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€\ Comet IB PUBLISHED THLWÏMCLY, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturday». J. IT.B. R. HATCH, G. A. PIKE. T. B. R. HATCH, : : : : : Editor. BATON KOl'UKi SATURT )At ,:::t ::::::::/::::NOV. 18, 1865. pur Amenta in new Orlean*. M h A hw . G am>km A Co, Newspaper Advertising Agent», No. 5, Commercial Place, New Orleans, Are tne duly authorised Agent« in that City for the (Jiitrtte aiul Comet. O autiön . —It bas come to our knowledge that some of our trades men having gunpowder for sale are keeping ftn undue quautily of that articTe on their premises. This is in violation of a city ordinance, limit ing the quantity allowed to be kept by vanders of said article. It is also imperilling their insurance policies, and in case of fire, may lead to a to tul loss of insurance, under the "extra* hazardous" clause. "A word to the wise is sufficient." BöT" Dr. M aurice G annon , who for a great many years resided in New Orleans, died on the lltb in st., at his lato residence in Livingston Parish at the age of 74 years. He was universally esteemed for his many public and private virtues. He was a native of Ireland but had been residing iu this State since 1815. , _ I » I T he S tay L aw in M ississippi.— A low staying the collection of debts until January 1st, 1808, has passed the House of Representatives of the Mississippi Legislature on the 7th in* slant., by a vote which the Jackson corrospondent of the Vicksburg Her aid, calls ''overwheming." The same correspondent says it will without doubt pass the Senate by a strong vote. —-*-•••'—-—— At a special meeting of the New Orleans Chess Club on the 14th iriBt.» an election of officers was held, says the Star, which resulted as fol lows: For President, P aul Mon pu y { for Vice President, P. N^ S trong ; for Secretary, C iiari.cs A. M aurian ; for Treasurer, A. E. 1w.açkmar. A labama .-—In twenty-five coun ties P atton , for Governor received 12,000 against B ulger ; 8,500 aad S mith 37,000 votes. P atton is undoubtedly elected. T he N kxt ( J okurkss .—The Chica go llejiublicim thus gives the politi cal complexion of the two Houses of Congress > In the Senate, twenty-five States are now represented by thirty-three Republicans arid Unionists,and eleven Democrats, According to the party division that existed before the war, the Abuse of Representatives now stands 140 Republicans and Unionists to 51 Democrats; but on the great question of at once admitting the Representatives of the Southern States, or keeping them, or most of them, for a longer period in probation, it is not probable that the same pro portions shall be preserved. Should all th« Southern States now without representation, whose Senators and Representatives are yet to be elected, choose Democrats opposed to negro suffrage, as it is to be expected they will do, and should they be admitted, the Seriate will then contain 47 Re publicans and Unionists and 27 Dem ocrats ; and the House of Represeuta tives would contain 150 Republicans and Unionists to 02 Democrats. &K&" Slavery still exists in Ken tucky and Delaware, although the kvstern there is broken up. In I860 Delaware had about eighteen hundred slaves, and Kentucky over two bun dred and twenty-five thousand. It may surprise some to learu that New Jersey is a slave State ; by the census of 1860, she had eighteen slaves, being the only one recorded in the Northern States. They still continu« to reject the Constitutional amend ment for the abolition of slavery. »■■■«■■ — ty Here is an eruption from Mr. Punûh: "Why did the Greeks do more than any other nation to retard the progress of the line arts? Because thay supplied lota of Phidias (of hideous) statues. a L ückv M aw .