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EThat courteous landlord. clever
editor, and dignified head of the Coun-
sci Of Clinton--the Hon. Il. G. Car
man, has been reelected to the Office
Of Mayor; position which he has
filled with so much honor to himself
and credit to his constituency during
the past year.
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fY-Our fellow citizen, Mr.. l.. A.
Latil, has long had claim against
the Government, for lands forceably
wrested from his parents by the
United States, during the early history
of Louisiana. From time to time he
has sought to find in our representa-
tives in Congress, some one who would
make plain statement Of the case to
that body, but has been unable to do
40 until recently Our indefatigable
representative, the Hon. John Perkins
has taken hold cf the matter, and we
are pleased to learn that there is very
tlattering prospect Of success for Mr..
l.atil.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-06-18

u The editor Of The Southern
Watch Tower says he is frequently
asked by his friends, who wish to sub.
scribe fora a New Orleans paper, (which
is the best ?" The editor invariably
recommends the True Delta. Ger
tainly for unbought boldness and Rce-
dom Of thoughts--for independence,
elcquently sustained, the True Delta
stands first and foremost in the rank.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-06-18

MoRMoNrsM.-In the April mum

DeF oi Tue buihb'ifgS NeN'eW, ~
brief history of the "Latter Day
Saints which presents the actions o.
this singular sect, from the first dream
of the prophet" "Jo.,' down to the
last revelation of his worthy successor,
Brigham Young. The writer refers
to authorities for what he says in ref
ereuca to them. and his deductions
from the facts, are spirited, and ey-
ceedingly interesting and attractive.
This article alone, is worth the cost
Of half a dozen years SUBSCRIPTION to
this Sterling Review, which has exist
ed now half century and contains
articles from the first writers of that
long period. Messrs. Leonard, Scott
II Co, Of New York, republish this
with other English and Scotch Re
views. at such reduced price. that it
il within The reach Of every American
citizen.
There is no parallel in the history
of mad ianaticism. TO the rise and
progress Of Mormonism. In the brief
period Of twenty years, It has risen to
a powerful sect, from the most palpa-
BILE imposition practiced upon an edu-
Gated people, by an illiterate mounte-
bank, who had not even the the tai
ent TO fabricate the humbug.
This goes to demonstrate the fact
that the same amount Of credulous
"guli,b,tity'' exist now in the minds
of men, that affords food for navel in
past ages,
The following passage from the
English Reviewer. is true picture of
The ultra Democracy ofthe day; show
ing what little regard ts paid to what
should be the sacred laws of the land.
The writer speaks Of the election Of
the Mormons, from kertland, Ohio, to
Missouri, then to Illinois, and thence
to the Valley to the Great Salt Lake.
lie says.
Thus, once more the lawles tyrrany
Of majority trampled down the
rights of a minority. These instances
Of triumphant outrage, which have
occurred 80 often in our narrative. are
not only striking as pictures Of Amer
ican life, but may also furnish an in
structi,e warning to some among our
selves. They force upon us the con
clusion, because laws are not more
willingly obeyed because made by
universal ,suferage. They teach us
that in those communities where every
man has an equal share Of Legislation
the ordinances Of the legislature treat
ed with contempteous 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-
ton, and accomplish their will direct
ly; without the Intermediate process of
recording it in the statute book. They
can make the law, therefore they may
brake the law; as the barharous Ro-
mans claimed the right Of killing the
sons they had begottne,
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-06-18

AN IMPORTANT DlscovERy.--A
Paris journal states that the bad smell
and taste of butter may be entirely
removed by working it over in water
mixed with chloride of lime. The dis
covery was made by a Brussels farmer,
whose ., p,actice is to take sufficient
quantity Of water to work it in, and
put in from twenty-five to thirty drops
of chloride of lime for every ten pounds
of butter. When it has been worked
until the whole has been brought into
contact with the water, it should be
worked again in pure water, when it
will be found to be as sweet as when
first made.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-06-18

q During the stay of ex-Presi-
dent Fillmore il Buffalo N. Y. he was
summcnscd, as juryman in one Of the
local Courts. FROM an excuse Of
pressing engagements, and the fact
Of bis being himself lawyer, be was
exempt from doing iury duty by stat
Er.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-06-18

