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New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-22

FtEsT lgsTle5's counr, JONAS PICKLES VS. A: NJ. RIM
c'RIsH OF ORLEANS. CONC. 1851.
SAME We. SAME 1858,
Rl VIRTUE of two writs of fieri facias tor
directed by the Hon. L. u Gaiennie First Jusle OF the
er the Parish q Orleans viii expose public auction Mon
toulas street
II boxes WINE.
/ lot of CIGARS and lot of DEAlJOHNS.
Seized in the aboy suits. Terms-CaBh.
aus III. HOPPE, Constaf
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-22


Me- sarsapail vii nay that
affections long EandnR Tines Cs
Pea Lspa ProraD sbe syphit Caehess and in all disease
indication Of consist in o.
the body with considerable
junction would prefer other Pre-
ERsapars any physician will admit its Vsut
poaiearninng tie subsanceE that into M composisn
HesFeetfplly, yours. W. 4. PRENTiss, NIL
Gawiznor KY., December 4 leAf.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-22
D ANToeNINl, MANUFACTURER OF


form the ANA
tenrs and pro-
ptistors Of Bill
lizards, that he
is now ready
to furnish them
with BILLIARD
TABLRs ola ne W
kind, and supe-
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Always preoede lady going up
stairs. This maxim isa legacy from
. naiden aunt. Lynn News.
just 20, and so It ought to be
otherwise it would be leg- I-see of the
lady followed. Madison Banner.
The invariable rule, laid down in
D'Orsay is "tbe ladies first" The
legacy of the maiden aunt is not there
fore worth thought. There can be
no sufficient excuse for impoIitencss on
tho part Of a gentleman = the lcg-I-
see, is therefore one Of the aecilentals
that the observer of etiquette is enti-
tied TO- What would The maiden aunt
say, to taking out the act1dcmals in
music The patlios, the point, tho
pltb, the sweetness and beauty would
be lost by such curtailment. The
malden aunt should have left a more
profitable legacy, or none at ali.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-29

Cot. THoRPE.-An article in We'd
nesdays "Vis.a- Vis,' ia reference to
this gentleman, calls to mind the fact
that a writer for the "Advocate," mn
der the signature Of "M' promised
to furnish US evidence, point blank
and undeniablo' in the way of certif-
Gates to sllew that Col. Thorpe said,
what he (Col. Thorpe) says he did not
say.
We have so far, been unable to meet
with any one present., ut Brooklyn,
when Thorpe made the speech, pro
nouneed BY IN, abolition :" nor have
we yet seen any other evidence against
him, than is contained in The report
Of the proceedings dfthat meeting, in
the New York Herald. Evidence M
on which we are still unwilling to herr
the honesty and integrity of our fell
low-citizen called in question. We
make no doubt that en- either has,
or can have the certificates, but would
like to see them, so that ifI'horpe has
actually been saying what lie ought
not to say, that We may join our voice
with ems" against him. At present
we argue about the matter in this way;
that Thorpe, could not have any in
teyest in turning against his own peo-
pie and country, and therefore be is
now az he ever has been true to him
self. We have no such abiding filth
in the virtue Of mankind as to suppose
men will not change their political or
other faith, when it is there interest to
do so; in the case of Col. Thorpe, we
can see no such motive power. That
the Col. enteftains liberal and enligh-
tened views in reference to our pecu.
liar institutions we feel satisfied and
we know that be il not so blinded by
prejudice. as not to be sensible Of their
evils; but that he ever said the people
Of the North should array themselves
against MS, on account Of these heredi-
tory ills, we do not now,--and cannot
believe until all the evidence is forth
coming.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-29

