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The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-06-24
Mem Advertisements.

MORN GS!-Plain, fine ana super
~ fine Bolted Meal, Small Homony.
Chops, feed for stock, Bran and Chicken
feed always on hand and for sale fresh from
the mill of the undersigned.
JOSHUA BEAL.
pne-24: Opposite Harney Mouse.
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About seventy thousand dollars was
received for freight on the Chicago
and Galena Railroad last month, and
the passenger earnings were estimated
at sixty thousand more-making the
total receipts for the month one hun.
dred and thirty thousand dollars.
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DANGER OF BEAurY.--In the at
tempt made by Mary Queen Of Scots
to escape from her imprisonment in
Lochleven Castle, she disguised her
self as laundress, with whom she had
changed clothes, and when seated in
the boat and putting off from the shore,
she was discovered by lifting her hand
to her head; the extreme beauty Of
her hand, with its wilderness, betrayed
her at once, and she was carried back
to her chamber in bitterness and tears.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-06-24

A TRUE PArRror-0n Thursday
last, Mr.. Lnos1DAs FaAsc1A died at
the Franklin House. On beng i'm
formed hy. his Physician of his pre-
carious situation previous to his desl6
he said y him II have no relatives in
the Union. In company with = friend
years ago I left my native place, the
classic land Of Smyrna) where my
father Tsides-I have not much, to
leave behind pe, and but one request
to make-that whatever that little is, it
be forFarded my father. to aid my
counsymen (the Creeks in their
strugglss1or liberty"
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-06-24
THE SUPREME COURT.

| O283AAASAS
| In the columns 81 the Crescent we
find an article in refererence to The
Supreme Court, in which very good
lsuggestions occur, that meet with our
full concurrence and appreciation.
Anything tending to asreviate the
laws, to abolish senseless forms. and
learned opinions, and come more speed
lily to plain unadorned simple equity.
may receive aid from us at any time,
aud under any form Of circumstances.
We see no reason why books Of mere
opinions should be given the world
no reason why law should not be shron
of its senseless latin bombasts, and
meaningless verbosity-no. reason why
in an age Of railroads and telegraphs,
man should wait until his coffin is
made, for the decision Of a simple
case, made incomprehensible by the
forms, fees, and services of the law.
Does additional books throw addi-
tional light on the subject? Are the
rights Of individuals more clearly un-
derstood now, than they were five CEN
turys ago? Not a bit Of it; and it is
a disgrace to the intelligence Of the
age, that SO many family cases like
"Jarndice and Jarndice," stain our
Court Docket.
Let usgive the summing up Of the
article referred to in the Crescent
The writer says:
"There are more treaties or essays
upon law than decisions upon the
rights of the parties before them.
They are too reasoned-there are too
much of them. Litigants do not care
about having their rights or their
wrongs specialized about in a judicial
opinion. All they want is to have
their cases decided. They. want JUS
lice done between them--not technical
distinctions spread out over a dozen
pages Of closely written fools-cap. And
TO the bar the practice is time waste
ing and improbable. u
II the jurisprudence of the State !
we're in its infancy; if our Legislation
we're badly defined, general and per-
picking; If there were none but
young members Of the bar To listen 10
hem if we had no reports nothing
o guide us over the sea of litigation,
his intermidable reasoning might be
veil enough. But inasmnch as our
egislation is comparatively speaking,
,lain enough !; inasmuch as our bar
s composed Of the oldest and very
,est material-of men who have made
before some Of the present
Justices had been admitted to practice;
md inasmuch as Martin, Mathews,
Porter, Billiard, Eustice and others,
ave sat as members of the same tri-
'unal, and, with their powerful minds,
prmed a jurisprudence which is ad-
nired and quoted by the whole coun-
ry as evidence of the law, we do not
hink we can be charged with disre-
pect to the present incumbents, when
7e echo the wish which we have often
card expressed: that they would
dept the berevity Of style Of the jurists I
re have named, as well as their opin-
'ns; and, sparing the time from I
,eir compositions, apply tito the,ex-
mination of the records which have
cen submitted them. /
HEThere are MANY fastidious non
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-06-24