EFA short time since during a
thunder storm, at the plantation Of
Mrs. Davis, East Of this city, stroke
of lightning fell near three negro wo-
men, who were all more or less affec-
ted by it. One of them has had her
arm in an uncomfortable nervous
twltching ever since that time, and is
impossible to stop the motion.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-06-18

FETER tue GREAr.--The iutelli.
gencc and patriotism Of the Great Pe.
ter Of Russia the father of the Mascu.
line Catharine, and also the Capital Of
that vast Empire, has never yet been
called in question---just tribnte has
been paid, BY the tongue Of all nations
to his memory and his mortal remains
sleep quietly on the banks of the Neva.
We have no desire to call up his ghost.
The present Chinese Autocrat is ad.
mitted on all hands to be man "oi
parts" listen to what they have said in
reference to Lawyers
The Gear said he had two in his
dominions, and that it was his inten.
tion to hang one of them in order to
secure concord among his subjects.
The Chinese Autocrat has issued an
edict 70 suppress "the multiplying Of
such people, whom he is pleased to
designate "villainous and perverse
vagabonds, fond of creating disturb.
auce." There is something exceed.
insly complimentary in this descrip.
.tion,
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-06-18

FIREMEN's FIGHr.-A grand row
occurred among the New York firemen
on the 4th inst, in which one man was
shot in the leg and another dangerous
" wounded about the hend.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-06-18

u We notice in the New Orleans
papers, the advertisement Of a trans
rcrtaticn company, that promises to
take man through to New York city,
without baggage in STR days, this is
annihilating space, aud "tsceak,ng
old man Time, by the nose.
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eren, find no impeachment, in turning
their talent to profitable account with
our unsuspicious and ever unsophlsti
Gated people All manner Of hum
bugs are practiced upon us. Our
Newspaper publishers suffer more
severely than others Scarce mail
comes that does not bring some plaus-
ible plan, to enrich every body by 1be
purchase Of lottery ticket, or by in
vestment in "Great Artists Prize
Enterprise" where we are assured
there is no possibility Of loosing any
thing-You must receive the value
of your money The editor must pub
lisb it all for $50 much," and take il
out in tickets In this way mamoth
'humbug" is gotten up, in positive Vi
olation of the Lottery laws of Gotham.
After the concern gets as much money
from the credulous people as it can.
then the projectors are willing them
selves to be convinced Of the illega)'ty
of the thing-they close the doors, put
out the lights. and with the net pro
ceeds start somewhere else to get up,
still another of the same sort of hum,
bugs.
The advertising Of quack physics is
scarcely less transparent imposition
on The southern press. The northern
manufactors fix their own prices for
them-till the papers with disfiguring
cuts, and then fail to pay, even the
low prices they have agreed upon them,
selves. Not only this, but they point
out arbitrarily the place that their
miserable pu4s shall occupy, and have
them inserted in such manner as TO
deceive people into the belieftbat they
come from the edito, himself. Some
time ago we had "the pleasure TO
look into specimen book Of this
kind of disgusting trash. The agent
had them all numbered, and they were
to appear alternately before mar
riagss'' in the editorial columns.
What is to be the result Of this
prostitution of the press p? Why tho
very little confidence that people now
have in it, will be entirely lost; then
quack pbysic will have to stand on its
own intrinsic merit as humbug, and
the literature Of advertising will un-
dergo disasterous revolution--at least
to the editor.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-06-18

AN ANCIENT VEH1cLE.--Our an
cient neighbor in Lafayette, has furn-
ished the world with one of those an
tedeluvian specimens of the art illus
trative, which we should like to hear
the history Of It would interest
small party Of us Picwickian Antigua
rians, more than any article that can
be produced whilst the thermometer
stands 900 in the shade) on the
"Value of the National Honor" or
any other flnctuating commodity
How long has it been since the horses
in that cut, spurned the base earth,
and took the mid-a element Of the
immortal Jupiter? How long since
the crowded passengers put their
heads togathcr in the undistinguisha-
bic darkness Of night, and to what end
do they travel' Are they all on the
road to dusty death; and will they
never get out to take refreshments
What has become Of the driver of that
rusty coach? Has he in in the flight
of time fallen off, and became mashed
down into the undistinguishable mass,
with name and deed unsung2 Come
venerable neighbor, furnish chapter
on this subject DO not tell us that
this is one Of the four horse coaches
that is to leave every day Sundays
excepted) for the town Of Clinton.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-06-18

