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The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-13

4 new Synagogue has just be
built by the Istaelites Of Cincinnql
The building is on the corner %
Broadway and Sixth streets. It r.
been beautifully finished, no expo.
having been spared in furnishing II
Forty thousand dollars we're expen
upon it. The officers for the Sy
gougne for The present year
Fred. Milins, President; Samuel =
el, Warden b. Ground; Isaac " 4
Treasurer and Joseph Abraham, {
rotary
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-13


u Rare-very rare is it, that we
clear out our Poets Corner of its pro-
sey advertisements to give place to
either one Of the "nine muses." Poet
ny must have something new about it
for us--something original" if not
rare y met with. 1t is a most excel.
lent good thing that all people are not
fashioned after the mould Of Mr.. Mo
Fart lis nervous system was so del
lcatcly strung up, that on the blowing
OF trumpet or the nazal organ (near-
~ the same thing, in n bad colD he
would fall into Mysteries which would
hold him fast until he could hear piece
of his o,cn music performed. A lame
verse badly measured, we feel salts.
fed, would have much The same effect
npon some Of our sensably o,eusative
readers and this is our sole reason
for not--as before said clearing ont
our Poets corner occasionally to give
place to the outpourings of genius
The following Zines written for the
Comet, and dedicated to Carolipe"'
are deemed to wear n sufficient apollo
gy in their own face
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-13

Mourn VERNON ASSOCIATION
The ladies' Of Richmond, Va, have or
ganized themselves into society with
the above title. Their praisworthy
object is to purchase Mount Vernon"
the resting place Of Washington
Nav success attend them,
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-13

FARMERS. ---Socrates was farmt
, and welded to his calling the glory
bis immortal philosophy.
st Luke was farmer, and yet \
vides with Promethcus the hon
Of subjecting the OK for tho U.s. d.
man
CincInnatus was u farmer, and o.
Of the noblcst Romans.
Burns was farmer, and the mu =
found him at the plow, and filled
soul with poetry.
Washington was n farmer, and II.
tired from the highest earthly stat,1l
to ENJOY the quiet Of rual life, a.
presents to the world a speciman Of |.
man greatness.
At meeting of st James Lo1p
No. Al held on the evening of /,
3th inst, the following Resolutions q
the demise ofc: A. LION, Esq, We,
unanlmousl y adopted
WHEREAS it has pleased Divine Providenr
TO remove from among US our resbecte,.
brother, Chas A Hon.
therefore be it Resoiued, That We te.
ly dep'ore the death of our worthy b.os
or, sIcne with the whole crmn,lnitv -,
viewed him as one eminently WORTHY g.
regard and esteem and useful member ~
the Masonic Order.
Resolved, that We sincerely symoathis.
with the re atoms and friends Of the deceas.
ed IN their affection, and tender to them
our slncerrst coincidence.
Resolved, that we regret that. owjno IA
peculiar circumstances, we were not pcr.
united to perform the usual services oven
the remains OF our deceased brother.
Resolved, that these resolutions be pub.
lished and acopy furnished to the farnii Y O.
the deceased.
J. w. sEYMOUR.l
TM s IKE.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-13

u Judge Bronson wrote Letter
in advance to the convention of ,he
Now York IIards at Syracuse, per
cmptor'ly declining to be candid ~
for Governor The convention MN
imously put him in nomination foI ba
Office, refusing to permit his letter tr
be read until after the nomination yas
mado. The letter was Subsequently
read, but no action was taken in corr
quence Of it. The determination o.
the llards seems to be TO vote for w.
Judge in spite Of his letter.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-13

\ SENSIBLE WILL.-Thc following
Is the copy a will left by man who
chose to be bis own lawyer: "Tbis is
the last will and testament of me
John Thomas. | give all my things
to my relations, to be divided amongst
them the best way they can.
IN. B. If anybody kicks up row,
or makes any fuss about it, he isn't to
bave anything.
Signed by me, JoHN THOMAS"
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-13
lVA0k Constitutes an Orchestra ?

