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The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-11-05

MEMBER or CoNenEss IN A Bow
The l'awrencehurg (Ind) Press gives
an account Of a fracas which took
place in that town on Saturday week,
between Hon. j H. Lime, member Of
Congress from that district, and John
y. Vail, Esq, Of that place Lane. it
is alleged, assaulted Vail with cane
in the street, when the latter shot
Lane in The side The cop,Jataats
were separated The wound was not
dangerous.
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~ Religion commands men to be
happy and only forbids them to be
miserable it leads US by degrees to
do that from choice, which It's laws re-
quIre Of Us, till VIC find our trucst lib
erty IN its apparent restraints.
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Gbr 1Urrklg GoIIlrt
Thursday Morning, n, Nov 2, 1864,


Death of III. Gov W. W. Farmer.
The city papers all come to us, II
tile black lines of death. announcing
The fact. that still another public office,
and valued citizen, j. added TO the long
roll Of honored names, that have beer
stricken from The book of life. during
the past year. On Monday last. The
announcement Of the death Of Gov
Farmer. reached It's, whilst reading a
brief notice in the Pieayune Of the day
before, announcing his convalescenee
A brief period Of few hours after,
served 10 loosen the silver cord, and
w. w. Farmer was 10 more. On
Saturday night, his disease took the
most malignant form, and he died ear
ly on Sunday morning
The news Of bis death spread rapid
ly, creating deep sensation among
his friends and acquaintance. and
casting q sudden gloom over the very
heart Of The city His remains were
deposited in The Masonic Hail. on st.
Charles street, from whence. under n
large military escort. and his brethren
of that fraternity, they were taken to
The Protestant Cemetery, ON Girod ST.,
and inferred with The imposing Ma
sonic burial service. As Lieut. Gov
ernor Of the State, under the new
Constitution his duties were limited
TO that body during it's session. In
that position he has served Two SEES
sions and with his native courtesy
and aifability, he had the respect and
esteem Of every member Of that hon
Q able assembly Without shining
abilities he was man sound iudg
ment and unquestionable integrity
his commanding personal appearance.
united TO a certain simplicity Of man
ner, won the love and esteem Of al
who knew him. Had he lived. his
name would have been first mention
ell in the next Gubernatorial election,
as the party to which he belonged, had
resolved to select candidate from
North Louisiana. where his family re-
sides.
What shock will the intelligence
of his death be. TO lis little family !
And when they reflect, that p slight
accident to the boat upon which he
embarked for his home. caused him
to return, to the i'll fated locality il
which he breatbed his last, this ret|ec-
ton will add poignanoy TO their grief
Alas, alas On what slender thread |
hang human life and hope!
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-11-05

New TREATY wtru THE CHtrrE-
whs.---Ihe SauIt Ste Marie Journal
gives the particulars Of new aud im.
portanf treaty made with the Ghippe-
VA Indians. BY this treaty an ox-
tonsive tract Of country, ut the north
est extremity of Lake Superior. Of
about 100000 acres. is acquired $500
The land IS particularly valuable for
lis mineral stores, being thought to be
rich in copper.
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T. A bridge across the Misfis-
sippl, at St. Louis, forms subject Of
very serious discussion in the papers
of that city. Ii would require an eleva-
ton OF ninety feet, and the estimate
cost is a million and half dollars.
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1t is stated that DR. Townsend Of
New York has donated four lots Of
ground, valued, in tho aggregate, 81
8 10, 900, as u sife whoreupon f.
erect a building for the "Christian
Home for Female Servants, - in that
city.
The Treaty with Dominica, lately
concluded by Commissioner from
our Government, it is said, provides
for The full recognition Of Dominica
by the American Government, that
Americans are to be allowed TO hold
and cultivate the land and work mines
in that country without being required
to become naturaliud.
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INDEPENDENCE FlnE Go. No. q
At the last meeting Of this company,
resolution was adopted, changing
The time Of regular meetings, from the
first, to the second Saturday in each
month. There will not be meeting
on Saturday night next.
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Cn1NrsE SotnlrRs.--A letter from

SHlNEsE SothIFRs.--A letter from
an American II Canton says
It IS rather strange sight to see u
guard 81 ChlnaFo soldiers passing
through The Streets They are simply
armed with a long heavy lance in one
hand, and a lafge rattan sbial1 in the
other, with neither bet or shoes. An
lriahmnn with his "da1Iing ou|a stick"
might whip dozen Of tbom without
any danger to himself. Tie lances
which they carry aro heavy londs of
themselves. Some Of the soldiers haze
matohlooka, but they are in rs great
danger OF shooting themselves with
thom as any ono else.
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Ess-The last regular monthly com
munication Of St. James Masonic
Lodge, for the present Masonic year,
will be held at the lodge room, on
Saturday night next, at the usual hour.
GE"See Notice.
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TnE ScucYtEe FRAuD.-The opin
ion Of Charles O'Conor on the overis-
suos of Schuyler is published He
considers The company legally rcspon
slble for the acts Of its agents, under
the wellknown circumstances Of the
case.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-11-05

CARRIED AWAY NY ENTHusfAsM.-
So great was the feeling manifested on
the arrival at Yonkers, Of Captain
Luce, that it was with the greatest
difficulty that the gallant captain was
enabled to reach his home. Some per-
sons even carried their enthusiasm 50
far as to attempt to cut the buttons oil
his coat
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-11-05

PRESIDENT or Mhxtto SuEp ror
A Nt1sAneE--ln looking over the
docket II Justice joints, Of this CITY.
we observe, among other defendants
upon whom the city has pouncal,
through orr vigilant Street Gommis-
sionsr, for breaches Of he ordinances
IS General Antonio hopes lie Santa
Anna, President of Mexico, who il
charged with not keeping The back
premises Of his buildings On poydtas
street. betwoen Maeazipo and Tohoap-
itnnlaF, in . eIaaply state. We tbi1l,
That the w'olo continent Of Mexico
might join in presenting his Serene
lIigIlnese rs Il nuisance generally, who
ought to be ahated for tho good Of
mankind -= Dc/lu
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-11-05

u. =. SENATORS FROM VERMONT
The Hon, Jacob Collamor, Post
master-Goporal during tho Taylor
administration. has been elected Y. s.
Senator from Vermont for the long
term, and Lawrence Brainard, Free
Soil, for the short term. The annual
message Of tho Governor, II Is stated,
takes srong stand in favor Of tie
prohibtory liquor law.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-11-05

Powers, the sculptor, has given
directions for the purchase of real
estate in the new city Of Leyenworlh,
Kansas.
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'aaAe Uncertainty 81 life.

