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

| anleu 10 lay tiftoiu' - ~ 80
ton before our readors-a feat never
before accomplished. We venture to
assert. ia New Orleans. a slight
error occurred in the summing up OF
the vote for Sheriff, but it was soon
discovered. and corrected before many
Of the papers had been sent out. 70
great was the eagerness OF the public
after election return. : that n"'wlth-
standing the rain Wa pouring down,
and the streets were Hooded with water
at the time we issued our evening ed
itiop. containing the fall returns, more
than three honsnnd were sold before
three o'clock.
We have revised and carefully cor
rectel the returns. from the list fur
nished ~ The Sheriff, and Fepubllshed
them this morning.
Our readers are awarc,a as matter
Of course that the ballot boxes Of two
Of the precincts, which give small Dem
orratic lnajorities. were destroyed on
Monday night. 1t is we'll known that
in the Sc,s',th Precinct, Wlck'ltfe
had majority Of 2l3. and Bell 3 ma
loritv was 81 Tie majority IN the
Ninth Precinct was at least II fer
these candidates. aud some say it was
as high as 60, but we doubt this. be-
cause the votes for Justice ct the
Peace and Constable were counted
aud returned to the Sheriff. and they
show only z majority Counting the
votes cast in these two prcclncts.-
Mr.. Bells majority over llutty, ion
Sheriff. is 260,,
Aside from Me broken ballot boxes
the tickets in which had all been
counted before tho outrage was porpe-
tratcd. as we arc informed b the In
spectors. there were couple OF bun.
dred ballots in the several protest
boxes, concerning the legality of Which
our judiciary viii no doubt soon be
called upon to pass Judgment,
The Democrats, We understand. in
tend to contest the election. under a
law passed BY the last Legislature ~
What the result of the contest will be
we are not now prepared 70 hazard az
: opinion. but shall await the develop
, ment Of coming events which ara al
5 ready beginning TO cast their shadows
, before Drln.
WARS THE MrAN1Ne OF TuIs ?
In the New York Christian Spiritual
lat, we find tho following singular
notice A, G. Stiles. NJ, D. is developed
) as Clairvovant Medium. and can per
fcctly describe the locale Of lisease also
the feelings Of the patient Those who
cannot personally visit him can forward
a lock Of their hair Letters on private
matters strictly attended to- Cousuta
ton fee. 81 Consultation aud pres
eruption. 81. What shall Ne under.
stand by A. G.. Stiles NJ. y. ncing de.
veloped ? L. it that he has full mea
sure around the waste. Of ordinary
humbugs. What does lie mean b
this Those who cannot personally
visit him. can forward lock OF then
hair" does Mr., Stiles mean to say, that
he can tell what il the matter with q
! patient by having a lock o. the patients
hair ? If so. this is stride in spiri
, tual philosophy that mo well staggoi
The belief Of The firm sf faith"
TIE RaIi hagic # Liberty and
T0ircrSW NAsrfim of Literature.
Science PAj1oSohy and Me f'nr TITS,
an interesting though small sized
paper published somewhere il the
mountains of East Tennessee, dcscrib-
ING the launching of ! little steamer
called the Molly Garth drawing Sof-e
nine inches Or 50 Of water, gets oil the
following classical flourish:
Neptune pceped out, from the
skies above, smiling tina the was about
10 receive another cradle to rock upon
the rolling pillows