The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-05-21
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Thursday Morning, May 1s, 1864


Thnrsday Morning, May L., 1864
THE NEw MAHtGr-ts We have
heard nothing, for week or 50 il
reference 10 the Nav Market, We fear
that the obstacles met with, ID tie
selection Of site, has thrown damp.
or on the matter for The present, and
unnerved The Boards committee. This
T. The common enemy to all public I'M
proyemena Every individual mem.
Der Of the community will agree rs to
the necessity Of a work, but when it
comes TO locating it, then is the tug Of
war Some want it here, and some
shero---some think il would benefit
them, others that it would be posi-
tive ilJury and in many instances it is
thus, that an important work remains
undonc. All are alike agreed that
we must have a market, the question
ia, where shall ii be located A cen
trail position is desired, and the power
and undoubted authority Is with the
City council, to select il. A commit
lee has been appointed for this rur-
pose, and We hope that they are not
waiting to obtain a site that will
prove satisfactory to the whole com
mnn,ty il SO, the good work will not
advance from its present condition.
That revenue Of about $500
per annum should be collected off Of
the vendors, in the present Stabletsh
looking affair. is n disgrace to ciriliza-
ton,
IuNtra DtseovEREp-Th question
"aho was the author Of Junius.' has
had much to do with the world wide
renoun Of the papers. We do not
wish 10 be understood as saying their
il no other merit in the letters, their
claims arc well established. and do
honor to the best intelligence ofthe age.
But much has been added thereto, BY
the lruitless enquiry, "Who isJunius2'
The broad shoulders Of Sir Philip
Francis now bears the burden of their
authorship. Ofcourse Sir Philip de-
MES the irnputation. Moore, the poet.
in his diary, remarks, shrewdly enough
that the remarkable papers Of Junius
were written either by a man who
had fame enough to afford to keep the
secret, or by one who had the vanity
to suppose he had.
FLrsKEYIsM.--The Washington
Uatoa, under Its present management
is the very mirror Of a Court journal.
Here is specimen of the very digni-
fed way in which it bc-praises the ad
ministration
IAN atmosphere of integrity sur
rounds each department which repels
the advances Of spectators, whether
they come in single spies or in greedy
Galphins. A remark made by one OF
the numerous claimants upon the
treasury, as we heard it repeated the
other day, tell the whole story How
different things are now from what
they were under Mr.. Fillmore, who
was such d gcnteel President, and
had such polite Cabinet. Now the
officers ofthe departments are just as
curious and distrustful as they used
to be under Mr.. Polk
o. A Baltimore correspondent of
the Washington Star, dispatches du-
Ell on the taps at the latter place, in
the following jocosc manner:
There is rumor oozing out, Of duel
being on the taps between round,
fat, Fallstailian Wing Office holder in
the Custom House and an outside per-
sonage. not equal in physical proper
tons They are to fight at 20 PAGES
with broad swords and meat axes.
Precise time not yet fixed, but it will
probably be some day before break
fast.
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