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NUMBER s2.
Anecdote of Sheridan.

Hollands theatre, the handsomest in
the kingdom, was destined to a short ex-
istence, being totally burnt sdewa on the
night of February "a, 1909, when Il had
stood only fifteen years. The following
authentic anecdote in connection with the
building has not before, as we believe, APP
peared in print. Hollands could never
obtain settlement or even an interview
ON the subject with Sheridan. He hdnted
him for weeks and months at his own
house, at the theatre, at his usual resorts,
but he was nowhere to be seen, AT last
he tracked him to the stage door, rushed
in in spite of the opposition Of the bnrly
porter, and found the manager onthe stage
conversing with a party Of gentlemen
whom he had invited to show them the
theatre. Sheridan saw Holland approach
ing, and knowing that escape was this
time impossible, put a bold face on the
matter.
"Ah! my dear fellow" exclaimed be,
"you are the very man / wanted to see
you have come most dpropos. am truly
sorry you have had the trouble of calling
on me SO often, but now we are met, in a
few minutes l shall be at liberty; we will
then go into my room together, and set
tie our affairs. But first you must decide
an important question here. Some of
these gentlemen tell me there are COM
plants, and loud ones, that the transmits
sion of sound is defective in your beauti-
full theatre-that, in fact. the galleries
cannot hear at all-and that is the reason
why they have become SO noisy OF late. y
"Sound defective! not hear z" reitera-
ted the astonished architect, turning pale
and almost staggering back, ~rwhy it is
the most perfect building for sound that
ever was erected; I'll stake my reputatisn
on it, the complaint is most groundless. I"
$50 say" retorted Sheridan, but
now we'll bring the question to issue defni-
lively, and then have paragraph or two
in the papers. Do you, Holland,s gosand
place yourself at the back of the oupper
gallery. while stand here on the stage
and talk to you." - :: sn,<
$ Certainly" said Holland, with the
greatest pleasure" s.,A
A lantern was provided with q Musty
guide, and away went the architect through
; a labyrinth of dark and winding passages,
almost days journey, until he reached
his distant and elevated post. sss'
.Now, Mr.. Holland, cried Sheridan
!, !, "are you there and ready Z" 90
eyes" was the Immediate answer.
"Can you hear me 7"
Perfectly, perfectly, Mr. Sheridan r
), "Then wish you . very good morn
. ing" - -.
: So saying, Sheridan disappeared, and
: was two or three miles off before Holland
could descend. Another long interval
:. occurred ere he was able to chase the fu-
:. gitive to his lair again. SO Z =
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Snorlag.

An anacdote was well told, some years
ago, of a polite Southerner, an accom-
plished and kind hearted gentleman:
On one occasion, he had been driving
hard from morning till night, over the
rough roads in the neighborhood of Co.
lumbia, S. c., and alighted at the only
comfortable looking tavern in the place,
very hungry and very tired. Sticking
his eyeglasses on his eye-he demanded
roast fowl, some good wine and accom-
Portable room for the night.
The landlord was exceedingly sorry
but he couldn't give him comfortable
room; the only place he had to sleep in
was double -bedded room with another
gentleman"
avery well, sir, let us have the best
you've got: No man can do more than
that"
After discussing his supper, he sought
his room, turned in, and went to Sleep
His slumbers were distined to be of a very
short duration Before long he was awak-
ened by call from the other bed-Sir!
Ssyr a
sBless my soul!" cried D, thrusting
his glass up to his eye, and endeayoring
to peer through the dark, whats the
matter, my dear sir? Is the house on fire,
or are there bugs in your bed?"
Neither, sir; but my dear sir, you snore
so terribly that cannot sleep, sir. 1t is
terrific, sir!"
''Bless me, my dear sir; am shocked
that I should have been so rude as to
snore in gentleman's presence, and he q
stranger to me. really ask your pardon,
sir, and beg you'll overlook it. Itwasn't
Intentional, / assure you."
The apology was accepted, 'tGood-
night" exchanged, and both parties went
to sleep again; .saa-ias
1t was not long, however, before rum
bling sound was heard from the polite
gentleman's bed, every moment growing
louder, until it ended in thunderous sdia-
pason. The other lodger driven almost
to madness, started up and exclaimed:
"Good gracious! This is too much!
I can't stand it! I say, sir! sir, s1R!!!
wake up, sir!"
"Bless my soul! well, what's the mat
ter now?" cried out the offender, starting
up in bed: "you seem to be very restless,
SIR"
Restless! I believe you!'' said the
disturbed gentleman; ayou've been snor-
ing, sir, worse than ever, and / cannot get
to Sleep" a 4
You don't say so! Have ! been re-
Ipeating my rudeness to stranger? / am
really extremely sorry, my dear sir, but l
was really asleep. Good-night-night-
night: very sor-- sor--sor-ry
And off he drowsed again, and in FIVE
minutes more began snoring as loudly as
ever, until he was again awakened by his
.room-mate's complaints.
Snoring again, have !, sir?" said the
unconscious offender. "Well, the fact is,
/ have had hard days journey and eaten
hearty supper~-and if ] snore, sir, l can't
help it. have apologised twice, and that
is sufficient. l am about to go to sleep.
again; but allow me to inform you, sir,
that if you wake me up again, snoring or
not snoring sir, shall at once proceed to
get up, and give You the soundest thrash
ing you ever had in the whole course of
your life! Goodnight, sir!' s.s.3
His slumber was updisturbed for, the
rest of the night.
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Cent.
Cockneyism Rebuked.