—John CampbeU,n(red 88 year«, died a srhorttinse sinoe in Cecil coun ty, mj. He had been blind and deaf for «tome y ws, and know notbifl* whatever of the war. His . relatives did ijot think it pruper to inform him of the fact. Besides they could'ot. py man. ibinrditiei and Abtuet of the Telegraph. In trusty hands and when legiti mately Tiwd, the telegraph is imdetii« ably an "institution" of great merit and importance; but, like many other things in this world—good in themselves—it degenerates into an in strument of evil when committed to base or injudicious hands. We have wondered that communi ties, and particularly the Associated Press in our large cities, have not, in all their efforts at reforming tine abu ses of the Telegraph, succeeded In res cuing it from those baneful influences which have made it in many instances, a mere panderer to sectional and sen sational passions and a t.r>ol in the hands of selfish politicians and specu lators. Why is it, that the Associated Press, which pays so liberally and so dearly for its daily dish of telegrams, do not insist opon a more reliable and efficient system of telegraphy ? As at present conducted, it reminds us of the game of nine-pins, where the pieces are set up just for the pleasure of knock ing them down again One day we find a score or so of dispatches embla zoned with startling captions and seemingly "pregnant with great events The following day comes auother batch upsetting all their il lustrious and "highly illustrated" pre decessors, and throwing the public mind into a most confused condition of doubt, misunderstanding and per plexity. Not unfrequently the dis patches are couched in such unintel ligible terme, as to defy the most adroit ingenuity at deciphering them, aud if deciphered at all, lo, and be hold ! "the game is not worth the candle." We think it an error on the part of many journalists, to lead off their telegraphic columns with such flaming heads as they are in the habit of doing. As a general thing, it looks like attaching too much sig nificance to insignificant items. There are exceptional instances, it is true, where intelligence of great interest and moment is reported, in which comprehensive and expressive head ings seem not out of place ; and which, when ingeniously framed, con tain within themselves the gist of all that follows them. But, how often iB it we see a quarter or a half column of sensational bead lines spread over a very meagre and beggarly account of unimportant circumstances and events^ this account to be contradicted, per haps, in the next day's issue. It is a common expedient with some smart operators, when there happens to be a lull in the news market to manufacture such items as they think will "take" with certain people, knowing that in all commu nities there is a class of "gobes mouches" ready to swallow anything that comes along, without stopping to enquire into the why or where fore of the delectable news morsels served out to them. It is sufficient for them that the items are there in black and white, and that being honored with newspaper insertion and dignified with stunning capitals, they have ■par conséquence, the gos pel odor. It is bad enough to have to wade through so much profound tele graphic stupidity, aud then to arrive at such shallow soundings of fact and information, as is ordinarily the case in such tasks, without being com pelled to read over the silly lucubra tions of some inventive genius who feels bound to entertain the public from day to day by dishing out the figmeuts of his disordered brain, or enlarging a modicum of fact into the proportions of a huge and wild ex travaganza. We hope to see the time when in stead of the unenvious sobriquet of "Lying Telegraph" which the "lightening" (not enlightening) in stitution has reaped for itself the more honorable appellation of' "Truth-telling Telegraph," may be consistently applied to it; when it shall deal more in unvarnished, un sensational fact than fiction ; when, instead of having to hunt as it were through ten bushels of chaff to get at one grain of wheat in our researches for telegraphic information, we shall be enabled to come at once at the simple truth, divested of all wordy or gaseous superfluity. Then will the " institution " have arrived at its chief value and subserve the honest requirement for which it was in tended as a medium of safe and reli able information to the public. The Late Election. i.afol'rohe. The official reclurns of the vote in this parish are condensed as follows : For Governor—Well», 735; Allen, 93.