~Two hundred English Nor
mans arrived at St. Louis on Sunday
from New Orleans en- route fw Salt
Lake city.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-06-18
A GpEAr ScuEmE.--A project he

Michigan and the Mississippi by steam.
boat navigation. A writer in Chica
90 paper suggests that, by turning the
water of Lake Michigan through the
south branch Of the Chicago river to
bridgeport. thence by the north branch
Of the south branch to Mud Lake, and
by channel to be dredged through
that Lake to the Des PLANES to the
distance that might be found necessa-
ry, a sufficient supply may be obtained
to prevent any interruption of naviga-
tion of the Illinois and Mississippi
rivers on account of low water. The
distance from Chicago to the Des
PLANES, by the proposed route, is only
fourteen miles, and it is estimated
that the deepest excavation would not
exceed twenty five feet
Ills Antecedents' This is new
eonied phrase in its application to per
sons who come before the people for
their SURFACES. Heretofore men have
rather been measured by what they
,could be, than by what they are, and
hare beeu Windy politicians mount
the stump, to make promises, that are
forgotten when they get down. A
man should be measured by his ante
cedents alone, and If you cannot find
out what he is by these, it is safest not
to put any estimate upon him 1t is
very easy for man to say that he will
do SO. and 50, if elected, but what Sc
curity have we that he will if the past
does not furnish it ? 1t is very easy
for man to call himself a Christian.
Or Democrat, but if his antecedents
do not prove it, he simply-lies
Beat THAT BEEr.-Lately. nature
have been playing strange freaks in
this latitude--twins. triplits, and tri-
legged animals are getting TO be com
mon products whilst giant turnips,
beets, radisl,es and carrots, have be
eome--no longer food for marvel
We know not what to attribute it to.
unless it be the rankness Of things,
which has a manifest tendency to run
animal as well as Vegetable products of
this age to seed. This is evidently
owing to a new phase Of the Moon
a change in the position Of that flucti
flying planet.
Mr.. Dorville Foret, of that time hon
ored locality "Bruley." sent over A,e
other day a Beet weighing eighteen
and onc quarter Ws-3 feet 3 inches
in circumference.
Where are there any subluner inha
bitants Of the visable creation who can
beat this I Nature seems to have got
her moulds displaced in this region If
We told Of ono half the remarkable
things we sec daily-measured them
with a Just and equitable taple line and
gave the result in figures, we should
oose our yet undoubted varacity for
adhcaring always scrupulously to the
ruth.
EEA London paper says that
here is considerable excitement among
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-06-18

@The drop curtain of the Nation
al Theatre, in Cincinnati, it is stated,
is now numbered with advertisements
of the prominent business houses in the
city. Genuinely porkoroGtan.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-06-18

Masonic CElEBRArroN.--The Breth-
eren Of the Masonic Fraternity of this
city are making preparations, 70 cele-
brate the Anniversary Of ST. john The
Baptist on the Oath inst. Neighbor-
ing Lodges will be invited. There
will be an Address" dinner, and
perhaps Ball. at night.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-06-18
VOL. II.
GbtWrrkly Gul1rt
GEORGE A. PIKE,
RpIroR AND PROPRIETOR.