The editor Of Dwieht's Journal ef
Music, being asked this question by
correspondent, gives some information
which may be of sufficient general val-
nc to warrent us il. transcribIng it.
He snpposes an orchestra Of forty
persons to render the symphonies and
overtures Of Beethoven, MendeIsshon,
Nc. For those of Haydn and Mozart
even smaller number, he says, will
suffice, they being written for small
er number Of real parts The proper
ton of strings to reed, brass, &c.
should be about as twcnty-four to six
teen, distributed say as follows
First violins, 8 !; second vlolins g
violas, tenor, 4; violoncellos, 2.
double BASES, 2 flutes, 2 first and
and scond oboe, z first and second
clarinet, 2 first and. second bassoon,
2 first and second horn, 9 'trumpets,
2 'rombones, z tynpani, triangle,
nc, 2 Total, 40.
a larger proportion Of basses 20
violips j. often desirable and, indeed,
the number Of each class Of strings
must depend somewhat on the relative
efficiency Of individual performes,
four effective viollns upon part more
than couu'erbalancing eight feeble
ones-PirnYnlne.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-13

A Scene NOT IN Tue BlLLs--1he
Philadelphia correspondent Of the
Charleston Courier tells the following
Qulnlan, lessee Of the Chestnut
street Theatre, had quite u scene ~ h
Florence, the clever comedian, on #
urdsy evening. Mr.. @ does not ba1r
very cnviable reputation as PAYNE
ter and he stoutly refused. on the egr a-
ing alluded to, to settle with Ilorent.
Florence declined playing in the Ia
audience Kissed --Iloren o
made an explanation before the cur
ta'n-Quinlans lawyer read the cor
tract to the audience, and assert
that Mr. i, had broken it,. ar
torted--audience sympathized with
him and booted the i eal g3ntlef t1
from Tie stage. Rosult-Mr Eor
ence performed in the last piece fa
oblige the audience, and was declared
a trump The fun upon the ocosio.,
was quite palpable, and was reLs5sJ
! assure you, by those present.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-13

The man to whom the world owed
a living has left his residence, the land
lord with whom he last boarded being
unwilling to assume the worlds in
debtedness.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-13

At Philadelphia, on Saturday, the
Goth nlt., Mayor Conrad maze q speech
to The police, declaring his intention
TO close taverns on the Sabbath, regard
less Of the recent decision of the Su-
prene Court.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-13

BATON RouGE FouNpRy-lt afford
cd us much pleasure the other day TO
walk through tho extensive foundry
building of Messrs. Hill g. Henderson,
in the North part Of this city. The
building is about $50 feet by so, two
stories high. brick, and built in the
very best style. The whole machinery
Of the building Is propelled BY one l2
horse power engine, and all their ar
rangements have been made with an
eye to tho increase Of patronage. The
history Of the Baton Rouge Foundry,
will convince any one, that msnufac-
toring may be done here with as much
profit to enterprise and industry, as
any where else on the habtable globe
Messrs. Hill Il Henderson, are pre-
pared to make and finish il the best
style engines, boilers, sugar mills, fur
mace mouths-in short every thing i'll
this line of business. The direct ad-
vantage this establishment IS, to sugar
planters, is incalculable. Previous to
its existence we have known planters
to stop the work Of taking of their
crop, at immense loss to wait for the
recastipg of broken piece of ma
chinery that had to be sent to one Of
the Foundries in New Orleans. Sue.
cess attend them. We invite especial
attention Of mechanics and artizans to
the history Of tne Baton Rouge Foun-
dry that they may learn profitable
lesson.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-13

Some frishmen made an unprovok-
cd assault upon party Of Germans
congregated at ball in Bridgeport,
Conn, last week. A severe fight en-
sued, and one Of the Germans bad his
skull craked. Almost as much ILL.,
feeling appears to exist among the
Irish and Germans in different parts
Of the country, as between the former
and the Know Kuothines.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-13

GREAT PnicEs FOR Curious AND
RARE Consulate English papers
give the particulars Of a large auction
sale Of cabinet coins, which occupied
eighteen days. The collection con
tanned many Of the rarest English
coins. The largest sum obtained for
any one coin was 1862, On Federal
currency for rare and very ceIebra-
ted crown piece of Henry VIII. The
next largest sum was 1881, for gold
coin, . rial, Of Queen Mary !. The
third highest sum was 1910, for a gold
coin Of the time Of Edward VI
From its weight it is supposed to have
been designed for a three sovereign
piece. a gold rial Of Queen Eliza
beth brought SIG so, and a!spur rial
of James | brought Sl22. The coins
sold the first nine days of the sale
brought ST. 48.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-13
GbrWrrklq Gn11ht
Thursday Morning, August 10, 1864.

