The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-01-07

Moreover when the priest conlured
him, in the name Of the Lord, to quit
the place he answered i shall moi
depart , nay, more, if please, shall
kill YOU all The cross | know well
enough, and as for yonr holy water,
| have no fear of that This spirit
haunted the manor aud mansion of the
persons just mentioned from the feast
Of All Saints (1st Nove,nber) until af-
ter the Paciiication, ed February
utterng many lascivious and seoffipg
speeches. At last he went away at
septuagesima, saying be would return
again after Easter, which he never
did,
BuRN1Ne OF THE MECHANICS In
srlTuTE 1t becomes our painful du-
ty to announce the total destruction by
fire, Of that noble ediice, the Mechan.
les Institute, with the FlskB Library,
the Planetarinm, and everything else
in the building. It took fire last even
ing, about 81 o'clock, AMI the flames
spread with such rapidity that in about
an hour the whole building was mass
Of rubbish. The ediGce thus destroy
ed was one of the largest and most
magnificent Of its kind in the city. II
was built and owned by the Mechan.
les Society of New Orleans, and had
been completed about two years. It
was one hundred and fifty feet long
by eighty four wide aud four stories
high The cost Of the building was
1865. 700 the furniture about $40. 900
The FisKE Library. which was in one
Of the rooms. contained about sevan
thousand volumes, many Of them rare
and valuable. The Library il estimated
to have been worth $4,000, SO that
the entire loss by this calamity cannot
be much less than 300, 600 The
insurance on the building was $4,000
shared equally between the Sun bIu
tual and Crescent Offices. There was
no insurance on the Library or any
thing else.-Bpllet'n, 27M inst.
-
Laconic.--The Baton Rouge Advo-
cate. Of the Goth, has the following
item in its local news column:
An lrishman on the levee was
shot in the head yesterday. A large,
but not dangerous, cash was made
in his head.-Picdynpe.
just 20. An lrishman mas shot in
the head Oh the levee Is it too lacon
lc to say, that the cash though dan
gerous is not severe Come Mr.
Picsyune. don't sleer at us. because it
is our misfortune to be where We are,
Had your local reporter the same item
to give, no doubt he would spin it out
to an arms length of horrid d ,tail -
The fact is, moro should have been
said about the matter, for there was
less than bit Of row =" at
the time. that resulted in 1.-THE most
breaking Of chairs. tables, and
noses. Enough is enough. When
we do scare up local item, will you
be pleased, factious Mr.. Picayune, to
let us have our own way of telling it,
md not pick it to pieces to show its
fallacy.
CONGRESSIONAL CHArLAtNs.-It is
% be regretted that both truth and
Justice call for such paragraphs as the
which we copy from an iu-
.elligent Washington correspondent:
Mr.. Slicer's election to the Chap
aincy, on political principles, is new
eature in the history of the Senate
But the issue was distinctly made. 1t
8 disgraceful to the cause of religion,
md will probably revolve into def
ute shape an under current of feeling
hat has for some tine been in gesta-
ion at the Capitol toward dispensing
altogether with hired Chaplains. Ef-
orts unseemingly and disreputable to
he cause of religion have often been
made to secure the place, or to obtain
ONE extra compensation for the in
umbent These things are narrowly
bserved by worldly minded men, and
heir interest in the prayers that are {
ffered up at four dollars piece is .
osscned accordingly"