^ For Lieutenant Governor—Voorhiss, 810; Taliaferro, 41. Kor Secretary of Stato—Hardy, 807; Ed wards, 48. For Auditor—Peralta,811; Olivier, 44. For Treasurer—Giffen, 812; Michel, 41. For Attorney General— Herron, 814; Lacey, 41. For Superintendent of Public Educa tion—Lusher, 803; Richardson, 41. For Congress—Wiekltffe, 697; Muse, 107; Mithoff, 42. For State Senator—John Nelson, (no opposition), 583. Messrs. E. E. LeBlanc, F. C. Ewing abd Ernest Hoger were elected Representative». ST. LANDBY. Fur Governor—Wells, 1,098; Allen, 58' For Lieutenant Governor—Voorhiea, 1,091; Taliaferro, 88. Mardy received 1,088 votes and Edward» 51 for Secretary of State; Giffen, for State Treasurer, received 1,070, Michel 63; Iler ron, 1,075, Lacey, 60, for Attorney General; Peralta, 187, Olivier, 250, for Auditor; Lusher, 1,067, Richardson, 67, for Superin tendent of Eublic Education. VKRMIT. I.ÎON. The St. Martinsville Courier says Dr. Duperier bu* obtained 180 majority for Congres» in Vermillion. To the House of Ropresontativas, Mr. Laurent ia elected. Meo-srs. T. C. Anderson, of St. Landry, and Wm. Campbell, of Lafayette, are both elected to the Senate. Judge Palfrey, of St. Mary, and Henry H. Wilcoxon, of this parish, are also elected in their respective Senatorial Districts. |-jf~ The able editor of the Richmond Whig, a very thorough Southern man,i» acquitting himself a» a very thorough pat riot. All his influences at this time are for good. He is doing inueh not only for the Federal Union but for the union of hearts and bunds. How nobly, says the Louis ville Journal, such paragraphs a» the fol lowing contrast with the narrow-minded, unpatriotic, msgliguant, and vindictive articles ®f some of our Republican organs : The aspect of political affairs has now changed ; the loweringclouds that darken ed our prospects seem to bo rapidly passing off, and our futuro looks bright and cheer ing. To the wisdom, sagacity and firm ness of the President, aud to the good practical sense and liberality of the North ern army, wo are indebted for bringing about a change of opinion and of action with regard to the affaiTS of the South. Parties seem vieing with one another in indorsing the policy of the Preaident, and that policy promises to b* essentially just to us. It is time to resort to an era of good feeling between the lately opposing sec tions. To effect this, it is necessary and beoorning that the people, the private citi zonti, as wall as the official incumbents, of either section, should make mutual ad vances to a more kind, cordial and heart folt intercourse. We all really admire the great armieB of the North and their great commanders, and no reason now remains why we should not evince that admiration in our daily intercourse. In truth the North and the South respect each other more now than before the war, and the conjoint effects of their respective achieve ments have surprised, amazed, and as tounded all Christendom. Those achieve merits, whether by the South ortheNorth, have now become national property. We are again one people, and may well be proud of the prowess exhibited by either section. Time enough, too, has elapsed for the smart of irritation telt by oither party at recent defeats to subside and pass away. We should now be able to talk over the affuirs of the war, and all other affairs, without angry collisions. A Steam Lxvke Bdti,i>er ,—TheShreve port News, of »he 81st ult., speaks thus