|
Last night os We set by seal coal
fire, toasting oar sbing and adfnifiDe
ibe grace and beauty Of The smoke as
cendinf from the blunt end Of rega-
liza Of the "Angelos' brand 1t Glanced
that our mind wos lei from the sub
jeet Of smoke, back On tho paat history
Of Tile our Io7ely little city "g'en
| yeara afo f. It u d brief period IN
decd, and yet in }hal time such changes
have taken pIaes, as have nearly OBJ
liberated etery trace o. the ancient
village ~ thoI lay, there was not Il
brick building under The lill and very
few on HE hill, III tho business part
Of The town Tho buildings were
nearly all one story fr9mea, long since
swept into ashes, hy The devouring 81
onent. Two fires 10 tho nofih limit
Of The town, have taken every yestaee
Of The former Red Stick ont Ut exist
enco, (srge in tie memory Of the an
ciert lnhabitani) forever We say
Ancient lphabitant because he
man or woman who has lived TO see
eight OF len years. after arriving a
the age ofs/tscffi0n. has lived long
time. and Is entitled to be- called m
ancient lnhabitart lot us look only
MS far down, rs The 1n2o Uontinl Of
1913, and whore are nearly al Our
friends and acGuaintanees Of that early |
period Dead Sir, dead, all dead, !
and gone to--CalIfornia. We call
over The catalogue alphabetically aud |
can hardly ploNe my Of them except
in The grave. What lesson. What
q valuable reelection 10 indulge, the
smoke Of segar in, o. a social glass
How It ought 70 teach H. old, and the
weal; kuee1, 10 trcmbIa IN the confem-
plaiion Of their end, and 10 give ovor
present preparations to I've, and 20 10
work In i've, as rational b6lDra should
live. In another Ton years, what a
change must bc looked for, wo shake
with an agno TO think of IL
PFoMoTioa8 III THE hrMY.-.-Thc
War Depart has issued an order
into effect the Act Of the
last Congress autlorising the promo
Ion Of non-comuis4ioued officers in
The Army. The order directs that
one-iourth Of tbe vacancies occurring
annually shaIl b filed BY promotions
from the nou-cemmiasicnod grades
These promotions are 10 be given as a
reward for moritorious services. Each
candidate mast be physically sound,
md Of good moral habits, and likewise
pass muster before board Of officers
n arithmetic, geometry, geography,
astronomy, history, the constitution
md government Of our country, and
be general principles which regulate
International intercourse. The adop-
ion d these regulations are calculated
Q have good effect in stimulating
he non-eommis5ioned officers in the
discharge Of sheir duties, and in lead
ng them to qualify themselves for pro-
notion |,
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cation. more interesting Than meta
/ physics, and the reason why there is
not, are very manifold. The human
mind will not be satisfied with mere
truth, ,hut must ever be IN pursuit d
The underlined, The abstract mud the
unseen. lis owing to this fact, that
The subject Of metaphysics, is more at
traotiye than any other There is an
interest about il, somewhat akin To the
interest one naturally feels, "for blind
man, hunting for a blind black cat, in
dark cellar with an extinguished
lanthern" il is decidedly more in
teresting 70 hunt after something The
form Of which we know not than the
thinE--the image of which is painted
on the very apple Of our eye. Every
man must have felt the truth Of this,
who upon being unable TO sleep on ac-
count Of "stranre noises has got M
to look after q ghost without being
able to find the matches. We de- not
now, and never did care straw for
anything we can see and measure the
dimensions Of it is only tho unde-
fined--the mystical, without obtuae
pointa, that we like. Honething m
iathomed the "vasty deep" Or the
unmeafurnd ether above lis, where the
stars dance to the music Of soapsutls"
in uninterrupted fmelody. II is for
this reason we ponder on The closing
paragraph, in the Dem, Advocate Of
yesterday evening Tor the day before
which runs thus.
"1he Republic is safe in The hands
OF the Conet--so long AZ the anarchy
of the brain does net oyerpowor the
democracy Of tho heart
We have heard Of every thing else
being in the head but anarchy and
rs to making The ''hoart'' the seat Of
democracy" This is altogether novel
and somewhat startling figure. We
had always made the epigasfynm
the seat Of democracy A man loves
his country, because he lives If of it,
aud believes in democracy and the
largest liberty, because he has bound |
less limit. to make Il fool Of himself
Our neighbours article is decidedly |
metaphysical if not bottolnloss
We like to ponder over it, and indulge |
The reflection that There is still some
Thing con The other side to discover.
some pith and point. which we shall
be rewarded by patient study, and lei
sure investigation.
II EENATpVE EEnM ERMoNT -
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The Alexandra (Fa) eorraspon-
dent Of The Baltimore Sun, III bis lef
Ter Of The 10Th, gives lie following
lit If snandIa
a runaway match Yesterday pasa-
through here in full speed FIR Wash
ing'on, Report set tham down as
from Madison eountY, Va. The
groom, in prospect, looiing awfuIly
exercised under apprehension that The
o/d nfntiomcR was on their trick .-.-
One Of The henetieant olerGymen Of
Washington soon set maltefs right,
and n more loving couple hare not
been seen for many days They Dir
ected the driver Of carriage to con
vey them 10 the City Hotel - they
wanted TO occupy the room in which
Gon. Washington lodged Patriot
10 to The last. Pr t0uya-In re.
turn steamer for Washington there
went neat looking lass looking for
lost husband
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-11-05