IL We may say to orr friend
Alex + Of Jackson that the gentle
man who thanks us in q very flattering
manner for remarks made in refer,
enco to lis physical. moral and intel
lcctual qualifications does SO gra'ui-
tously. We know we say great
deal that we do not think Of after, but
by the oternH' gods Of South Carolina
we never praise a man for phvsica/
qualifications, we had rs soon laud n
bear Or any other beast for such quail
tiles Talking about morn/fY-auJ
landing men for virtue, ia very del
icate ground to tread on, and it is .
point with us never to do so unless il
be in way of obituary Mte//ect"aI-
" We speak Of 20 one, because . no
tce 'intelloctual" savors very much of
bald faced egotlsm. Hence (this is a
long way to come to iD we never said
word for the individual referred to,
either morally, intellectually, physical
~ or otherwise.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-12

,ssveed ne duty. Herr, again. grsat aifn,ulties
present themselves, and jealous Interests bAr me
way. Catalonia and the mugglers would be IN
sstsd. Catalonia, which produces-I speak from
Sxverience Of iss gocds-wretched wares q exorbi-
tans prices, has long been the great Impeachment 70
SPANS prosperity, or at least improvement. Inas
e1e province pretend to make the whole country
boz ts inferior merchandise In preference to that OF
Eneand and Frances and this prstenson u enforces,
20 the great prpft and c0nientment OF the contrar
hand trader: lime and z strong government s are
1p-eign manufactures which would prove 20 great .
benefit to Spain and to lis revenue. And ct
gressnt, time is wanting. Something must
f. done s1csa ts,os shnss NOW snw. s ths mo-
lsy foY the next dividend on the home and foreign
debt. At this date but small portion Of the Last
dividend due On the homo debt has been paid. 1t
las been suggested ttat much WIZ depend on me
composition Of the constituent Cortes II the coun
ny elects representatives who win support the pre
sent government and 50 give confidence in its dura
tor and strength, it 10 thought that capitalists Will
perhaps Be found to come to It's aid. But the good
sense Of Spanish electors prove unequal 70 the emer
sency-if they return Chamber composed o. NIX.
are Of lemsgogues and Of partissns OF reaction and
not contain ing good working minority in favor Of
~ ESpa,{ero. o. Donnen cablnet-there is nothing
lg fresh trouble in store for SPAIN and the question
e finance win then appear almost hopeless;
Whilst contemplating The gloomy, Or q least I'M
SoYaHly reminded Of Cuba and Of American propo-
sals fcr it's purchase. have not heard statement
Of he exact amount the States disposed to give;
bat have been assured, on NO mean authority tina;
and foreign and that handsome surplus would still
remain for roads and railways. Besides these advan
hges, Cuba sold, Spain might safely reduce her
feet and army, for she would then have NO reason
TO apprehend war with the United States, as she ct
present has ncne to anticipate aggression or inter
lsrepce ON the part Of any European power. Re
1eyed Of her heaviest burthens, aud blessed with
honest government (if indeed it be possible that
misgovernment seems to rest), Spain might SOON
and easly forget the loss OF that cherished colony
whose retention, under present circumstances, Is
more question Of pride tnsn Of profit and to whose
force Of events, be prepared sooner or later TO sub
mt. VEpErrE.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-12
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.