of the machine ftnd its inventor : Wo have known Capt. Wailey for the last two and a half years, and have every confidence in his ability and judgmont in tho projection of any thing pertaining to machinery. It is just the thing that is wanted at this time. To repair and build the levees on the lower Mississippi with this machine the work can bo done for half the money, than otherwise, and with greater profits to the contractor, which is un importantItom to tho people. All that Capt. Wailey desires to intro duce his invention is the moans to build one machine so that it may be exhibited, and to the person thus furnishing tho means, he proposes to give a one-third in terest, which we consider a very good in vestment. The machine is worked by steam powor, snd will dig and pi see on the levee »ix cubic yards of dirt per minute, at which rate it will pay for itself in about five days work. We hope to see some interprising men take hold of this thing, that the peo ple, as well as Capt. Wailey, may secure the benefits of so important an invention. Lkvebjno the Mississippi .—We loam from tho St. Louis press, that thecontrsct forlcveeing the Mississippi, between Grand Lake and Lake Providence, in this State, has been awarded to Messrs. Martin Keary and Philip Dougherty, of 8t. Louis. Mr. Keary is engaging a force of workmen in that city to forward to the place of oper ations. First Mail by Railroad to New Or leans .—The first mail from thiB city to New Orleans by railroad, since 1862, was forwarded yesterday from the poBtoffice, via Grand Junction. Another important link in the cbain of intercommunication has been added. The traces »f war are fast fading awny before solid improvement, we hope, to be remembered only as an un pleasant dream.— Memphis Commercial 9th. Nasii ville a Great Petroleum Cen ter .— One of the most scientific men in the army, just from a visit North and East, tells us that tho geologists and capitalists there have their eyes turned on Middle Tennessee as a great oil field. Ho predicts that in a short tiin« Nashville will be the greatest oil mart ia the Union .—Memphis Ar gut. nST A new dredge for deepening the channel of the Mississippi at the mouth, has been completed, and is thus described : It is in the form of a huge harrow, with immense teeth, and will be dragged over the compact sand and mud which form the bar. This will stir it up, and the action of the wa ters—the currents—will disseminate the particles over an increased surface, aud thus deepen the channel. Banvard's new museum building ia underway in New York, snd threatens strong rivalry to Barnum. SPECIAL NOTICES. WILLIAM BOGEL, wholisiaa aud ä»tau. ds1 lib ii DRUGS, CHEMICALS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS & DYE STUFFS, Lafayette St., BATON ROUGB, HAS do » on hand and 1» constantly receiving direct from the European and Northern mar ket« fresh supplies of DRUGS, MEDICINES, PATENT MEDICINES, FAINTS and OILS, STATIONERY, FUaK WINKS, LIQUORS, CHESSMEN and BOARDS, POCK KT CUTLERY, SCHOOL BOOKS, PLAYING CARDS, F A NOT ARTICLES, PERFUMERY, SOAPS, BLACK and GREKN TEAS, 6 UNS, PISTOLS, POWDER, SHOT, CAPS, fishing tackt, k, CARTRIDGES, POWUER FLASKS, SHOT POUCHES. GAME BAGS, MEERSCHAUM and WOOD PIPES, SMOKING and CHEWING TOBACCO, WOLIN and GUITAR STRINGS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, GARDEN SEEDS, CONFECTIONER*, PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS, MUSIC BOXES, HAS ALSO SEVERAL FINE TONED T OCT. » m. jvl. jbj ROSEWOOD CASE, AT L»»g THAI NEW ORLEANS PRICES ! tar Phtsicia *»' paisoMPTio»» carefnVy prtpartd day or night. nevlS JUST RECEIVED ! Fresh Tbomaiton LIME, PLASTER PARIS, OVENS, POTS »nd SKILI.ETS-a fine assort. ODD LIDS of all «lté». OILS, PAINTS and TURPENTINE. WINDOW GLASS and PUTTY. nevlg JAMES MoVAY. M. FOUSSE, WORK KR IN Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron, SHOP ON ST. FERDINAND STREET, OFFOdTI