A gentleman at one of our hotels
where dozen low-bred coekneys who
can find nothing as good here, aas at
'ome," reside pestered and annoyed a.
the unceasing sneers and abuses OF this
country by these fellows, took it into hiss
head to retort in their own style. He
accordingly informed them that he had /,
been in England once or twice in the
course of his life; and then he began to
abuse everything and everybody be met
there. The cockneys we're dumb with
horror and amazemcnt. At last. one Of
them ventnred to inquire, with sneer,.
if the gentleman had seen anything in
England better than in the United Statesf
"Yes, / have" answered the American, a
looking hard at the ceekneys. Iahavesi
seen better EngRshnaen an England than,
ever saw in the United States !,s- After
this fnisher" the annoyance ceased:
*. -------------- lss ssis
. SMALL MATTERS. - The nerve of ass
tooth not as large as the finest eamhrie
needle, viii sometimes drive q. strong man
to distraction. A musqueto can make an
absolutely mad. The coral rock,
causing navy to founder, is the n ork aofG
worms, The warrior that withstaed DEATH
in thousand forms may be, killed BY, an !:
insect.
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9Doftrp,
From the Spirit of the Times,

From the Spirit of the Times.
8 TThe following beautiful lines were writ
ten by the late Elijah Hurty, Esq, upon
s the blank leaves of volume of the works
of Edgar A. Poe, belonging in his library. ]
rpTENrSyJTp
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STAGE AccfpsNr - Tho Mobile
Advertiser Of Tuesday last, has the
following
Yesterday morning, as tho stage
conveying passengers and The mails
between Blakeley and Pensacola was
in the vicinity Of Sbley's Mills. the
horses attached to that delightful and
luxurious CONVEYANCE became FESTIVE,
and running away, detached the fore
wheels from the DO ~ Of the coach,
which was thrown violently over. We
regret to learn that the only psssen.
ger, Mr.. Barley, merchant Of New
Orleans, was severely though not dan
gerously, injured having one Of his
ribs broken and another fractured
The driver having hold Of the rcins
when the horses broke away from tho
vehicle, was dragged from the box
some twenty feet, and was SO seriously
injured as to DO unable to rise.
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rEDere is not newspaper edi
tor or publisher in the world who will
not fully and truthfully endorse tn
correctness Of the following scrap,
which we find floating the rounds Of
the press
You may insert thousand excel
lent things in newspaper, and never
hear a word of appreciation or remark
from the readers but just let para
graph slip in (by accident or indifer
ence,) of one or two lines that is not
in good taste, and yor may be sure Of
hearing about that to your hearts
content.
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REMARKABLE SAGAClry OF A Doc,
The following instance of the remark.
able sagacity Of a dog is voucbed for
by the owner of the animal. A gem
leman residing in Lynn, has, for a
long time visited Boston daily on bu-
siness, ai4imes passing over the turn
pike, and frequently over the Eastern
Railroad, always accompanied by his
dog. On Wednesday last he came TO
Boston, but during the day the dog
become separated from his master
who returned home without him. A
few hours after the gentleman reached
home the dog also returned. A gentle
man who went to Lynn in the after
noon train, states, that he saw the dog
enter the cars at Roston!G end snugly
cnsconse himself under a scat as if to
avoid the vigilant eye Of the conduc-
tor. On the cars stopping at West
Lynn, the dog jumped out and bur
ried home with all possible speed.
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u. s. TERRlroRy.-.The Richmond
Dispatch. in fear of the postponmcnt
of tho acquisition of Cuba, consoles it.
self with the fact that, from the CAPT.
tol of Maine to the city og New Or.
leans, it is two hundred miles futher
than from London to Constaniinople.
This country possessing every variety
of climate. soil and production. and
capable OF supporting population Of
two hundred millions, should content
us for the present, even if our possess.
ion of Cuba should be for a period
deferred
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According to tho English papers
the last half-yearly report of the Fac.
tory Inspectors, gives upwards Of 1000
accidents as having occurred in that
period in the factories in England
All but about 100 Of these accidents
according to the report. might have
been prevented had the machinery
been properly fenced
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Pennsylvania proposes to sell het
public works, as they have been losing
concern. The have been in operation
twenty-thrce years, and cost originally
s32,924,2G7 and the expenses and
interest on loans since makes the enor.
nous sum of SS7. GAG, 176. The reve-
nue. Of tbs same period has been only
$25.342,O20, showing balance, aga
inst the improvements of $62. 2O4, 1916.
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&egular Goast Yatksts,


