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The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-04

Congress from this district, addressed
a large audience of ladies and gentle
men at the Hall of the House of Rep
resentatives and the HON. A. $. HER
RON, Democratic candidate for Score
tary Of State, on invitation, replied
Cor. PoNp, in his mastery style of
eloquence, presented the questions at
issue between the two great parties Of
the nation, in clear and forcible
manner, pointed the fructifying evils
Of the tunes, IN glairing colors, and
dwell upon the necessity Of the Amer
lean organization. to maintain the IN
tegrity of the Union, and preserve il,
nationality. In support of his posi-
ton, he adduced mass of statistical
and other information, which he pre-
scented in such q manney, so interwo,
ven with bis own brilliant thoughts
and eloquent imagery, as to make
what is otherwise dry and uninterest-
ing, exceedingly attractive. When
near the close Of his argument, after a
two hours speech, lie dwelt for Il mo-
ment on the present position and "pos-
terror antecedents of his opponent,
the Hon. 7. Green Davidson-said
that Mr. Davidson was now displaying
a relnorse of conscience for the most
praiseworthy acts Of his lte-that the
plea of "verdency' and the inexperi-
ence of youth, was strange one for u
gentleman of grey hairs and forfy
winters to make.-Slowed conclu-
sively (as we thought) that Mr.. David
son would not be either cbagriuod or
mortified to find his old Native Amer
lean friends supporting him, as he had
offered bonus for this support, i'll
some superficial native American res
olutons presented to TIC last leg'sla-
ture. We thought Mr. Davidson com
pletely annihi!ated, net by Nh, PoNp's
eloquence alone. but by his own AFt in
his own confessed acts. Such a bo-
som full of compassion had we for the
poor old man, we felt half inclined to
vote for him, and would perhaps, had
not our friend HEBRON made an effort
to justify his acts, and snatch him
from the altar Of public opinion where
on he has offered himself as "burnt
Mr.. Blake's moralzing oc-
Cured to us, as peculiarly applicable
to 7. Green:
One of the saddest things about hui
man nature is, that man may guido
others in the path of life, without walk
ing in it himself; that he may be
pilot, and cast away.
Poor old Shylock : we feel a gizzard
full of sympathy for although he
would have taken the pound of flesh
when he is driven from the stage
with tears in his eyes, and this peril
nent exclamation
= " You take my house, when you do take the
That doth sustain my house you take my lfe y
when you do take the means whereby live"
We we're not surprised when MAJ.
HERON, spoke in answer, to know that
every one Of Col. P6Np's positions
were "fallaciors' and his '..facts' with
out shadow Of truth to support them.
See the Democratic ADVOCATE of yes
tcrday, evening where (a1though it is
not yet written) you will most certain
" find an article proving by the most
profound rasciocination that the Ma
jor's facts were all facts-thc truth
and nothing but the truth savorcd
only with the smallest quantity of po-
stry and cloquence' Il make it season
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-04

George Peabody, Of London, the
American anker, has made dona-
ton Of $500 for the benefit of the
orphans of Portsmouth, Norfolk and
Gosport.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-04

THE NreGER NATIONAL CoNvEN-
r1oN.-On Thursday evening week
this Convention, which had been in
session in Phila 1elphia several days,
adjourned sine die. Previous to the
adjournment letter from Mr.. Han
dy, Of Baltimore, euloglsing the Re-
public of Liberia, was read and Great
ed much excitement. The Philadel-
phia Sun thus describes the scene that
followed
Several members expressed them
selves as determined to have their
rights on this soil on which they were
born, and never would they aid the
cause of colonization.
Mr.. Downing, of Connecticut, spoke
against the cause of colonization, con
Guiding bis remarks by motion to
treat the letter with contempt never
perhaps ever heard Of before, viz to
burn it-and on this motion be de-
manded the previous question The
motion to burn. was agreed to by u
large majority. Several voices were
now card at this point : Burn it on
a stake" " Here are matches" Burn
the letter and SINCE the writer"
Among those who voted against
the resolution was Fred. Douglass.
Mr.. Dell said those who bad voted
to burn the letter would lynch him if
they could; yes they would cut his
throat.
Rev. Stephen Smith thought that
the disposition Of the letter was IN
and unprecedented. He
had hoped that the members of the
Convention would have been guided
by a better spirit than to have passed
such resolution
Resolution were adopted, commend
ing the Massachusetts law throwing
open the public schools to all colors
recommending all colored persons to
learn trades, or secure places Of profit
and trust in stores, and not to visit
places Of amusement where distiuc-
ton is made in favor of the whites.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-04

u The St. Charles RevicIle (Mo.)
has changed hands. Our young friend
r. s. Henderson is out of the chair edi-
torial and it is now occupied by A,
King.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-04
OLE 'lDtrklg CoInrt
Thursday Morning, Nov. 1, 1855.

