The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-04-16

U n gentleman III TINS place !
making extensive preparations to es
tablish dog skin glove manufadorya
jackson, where an ordinance has jus
passed commanding the town constabl,
to kill all the dogs found tuning a
large.
ry-The first chapter of Dicken',
new story, entitled Hard Times, . il
in the hands of New York publishers
and will appear in few days.
IL On the 2Sth ulto., the steam
ship Granite State, was sold in Phil.
adelphia for the small amount Of $780,.
900
CoLb WEATHER ON Prince EDWARD
| ISLAND. "A letter from that Island
under date OF March 7, states that the
weathet has been extremely cold on
the Island, and numbers have been
frozen. Mr. Price, Colonial Treasur-
er, lost his way on the preceding
Thursday hight, in q fearful storm, and
was badly frozen. all OF his fingers
are to be cut off. Three horned cat.
tie and one horse were frozen stiff in
a barn they were all standing up
like benches in The morning when the
owner went to feed them.
| During the reign Of Charles tie
First. Of Englind, n country girl came
to London and hired herself to carry
beer from d warehouse The brewer.
liking her looks, took her into his
family as n servant, aud after short
time married her. When he died he
left her the bulk Of his property
She was recommended to Mr.. HYDE,
as a skillful lawyer, to arrange Der
husbands estate As her fortune was
large, Hyde, who was afterwards Earl
Of Clarendon, married her. Their
daughter was the wife Of James H..
and mother Of Mary and Anne, Queens
Of England.
4 Snow WH1rE DEEe.-The
Fayetteville (Ark) Independent says
that a gentleman near that place owns
h buck three or four years old, that is
Of clear, brilliant white color, with.
out black hair about him @
A new paper, published weekly and
grataltously, has been commenced in
New York, called FL Mulato, advo-
eating the emancipation of the blacks
in Cuba, and the gradual extinction Of
slavery.
A New York letter Of the 3Oih
nit, says that the Africa, which afr-
rived yesterday. had stormy time.
Capt Harrison says he never expe- |
rieneed such weather, and fears that
If the Baltic fleet, which left England
about the same time encountered sim
liar weather, we shall hear disasterous
reports oft The Africa was within
sever hundred and fifty miles Of this
city for five days. and one day did not
make over ten miles
Gov. Seymore, of New York, has
vetoed the Temperance bill. An at
tempt was made to pass the bill over
the Governors veto, which failed for
want ola two.third's vote. and the
probability is now that 20 prohibitory
law will pass.
THE Law or btBEL-A Fill is
before tho Judiciary committee of the
Legislature of Pennsylvania, which
provides that Wien an editor, propie-
tor, or publisher, is sued for libel, he
may offer in defence evidence to show
that the facts, when published With
good motives were jnstiiable, and
necessary for public information. -
Another section provides that no edl-
tor, proprietor or publisher, shall be
indictable for any measure or act of
any person in his employment, unless
said act be committed with his or
their concent A very sensible meas
ure.
Es- Mr. breckenridge is about
th'rty-fve years of age, but looks un-
der thirty. Mr.. Cutting is between
forty-iive and fifty. They are married