EOR. Bayou Sara three .~A
J. TIXEg A WEEK. The u. 3.
Mail steamer Laurel i'm, J. A. -
CorroS, master, viii leave New Orleans every
SUNDAY MonHira At . o'clock, and every WEpNss-
DAT and FRIDAY MoxHIHo At 10 o'clock. Returning.
leave. bayou Sara on MONDAY, THURSDAY and SAT.
uRpAY, arriving in New Orleans same day.
Agents--M. Gordon, Jr., J. A. Brsud . Landry,
John Burbridge I Co., Hall / Kemp Co., Jos. ..
Pagaud, advertising agent.
tEN. B.-Acle will be on the Levee In N. o.
10 receive freight at all times from Tuesday morn.
ing to Saturday night, and shippers can deliver
goods to him, and have bills lsding signed in the
boats absence. may 8-y.
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Mn FoRREsT IIEALrH.--1t seems
that the rumor Of Mr.. Forrest having
been stricken with apoplcxy was based
upon mistake. At last dates he was
not and had not been sick, and on the
evening of 18th inst. was at the
Broadway theatre, looking quite as
well rs usual.
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AGENCY ATwAsHINGTON.
THE UNDERSIGNED prosecutes

/ all manner Of Claims against the Govern
nent Of the United States before Congress, before
commissioners, or before any Of the Public De.
partments; Claims for bounty Land, Pensions,
Back. pay, Half-psy, Return Of Duties paid under
protest, Adjustment Of Accounts OF disbursings
officers, Postmasters and Contractors accounts,
collection Of Dividends In srresr, obtaining r.
tents, and every other business requiring she
prompt and efficient service Of an Attorney or
Agent.
A residence Of foueteen years Ut the seat o.
Government, with thor oush and familiar acqnsin
lance with the various systems ana rcst,ne OF
public business At the different omces, adoed so'
this free access TO consult the sb!est ees! anvIs
ers. II needle justines the subscriber ~ p'eogns
the fullest satisfaction and utmost aesPe'e" "
those who mayentrust their business to his care.
Being we'll known TO tho greater part Of .ne
citizens Of the District, ~ well - 70 many sen.e.
men who have been Members Of both Houses o.
Congress in the last twelve years, u u deemeo'
useless to extend this notice BY special renencs
A full power 81 Attorney should accompany ."
claims. III c.ses
Communications must be prepaid IN Oh csss..
Anv information desired at Baton Hooss 90.
h. had En-, ough GEORGE A. PIKE, who Will se'
a NV agent in the prosecution Of claims.
~ n. c. SPAULDIE0. A1'''
waship s>op, D. 6. April, 1855
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New Orleans and Bayou sara
1uNwrCC WCEK-Cor

i Bayou Sara. Port Hudson ~
.obdel's Store, Baton Rouge, . -
Plaquemine, and all intermediate landings,
JAS. II. URE, MASTER, leaves New Or
leans every SUNDAY at 8 o'clock. a. NJ.
and every WEDNESDAY, at $ o'clock
NJ. Returning leaves Bayou Sara every
MONDAY at ~, M, and THURSDAYat
6r. NJ. and Baton Rouge every MONDAY
at O r. M, and THURSDAY at 10 Pm.
~ For freight or passage apply on
board Jan. "a, 1855.
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AVIS.
II U,NA WY.

