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The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-06-03
CONCEALED WEApoNs-One Of the !

| SoNCEHLtb w EAfohS ,-buS VI tnC
amendments to the Constitution oftse
United States, which was adopted by
the several Sln'"s0 provides that the
right "f'he people to keep and bear
arms shall not be injured, and the
spirit "!7'l'ls provisions has been en-
b"dI'd in the constitution of most Of
OF the States In The States Of Ken
lucky, Tennessee and Mississippi.
sta'uary provisions having reference to
this III ,l"rt have III consequence been
declared unconstitutional. On the
other hand, in the States of Indiana,
Alabama and Arkansas, similar en-
nctmens have been sustained In
Georgia a distinction has been takcu
thus between wearing aims secretly
aud wca'iny them opcniy, and statutes
have been pr"nuurrd valid so Tar MS
they 70, bid the former act. and invaI-
il as t" the latter So says tie New
York Times. & ID
IIumrHoUs LEGISLATORS, The
Massachusetts legislature. which has
a'tsact'd IN unusual amount Of public
Alteration, adoun'd finally on Monday
evening Before the adjournment, the
ll"us. held u mock session to custom.
the Boston Journal observes, more
h"nored in the beech than in the Oh
s"rva''e AID the wriIrr and more
numerous OF the members amused their
associates 10y Introducing mock bills
and reports. Among The bills intr'.-
-dnccd WAS the following satirical hit
1t The legislatures penchant for Incor-
p"StIng newspaper establishments
InN 1ct to Incorporate Mc Grtdiron
%SNem&l"pcr Compony.
Sec 1N)anirl Pratt Jr., Esq. DR.
James Wiueke|l Stone, his cxcrl|enry
governor o"S9S Jonathan Pierce, E~q
aud Merrill G. 1bohn*on, Esq, their
heirs aud n>>iyus&> u clos, aunts and
cousins, children MM grandchildren,
are hereby incorporate by the name
of the "'he Crid'}t9n Newspaper Com
rany' 5
Sec. 2. The Capital st",js of Ee
aforesaid company shall CONSIST Of the
wisdom Of Mr.. Pratt, the keen tore
sight and dignity Of governor WISE,
the "nsrarIng m"des,y Of Mr. J"lnSN,
With power To increase said capital ,l5Ge2,,
cents ard y Brummag"n
Sec. 3, The said company shall not
be allowed to advertise in he Gr7l1ron
any snuff or tobacco, nor any other
than good liquor"
A blow has been struck AT the nm
exempted prosperity "fChicag" by Tire
complexion and opening
Of the Joliet Cut If Railroad is miles
in length, This is continuation of
the Rock Island Railroad, eastward.
avoiding Chicago At the eastern
end it c"rracts with The Northern To-
diana Railroad. It divers ON Chi
'ago the miyh'icst tide Of travel that
has heretofore swept through her boz
4 RS. and many fouri>hing tow4.s and
titles, among h4'm being Burlington,
Springfield Alton and st. L"ni~, are
interested in this sh 'rtened
route.
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HDnHEHD.

On Tuesday 19th inst, at 2 Is o'clock P. M
LAURA GRACE, lighter Of u Samuel and
Hanna s. Hyatt, aged l6 years and months.
At the residence Of DASL. HICKEY in this
parish, on Thursday @lst uIto. WILLIAM Son
Of GEO. s. LAcY-sged about yeaFs, -
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DER>O\s ind ste,' to the >t~4.m Fry
1 Boat, W II Eeesse call on the ts~lersign.
ed and rrake INN. dia'e paymeG, The
books must be balanced by the lst prox.
ROBERT BFAL.
June 3D. Third Street
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* Lgv.l WY.

