The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-07-29

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cramped, and give flow Of spirits on
paper, when the spirits positively re-
fuse to flow.
am here in Jackson, az your reg
ularly paid reporter for the commences
ment occasion. and this very fact, IN
nerves me. Could | be at liberty to
give you a rambling epSitle then !
might speak Of things not set down
in The bills; | might take your read
ers to The ball last night, or to the
concert. and dilate upon impressions
then and there made and received -
Blame the not Comet, If talk ccntus
edly ii reference to things here, for to
a bad memory Of everts, AZ they traus-
pire III order, you must add The fact
that / am completely lost, because
they call the end Of these exercises
there as elsewhere) the confluence
tnent." This adds Of course to the
natural confusion Of mind. But come
-knuekle down to i,.-Yesterday
morning the Union Literary Suiety.
had It's anniversary. Thus. J Mills
apps of Pleasant valtsy. Mi, opned
with Msn-llis Dignity E" J H.
Brigham Of M,rehouse followed, with
3" The Constitution-Esto Perpetno. !
The spirit Of young America, inspired
the speaker and his eloquent laogua-
e gave force to his images and lignr-
IS Of speech. Charles NJ. Pitcher
came next il order. His subject was
Grand Ideas hold Dominion. -
Acknowledgements every man will do
his duty'-Geo. Spencer Mays, Cats-
houla LA, The Imperisbabili'y Of
Thought by James N. Fly Plates
DREAM 4 "A. Cross Of Jackson p"
The annual addres was to have been
delivered by the Hon. T. Soule his
place was well supplied by Chas. K
Marshall, of vicksbu'g
In the evening of the same day, the
Franklin Institute" had their anniver-
sary celebration. The subjects were
good and the speeches eluquently de-
livered. | cannot single out any Of this
society, to commend above the others |;
they all acquitted themselves SO we'll
W. Branard, Spencer Of Trinity G.
W. Garter. Of Tepsas; WILLIAM W
Wall, Of Clinton, and Richard L. Sugh
Of Assumption, took lst Honor.
The three last speeches struck me
as possessing the very first order Of
merit. The Hero Of 1903 BY Thos.
w. Mieure, Of Jackson Mans.
Eureka Never attained" BY James
Moore, Of jackson were brilliant e.
forts; but the browning and master
piece of the whole entertainment, WAS
+" Political Conservatism" bv WIN
Brainsrd Spencer Though last, it
was first in point Of merit. | regret,
Comet, that my descriptive Is bad ;
pen worse. and procliviies to sleep.
such az u unnerve me. Good night,
BY aud by. when ny nerves are
steady, YOU may hear me again on The
sar,e subject. n
HoAxtNe LEARNED BoplEs The
broadcast and must laughabe attempt
OF this kind we ever heard Of, il re-.
lated by the venerable Mathew Carey
of Judge Breckenridge, The el!er.-
The Judge, 1t seems, had a moral an
tipathy to philosophical sceie'ies, which
was the more remarkable from his be.
ing a scientific and well read man.
But he at length explained the mystic
~, by stating that he had been re-
jected BY the American Philosophical
Society, Of which he was candidate for
membership, in revenge for the demo.
cratic vote he had given in the Legis.
lature of Pennsylvania against what
was termed the province money"
aud he resolved to be revcnged in re-
turn. He not only wrote his satirical
work called Modern Chivalry," but
be palmed off upon that body some
most ridiculous receptions. Among
other things, be took his grandtather's
fan, and having ingeniously twisted,
gummed and painted and repaired it,
sent it TO the society as the wing Of a
bat! Mathew Carey says, It was