The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-11-27
uoHREsPOMDENUE.
The Crescent tity-By Pisosrneal,

; I Reskatyahf business, both IN THIS CITY
and in all our Northern cities, has
, greatly increased, and the number Of
: drinking houses been rapidly multi
Eplied. The fashionable Restaurant of
the present day, is minimize improve
J mellt upon the establishments Of shat
character, which nourished when you
, and | were boys, and neither Of rs are
vet proprietor of grey hairs The
blending of several very popular feat-
ures, such as the Ball Alley, Billiard
and card tables and the comfortable
lunch, together with every variety Of
the best brands such as sazerac, Cog
tnac. Old Port and MADEIRA, have yoy-
! ulatiaea. and greatly improved these
establishments. The Crescent City is
prolific in them and when conducted
by those who understand The business,
they are well patfotized, and vastly
profitable. And why MP pfoftable'a
DO they not afford that notrishment
for the inner man that mi kes one feel
like another being Do they not sup
ply those spiyituai enioyments to the
young and inexperienced, that make
hem forget the teachings and precepts
| Of parental care and solictude, aud set
their feet in the path that leads them
at last to-- aGod knows where p but
n imp91te-what are health, wealth,
honors, fame, the blood aud body, aye,
what are human souls in the scale,
when gold weighs in the opposite bal
lanceg Walk III md drink take
bite and then let's have a roll at them
pius.n Tumblers clink and crash on
the counter, deeHnters flash and gIeam
behind it, the balls roll and thunders
down the alley, here is one singing a
maudlih, song there is enc telling "A
id good joke all is noise and ex-
citement within these .fushiouable
restaurants and what wonder is 1t, that
the young man who enters for the first
time, is asto,ished. bewildered and
finally yields himself upa wiling vic
tim at last to tho temptations and
Establishments that beset him in such
d "brilitaW heli"
How many youthful head hes
bowed in death, how many maternal
hearts have been broken. how many
brilliant mind, has been 1arkened and
lofty hopes md bright prospects been
brought low in the dust, BY Influences
that eininate from the fashionable res
turant, or were caught from those who
frequent those ''entrees to tie Internal
world!'
But 50 it's, and 50 long rs society
Is based upon those principles that
now sustain III the coffee house. tl1e
low groggery, the fashionable rum
hole, will have a wider and more po-
tent Influence upon the characters and
destiny Of those who compose it, than
the Bible and the teaclings IF the
Gospel TO 4getIa brick 1T sam's' or
a "smile at the Shades TO ''treat at
the City Of take a turn at the St.
Charles, will long form the sum and
substance OF many young mans con
vrrsasional powers, and bound his
efforts at intellectual ''expression.'--
The effects Of this rumdrinking is not
confined to New Orleans alone, but as i
from collateral cause, they reach be-
vond and are felt throughout the State. i
Who will undertake to determine the
exact amount Of rum, which IL took
during The recent canvass here, TO
elect this man and defeat that one /: or.
'eyerse the proposition, and give us
he correct answer. Two hundred il.
egal voters, who are fortified for the
Iced. by voting in five precincts, cast
me thousand Illegal votes, and by 50
LONG, whom do they not rob ofsacred
lights by thus pronoupcing false YER II
Iict against tbem9 All parties will do
yell to seriously think Of these matters
which every year grow worse and
worse. One thousand illegal votes
asst in this city, may overrule the
'hole State, and instead Of allowing a.
'lr expression Of the popular voice in
'vor Of this man orparty, it actually
estroys the rights ofthe one, and CON
RS falsehood upon the other. I
ope the day is far distant when an
ther such a scene shall be witnessed
this city, and God grant that no