IN tie ev"niae Of the 9th ifkf, ~
W from my Plantation, the Mulato boy ~
" TOM, aged y years, about 5 feet 1O-A-1
inches high stoutly made. Bushey head Of hair,
when he left had on light summer clothing, rs il
generally worn by field hands suitable re ward
will be paid for Information that will l.nd to his
apprehension RHODEY PYBCRN
May 9th Advocate & Gazette copy ltd &zt,w.
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~ The Clinton Pa.,iut SAYS

/ E1- The Clinton Patriot says
that when DR.. Sampson. left jackson
.aishort time ago, the " Social Circle"
was indebted to him in the ssm of
about -four hundred. as ex-trca~urer
tof: the. company This is not a very
social way Of treating one. who seems
20 have gone into the concern for cha
5r,1aJle purposes.
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VINO DOES TIE FUNNY PAKT9

Wis, is unusually spicy, Il 1ashes Of
the Esprit of our morning Journals
thus:
GAZETTE. The Police Jury, East
rrn Question, President Pn roe, aud
Probable effect on the Price OF Putty
Acknowledging to make
Much Ado about Nothing = Bot
Whites last fight, and awful efforts 70
initiate dead horse (hr Democratic
party with GA. sufficient TO make it
stand up.
CoMEr--Go"d Cigars, Brandy and
Water Little Gp1Is. Daggcr,' Points.
and lunar obSr,vfi IONS.
Who ever done this, could not let
well enough, alone, but must 90 and
PROFOUND conundrnms in the same
column. One or two for a sample --
'Why is the asylum at jackson like
the American Sentinel ?" Because
its UW is full Of insanity.
why j. Od"logy like one hailing
Captain Urc's boat when She is not
wanted !
Because is hail, (Hale) humbugs
The Cap1'"lians.
Why j. the Wis a Wis standing gal
lev like cheese in summer?
because it often contains lire mat.
ter
What does the "Vis" mean by
live matter - lie certainly can' OF
apply it t" his last still born Know
Nothing leader. Live things move
aud have tangible effects. When the
Viz shakes any rlace9out 81 st Nj
chaeD into commissions, then shall he
be entitled to immortal fame, in the
ranks Of The living. why il the
Comet like the Ami'e river r. In
answering this conundrum, we must
confess the Wis has ,l>--ail we have,
to say, is, that if pixies cannot b.
caught there, eat fish can. 10 the
challenge Of our candidate for Attor-t
"cy General, the VS. say:
Can't accept friend Halls chal-
lrnge. because tie world cant get
along wit|ou, fools, and we knaw We
should kill him.
And in III" contest should the Capitoliar isll
The loss were greater than The less Of Hall
A Coop CHARGE Judge McCaI.h,
IN charging grand jury IN New
Orleans thc.u,hrr day, referred spcci-
ally TO the numerous drpesdaions
lately made on the L. S. Mail 4,
agents Post Master and others. tie
said. | call y"ur attention to this sub
Jcct the more earnestly, because there
seems TO b. u strange aud most cr-
roncous impression entertained bv
some persons employed in The ser ict
Of 'hc Po>ioflice Department il regard
II their peculiar rights and privileges.
The law, gent. men, draws no dis,inc
tl"n between individuals, and | have
no hesitation in saying that tlcmoment
that an agtct Of tie Po>toflice Depart.
mcnt, or any other person, dares to
violate The sanc'lty of private CORES
Ponncpce, by opening letter once
TO the custody of a postoflice
no matter, for what purpose, he is
guilty Of An offence in the eye Of the
law, and renders himself subject to1tN
penalties which that law had preScri-
bed. 1t would be strange indeed if
my person should, under the pretrxt
'r for tn" purpose Of detect ga crirl~,
be permitted to pcrp@'rate with" im-
oun'ty another crime equality forbid
len by the l.!w.' 40 So
~ The Cadlo Gazette says that
he the notorious DR.. Hines, has
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ORcInOYal.

MRS. c HUSTON has removed her
VI Fancy Mill nary establishment from
Lafayette to Third street. one square be-
low the Post off e, on the same side.
NAV 80. MRS C. HUSTON.
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Fresh .7l'1irNls Of Shirts

Gents Fashionable Clothing Empori UNI.
L4.tayette St. Baton Rouge.
I'VE have u>f r""eIvrd pr Steam
W ship GRENADA from Ns< York large as.
sortnent af Gents l.. B. SHIRT Persons il want
Of superb article will do well to call AZ
our geod- made Of the best materials by the
most Celebrated Manufacturing Houses in tho
United States. May 81 WADDlLL d PHILLIPS.
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OrrIcEov THE Baron ROUGE AND Clinic!

