The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-11-19
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very Interesting article recommending to
the Boar ef NIl1ctors II the Northern
Railroad, the Rialr sipsts as far as this
place.
The route about to be, if not already
adopted is through the swamp to Pass
Msncliac, from thence it DIVORCES 10
North casterly direction to the Mississippi
line, through whatA admitted to be the
very poorest lands in Louisiana, and through
which it is calculated to cost the price of
the road every three years to keep It from
decay.
On tie route selected, nothing can be ex-
pccted By subscription, for there is no one
to be benefited wherea5 thc 4 ad cine
through the Highlands and The river rout
10 Baton Rouge il would pass through The
rich Parishes Oh Jefferson, st. Charles st.
John the Baptist, st. James, Ascension,
Assumption, lberville and Baton Rouge.
Ata very low estimate 100000, stock
could be, and would be taken bxs4kse
Parishes, and when the road IS con- ned
to this place which could be done ID one
years time, u handsome Revenue would be
at ones yielded by it; and The rich property
hoders4in New Orleans within two loprs
transit to the Capital. &
We look upon itsas great oversight in
the Board to want to place tbs route where
It can yield nothing until it reaches jack
son in the State Of Mississippi. Is not the
commerce and agriculture Of our own State
ofsome importance! Ia there h9ssaead
of sugar, or a bale Of cotton raised on the
rich river route Tia. would not find its way
TO New Orleans on the road, much cheeper
and at much less risk than BY river. Would
not the coast property through which the
river route leads be. enhanced in value 300,
600 half the cost Of the road 2 And would
not The State atthe approaching session of
its legisIsture take at once the amount OF
stock authorized in the New Constitution 7
Mos. certainly it would and without haz-
ardins the good opinion OF any man, Won
OF child m the State.
| Thus tha communication Of the city OF
New Orleans which pays half the taxes Of
the State, to her Capitol; would be such
as to unite them, by two hours transit
through the very ri chest country in crea-
ton. The Delta asks 'could not the sever-
| al parishes subscribe $4,000! And would
not the property holders of this city New
Orleans snbscribe $4,000 to secure a
transit to Baton Rouge in two hours !
1
We can say on the authority OF a gen.
tleman, who is well acquainted with the
finances of the Parish, that Baton Rouge
can raise in one weeks time, the sum Of
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL
LARS, for a Roilroad TO New Orleans.
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| TEMpERANcE.--Tho Thibodaux Minerva
says cha. tho Rev. r. j. Harp, of the
Methodist Church in that place, with that
philanthropic feeling Of lis which knows
no bounds, has been existing The attention
of our citizens for several evenings past al
the Methodist Church in the cause of Tenn
perance. During the evenings of Tuesday
and Wednesday we had the pleasure
amouug others, a greater number OF whom
belong to the fairer portion of Gods creation
oflistening to his very interesting and truth.
ful lectmes-and we will say: ThibodauS
is not now as it formerly was. Good argu.
meuts and logical reasoning may yet caust
many of our citizens to enlist under the
banner Of TEN perance. In fact the nucle: