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The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-05-06

RroTs,--Of late We have not pres.
snted out readers with 4 riot, and the
only apology. for this short coming
il; that they have been Of such COM
mon occurrence, that their IL now
novelty IN them. Riots to is, are al.
ways the same, the only observable
difference being In the names Of the
killed and wounded, and the humber;
the ssme may be said Of fighting on a
larger scale--ealled "battles. The
parties who commence the attaot are
slwsys found TO run, since they are
invasiablo The drgmded butes Of the
city who are too cowatdly to stand
the FIRE; and being on the wrong side
lie concience pricks them to il.
The last thing in The way Of q riot
worth noticing is the "Chieago affair. I"
Quite number Of the Police Of the
city wess left on the field dead and
woaodea; and ffly-three Germans
were arres4ed ~ ring leaders The
causs Of qsarrel, was about "small
beer = a small subject indeed to fight
about !; and the question that lead
directly to the row, was shall the
drinking Of beer be permitted in
Chicago on Sunday r II does seem
1t this distance, to one who scorns
small potations very silley cause,
10 set claret (Which is better wine
70 flowing for; but we believe 10. an
overrulling astrology; and when the
dog star comes to the Zenith, man will
gorwl ike anyother beast, and fight in
less manly fashion. Let the Ger
mans drink beer say we, for it is
mainly oweing 70 this beverage, that
they are fas jovisl, industrious and
psacsabls citizens.
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SUNDAY NfSrnintt,.. May B,isS6.l

MsrHuDisr u. CHgHoH, ObRrEH
o. LAUREL AND MAit Ers --Rev
Thos. II. Foster, Pastor Preaching
to-day, u 10Y A. N. and at u P. NJ
Subject of forenoon sermon, Ehe Sas.
ramens 81 The Lords Supper.
4sas-.A
TsfvAtKY ron NBws4-We are plsas
id indeed to observe quite m emu.
lation, On The part Of eur city press,
u lay before this intelligent commune
y the very latest news, general Ms
we'll ~ local: but We can see no
GOOD and sufficient reason, why we
should be called on, to notice The NOR.
tuary proceedings Of "death" all over
the State. Our neighbor in church
Street makes The most Of such brief
and expressive paragraphs, and pres.
euts US daily with q list that keeps
people trembling on their knees at
home, aud gives a bad impression Of
our sanitary condition abroad. 1t
strikes us, that we are doing very
we'll, II We notice III 4 becoming man
nsr ''destb's doings At hoHe.' We
make no objection to his list Of mar
riagss, and he may make II as long
~ be may; be might add births also
without i word from u all this Is
pleasant intelligence awaking . we'll
founded hope Id The future for
on this, any man may see. that Al.
though people will die all over the
country, that the world will not be
thrown of its balance but keep on
pretty much As II has done with i's
locomotives its steamboats, It's spinning
gsnnies md other yankee arrangs-
inents.
Can We not prevail on our neighbor
10 hold himself In In iiortuary matters;
" shall take h for granted .hss people
8is elsewhere In about the same man
rsr they do hers. W. weep afrssh
d deaths column in every succeed
Ing Democrat and are only aonsof
ed In the reflection that Il diminishes
The sins Of the world. !
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-05-06

Sydney Smith praises the Duke Of
Bedford's pigs, for the "genius they
display for obesity and the laudable
propensity Of the flesh to desert the
cheap regions oftbe body, and to az
glomerate on those parts which are
worth ninepence a pound 1"
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-05-06

MAnr JArs.--The Franklin Ban.
s,er has a column and 4 half on the
subject Of firing into the Nary Jane
should like 10 know what Mary Jane
shis ID, johnson We eannot rally to
your call Of To the rescue, Amer.
cans /" until you let us know what
manner Of vessel she IA.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-05-06

10 Parson Brownlow, Of the
Knoxville (Tenn.) Wing, publishes,
what be calls the Abridged Gospel Of
Know osl'ingism Foreigners and
Roman Catholics may all ride in the
chariot Of American Freedom. Bur
THE AMERICAN MUsT DRIVE"
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-05-06

