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The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-02-02

THE NUT AL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF NEW YORK.
Net Accumulated Cash Fund,
2,O1S, 715,
ALI the profits divided among the Insured
FRED. s. WINSTON, Pres't.
ISAAC ABBOTT. Sec'y.
CHAS GILL, .5'fuary.
UGEoReE A. PIKE, duly authorized
Agent for Baton Rouge. ap. 10y.
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HTVEARIIV LEECHES
SnO Hungarian Leeches. warranted. Just
CUV received and for sale by
sent 3s-y. WM. BoGE
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-02-02

NOR Sal E-TO ARRIVE loo tap.
i white Corn; 100 BAGS Bran; 100 tass
Oats fec.20-1t. JOSHUA PEAI
ARD In barrels and kegs No, l
tor sale hv nov 9yl s NJ. HART ACo.
Eo;sins MackeraJ Liquors, &c.
= NSfNS. 10 whole and 10 quarter box.
~ es new Mackeral. 10 kits. and g
quarter barrels No I; nerr'nys, 70 boxta
extra fine: Goldfish. 10 50 pound boYes.
Old Wbiskev. 10 half barrels Mcngahala
Vapor Whiskev IL barrels Fletcher'.. inst
received per Giwy and for sale for the cash
by decl6y. JOSHUA BEAL.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-02-02

EKESH Lem Us, Raisins. Figs, &c,
= just received and for sale by
< + t,.Ncusvn
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To Planters and Others

WOULD beg leave to call your atteu.
L ton now, and at the opening Of the
coming season to my large and exceedingly
chean stock of Domestic Dry Goods which
Notwithstanding the heavy advance OF uom.
estes. and every class Of negro wear. | am
enabled to sell at low prices: am now re-.
ceiv'ng and will centiHus to receive wecl
" through the season flesh supplies of No.
Goods ofthis class, al | ask is d call
mar 2s-y W. D PHILLIPS.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-02-02

)n GALLONS Of Scwell Taylnrs hes
~ Sazarac Brandy Just received q,
.r ale hv S.F. RLaNcrarp.
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SPLENDID ANIMALS.
And Gift Hooks for 1874

4 T REDocED PRIcEs-.The Renison for
"A 1854; the Gift of Flowers fot 1854:
Friendships Offering for 1854; also Nil.
'er's hymns Queens Of England; Aiken:s
minstrel, Watson, poetical Quotations:
l.ayard,s Ninesah; Stephens Egypt Ab.
bots Hero; Georgey's Hungary Sn ith,.
poems; Fern Leaves. by Fanny Fern with
great variety of cheap Publications. ali uf
which will be sold cheap than by anv
other house in Ba,ol Ronge
oct-6-ly. Gro N. HEsomAx
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-02-02

,NPONGES.-Finp Surgeon and hathin
, sponges. For sale ty 4
oct9-y. IL. / AArn;LI. Drug!
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INSURANCE cos. &c.
UNITED STATES LIFE INSURANCE.
ANNUITY and TRUST
Company Of Philadelphia.
Cash Capital paid up $250,000.

C.G. INLAY. Sec. SR CRAWFORD Pre- t.
Branch Office at n. O., 4s Camp st.
BENZ. FLORANCE. 4 en-
Agency at Baton Rouge, La. W. s.
PINE. A.ent feb17-y
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At RetaiI

LtOR the accommodaticn Of thofe who
/ require but Sms'l qnsn tiles Of corn
and Oats. the same can in future he obtain.
ed by the dimes worth or Iareerrsrcel..
JOSHUA BEAL.
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p Mineral Water.

. IMMORAL Water.
EROM St. Catherine's salt wells l., ca.
i NADIA. one tea-spoonfni in a gl,ss to
common water. makes drink. in ali res.
poets equal to ''blue lick water.' rorsala
by Fl. r. WADDiLL.
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HTCEIAN PILLS.-JuSt received
~ ! gross each No. | Il 70. , of Nor
'ison S celebrated Hygeian Pills for sale %,
iu;y % " " VI. Boo Eli Druggist
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x NSHEN BUTTER A ch,ice a,ti
~ Gle. for sale bv
oct - jNSiI Nv j.
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.ERFUMERY - All the celebrate.
French. English and German brands
oloyne al $. r. BLANCHARD.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-06-08
Louis Napoleon and the Sultan Descended
from American Ancestors