IN the evening Of the 9th inst.
~ from my Plantation, the Maiato boy "A
" TOM, E" aged 81 years, about feet 10A1.
inches high stoutiy made. Dushey head Of hair.
when he LEFT hsd on tight summer clothing, o. IL
generally worn by field hands. A suitable reward
will be paid for information that will lead TO his
apprehension. RAODEY PYDURN.
SMay 9th Advocate B 0asetts cory It'd INV.
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MILL 10 offered At public sale at the
w Court House door Of this parish and
city Of Baton Rouge on
saturday tho "a, day OF Jsne next,
at IL o'clock A. M, unless previous dispos-
ed Of, at private sale, that valuable lot and
brick buildings thereon at the steamboat
landing known as the Union hotel. Said
property will be offered subject to lease
at the rate Of sixty five dollars per month
and payable monthly, and said lease expir-
ing on the first day Of December 1859, on
the following terms and conditions.
OrE haf cash and the balance on credit
Of twelve months from the day Of sale, the
purchaser to furnish notes well endorsed
and special mortgage retained until the
final payment.
Inquire OF PETsR HANNAH.
mysts H. V. BABlN, Auctioneer
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H. Tho Convention of the Protes-
tapt Episcopal Church of the Diocess
of Louisiana, closed its session on Mon
day last, and is to meet again in New
Orleans in May. Tho memorial
of certain Presbyters seems to have
been tho chief things to engage the
the attention of the convention. The
Rev. DR.. Cotton of Trinity Church,
New Orleans, offered preamble and
resolutions in reference to the memor-
ia,: an extract from which the follow
ing will strike the reader as a liberal
an enlightened, sentiment. The Rev.
gentleman says:
What cannot clearly belong oto
doctrine, must be referred TO disci-
pline; and therefore, by common
consent aud authority, may be altered,
abriged, enlarged, amended, or other
wise disposed of, as may seem most
convenient for the edifcation Of the
people. according TO the various ext
gencies of times and occasions.
In other words, the substance of re.
ligion should not be lost in mere ex-
ternal forms. In other words, man is
judged by his own acts; aud mere
fne4,, in particular dogmas of religion
vii! profit him nothing. %
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u A great bargain may be had
in small stock Of Books, Stationary
and Fancy articles. suitable for a
country store. or shop in the Subur-
BIS of town by immediate application
at tho Comet office. Shelves, shows
cases and counters will be given in, SO
rs to make it an inducement.
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II The Savannah Georgian is il =
formed that Mr.. Toombs has in prcpre
atone and will soon publish a letter
giving his views on the Know-Nothing
organization. 1t it said that they
nearly coincide with those Of Mr.. Ste
phens.
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written lecture on skcpticism. ! am
compelled to maintain that he did say
that skeptics are not imdued NTH the
prwcipLs Of The Store oftyu'h.'
SKEpTtC.
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IA law has just been enacted by
the Spanish Cortes, ordering all tho
lands and dwellings belonging to the
clergy, to religious fraternities, and
to pious and sacred woks, to be sold
and turned into money breaking up
albnccumulations of ecclesiastical pro-
perty. and stripping the church Of its
immense possession. O
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Yucatan Indians continue to be in
troducod into Cuba with the consent
of the Mexican authorities. Nearly
200 were landed at Havana or the
10Th inst, and sold under q contract
made previous to their arrival. 1t is
said they are brought away by force.
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ORR WrNE.-The 'Mainc law, did
not prevail at the Dime. given by the
city of London to the French, Emperor
and Empress The Times says:
The dcjeuner and wines for tho En-
peror and suite, as well as the gener-
al refreshments, were furnishcdo by
Messrs. Staples, of the Albion. The
wines supplied to the imperial table
included the choicest hook. cham
payne, malvoise, amontillado and sher-
ny. lOS years old of matchless quality
Tbi, latter wine was Of peculiar inter
est, being part Of a cask supplied at
the enormous price of $500 per butt
to his late Majesty Napoleon |.
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EE Napoleon |. said to Las Cas-
as The English may be all powerful
if they con6ue themselves to their
navy, but they will complicate
their affairs, enjauger their SUPERIOR
ty, and lose their Importance. if they
keep soldiers on the continent"
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~ The Americans in Paris, on
the 4th of July 0ncxt. are TO unite in
a celebration, paying visit to the
tomb of Lafayette and to the house
10 which Franklin lived when our
Minister to France.
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Gbr Dailg Guuft.
BATON ROUGE:::::MAY, 20, 1866.