10 A murder is the pepper spic'
ing Of newspapers; we incline to the
belief that half of such incidents occur
mainly for newspaper articles. They
should occasionally be headed for va
riety sake, another fellow peppered."
There is NO excuse for an editors
committing a murder for the sake Of
news; and to this charge We fear our
neighbor in Lafayette will have to plead
guilty. He says that "a man by the
name Of Richard Collins was found
with his head shot to pieces near the
Comite bridge on Wednesday last.
Our special correspondent at Screen
WE'LL came down to see about it, and
we despatched yesterday no less than
nine reporters to find the TRUTH, and in
their behalf We ask our neighbor to
please give bis authority for the muir
der. By the way ancient neighbor,
where did you get that upper jaw from?
Do you think anything strange Of our
friends the Drs. Fay, moving from
over Quiggins, back to their old
stand ?" Come, be civil, OF we'll
throw some Of the heaviest kind Of
bricks at you. .rs .-4. i,s.
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Notice,

7 HAVE this day associated with me in the prae-
i tice Of medicine, Dr.. X. II. Day, and during
nj temporary absence from town, would respect
fully solicit my patrons In esse Of sickness to call
on DR.. Day, Who from his long experience in the
south, win have doubt render entire satisfac-
tion' (june- 10-tfl FL. b. ROMER.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-06-24

ST.. john THE BAPrIsr.-To-day,
the oath Of June, is the Anniversary
Of St. John the Baptist; be who came
preaching 10 the wilderness, and in
obediance to Divine will, Baptised his
master-our Lord and Savior, Jesus
Christ. This distinguished Apostle
together with st. John the Evangelist,
were the patrons Of the ancient and
honorable order Of Free and Accepted
Masons. They are therefore revered,
and now-as it has been since their
mission ON earth, the bretheren Of this
order-wbich embraces all nations and
all sects in a common bond Of fellow
ship, meet to celebrate this ancient
anniversary.
In obedience to custom, the bretheren
of St. James Lodge No. A., will meet
at their lodge room this morning at 10
o'clock. All bretheren Of the order
in good standing, arc invied to be
present. ,.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-06-24

10 The Hon. VIM. Dunbar will
please accept our unfeigued thanks for
bound copies Of the. House Messages
and Documents for 1854.
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Much ADO ABOUT NorHING.-The
New York and Philadelphia papers
have been furnishing their readers
in gross and detail with accounts ofthe
marriage of Mr.. Richie; aud it seems
to have afforded food enough for sew
eral meals of "Fashioaable, intelli-
gence." The sin Of making public the
private ceremony Of a marriage feast,
is objectionable. That it has been
done to such an extentsin the particu-
lar instance in question, is oweing to
the fact, that in metropolitan life there
is growing up with rapid strides, a
taste for anything at all that savors of
cast off nobility, and the 'pomp and
display Of court royalty. What is
both meet and proper in the monarchy,
becomes simply ridiculous in the re-
public, and must continue to be so, I'M
til a change in the spirit of our insti
tutions. A change favorable to this
condition, it'seems to us would meet
with the hearty support, Of many over
grown inilIbnaires in the north, whose
sole title to place and position seems
based in the fact that by some unac-
counted jugglc Of fortune they have
suddenly become rich.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-06-24
J. N. HALLIDAY 7.
pARINH SURVEYOR.

EA0k8d SO6v6xV6.
Office C3rnsr Third and Laurel sts-0Usr tie
Post Office
WILL attend to all orders for surveying
w in the Parish Of East Baton Rouge
Persons desiring to build in town, can have
the lines Of their property accurately given.
In his absense from town letter addressed
to J. n. H., at the Post 90. will meet
prompt attention. Uune 23-y.
CAPE LIME.-20O bbls. Cape Lims'
~ just received, and for sale by
april.l2.tf. S. M. HART & co.
B00k.Keeper Wanted.
ONE who is sober, active and industri-
" Gus, can hear Of permanent situa-
ton. on application to, -4.
iune-24. HILL & HENDERSON.
Baton Rouge Foundry.
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A REMARKABLE MAN.-At a tenn
perance meeting held in Alabama,
shout six years ago, Col Lemanowsky
WHO had been twenty three years in
the armies of Napoleon Bonaparte.
addressed the meeting. He arose be-
fore the audience, tall erect and yigor-
GUS, with glow Of health upoh bis
cheek, and said: --.-..'e
You see before you a man 10 years
old. I have fought two hundred bat
ties, have fourteen woundson my body,
have lived thirty days on horse flesh,
with the D6(l Of trees for my bread,
snow and ice for my drink, the canopy
Of heaven .{br my covering, without
shoes or stockings on my feet and only
a few rags Of clothing. In the deserts
of Egypt I have marched for days
with a burning sun upon my naked
head; feet blistered in the scorching
sand, and with eyes, nostrils, and
mouth filled with dust-and with a
thirst SO tormenting that have open
ed the veins Of my arms and sucked
my own blood! DO you ask me how
l have survived an thesehorors? I
answer that under the providence of
God, lowe my preservation, my health
and vigor; to this fact, that never
drank drop ofspirituous liquor in my
life! and continued he, Barron Larry,
chief of the Medical staff of. the French
Army, has stated as fact, that the
5000 survivors, who had safely re-
turned from Egypt. were all Of them
men who had abstained from ardent
spirits.
The true Democrat., 1854-04-18