The past history Of the families Of Louis
Napoleon and the Sultan Of Turkey is full Of
interesting and marvellous incidents; some Of
which are, probably, not generally known to
our readers.
These two monarchs, now so cordially united
in the struggle 10 maintain the integrity Of the
Ottoman empire, are both grandsons Of Ameri-
can ladies'. These ladies we're born and raised
in the same neighborhood, on the island of
Martinique, one Of the West Indies. They
were Of French origin and companions and in
innate friends in childhood and youth. They
were Josephine de Tascher and a Miss
The history Of Josephine is generally known.
She went TO France, and was married 10 NJ. de
Beauharnais, by whom she had one son,
Eugene, and a daughter, Hortense. Some
time after the death Of Beauharnas, Josephine
was married to Napoleon Bonaparte, and be-
came Empress Of France. Her daughter Hor-
tense, was married to Joseph Bonaparte, then
King Of Holland, and the present Emperor Of
France is her son by that marriage.
Miss S. Quilted the Island of Martinique some
time before her Giend. But the vessel that
was carrying her 10 France was attacked and
taken BY the Algerine Corsairs, and the crew
and passengers made prisoners. But this Cor-
sair ship was in turn attacked and pillaged by
Tunis pirates, and Miss S. was carried BY
them 10 Constantinople, and offered for sale as
slave. Her extraordinary beauty and accom-
plishments found her purchaser in the Sultan
himself; and she soon became the chief lady
Of the Seraglio and Sultaness Of Turkey
Mahmond II. was her son, and the present Sui
tan, Abdul Medjid, is the son Of Mahmond.
| Thus the two sovereighs who now occupy so
large space in the worlds eye are grandsons
of two American creole girls. who were play
mates il their youth; and were as remarkable
for their beauty and excellent dispositions, as
for their varied and singular fortunes.
Both these women, in the height Of their
power remembered all the friends Of their
youth, and provided muniicently for their vel
fare. Many Of the relatives Of this Sultaness
left the island Of Martinique, and settled al
Conslantinople, where their defendants still
reside, and enjoy the favor of the Sultan.
/ The SuItaness died in 1911, the Empress
Josephine in 1914, and their grandsons now
rule over two wide and powerful empires; and
are entering, as friends and allies, upon one Of
the most momentous and sanguinary struggle:
in which Europe was ever involved.-Pns-
J1Ug Post.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-06-08
Revolutionary Anecdote.

A correspondent Of the Manchester, N. H.,
Mirror, furnishes the following;
"When the British were in Boston, in l777,
my father was in barber's shop waiting to be
shaved. "A British officer came in and wanted
Ia be shaved, provided the barber could do it
without drawing blood, and saying that if he
did he would run his sword through him.
The barber was frightened and dared not un-
dertake the task. A little boy sitting there
spoke up and said he would d. ii. He looked
at the boy with establishment, but the boy
stripped off his coat and told him TO take seat.
He took off the officers beard without blood,
and was paid guinea for his trouble. The
officer then asked min how he venlured to do
it, as he had been 10 every barber's shop in
town, and no one before dared to do it, The
boy replied, ! thought should see blood as
soon as you would, and, if had, would have
cut your throat 10 the neck bone in one mo-
meat The British officer hung down his
head and left, amid shouts Of applause for the
hov -
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-06-08
Dialogue on Newsnaners

A. How does it happen, neiphbor B.. that
your children have made much greater progress
in their learning and knowledge Of the world,
than mine They all attend the same school.
and, for aught know, enjoy equal advan-
tages.
3. Do you take the newspapers, neighbor
Al
a. No, sir, do not take them myself but
| now and then 6OrrOoO one, just to read. Pray,
sir, what have newspapers to do with the edu-
cation Of children!
3. Why, sir, they have vast deal to do
with il, assure YOU. / should as soon think
Of keeping them from school, as to withhold
from them the newspaper; il is little school
of itself. Being new every week. it attracts
their attention, and they are sure to peruse it.
Thus, while they are storing their minds with
useful knowledge, they are at the same time
acquiring the art Of reading &c. | have often
been surprised. that men of understanding
should overlook the importance of newspaper
in family.
A. In truth, neighbor b., frequently think
| should like TO take them but cannot we'll
afford the expense.
u. Can't affnrd the expense what, let
me ask, IS The value of FIVE or six dollars ayear,
in comparison with the pleasure and the advan-
tages TO be derived from welconducied news
paper! As poor as am, | would not, for
City dollars year, deprive myself of the hap
Piness | enjoy in reading, and hearing my chill
dren read and talk about what they have read
in the papers. And then the reflection, that
they are growing up Intelligent and useful
members Of society. Oh, don't mention the ex-
pensc pay it in advance every year, and you
will think no mere uf il.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-06-08
Mfstellanp.
The Little Worsted Hat.
BY HANNAH A. MOORE.