heads this article, has been mentioned
in connection with Che vacancy &C.
casioned in tho Supreme Bench, by
the resignation of tho Hon. Tuos.
SL,pxLL. As The vacancy is to be
filed by vote Of qualified electors Of
the state in casting about for sue
cessor, wo sec no one before us, better
qualified. by the extent of legal &C
quirements personal habits Of indus
try and sobriesy--tban James NJ.
Elan. Mr.. Elan, il well aud favor
ably known throughout the State !;
and although not possessed of brilliant
cratorical powers Of cloquencc; he is
n gentleman Of sound practical views !,
which are seldom found, in connection
with the facilo power of using fine
flowers and figures Of speech. " The
elective judiciary system, is an OBJ
jectionablo feature Of government, TO
aecting the ultra Red Rcpublicanism
Of tho times and the anticipated evil,
at the day Of the adoption Of our pres
ent constitution. are beginning to
be felt. A popular man before
the people for such an Office as Judge
Of the Supreme tribunal; is very apt
to be. the very man, Of all others the
most unfit to occupy the post.
The country Bar, should be heard
in the expression Of its preference for
ono 20 hlt tho vacant chair. Of the
Chief Law Magistrate.
FLAT HEAps.-Thcre is now - cx-
hibition in New Orleans a party of
Flat Head Indians Of tho Clotsop
aribe. Their exhibition is made in
tcrcsting. by sham performances of
their religices rights, gambling, dane
ing, medical treatment, marriage cere-
monies etc. It is to be hoped they
will come this way; We would like
70 contrast their manner with our own.
Their religious rites, are singular
gambling is pretty much the same as
ours, differing only in tho fact that
they cannot "swindlc with the accom-
plised ease and elegance Of our own
professionals. Their medical treatment,
has an advantage over our practice
Outward incauasntion. takes the place
Of inward poisions. It is even sail in
Islander. that the people are not phys
iced to death in order TO convert Flat
head estates into costs, and court fees.
Their dancing is cbaste and elegant
comparatively. They do not squeeze
their virgins into forms of junk bottle
fashion, in order that the lacivous
youth Of the Flat Head nation,
may the better hug them up in vul
gar contact,
One Of DR.. MUSES. company is
mhikcr than tho rest and it IS said
that this has been so since the barbar-
ian looked through crack in the door
at the St. Charles, at a fashionable
soirec party.-A party representing
tho very ton itself of our society-the
embodiment of all, we semi barbarlans
know of elegant chastity. We have
match box made of a fiat head nogging
and have bosom full Of sympathy
for them. We wish them pleasant
trip. and hope they may return again.
safe to the Cannibal Islands without
taking any Of orr rirfnes with there.
->~>-
ET The water.oak, which is gen.
orally used about town as shade tree.
begins to she'd its leaves, and give
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lust RECEIVED and for sale cheap
y for Cash 4 doz. large Beef Ton
CUES, DufField and other Brand of Hams
Flour Of the best Brands in Barrels and
half Barrels; Fresh Soda and Boston
Crackers French bread and Pilot.
MAY. "a. G.. l. BLANCHARD.
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TNHIS DAY RECEIVED and for sale by
/ E. a. BLANCHARD. A lot of
Corn, Bacon, Sides, Shoulders aud Pork !:
Fresh Lard 10 Barrels of Prime Whisky
q Barrels of the old Rye Whisky; 40 boxes
fine Wine, Cheap for cash. Please call at
G. A. BPS as you may depend on getting
bargains and good Goods
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Mount Eagle TripOli.

DOR giving polish TO brass, silver, gold
l. or other base metals Also for clean
ing Plates or Windows, Lamps and Gas
burners Here's an economy--old things
made as good as new, at very trlillng ex-
peLse. G. a. BLANCHARD.
may "a, Church street.
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4 FRESH supply Of Goshen Butter and
n Cheese for sale by
MAY. ~ c. A. BLANCHARD.
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JUST RECEIVED at G. A, BLaNcHARps
y A choice lot of Havana Cigars.
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ET The wnter,oak, which is gen.
orally used about town as shade tree,
begins to shed its leaves, and give
other evidenses of duty death. They
might possibly do without rain week
or ten days longer. but the dust has
accumulated 60 thick on there leaves,
that they arc positively choked to
death. A much longer drouth must
put all vegetation. in like collapsed
state, and materily effect atmospheric
elements,
~Plaquemise is. at present, most
literally supplied with flea'. musque-
.o.s aud ,rnrn ont nolifiC,ans
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Half Barrels %. 1.Ouls Flour
A LOT very choice on hand and fos sale
II by May a.. J. BEAL.