TIE GALVESTON BULbnrIy.--This
Is theiitle of No. / vol. 1, Of n neat
little sheet, that comes to lis from
Galveston Texas, this morning. We
like the appearance Of the Bulletin
it is OF a size that is not forbidding.
Were publishers thought this wide
spread country, to consult their own
interest, the dimensions of nearly every
sheet in the Union would be curtailed
The objection to newspapers now a
days is the same that may be reason
ably urged against other things :
"they are too large Where is there
man who has the time or The in
clnalion to take upa "a by ss daily,
and read, column, after column no
where. Our own observation and ex-
perlence goes to prove, that q news
paper article, that requires more than
fifteen minutes to read passes down
with the rubbish of oblivion unread,
by one half the newspaper readers.
Every article that appears in the
daily paper, is measured by the eye
of the reader, and if too long, it is
NEARLY glanced at and thrown aside.
We tremblsy; Indeed we do, as the
thought Occurs to us now and then,
when we have gone beyond the limits
Of q colum1of this "short columned
long prlmmer loaded newspaper" that
we waste our sweetness or the IDEAS
cit air. For us, we say give us all
manner Of short things short prayers,
sweetened by the siieuce of devotion !;
short sermons short speeches, and
pie crust; short women, if they are
not crusty, short credits and short
hand accounts !; short acquaintance,
not married by long friendship; short
paragraphs in short newspapers, with
the subject matter despatched fused
up) in the shortest ST. lie. 1t is for
this reason we like benedict & Pag-
pads monthly advertiser "the Gal
weston Bulletin T. Arc any better,
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-29

RELIGION AND PoLITIcs. The
Baptist convention, recently held at
Syracuse, N. Y. before its adjournment,
adopted resolutions in favor of a pro-
hibitory liquor law, and also in favor
Of prohibitory liquor law Governor.
The convention likewise adopted res.
olutions adverse to the repeal Of the
Missouri Conpromisc. Z
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Es- A Northern house, is engaged

Es-A Northern house, is engaged
ION tbs life Of Horace Greeley 1t
is to be hoped the work will be des-
patch. The country at large could
receive no greater benefit than the lie
Of Greeley. Should we succeed in GET
ting bis lie done up in cloth, with u
fair dagucrreoiype, for The frontice-
piece, be would soon so down TO tho
shades. We never knew Il living great
man, 70 publish his own life, that it
was not tbe very death of him. Wen
take a donzcn copies Of Greeley's at
this office.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-29

HlsTEroN1cs.-What has become
Of the laudible designed conceived
some time since to establish within
our city a company Of IIistrionics ?
Now is the season, and certainly such
a company would do much towards re-
lieving the monotamy Of the place. II
is to be hoped that the enterprislng
young gentlemen who had the project
in hand some time ago, will now make
another move.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-29

IL norer 1alnc, b7M II pours.--.
Yesterday morning VIC had mails from
every point Of the compass, and such
u shower Of papers that we had to call
in assistants to read them. Perhaps
the post master at New Orleans can
inform us, how it is, that mails from
that city come aoUn the river coca
sionally ? Is this the new route, I'M
der the new contract There is no
branch Of the General government
more nearl y related to the best inter
ests of the people at large. than the
Post Office Department, and it would
be indeed Cod-send if Mr. Camp
bell could be rewarded for his valued
services, with foreign mission, that
some men by chance or otherwise,
might be put in the place, possessed Of
some little business capacity to enquire
into aud rectify the crying evils Of the.
system, as now u1s-managed.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-29

Il RArN.--Rain set in here, Yesterday
with a premeditated deign to keep it
up The weather begins to feel cool
and we doubt not that before the
clouds blow over, we shull have frost
alter which, every body will think
(vainly perhaps) that they are safe for
another season.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-29

BisHop OSDERDoSK.--The Church
man (Episcopalian) of New York,
give place to an article, three columns
in length, advocating the restoration
to his Episcopal functions of the sus-
pending Bishop Onde rdonk, Of that
diocese. s+e
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-29

EE The Plaquemine Gazette
says: Capt. Samuel i. Lawes. con
tractor for the work at the mouth of
Bayou Plaqumine, is pushing ahead as
fast as possible.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-29

UPPER RlvERs.-We have as yet
no Improvement to notice in any of
the tributaries to the Mississippi, or
that river itself. at this or points above
Boats in from below, find FIVE to six
feet to Cairo So. Louis Repub.,
15eh. as
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-29

SucAR.--Most Of the Sugar plant
ers in this Parish commence grinding
this week J. B. Klcinpeter, Esqr., we
learn has converted his mill in,o q re.
tinery, and turn out white sugar this
season. DlE, rill h.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-29

