The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-05-21
~ Mr.. Forrest who has been in

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the green room on the stage of life
since his divorce case was disposed of
has re-entered in his favorite charac.
ter of claimant, for damages. lie
brings suit against Willis for libe]
and puts the damages at $4,000
Tie N. Y. correspondent of the
Charleston Courier says
Willis is literary man, as poor as
Harold Skimpole, and I would as soon
expect him guilfSof having SO much
money, as | would believe in bis abili-
ty to squeeze moisture from dust. It
has been said that when Willis gained
the last suit, for the assault Forrest
committed upon him, with a verdict
in bis favor of 81, 500, Forrest bought
up Willis bills at ten cents on the dol
lar, aud thus paid him in his own notes.
Willis lives up the Hudson river,
near Sing Sing, at "Idle- Wild
PATENT SINGLE MAcuINE.-At
the request Of Messrs. Calhoun, Bull
Co., Il a large number of our citizens
repaired on yesterday to the manufac-
tory of Mr. phelon for the purpose of
witnessing the operation of their great
Patent Single Machine. All were
highly gratifed with the experiment.
and we might say, more than realized
their expectation. 1t was truly graft
flying to see machine so simple in its
construction, creating out of the raw
material ut the rate Of 1000 well made
shingles per hour-a task which
twenty men, according to the old sys-
TEN, could not have effected in the
same time. The number of shingles
made by this machine, with couple
of hands, is accordingly Soper minute;
neither does it require a scientific ma
chinist to re-arrange it when out Of or
der-Eagie.
A NOVEL SELL.-lncidently we
have learned some facts in refence to
a wood yard transaction on the Miss
issippi, which is altogether a most
novel method of raising the wind,
when steamer in the pressure of the
"hard times" runs short of the i'm
portant article denominated "acood."
The officers of a boat in the up-coun-
try trade, found themselves Short
between here and New Orleans, and
stopped at a wood yard in the Parish
Of where they traded off for wood,
a free colored boy employed as one
of the stewards in the cabin. A law
yer in this city has been written to,
on the subject, and we have the prom
ise of the details of this rich transae-
ton in full, for publication.
Ey DR.. M. M. bowler is out in a.
letter to Messrs. jerks, Hickling and
Swan of Boston, in reference to the
Merriam quarto dictionary Of Noah
Webster. The letter is a most excel |
lent one, and as we endorse its senti-
ments fully, we shall take early oppor-
tunity to refer to it at length. We
can see no reason why Mr.. Webster
has been permitted to make so many
inroads upon the Kings English with
out giving reason for it. Webster has
been altering and revising Webster,
ever since we can recollect, and for no
other purpose, that we can discover,
han to issue still another edition of
;he same book. As Dir. Dowler says
IN photography, Webster was pro-
tessed innoyator. He came forward
10 tho work of innovation wholly un-
invited; and his bold attempts which
$ successful, would have wholly cor
'upted and polluted the language,
nave received the countenance of no
'ne who loves the language of Milton,
Shakespeare, and the American Con-
As Mr.. bowler says: "To
become a lexicoprapher is. in the eve