The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-11-15
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The Crime OF Perjury.

the dearest aud most sacred interests of
society. Not that the offence Is not daily
and hourly committed, and the cover
Of The sacred book, worn out by the
Judas-like kisses Of perjufed yaga
bonds; but because The nature Of hu.
lnau testimony Is such, that although
dozen men may testify in reference TO
certain matter witnessed by them
all, and each sincerely aver the truth,
as it appeared to each still there will
be discrepancy 10 the testimony and
not unfrequentlJ point blank con
tradiclion. This is often Urged as one
Of the many strong arguments against
capital punishment The most ultra
of that class of politicians, who pro
fess to believe that all the different
races and classes Of men, are alike
capable of self government and with
this idea, would abolish the forms for
gradual induction of foreign ele
ments into Our system and permit all
to have the mere word liberty" be-
fore they have acquired intellectual
strength to maintain tive say that
even such must admit that fraud
on the ballot box under the lax laws as
they now exist, should be punished
with the utmost rigor.
We refer to d communication else
where Ia to days paper on this inter
esting subject II has been said that
there was illegal voting at the last
election in this Parish, 1stly by pau
pers In violation Of The State constitu-
ton, 2ndly, by minors not Of lawful
age; by aliens unnaturalized, and not
having citizenship in the Parish, &C.
cording to the requirements Of law. If
this be the fact, examples may be
made Of such persons before the Dis
triet court to be covened on Monday
next. II is peculiarly within the prov
ince of the Grand Jury, to enquire IN
to this matter, and we fol satisfied,
The Judge will so charge them Let
the commissioners of election be cited
to appear and others cognisant Of facts,
which had they been stated at the
polls would have been set aside by The
oath. We are satisfied AS the author
Of the communication signed "A lie
gal Voter" is; that our District At
torney will pros cute all such cases in
q manner to furnish examples for the
future.
1t is mn nndisputed fact, that there
are some SO new voters in this Parish
since last year. When we count up a
number of citizens who voted with us
last year, who did not vote the other
day-,he number Of new voters can
be swelled to about 10. This is a
rapid increase in the voting population
Of this Parish, that must be acoounte.
for in some way. The vote of the
Parish in 1856 was 1887, in 1856 1t is
1888, 96 increase. Ii 1855 the Amer
lean party polled SIT votes, and 10
1856, $40. Only seven votes differ
ence. Where does the increase come
from !? We pause, to have clear an.
swer from saeh as keep the Calendars
and can tell.
CONSUMPTION OF TOBACCO IN PAR
IS According to statistical work
lately published on the consumption Of
Paris, the quantity of tobacco cousum-
ed ia smoking in 1854 was nearly
double that of 1889, and that Of cigars
FIVE times as much whilst that of snuff.
on the contrary, presented q mark.
ed diminuioa. Il Is calculated that
the number Of smokers in Paris. in
GLIDING the garrison, is about 5000,
and the total consumption gives one
kilogramme, 973 centigrammes of to-
bacco, lab cigars, and four cigarettes
for oaoh nareon. or nalcujatiuo the