The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-07-29
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Thursday Morning July 20. 1850.

into the Advocate. because the latter
paper says it "knew all along tweed
be So Indifference to the license
question. Then why il The name Of
, all the Patriarebs, did you not stand
a committed on the question Why
. did yon not come out and use your
moral influence, proz or eong Is it
not a question, than Which there has
been none lately, Of more Importance Z
. Is il not a question Upon which the
local ps-ss sllos,d stand committed
Certainly, and had the vote been
against license" you might have
Just as we'll claimed los victory
Pray sir. you who have not raised o
finger in the war, what right have
you to talk thus:
1--WE have no doubt. aiso, that the
reaction now so sensbly and visi|ly
going on against Know Nohingisn in
this State, contributed largely to the
Qesult. As acknowledgement END
Onoral, religious and political reform
by force and by prescription are idelI
tilted Throughout the country. oppos-
y ton to Know Ncthingisln might very
naturally suggest an oppositYen to the
real or apparent desrotism ssd intol-
} e.suce Of any anti-iquoy-s,oS~nent.
pish. CANNON! Siraws! Non
sense bosh = Do you suppose that
this community, is made up enti't'y
Of demented fools and knaves 7 Point
to anosingle word you have ever
said, wherein we might rest bare
suppos,tion that you were in favor q
license. and then shall we acknowl.
edge your premises.
The Yankee Blade contains n curl
GUS typographical blunder in an artl
Gle headed "The Ways Of Bomb.
shell. !" Il saya, :" is he'll is dia
bolical invention, which no one can
regard as II approaches without GER
tain degree Of mispiving. etc y
Here, blank space--wbieh Of it.
self, signifies nothing, gets on the
wrong side Of the letter s. aud what l.
intended to be 81 she'll il As hell
A novel form Of obituary have they
in Vermont. and a good one. since
there is no identity about a nan'e.-|
Here Is a specimen
an Vernon, July 2, widow Gather
inc Lucia. aged one hundred years
and seven months. She was Of French
descent, S feet 5 inches in height. and
"a IL inches across her shoulders "
The following beautiful extract is
from L'Es'range
Il may serve as comfort to us in
all our cahmities and Affections that
he that loses any thing and gets wis
dom by it, is gamer by the loss.
This is, of local application. It has
not been many months, since our
good natured neighbor in Church
street was loud and long in his com.
mendatlon Of high public functionary
for being the very reves' Of what ~,
is. No doubt the practical lesson Of
wisdom which be has learned will
prove a gamer to him for his loss =
Greenwich Hospital England has
received the relics lately brought to
England Of Sir John Franklin and his
companions. They are placed next
to the coat in which Lord Nelson re-
ceived his death wound at Trafalgaaj
ESCAPE FROM 1SE PENITENTIARY.
About 4 o'clock on Monday morning,
three of the negro convicts, ut tie
Penitentiary made their escape over
the wall by means Of a ladder They
were discovered, when the last man
got off the wall. The alarm&sas Civ
en- and they were pursued : luei ~ fol-
lows had time to make good their cs-