1--WE look to the papers, in vain
for the final Of Capt. Luce's statement.
The next thing looked for, is book.
on the subject of the going down q
the Arctic. T
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The Alexandria Democrat, Of Wed.
nesday, announces q decided improve
ment in the health of that place.
But one death from fever had taken
place. Mr.. WIN. r. Leckie died on
Monday,
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o Our telegraphic news in to-
days paper, is the very latest in this
city, and may be relied on as corrccts
it will be found exceedingly interest
Ing. "
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% That popular baud of minssrcTs
the "Campbells" are to be in New
Orleans early in the coming month
Oar citizens may look for their annual
visit to this city, where they are al
ways welcomed by that true index Of
popular approbation-'good houses. "
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-29

A brother editor tells us that when
he was in prison for libeling a justice
Of the peace, he was requested by The
jailor to give the prison apuf.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-29

The Arctic is the fifth ocean steamer
that has been lost during the present
year. We enumeratc: The City of
Glasgow, the Franklin, the Humboldt,
the City Of Philadelphia andthe Are
tic.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-29

A New CAUSE FOR CHALLENGING A
JuHol;.--In the corrt of Oyer and Ter
miner, in New York, a gentleman
named William Harrison was called
as a juro, in the case OF Charles Ja-
ger, charged with the murder Of John
Moran. Mr.. Spencer, counsel for the
prisoner, alter finding out that the ju-
ror was an undertaken, said he should
challenge him peremptorily because Of
his occupation, which was too great
familiarity with death. The juror was
rejected.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-29

Recent letters from England men
tiop chat Semnel Rogers, who is now
over % years old appears to have re-
gained much Of his strength, and may
be seen taking a carriage airing in Re-
gents Park every fine day. In meet
ing with Rogers name, who will not
think Of Byeon's cleveuth command
nent, which he laid down for his own
guidance. "Tbou shalt not steal from
Sam Rogers"
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tjIjt 4f)trklu Golllft
snnt'ay Morning. 1: oct. 90, 1854.


-.---4-~>~---~4~>~-~y--
nBATn or CI1Nroa w. IEan.-It
aill be seen by a notice from the Fl
nayune. that CI1NToN w. IEAr, died
in New Orleans, on the 26tI' instant.
In years gone by, CllNros was . citi-
zen-if not native Of this city. His
father and family resided here in the
palmy days Of "Red Stick and many
Of our citizens remember them for
their noble and generous impulses
CLINTON, who has made bis final exit
rom the stage of existence, was, in
hoyhood our warlnest friend, and al
most constant companion and we Of
fer our condolance to his family, in
The loss Of its pride, at thc meridian
Of manhood 4.t
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academy. His classes are filling up
and he has thesbSll regular in motion
The young gents and ladies should lgo
and enroll their names, for the gay
season for dancing and merry making
is IL hand. We hope it will not be
long before we have series Of soirees
Or ball.
Thar IS THE KICK The Memphis
Eagle and Enquirer gives an account
Of some men who went to that city for
the purpose Of purchasing some arti-
eles, such as -four and stoves. One
man ordered u lot Of -four, but on find
ing it was from Cincinnati, rejected it,
declaring that his folks should live on
corn bread and hominy the balance of
their days rather than eat anything
that comes from that place. Another
could have purchased stove cheaper
from the Cincinnati foundry, but re-
fused to have it, because it came from
the abolition den of abolitionism. If
this is carried out, the abolitionisis
would soon learn to be more honora-
bic. Stop trading with them and they
will stop stealing. There is strong
disposition through the country to stop
dealing with those who 20 north to
purchase their goods. We heard a
gentleman who lives q few miles from
Tnscumbia, say, not long since, that
if the merchants in this place would
buy their goods f,om the north, they
might keep them, be would not buy
them when brought here.
II ELSA rumor has
been current for several days past"
says the Buffalo Refubltc, Chat the
schooner Robert Willis, whose sud
den disappearance on Luke Michigan
last fall was noticed at The time, and Of
which no Intelligence was ever alter
wards received, had been captured by
I he Mormons Of Beaver Island, her
Captain and crew messacIed. and the
vessel unloadcd aud scuttlod. At the
time Of her loss, The Willis was
bound from Chicago TO this port, with
n cargo Of wheat, and was List seen
By tho schooner LaagiAg. on the .2,cd |
IF November, off Shebovgan, bound
Up the Lake in very northeast gale.
The news of her G. pture, etc, is said to
have been rec ived through Mormon
who escaped from the community at
1t Beaver Island, and who his MADE
paths 10 the facts above sta ed. II is
llso said that The United States steam
II Wlcjtigrn has been sent to The
Island to look into the affair.
A. G. Nelson, an editor and
Post Master at Keesyile, New York,
Who was confined in jail on charge
# robbing the mail, has made his cs-
ape. He gave u fellow prisoner a
lose Of eivit to sweoten his magma
ion, let him insensible and sawed
hrough the bars to liberty lie left
! very polite note to the jailor, thank
no him for his attention to him, stat
pg in the same, "tbat interests Of the
highest Importance led him to take
he step Decidedly cool and court
,ous follow.
Recent letters from England men
lop chat S'emnel Rogers, who is now
'ver ~ years old appears to have re-
sained much Of his strength, and may
'e seen taking a carriage airing in Re.
,ept's Park every fine day. In meet
ng with Rogers name, who will not
hink Of Eyron's c1eveuth command
nent, which he laid down for his own
Guidance. ''Tbou shalt not steal from
sam Rogers" t
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EFWc' regrct-indtea we do, to
see, that young gentleman SO we'll
known fora bias Of mind towards ",ir-
tue' IFS the Gazettes editor, should
throw inside all his well earned repn-
tation, BY publishing in his Yesterday
mornings paper. certain very broad
lines from an exchange, in reference
to,,tbe marriage Of Miss Sarah Jane
Parker, at Coopers Wells. Can ht
not shuttle off the admission Of the en-
tract, to the shoulders OF tho "dovil r.
IF 50, heoueht 10 do it.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-29

