The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-12-22
Nrv ORLEANS. December 18th, 1852.

New ORLEANS, December nth. 1852.
jlear Coma:-I do not know that pstes'
ever had correspondent that suited it as
well as Iao the Coma--It comes to me at
intervals unaccountable and unex pected, ard
I write in the same way-WeiI, now fof
gossip-ani let those condemn who will.
What do you think Of the Pope, Pious the
s.h2 Heis solemn cut throat-and an
ecclesiastical Nero His massacre at An
coma and other Italian towns, is enough to
.revolu.ionize Italy and send his holiness up,
on an everlasting plgrimageAThc old fy-
rant has already been driven by the people
from his, throne, for calling it, "Ponti-
fical chair,n is now, in this age of reason
and liberty Of conscience, an arrant hum
bug-The next dive will prove the "Devils
drive to hful-and the ''thunders OF the
Vatician'' that we hear so much about, and
which by the way, are like the rafting
OF sheet Iron at Sol Smiths theatre, any
night when lon or Macbeth is played--wih
be silenced forever, OF rather drowned. by
the true "Olympan thunder Of an aroused
people, 55 So -
How thrives your suit VS.. the Floating
Palace that, it appears to NE, was blan-
der of your City Fathers. and they should
be made to contribute each and every one
of them. to pay the damages-Your Town
Authorities are in eror-and the sooner
they compromise the matter and settle up
with the rnoprietors, the less they will
have to pay, when a court Of competent
authority. shall give the case its quietus.-
What has got into the Wings? they can't
for the life of them. get man of any stand
ing or probity down here, TO accept their
honorable nCmlna tlcns--uniess he has Ut
terly nothing else to do-Bordelon and Me-
Whorter were here last week for few
days-looking as we'll as such sterling good
souls should always look--They are bound
to make fearful inrods upon the nerlocra-
tic vote Of last NovembeI-and in my
humble opinion will certainly obtain the
Offices tor which they are nominated such
men are hard to beat, let their politics be
what they may-Bordelon' known inte-
GRIFFIN liquidatins debts that he was not
obliged to pay, even out of the meagre
stipend allowed him for mis- services as
Audtor-will tell at the polls-tor all clas-
ses admire honesty, and are willing TO re-
ward it with vote at least.
The Engineers Of the Railroad route
through the northwestern section OF Loul-
siana say they will have the road run
through to the Mississippi line by the lst-
September, 1880 stir up your plank
road advocate, and go ahead with your
timber and string pieces-far the day that
witnesses the finishing of the plank road
from Baton Ronge to Clinton. will be an
era in the history of your town, long TO be
remembered-tr ,rW flow over it into
your market and that with no sluggish tide
either.
hope te sec the day, ere years have
marked theiI changes upon me. when
can Jump into Railroad car and arrive in
Mobile inside of A hours-thus connecting
the city of New Orleans, by continuou,
Railroads, with the Great Western route
leading to all the great metropolitan cities
of the East and North. The Mobilians
may kick at this. but toit they have got TO
come at last, and then will come The death
struggle of our sister city-not for pros
perity and proud competition with New
Orleans--but for mere life-A Railroad
through here up into Tennessee will give
her perfect cholera It will be like TAX
ing Mr.. Smalweed cushion from hnl-and
then refusing to shake him up, when the
brimestone chatterer' has excited his bile
Well Tor a.! this nous rcyrons.
CATO.