Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-04-10
Correspondence of tie Gazette.
nnw ! ons assh March, 1859.

Affef two cold, bleak days, worthy oi
mid. winter. New York 10 III The receipt Of
! latch Of fne weather. House hunting
10 In full blast. A custom pfsysils here
which II nuts 10 the landlords lis thst
Of lsbslling TO Let" or !" For Sale" III
the hired houses, fof shrrs mouths prior 10
the first Of Msy, and the oeeupants srs
expected 10 show. every one Of the little
million Of applicants every room, ont.
house. nook aud GRANNY Of their dwellings.
Of course il ia 4 most profound and i'm
meas i,rable bore, nor IL II, eniitsly ssft.
f,r out Of The numberIess callers. who are
.tagging Ut tie door bell The Whole day
long. .oins may be dishonest. Untlonted.
~ some " mi.iory Of tile moon" tas Fsl-
staffpnss, the night tilieve=) avail them.
selves Of 50 good anopporiuuity TO post
themselves as 70 the accessibility Of The
dwellings,, witll!a viewio nocturiai depfr.
fdations, either Immediate or In future
Three houses IN onr bock iavs beeij Ell.
teied aud robbed, AT night, by some Of
these scoundfpls. II excites my nnspeak.
able ad niration that the tenants should
| submit to this abomiiiable custom, TO 90.
| conmodate landlords who exhibit their
own liberality in only homeopathic doses.
Another occupation Of The people. akin
to the honse hunt. is /" Looking for a
Boavding Place 10 sltsr shs line Of
the past ..- .s...s.., - .-e t,a. T.
York never is, hut alwsys TO be, suilt"
The conversion Of down town dwelling
| houses into stores has become alho.t al
epidemic, and all sorts OF houses IN the IN.
fecied districts of Wards and 3, are snf
fering from the llumor, and exhibit very
broken aud scrofulous exterior. This aud
ilie customary changes Of tenants, in an'i-
cipaton OF. the memoiable ts. OF May.
has set innutnerable boartIers afpnt OH tile
wide sea Of conjecture as to the probabil-
ities Of tIeir ever finding another home.
Day after day 'ls'y sally out in quest Of
All abiding place, bur night brings them
back unsuccessful like the dove to the
ark, without having found 20 much ~
rest for the sole of the foot. ia n
Yesterday, during DIR. Springs delivery
of the last of his course Of lectures oil the
/" Glory Of Christ" the solsnliIiiy OF the
sanctuary was ssssiled by the noise of =
military baud and company, and In the
afternoon the same incident Ia common
ole however) was repea,ed.
Thousands of persons visited the City
Hall yes,erday, TO see the corpse and lend.
Ell coffin of the iAst human relic Of WASH.
ingtons Life Guard, the late Mr.. Gibson.
whcl, has lain there in funeral state since
Friday, and u 10 be buried under Sms to
day, by the companies which perpetuate
the old continental uniform. dc.
PALMER G CO., under arrest for frand in
the sale Of California tickets, are Ia for II,
as snre a. d door nail About 6U new
complaints have appeared to-day. s
The Bank of ,le Republics new build.
inn at the head OF Wall street, IL now
completed. The temple Of nsinnon (.ike
the horse of God, just oprosiir) is built OF
lrown stone. and highly ornamented. III
defiance Of the powers that be. 1t lias
been extended over q strip Of land 2 feet
wide. and about 30 feet long, originally
belonging TO tlls State, bnt appropriated
by the city Tor widening the street. which
Is now very narrow. To relinquislI this
little strip the bark directors demand
$G4 900. /. Adams Il Go. have just pur-
chased a large Store aud loi near by. Ia d
more desirable location lhan the bank lot.
I don't know its precise dimensions, but oi
a similar lot two or three duors nearer 10
Trinity Church, and the Bank, Il allule TO
the mammoth dry goods and importing
-itu,,.e Of G. w. and J. r. Moore T. Coz
An Interesting artcis Ia the March nun.
ber Of tile Knic1erjorker Magdsine -ays
..,,t,cr building is 2i6 feet 10 depth. from
the front IN Broadway 70 tile reaf IN
Trinity Alley. Reckoning Mesars.
Moore & Co.'S front 10 be- 40 feet. iiiert
arc upwards Of 5000 squess iect, which
NJ $4,000 Uhe price paid by Adams 4
Col would be $40 per square foot.
This will serve to illustrate the ui,reasoll.
ahleness OF The demand o., the CRY by lie
Bank Of the Ruptblc. Money IL power.
however. and probably the lnnk will con.
,inue 10 obsiruct Wall street.
The steamer Pacitic arrived Of, the 2ist
inst, but the news from France not 70 de.
cisive a. we could wislr Louis Napoleon
has not been ssfassinated. but has had
his nose pulled l,y his brother. Thus tile
tree Of French, liberty Is barl,er's pole.
"Piinc White chief in the gold dust
speculation NY which two or three retired
nercl,a,its were induced 10 invcst c1n-
siderable sums OF money. with the promise
Of tremendous returns. and wers ditllieJl
out Of The funds) IL now dvcoyered. Hel
escaped 70 England IN the Arclic isst
Felxuary. Ii counmny with. ard under
tie na,ln,o Or his paramoar Fanny Howard.
Bulldirg Associations, pfnsnising every
nlan d house, who eilibarks in them 4
,s,sk Il, .ais. Af 50 III 81 IN. el,rifiNiiiu mi