~ A wood pile Of about two
hundred cords. at Sterling's place ten
miles above this city, took Ere by acci-
dent on Monday, and was entirely con-
sumcd.
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A HoMs1r ADAan.--Soms news

paper 0ulbOFb arg eVcI HuHttDSf ny
scraps Of morality 10 lay before their
readers In daily feast Of reason. y
The following strikes us and az IL
calls to mind an incident in the life
Of Mr.. Titus Trumps, the man Of
many hopes who Mr.. Douglas Jer.
rold, has just introduced TO the world |;
va give II. Here's the gem Of moral.
|iiy: " Never anticipate wealth from
any other source than labor. Tile
Who waits for dead mems shoes tnsy
have 10 20 for long time in uptnsnd-
ed hose"
Titus Trumps, the man Of many hop.
es, though not so; else the following
conversation between himself and bis
maiden aunt, over a dish Of ten had
never occurred.
"Now | dare say amt Titus aunt
was Miss Jerutba Trumps."')
Now, dare say, aunt, youA-you
have, somewhere, another teapot be.
sides that ~
TO be sure, Titus said Miss
Trumps; "wby, what put that il, your
head ~
i" l mean, aunt--ha ha perhaps,
rich, curious teapot, eh9" and
Trumps rubbed bis hands, and looksd
laughingly at the spiuster4
" Well, deslare was there ever
such boy l''--and the old maid laugh.
ed ii concert.
/" was sure you had, aunt--ha |.
la l--eertain Of it---a rich tea pot,
eli too rieb for every day, eh -
and Titus twinkled his eyes, and rub
bed bis hands with glee.
70 be sure everyday, indeed 7
your uncle Robert, that was car
ried up the country BY The black prin.
cess, and never heard Of again =
"Whc knowsl'' interrupted Trumps,
touched by Ills decriver, Hope" who
knows Perhaps, I've a cousin king
sofDewhefe--eh, who knows n
Didn't he bring me q teapot from
Canton r said Miss Tromps upmind-
ful Of the possible honor aeeruing to
her from a regal nephew.
"And you have boarded IL up
you wouldn't take any money for IL r.
cried Titus.
Not it's weight In gold, . exclaim-
ed Miss Tfumps. with considerable
emphasis and the heart ofTitus leapt
at the avowal
The render may, with the maiden
aunt, feel some surprise at the interest
taken by Titus in tea-pots. Let us
explain. Titus had only that morn
ing read an account of the death Of
an old solitary woman, who, though
passing MS very poor among her neigh
bors, had left, with other boarded
wealth, large teapot filed with
guineas. Miss Trumps was about the
age ofthe deceased woman--like her,
she lived alone--was very saving, -
seldom stirred out, and was, indeed
in the opinion Of Titus,- IAN opinion
confirmed after scrutinizing view Of
lis beloved aunt---the very woman
to hoard guineas in teapot. The
significant manner with which bis
aunt declared the utensil to be worth
its weight in gold, convinced Titus,
beyond all chilling doubt, that it was
brim.full Of that precious metal. 10
fact, the thing spoke for itself--in.
deed, she bad owned it; the teapot
was worth its weight in goldw Long
before Titus had taken his hopes and
conjured up the largest teapot ever
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Tar Humsuoolro grlnlr o. rug