OFFIcEoE THE BATON ROUGE AND CLINTON
PLANK Road COMPANY
Raton Rouge AptilTM 1875 J
NOTICE is hereby given to the Stockholders OF
~ this company that an intalment Of 10 per cts.
fnr Q 81 ." cts) will he due and ay.-hle or be-
fore the 18Th and 18Th Of July next Is5)
BY order Of the Board. G. W. POPE.
Advocate Il Gazette copy. Secretary
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OFFICE or THE BATON RorGE AND CLINTON
PLANK ROAD COMPANY. ;
Button Rouge, Ma,'ch End. 1858.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Stockhol ers,
y Of this Company, that an 1nstalment Of ten
per cent Tor ~ % per sha,e) will be due and pay
able on the 18th day Of june next, Qs5a)
BY order Of the Board.
advocate .E.Gazett tie eapy) w POPE,
Secretary.
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BREACH OF PRoMIsE.--An inter
-esting case of breach of marriage
promise, says the Louisville Courier
OF the 18th. will be tried in the Cir.
cut Court, which commences on next
Monday. The plaintiff, Miss Sal,ie
ChaEpcll, resides in this city, while
the defendant Gen. Tickcll, lives in
Mississippi The suit was originally
instituted in the jefferson Circuit but
ewing to the difficulty in serving pro.
cess upon the defendant, was subse-
quently removed to Meade county,
where be was temporarily stopping.
The plaintiff lays her damages at So,
600. The defendant mari, 4 arS,her
Indy after the alleged promise with
plaintiff.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-06-03

] death OF NICHOLAS In The Jour-
.adl de St Petersburg, Of The 2Gll ult
swe see it announced that a short notice
in pamphlet form, entitled The Last
sliour Of the Emperor Nicholas |. !"
:had just been published b, sides Civ,
ing an authentic account Of what would
be expected in it from it's tile, it con-
:t,iins 'eng'hy extract from his will, ,
written in 1871. 1t was being sold al,
twenty-five silver coprcs, and the
whole returns were to be devoted to the
aid Of those wounded at Seva>topnI
aud Of The families Of sol,sicrs and
sailors killed at the siege OF that city.
! u We are indebted to our friend
.DR. J. A. TRorsDALE for the latest
dates from Louisville, Cincinnati
Vick>burg and other river papers
The Doctor arrived yesterday and
will imnediatel y resume the practice
Iots his Profession ut The Old stand On
Lafayette street.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-06-03

EOR SALE.-A likely negro boy
L aboss "a years Ola good field hard
Terms very liberal. Enquire ofORv!LLE
ADAMS. or II ackEfr 4 BRcoKs, Church
Street. May 27-tt
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-07-20

"W hat do you mean children Yes indeed ,
do not know what to do, am very busy.
and yet you ask me to play with you |
can't stop either night or day Men, beasts,
gardens, woods, meadows, valleys, noun
tains, fields, must give them all water to
drink, and wash all the dishes and clothes
besides. turn the mill, saw planks, spin
wool, carry along boats upon my back, put
out fire, and much beside stop and play
with idle children, indeed ~ And away tho
stream flowed as fast as it could.
The children were growing quite dishcart-
encd, and thought they must give up all
hope of finding playfelows in the wood when
they saw "A finch sitting upon branch sing
ing and eating by turns. They called out to
him their invitation.
Stars ana garters y exclaimed the finch
greatly surprised, can | believe my ears =
iou children seem to be under a great mis-.
take. I've no time to play, not I, Here
We been chasing flies all day, and now my
young ones want Inc to sing them to sleep.
IN singing to them the praise of labor. How
can you think so badly of me Now, you
turn back again, lazy children, and don't
disturb the industrious folks in the wood
Thus taught by the animals the children
turned hnck to school vcrv WILLINGLY finding
that play Is eis..s 49, coward OF industry and
work.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-07-20
The Idle Children.

