The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-07-28
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haze to do anything per force. It /,
difficult for the hand to move wben
cramped, and give flow of spirits o.
paper, when the spirits positively -.
fuse to flow. -'
l am here in jackson. as your reg
ularly paid reporter for the commence.
ment occasion, and this very fact, un.
nerves me. Could I be at liberty to
give you q rambling epistle then l
might speak Of things not set down
in the bills; ! might take your read.
ers 70 the ban last night, or to the
concert, and dilate upon impressions
then and there made and received
Blame me not Comet, if l talk confus-
eddy in reference to things here, for to
a bad memory of events, - they trans
pire in order. you must add the fact
that l am completely lost, because
they call the end Of these exercises.
there as elsewbere) the commence
ment." This adds Of course to the
natural confusion of mind. But come
-knuckle down to it.-Yesterday
morning the Union Literary Society.
had its anniversary. Thos. J. Mills.
APPS Of Pleasant Valley, Mi. opened
with "Man-His Dignity. :" j. II.
Brigham of Morehouse followed, With
The Constitution-Esto Perpetua."
The spirit Of young America. inspired
the speaker; and his eloquent laogsa.
&c gave force to his images and 6gur-
es of speech. Charles NJ. Pitcher
came next in order. His subject was
b" Grand Ideas hold Dominion. -
America-expects every man will do
his dufy'-Geo. Spencer Mays, Cats
houla, La. 1.-The Imperishability Of
Thought by james N. Fly. "Plato's
Dream r. A. Cross Of Jackson. /"
The annual address was to have been
delivered by the Hon. P. Soule his
place was well supplied by Chas. K.
Marshall. of Vicksburg.
In the evening of the same day. the
Franklin Institute" bad their anniver.
sary celebration. The subjects were
good and the speeches eloquently de.
livered. / cannot single out any Of this
to commend above the others
they all acquitted themselves so we'll.
W. Branard, Spencer Of Trinity; G.
W. Carter. Of Tensas; William w. |
Wall, Of Clinton, and Richard L. Pugh |
Of Assumption, took lst Honor.
The three last speeches struck me |
as possessing the very first order Of
merit. The Hereof 1903 by Thos. |
W. Mieure, Of Jackson; !" Mans,
Eureka Never attained by James
Moore, Of Jackson we're brilliant ef-
orts; but the browning and master
,iece of the whole entertainment. was
Political Conservatism" BY VIM.
3rainard Spencer " Though last. it
vas first in point Of merit. l regret,
Comct, that my descriptive is bad
zen worse. and proclivities to sleep,
UGH as to unnerve me. Good night.
BY and by, when my nerves are
teady, you may hear me again on the
aI1e subject. y
HoAxING Learned BoD1Es.-The
'roadest and most laughable attempt
t this kind we ever heard OF, is re.
ated by the venerable Mathew Carey
+ Judge Breckenridge, the elder
The Judge, it seems. bad moral an.
Ipathy to philosophical societies, which
'as the more remarkable from his be-
ng scientific and well read man.
'ut he at length explained the mystic.
y, by stating that he had been re-
,cted by the American Philosophical :
ociety, of which he was candidate for
membership, in revenge for the demo-
ratio vote he had given in the Legis-
lture Of Pennsylvania against what
as termed the province money!" /,
nd he resolved to be reycnged in re- !
lrn. He not only wrote bis satirical !
ork called Modern Chivalry," but
e palmed off upon that body some
lost ridiculous receptions. Among
ther things, he took his grandfather's !
m, and having ingeniouSly twisted,
nmmed and painted and repaired it,
mt it to the society as the wing of
at: Mathew Carey says, ut was