AGE D06ts ", Al BfUWfiS0fj, hAb de-
livsred bis yaledictory discourse 10
The members Of the Catholie Institute
If the Crescent cry, and w 10 have.
departed thence on his mission Of love,
light and logic, 10 other benish,ed
precincts, " give other regions The
benefit Of Ms novel theological philcs-
ophy. Whsther BIZ has succeeded III
convincing ibs peopIs q New Orlesns
that Uatholieity and republiesnism are
bosom friends. and like Damon and
Pytkts cannot live separated we
know not. The fact IL, il Is a matter
Of very little consequence, snd people
ought not 10 fret themselves about IL.
II he has con viDced them, doubtless il
has been done through what Is con-
vsntionally called reason and II the
reason Of the age stands committed,
then The thing II anderstauds, Is fact,
Of to-day; though IL be demonstrated
transparent imposition Tomorrow.
That all things (accofding to Pytha-
goras came originally from d goose
egg, was as much a fact In the day Of
Thales; ss the Immaculate coneep.
ton 7 dogma Il, At this. The learned
Doctor B. when be speaks Of the re.
publican tendency Of the Catholic re-
ligion, and tells bis people that The re-
public cannot exist without IL; furn-
isbes the world with a thought from
the profound depths OF bis own pro.
found mind, which mankind can psver
repay with mere empty thanks
What did the learned gentleman think
a few years ago, whan he WAS Me-
tbodist, a Presbyterian, and q Chris
tian Church man, at the same time
Look not my friends upon this pic.
ture, and on that. Do not uncover
the past oser which the sags Doctor
has thrown four ply blanket; or If
you do, you discover the shallowness
Of his sop1istry, in the history Of a
church, which has lived and grown
fat 90 the ignorance Of mankind. Let
the gentleman tell US; In The same
breath that he puts forth bis new doc.
trine, chat IL IL 1 seventh sin--more
hideous IN the eys 81 The Creator.
than the other six I; to make use Of
The divine principles of common
sense 70 say nothing Of reason.
But We loose oursslf The design
Of this notics Is 10 defend the eener.
GUS Pautheist, from the attacts Of bis
enemies, and the assaults Of The 10.
publican press. Doctor Orsstes, is
abused In 10 much, that the press
will not allow hin the full length Of
rope" he desires 10 hang himself
Too much solicituds Il manifested for
him, and il il this, and not any In.
trinsic merit 10 the man, which makes
him 4 lion. w agvss with Doctor
Brownson. We believe that every
republican should turn Catholic, for
the sake Of liberty. We believe fur
tber; that the world will never ret
along swimmingly until il Is oil en-
braced within the capacious srms and
jaws Of the Catholic Church. We
believe. that the thousand and one
scots Of Professionalism are any thing
else than christian 10 their practices;
The very antagonism Of The religion Of
Jesus. And the only remedy visible
to us; for this lsmentable religious,
condition Of the world, is for oil sectsy
to unite, turn Catholic; adopt the sb~
surdi.ies and play bypocrite to CON-
mon sense and reason, in order to-
rovnluf;nnsxn ard rAnuhl;sassixn fhis
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THs srtntr or rfin Aas.--Ths

OiIeuHiub, M nPV1VHOPuinHS ou s"io
ether al, and subtle essence.--thihner
than she tbisest air; goes off in the
following strain
1.-THE Spirit Of the Age'l What
Is itl What predominstes 10 the
United States from Bangor to Baton
Rouge-from Minisota to Main An
illiberal, an ungenepbus, and an IN.
christian spirit, unworthy u a land
whose freedom Is extol1ed every
where, and libsrality proclaimed
throughout the world. .
Yes. What Is the spirit Of the
ageg And where Is IL We may
fansaek The surface Of the sub. luusf
world-we may ascend TO the NOUN
tain mir OF go down and drain the I'M
fathomed caves Of oeeatl--we may 60
from philadelphia TO the modern Pom
peii thence to Port Hudson, and should
we find IL, not be able TO know
the good spirit from the bad. II our
eyes be shut, We shall not be able to
tell, white spirits from blaek-blue
spirits from gray. II should be q
consoling reflection for the Orleanian
that out Of evil cometh good. We
are inclined to think that evil Is 4
fangabls subsistence, and gooa merely
the shodow thereof
Ws The Gazette recomnSeDds cut
ting through Lafayette street. The
Work should -bvdore.nvtsb the
Capirpl stands at the feyt Of y but
because ii destroys the Looks Of one Of
the most important streets Ii town.
We believe The work would have been
done some time ago, but for the fact,
that each Legislature that has honored
the town with its sittings, has monop-
olized about half the time, ii making
motions aud debating The satlle, "about
taking the sense Of the people on
the question Of " removal. +" Country
gentlemen as well as city, who come
herees do the toVu service by drink
ing its bad whiskey- when they find
the session drawing to close, get up
to move the previous question and
ave the sense Of the people taken.---
This motion admits the movers name
Into the journal, and the city and
country press, w,ite Auditory leaders
on his wisdom. The people them
selves remain silent Ii their indigna-
ton which is grounded on the fact
chat III the past few years, ID two Diff
ferent constitutions Of their own max.
ing, they have said. "The seat Of
government Of the State Of Louisiana,
shall not be located 10 New Orleans.
What we say Of movers in general,
cannot be said Of that eloquent patriot
Of Rapides. who moved the last mo-
ton about the peoples " sense" His
name Aourishes In the Journals Of the
Senate from the word 60. He was
the mover Of many motions and de.
Tended them with busting hair-on-
end rampant eloqnence. We are
right glad that the people Of Rspides
have secured his services in the Sen.
ate for two more years to come.
IF a better set Of men cannot be had
for the next session Of the General AS
sembly; we are in favor Of converting
that old Gothic building Of Dakin's,
into an asylum for decrepid, weak
kneea-- and superanuated politicians
and that an net be passed TO allow
them a pension from the swamp land
funds.
Ey- The New York Times gives
an account of wealthy Marylander,
named Ballee, who arrived in that
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-05-06

