The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-04-01
MtRab puwtH or THE PHEss. :.

MbRAIi PUwfH OF THE Press. -
The New York Herald, III a recent
excellent article upon rowdyism in that
city, says.
Our cotemporaries of the country
Journals are very indignant concern
the state ofsoeiety. politics and justice,
law and order existing III New York,
as illustrated by the developments Of
this ru1iiaiblv tragedy and well may
they be. But our city newspaper
press il uhiustly accused Of pander-
ing to this deplorable state Of Thugs.
We say ppiusilv accused fur the truth
il that this vast metropolitan commits
nifty owe whatever Of law and order
they may still have to The vigilance
and energy Of our independent news
paper press. II odr city journals were
suspended for a week, burglars, rogues
and assassins. crimes and anarchy
would ruin The riot amongst us. Put
out the city gas lights for week and
what schedule Of robberies. fires and
| murders would be the result , but
suspend the newspaper press for The
same time. and the moral darkness
which would be far more conducive to
the reign IT ruflians and terrorism
than physical darkness.
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E4EctfioN IN JArAN.-'rhe mode
Of execution, as practieed in Jaran
during the sixteenth centnary, is thus
described BY Captain ssyris:
When any are to be executed, they
are lei out of the town in this man
ner. there goeil FIRST one with a pick
axe !, next follows another with a
shovel to make bis grave (if that be
permitted him the third man be1r-
eth small table whereof is written
the party's offence. which table is
afterwards set upon post on the
grave where he is buried. The
fourth Is The party to be executed. bis
hands bound behind him with silken
cord having a little banner Of paper
wherein is likewise written his offence.
The executioner followeth next, with
bis cattan by his side. holding in his
hand the cord wherewith the offender
i bound On either side Of the exc
cutioner goeth n soldier with his pike
the head resting on the shoulder oil the
party appointed to suffer, to scare him
from attempting to escape.
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TAE HEuGLoDoN 1t is stated in
the newspapers that the famous fossil
skeleton Of the zeuglodon. found In
Alabama some fourteen years ago by
German named Koch. exhibited il
New York. and afterwards sold to a
DR. Mcdowell at st. Louis. was lately
taken for debt. and in process Of re-
moval fell to pieces and manv Of the
bones were broken. when the wonder
full monster was found to be of genu-
Inc plaster of Paris formation and of
entirely German origin, being con
nectea with the plimeval epochs only
by the raw material.
We End the above paragraph going
the rounds, and have no reason to
Doubt the truth. Wonder if any body
ever saw the animal at Dan Rice's
museum.
The H3iiionaires Of Ne,e Toyh.--A
volume eighty three pages has been
issued in New York, comprising u list
Of the wealthy citizens OF that place.
being, says the Home Journal pareii-
cally directory for the use of charita-
bla associations, ladies in search Of o.
iglble Matches and ali that sort of
people who see no eomliness in any
thing unless the I Almighty dollar .
i 1.-THE bottom oft. Accompanying
each name Is a history in little. setting
forth that the subject of ID begun
poo, boy. =
Il is announced in recent Paris let
ters. that Immediately gu the arrival
of ex.President Van Buren, in Paris,
from Italy. he received u pressing in.
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