There was once three children, who, In
stead of going to school, as they should have
done, stood lettering about, grumbling that
learning was such stupid thing.
% Let's set off to the wood, and play with
the little animals there-they never go to
school"
When they came to the wood, they asked, !,
the animals, both great and small, to play
with them
We are very sorry, but really we've just
now no time, replied the animals.
The beetle humlned " That would be fine
if we were to idle with you children | must
build fresh bridge of grass the old one is
not safe
The.children orept softly past the ant-hill,
and as for the bee, they ran away from her
just as though she u was venomous beast
The little modse cried in a shrill little
voice, " I'm gathering up corn and seeds for
the winter "
And |, " said the little white dove, lam
carrying dry sticks for my nest "
The hare only nodded to them. " cant
play with you for the whole world, said he,
"l'ye got such dirty face, and must 80 and
wash it
The little straw berry blossom said, -
must make use of this fine day and ripeen,
my fruit, that it may be ready when the old
beggar man comes t0 look for it,
Then came the young cock, struttlng
through the wood. Dear monsieur Chan
ticleer, You surely have nothing to do you
can come and play while with us"
Pardon, cried he, with great gravity,
We noble guests in my house to day, and
have to set out a feast for them" and bow
ing very stiily away he went
Then the children accosted the little
stream that was running along SO merrily
DO, dear little stream, come and play
with us
But the stream asked quite, astonished ;
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-07-20
The BlRps.-The common and practio

The BIRDs.-The common and practial
notion concerning birds is, that they are of
no great consequence, except for the poetry
there is in them. Their songs to be heard
and their plumage to be looked at, are very
e5Dne things for girls to talk about, but Of
kYhat use are they 1t is true that the
papers say, once in while, that the birds
devour great many insects; hut who knows
whether it is true or not Who ever saw n
bird eat caterpillar and ii they will not
destroy these, which anybody can catch who
knows whether they are more formidable to
others
With such notions as these war is made
upon all the races of the ieathered tribe. -
Boys shoot and stone them. and break up
their nests, and 50 annoy and trighten them
that they are everywhere scarce, ii possible,
Now, we have to say again, that all this is
bad policy 1t is bad, because it is very
expensive way of doing thin. not desirable
to be done, Birds do eat insects. because
Jim Whalebone has not seen martins eat
caterpillers, it is not proof that all birds do
not devour any other varieties OF insects -
| The food of birds is as well known as the food
Of hogs and horses, and Whalebone himself
may learn, ii he will, what it is. One species
| OF birds devOur one sort of inseSt, and another
another-while other sorts eat only seeds or
vegetable food, and other still cut both
vegetable and animal food.
What do woodpeckers live upon, for ms
tance ! Cannot Jim Whalebone guess yet he
will kill every one he can reach, red head
whitehead and yellow hammer. and think he
has done good deed
We must cultivate the birds or be devoured
OF insects AS the groves increase and IL we
cultivate fruit trees, insects will increase IA
thousand fold, Those which have been
heretofore confined to the forests will creep
out into our orchards aud rayage them before
we can devise remedy, if We neglect the
antagOnisms which nature has provided,
We are put on this tram of remark 10y oh
serving in the Massachusetts, PiouSh0IaH a
correspondence between IA nurseryman at
Springfield, IN this state, and DIR >. W
Harris, of Cambridge Massachusetts This
correspondence reveals the fact that borer =,
heretofore common to the forests, is now
attacking the nurseries and is proving very
destructive. Woodpeckers live upon borers
The hint may suggest all that is needed
Prdpic Farmer for JuiV.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-07-20

CIpER-WHAT 1T Is MADE oF.-A few years
ago, while stopping in a town in Massachu-
setts, We fell into little - temperance dis
course with an old farmer, who was prais-
ing up the virtues of his good cider, Find
ing all our other arguments useless, we tried
to carry our point by appeals to his love of
cleanliness But he was equally invulnerabls
on this point, - His cider was made of
clean apples and was nice enough for the
king" We finally agreed to meet him next
day, and examine the apples collected at the
cider mill. Arriving at the mill. we together
measured of the quantity required for ono
barrel Of cider, and commenced looking them
over The result was that one heap Of clean
apples contained one thousand eight hundred
and ser,nty-ar wormy specimens. We of
course could no longer contend that such
fruit would not produce rich havoured and
peculiarly nutritious beverage. Our friend
gave up his point, but soon after found re
lief in the fact, " that the cider worked itself
off clean, and that although new cider may
not be so pure, fermented cider was quite so
He did not however, inform us how the cider
purified itself, or by what process the worm
Juice" is separated from the apple juice nor
have we vet found any one who could solve
the mystery. Till We do we shall prefer
father Adams Ale " \. Agrioulturdha.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-07-20