The liabilities Of Allen Il Ander-
SOD, Of London, the failure Of which
has been announced, are stated OF
nearly 100000 sterling. Allen &
Anderson we're the largest dealers in
American Grain in England
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-29

TuEATEcAL.-A1iss Julia Dean, is
adding laurels to her fam at the new
Eoston theatre-M. Il. i. Davenport
has excellent houses at Baltimore, and
Couldock is playing an engagement at
tue Boston Museum. Mr.. Forrest
commenced a second engagement at
Philadelphia on The night Of the 18th.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-29

QurcK SAFES AND SNAIL PRorITs.
This il the motto of Brtthss q
LANour, "Gentlemen's Furnishing
Store" Il would do this city more
GOOD. were all otir merchants and
tradesmen to adopt, tie "chcap for
cash system" than five years of daily
lectures on morality IN the abstract
The fact, that each merchant in this
exceedingly honest community cal
culaies, on an annual loss Of about 20
per cent on his c'edW sales. is very
significant one. II amounts 70 this
THAT the honest and industrious por4
ton of the community -srch MS pro-
duce DD,efhing, have not only to
pay for themselves. but for others. who
do nothing under our complicated
laws-were taeit mortgages parapher-
nal rights, etc arc intricate and mys
tical-where the admitted rights of
minors, makes rogues ofscniors ; there
can be 10 system better than the
cash II is calculated to make
honest men. and christians IF d great
many, who otherwise would be damn
cd, in The very full blaze of the COS
pill light. Success say We . Buegg,ss
& Lauouc, and the new "nimble six
I .a 4, l4 yH84 vi
pellse system. .ts.g. H..
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DAaciNG.--l'rof: HolHscHlLpe

f1AE,IH - TOT IUIH9UHIID8, =
getting along bravely witl, his dancing
academy, His classes are filling up,
and he has tIe'bSll regular in motion.
The young gents and ladies should go
and enroll their names, for the gay
season for dancing and merry making
is ~ hand. We hope it will moi be
long before we have series of soirdes
~ ball
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-06-03

the most remarkable and curious Species
arc generally met with on the level plain.
They consist of round, basin like indenturcs
in the earth, from eighteen inches to two feet
in depth, and ten to twelve feet in diameter.
Nor are these singular indenturcs scattered
promiscuously over the prairie, but laid out
with almost as much regularity and economy
to space as the cells in honey comb. In fact
the "walows" are packed so closely together,
with barely sufficient cmbanklncnt between
them to separate each particular bort from
its next ncighhor, together with the uniform
ity in size and appearance of the holes, that
they seem to be the work of human hands,
but for their vastncss in extent, and their cx-
istence in these wild and lonely regions. The
"hogwallow prairie" is unsurpast in produce
tivcness, and incxhaustiblc fertility of soil,
after it has been broken up and put into a
proper state ofcultivation. There arc many
theories accountingfor these remarkable phe-
nomena but in my opinion all arc alike vague
and unsatisfact Dry. Z. +. 4.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-06-03
Concluded next week.

