The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-07-16
NO. 7.
"MoRH Mis- I.Haor1EN KNAyEs IN

dction, weighs ut present, very heavy
upon the Know Nothngs All man
ner Of sins are charged TO their nc
count, aud every whispered event Of
madame rumor. that has mysticism
connected with it, is charged TO Know
nothingism.
This is radically wrong II two or
three gentlemen are caught out in the
small hours Of the night, md put their
heads together TO reckon the "lati-
tude," there is certain to be AN ewes
dropter near by, who prono,,noes
them "Know Nothinsr IF n man
pull his hat over his eyes, to screen
then from the noon-day sun, he is
written down by the spies and enc
mics, as n Know Nothing A man
may not look wise, or foolish, he grave
or jovial; lie may not indulge in any
manner Of eccentrcity, without being
accounted member OF the mystical
bond Of brotherhood.
Wo 10 the political prospects Of the
Democrat. who wears his hat askanee
or "cocked !" If he be mn aspirant for
profits and honors, il il suicide for
him to do this Our good natured
Church street neeighbor says--speak-
ing Of a matter not yet dispatched by
the daily press:
"The arrival Of this stranger, afford
cd fit opportunity 10 some Of the
adhsfents Of the order, Of exhibiting
the narrow minded and prosoriptive
malevolenoe which is attempting SO
seduouslX TO inculcate against oil for
eigners uOur foreign born population,
and, indeed, every right thinking in
dividnal in the community, have
marked with feelings Of amusement
and disgust, the brutal manifestations,
by which some beings calling them
selves men, have dared TO outrage tho
name Of humanity. This exsmpli6-
cation Of the treatment Of foreign
stranger, is foresbadowing Of what
bigotry and intolerance arouM do, If
permitted to run rampant In their
exeesses. God save our people from
having to witness many more such
humil'ating displays against "the
strangers within their gates."s
This is exactly what we havo said
time and again, not in such poignant
language, but the substance is identi
cal. We learn now, to our horror,
that tho same kind Of "proscrjptivo
malevolenco" spoken Of above, is about
to proceed ut the hour Of midnight
(next week. to take down with crow,
bars, two or three buildings now eree-
ted, and in conrce Of erection in this
city. The masks, and Kendall green
suits, are spoken for. We tremble---
indeed we do---in anticipation Of the la-
Dor The mountain Is to bring forth.
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TuE GREAT ELm.--Dr. Warren.
president Of the Boston Natural Histo-
ry Society Mt late meeting, made
the following interesting statement re-
spccting tho antiquity Of the great
elm on Boston Common:
"J'he president stated, on this sub
jeet, that he believed the age Of the
great tree on The Common in this city
to be much greater than it IL general
Up considered to be. lie can remem-
Der that in his boyhood this tree had
all the appearances Of decay, and was
then apparently older than at present,
and presenting an open and hollow
trunk Many Of its large branches
have been broken off by hurricanes,
and in this way its life has been prob
ably prolonged. Upon maps Of the
city, published between 1920 and
1870, it is put down as the great
tree : anJ it is said that in tho records
Of the Ancient and Honorable Artil-
lery Company for the year 1886 is an
account Of a meeting Of the company
under this tree. When compared with
the oldest trees on the walls Of the