~ The Card of the Feliciana
High School, Messrs. Magruder &
Potter, appears to-day. The qualifi-
cation Of the gentlemen for what they
propose to do, needs no commonda-
tons at our hand they are well known.
The place selected by them, the late
residence Of VIM. Fl. Crenshaw, is de-
lightfully located, and in all its APP
pointments without rival in the
State,
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-04

There are two motors of a new e,d
STRIKING character, now on exhibition
at the Crystal Palace New York city,
that are attracting the attention of
eJtuans and engineers and there is still
,'nother that claims to exceed all these
lately patented, which is expected be-
fore the FAR closes. One of these is
new application offs known chemi-
cal power, and claims to exceed, steam
by many degrees in promptitutk; and
power, The other, the Cioud Engi,ee
processes to be based on new disco
veries of natural principles, and is en-
dorsed as a grand scientific feat" by
Professor Mott, of Union College. Its
practical value, however, consists in
the great saving of fuel from thirty
to sixty per Ct, of coal as its inventor
claims for it-by combination of air
and steam. If this prove to be veri-
table result, it will be of incalculable
value, and the legion Of skillful engi-
neers and enterprising capitalists will
not neglect to examine throughly the
respective merits of the various motors
on exhibition.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-04

AWFUL An English paper thinks
it is the first duty Of the teetotallers to
get the duty off tea totally.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-04

&c The President of the Bank of
Montgomery, died in that city on the
10th inst.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-04

EsWe are gratilied to welcome
back from % Northern tour our friend
and fellow citizen On. Il. G, WutrE,
Although he has not made his appear
ance in our sanctum, yet, he has
favored us with packages of river
papers.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-04

ALL SAINTS DAY.--Toda be-
ing the LIST of November, is day
consecrated in the calender to the
memory of the dead. If the day is
pleasant, we expect TO see the usual
number of our citizens, at the Catho-
lie Cemetery though many who par
ticipated in the same ceremonies last
season, will be missing; as will many
more, when tlfr earth puts another
girdle round the sun, and cancels an
other twelve month Of recorded time
This is one of the observances which
appeals to our reason for support, and
6uds a support in every human heart.
There IS no sermon more eloquent,
andcsalutary than the silent appeal
that the monuments Of departed friends
and relations, make upon us.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-04

A correspondent of the Boston Ira
weller, writing from Syria says: I have
travelled in this country more than a
thousand miles, from Smyrna to the
Dead Sea, and have seen life in the
crowds of the city, in the quiet Of the
villages, and the solitariness and isola-
ton of the country ; and yet I can say
it with all positiveness, | have not as
yet seen the first insance Of intemper-
ance, or the first SYMPTOMS of it,
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-04

TIn Levenworth (Kansas Terri
tory on the 18th uzto., territorial
convention of claw abiding" citizens
were held, and there were 10 present,
including the individual who called
the meeting.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-04

uuo 'N'Stiubss iiuNc utuil NS,
The REVIVAL OFF BusINEss.-T os-
terday, although the sun refused to
shine, there was brightness and gaiety
in the streets of Red Stick. Many
of the planters and country people
were in---the street and corners were
occupied with candidates their friends
aud other politicians. advising with
one otheTwhat it were good to do,
and do quickly, in order to save the
country from the ruin which has been
threatening it since the discovery
Many fair ladies fitted to an fro, in
rustling silksand fine cambrics gladden.
ing the hearts Of dry goods merchants,
and dealers in light wares, generally.
Phillips had one Of his most amiabIe
snaes; O'Conor forgot for the mo-
m
moment his bronchitis, Blanchard was
more than usual, courteous; and the
grocery and hardware merchants
were up to their elbows in their CON-
modities.
Thus it is we either have more to
do, than we can do or nothing at all.
If the nation is to be annually visited
with an epidemic ; the people shoald
provide in the winterG to spend the
summer in recreatiopand amuseuent.
- .A-------S ~
u Now we shall quit, IRE Gar
rollton Star has the advantage d us.
We must confess the Comet ran
against that luminary for this purpose,
Charity envieth not, and is not pulled
up The P;ny Woodsmon is also
into us The accounts stand thus:
four 600 in their favor, and 90 in
ours leaving an 0 balance The debt
shall be paid as soon as we have a sur.
plus revenue Of this kind of newspaper
currency.
O. We regret to learn that Mrs.
GRENEAux, consort of G. +. Greneaux,
State Treasurer, died at Grecnwcll
Springs, on Monday last, after pro-
tracted illness. Her remains were
temporarily inferred on the mound
between the Springs and Burlington.
u The st. Charles RevicIle (Mo.}
has changed hands, Our young friend
r. s. Henderson is out of the chair edi-
torial and it is now occupied by A,
King.
~ Thackery the famous auther,
was to leave England for the United
States on the 18th inst. A compli-
mentary dinner was to be given to
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-04

