Of the degree Of
literary cultivation to be found among
the Americans. We were dispose to
think, that a people 50 essentially com
mercial and manufacturing, had but
low appreciation of science and litera-
ture, and that, with few exceptions.
they concentrated their activity and
energies on railroads, steamboats,, and
lodia rubber. We think differently
now. The love Of knowledge is widely
ditfused in the United States.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-06


CHEAP READlNG-From time to
time we have called attention to the
fact that through the euterprising re
publishers, the Messrs. Leonard Scott
& Co., of 10 Fulton street, New York,
the Standard English and Scotch Re
views, may be had regularly through
the Post Office for the small sum of
80 Either one of the Reviews, at
home cost more money, and the man
who takes all four and reads them at
tentvely, is posted in the record of
the times. Every work of any mark
ofmcrit that appears on the continent
Of Europe, and many in America,
ELECTS an able article in one or the
other of these Standard Quarterlies,
and in an age like this where so many
books are daily issuing from the press,
this furnishes the very g'st-scpara
ting the good wheat from the chat,
keeping the generally reader, who has
not time to burn the midnight oil
fully posted, in all that relates to his
tory, politics, religion, and philosophy.
Blackwood and the Edinburgh for July
are both before us with their usual
Enthusiastically food, well digested
for the mind If our young Ladies,
as well as young Gentlemen would
withdraw portion of their patronage
from the sickly sentimental stuff in
blue and green covers that food tie
literary depots and the cabins of steam
boats, and in its stead. read the sterl-
ing and standard reviews of the day,
chen they might have something for
rational conversation, to take the place
# common place gossip and SANDER.
Edward Everett.-This distiu-
yuisbed gentleman is summcring at
he delightful watering place at New
port, r. |. where he is domiciled with
1 personal friend.