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The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-04-18

THE JAPAN SeUADRoN.-Thc Washington
Star learns from reiabie source that the gov
this spring TO Japan, with all his ships under
his command that could be spared from the
China seas, to receive the answer of the En-
pcror to our proposals; and then to return
home with all his vessels except steamer and
two sloops of war which are to remain in that
quarter as the regular T. S. East Indies squad
ron. And further. that the returning vessels
will come home via the Pacific, touching at
San Francisco, and other most important
points in the usual Pacific route, thence to the
u. States. The commodore is expected to
return himself, overland, with as little delay as
possible He is understood TO have applied
successfully for permission SO to do
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-04-18

Alexander Smith, the new Scotch poet, is
said to be pattern drawer from muslin work.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02
1.-THE room at the corner Of
TlIi.d and Laurel sts., formerly occu-
pied by A. Goldman, is now being
fitted up to receive the Post Office.

SCHOOL LANDs.-According to act
ofsCongress Of ls43, the sixteenth
sections Of land in Illinois, Arkansas,
Louisiana and Tennessee, were reserved
for educational purposes. Under that
act, nearly all the sixteenth sections in
this State have, from time to time,
been sold, and the notes Of purchasers
taken. Many of these notes-nearly
al..ef them, remain unpaid. We arc
pleased to see that the State Superin
tendant, who is charged by law with
the collection, is now taking steps to
have them settled.
This will throw large additional
amount of money into the Public
School fund. 1t is really consuma-
ton devotedly wished, that something
viii be done for public education at
the next session of the Legislature,
# time can be found in the intervals
Of the political gambling that is to
take place to fill the vacant seat in the
III. s. Sanate.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02

~The "bed of violcts" of which
our neighbor of Church street asks
geographical questions, may be found
in scene LIST, act 1st, of Twelfth
Night, or What You Will"
The Duke says-in our mind very
POLITICALLY:
ST Musick be the food Of Love, play on,
Give me excess oft; that surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken and so die
That strain again it had dying fall:
o, it come DER my ear like the sweet South,
That breaths upon bank Of violets,
Stealing, and giving odour ="
Does our neighbor recognize the
passage, or is be the category Of those
who "Know Nothing"
In our present political position, We
almost fear to quote the foreign poets,
when there are so many poetical &C.
muses. about US, native to the manor
born.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02

| A VERY IMPORTANT MATrER.-.
While sundry appropriations are be-
ing made to open streets IN the back
eide of the town-streets that lead nc
where in particular, We would call
the attention Of the city fathers to the
condition of the Steam-boa landing.
If it did not cave in and slide away
now and tl.en, this might be we'll de-
nominated standing subject Of local
interest. Provisions has been made
for high water, by building a wharf at
the foot of Florida st. but nothing has
been done for low water. If boats
continue to land at the wharf boat,
and put their freight upon the delapiia
ted wharf of Mess Pike & Hart, those
gentlemen should have permission to
repair it, or the corporation might af-
ford to give some temporary repairs.
As the matter now is, the Corporation
has taken the Wharf from them, and
will neither repair it or let them.
The present rickety condition ofthings
demand attention, for it is positively
dangerous to life and limb. 1t will
probably remain thus until some val
liable man falls through and breaks
bis neck; then when the city has to
pay his asignees, heavy bill of dam
ages" the necessary repairs on the
wharf will be made.
Good citizens should reflect a mo-
ment on the importance of good
Wharf. How would it be possible
for us to get along, had we to depend
solely upon our owl resources 3
Couldn't do it. Every thing good is
and the ratio Of its "good-
ness" is measured altogether by the
distance it comes.
We would have to close up the zone
horse city," and leave it like drowning
rats, if it were not for what we induce
people to bring here. For this reason
a safe place should be provided to
land it. This is the very least that
can be done, since much that comes, is
never paid for.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02

