The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-08-19

Lord Brougham has been busy col
, Letting and revising his "Contribu
! tons to the Edinburgh Review; :
they will be republished in collected
. shape. The first volume will appear
in October.-Late London papers
state that young lady Of the KEN
ble family will soon make her debut
as singer. Report speaks highly Of
her powers aud accomplishments
MIR. Brown, a much esteemed
mechanic of Piedmont, Va, left on
the morning of the 3Oth ult., for st.
Petersburg, Russia, to ell RESPONSE
BILE situation at that place.
! What Brown? It is simply Owl.
famous to take the name of Brown,
SO often in vain.-We don't be-
lieve word Of the fact GATED in this
last paragraph 0
A writesjn the Rochester Ame,1.
can says that former slave of Gen.
Washington, named Richard Stanup,
or Stanhope, lives at Urbana, Ohio, at
the good old age Of 1OS years. He
has in possession the original papers
giving him his freedom, in Gen. Wash.
ington's own handwriting, for which
he has refused quite sum of money
He had rather part with his farm
than his papers. He owns about one
Hundred acres some ten miles north of
the village of Uibsna, bought with
money given him by his illustrious
master. He is now living with his
sixth wife, and, to all appearances, en-
joyipg life as we'll as the youngest.
Mr.. Barnum has an agent out,
looking for this village of Urbaua. "
"A paper before us, says that
Mr.. McWiggings is playing at Cleve-
land. Playing what? If this is the
editor of the Cleveland Times, he is
playing a - ahaud organ. ''--M.
Geoffrey Saint ..Hilaire, Professor in
the Freuch, Museum Of National His
tory, has lately delivered two lectures
on the advantages Of bringing horse
flesh into use for food. There is no
reason, he declares, why horse flesh
should not be eaten; like the OK and
sheep, the horse is herbiverous, land
no dcleterious element enters into its
food or structure.
A good suggestion. We hope our
butchers will take the hint. Candi-
dates for office will no doubt, find it
to their advantage to feed on this ami
NAL, it will give elasticity to their
nerves and strength to their muscles.
B. Cough, the temper.
ance lecturer, is expected to sail from
Liverpool, August 4th, on his return
to America.--During the exist
ence Of a general panic at Vienna,
growing out Of dread of hydropho.
bia, men were commissioned as exter-
minators of the canine race. These
men were armed with a short, heavy
stick, which they flung ct the poor
out.lawed animal with such precision
and effect as to either kill or MAIN
him. 1t SO happened one day that
one of these missels missed the object
at which it was aimed, passing far be-
yond him into the river. He immedi.
ately plunged into the water after it
seized it in his teeth and returned it
to its owner, who snatched it up and
dashed out the generous creatures
brains with it.
Mr.. Punch says: that Disraeli pas
sed Buckingham Palace "the other
day and looked up at the drawing
room windows three times. On bis
way back, he looked in at Appley
House--the door being open, and
"ahensed" three times. The minis
terial papers make no mention of the
fact.--The Caddo Gazette Gays
as it is announcement to remit the sum
Of three dollars for that paper in ad-
vance ; the editor proposes to receive
Eve for two copies. This is very lib
eral.--Some Democratic paper
speaking Of Know Nothing process