THE ANTE RlvER.--Under the
direction of the gallant Capt. + N.
Marks this stream is now being clear.
Ell out. for navigation The work Of
telling the timber on either side Of the
stream, from Benton's Ferry, down to
Mrs. Duf's has been done. The trees
have been cut up, into such size pieces
as will aoat out at higher water AZ
ter Capt, Marks gets through, snag
boat will be sent up BY the State Engi-
neer, and the river will be nnvigahle
to within few miles Of this city.
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TA London paper says that
there is considerable excitement among
the Medical Profession there, on ac-
conut of the hands of young lady
having became 50 firmly clenched to-
gether, as to require great force to sep
crate the fingers, and then only for a
moment. The phenomenon occurred
while she was trying table turning
experiments. From the effects she
has entirely lost the use Of her hands.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-06-18

A laege number Of German Musical
Societies arrived at Baltimore, on the
3rd instant. There were twenty-six
societies from Philadelphia and New
York, and many from other cities. On
the night Of the Sd instant, there was
a grand torch-li5ht procession which
marched through the principal streets,
accompanied by several fine bands
On the 4th, there was another process
sion, and in the evening there was an
other procession, and in the evening
there was an operatic concert, at which
over one thousand singers we're pre-
sent.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-11-29

RESURRECTION OF TIE NATIONAL WINGS No for
NAL protest against the Auburn Convention issued
from the Irrational" Wings of New York, until the
eve of the election, when the following letter was
"ALBANr, Oct %, 1854.
"DEAK SIR: Upon consultation amonga number
of National Wings from different parts of the State,
it has been deemed advisable to call convention to
assemble at this place early in January to renstate
the Wing party on its old platform recently discarded
at Auburn. 1t is proposed to issue an address to
the Wings throughout the State in which the prin-
ciples of the National Wing party will be plainly
declared expressing decided opposition to the Ne
braska bill, as a violation Of the Missouri Compro-
mise and adhering to the Wing principles establish
ed by the National Convention at Baltimore, in 1852
pedging ourselves to oppose all propositions for the
fusion of the Wing party with any other for the
purpose of forming sectional party based upon the
agitations of the day The time for decisive action
has arrived, and the coming winter will determine
whether National Wing party shall cease to exist.
Should your views coincide with those therein
pressed, be pleased to forward your name, together
with the names of such other reliable men in your
neighborhood you may select, to James Kidd, Esq
of this city, without delay, that they may be print
By order of the Committee,
FRANCIS GRANGER"
This movement is of very little interest to US of
the South for in the first place. it contemplaes the
restoration Of the Wing party the basis of oppo-
sition to the Nebraska Bill and in the second place.
it must result in ridiculous failure Considering that
the great issue between the North and the South
the reinstatement of the Missouri restriction, one
would think Mr.. Francis Granger could not claim
much sympathy of us in behalf of his desperate en-
terprise. For desperate must regard ii when we
recollect the power of Seward and the strength of
the Auburn organization.
It is absurd in these days to talk of basng any
stable political organization on the principles OF
the Wing party" Those principles, one and all,
obsolete; and other living, urgent issues press
upon the public mind. The " National" Wings OF
New York may take some heart from the disgrace
full defeat of Clark and the Saratoga ticket but this
experiment to revive the Silver Grey organization OF
1913, will simply to illustrate their impotence
The only hope of making head against Seward rests
on the possibility of restoring the harmony and SUI
premacy of the Democracy. Rich Eng.
The NEXT CONGRESS. Sixteen States have held
their elections, choosing 1877 members, SO of whom
opponents of the administration and the remain
ing 39 committed to its support The following ia
BILE will exhibit the relative changes which have al
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-11-29

THE NEXT CONGRESS. Sixteen States have held
their elections, choosing 1877 members, 80 of whom
opponents of the administration and the remain
ing 3S committed to its support The following ia
BILE will exhibit the relative changes which have al
ready taken Mace.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-11-29
34th Congress.

In Illinois two districts, and in Wisconsin one
district, are yet to be heard from.
, 1854-12-02

MoYuMENr to LEVI WooDBuRY. There
is nearly completed in Portsmouth, ~ H.,
monument of granite from his Es.ive
State to the memory Of this statesman, 1t
is twenty-three feet four inches in height.
On a base four feet square and two feet six
inches high, with relief base Of six inches
cut on the same, is block three feet six
inches high aud three feet square. On one
side of this block is a medallion in marble;
presenting the bust of Judge Woodbury.,
size of life, and a correct likeness. The
monument is rusticated, and regularly
graded to within foot of the top, where,
from foot in diameter il runs to an abrupt
point. 1t is to be placed in his family en-
closure in the Auburn St. Cemetery. With
the exception of the Weare monument at
Hampton Falls, there is none more elevated
in New Hampshire.
, 1854-12-02