Take it away, Mary, cannot bear to see
it now And the faithful-hearted nurse laid
the now useless hat carefully away.
Ah, young, stricken mother, sitting alone
in your silent nursery! you cannot bear to see
it now; and many, many days must pass be-
fore you will be able to look calmly on the
cunning little blue and white hat, whose jaunty
air, and pretty, plume-like trimmings have so
often made you smile.
There will no smile play over your features
now, when it meets your eye.
Deer little memento Of the past too dis
tinctly and too touchingly does it speak Of the
cherub form and birdike voice that have passed
away from your dwelling forever.
You cannot bear to look upon it, for at the
sight, your yearning to behold the little one
who wore it grows more painful, and you miss
that angel presence with a keener agony
Bitter are the thoughts that crowd chok-
ingly upon your heart.
Upon the stainless brow above which that
hat once lightly rested, the grave-dust is gath
ering, gathering slowly, day by day and
amid the brightness of those golden curls it
lies heavily.
Dampness is on the cheek and lips that
were late so rosy; and the sealed eye of the
little one has lost its glorious beauty.
Oh. blue-eyed darling, sweet angel Of inno-
cence and loveliness The grave should not
demand such things as thou.
| would there were some art discovered, by
which when the spirit departs, the fair casket
it leaves, could be changed at once into mar
BILE, or alabaster, and SO be kept as a sacred
thing in its accustomed dwelling.
But this can never be, and we must lay our
treasures down amid the dust.
Oh that we might all, at all times, have
power to turn our thoughts away from tho
dark grave, and follow the rejoicing spirit as
it ascends to its native heaven.
Oh that we might ever be able, as we lay the
young and the lovely away to rest, to say,
with voice and heart, amen to the beautiful
words of one of Americas sweet poets
"Weep not for the early dead,''
Sleeping in the narrow bed
They are happier far than We,
Howsoever blest we be-
I" Happy are they who die in youth,
Fer the fountain springs Of truth i
Have been sullied by the rains,
Leaving dark and deadly stains"
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-06-08

The MoTHER.-It has been truly said The
first being that rushes to the recollection of a
soldier or a sailor, in his hearts difficulty, is
his mother. She clings to his memory and
affection, in the midst Of all the forgetfulness
and hardihood induced by rowing life. The
last message he leaves is for her, his last whs-
per breathes her name. The mother, as she
instils the lesson ofpety and fillial obligation
into the heart Of her infant son, should always
feel that her labor is not in vain. She may
drop into the grave; but she has left behind
her influence that will work for her. The
how ia broken, but the arrow is sped and will
do its Office.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-06-08
An Improvement,

A writer giving "Rules for Railway Trav-
elers, closes his article with the following ad-
mirabe suggestion;
There is one reform we should like to see
adopted on all our railways-lhat is 10 have
board hung vertically in the inside, at the end
Of each carriage, with the names Of all the
stopping places painted on it in rotation, and
all these covered with slide which would
open and show the name Of each place before
arriving at il. The conductor calls out the
name of each stopping place as he arrives at
it; but if the plan was adopted which we pro-
pose, he would just have TO draw the slide
after leaving one place 10 show the name of the
next stopping place. This would allow pas
sengers TO prepare for their departure, would
save calling out, and would afford quiet Sc
curity to passengers Of not mistaking their
stopping places
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-06-08
Thinning out Vegetables.