FASHIONABLE Church IN New
YORK You enter the church porch.
The portly sexton, with his thumbs in
tie arm holes of bis vest, meets You at
the door. He glancesat you your
hat and coat are new, so be graciousIy
escorts you to an eligible seat in the
broad aisle. Close behigd you follows
q poor, meak plainly clad .seamstress
deprived from her tread mill round to
think one day in.seven of the Immor-
tai, The sexton is struck with sud
den blindeness She stands embarrass-
ed one moment, then as the truth
awns upon her, retraces her steps,
and with a crimson blush, recrosses
the treshold, which she has profaned
with her plebian feet Harkmto the
organ, It is in strain from Norma,
slightly Sabbathized. Now the wor-
shippers, one after another, glide in
silk rattle-plumes wave satin glistens
diamonds glitter, and scores Of forty
dollar handkerchiefs shake out their
perfumed odors What absurdity to
such a set. The clergyman knows
better than to do So He values his
fat salary and handsome patronage
too highly. So with a velvet tread he
walks all round the ten commando
ments--Races the downiest pillow
under the dying proAigates h ead--and
ushers him with seraphic shymings
into an upper ten heayen.--Famny
fern.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-04

10 A rich gentleman calculated
the state Of his health by the rise and;
fall of the attentions of pretended
friends and relativers. Some little
time before he died his physicians
would have persuaded him that he
was much better It would not do {;
ne had just discovered he had six fatal
SYMPTOMS in his case-three presents
and three visits in one day from his
friend II.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-04

The tendencies Of the age are to-
wards refinement. When a man
nowadays wishes to communicate the
intelligence that daughter has been
ad to his family, he merely says
that his domestic affairs have reached
crisis.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-04

A foutune left by the late Baron
Diedritch, Vienna, to his grandson,
Prince Sulkowsky, amounted to eigh--
teen millions of forms, (s6,000,O0O.)
There were found in the cellar twenty
bags each containing 1000 ducats in
gold, and in different chests securities
out Of date, and lost for sum Of l83-
900 forms. This practice Of hoard
ing gold is said to be very common in
Austria, where the paper currency is
greatly deprecated.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-07-12

accustomed order of the house. The
broom swept out the memory Of much
sweet counsel and loving-kiaaness,g and
spots on thostable-cloth were iaie regard
cd chap those they made; on II ,gn. Iote
alit5T honor IN the most intitnaee iTeIa4
tons. -
1.-The worst of fures is woman scorn,
ed, and the sex, so lively, mobile, impas-
stoned, when passion is aroused at all,
are iudanger of frightful error, under great
temptation. The angel can give place 10
IA more subtle and treacherons demon.
though one, generally, of less tantalizing
influences thanin the breast of nan.--In
great crises Woman the highest rea.
son to restran her; but her beseltiug sin
isthat of litileness Just because nature
and society unite to call on her for such
hnencss and finish, she can be so pretty so
fretful, so vain, cnvious and base! O.,
women, see your danger See how much
you heed great object in all yoar little
actions. You can never be fair nor can
your homes be fair, unless you are holy
and noble. Will you sweep and garnish
the house, only that il may be ready for a
legion Of evil spirits to enter in--for imbs
and demons to gossip. frivolity, detraction,
and restless fever about small ills2-
WHAT'S the house for, If good spirits can
not peacefully abide there? Lol they are
asking forthe bill in more than one well.
rgarnished mansion. Phey sought a home
and found workshop Martbs! it wa;
thy fault! t1set
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-07-12
THE YANKEE PEDLAR.

