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The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-12-03
Parties ia the E'arislaa

known m important Office to become
vacant that ca'cus of the Dominant
party did not take place, either openly
ut the Court House or in sote back
room Of the coffee house, To say what
man among tho "f,thfnl' sl,ouIl step
into The shoes Of Tie Withdrawn or de.
func1 official Ent now, vacancy oc-
ours in the State Legislature--a va
cancy involving the best interests Of
the State Capital, and the parish
and yet within a few days of the hour
Of election, not q word is said about
the matter, Wire works meet as usu.
al, but in small knots for private con.
ISOLATION aud with vacant stare, stare
vacantly at one other. Who is to be
the man Every one asks the ques-
tlop, and there is no response. Does
not this argue peaceful revolution in
the public mind, that throws back into
the hands Of The people their primatire
strength A strength Of which they
have been robbed, by a play upon
prejn1ioes, in which principals were
lost ? II seems 81 to us.
Heretofore the leaders ofpartv have
gone through regn'sr course Of d.
plomatic ''sprorits" or rather sys.
tenn Military tactics, unler which The
people have been marched up to the
polls to vote, not as unbiased judg.
ment has dictated, but as such and
such an unpribeipalled leader has di-
rectsd They have been taught
that "such n man. because he calls
himself a Wing and clings TO the
last board in the platform Of that par
ty, is "a traitor to the country J" and
that no man can stand aloof from
demagogueism. and be an Independent
uuboogllt Republican,
The two great parties of the nation,
have run the principles that originally
divided them threadbare and are
now divided by nothing but the spoils
of office. 1t is therefore high time
they should be broken up and disarm-
ed of their dangerous power.
Now, We arc glad to see, new issues
arise--issues upon Which rest the very
ground work Of the republic---issues
predicted, by the founders Of the gov.
ernment, and upon which every great
statesman of our early history, stands
committed Shall the republic be
ruled by its native citizens! II not, it
would be well that the exclamation Of
Jefferson, could have ian "able real,
ity, "Would there were a. ocean Of
fire, bctwixt this and The old world,
Shall we select for office, men quail
fled hy domestic virtues, rather than
the mu/ocaicd political mo,,n'e bank
and stock, joLsing gambler, whose
principles ebb ard flow at tbe prospect
7 Shall office seeking, contin-
ne TO be a profession There arc
questions which The citizens Of East
Baton Rouge in eomman with the
whole country are rapidly getting pre-.
pared to answer in a proper manner
and n unanimous voice.
1.-THE Picayunc Of Tuesday, pre-
sents us with large wood cut Of Sc
basfapol---or "Sevastapol.' . it is an ac-
curate map Of of the city, harbor and
lorliGca:ions Of that exciting theatre
of events the result of which is so
full of interest to the civilized world.
Perekop is the name of the neck Of
land connecting the city with the main
land and it is by this neck over which
the road runs, and it is by this road
that Russian troops must enter the
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Eg We are authorized to annou
DR.. JEHU PERKINS,
"a candidate for the Legislature.
Election to be held m MoFp.v, Dec 18Th, 1854.

