The Weekly Comet

NOT A WORD OF TRUTH IN IT.—
We find the following paragraph in the Baton Rouge Comet, of Sunday last:
We regret exceedingly to learn that burning the dead has at length been resorted to in New Orleans. The authorities have been forced into this measure from the inability to obtain hands to bury the dead. We learn that on Friday morning fifty dead bodies were publicly consumed.
We need not say to our city readers that there is not the slightest foundation for the above statement. We are not astonished, however, to meet with such a paragraph in a country paper. Considering the many unfounded statements put forth by the panic press; the horde of letter writers for country papers, who regardless of facts, and intent only on making their lucubrations interesting after the manner of their model writers, Monk Lewis, Ainsworth, Reynolds, Ingraham, &c., draw upon their heated imaginations to depict horrors that never existed; and, that Madame Rumor, that ancient and notorious liar, is at such times as the present, particularly busy, we cannot be astonished by anything we read in the papers at home or abroad.
However, we have to say in reference to the above paragraph, that the only dead bodies burnt that we have heard of, are those burnt up by the Comet—True Delta.
The weather is altogether too warm, and there are too many exciting subjects on our table just now, for us to fall out with our friends of the True Delta. We made the statement on the authority of gentlemen, now in this "CITY" who were present at the burning, and what they told us was backed by a telegraphic despatch of the same day. It's a matter however of no consequence. If it was done, it is not the first time. It has been done time and again, and found (where lime is used to consume the bodies) the best, and only effectual way of preventing the accumulation and spread of infection, at this season of the year.—After all there is nothing very horrible about it.
We feel ourselves very highly flattered in being classed with Lewis, the author of the "Monk," Ainsworth, Reynolds and Ingraham. We are really obliged to you Mr. Delta for the compliment, and shall seek an early opportunity to repay it. There is only one thing in your article that touches us in a tender place, and that is where you call this city, "the country."—We have proved our title to the term "City," and we take it to be a slur at us, whenever we are called otherwise.
That handsomely bound "red-sheep" morocco volume, called the "Acts of 1853:" inadvertently, no doubt, makes the mistake on its very title page, of calling this city 'a town.' This is of minor importance, to other errors; the result of having to copy the manuscript laws, and send them to New Orleans—contrary to common sense and reason—say nothing of law—for publication.
Our compeers are not satisfied it would seem, with doing every thing in their own city and having it their own way, but they must needs abuse us at every turn and call us "the town." For shame gentlemen, have a little more generosity.
The "Independent" press of this City are afraid of being cut off from the "crumbs," and therefore are silent guests at the feast. But let us assure you, that printing the laws of the next Session in this City, will be urged by the united voice of the 'country' members—and we shall urge the removal of the Capitol, to some other place where the acts can be printed early enough for the people to read them, before a dozen volumes accumulate to confound the lawyers, and throw the whole civil machinery into confusion.