THft MARXKT, BATON IIOVOI, LA, HAVING dlMolved my oo p'rtoershipwIthMr E Leoranaa, by mutual consent, I bar» taken the above itand, where I »hall be happy lo serve my old friends and the publie generally, In the execution of every description of work eon nested with my busine«». novl8-3m M. FOUS8R. NOTICE TO BAKERS I THE price of Flour being $16 per barrel, Bakers will give 18 ounce» for a'dime, the ensuing week. JORDAN HOLT, novl8 Mayor. GET THE BEST I AND AS THE 1E8T 18 THK CHEAPEST, If you want a p ur of good Shoe*, call at RBYMOND'S VARIETY STORE, novl4 Next to Pike'» Hall. ENGLISH UOSIEltY I A FULL lin» of the above for Ladies, Gent» and Misses. Also, Worsted and Merino Hose, for CliiMren, just received at REYMOND'S VARIETY STORE, nov!4 Next to Pike'» Hall. Buckskin Gloves and Gauntlets. A GOOD assortment of the above. Also, Cash" me e and Silk fllrves, for sale as cheap as tb cheapest, at REYMOND'S VARIETY STORE, novl4 Next to Pike'» Hall. fancy goods i CONSISTING or Chenille Nett», Waterfall», La dles' Cravats, (something new.) Black and Colored llelts and Buckles, Tucking Combs, Nu bias, Buttons, Braids. Aleo a supply of Perfu mery Just »reived at REYMOND'S VARIETY STORE, novH Next to Pike'» Hall. lime i lime i lime ! barrels FRE-H BURNED LIME—large I >) ba rre ls—just received and for «ale In quan tities of the value of tun cents and upwards, novtfi JOSHUA BEAL. powder, shot and caps. A MODERATE STOCK in store and mare hourly h 'Oked for—price» of the anti-mono poly order. [novlgj JOSHUA BSAL. E. R. BECK WITH, COTTON BUYER, —AND— IM natation Supply Furnlaher, BATON ROÜQE, LA. THAT the Proprietor wishes to settle up hl» business for the first time in four years, ao d those owing biu who do not call within ten days and settle their account», may expect to hare le gal measures taken against them. Morale.— The advertiser wlsbe» to Pnd ont im mediately who intends to swindle him and who does not, and those who do bave the opportunity to sell their property to their wive», that ei »billig him to balance hii book». novH-tf Advocate copy. THE NEW YORK ALBION, TH* OLDEST Literary and Foreign Weekly in America, I« PUBLISHED AT ff o. «9, Park Row, NEW YORK. Tnn. |S PK« AHITO*. New Subscribers for 1886, remitting direct to Hi* office by P.O Order, wilt be entitled to a choice fron the twenty-five annual Albion Engravings, free. Address YOÜNG & MORRELL, BOTlS~lm Proprietor». ^ ... ■ I 'L . - .1 I. ' X MAGNIFICENT OPENING 09 FALL AND WINTER DRY GOODS 5 CLOTHING, AT KOWALSKI'« Popular Dry Goods Establishments HAVING made extensive preparation for the trade thli Fail, has now on exhibition, the LARUEIT mm BEST SELECTED none» FANCY AND STAl'LE DRY G OODS, EVER OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC. tar IT IS TUB ONLY PLACE gl WH*** A PULL ASSORTMENT OP English French and American PRINTS, French and English MERINOS, Plain and Plaid POPLINS, Black and Ool'd ALPAOCAS, SATINETS, SHEETINGS, DENIMS, JEANS, , TICKINS, CHECKS, FLANNELS, BLANKETS, Ac., CAN ALWAY* BE FOÜND. And in the CLOTHING !L I KT IE VI CAN T>KFY COMPETITION, As all onr Clothing lias been tnnde in New Orleans, or TUX Latest and most npprovrd Fathlon tar SPECIAL ATTENTION _#f| I» called to our stock of BOOTS, 8II0E8 AND HATS, OP lVIRY VARIETY AND BFUPK. ISA fW We can aisare our friends and customers, that It will be to their advantage, by giving us a call before purchasing elsewhere. J. KOWALSKI, novll Laurel Blreet. FRESH GOODS! FRESH GOODS ! TFIK UNDERSIGNED respectfully Informs hie friand*, nrquaintnnce* and th« public at large, that he has just received a FRlflH ASSORTMENT Of DBY QO O ID S , B oots and S hoes, II ats, READY-MADE CLOTHING. ALSO, A riSR AND FHBSlf STOCK Of FANCY ARTICLES, BÜCH AH— NUBIAS, LADIES' CLOAKS, SHAWLS, IIOOD8, Ac., To which he most cordially invita» the attention of the public. H. CZARLINSKY, Main Street, novll Opposite the Ilarney