trf'n's, ~ worm conslunrattoN, anu 2
thought occurs 70 us just now, in glanr.
inr over some Of our exchanges from
North Louisiana, upon which We ven.
ture a hint, that may set The mind Of
rn,ne sta,ieinn 10 work, and be rro1uc.
ave Of practical benefits, and good re-
Hu'ts Suppose, instead Of having
shree hundred printing presses In this
State, we had ouly three Would it
not save great waste of labor, TO sev
nothing of tln raw materials annually
consumed /, We do not propose to
have y fefeer number Of public .fon,-
ntis, but to have all Of the same cast
Of politics published on The same press
and at the same place Then we
might turn off thousand and cne
hands, editorial Typographical and di.
aholical, 10 work in The agricultural
branches, or mechanic arts. to add
wealth 10 the nation.
To illustrate what we are driving At.
Suppose. that. great barrel organ Of
The party IN power, the Louisiana
Courier. writes leader on n leading
subject; 1t is taken up and published
Ivy the minor organs and echoed and
reiec|,oetl. Mt very grea expense Of
time, paper and labor. It is set up,
and sent out in all manner of type,
from Small Plea down to N1inion. -
Take the multiplication table AMI cal.
culate the cost IN dollars, and IL Is an
astonishing, if not horro-fying result.
We have tables before ~ to show that
one'sine'c cry,ess Of Know Nothing.
iSn, which originated with the Rich
mnnd Enquirer IA very silly piece of
light hterature(, cost in round num-
bers Slab, counting n, 81 a square
for the first insertion An article
written BY our funny neishbor in
Church street, entitled, the e. S.
Sena'orship' embodying few reaee-
tions from that staunch Democrat pa.
per at plaquemine---entitled the 1b-
cryillc Gazette" cost--well, we do mt
know how much. but enough TO set
the economist to rejecting. Suppose
the type had only been set up once,
and the standing matter exported so
that the piny Woodsmau; the Har-
rissonhurg Independent; the Bayou
Sara Ledger; the State Paper, the
Shreveport Democrat the Pt. Cou-
pee Echo. etc, etc.. could have repro.
duced II, without the cost Of setting il
MP again, and again. rna again; why
an immense amount would have been
saved the party treasury. Think or
IL; the matter il worth d serious
Thought. N
AN UNsErrben Matter. Did We
ssnow who 70 abuse fcr H. We should
commence now. aud fire off daily
volly. until the object is accomplished |
We have tried every straiigem to
arouse the board Of Sslec'men and all
have fai'ed. The cits is still wi,hou,
a Market House, notwithstanding the
clamors of many citizens on this score
No step has heeu taken bv the stand
ing or any other committee, and the
matter remains a. Il was We hrarA
a gentleman 4. the market the other
morning offer to build the house upon
the best plan, providing the town
would give lease upon it. Wha, say !
the gentlemen having charge Of the
matter Nothing,
A lecturer dow n east defines widows
- second hand wivss."
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| lFeSll 0ottie OF INK, IlaL pas more gal
and wormwood in it, than Maynard
Il Noyes, Boston brand, contains -
Ilenceforth we shall be serious. We
have been straining our wits the past
three years before the public, to APP
pear funny, and get The dearly bought
reputation Of n "Wag," which is of 50
little value after one has it. Thus it
is The figure speech, in reference
to fortune, which says, that "a man
may dig and plough and bore the
earth lifetime to no purpose, whilst
another will come along, and at the
first step. stumble over fortune, is alike
applicable to The field Of literature
Here it is: We have spent life time
in vain epdeavours to appear smart
and the man who turns the crank for
the organ in Church street, establishes
his reputation firmly by single issue
Of his immaculate newspaper Lot
everybody read the evening edition of
the Advocate for Tuesday, and see,
and seeing believe. But is this peo-
pie to be made to believe, that all aud
singular, every man in the parish. is a
traitor to the country, who does not
respond to q formal call, made Tin
form" for oil tl,e Democracy 10 meet
at the Court House. to nominate -
Democrat for the legislature We
hope for The nations sake" tnore than
our own, thtt The editor with all his
profound fot1ociuation I've can End
no longer word than this 10 give his
logic. and beg pardon for the offence
Of its introductory viii not succeed in
doing So No Sir The people have
begun to think for themselves. the
diciation of any mere ca,icus of wire
works, will have no more effect in fu-
ture upon the ponular will. than |. will
upon the winds Of Heaven. The 1ues-
ton is, whore shall we find the man
to honor with the popular suIlernge
(for all Office hereafter is to be honor
ed by The possessof), and when he is
found, the questions will be, what are
his anteeedents ? In what light does
he stand. as private citizen, identi
fed with the interests of the people and
not d mere caucus Of juggling poliii-
cans7 The day is past when Office
can be disposed Of to the highest
bidder, at the stall of the market or
the bench at the Court-housc. II
there are any whose pecuniary inter
esis are to be affected by the change.
we can only in kindness sympathize
with them. IF there are others who
cannot with the light before tbem)
believe that such revolution can
be brought about, VIC advise them to
keep their eyes open for year or so,
and coming time will convince them.
There is no occasion now to stretch
The wings of the eagle, so as to write
thereon the The Union, it must be
'lbe Democracy is always
right and other clap trap Ka'ches.
There is no need to call on "every man
to come forward aud put his shoulder
to the wheel Nearly every man has
come up, and ike the Aatfooted dutch
in Holland, have taken stand at the
breast works. Tie victory is to be
one Of peace, and will turn aside, at
least for the present, the threatning
clouds Of war.
---~------>>s --a------~-
Mtchigan.--1he Deputy Secrea'a-
ry of the State of Michigan published
a table showing the population of the
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-12-03