to onr opening diplomatic relations with the Captain General of Cuba, for the adjustment of any questions which may hereafter arise in our
 intercourse with that island, then there will be no disposition on the part of the United States to disturb the peace which exists between the two natious. But if any hesitation is manifested by the cabinetof Madrid to disavow the outrageous procedure against our flag and the property of our citizens and if the contingencies be not re- moved by which similar occurrences may be oc- casioned, we shall advocate the employing of all the power which the government can com mand in support of our rights and interests in Cuba. The world would consider us as weak as we would in reality be mean. if we were to suffer even the first power of the earth to offer us insut-added to injury-as repeatedly as they have been perpetrated upon us by Spain during the last five years The time has arriv- ed when forbearance to even an imbecile na- tion-whose obstinacy or ignorance has brought It to the verge of ruin-ceases to be virtue- We must not only receive redress for the past, but we must have abundant security for the fu- ture. Its relations with us will have to be bet tered, or they will haveto be discontinued
The true Democrat., 1854-04-18

bol1inc 9 district convention at Batesvllie II Mav next and will also hereafter glve tiio ''0-'- inee our undivided support: ouo +bo
 Poeo1,,oa That we cordially aPPiovo .ne ,,o,,rsa If the Hon. A. B. Greenwood oui plo- .o,,resentative. during the brief pefioo he 2 son' ,Iodn in our service and as there now ap- nso to be harmony and concert of ac1lon De- orr entire delegation in Congress upon all ," 1os+ions of state as well as national po- E.. our delegates in said convention are here- hr instructed to use all falr and honorable ,s +o secure his renomlnatlon.
 Fl paao1od That the chairman of this meeting
 l'',p o;ot ton delegates to represent this county aPIin' S oonyention, and in the event of failure n Ill0 eo, rt If apg one of them to attend, that poh 'IG C. Claiborne, of Independence .ne 4lVI, ho respectfully requested to represent coun's sa'ooordsnce with the foregoing resolutions us n 5 @o ,otion of the Hon. J. Murray, the reso- ,.ns Cn iiD irDenorted by the committee were unani- mous! msc chairman appointed the following gen. l na os delegates: s. J. Stallings, Jas Cor .IelD'I H. Beason, Dawson Sharon, John H m1, 1on, Robert Stell, Tho. Y. Cargll, Jonathan gprI;n , John Murray and Hazael Mabry, esq. \ D'li,,', on motion of R. L: Cargile
 poooJ,aI That the secretary forward a copy ,f tbo nroceedings of this meeting to the Com ', roiol Da Standard, Batesvle, and the True De- mocrat 7, olr Little Rock, for publication.
 JAMES GORDON, Char.
 JOHN MURRAY, Secretary.
The true Democrat., 1854-04-18
+ IRISH AND EASTERN WAR

T. IRISH AND EASTERN WAR.-The New Yorrimes says it is reported that very ex- tense organization is in progress in that city amo the Irsh-that companies have been tornl, and that military exercises are constant | ly p:ticed, with the intention to str up 0nd n1d tebe55iop an Conado, whenever the condi- ton affairs in the East shall seem most propi- tlous,r such movement The same paper adds
 W1ave received detailed information to the extelof the organization, the numbers con- cerne and even the names of the active agents in Arrangement, but under present circum- stancewe refrain from making it public. It is saiohat similar scheme is on foot in Ire land, :i that very large number of men have ln enlisted for the project.
 The'imes also publishes an address of John Mitchtto the Irish upon the subject the tone and spt of which apparently give confirmation to the ekports in question. The Times says
 MT. fitchel rehearses with his usual elo- quence nd ability, the wrongs which Ireland has sufed from the British government, and remindhis countrymen that Englands diff culty hsalways been regarded and waited fol as Lrela,as opportunity. He tells them that the success England in the present war will tend to rivet ssl more firmly the chains upon, and that ever, Irishman who enlists in the British army take sides with the foes of his country and aids iher enslav,mcnt. The address i written wh vigor, and's evidently designed tc make an impression ol the mass of the Irish people, and to influence taeir practical action ir the present crisis.
The true Democrat., 1854-04-18
Shorter Catechism for Young CIergymen-
 Improvement on the Westminster.