Let us look for a moment at your
arguments. You say the matte,
should be settled, or rather remain in
stutus quo, as it was until next season,
when the vote may be legally taken
again according to the act
Well now what would be the
status quo situation Of affairs of which
you speak? l ask you again, have
you read the law carefully and atten-
lively? If 50, do you not plainly see
that an affirmative vote Of the people
is absolutely a condition precedent,
to the granting Of the license? The
condition then, in which you would
have things remain, would amount
precisely to the same thing as a vote
for ''no license" a state of affairs
which you do not seem to contem-
plate. Your desires carried out will
break up all the bar-rooms without
the people saying SO. You speak of
the tyranny of lnajorities. You would
have the tyranny Of a moiety.
If the Board of Selectmen should
see fit to leave things as they are, you
might talk about arbitrary power, it
seems to me, with some propriety.
1 repeat as before, that it is the H.
cense men, whose interest it is to have
a new election. The licenses are stop
ped until vote Of the people renew
them.
You seem to grant that my general
views in relation to new elections to
decide tie votes are correct, but you
proceed to deny that vote of this
sort is an election. Well, sir, we will
not dispute about terms-granted that
it is not an election. The law says
that something is to be determined.
Has any thing been determined ? In
conclusion las you wish your cores
pondents to be brie) | will say that
the law TO any one who will examine
it carefully, is exceedingly loose,
equivocal and unsatisfactory, and may
suggest some doubts as to constitution
atty, though as l think on different
ground from the ones you MENTION
The Board Of Selectmen however can
not pronounce upon this matter. 1t
is their duty to attempt to carry it out
so far as they can.
If it costs them trouble, and litiga-
ton, the burden must be laid upon the
shoulders Of a careless and ipjudicious
which is continually plac-
ing upon the statute book, laws which
10 one can reasonably comprehend Or
So thinks citizen of the
SECOND WARD.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02

ANOTHER CANCEL IN THE FIELD.
Mr.. W. B. Brown, who for the past
year has been cutter in Kimball's
tailoring establishment, has quit the
tailoring business and gone to lectur-
ing on Romanism, a la Gabriel. On
Saturday nj ght he was to speak in
Manchester. and tonight in Lawrence.
Brown paraded the streets in this city
on Saturday night, with wig on his
head, motto on his cap, and a star
and eagle on his breast. He is ma
tive Of Concord, in this State.-Lo-
areX Courier, 18th.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02
~ Our friend j. r. NJ. of Bayou

10 Our friend J. r. NJ. of Bayou
Sara, is at hand contents noted. L
We were not now looking anxiously
every moment, for gentleman to en-.
ter our front Office who has promised
his friends "to pull the Comets nose
we should republish at length the two
several notices marked. We know very
we'll be four friend J. R. NJ will ex-
cuse us, when we tell him that it is a
fixed principal in our diplomacy not to
have more than one cause of quarrel
on hand at time; we must be can
did to confess our fear of the "allied
powers"
The coffee is now being made, to
use with the pistols next week, when
our friend the much wronged Count
of Nesselrode will be here with the
Baron Schenck and Count Goldmann,
to settle some little personal difficult
ties, previous to his departure to the
seat of war on the Dan ubc. AS our
friend J. R. NJ. may see, in our yes
terday's dispatches, further opera
tons have been suspended there, until
the Counts return
In reference to the individual who
has thrown East and West Feliciana
into a lively sensation of commotion for
revenge. we make no doubt that every
word written is SO, and the Ledger's
circulation is sufficient to post the Ba-
ton Rougeans, in the modus operan-
III, so that they may be on their
guard. The fact is our kno1ring ones,
have learned thing or two lately, and
the "Know Nothings' have always
been up to snuff. Does our friend J.
r. NJ. know that "Goliah of Gath"
was the first Grand master of the Or
der? 1t is so. The first Grand Lodge
was formed after that celebrated char
acter Of profane history slew the Phil
istines. The jaw-bone of an ass is
quite as formidable a weapon in the
hands of the fool-killer as the two
edged sword
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02

Mayor Conrad, of Philadelphia, is
in the habit of initiating the famous
Sultan Haroun, Alraschid, in going
around the city at late hours of the
night to ascertain personally what the
police are about. He frequently Gre
ates great CONSERVATION among the
sleepers, and an invitation to visit the
Mayors Office next morning has been
found by the delinquent Charles to
be equivalent to good bye john" as
their terms of office are concerned.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02