1g=The gear 1854 began and ends
on Sunday, thus having fifty-tIrec
Sundays. January, April, July, Oc.
tober. and Decamber have five Sun
days each. i is said such an arrav
OF Sundays will not oecar again until
1882,
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-12-03

~ Information is wanted Of o.
HANCOCK, a journeyman Printer Of
Warrcnton N. G. He left there, in
July 1858 and has not since been heard
of.
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u Wetaka much pleasure in rec.
commencing to public favor Mr.. E.
w. Brck, who we are pleased to see,
j. doing good business with his Dan
eing Academy, opposite The lIarney
House, His c,ass for ladies' is now
forming, and parents having children
to teach, viii miss n rare opportunity
in not sehang them now. '
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-12-03

New Orleans voted in favor Of IL
quor license on the l4th by 5000 ma
jority.
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A lecturer dow n east defines widows
- second hand wires"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-08-18
Washington on Slavery.

That the history of mankind pre-
sents no character upon the whole
more deserving of respect and ad-
miratlon than GEORGE WAsHING-
ToS's, is a irlte observation, yet
very few of those who most unhes-
itatingly assent TO It's justice are
aware, or have taken any pains 10
inform themselves of the grounds
upon which il rests nor even among
special students of our history is
there apt TO exist any adequate I'M
preston of the abilities any more
tnan of the peculiar virtues which
first compelled and have since pre-
served so profound and universal
an homage TO his name. The lives
of great men are wont to shine with
the brightest lustre when first ex-
hibiled TO the world their passions,
powers, and meritorous deeds are
seldom displayed more effectively,
or with a more uniform excellence
than in funeral orationS and me-
moirs composed for contemporary
appreciation. But the case of
Washington is an exception his
reputation has grown with every
year since his death, while the mild
and searching beams of historical!
truth have swept away many AN APP
parent blemish, as the sun sweeps
from a mountain the clouds which
have been thrown about in the
night.
That foresight which nothing
could surprise, that judgment which
nothing could deceive, that wisdom
of which the resources were appar-
emily incapable of exhaustion, that
indomitable energy aud persever-
ence, and resolule but modest spirit
which entered into his nature, are
at length generally seen and coufes-
sed but there are two points con-
nected with his fame which have
been contemplated with regret by
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-08-18
One Secret of a Happy Life.

We were in company the other day,
says The Youths Penny Gazetlee,
with a gentleman apparently fifty or
siAty yenrs of age who used in sub
stance the following language.
Were | TO live my life over again
| would make it a point TO do kind
ness to a fellow being whenever | had
the opportunity. | regret very much
that my habit has been SO different,
that have induced feelings very un-
like those which would lead TO such
a course OF life.
Ii has been too much my way 10
let others take care of thensel YES
while | took care OF myself. II some
little tresspass was committed on my
rights. or | suffered some slight in
convenience from The iho'llessness or
selfishness of Others, was greatly
annoyed, snd sometimes used harsh
and reproachful language towards
the offender.
am satisfied that my own happI-
ness was greatly impaired by tins
course, aud my conduct and example
contributed 10 the irritation and un-
happiness Of others.
IL was but the other day, continued
the gentleman, that | was passing
along the street, and a coachman was
attempting to draw light carriage in
TO choach house.
lie tried once or twice without
success, aud Just as came up the
carriage occupied the whole Of the
sidewalk, and prevented my passing
The fellow looked as il il ought moi
TO be exactly so. ami there was some,
thing like faint apology in hi
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-08-18
Sailing Cattle.