AN OLD PRINTING PREss.-A
correspondent Of the New York Lead
or says that IN the office Of the "New-
port Mer ury' Established 1853, and
now. we believe, the oldest Newspaper
existing in the country,) is to be seen
the original printing press on which
no less q printer thsn DR.. BENJAMIN
FaAsxlrs, worked, faithfully. It is
known to BE ss least one hundred and
Ns;yty ve0Ys old. @gtf
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-05-06

QUEEN Charlottesville stockings
we're first used IN England By Queen
Elizabeth, in 1881. aas "a
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-05-06

cE We are pleased to notice the
return Of Door. B. +. HAasEY. He
came up yesterday morning on the
G. d. il.
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rY- The New York Times gives
an account Of a wealthy Marylander,
parled Ballee, who arrived in that
city q few weeks ago, and became a
visitor ut gambler house on Broadway,
where, after occasionally winning a
few hundred dollars, he wassfnally
fleeced out of every cent be possessed,
over 100000 in all. On Saturday
week he became deeply affected at his
losses, and towards evening was appar-
emily deranged. A physician was
sent for, but before he arrived the un-
fortunate man swallowed six ounces Of
laudanum. The stomach pump, how.
ever, was promptly applied, and on
Sunday evening twas thought he
would recover.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-05-06

A NEPHEW OF KossurH KILLED
IN A CoALrtr.--A distressing and ia.
tai accident, the Despatch says, occur
cd about halfpast eight o'clock on
monday morning 10 Snowen township.
Il appears that Hungarian. named
Kossa,h, il the employment Of Thorn.
as Kiddoo, Is coal digger, went into
the pit to ASSIST one Of the hands, and
while there y large mass Of what min,
ers call ''horsednck' fell upon him.
fracturing his spine and crushing him
in horld manner, killing almost in
stantly. The deceased, if his state
ments can be relied on ascorrect. was
nephew of the illustrations Louis
Kossuth Ex-Governor Of Hungary. and
il said to have fesembled in striking
degree the great Magyar. He took
part in the Hungarian revolution for
freedom. and had may hair-breadtb
escapes during that memorable s.rug-
gle. Pittsburg Post, 18th.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-09-08

without any knowledge of the locality of his
snakeship, might be SO fortunately directed as
to finish the career of my enemy. But ! was
In total ignorance Of the result, and had no
means at hand by which could throw light On
the subject. Tue had candles, but what
use were they to Inc without matches ?-and
of them had none
L finally put on part Of my clothes, threw
my cloak around me, took my umbrella, for it
was still raining in torrents, and sailed forth
into the camp. But here was no better off.
The rain had extinguiShed the camp fires, and
darkness reigned supreme. The sentinel was
at his post, but it was useless to trouble him
with my story. Ny umbrella soon became
useless as protection against the drenching
Storm and | was forced back to my tent for
shelter Bnt here all was doubt and uncer-
tainity. What had become Of the snake
There was a possibility that might have killed
him, but there was an uncertainty about it
But | ventured back, and drawing out my rife
case, which had served me for II pillow, | sat
down on 1t, near the entrance to the tent, re-
solutely determined to watch the waning hours
until daylight should reveal to me the result
of my laborS
The reader may imagine my thoughts, but it
would be difficult to describe them At length
it seemed almost like an eternity-the dawn
broke upon another day. 1t was like new
life, new being, new existence Again the
litc-blood began to course freely through my
veins, my heart had gone back to its usual rest
ing place, and was again performing its accus-
toned functions The first rosy tints of morn
ing satisfied Inc that my enemy was not in sight
Where was he ? Was he lurking in some slv
corner, ready to strike whenever I should ap-
proach him Certain it was he had not coiled
himself about my legs nor had he wreathed
himself about my body or neck Where was
he, then ? Perhaps | had killed him. Lucky
thought. Why had it not occurred TO me be-
fore Again | seized my stick, the same
identical one with which had performed such
wonderful deeds in the dark the night before,
and with this | raised the blanket up and
there lay my sleeping companion, my bed-fc!-
low, now sleeping the sleep Of death After
this occurrence, l slept in my boat, and there
was an additional tent for the use of the sol
diers But the reason for this was to them "a
mystery.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-09-08
(For the Bradford Rernrterl
THE OFFICE OF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
HOW 1T WORKS

