The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-08-17

sed Buckingham Palace "the other
day" and looked up at the drawing
room windows three times. On his
way back, he looked in at Appley
House-the door being open, and
"ahemed three times. The minis
terial papers make no mention of the
fact.--The Caddo Gazette says
a. it Is announcement to remit the sum
of three dollars for that paper in ad.
vance; the editor proposes to receive
five for two copies. This is very lib
eral.--Some Democratic paper
speaking of Know Nothing process
sion in Louisville, whereat ''the ugly
physiognomy of the editor of the
Journal. was uplifted on a banner !"
the editor Of the Journal says to the
editor Of the democrat paper:
Perhaps if you ever consummate the
reasonable purposes that you seem
occasionally to cherish, you may find
your uglier physiognomy "uplifted"
in . manner far less agreeable and
honorable.--Mr. Hughes of New
York, writes himself IT John Arch
bishop" The press in speaking Of
him have perforce. to use dagger
mark so that it makes it "dagher
John" instead of Cross John, q dis.
tiDction without difference.--
Some babbing newspaper editor has
overheard the following soft converse
ton and made it public:
Charles, said young lady to her
lover. "there is nothing interesting in
the paper to-day, is there, dear ?"
mo, love, but l hope there will be,
one day when we shall both be inter-
ested."
Angeles blushed, sighed, and hung
down her head.--A witty CORES
pondent from the free State, says:
"You may set Livingston down at
100 for the State ticket, and 200 for
DAVIDSON. He has Pond to wade
through, and has but one leg; but no
matter, it is not very deep"
He has q pond to wade through be-
fore he comes to "Preston," a pond so
full of his own political iniquities, that
had he the strength of Ajax in his
legs, he could not wade out of it, to
come at preston" Talk Of Jordan
being . hard road to travel, il Mr.. |
Davidson can get out Of the meses
he has voluntarily woven for himself,
then indeed isl there no such word
as impossible.--Clear the way
there, Mr.. Hans Wagon las run
away:
Mine Cot. de sorrel Wagon has
run away NIT de green horse, and
proke de axletree Of de brick house
what stands by de corner lamp post
across de telegraph. Mine Cot, what
D PEBBLES !'--Never let people
work for you for nothing. Two years
ago, the editor of the "Hard Scribble
Republican" had a man to fetch
bundle for him, and he has been lend
ing him a quarter" every week since.
We have gentleman now, in our
minds eye who is feeding on "gild-
ing steaks anticepatory. He expects
10 be named by the Democrats on
Wednesday next to "run"
The number Of publications circula-
ted last year by the London Religious
Tract Society was 28,242,194, show
ing an increase of nearly one million,
and making the entire issue of the So
ciety, in liz languages and nialects,
about 637, 100000. The good they
have done may be calculated by null.
tiplying the figures 900, by 8, and
dividing the same by H.
The POPULATION OF BosroN.-It is
stated that the census of Boston,
which is now nearly completed, will
show a population Of 100000. If
his is so it will be gain of % 900 in
i've years. And yet there does not
seem to be sober sense enough in this
modern Athens to keep fanaticism
within the bounds of insane propriety.
IT said there were forty cholera
leaths in the Lunatic Asylum at Lex
ngton, Ky., last week.
% The anniversary of British
in tha West Indies was