All sorts of advices are given to
farmers, and the rules laid down to
be perpetually observed are as vari-
Gus as the complexion of the wri-
tiers.
A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman of last week gives us
certain maxims i'll regard to giving
salt TO cattle and sheep. He states
that many sheep have died in con-
sequence of eating salt, and he pre-
sumes it happened in consequence
of not giving it regularly-that is,
the sheep had been long without
salt, and then ate too much at time.
This was probably the case.
But the writer proceeds TO give
rules for sailing which all farmers
will not assent To. He condemn S
the putting of three or four quarts
of salt to a ton of hay which is car
ried into the barn, and advocates
keeping a trough under cover in the
yard where all the stock may have
a constant supply. According to
him these rules have been conclu-
siyely settled in the paper which he
writes for, though it seems they are
yet but one year of age.
He says he followed a different
practice for many years, but is now
satisfied he was wrong, and gives
salt only in the trough in the yard.
Now we have no objections to this
mode provided no hens are permit
ted TO stroll abroad to pick up grass
hoppers, worms, and scattering
grains. But salt is quite as fatal TO
hens as to sheep, and finding this
to be SO, we have entirely omitted
to place it where hens usually ram
BILE or reost
Ii is now our practlce--and our
cows are quite as healthy as any we
have seen--to give them salt at leas.
once a week in the pasture where
they feed. We mix ashes with the
salt, and if we should add little
sulphur we think il would do NO
harm. Formerly we pracliced plac.
ing the salt aud ashes on fiat stones
to save wasting them-but now we
drop a handful in place on tn,
green sward in the pasture, wher,
the cattle will not waste half 81
much as when they lick from fla
stones.
+ But why may not hay be sailed
when placed in the mowi II II Is
important that cattle should have Z
uniform supply, why not salt ths
hay as il comes into the barn'
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-08-18
National Cattle Show.

CIRCULAR OF THE UNITED
STATES AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Alta meeting of the Executive
Committee Of the United States
Agricultural Society, held in the city
of Washington, in February last, it
was resolved that the Society would
hold no Exhibition in any State liav-
ing State Agricultural Society,
without the assent of the Officers, or
of the Executive Committee of such
Society.
The citizens of Springfield, Ohio,
havin. requested this Society to hold
an Exhibition Of Cattle, at that place,
during the current year, and gener-
ously subscribed about ten thousand
dollars to defray oil the expenses Of
the same, and TO guarantee the Soci-
ETY. against loss and the Executive
Committee of the Ohio Agricultural
Society uniting in the request, the
Executive Committee of this Society
have concluded to hold National
Show of Cattle, open to general COM
petition, without sectional limit, on
the 25th. Goth, and 9Th days OF
October next, at Springfield, in the
Safe of Ohio.
The friends of agriculture in all
the States of the American Union,
and in the neighboring provinces OF
Canada, are invited to cooperate with
US, so that this Exhibition may be
the more extensively useful, and be
alike credliable TO the generous citi-
zens OF Springfield, with whom it Or
lginated,- the Contributors and
Visitors who sustain i:,-and 10 the
United States Agricultural Society,
who were SO deeply interested in its
success.
In consequence Of the holding Of
this Show OF Callle, The contempla-
ted Exhibition of Horses, at Spring
field, Mass, and the Show of Sheep,
in Vermont, will be omitted.
The Journal of the Society, which
the Executive Committee have con-
cluded to issue once in each year
four numbers in one, will appear in
January next ; and will contain the
Transactions Of the Society ut It's
last Annual Meeting, the Lectures and
Addresses delivered at that time and
a full and faithful account Of the
Springfield Show, with other yalua-
BILE papers, by eminent members.--s
This volume will be forwarded to all
members who have paid their annual
assessments for the year 1854.
MARSHAL p. WILDER, President
WV. S. KING, Secretary.
Boston, Aug !. 1854.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-08-18

Passing few days recently in
Southern Ohio, and part of lndi-
ana adjoining, we were much graft
fed to see the large fields OF flax
which abounded in that rich agricul-
lural region. We saw hundreds of
acres devoted 10 tins valuable object !;
but sorry TO say, for the most part,
with only half its legitimate purpo-
SEES, that of its seed, 10 view by the
culiiva,ors. Seed is the only object
for which the mass of the crop is
produced. For the want OF proper
machinery TO dress it, the lint is
thrown away, and ro,ted in the barn
Yards. Machines, however, are be-
ginning to work their way into the
nax-growing country. two or three
being already established in and
about Springfield, in the Mad River
valley. When machines of the
RICH, kind are permanently establish
ed, we see no reason why flax will
not become continual crop in the
Western States, north of the Ohio
River, as hemp is at the south of II.
1t is an excellent crop for rotation,
leaving The ground clean, light, aud
free 10 this particular, an excellent
preparation for wheat, and not con
sidered more exhausilng than the
cereal grains.
As now cultivated, for seed only
| il is sown at the rate of one To two
bushels to the acre, according 10 the
quality Of the ground too Thin for
good lint. II grows high and
branching, aud on good laad, yields
twelve 10 fourteen bushels per acre.
The cultivation is simple. A single
blowing on mellow, free soils, a
dressing with The harrow, then SOW
ing, and brushing in of the seed,
is sufficient. When the crop is ma
iured, il is moved, or Graded, il
very stout. Moving, however, is
the usual way OF cutting. After dry
ing on the ground, il is carefully
bound into bundles, and the seed
whipped out by hand heaters.
There are large fields Of the
White, or Canary fax in growth
|, is somewhat larger than the com
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-08-18