An exciting scene occurred in a
room in the Census Bureau, at Wash
ington, on the afternoon of the 21.t
instant, in consequence of a young
ladyAttempting to shoot one Of the
clerks by the name of Keyser,or Ker-
sey. Mr.. K. escaped unhurt from the
room, but the lady expressed a deter
mination to consummate the deed and
redress her grievances, and waited
near the building until all the clerks
had left. She alleges that matters
connected with her honor caused the
attack.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02

t EWlt will be seen by perusal Of
/, Second Wards communication to day,
that he has taken very nearly the po-
sition we occupy in reference to the
License question. What shall we do
nowa Really, the best thing occurring
to us. is to give up the premises.
Second Ward" is more able defen-
der of the position we Occupy, and we
resign the place to him, We might
say more on the subject, but we think
the Comets position is pretty wellun
derstood. If more is said, more will
have to be said in explanation.
The following paragraph strikes our
attention in three column article inthe
Advocate the other day, on the same
subject treated Of by Second Ward.''
We quote it because it suggests tQour
mind, an article in the Enenburgh
Review Of April. on the Mormons.
The writer in the Advocate says:
"There is self-regulatipg and self
adjusting power in society-the Pop
ular witi-which is paramount to
law, because in our happy country, it
is lar creative. 1t can rescind, re.
store, modify new-create law, when
50 required by the actual wants and
exigencies of the body polite"
The Review writer in speaking OF
the Mormon Exodus from Nauvoo.
s,ys:
Thus once more, the lawless tyrran-
ny of the majority tramples down the
rights of the minority. These instan-
ces of triumphant outrage, which las
REQUIRED SO often in our narrative, are
not only striking as pictures of Amer
lean life, but may also furnish an in
warning to some among our
selves. They force upon us the con-
clusion, that laws are not more willingly
obeyed because made by universal
suffrage. They teach us that in
those communities where every man
has an equal share in Legislation, the
ordinances Of the legislative a treated
with contemptuous disregard for
which the history Of other nations can
furnish no precedent. The mob,
knowing that they can enact laws
when they please, infer that they may
dispense with that formality at discre-
ion, and accomplish their will direct
y, without the intermediate process of
'ccording it in the statute book. They
IAN make the law they can therefore
break the law; as the barbarous Ro-
mans claimed the right Of killing the
IONS they had begotten.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02

A Mans spirits depends somewhat
upon the water A bright blue sky,
south west zephyr, ventilated spring
morning renders him as buoyant and
as happy as a nest of kittens around a
warm Preside. He sees everything
through pair Of golden spectacles.-
Let the wind box into the east, and the
blue above change into black, and he
feels as desperate as bachelor at
forty, on the marriage question. For
putting folks into the best condition,
there is nothing like sunshine, blue sky
and similar luxuries.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02
The Chase:

THE DEER HUNT atGreeuwell Springs,
L which has been postponed from time
10 time Oh account of unfovorabIe wealth
err. will positively take place on Thursday
next. Sd August. Messrs. Denham, Green
well, and Bradford, will have charge of the
Hunt" and will Adopt suitable rules and
regulations for the same. A silver Gun
will be awarded to any boarder of the
"Greenwell Springs" who may be fortu-
nate enough to kill the deer, or draw first
blood. ary. It'd
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02
Election.

Election.
PURSUANT to a resolution of the Board Of Sc
lectmen, adopted on the 22nd July 1854, an
election will be held in the second ward of the
Corporation of the town of Baton Rouge on the
9Th day of August 1854 for the purpose Of taking
the sense of the voters Of that ward on the sub.
ject of "License" or mo License"
The polls will be opened from GA. NJ. to 4P NJ,
and the election will be presided by Messrs. P. A.
Walker and H. 7. Waddill. J. 4. DUFROCQ,
july-24-1S54. Mayoy
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02

THE CApIroL.-the work of repair
ing the roof Of the Capitol has been
completed in the best manner. The
principal cause ofleaking last winter,
was the size Of the cutters leading
from the roof. They were altogether
inadequate to carry off the large
amount of water in heavy rains.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02
NEW BOOKS! NEW BOOKSi

