The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-04-22
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MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA,

Dear Comet :--After delightful
trip up the Alabama river, | am a.
present in theplcasant village Of Mont
gomery. The Alaban,a y ) beautiful
stream, and abounds in truely pictur-
esque scenery. From Mobile to Selma
a distance Of some two hundred miles,
the lands are low and resemble very
much the Yazoo swamps At Selma,
avery pleasant and thriving village we
stopped, and while there, / took a gen,
eral survey Of the town. It is q de-
lightful place and celebrated for its
Artesian Wells. I saw three of them,
each $50 feet deep and aiording the
greatest supply of cold, fresh water -.
1t is really astonishing to see the large
volume of water, IL inches in dame
ter, gushing up twenty feeraboye the
earth, and forming most beautiful jets
for while these wells are Of great
public use te the community. they at
the same time are most exquisite Or
naments to the town. From this place
there is Rail Road leading on to the
Tennessee River-already the cars
run go miles Of the way, and in few
months the whole line viii be complet-
ed. The good people Of Alabama are
pushing on their Railroads. with aston
i<hing enterprise and in a very short
time they will command all the great
markets Of the South. In few months
the Alabama pl' inter- can ship his cot
ton to Charleston, Savannah, Mobile or
New Orleans. Besides wherever rail-
roads are built theSalue of lands have
been enormously increased. l am
credibly informed that ten years ago
lands could be purchased in the Nor
thern part Of Alabama and Georgia at
so cents per acre, that now will bring
readily Is OF 90 dollars per acre
This is the case every where. Even
the poor pine lands are valuable for
timber alone. Montgomery is the
capital Of the State and is thriving
brisk place. The capitol is 4 fine build
ing, but nothing to compare with our
splendid edi6ce Although the seem
cry on this river is beautiful, still the
lands appear poor and much neglected.
There are no elegant mansionso or well
improved farmes, but all appears in a.
miserable state of dilapidation. For
my part and for my use, had rather
have an acre, or one arpent if YOU
please Of land in West Baton Rouge,
than all the lands on the much talked
of Alabama. The spring fresllets have
ovel flowed the banks of the river, and
as we would say, there has been a gen.
eral crevasse over all creation Negro
cabins, hog-pens, and chicken-coops,
have all been submurged by the angry
flood, which has left its marks behind.
l have fallen in with company Of
Georgians, good, glorious fellows-fuli
Of fun and froiick and misclierious
withall. One Of them | have become
much attached to; | call him Major
because he reminds me so much in all
his actionsofa certain Maj. well known
as member Of a certain club in and
about Baton Rouge. This Georgia
Maj. told ME thousand and one rich,
rare and racy anecdotes, every Que Ct
which would make you split your sides
but time and space will not ALLOW
me here to relate any of them. Ny
Georgia friend thinks Toombs and
Stephens the greatest men of the age
to all of which [ most respectfully
dissent. His fayorite drink is whiskey
and soda, and swears by all that's good
and bad, if a man will only stick to
that be will live 100 years. We leave
tiis place in the morning for Colum-
bus, Georgia, with the full and solemn
promise Of my Georgia Maj. that the
Inequalities Of his town shall be ten
dered me Immediately on my arrival,
by the Mayor and council, and that
small game of draaD shall be gotten
up for my especial benefit. My dear
Comet | had almost forgotten to tell
you of the dance We had on Board the
Messenger" our Mobile boat. and of
the pretty girls that l became acquain-