Almost on every day scene on the Bloomingdale
read took place yesterday afternoon, some distance
the ether side Of Burnhams In the persons Of four
fast trotters, alias rowdies. They were outward
bound, and came sweeping along about 81 o'clock,
sar ing everything of the road before them-some-
times two, and now and then three abreast-and at
speed of mile in 2:30 to 2:40 minutes, thus TAX
ing up q times the entire road and putting at the
utmost hazard, life, limb, and everything that hap.
pened to come in their way. In going in IN oppo.
site direction, If they could be seen coming far in
the distance, one might perchance escape with his
Kle by hugging the fence in case favorable turn
Ont offered, while such unressraned dare-devils 60
tearing by; but in going 10 the same direction
one cannot always avail himself Of the
same means Of safety, for if the road is the
least soft yielding to the pressure Of the wheels,
they are oftentimes not heard till directly upon
You, ~ was the case yesterday. gentleman was
riding on horseback quite on the outside Of the road
when they came sweeping along with such tearing
speed that NO time was left, when discovered to get
sut Of their way by giving no the entire road The
wheel OF one OF them struck the horse Of the rider
Sace he maintained his position, though his borse
vas somewhat bruised and the wagon complete
wreck. Doubtless in nine cases ont Of ten the rider
would have been killed or seriously injured.
WVu0 GVW 49,, M: cui sors nov long sucn
soeres which are Of such frequent occurrence, to
- permitted without the proper authorities taking
measures to put q stop to them. As it is, no per-
son can ride out on any Of the roads leading from
The city without being in imminent danger, and
see NO reason why our lives should not be protect
ed bys we'll regulated police, from such ruf1anism
ON the main and all avenues leading out Of the oty,
. the full extent Of its chartered limits a. well as
in its more densely populated districts.
i has long since become notorious that ia conse.
quence of such unrestrsined roxdyism, there ia NO
safety in riding ont beyond the suburbs which de-
tiers thousands from taking airing, for the want Of
ra sIuJ n};c snnes .ae
which ou- authorities ought, and trust win, at an
early day enforce. ORDER.
SATURDAY, Nov. IL, 1854.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-12
Our Minnesota Correspondence.
STEAMBOAT PETITE OsTRANDER,
UPPER MISSISSIPPI. Oct. 40. 1S54-

UPPER MISSISSIPPI, Oct. 80, 1854.
The DrOught--Sol and Productions
Le'o Stage Of the Misss,sippi- Winne6ago In
dians, &c.
have seen in the HERALD, from time to tire,
many accounts Of the severe drought which has
been experienced In "the States during the past
summer, and feeling Interested in such matters
wish to state to you that the soil Of Benton county
In this great Territory Of Minnesota, has not been
affected in the least thereby. Of other parts of the
Territory cannot speak from actual knowledge
but so far as can learn from persons living in other
counties and from letters published in the local
newspapers, crops Of all kinds have been harvested
IN a. great plenty AZ in any season heretofore,
Wheat yields its usual quantum {, the are; corn
ditto; oats rather above par and potatoes, which IT
. supposed are more affected by drought than any
other agricultural production, have yielded most
enormously. It would do you good to see the big
meshannoch come out Of the ground by the mild
persuasion Of the hoe at the rate Of six hills to the
bushel! The fact H. that the soil here il not affect
ed by the drought. II is black sandy loan, and
retains ts moisture past oil belief Of th,se who Give
and move and have their being on clayey
footstool. During the months of August and
September We had no rains, except . slight
prinkling that would not makejt necessary to hoist
an umbrella, and yet vegetation has nourished the
same 90 though We had received as much water
from above - IL requisite for successful agriculture
In tho Eastern or Middle States This Is partly
owing to the peculiar character of the soil, and
partly to the heavy dews with which we are visited
every night.
Ole might think, on reading this, that our
atmosphere Is damp and heavy; but that Is not the
case. Situated a. this region is on what is called
the height Of land in the vicinity of the fountain
head Of the mighty Mississippi-which here, 1900
miles from its debouchment into the Gulf OF Mexico
sends more water by our doors than the "swift
rolling Danube" and the Rhine, both together
discharge at their mouths-and bsing nearly eqni.
distant between the two oceaHs the air Il lj9ht aud
clear, the sun shines brilliantly and gentle brsezes
from oil points Of the compass fan tie atmosphere
the whole summer long.
There Is no better climate on the face OF the
globe, nor cne where the agricuturist il more sure
Of . CORD return fer the sight labor which be be.
slows on his crops. Il would astonish Won to
zee the immenee water melons which are rased here
Long Island and New Jersey cannot compete with
ns even In that point, whether as TO size, favor or
any other quality OF that delicious vegetable II
have eaten them Ii the West Indies, in Louieiana
and in New York, but never did ] sec any better
than ! have eaten here. tomatoes flourish, too.
Ike - green bay horse,v aud spring up like gra !
from their own seed without cultivation, which
shows that tropical plants can be cetjyoted here e
well ~ n tAe etatek
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-12