 Young clergymen-step forward! Hold up your heads! No treading on toes, nor crowding ill the ranks! Prepare to answer!
 1st. Why do you urge the sacredness of the Missouri Compromise, and deny the sanctity of the Fugitive Slave Law Compromise?
 2d. Under what commission are you empow- cred to denounce the Nebraska bill in the name of Almighty God?" Papers and proofs wanted.
 g. Did Almighty God" tell D. PARRISH, in 1798, (the time of the Madison Wary to say:
 1 Be. jealous of those a0ho DEcLAIM AGAINST AL LEN AND sEDITIoN LAWS. THEY PROBABLY LION THEMSELVES!
 Did Almighty God'' put the following n- famous words in the mouth of a clergyman in 1914, who, in common with numerous of his craft, invoked the vengeance of Jehovah on our holy war with Great Britain? 1 "Let euery man a0ho sanctioned tbds a0ar Jy his sufrage or ayauence remember he acas laJor- ing to cover himasef and his country in bzood;" and in denouncing the republicans he said-'A NEW LANGUAGE MUST BE INVENTED BEFORE WE ATTEMPT TO EXPRESS THE BAsENEss OF THEIR CONDUCT OR DESCRIBE THE ROTTENNEss OF THEIR HEARTS,"
 4th Was the Rev. Dr. Osgood speaking ''by authority'' when he said of the war of 1872:
 elf at the command of weak or wicked rulers, they undertake an unjust war, each man who volunteers his service in such cause or loans his money for its support, or by his con- versation, his writings, or any other mode of in- tluence, encourages its prosecution, THAT MAN Is AN ACCoMPLICE IN THE wICKEDNEss, LOADS HIS CONSCIENCE WITH THE BLACKLIST CRIMES BRINGS THE GUILT OF BLOOD UPON HIS SOUL, AND IN THE SIGHT OF GOD AND HIS LAW IS A MURDERER" 1 5th Were the clergy utterng the mandate of Almighty God' when they joined the shameless Tom Corwn in wishing the MeX- cans mi ght welcome our army with 6l0odY hands to hospitajle gyaUesP
 6th Are young clergymen of the present day willing to re-cirna what their distinguished pre- decessors taught as above? If not-wlll they explain aohy not?
 7th Is the Hen Mania proper subject of pulpit malediction? We ask it seriously l oth. Is the church infaliable? If 50, why do we have so many hundred " christian sects,' all scratching each others eyes out? ! 9th Do you preach on the Nebraska bill be- cause you know more of that (" little enough -Heaven knows'-) than of the Bible? or because you find the saving of souls hard and unprafitable task? or what?
 lOth Doyou suppose the public cares straw about your teachings? Why don't you put a little more life, eloquence and reality, into your biblical sermons, and draw a crowd with out re- sorting to the theatrical trick of '.new attrac- tons?''
 11th Is |" Hobensack's Worm Syrup and Liver Pills better Cor worse) than Burrells' ditto? The community are rapidly taking sides, l (see fences, posts and corner blocks)-which should everybody take?" Here's an exciting question? Can't you make capital out of i.?
 "We pause for reply" No hiding behind each other. er.-Plaindealer
The true Democrat., 1854-04-18

into the Union. In short they are willing to leave the whole subject where the constitution and the great and fundamental principles of self-government place 1t. On the contrary, the -slaveholding States, instead of being will ing to leave it on this broad and equal founda- tion demand the interposition of the govern ment, and the passage of an act to exclude the citizens of the slave holding States from emi- grating with their property into the territory, Fl order to give their citizens, and those they may permit the exclusive right of settling it, while it remains in that condition, preparatory 70 subjecting it to like restrictions and condi- tons when 1t becomes State.
The true Democrat., 1854-04-18
TRENENDEOUS SUCCESS of Me Lean,s

