The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-01
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tlea. A few days since telegraph dis
patches from Buffalo stated that the
difficulty between the Bishop and the
Church Of st. Louis had been amiea.
bly, adjusted This, however, is not
The case-fur. if n communication in
The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser,
signed by member Of the Church Of
st. Louis, be true, the prospect of an
amicable settlement is now further re-
moved than ever The facts, as stated,
ON the authority alluded to, are as fol
lows:
Agreeably TO an invitation Of the
Bishop. The Trustees waited upon him
in body On the 22d nlt., to confer
with him on the subject of mn adjust
ment Of their difficulties. The Bishop
proposed to remove the excommuni-
cation, and place priest over the
Church it the Trustees would submit
to the following conditions
/. The Trustees shall submit to the
will of the majority Of the congrega-
ton, promising their adhesion to the
church discipline. and that they will
be good Catholics.
g Three Trustees shall resign i'm
mediately; the Bishop shall then elect
three to fill the vacancies.
g. The priest Of The church shall be
one Of the three SO elected.
T. On The expiration Of the term Of
office Of two Trustees, (Oct l, 1864.
the Bishop, shall select six members,
Of whom the congregation shall elect
two to fill the vacancies.
The compromise" proposed by the
Bishop was then reported by the Trus.
tees, when the meeting proceeded to
vote by ballot on the question Of its
acceptance or rejection. The eongre-
CATION voted with entire unanimity in
the negative, not d single baiiot be-
mg cast in faror IF the proposed
basis Of settlement.
COMBINATIONS AND PARrtrs.-The
coming election in Philadelphia is
likely to present many singular fea-
lures There are SO many parties, or
fragments Of parties, that ii is difficult
for an ordinary observer to Under
stand the real facts Of The case. Al
ready tickets or parts Of tickets, have
been nominated to represent the sub
joined interests and organizations
/. The regular Wing party.
2. The Independent Wings.
8. The Democratic party.
4. The Native American party.
s. The friends of prohibitory liquor law
6 The Know Nothings.
In some cases. several Of The candi.
dates will be on one, two, and perhaps
three tickets. In others, they will be
upon one alone.-.Pean. Inquirer
18Th.
UNCLE SANS PossEssIoSs.--T The
Washington "Star" comments as fol
flows upon the statement, by Liver
pool paper, Of The distances Russia has
extented her frontiers within a half
century: within the same space Of
time, Uncle Sam has exended his do
mains from the Mississippi to the Pa
citic. At the present time, tho old gem
tleman has one foot Central on Amer
lea and the other upon Cuba; one
eye cooked at Gambia, and the other
leering impudently at The be'igerents
of Europe. As his appetite is always
sbarp set, there is talk of his soon
swallowing a Sandwich, the other sa-
worry slices to be furnished by his Sc
rene Highness of Mexico and the Au
tocrat Of All the Russias.
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Know NoTHlEGs PRESCRIBED. --
The Philadelphia Pennsylvania en-
Horses the demand made by the Ar
gus, of that city, that all Democrats
who have joined the Know Nothings
must be excluded from the polls at
the primary elections, and insists that
no such TRAITORS shall be nominated
to any office by the Democratic par
ty.
Browns Snort is not generally
known abroad, that we have in this
city one of the largest and most COM
plete Steam Factories anywhere 10