The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-05-13


crowded with pretty lAdies and distip.
guished men from all psrts ofthe coun.
try. My friend Mr.. Toombs, ofGecr.
gia, / again met here. He had on yes.
terday made one Of bis most eloquent
speeches to the Convention, and was
now 10 the Ball room surrounded By
numerous friends, enjoying himself
very much. He is a glorious fellow
and has more real social qualities than
any public man l ever met with.
Without any affected foolish pride OF
"munvats hduteasr" he gives you q
harty shake Of the hand and speaks his
sentiments freely. IaGmire the man
very much, and have become more at
tached to him than any stranger | ever
met before. We took'a drink, straw
berry julips, and then we went in and
took a dance. The girls were all dress
cd very neatly, but 1 thought most Of
them showed bad taste in dressing their
hair--most of them had it dressed. al d
poycupsne, stuck back and Jared out,
which gave them q wild and rather
frightful appearance. They however
danced very elegantly and with more
life even than our lovely Creoles. l
could plainly see that the Dancing Mas
ter, had been around, tor to my utter
surprise while dancing withmy fair part.
ner the beautiful Miss j. :, in the mid
die of the cotillion, the fellow who gave
out the figures sung ont "Gantlemen
kneel to your partners Hooked around
and saw every mothers son kneeling
down. Of course being gallant gentle
man and for the honor OF Louisiana |
knelt down also, when still more to my
surprise my fair partner insisted that
| should get en- both knees, determ-
iued that no man should Guido me in
galantry, and SO / complied with her
request, but when! rose, / took her
gently by the waiste and gave her a
kiss. This came well nigh making
serious affair fit, for she slapped me
in the face with her fan and raised
quite tempest in her teapot. lapol.
igized and said that l thought the man
said "kiss partners" and that it was
our custom in West Baton Rouge for
gentlamen to take those little nice.
harmless, sweet liberties. She pouted
a little, simpered a little. and sighed q
little, but then laughed it of and SO we
were good friends again. | waltzed
with her afterwards She was love-
ly waltzer. prqpinaded with her.
She was lovely prominader. | went
home with her. She had lovely
home.
During the ball, | was taken around
and introduced to the great men pres
ent. Gov. Collier, the present Gov
ernor, l found a very sociable gentle
man. He made a thousand enquiries
about our country, and particularly
about our beautiful coast. 1t is a
strange fact that the great men of this
part Of the world have never seen the
River. The Gov. is fine
large good looking man. but like the
girls, he also wears his hair as the 2'or.
cupines. A good French barber
would make him look like another man
in about fifteen minutes.
The Agricultural Convention was
well attened and is destined to do much
good. find COED many gentleman
here from |icksburg Miss, but Lou
isiana was without any Representative
whatever. The only sugar State in
the Union and the only one needing
protection and encouragement in her
great staple Of sugar. She appears to
be behind hand in all those measures
which the rest Of the States are taking.
in order to develope their agricultural
wealth. Alabama and Georgia and
even South Carolina are making great
strides in developing the internal re-
sources Of their respective States.
How can this be done unless they meet
in Convention-learn the wants OF the
country and apply the remedy. All
agricultural conventions are for the
special benefit Of the tarmer--the
hard working tiller of the soil. They
elicit facts and always result in much
good to the planting interests. Our
friend Pickett from Baton Rouge is