The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-02-25

our readers with an apology, for the
scant ''teast for reason, and The soul"
we daily set before them, in the way
of origiual thought, or otherwise. -
The fact is, we give what we have, and
he who expects more, ought to be
made to cry 'hold enough = with less
than sufficient. We might say this
morning, in way Of an original idea,
chat OH account Of the length Of the
CITY Charter, much interesting local
and other matter has been crow
led out but to do SO. would be to
lie, and to lie would be, to be false, and
TO be false would ieoparlise our dearly
earned reputation, for unwavering
veracitv. - The fact is Git may
seem strange to those not acquainted
viii, the daily newspaper business)
that it is impossible 10 drum up more
than two or three local items in this
village per day; and they have to be
very powerfully magnified to look in
tnresting. We dislike to magnify
things, and esohew the printers order,
70 spin out, and make half column of
poMjnr. No, we have taken the lee
ture delivered for our benefit. by that
lnnslimahle friend Bottle Green Jones
(B. G. j J on "Brevty,' and the same
is ever looking us in the face in large
and beautifully gilt letters. The ro-
s''ion we daily newspaper-mongers.
are in, here at the great Ton a small
scale) capital Of a lpagnanimous state,
is truly deplorable. We have not To-
cal items enough, to make our daily
wares marketable. Ont OF three hun
1rel and thirty three reporters all
looking for something Ito turn up
for this raper-the public may see
what sennt pattern is presented
Then unr ueighhor on Church street
with all his complicated arrangeseents,
a morning and evening edition, and II
locaf editor. running himself down and
getting short winded in service, scare
inc up local items is scarcely more
| fortunate. It is not orr fault that
the police courts are not crowded with
cases. We must not be blamed that
people do not fight !; that Indignation
meeting, and other exciting and funny
things, do not daily turn up, to meet
the wants of our daily press. The
| fact il. there is not another mile
square place on the habitable globe of
tie capacity of this city, with such a
public press as our citizens can boast,
aud are 1--WE feel assured) proud of.
."In conclusion therefore we do not
say, that the length of the City Char
ter, prccudes much other interesting
matter The fact is we have nothing
more to present you this morning than
what is already dished out before you.
If the City Charter is not well men
ded this time, we hope to have the
pleasure of presenting that interesting
document, again TO the public.
It is q current talk in English liter
ary circles that Edgar A. Poe's, Ra-
ven (Which has provoked as many.
paroJies as anything ever written with
the exception of Wolfe's Burial Of
Sir John Moore at Corunna." ")is y,
parapbrase from the Persian. 1t was
Mr. " Mofussilite' Lang. who, hearing
it repeated by - literary friend, is said
to have looked up from his book with,
Halo, that's very good Persian in
stautly quoting the original, We don't
believe the story.
A bashfuI young printer refused a
situation ina printing office where
females were employed saying that he
never set up with girl in his life.