LIVE FOR SoMETHlNG.-Thousand Of men
breathe, move, and live; pass off the stage of
life, and are heard of no more. Why They
did not particle of good in the world; and
none were blest by them, none could point to
them as the instrument of their redemption;
not line they wrote, not word they spoke,
could be recalled, and so they perlsaed-their
light went out in darkness, and they were not
remembered more than the insects of yester-
day. Will you thus live and die, o man inn
mortal! Live for something. Do good, and
leave behind you monument of virtue that
the storms of time can never destroy. Write
your name by kindness, love, and mercy, on
the hearts of the thousands you come in con-
tact with year by year, and you will never be
forgotten. No, your name, your deeds, will
be as legible on the hearts you leave behind,
as the stars on the brow of evening. Good
deeds will shine as bright on the earth as the
stars ofheayen.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-06-03
Original 1)oetrp.
For The Cecil Wig.

BY MYRA MYSTIC.
/ love thee with a holy love,
\ trembling tenderness;
Halffelrcss, shrinking rs a dove
Beneath dear hands carcss;
The whisper of thy name will start
Each spirit-moving spring,
And sweet unrest brood DER my heart,
A throbbing. ncrvelcss thing.
love thee with a boundlcss love,
A soul absorbing thought
A bud, immortal, from above,
In freshness, Angel-brought;
In helplcssness my spirit clings
Unto thy noble breasts
Folds up its frail and tired wings,
In trusting, timid rest.
/ love thee with a voicelcss love,
That's only heard in Heaven;
Living unknown, Il nesting dove,
Unto my soul God-gircn;
I'd rather weep my life away
Upon thy cIasping heart,
Than on earth's sunniest borders stray,
And live from thee apart.
] love thee with deathless love,
High as thy mental worth
Caught from the fadelcss ray above;
To give Loves being birth;
With thee no storms Of grief or wo,
Could reach this heart of mine;
Where'e am, wherc'er you go,
Thou'lt bear two lives in thine.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-06-03

But one might go on 10 The extent or a
pretty stout volume cnumcrating the benefits
which this beautiful science has conferred
upon the arts. There is but one, however,
of which we shall speak at present.
Agriculture has been highly benefited by
chemistry. The vital processes which take
place in the plant have been carefully studied
Chemists also have been at no little pains to
learn what part is taken in the growth of IL
plant by the soil and by the atmosphere, and
they have ascertained many important facts
in connection with this matter. Hence, by
easily inform any farmer what his land needs
to make it productive.
We are fully aware that the practical value
of agricultural chemistry has recently been
doubted and denied by eminent men. The
objection which has been urged is mainly
that OR chemical tests are not sufficiently
delicate to determine with absolute certainty,
the very small amount of nutritive matter
which is essential to the proper development
of plants. That absolute scientific accuracy
is not to be arrived at, so far as many ofthcse
substances are concerned is very true, but
experience has shown that the approximation
is sufficient to furnish very valuable hints to
the practical agriculturist. Indeed, every
farmer, who has had his soil examined by a
competent chemist, knows perfectly well that
his land has been far more benefited by Il
treatment based upon that investigation, than
it ever could have been by any course ofmcre
random cypt rimcnts.
This subject, however will furnish the
theme fora special paper at some future time,
as its Importance seems to demand it.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-06-03
COMICAL MARRIAGE CEREMoxY.-Among

CoMICAL MARRIAGE CEREMoxY.-Among
the Brahmns the marriage ceremony is one
of their many singular customs. 1t is in this
wise: The man and woman go into the stream
with COW, calf and an old priest. The man
doth hold his hand by the old mans hand,
and the wife's hand by the husbands, and all
have the COW by the tail, and they pour out
of brass pot on the cows tail, and then the
old man ties him and her together by their
clothes, then they give to the Brahmane the
COW and calf. Then they 60 to divers other
idols and give money, and then go their way.
1t is needless to add that the money given to
the idols at the conclusion of this marriage
ceremony, is sstaken by the priest.''
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-06-03

UrIion w. c. Preston, of South Carolina,
is on visit to Abingdon, Va. He is in fee
BILE health, and has to use crutch to assist
him in walking.