The law which makes one man the inspec-
tor Of all the teachers of the County, operates
very unequally, and upon some districts very
mjustly. There are about forty districts in
the county, and it therefore requires forty days
to pass among them all and inspect their teach
ers and while this may enable some to COM
mence their schools at the proper season, 9th
ers are compelled to commence at very i'm
proper season. There is time when the schools
should commence, and that time is quite uni
form throughout the county. Should the Su-
perlntendent begin bis spring tour of examina-
ton as earl y as April, some schools may be
commenced at that time but as his tour re-
qulreS some forty days, the commencement of
others must necessarily be delayed till nearly
June, and some even till the next year. This
grows Iegltmately out of the one man superin-
tendency. These evils we have already expe-
renced, and we must continue to experience
them so long as the system continues
lhe county superintendent is required to
t~-"OhIiIg diI CiIC SClOOlS III tliStiISI
While III session. This may be regarded as the
most important duty connected with the Office
Hear what the State Superintendent says -
ne personal visitation of each school in the County
% N session, is an indispensable duty which cannot be
ted without multiplying pro tantO the requirements of
CIV ana mourning the disapprova of the Department
ueng the pupils neighboring schools with the teach
t'ueCtors, parents &C.. into meeting and by lee
@ ana other exercises, kndling an educational spirit
tLg the people, is useful and highly commendabe but
VII proceedings while valuable auxiliary influences
tail 40. answer substitutes for school visatons in de
t lthout the latter, how are the skill and qnaifica-
teachers to he fully tested, defects discovered and
ana definite improvements in instruction, school
ana school houses suggested and how is the
m supervision Of the schools, which is one great OBJ
the law, to be accomplishedE' ~
II would seem that the personal visitation
" 'He schools by the county superintendent,
""1 minute examination of the manner of
SV"uuctng them, &c, is regarded as the prin-
.p0i means by which reforms and improvements
',' 10 be introduced into them. There are
'Ou' a 'Aree hundred and fifty schools in the
s''D'y' They are kept open two terms each
r. Ir"'' and usually by two sets of teachers
''' arc equivalent, therefore, to seven hun
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-09-08
Scientific and Useful.

The results Of recent chemical researches
made upon the tobacco leaf, show that on the
dry leaf there naturally resides from two to
eight per cent. OF a narcotic volatile, highly
poisonous. alkaline liquid, to which the name
of nicotine has been given, and along with it
a three or four thouSandth part of o volatile
oil, which also possesses narcotic properties
Upon the chcwcr, the influence of tobacco de-
pends chiefly upon the action of these two in
gradients of the natural leaf But the smoker
produces, during the burning of his tobacco a
new oily - distillment," +" which comes to him with
the smoke. and materially cxalts the action of
the tobacco upon his system. This empyreu-
matte oil, as it is called, mingles in Yapor with
the natural volatile oil and nicotine of the to-
bacco, and aids in producing those varying and
complicated effects upon the body and brain so
familiar to ALL
Various explanations have been offered whv
cannon arc fired over drowned persons to bring
them to the surface Of the water, and the pli0-
sophical cause of its producing that result It
is supposed that the sudden rarefaction of the
air by the explosion of the cannon creates
something like a vacuum, diminishing the pres
sure upon the water and upon all the objects
in the water, and thus of course creates a ten
dency to bring them to the surface as the wa
ter, and all its belongings, would, by we'll
known principle, rise and seek to occupy the
vacuum so produced.
| A medical writer says that the failure of
appetite in the summer is apt to be considered
as per Sc, an evil, to be doctorcd and removed !;
while it is only u sign of mischief, not the mis-
chief itself Instead, therefore, of resorting to
stimulating condiments or medicines to force an
appetite, one should live abstcmously for a few
days, aud as the system works off the causes
OF disease, natural appetite will come back.
In some rare cases in which failure of nppe-
! tite depends on absolute deficiency of food,
return to more generous diet presents the only
/ hope of relief
| Take one quart Of olive oil, or fine lard oil,
II ounces of spirits of wine, l ounce of Gin
namon powder, 3 drachms of bergamot. Heat
them together in large ppkin, then remove
it from the fire and add four small pieces of
aIkanet root keep it closely covered for six
hours, let it then be filtered through funnel
| lined with blotting or fiIterng paper, and you
| will have all excellent hair OIL