TREATlSE on landscapes gardening and
L rural architecture by A. J. Downing
L. Davis Works; Life Of Christ, by Fleet.
ward; Fletchers Studies on Slavery; DR..
Lardner's lectures on science and arts: 2
vol. History of Modern Philosophy; the
Works of Lord Bacon; Memoirs Of Mary
L. Ware; Life of Napoleon; Scottish Gail;
Gazetteer Of the United States; Bouna-
parties History of the United States;
Moore's History of Ireland: Works Of
Dean Swift with his life; the life and
acts in HUNGARY; Blakes Biographical Die
tionary; Griswald's Poets and Poetry OF
America; Yields Dictionary of Sacred
Quotations: Dictionary of Shakspearian
Quotations Spiritualism BY Judge Ed
monds and Dr.. Deadz; Revelations, by A.
J. Davis, the claivoyant. Just received
and for sale by
iuly-3o-ly. GEO. NJ. HEROMAE.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02

New York AUcrIoNs.-In New
York city three fou:ths of the furni-
ture sold at auction is moved from the
Dealers store into the house where it
is sold the day before the auction
1t is then advertised as the contents of
the house No--street; and on
the day of the sale a regular mock auc-
ton commences, only one PURCHASE out
of twenty being real. The same furni-
ture is often put up for sale. and sold
three or four times in different houses
within a month.-Orieaniau.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02
Co n, M an icuted.

| Communicated.
Mr.. Editor.-You have twice
paid your respects to me, siBce l had
the honor to address you a communi-
cation expressive of my humble senti-
ments on the question as to whether
the Board of Selectmen possessed the
legal right to ordor a new election in
the second ward to settle the license
question. Your first illumination did
not notice, as l was anxiously waiting
for something Of a more decisive ma
ture. You content yourself with de-
nyiDg my propositions, and saying that
they themselves contain the elements
Of self-refutation. Why, pray sir, did
you not tell us what those elements
were? Why did you not give us
those reasonable deductions" to which
you so felicitously alluded ? l thought
you had studied logic long enough to
be convinced that naked assertions
amount to nothing in reason, and have
no tendency to convince reasonable
teings of the error of their ways. But
however, perhaps the deficiencies of
the first essay arc to be corrected by
the Second.
Well, let us see, you say that you
are like a "fa'ted calf made ready
for the slaughter. Now, sir, whether
or no you are such very fat victim,
az. you seem to suppose. l have not
taken the pains to inquire. For my
self l can say truly that do not feel
half the propensities of the butcher
that you would ascribe to me. On the
contrary, l would much rather find
you like the prodigal son repenting of
the errors of your ways and ready to
partake of the "fatted calf''
You say that Second Ward gra-
tuitously charges you with &C., &c.
Now sir Second Ward begs that you
will review your language again and
come to the conclusion that all charges
made against you are reasonable de-
auctions from your own language.
This point however is not worth
Allow me, however to
say that it is hard to keep you to the
point. Pray don't hold me response
bic for opinions which l have not
The question between us,
is not as to the expediency Of license
Or no license. 1t is the pure legal
question as to whether the Board of
Selectmen had the right according to
law to order new election to settle
The tie in the End ward. You saw
hey had no such right. 1 say it was
not only their right but their absolute
auty according to law to do so.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02
NOtiCe,

A N Election will be held on Monday the
II 3lst Of July, at Jas. H. Johnston's
store, Bayou Crosse Tet' at 10 o'clock A.
NJ. for the purpose Of taking the sense of
the stockholders in the Baton Rouge. Crosse
Tete and Opelousas Plank Road Company
upon the question Of a change to- rail road
company, and also of an increase of the
capital stock Of said company
jnly-4-td. JAS. H. JOHNSTON.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02

NOTICE.
4 Ii persons indebtad to the Succession
II of A. B. HoDeEs, deceased, are re-
quested TO come toward and settle the same
without delay: and all the creditors Of
said succession, will present their claims
duly authenticated, to the Administrative
or to The undersigned Counsel.
aug. 2 lOd "a j. NJ. McCUTCHEON.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02
Succession sale.