y. Old Squire some years ago liv-
cd in the town Of W, in N. Jersey,
was "death on pedlars," and wouldn't al
: low one to come within gun shot Of him if
he could help it. 1t SO happened that one
Nat Tucker, a Yankee pedlar of the most
sincorrigible kind, in dry goods, clocks, and
other motions, ehanced that way, and hav-
ing heard ofthe aversion of the Squire to
itinerants. of bis class, lie looked upon him
as fair game, and determined to sell some
Of his wares and the old man at the same
Accordingly the first house he drew up at
on entering the town was the house otthe
Squire It was at the close of a-warm
day in July, and the old man sat compla-
Gently smoking his pipe underthe porch Of
his house. As Nat approached him with
clock under his arm and dozen of sill
yer spoons in, his hand, the old man ma
jestically waved him of, at the same time
exclaiming: ns A9@S 1f +E-@ ~
Clear out! Don't you come in here-I
don't want any O. Your tribe round me-! /
know YOU a,.
wal, mus low; SQUIRE said Nat.
B good naturedly, that you've got the ad-
vantage Of me, for / don't know you, and
Iguess your neighbors don't nuther, for
they telrd me you was a good Christian,
and never turned a hungry man away
from your door,
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-07-12

EEThe New York correspondent OF
the Charleston Courier has the following
about Mr.. Fillmore:
"Mr. Fillmore, you win have already
noted, hes gone to Europe. A large
number Of the professed friends Of Mr..
Seward came down to see him of. Imay
as well state what has been at the point Of
my pen several times. Leading and in
Auential members Of the Know Nothing
order inform me thattbere is no question
but that Mr. Fillmore win receive their inS
dorsement in the next Presidential elec-
ton, for he is one Of them"
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-07-12

- - = = - - ~ - - - - = -
% ~. l~,- FROM PUTNAM'ss MONTHLY. i'H,.--f' 7--
csi Inthe Valley orthe Wire - go p. 9.
. s.s.. Still isseen an anclentniili
'"-''' With its gablesruatit and queer, Il r
d. s.. - B.. AID beneath the windOw-S!ll, '
On the stone,
it,' '-' These words alone, IS, =. ,.-
...4 SOLVER I3assYn lives here.u
@ Far above II, OI, the Steep
RNfned stands the old chateau;
Nothing bnt the dotjon Keep n s-
-. I, Leflsfor shelter or for show;
s's.t' Its vacant eyes
Stare at the skies, -, ~, -...- b..
at Stare atthc valleys green and deep.
~. ~ oEce eOnSent, old and brown, $3.50
Looked, but ah! II looks no more,
- ~ From the heighborng hillside down
On the shing and tho roar : .-, ~---
r''t p, az the streain -E ~
a' ''' Whose sunny CLAIM
,.,.. Cheers the liiile Norman town.
IA; In that darksome mill OF stone,
TO tho waters dash aud din,
Careless, hlrn5le, aud unknown,
s;aug the post Bgsseln,
.-... Songs that I'LL - - . . ..t.Fr' :.
W. ..1.t That ancient mill, a7 @. .s'.
~t.-. ywitha splendbr Of itsown
'e, NererfcelinG of unrest
90 'aD BrosJ IN pleasant dream he dreamed, e.
sr onyamade to he hsnest,
t-e al the loveiy valley seemed;
No desire, ...-s.
OF soaring higher, ,.s5l. -.s.
L Stirred or hattereJ in his breast. ,s-
True, his songs were not DIVING .- 81
-, t.t Werc'noi songs Of that higher art, ''
'@'e Which, us the winds do in the pine, a.. -
7.-,.s Find an answer in each ittar
lnt the mrth - -. -f'F'z ..t-
or This green earth s..4
Laughed and rcyclled in his line. .,--r.
- ~ Ffointie aic-housc and The Inn,
Opening on the narrow street, 5, .s-,s.
Came thc loud eonViyial din, 't ''5'
., Singing an applause object, js,...,. ..f
0'f''"N The laughing lays, =
That In those days
.,E- Sang tho poet Basscliii, s.t,-st
as4a In the castle cased in steel,
S Knights, who fought at Agincourt, = Z,
..a ae. Watched and waited, spur Oh heo;
- Pisa But the poet sang for sport,
r. Songs that rang ryf . ,..... s.aaa
.a.5t. t..a. Another elang, ~ t,.t s..a-st
~ ie7 Songs that lowler hearts could feel. ~
- t'f' In the convent clad ia gay,
Sat the monks in lowly cells,
Paced the cloisters, kncItto pray,
And the poet heard their bells,
Butlisrnmes 1sfE
,,sts,ts.a, .s, Found other chimes, 1G r--}
~ Neurer to the earth than thoy. ft' 'r'
E5.} ta. Conc are alifhe barons bold,
E". q Gone are an the knights and squires,
-.sag,, Gone the abbot, stern and cold, Is. y
And The brotherhood Of frlars, t
Notnnaue
Renpns to fame, -. %, .r-.....,.
From those lnouldering daysorold!
e Butthe poet'smemory here, (, s.,,. - .r
So olthe landscape makes part; t-F
.+''' Like the river, swift and clear,
Flowsthc song thro' many heart;
Haunting still
~ That ancient mill,
7'f q In the valley ofthe Wire.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-07-12