ASTORIA, Oregon, Oct. 3, 1854.
Oregon Adcancing- Why Oregon is Not already
Stotc-The Indians What's to be Done Mr..
Pal'ner's Plan-Gor. Daris and the Politicians
BountJm Crops Snperabundancc of Bread
NtIv God Minss-Coast Sureys-Land Lasos
Emigration Our american Pionsers-A
Word for our Noble Women The Late Fright.
full Observation-Disclosures Of Washisgton
Territory, &C., &c.
On my return from three months in the woods,
engaged in the important practical business Of open
ing roads for the heuet Of the people Of the future
State Of Oregon having been for three months
camping out, in rain and shine, and sleeping, az
the song goes, "all on the cold grouna"-I came
back to the blessings Of civilized life only to be ad-
msnished that have something TO say of Oregon
and for Oregon, IN that universal paper of the PEG
pie, tho NEW YORK HERALD.
Oregon Ia still on the advance, and our little town
Of Astoria ia growing fast In importance, size and
wealth. Our people, generally, have awoke to the
importance Of manufacturing more and importing
le and The result is that times are getting better
and money moro plenty. We expected ere this to
it dswn o. one Of the great sIsserhood Of States,
with our friends, and to have IN equal chance 70 en-.
hibit our charms and bedeck ourselves with our
uncie's money, a. Miss California or any of the rest
Of the sisters. But our people, acting on the
penny wise, pound foolish principle, have refus.
ca 10 become State, on account Of the In
crease Of taxation required to support q State
government But Territories, Like men, as
with ne. We are now sorry that we hid ourselves
behind the minor act" as it were, to avoid pay.
ing our little honest debts rather than act the M an
end be able to demand our dues
"Lo, the poor Indian ~ What shall we do for
the Indian? / think twas the great chief Logan
who seated himself on log beside Il white man.
and requested him to move along little and little
until the white man was near the end OF the log
and could move no further without falling off, The
chief then said "Juft you white men are treating
the Indians In regard to their country But Il
Logan WAS alive now, he would find himself in the
middle Of the log, and row Of white men on each
aide O. him, crowding him towards the middle, and
There arg great many tribes, or rather fragments
q tribes Of these much-fmposed upen people, living
nope this coast. The whites have taken posseseion
"msE country, and they have takm posseMiop q
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-12
Superior Court-C:eneral Term.
Before Chief Justice Oakley and Hon. Judges Duer
Boswoftb Campbell end SlOss0n.

TBr ALLEGED FRAUD BY ALEX. KYLE. JR.
Nov. IL The Harlem Railroad Company %.
tary OF The Harlem Railroad for alleged fraud, and
the present motion was to vacate an order issued for
his ARREST The Chief Justice in deciding the case,
said that the Court would not give any opinion on
the inertia Of the case a. II would come before them
motion to release the defendant from arrest must be
denied.
Chester Stafford agssPst Daniel Drsw.-- Order
appealed nom affirmed, costs TO abide the event.
Charles Barfh against Lewis c. Walth1.~-Mo-
ton denied without costs.
CrnsliW Kanouss against John M. MartiNs--No
tiop dsnisd, without costs 70 either party.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-12
NEW GRANADA.

In reviewing the results Of the session of the Pro-
vincid Legislature just closed the Panama Star
says
we may fairly ask, what has been done towards
amenoiasing the condition Of the province, ana
provloing ior the current expenses cf the ensuing
year, whether steps have been taken to help NJ
ous OF the state Of bankruptcy into which the frea
suIy mas tallens Law for the establiahment of 4
,ural police force has been passed, but We do moi
know the particulars; and very stupid project, in
Tended to compel the agents Of the steam conusnes
10 pay the passenger tax, WAS fortunatelv thro m
%, 0y The influence and good management Of the
mortgage the provincial property. or rsss Ics, ~
session. IS - fsA~~ " 10
The Circuit Judgeahips Of Taboga end Chorrera
have been incorpor ated With that Of Panama.-a
very wise measure, considering the manner n vhicS
those tribur ais were conducted. "-'Sn
ANw Other laws were passed, some repealed, and
others reformed, but the foregoing are TIE moss i'm.
poItant 1t appears therefore, that the question 81
public On Ances remal - BEFORE with the exception
ttat $40 COO IL to be levied on the security al ~
provincial property thatis, provided the money can
% hadi NOT, We presume w shan have 10 live