HAY FOR Cows IN SUMNER. An observing,
intelligent and successful farmer informs US
that he is in the practice Of feeding his cows
with hay in the summer, particularly if the
season is such as to afford flush pastures
His reason is, that a full, rapid aud vigorous
growth of grass, gives the cattle that feed
upon it, desire for something to absorb tho
juice in their food. Dry hay they devour
greedily, and though in ever so small guam
titles, evidently with the most beneficial Of
tects. Every farmer must have observed
that in dry seasons, horses, cattle and sheep.
keep in good condition upon herbags parched
and apparently .cant, while in wet seasons,
in tall pastures though always full, the pro-
cess of tattening with them was slow. Dry
fodder in such cases is required to give sub
stance and tenacity TO the green, and can be
proftably used by feeding it to horses and
cattle ,-Neu5urg gh Telegraph.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-07-20

\ SNGuLAR MARRIACL.--At PniS a sin
gular marriage was celebrated m the chapel
of the Hotel des lnyaldes-that OF Ipuaye,
who lost both feet and both hands in the
siege of Sebastopo, with young woman of
some property, The couple were engaged to
be married before the Iouave left for Sebas-
topol, and when he came back 50 gloriousy
mutilated, his hetrothed declared that she
would keep her word The marriage was at
tended by the governor of the hotel and his
stat, and by all the lnvahls After the
ceremony, the cross of the legion of honor
was presented to the hero, in the name of the
Emperor, and II valuable present To the bride,
in the name Of the Empress. The Zouaye
has hesids, been admitted to the Hotel des
invalides, and promoted to the rank of sub
lieutenant
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-07-20
Death of EY-Gov. Eaton.

Inc sudden decease of Gov. EAroS will
cause sadness throughout the State. He
dled at Middlebury, on Wednesday, july 4th.
alter severe illness Of few davs His
funeral was attended at Enosburgh. on
Thursday of last week
lie was man of gentlemanly and fable
manners, kind and obliging, of well culti-
vated mind, and of the strictest integrity.
lie was respected and beloved as n citizen,
heighhor, physician, and executive officer.
lie was, by profession, a physician and
,or many years practiced in the town of
hnosburgh. He was elected to n scat in the
House of Representatives from that town in
l729-3O-35-36. He was elected to the Sem
ate from franklin County in the years 1897
-5!-lo. He was appointed State Surerin-
tendent OF Common Schools during the years
OF lS4G-41-4S-49-5O-5l He was elected
It, Governor in lS43-44. He was elected
Governor in lsl6-i7. Soon after he left the
once OF State Executive. he was chosen
Professor in Middlehury College, which chair
he filled till last Fall
AS presiding officer in the Senate, he had
rev superiors As n physician he exceled
most OF his profession. As an Executive he
dent Go9fH5tE2Es 81 5El56,5an and exact As Supcrntcn
dustry and a strong wish to serve the State
than for bOldness and efficiency. He has ex-
pended more personal labor and thought in
behalf of Common Schools. than any other
three men in Vermont We cannot speak of
him ms a Professor, but as popular lecturer
no was instructive and interesting. He was
good man, ambitious to be useful, and will
long be kindly remembered by the people Of
this State Rutland Herdld.
Tho Windsor Journal saws of Gov Eaton
" He had no fewer than hirtv-aght years Of
official life, period about three fourths as
long as his natural life. Every place which
he was called to FIJI he filled well. and to the
entire satisfaction of all concerned" ="
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-07-20

NORTHERN FARMERS IN yIKGINIA.-A letter
Of Henry F, French from Washington,
published in the Ne,o England Farmer, gives
the following account of northern energy
applied to southern soil
- The Yankees are doing wonders both in
this region and many parts of Virginia upon
what were considered worn-out land
Virginia gentleman whom | met recently in
railroad car, informed me that in his own
neighborhood northern men were setting a
valuable example, and that he himself had
adopted the new idea of deep ploughing, and
was getting eight barrels, or forty bushels of
corn, where he formerly got but three or four
barrels. He said a few years ago negro and
a man were the only force used to plough for
corn, the plough being run from two to three
inches deep. He had been travelling in New
England, and spoke highly in praise Of the
energy and industry of the people, which he
thought on Virginia soil would make them
independent. He said he thought one free
laborer at the north performed about three
times as much work as a slave ~