Volcanic Oil Liniment.-2l,6 500 bottles sold in St. Louis in one month-This valuable Eminent has been only 20 months before the public yet it has gained for itself an enormous popularity by its own inrsnsc merits, for where it is applied pains, swell lngs or sores cannot exist.
 Desperate efforts have been made by proprietors of other liniments to nure the reputation and retard the sale of this invaluable medicine but truth is mighty;' McLean's olcanic Oil Eminent has pre- vailed: the miraculous cures that it has performed have become known and wherever it is used all other lniments and remedies have been discarded as use less.
 McLEANS CELEBRATED LINIMENT will cure rheumatism neuralgia, weakness n the joints, muscles fragments bruises, sprains toothache ache any pain. It will remove any swelling, tu- nor, piles, caSed breasts nipples etc. andit will cleanse purify and heal the fouest ulcer the legs shns. burns scalds, fresh cuts any wound no difference how long it may have existed.
 Every Family should keep it on hand to be used in time of need One application will cure bites of snakes stings of wasps any other poisonous insect
 FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS. - McLean's V volcanic Oil Eminent is the only reliable remedy for the of pollevil big head spavn old sores. sweeny. chafes, shoulders cuts sprains lameness scratches wounds, etc. Apply directed and the is certain in every instance. See adv. in another column
The true Democrat., 1854-04-18

EXODUS OF THE RUSSIANS FROM PAR1s.-The Paris correspondent of the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, in his letter of March 9, says:
 The Russians have, I believe, nearly all left. The latter portion of the exodus has been ac- complished with good deal of furry and pre- cipitation, as it became known that the Czar in- tended to issue no notification beyond the cir cular distributed by M. de Kissletf, on his de- parture, and he was rather angry that the sug- gestions contained in that document had not met with more ready attention. There is one very we'll satisfied Muscovite in Paris; one who does not intend to return to Russia, and who has no property there to confscate, as he long since managed to sell out and re-invest in France Some one asked him what would happen to him, if ten years hence, he were to return to St. Petersburg He replied that the knout would be his portion; that he who disobeyed, merely, lost his property; but that he who dis obeyed and left no property behind, to answer for him, was tolerably sure of fagellation, if he ever ventured within the swing of knout- knot.
The true Democrat., 1854-04-18
Sale of Lands for NOn-payment of Taxes,
 in Conway County, Ark.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the taxes l\ charged on the following described tracts of land remain unpaid and that pursuant to an order of the honorable the county court of said county of Conway at the special March term thereof the whole of the several tracts of land much of each tract shall be sufficient to pay the taxes cost and penal! ty charged thereon will be sold by the undersigned sheriff and collector of Conway county in the State of Arkansas at the court house door of said county on the first Monday of May, 1S54-unless the taxes, cost penalty be paid to the sheriff and collector afore- said, before that time The sale to commence at or after the hour of 10 o'clock, A. M. of said day, surveyed off in square at the north east corner of
 SAMUEL R. COX, SEE 4 of section l, townships N range IA west, 16O acres; State tax and penalty sl 50; County tax and penalty s2 %.
 WILLIAM ERWIN, NE 4 of section 5, township
 N, range IA west, lso acres; State tax and penalty $l 50; County tax and penalty $2 0V. / T. H. TINDALL, and others, old town Cadron, n range l5 from 1925 to 1S5S S acres State tax and penalty $sS A. C1gpsy sa1 ana penalty ,e O G. range II west, 160 acres; State tax and penalty s1 80: County tax and penalty $2 %.
 N. W. MOORE, SEE A section 2, township 2 N, range IA west l6O acres; State tax and penalty $ 5o County ta5 and dRRRER Rs1Es5RsX ss NE 1S section tr,n N range IA vest lso acres; State tax and penalty sl 5O: County tax and penalty g %.
 REBECCA ROBERTS, SEE section 27, township N. range 12 vest 160 acres State tax and penalty sl 50: County tax and penalty g %.
 ship N range 15 west, Al acres; from 1851 to 1858; State and penalty $4 o7 County tax and penalty Wi. H. CLAYTON, NV 4 section II, township N range 14 1so acres State tax sl 50; County tax
 R. L. CARGILE, Sheriff and Tax Collector,
 April II '54 of Conway County, Ark.
 Cost of adv. CT 50.