'WoMAN's Mission. Woman, permit me
to say, is the mystery as well as the mast
er-piece of God s creation! When she is
true woman she is charming under all cir
cumstonccs. But her sphere is endurance
rather than action; and accordingly nature
has gifted her with fortitude far SURPRISING
ours. She best answers the ordinary pur-
poses of his creation, as wellas best serves
her own happiness by making herself as
agreeable as possible to. our rougher SEX
This c:n only be effected by means Of tie
softer graces and accomplishments; for /
take it, there is no object more natural,and
therefore, more revolving 10 ~ true man
than a masculine woman, Ms idea GER
tainly is 10 give her such an education AS
win best develop the peculiar CHAINS and
characteristics other sex. should treat
"a young girl with great tenderness. Give
her such physical training as is necessary.
for her health. / like 10 see the delicate
bloom of the rose upon their. checks, but
not too rude glow. But be gentle with
them, my dear madam, be gentle. = EaFact
from EdStfOrd. = fs
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-07-12

"a ISou1s1rvENEss.- heard "a good
story of man on a, Mississippi steamer,
who was,questioned bya Yankee. The
gentleman, TO humor the fellow, answered
all his questions straight forwardly, until
the down easter was fairly puzzled for an
interrogatory. At asthe inquired:
Z Look here, Squire, where was you bofn?'
i was born, said the victim, 'in Boston,
fremont street, No. a., on the lst day Of
August, 1875, at O'Clock in the after
noon. tts st ~. ~, I.
Yankee was answered completely. For
an instant he was struck. Soon, however,
his face brightcned, and ho quickly said
.Yaas; wal, ! calculate you don't recol-
Elect whether il was frame or a brick
house, du YEP
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-07-12

BALANCE OF Power BErwEEN THE SEXES.
The number Of males born is always
greater than females, by about four per
cent AT twenty years of age this pre-,
ponderenee is entirely lost, and there are
more females than males. At forty the
balance is again the other way, and there
are more males than females. At seventy
the ages are about even. Beyond the age
Of forty years the probabilities Of longevity
are much greater for American women
than that Of men. There are now fouI
hundred and thirty American women III
the United States above 100 years of age.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-07-12
NEW SERIES---VOL. 8 NO. 10

The coolness and self possession of Nat
caused the Squire to pause, for he was
whole -sopled, hospitable man, and ho be.
gan to think he might be mistaken in
Mats true character, AT length he in
quired, looking the visitor steadily in the
face, Answer me one question---aiu't you
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-07-12
LANCASTER, OHIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY q, 1855

Squire telPd me he had broke yours since
you bin gone--but he said he wouldn't
buy any new ones for you, and you
shouldn't buy for YOURSELF -s- g
Did he say thar2' said the old lady, de-
fiance flashing from her eyes. soy
He did SO, replied Nat, and youshod ; mt
buy scissors or nothing else without his
consent lz .,,.s o &,
It's all very well for him to talk that
way behind my back, but he.Youldn't do
it if Twas there. ~, = u
IN show him whetherI1 buy anything
or not she continued determinedly, as
she itnmediately proceeded to purchase nu-
merous articles to the amount of about three
dollars, all the money she he'd with her,
after which she proceeded homeward, boil.
ing over with wrath, and Net proceeded on
his way whistling. Words would fail to
give correct description of the scene of
elimination and re-crimination which fol-
lowed when the Squre's wife reached
home, and we shall not attempt il, but shall
pass on to an incident which occurred
some time after. The old folks had been
reconciled to each other, and went, by in
.vitation, to ancighboring town. While
there they found their way into a show
shop, and almost the first thing that at
tracted their attention. was their old clock.
ltlouked as natural as ever, and was alter.
ed in nothing. savc its history--they learn
ed for the first time, from label upon it,
that it had once been the properly Of Gen.
Washington, and that il had been bought
at auction by gentleman, together with
the documents proving its siden!i,y, and
sold to the proprietor of the show for t,co
hundred dollars! Nat Tucker was the last
pedlar that ever sold the Squire, gs.