There is greater loss in suffering vegeta-
bIes to stand thick than most cuItivatOrs are
aware Of 1t does require considerable nerve
to commit indiscriminate slaughter upon fine
growing plants. For instance, here are ten
beautiful melon vines, just beginning to run,
with frnit blossoms forming. Now, who has
the bold hardihood to draw them all out but
three or four, and throw them willing away I
Who can take beets just as their tops begin to
give evidence Of roots below, and separate
them to ten inchesl Ii is hard matter, we
must confess, and il is not properly done one
time in twenty but TO have bulbs, tap-roots,
melons, cucumbe-s or squashes, it must now
be done, and the increased vigOr of the remain
ing plants will repay the trouble. Then fall
10 and spare not (; no iap-rooted plant or bulb
should stand so thick that the hoe will not pass
freely between them. No vine should have
more than four or five plants left TO hill.
Snap beans look SO pretty growing thick
that We hate 10 disturb them; but if you would
have The bushes yield their pendant treasures,
thin out TO ten inches. We know Of nothing
that will bear as thick planting as English
peas; in place Of thinning them, shade the
ground around them now that they are in
bloom and in pod, they will continue in fruit
much longer the shade enriohes the land and
saves culture. They are not always those
who make the earliest and best but those who
thin iudioiously and cultivate understandingly.
Most gardeners plant seeds too thick, trusting
to thinning out in their growing state, but,
alas they look 50 uninvi,ing, and plead 50
eloquenily for life, that degenerate and inferior
plants are the rewards Of our false philosophy.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-06-08
Anecdote of Madame Malibran.

One evening she felt rather annoyed at the
general prejudice, expressed by the company
then present, against all English vocal compo-
sitions, the opinion being altogether in favor of
foreign music; some even going so far to assert
that nothing could be good of which the air
was entirely and originally of English extrac-
tion. Malibran in vain endeavored to maintain
that all countries possess though perhaps ia a
less equal degree, many ancient melodies, pc
cu;iarly their own; that nothing could exceed
even some of the old English airs. She then
named many compositions of our best modern
composers, Bishop, Barnett, Lee, Horn, &C..
declaring her belief, that if she were 10 pro-
duce one of Bishops or Horns ballads as the
works Of Signor Viscovo, or Cuerno, thus
ltaianizing and Espagnoising their names,
they would create firore. In the midst Of
this discussion, she volunteered new Spanish
song. She commemorative greatest atten-
ton prevailed ; she touched the notes lightly,
introducing variations on repeating the sym
pHOUtS duU WIFI S6TlOuS I6ellHH, lHOuBH Il
smile might be traced on her lips, began
Maria trayga un caldero,
DE aqua. Llama levante
Maria pom to caldero
Ayamos nuestro te.
She finished-the plaudits resounded, and the
air was quoted as further example how far su-
perior foreign talent was to English. Malbran
assenied TO the justice Of their remarks, and
agreed to yield still more to their argument,
if the same air sung adagio should be found
equally beautiful when played presto. The
parties were agreed when, TO the positive
CONSERVATION of all present, and very much 10
the diversion Of Malibran herself, the Spanish
melody, which she had so disinely sung, was,
on being played quick, instantly recognized as
popular English nursery song, by no means
Of the highest order. Shall we shock our read
ers when we remind them that
Maria trayga uu caldero,
means. literally, Molly, put the kettle on!
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-06-08

LEARNING VERSUS DISCIPLINE What is
the use Of hattering mans head full Of Greek
and Latin Pot-hooks which he forgets before he
dolfs his last round jacket or puts on his first
long tailed blue, if ye don't teach them the old
Spartan virtue of obedience, hard living, early
rising, and them sort Of classics Where's
the use Of instructing him in hexameters or
pentameters, if you would leave him in igno-
rance of the value of a penny piece What
height Of stupidity it is to be film boys
brains with the wisdom of the ancients, and
then turn him out like an omddhauDl, to pick
up his vctuals among the moderns Black
Goods Mdgdeine.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-06-08
Courage of a Lapland Girl,