IN the matter Of the Succe, sion of Ark
AMBER TRuARD, decd-No 2ss Pro
bate"-Sixth Judicial District Court
Parish Of East Baton Rouge, La,
RY VIRTUE ola commission issued in
IL the above Succession and TO me direc-
ted from the Hon. Sixth Judicial District
Court, in and for said Parish of East Baton
Rouge and State aforesaid will expose
at public sale at the Court House door of
East Baton Rouge in the City Of Baton
Rouge, on Saturday the 11h day of .Augmst
"erf, A. D. 1854, at IL o'clock a. M, the
property hereinafter set forth and described,
belonging to the above succession, to wit:
Two certain lots of ground situated in
that part of the city laid out by the late f.
Bauregard, and designated on the plan
thereof as lots No. One in square No.
Twenty -four, and lot No. One in Square
Twenty. Terms of Sale, CASH.
july 1854. H. V. BABIN, Sheriff.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.
A NEGRO MANA Creole of the coun.
n try, about % years old, good plan
tation hand. Apply at his Office for par
tlculars. july 26 "a.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02
Office Of the Baton Rouge and Clinton I
Plank Road COu,n0nm {

NOTICE is hereby given to the Stock
~ holders Of the Company that an In
stalment of Ten per cent on the amount Of
stock subscribed ($2 so per share) will be
due and payable on Monday the 18th dav
Of September next, l1S54) By order of
the Board ALFRED SHOPPERS.
July-14-1s54. Sec'ry.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02
For Sale.

I'M 6, IL, Is and "a months time-aH
" stock, Carriages, Bugeies &c, now
owned by US, in the Livery stable On
Third St; coed opportunity for some one.
augi HUTCHlSON& ROBERTSON
TGazette and Advocate caay.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02
NOTICE!l

TIE undersigned having purchased
1 the FAMILY GROCERY and PROVISION
STORE Of A. b. HODGES, deceased, and an accounts
due the same-hereby give notice to all those in
debted, to come forward and make payment with
ont further notice, at their store, opposite "
July "a, 1854 CHARLOTTE 4 HOFFMAN.
0N HAND AND For SALE
~ A fresh supply of FLOUR, CORN, OATS and
HAY-also, CAP LIME.
ju'y2l-y. CHARLOTTE L HOFFMAN,.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02

ELOUR.-50 barrels "fancy," St. Louis
l. just received and for sale by
april ii. JOSHUA BEAL.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02
Sundri

-s Sundries.
OI0 BARRELS Cape Lime; 300
XIV bushels st. Louis Oats 5000
pounds Bacon Shoulders 10 barrels Lard;
10 boxes w. R. Cheese. Ju,t received
and for sale by JOSHUA BEAL.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02
SHERIFF SALE.

>. NJ. HART q 20. J mo. 1863 Sixth Ju-
VS.. dcial District Court.
Benz. F. TisDALE. Parish f. B. Rouge.
by viitue of writ of seizure and sale is
ID sued in the above entitled and num-
bered cause, and to me directed from the
Hon. Sixth Judicial District Court in and
for the Parish OF East Baton Rouge and
State of Louisiana will expose at public
sale at the Court House door of said Par.
ish, in the City Of Baton Rouge, on Satmr.
day, the Cd day Of September neal, 1854, at II
o'clock. A. NJ, all the right, title, interest
and claims Of Benjamin F. Tisdale, defen-
dant in the above entitled cause, in and to
the mortgased property herein after set
forth and described, to wit:
A certain lot or parcel of ground. situated
On the Cornite road: within the limits OF
the Corpot alton of Baton Rouge, running
one arpent front on said road, by two ar
penis in depth, less twenty feet allowed for
said road, bounded East by Joseph D.
Blouin, and West by the Female Orphan
association, together with all the buildings
and improvements thereon, being the same
acquired by defendant from Louis Shep-
pers, by act passed before Samuel Skolfeld
Esq. Recorder, in and for said Parish, on
the 22d day of August. 1851.
Seized to pay the Plaintiffs-the amount
of Judgment, interest and cost claimed in
said suit. Terms Of Sale-Cash, with the
benefit of appraisement.
;,lu2O 6fs II " DApvN, CIR
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-02

THE Ladies Of Baton Rouge, who
were interested in raising the fund to enclose
the Protestant Cemetery, several years ago, are
he eby notified that a meeting will be held on
Thursday evening next, the 5rd Of August, at the
residence Of James NJ. Elan, where final DISPOSE
ton of the funds will be made. july2S Ais.