The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-11-24
LOCAL MATTERS.

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LOCAL MATTERS.
a. The .djouhed meeting. called at
the State House, 4 few evenings ago, to
organize Lyceum, and reading room, will!
meet again at the same place to night, to
hear the report Of the committee on BY
laws.
o. The Brethren Of St. James Lodge,
will meet At their Lodge room, foot of
Church Street, at the usual hour tonight
ere notice.
The WEATHER AND THE CRoPs.-Early
frost in October, and the almost uninter-
rupted summer weather, since, will cut the
Sugar crop Of this State of, at least one
half, if not more. Yesterday the atmos-
phere was heavy, and prospect of a cold
rain, but to this hour the heavens have not
opened their mouths. The thermometer
was up, yesterday morning as high as
600 F. The present apparently "high
prices" for the new crop Of sugar must
advance considerably. before the season is
over, for the crop OF Louisiana will be fully
hslf, il not less than half the amount made
last season. Accounts from Havanah, re.
present the same character of weather we
have here, which has started the cane into
a new growth very fatal in its effects upon
what" r." calls the saeharine principle,
when talking learnedly on the cane cul-
ture.
Apart from the new growth on the cane
the weather has been 40 warm, that the
boiled juice, will not crystalize into sugar
We know Of planters, in this neighborhood,
who generally make about 100 hhds, who
have already finished, and have made only
30 or 40 hhds.
ATTEMPTED BuReLARY.-On Thursday
night an attempt was made, to forceably
enter the Store Of J. Simon & Co., corner
Of Third and Laurel streets. The burglar,
left many marks of his "jemmy' on the
back door-succeeded in breaking the
outside lock, and went away without get.
ting in. The season for this kind of bust
ness, is just opening, AID pIopnetors, clerks
and others, should either deposit in ba"k
daily, or secret their money where it
would no the looked for, by the 'burgular >
for money-and nothing else, is what is
wanted, BY them. There is not store
door or window in this city, that may not
be entered in twenty minutes with mo-
dern burglars implements. For additional
security-where clerks sleep in counting
rooms, they SHOULD be provided with one
Of Nj. Colts moral persuaders, and bear
in miad, that where man is forceably
trying to gain admission into house for
burglarous proposes, there is clear right
after calling on him thrice t" surrender, to
fire at him. Should an example Of this
kind be made early in the season, it would
save many fine doors from being forceably
wrenched open and thus ruined.
MILK! MILK! The world is habitualy
given to Icing, and competition in trade,
whilst it calls out many of the best, also
calls out all the worst traits Iof human
character. We lie upon principle as well
as interest," we lie as matter of fashion
and we do it gratuitously, without even
remote prospect Of reward. Thus: Brown
t. comes down" We meet Brown, and he
Brown meets us; we rush with violence
towards each other, and almost invariably
say: "Glad to see you; when did you come
down? how long going to stay; what
boat you come on? How's Mrs. Brown,
and the family" Brown knows, well in
nine cases out Of ten, the very first, "pm
glad to see you" is lie; palpable. trans
parent, gratuitous. He knows that when
Smith" says this, he doesn't mean it
knows that Smith, far from being glad"
is not even pleased, because there is a
small balance between them. What lie
is that, gratuitously proclaimed to the ring.
ing Of bells every morning in our streets
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