New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-02-12
Things at the Capital.

Front @ur @mn Correspondent
BARON ROUGE, February o. 1852
spare moment is left me to chronicle other things
than legislative proceedings in consequence of the adj
lournment of both houses occasioncd by the death of
Victor Jolda, ESQ, Of st. Bernard
Every thing is beautiful in its season. This RESPECT to
the dead is beautiful is good feeling of the heart
and custom has halowed it. But Legislature could
lust as well express IL at the end of days work the
beginning day lost is taken from the sixty alot-
ted to the session. and not be redeemed It would
be no want of respect for the dead sympathy with
the living If the members of the present session were to
husband all their time. for in truth they have noun
tain of labor before them which be tunncled-it
must be removed to the level of the common emergency
mean no censure to the members Of all the elibera
1--WE bodies ever saw they do work. and do il we'll
md talk less than any have known Indeed, some of
Them seem literally to be chained to their seats Even
now in the dim twilight the candles are being lighted
see yonder the immoyable member from Claiborne busy
with his pen; yonder the quiet and exemplary members
from st Martin and St Mary pondcrng over some bill
tor tomorrow work with friend from whom they seem
20 take counsel; and out yonder the outer circle
perceive the indefatgable Chairman of the Judiciary
Committee waiting for his associates an hour before the
'me; and down near to me. Second District MEM
er from the foundry evidently putting something in
Sood heat to make perfect mould guess he and his
bill imposing security foreign insurance agencies
There's Mr. Payne ju taking his seat he is going ms
sis report to the Railroad Convention showl 10 protcct
the opelousas Road with evces and inidycl outlets
ion ike to run full head upon an out-ni-ou epgi
he'f l. VINO never looked through compass hut this
,'cins to me rather mpraciicsblo
But let us stop this and stroll through the cunitn, Tie
interior appearance is much more striking and beautiful
than the exterior Two things. however have been
.hotun lIty tai
license to construct bauhle useless and unnecessary
horse or an eagle is to chrography Light and acous
tics have been wonderfully dregared the latter totally
You enter the rotunda. either side along ,assope
way between the offices of the several State officers into
the rotunda II is not bright day, you stand in the
light place IN the centre beneath concentrated sky-
light that has to concentrate its rysso pass through
Tho openings of the second and third floors and wonder
il that pile of something either side on the West
be staircase or is the ascent hid away some of hos,
dark whose walls you cannot see You look IL,
aud you that steamboat chandelier. with its fou,
prongs and globe shades all suspended from the top dome
evenly feet above you. by Irvine string. looking S,
seamboatike that you would be surprised to heal
The gru voice of the mate cry out, Shove that panl
tnere-launch' and the response OF dozen hands
| n.y. ay, sir" BY this time the pupil of your eye ha.
to the capacity of the place and you hear
one coming down through the dark pile you first observed
"au can plainly see several of the steps of a stairway
lieseh'iy man emcrges from the shadowy place and
ascertain from him that you can get up there into the
Senate and Representative Chambers
You enter either chamberthoy both present the same
f'llies All around and above YOU common timber has
been tortured into oak Of the most excessive oour and
narkaise grain. This oak made To serve many MR.
poses Above it person;tes great giant beams which nrc
support the whoe sopefStruenr' stretching down
st Won, here and there massive inverted to,v y,
Looks across at lbs ra-' in very arch htyieand then all
around everywhere hui in the greatest accommodates, al,
over and about the speakers seat this same oak is u,
out into little throughs with ornamented prows nailed
to the wall while the arch the speakers chair min
giles with Its oak specimens Of the Chinese painters pencil
rae smaller appropriations Of this oak comprise elio
'ta esat'lYanpes which sss 10 have heep ,s val III,