The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-11-06

ljfte4;b tan rest for a season 1t least. Some
Mthen, we wet of had better take moity
Of their hire, and 60 get abselution Tor their
Gins, at the nearest house dealing in such
profane merchandise, else they may be
damned with the weight about their necks,
ehoaking them.
That there were frauds practiced at the
election In this Parish on Tuesday, none
will pretend 10 deny. The ostbs upon re.
eerd. will prove it when the parties are
brought before the Grand Jury, as they
will be. That much hard swearing was
prevented, by the fear Of what may come
after, IL clear to those acquainted with the
secret agencies at work to poll heavy
vote, in order that heavy bets, by heavy
monied men, might be lost and won
Let the parties be prosecuted" IL the ex.
c'amation Of every honest citizen who
holds, his birth right equal to f,eo messes Of
pottage. It will most certainly be done.
"a GETTING THE FIsuRBs Mixed
The Comet says " to day some taoenty.
fve millions Of freensn muster to the
polls In our glorious Republic to say
who shall be the next President
That's something under a million
voters to each State, Mr.. Comet, and,
not to put too fine point upon it."
is rather extravigant.-- 4ddvocate.
Good thing We make mistakes
Of this kind 10 figures occasionally,
ID order to stand corrected, by our in-
fallible friend. We have said it, and
shall therefore maintain IL with
words. Words thrown together pro-
duce language; language, when it
flows smoothly like music, is termed
logic; logic Is truth. truth is infallible
and when We lay hold Of II, we have
what Mr.. Blackston, wrote two very
large volumes to prove. 10 the perfec-
ton Of human reason.
Our compendium Of the last census,
IL not at hand, hence we trust to in.
fAllible memory.
We shall say that there are five mil
lion of legitimate, and len Of illegiti-
mate voters. Count women as voters
and children--there are none. The
foreign element muster up two teuths
Of the whole number. How much do
ycu make 1t, sir Go into your vul-
gar fractions and cube root and come
out clearly with tho answer Do not
FIVE gentlemen from Africa, make
three from the bowels of Europe, &C
cordipg to the basis Of representation
Answer as this? Shall not these be
got down in the sum. If twenty five
million OF various grades Of souls make
up this heterogeneous mass Of mortal
ty called the American republic, we
should like to know If the round
heads, who vote do not cas-. their vote
for the entire massl Will the Ad-
vocate please answer us, suddenly and
without invention. This is about as
ct a subject to quarrel over now, as
any other.
The Florence correspondent Of the
Newark Advertiser says: Our coun-
tryman, Powers, has invented new
tool, which promises to supersede al
together the present file, by doing all
its work easier, better, aud cheaper.
This instrument, originally ipventt d to
facilitate his operations in sculpture,
has now been adapted to all the uses
Of the file in metals, ivory, bone, wood,
feathers, &c, and will moreover, take
the place Of the crater in the kitchen.
The inventor has devised a compact
machine for producing it liz great mum.
bers with the least possible expense
and when the castings now in progress
are completed twill be brought into
use, doubtless to the great profit of all
parties"
% A suspension bridge is to be
built across the Mississippi, at st. Louis
to be eighty.four feet above high-water
mark, and more than a mile in length.
The greatest distance between the
towers will be 1900 feet and the foun-
dation of some Of the towers will be so
feet below the surface of low water