MEMBERS OF THE LEaIsLArrRB DEAD,
John 4, y, Jones Esq, lato re
preventative in the Legislature from the
Parish of Morehouse died on the 10th
inst. and A. W. Baker Esq. from the
Parish est. Mary on the goth inst
Mr.. Baker was young'man Of high
nrntniHa
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-11-05

T. The Golden Hills News, the
Chinese paper in San Francisco, calls
for translation of the laws into Chin
csc. It says that there are 40, 900
who speak that language in California.
that they are well disposed to obedion-
ce to tho laws, and that they pay taxes,
and they think it is but fair that they
should at least know what the laws
are.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-11-05

Mr.. John n. Genin, the great hat
ter, of New York, declines the noirlna-
ton rendered him 10 run as m indopen-
dent candidate for Mayor of that city
at tho approaching election
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".Phnbus, rhat q Wamc fun
is Love Shook has been appointed b,
Lord E)gin notary public in Uppe
Canada.
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Prof Morse, Of telegraphic motor
iety, has been nominated by the Dem
ocrats of Poughkeepsie, N. T., to serve
out the time Of Judge Dean $ unexpired
congressional term. Hugh W. McLel-
lon is terminated by the same party
for the 3lth Congress-.
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NORMA N NgW DRHss. " q
hive had tbe pleasure IF seeing por.
ton of = play from The iaeile pen Of
Mr. fpas Sargent, the accomplished
poet. critic aud dlaWatist, the story If
which is the same with that Of The op-
cratic ehef Faurfe Of E'elIini--tlle
everpopnlar Norma. Judging from,
what we read IF it, and from lie M
thorsblp, we are encouraged 10 apticl-
Tor this play the most complete success
wherever ID shall be presented TO the
public,
The work has been shown to tho
experienced mud jHlicipna manager If
the new Boston tlantre. Thomas Bar
~, ESQ who has spoken in the high
est terms Ut lis merits and capabilities.
and we are told hat the nuffm is in
negotiation with Miss Inlia DEM for
the purchase Of the manuscript II
this terminate favorabIy, we mny ex-
peet TO see this talented young lady,
in the course Of the coming season, in
a port that viii afford her The most
favorable opportunity Of making q new
IMPRESSION upon The public
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ADVERTISEMENTS
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CLOTHS, cAssIMEREs AND vEsTINGsl

= New spring and aulaanl err Goods!
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Oh eonnttesi and having dispensed with tile sale OF
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NOTICE EXTRA.
have small stock of clothing that will dis
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.MEDICAL.
Prnf Wnodsi..

I nir Restorntiy is now for tho first linn. intro
duced to the citizens OF Wheeling, at No i30 Marisf
street, which Is the only remedy over Az
restose the rey hairs whiskers to the
head in short time with the natural Ss,srin usn
dandrpn and prevents the hair fom falling on ana Is eec
from the filthy seiIqent SO objectiona BILE in ivers
iations OF Inherent names before the ubllcs ne H.
sroKArIvE = beautiful article the toilet for The d
OF yours ana can only be appreciated hyits use, MI al
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's'esn'an anu senator, Judge Breeses OF Illinois.
=, CARLyEI, ill,,- June 81. 1889
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Ing n, ihs INC wonuernI effect NJ hair was beeom-
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SIDNEY BREESE,
Ex-senator OF the United States.
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VIM. T. SELBY; = 4
WHOLESALE DEALEh, =

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Foreign s. Domestic DRY Mag No
No. III Main ST., West SIDE, bet~ee"
Union sis.
@ wheeling, Va, M, 81
rs NOW in receipt of his Spring stock ~. ~ VS.
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In black silks aIpacasj popli1s, laws, ois
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Other trimmings in variety. and OF
MEMS WEAR. 10 .,issat. :
In cloths, cassimers, sattinetts, me ir,otOsdea 4
jeans tyxeeds and summer elothsi also;
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in the ,,,,rP ~, y
Aseambrics, jaconets, Irish linens Il, mir Iarits
TONS hosiery gloves, combs, ETC. ~ arsssed . ~
My whole stock viii be found unsui
quality and style; as in prices. W. T. ssSS>><>1
mar25 -------55;5by ri
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MEDICINAL.

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