smile. II was on my tongue TO saw,
" In with your carriage man; and
not let il stand here blockadng up
the passage" But better influence
prevailed. ] went to the rear Of the
carriage and said
Now try again my good fellow I"
while with the end of my umbrella |
gave little push, and in the carriage
was, and out came the pleasant
" thank you sir-much obliged"
would not have taken twenty
dollar bank note for the streak of
sunshine that this one little act Of
kindness threw over the rest of my
walk 10 say nothing Of the lighting
up al the coaciman's face.
Aud when look back on my in
tcrcourse with my fellow men all the
way long, can confidently say that
| never did kindness to human
being without being happier for it,
SO that II | was governed 10y mere
selfish motives, and wanted to live the
happics, life | could JUS, simply obey
the Bible precept 10 do good unto all
men, as had an opportunity.
Al this was said with an air of
sincerity and deep conviction which
we cannot give 10 our report of il
And does not the report of the Young
esi OF our readers confirm or contra
dict this statement Is there hoy
or girl among all of them who can
say, 4" did kind act once TO my
brother or sister, or playmate and
was afterwards sorry for Il, ! should
have heen happier It it had been an
unkind one II is very likely that
a kIud act has been i'll requued or
misconslrued but if it was perform
ed with proper feelings, IT is MS Ger
tain To produce happiness as sunshine
is TO produce warmth.
We counsel our young friends,
then. To seize every opporiunlt, of
contributing TO the good 81 others.
Sometimes smile viii do il. Often
er kind word--a hook OF sympathy
OF an acknowledgement of obligation.
Sometimes illle help to burdened
shoulder, or heavy wheel will be IN
place. Sometimes word or two of
good counsel, a scasonable and gem
tie admonition, and at others n sug-
gestlon OF advantage to be gained
and little interest 10 secure, wlU be
received with lasting gratitude. And
thus every instance ii kindness done
whether acknowledged or not, opens
upa little well spring of happiness in
the doors own breast the flow OF
which may be made permanent by
habit
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-08-18

Hay often becomes musty in the
NOW when it has not been dried
quite enough. What remedy is
more handy than little salt. Four
quarts in ton will often preserve
hay from must. And when hav is
not quite dry enough to make you
confident it will keep sweet, half
peck Of salt may save you the delay
Of one day, the risk of foul wealth
er and the whole labor or cooking
it up a second time in the field and
spreading it out again.
We have tried this practice many
years and know it has saved us
much labor--and we can see no pro-
priety in the positive injunctions to
put no salt upon hay mows.
Half a peck of salt to ton of hay
would be but two and half BUSH
els for twenty tons. This would
not injure stock of ten or fifteen
head through the winter season.
But the hay which may happen to
be not quite dry enough on the Sec
ond day after moving, may have
more than half a peck to a tom
We have sometimes used eight
quarts where we were in doubt
whether the hay would keep sweet.
In such cases a less quantity may
be thrown on loads that are. quite
dry enough. Or none may be used
on some of the loads; for we are
yet to learn, that all the hay in a
NOV ought to be made equally salt.
What is to be done with the doc
trine that cattle like variety of
food All may not be equally salt.
Coarse meadow hay answers very
well for cows, for part Of the win
ter. People sometimes eat salt food,
and then what is more fresh. Corn
stalks aud husl1s are excellent for
change. whether sailed or not
Some farmers in the interior resort
to salt marshes to procure variety
for their stock, aud they give out
this occasionally, rather than to mix
it with their fresh hay.--lHass.
PIoughmdn.