How HooD ANSWERED NEwsPAPER Con
REsPoNDESrs.-"T The Echoes" we fear, will
not answer-"Alter," is foreign to his sub
ject-W. "Tears ofSensibility had better
be dropped B." is surely hummihg 7-
Might Thoughts are not admitted because
the author was Youngp-"T. says his tale
is out of his own head; is be a tadpole H"--
"Y. Y, word to the Y's is suficientD-
" The Essay on the Funeral Ceremonies Of
Different Nations should be printed in the
dead languages. We decline it on the part
of the English"--"Mr r. complains that
we are backward in forwarding his paper
Does he mean by the clause to take US FOR
crabs l"-" The Sonnet to Miss Tree is for
warded to her by the Two-Penny-Po -Post"-
" The Captive is ready to be restored"--
/" The Essay on Agricultural Distress would
only increase it." ,s,so ,.,i .,.sS
, 1854-12-02
AGENTS.

The following gentlemen are authorized to receiy,
subscriptions for the PIONEER ASD Democrat
L. P. FISHER, Merchants Exchange Building, Sac
TAmento st., San Francisco.
J. ID. BILEs Vancouver;
?. A. CHENowErH, Cascade
DR. PIGErT, COwlitz Landing;
L. D. DURGIS, Grand Mound;
JoHN r. JACKSON, Jackson's Prairie
W. 7. SAYwARD, Port Ludlow.
JoHN W. CHNNP, Shaalwater Bay.
CAPT. c. JW. RUssELL, ShOalwater Bay;
Mr.. WV. ArHINsON, Victoria, Vancouyer's Island
A. Benton MOsEs, SteilacOom
RoBERr THOMPSON, Portland, Oregon.
GRORGE b. GOUDY, Lafayette.
L. B. HASTINGS Port Towsend
R. H. LANsDALE, Penns Cove. Whidby's Island;
, 1854-12-02

A HoosIER PUFF-A correspondent oI
Wabash Ind paper, complimenting Q
singing master, concludes thus: And
look forward with confidence to the time
when Charleston shall be as celebrated foT
learning and music as Jericho was for he'
Hisrce"
, 1854-12-02

down their arms, was offered, preferred tC
remain as prisoners Of war.
We have no trustworthy intelligence o
what part the fleet played in the conflict
One account says that ten Russian ships-of
war were burned and sunk Another says
that the fleet surrendered and took no
part in the fight. Yet another states that
Fort Constantine blew up, or was blown
up by the shells from the English ships
And statement is made which may have
some foundation in truth, to the effect that
the Russians were totally dishenrtened by
their repeated defeats, and did not make a
protracted resistance as they might have
done. Their fearful loss, (lS,000) howcy-
er, indicates a sufficiently brave defence.
From other sources, we learn that the
Russian artillery was arranged in three
batteries, and that the Russian force was
quite $4,000 men, including a fair proper
tion of cavalry The battle commenced at
l o'clock in the afternoon, and at o'clock
tho Russion ros;,;on u.as oorr;,d br ,bo
bavonet Marshal St Armand and Lord
Raglan commanded personally. Three
English steamers nrotcc,ed tbo nossorc
Of the Alma from, tho coo Gor Tbomos
son FRENCH was shot in the abdomen,
supposed fatally; and Gen. Canrobrrt was
"A
wounded IN the shoulder.
The following from the Mouitcur is the
dispatch from Marshal St. Armand to his
Government:
"Sept 3O-We encountered the enemy
today on the Alma The woody rayine
through which the river runs. studded with
houses and having yerv steep stones on the
left bank was occupied by the enemy in
great force. These slopes were strongly
entrenched, and covered by powerful ar.
tilIery. The allied armies attacked those
difficult positions with unparalleled yigor
Our soldiers advanced to the assault with
cries of 'Vive u Empereur p and carried
all before them. The battle lasted four
hours, and our loss was 400 killed and
wounded am as vet Ignorant of the loss
sustained by the English army. which
fought yaliantly against an obstinate re-
sistauce. (Signed), ST. ARxAup.
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