The skill acquired BY the nomade people of
Lapland in throwing the lasso avails them at
times, in making captive Of other animals be-
side their own deer. sOn one OCCASION so
said clergyman whom Mr.. Lloyd met with
in Norrland, and who vouched for the truth
of the story, 'when Lapp in company with
young female, was driving the herd through
the forest, they accidentally reused large
bear from his winter quarters, The girl very
fortunately, had the lasso in her hand, which,
with great GOODNESS and skill, she threw over
his head, as he was slowly quitting his den,
and at the same instant coiled the other end OF
the thong around tree The brute, on find
ing himself thus in the coils, dashed at the in
trepid Amazon but, as she slipped on one
side, he fortunately missed his aim, and on
coming to the length Of his tetber, was. in sal
lors' language, brought short up and thrown
TO the ground. Bruins career was now soon
at an end, for, seizing the thong with his
paws. and by so doing tightening the moose,
he presently managed to strangle himself
The Lapp, on seeing the beast charge the girl.
took fright and run away and, as conse-
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-06-08

A HINT TO SANITARY REFoRMERs.-If,
as sometimes happens, snail creep into the
hive, the bees Immediately sting it to death.
The body of the snail Is far too heavy for the
bees to drag out; and yet unless precaution
be taken it would putrefy and make stencil
in the hive Topreyent this they thorough
ly embalm it with propolis and, which is
even more remarkable, should snail with a
shell intrude into the hive, it withdraws its
body within its shell at the first, sting and
the bees, as if they knew that the shell would
corrupt, in such case spread nopropolis over
the shell, but merely fasten up the orifce.---
Lindey Kemp's Indications of Instinct.
Weahh and poverty are two diametrical ex-
tremes. Choose neither, but blend them to.
gether.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-06-08

James G. Percival, the poet, has, it is said,
cast aside his harp and forever abandoned the
muses.. The Louisville Journal thus speaks Of
his retirement
Sefimmured in room of the hospital in
the extreme suburbs Of New Haven-a city Of
which poet should be proud-this gifted and
eccentric being lives, as he has lived for the
last quarter of a century, purely solitary
and ascetic life. He is wholly absorbed in
intellectual pursuits, and shrinks with pain
full sensitiveness from all the luxurles and
amenities of life. No Eastern anchorite ever
abjured more completely the comforts and re-
finements of elegant rank for the blank priva-
tions ofacell-no storied reoluse ever more vol
UNFAIRLY renounced brilliant career of useful
ness and fame for the lonely vigils of hermit
age In this desolation, rejoicing, it is said in
but single chair, he has surrounded himself
with magnificent library and philosophical
apparatus, from which friend and foe are
alike excluded, and in which, though dead to
all besides, he seeks and aands the solace and
the charms of intellect
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-06-08

Small acts Of Kindness, how pleasant and
desirable do they make life. Every dark Oo-
ject is mads light by them, and every tear OF
sorrow is brushed away. When the heart 10
sad, and dessondency sits at the entrance Of the
soul. trifing kindness drives despair away,
and makes the path cheerful and pleasant.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-06-08

"A parishioner inquired Of his pastor the
meaning of this line Of scripture He was
clothed with curses as with garment.
It signifies, replied the divine that the
individual had got habit Of swearing.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-06-08

Some genius has announced i a. his belief
that there will be such facilities for travelling
bimeby,' that you can 60 anywhere Tor nouns
ing. and come back again for half-Prlce'
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-06-08

Pa said little fellow the other day,
wasn't Job an editor, I, why, Sammyr
I Because the Bible says he hadso much trouble
and was man Of sorrow all the days Of hia
life
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-06-08

DR.. Franklin says that time is money
This may account for the fact that persons
when 10 most need Of money ask for time.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-06-08

quence, the bold wench, who was to have been
married to him, sent him at once to the right
about, very properly refusing to have anything
more to say TO so dastardly fellow
The daily union., 1854-10-13
Proposals for Stationery.

His OFFICE SEcKErARv SENATE,
September l2 1854
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received AT this Office until 10
- O'clock Tuesday 10th OF October for furnish
paper surfae 26 inches by 81
nce weighing 45 pounds 10 the rean to be
half
i3 onehaf before the 9th of November
...a#.t.
right Secretary 0rde giving ten
quantity that be required for the
of the senate during the 33d Congress. -
sufficient the marked win llc name OF the
poposer the each proposal and be de-
lWered this Office free of charge
into with the person Offering ts furnish
paper quality the lowest price on his
bond with two sureties satisfactory to the secre
Senate the theeof under forfeiture OF
twice the contract price which be filed
Secretary within days after the proposal
has been accepted.
Sep l2-law4w