The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-05-01

PHs 1871 W NV"cVsusas summing tHe e'ty
81 Matches in = North Westerly direc
ton. The wind WAS accompanied
With hail. Many gin houses and othe,
buildings in The parish Of Uoncordis
were unseofed sad leaveled with the
ground.
! Have No TIME To REAp.-The
idea about The want IT time is mere
phantom. Franklin found time, in The
midst Of all HE labors, to dive int the
hidden recesses Of philosophy. and to
explore the tinttoddet path Of science.
The great Frederick. with an empire
At his direction. in the midst Of war, on
the eve Of battles which were to decide
the fate Of his kingdom, found time to
rsvel IN the paths Of philosophy aid In
tellectual pleasures. Bonapar'e with
all Europe at his disposal, with kings
IN his ante chamber begging for va
cant thrones, with thousands Of men
whose destihies were suspended by the
brittle thread ofhia arbittery pleasure.
had the time to converse with books.
Caesar, when he had curbed the spiret
Of the Roman peaple aud was thfonged
with visitors from the remotest king
aotns, found time for intellectual con
versatioa. Every man has time, II he
il catful to improve II as we'll az he
might, he can reap threefold rev ard
Let al make use Of the hours At their
disposal, II they want TO obtain n pro-
per influence in society. They can,
II they please, hold in their hands the
destinies Of our Republic.
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Central AMERteA.-There are six
States embraced in Central America.
which il 1891. threw off the thrsldcm
Of Spain and became independent. but
we're subsequently incorporated in the
dominione Of Mexico. When 1tmbide
was overthrown, however, they resum-
ed their Independence. aud now con-
sists Of Nicaragua. Honduras, Costa
Rica. 6ansslvador, Guate,nala, and
and federal district. In the whole
extent there il an area Of 10000
square miles, with a population Of l.
100000. The debt Of the Central
American States, in 1946, was ca. 500
600. domestic. and GlG7.70O foreign
and the revenue Of the States above
c4,ooo,ooo derived principally from
tho customs and the tobacco monopoly
They are advantageously located for
commerce, and their agricultural re-
sources are great. Gold is found in
Costa Rics and silver in Honduras
Tho staple products ofthe country are
indigo, cochineal, sarsaparilla, hides.
mahogany. cedar, dye woods. sugar
rapadrua Or pamela, a species Of brown
sugar used for di,tilling, cotton, vanilla
and Peruvian balsam. In the city Of
Guatemala there are Ave factories Of
cotton goods. and many potteries
where earthenware Is turned out.
PssMAruns Tsua1AL--Not long
ago, dead body was taken from the
waite. N Alexandria Virginia. Hav-
ing been recognized and claimed by
the wife Of citizen a. the corpse of
her husband. Il was duly borne to the
grave. with due solemnity, followed BY
ths widow and children in oil tho ha-
biliusnts Of woe. Several DAYS pa..-
cd, whom the husband aud father
whose funeral had lately been celebra.
ted. suddenly returned, in the full en-.
joymest Of perfect health. The cur.
prise with which be was greeted. and
bin own At learning what had occurred,
may b. imagined. The sequel Of this
strange story did not terminate 50
happily. Tho sexton, It seems. bad
run up . large bin for funeral ex-
pen.es, which the city authorities re-.
fused T. allow. and the consequence
va that the man actually he'd to pay
for his OVID burial.