House. Peterson'« Magazine, — FOR— NOVEMBER, 1865, JUST RECEIVED AT BEAU S BOOK $ VARIETY STORE, Corner of Third and Conventioa 8ta., novll-6t B atok R ocok , L a. Godcy'# ItudyiH Book, — FOR— DECEMBER, 18 GO, —AT— BEAL'S BOOK & VARIETY STORE, Corner Third and Convention Kts., oetlö-6t h atos liociiK, L a. ATTENTION ! Heads or Families Take Notice! THK UNDKR8IQNKD »re prepared to receive and fill order« for WOOD, for the coming win ter. [ dot IÖ] AKGHRR à 1IKNDKK80N. jambs vasce.. ..RAM. B. HARBOUR Vanee & Harbour, LIVERY AND SALE STABLE, Corner of Church and Convention tits., BATON ROUGE, L.A. rvjCmjLOUK &TABLK8 are well equip- _ ped with fine Horse« and con ve yance s, aud every attention li paid to the ac commodation of parties wishing Transportation, Pleasure Baggies, Carriages, or Biding Hors«», or to those who leave animals in our cure. Accom modations maple, fred plentiful and charges mod erate. We run no Stage«, but will transport nny parties to an; point within traveling distance of this city. novie-lm NEW CLOAK STORE. — f ' New Styles and Low PrieeSe IJIHB LADIES OF BATON ROUGE andvklnlty, and mj frier, de generally, are respectfully Invited to eall and inspect my really choice »took of CLOAKS, SHAWLS, Hoop Skirts and French Corsets, Which I purchased with great care during my recent visit to Eurer«, add sua determined to e«U them at each low price«, that every one will be laduoed to purch»«e. "I Want a Living Profit Only !" My long connection with Baton Rouge tea suffi cient guarantee of my ability to meet the Want«, both in prioe and «tyle, of the community. I,A DIES" CLOTH CLOAKS, From $4 00 to $16 00—worth double. LADIES' SILK CIRCULARS AND II A SUCKS, From $1S 00 to 120 00— worth double. V Call and eee for youraelve« before pur chasing elsewhere. M. C. PARKER, Main St., near Third, nov4 Opposite N. B. Bermlngham's Store. Shawls and Cloaks. POPLINS AND DELAINES. OLOTHINO, BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, &.C., —AT— JACOB KUHN'S WH0LE8ALE AND RETAIL STORE, THIRD STREET, NEARLY Ol'POBITE THE BANK. M IT FRIENDS OF THE CITY AND COUNTRY are respectfully informed that I have In my store THE HANDHOMKST ABl) LATEST STYLES Of SHAWLS, CLOAKS, NUIIIA8, ROYAL, AND IRISH POPLINS, PLAIN AND FIOORED DB LAINES, KRKNOII AND ENGLISH PRINTS, POIL DE CHEVRE, BLEACHED AND BROWN BHEETINÖ8, CAS8IMERB8 AND SATINETS, BALMORAL And HOOP SKIRTS, WHITE AND RED FLANNELS, CORSETS, HAflt NETS, HANDK KltCHlEKH, STEEL, IVOKY AND PEARL BELT BUCKLES, PKRFUMERY, LACKS AND EDUINQ8. —Alio— TH* MOST COWFLKTB A8SOP.TMBKT 0» READY-MADE CLOTHINO, SHI RTS,COLLA RB, CRAVATS, UNDERSHIRTS AND D R A W E R8 , And TRUNKS, VALI8ES AND TRAVELING BAOS. W Upeilnl attention 1« called to the bargain« I am now enabled to give in BOOTS -A. KT ID SHOES I Having bought a v er y large lot direct fro m the nianufactorle*. t f Call and examine my beautiful stock of NKW GOODS, And convince yourself of my eagerness to lell A Good Article at a Low Price! JACOB KUIIN, Third St., opposite the Back, octlS B aton R ovoi, I.A. E. FENDLEK, DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, JEWELRY, «ScO-, Third Street, Opposite the linn It. RESPECTFULLY INFORMS HIS FRIENDS, that he ha« just returned from New York with A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF FANCY & STAPLE DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, CLOAKS, BOOTS and SHOES, HATS and CAPS, Ac., he. —ALSO CHOICE SELECTIONS OF J" E W E L 1 CONSISTING OF WATCHES, DIAMONDS, SILVERWARE, RINGS, CHAINS, NECKLACES, Ac., —And— THE GENUINE! BRAZILIAN PEBBLED SPECTACLES, ALL WARRANTED TO BE or THE FINEST QUALITY AND FINISH, WHICH HE CAN SELL BELOW NEW ORLEANS PRICES ! 4»- WATCHES and JEWELRY neatly repaired and warranted, ocl2 Junt Received ! FilOM St. Louis, per steamers Olive Branch and Forsyth ! 60 barrels FLOUR, to .. APPLK8, 20 .. ONIONS, 10 .. WOSKEY. For sale at the lowest rates by L. JADOT, novll-3t Latayette 8t.