Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-11-06

proper form for observance, az re.
quest. Judging from the past. we
have assurance that the Pfeelama-
ton will be observed by all
otp pouRRor. With public notice Of
the fact. that Messfs. A, Stewart y Co..
have on tap, good article ofold Bourbon
at the Drug store on Main street, came a
sample bottle. on Saturday evenipg laai.
Fortunate circumstance. for st that vety
time Of day our press room contained he
sides several members Of the press sun-
dry politicians experimenting the getting
w Of election tickets. 10 suit their com-
plesiun aud several blases Of mind. There
was not one Of them who had not seen
old Bourbon before, and some Of them
we're even cn terms Of intimacy and frisud-
ship with him. The bottle was uncrrked
and the liquid contents sampled. Homs
thought Il lacked ''body"-othefs "ege."
II wss held Mp for the sun light 10 strike
through u, and several wise things were
said about color. The discussion lasted
TO the bottom II the bottle, and then stop.
red. no ~ was deemed worse than useless
TO continue an argument, over an empty
bottle. We have tie satisfaction Of an
nouueing for the benefit Of Stewart a. Co,
and their Old Bourbon. that all hands
parted IN friendship after settling into the
con vieticn that on the whole. there lie not
better article IN town.
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THs Bssr m Nicholas Hsttc-
II. on Lafayette street has just put In store
another lot Of the finest fruit Of he sea
son. At wholesale OF retail.
Nsw Ftps.-Mr. q. q. WILSON, has "a.
ISOLATED with him, In the business Of
bouse, Sign, ornamental and decorative
painting, Mr. Holdreze Higgins. Of New
Orleans, an experienced artist in his line Of
business, as is sttested by evidences Of HE
shill In this city. Besides filling orders
for work rom abroad, ss well "a at home.
they will keep on hand full stock Of
Autographs, mouldinss, Frames, looking
glasses wall paper, etc, at the store cppc-
site A, Matta's unds- the hill.
SAVAGE CRUELTY. - The Iedger
says Punishment IL one thing
torture IL another. Punishment
cannot, at present, be entirely dis.
peused with; torture IL always an
abominatioD, never necessary, new.
or iustiIiaple. Punishment is not
degrading, though the offence that
merits II Ia 40 In all cases. Torture
spoils and corrupts both him who
inflicts it and him who suffers it
IL hardcns the heart, and drives in
the moral disease IL was designed
Go extirpate or else IL brushes a
mans soul out and makes him q
covering slave for ever. Read the
following from a recent letter from
Pensacola
There has been erected hero, at
the instance Of Lieut. Stark. Of the
Marine Corps, an affair called "tbc
cruo!iix," on which men, for trifing
offences, are triced at their full
length for two hours together, by
strong cords. Some weakly cousti.
tuted persons have tainted while
thus hanging, and many, IL Ia fear.
ed, are contracting fatal diseases
from the same cause. Every day
for the last month, this barbarous
torture has been inflicted on sol.
diers who enlisted TO be- treated as
men. One old man in particular,
who has been over twenty years in
the Navy, and who fought in every
battle during the Mexican war, has
been 80 NATURALLY used by Lieut.,
Stark'sordcrs, that | fear he will die
IN a short time.
The poor old fellow is nervous
and not expert at drilling, being
stiff and stupid from extreme age.
And yet we talk Of Naples, and
raise the loud hurrah at the expul.
sion Of the torturing tyrant, Bombi
ma f! Language is inadequate to
express our detestation of sucb