The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-07-15
From our Regular CORE spondent.

was beaten about 900 votes in New Or
eans--ha'lly beaten in your Parish. and
Bit very little ahead in onr own, ne wefe
satisfied that aElgee vas elected beyond
a doubt" and acknowledged TIE cen y
The old Frgies had a fine time Of it Eg,r a
few DAYS. D, H, S., r..
ard Me. were never in better spirits,
They knew the Know Nothings, stood no
chance Of elettds Merrick. before the
election took place. just as well as they
did nom My old and kind friend, the
Printer Of the Anti-Kpow Nothing paper,
G, ". r as | was informed, wanted to
bet, and give 1000 majority. that the boy
was named imi,l, but could get no one to
DtakS the bet So you can readily imagine
what change came over the spirit of
their &leavenly dreams, when, day or
two since, it was currently reported, and
generally believed, that the petyie had
named the dear little hoy Edpin Edwin
is here, and VIE have all seen him. We
think him well calculated e discharge the
responsible duties opposed upon him by
Sam. We can't boast Of his beauty,
anymore than we could Of Tom Green's
poItlcnl honesty But we. did MT run
EJlrin because OF bis good looks, W.T. placed
hiiu "n The field il consequence Of his good
legal attainments-his unspotted reputation
as a citizen. and his kind and getlemarly
ielueanor TO his fellow men. And further.
he suited sam betterthsn John, becaus.,
J I'm was imported Irish stock aud Sam
vii have nothing TO do with that sort a,
Our special committee raperD says
the result of this election is but a prelude
TO what will tahe place next November, y
but You must make allowence, for when
that sentence was penned they hnew that
Elgee was elected by about 5000 sotes.
Please ask Tom Greenn whether his
prospects are as iatteriug as he desires
wonder if be wouldn't like to be fnoied into
The Native American party again Our
platform is as open now, as it was when
he joined before, Don think we can let
Thomas III our pnJty OF in Congress 49,
Withdraw from the canvass. Thomas. San,
don't want your services, and there Is not
a corporal's guard on's'de Of Sans control
You are getting old and yeu need all OIL
yonr time from this out, to pray that your
political sins may he forgiven prRlcK
A RELIC OF THE PAsT.-From an
ancient number Of the New Orleans
Courier, published in 1910 the fol.
lowing notice of the fall Of De Grand
pre- in defence of Fort Baton Rouge
's taken. There are many of our
citizens who,. ripe in years. have
baenO spared the wreck of time /;
and may look back Upon The stirring
volts Of t'e past half century. r"
such. the following notice of the death
,t the Gallant, De Grandpre, will
'all to mind many "reminiscences Of
he by gone time. .s9tW tas.aI II 7}
Mr. Louis de Grandpre rerisbed vic
i'm Of his dcvotndness to the Spanish
.au g. He fell in the night between
I'D and 23d Of September last, under
he numerous wounds which he re-
eived, in defending the fort of Baton
Rouge lie died with that calm and
'erenty which only belong to mag
soul, and his last moments
ave put the seal, to the nobility OF
us character. However profound
'nd durable, must have been in SO
a heart, the remembrance of
he atrocious persecution which his
father bad endured in
he Spanish service he forgot for mo-
uent that they had spread bitterness
md even poison on the decline Of bis t
lfe he obeyed only the voice Of hon
#, and this valaro,e creole, resolved
o show BY lis nobS devotedness, that
he men Of his blood, never know how
o intrigue and betray; but only how
o forgive, fight and perish, for the
efence of the cause, which they had
mhraced That martyr, or rathe,
hat model of honor, exhaled his last
reaib on the cath September at Q .
clock a. NJ. in the 23d year of bis f.,