Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-08-29

New Orleans True Delta, in an ar
ticle taking off the mania for relic.
hunting, makes the following good
hits 81
The watch-boxes and wheelbar-
rows which Mrs Toodles bought 80
literally, on the ground that might
possibly be useful after awhile,
were not 80 foolish an investment,
as this investment In splinters and
ropes.ends. If the cAa6oaie7s of this
city wish to do a neat stroke Of brs1.
ness, let them collect all the old
rags they can find, all the broken
glass, all the horseshoe nails lying
around the streets, all the old cigar
stumps, all the violated and empty
sardine boxes, aud the thousand
other pieces OF rubbish which may
be found around the markets and
the Parish prison before the scav-
engers' carts go around, and carry
them to some distant point and ad-
vertisc them as relies Plenty
of literary Bohemians can be found
who will invent wonderful history
for each relic, and Barnumiae it into
value a...zm-... 5....r -=..=-.#.
Not Indifferent, ourselves, to the
pecunisry advantages which may
result from this new mania OF the
people, we have determined to en-
tex the market with some exceed
ingly valuable "relics" of our own,
which we hereby offer for sale, cash
only, according to the following
schedule
The type whercwith was printed
graphic account of a terrible Skin
mish in Tennessee, between par
oiled soldier and a bushwbacker.-
Five dollars each type.
The pen with which one Of our re-
porters wrote gushing notice OF
the departure for New York of the
"brave and gallant" Eaglehead Of
the l469th Iowa battery. Price,
seventy-6ve dollars.
The pencil wherewith was writ
ten, several times in the course Of
the war, on the bulletin in front of
the office, these startling words -
Later from Virginia. One hun
dred dollars.
The stick wherein was setan &C
count Of the arrest on Pcrdido
street Of a malignant rebel caught
in the act Of hallooing, "Hurrah for
jeff. Davisw One hundred
A lot of coal brought in a schoon.
err from Philadelphia, the captain of
which was frigbtend when off the
coast of Florida by the apparition,
which proved to be ground'ess, Of
the pirate" Alabama. We have
given orders to our engineers in the
press room not to use this coal for
igneous purposes, and will close it
out at five dollars alump:
Together with many other rare
and valuable relics of the war,
which we will not, after the fashion
ofour Lord aMyor, receive sealed
proposals for, but will dispose of at
moderate rates to those who know
their worth and appreciate the val.
ne which coming generations will
attach to them. Here is a chance
for the relic hunters which we hope
on their account and not our own,
they will avail themselves of. Like
the Sybiline leaves we shall hold
them higher in proportion to their
scarcity and the length of time they
remain upon the market.
In New York they have already
Gold Board and Stock Board, and
Dry Goods Exchange, and a Pc
troleum Board-and we suppose
the next thing will be Relic Board,
in which gambling will be carried
on in trophies and mementoes Of the
war, Just as 1t Is IN almost every
thing else. After awhile, though,
we suppose it will, like most other
humbugs, die out of existence and
be numbered among the things that
were. At present we know Of moth
ing more ridiculous and unmanly
than this foolish mania aud pass
ion of some people for what they are
pleased to call "reIics' The war
will live in, history as one of the
0randest events that ever happened
and there is no need that future
generations shall be reminded of it
by splinters, brickbats, ropes.ends,
broken bottles, and other trash and
.....,,x, ,xvI,;oh g.r rnanzT rlannla q va