The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-11-01
Special Correspondence.
NEw ORLEANS Oct, %, 1853.

Gle 0escflDihB me Iuaillef ~ Whit
that great city wakes up IN the morn.
ing. The gradual rousiug up from the
sleep Of night, ofall great towns, isp ret.
ty much the same but TO suddenly
throw of the dark pail VI disease and
death. the gloom cast over one by III
epidemic that has swept oft its tl'ons-
ands, is u process not 50 rapid Bul
New Orleans hasj"s risen from bed
Of sickness. { q 10 spehk) aud ever,
nerve and artery Of her system, alread,
brates with tie energy and yigcr II
sound hulih. A lew weeks since
one might stand at the corners Of th'
most busy thoroughfares, aud for hour,
he would see hard!, d single dray,
cab, or omnibus in the long distance,
but to-day they roar aud thunder Along
in every street by thousands, and il
every direction. crossing and recross
ing. hurr,ing here aud there in almos
endless confusion There are not sc,
30 mary up-river s'eamersa at the whar,
IS one generally finds at this season,
vt that scene Of busy trade. trliiac.
commerce, ,md qurrreling, has again
assumed lis woutcd chee,tullness auo
activity. Cotton is here by the thou--
aud bales. Sugar is bcre--evcry kio
of vegetables aud fruits are here IN
vast piles, the products Of every eli.
mate and the growth OF every land are
here in every abundance. This lie
and activity, however. Is 'he result o.
causes entirely separate from til.
growth and permanent prosperity d
The city pro- err. 1t is the eject oflhf
convey a,,ce and n'angling ten Thousand
Interests, at point where those iuler-
csts cannot pass by each other; and |
eeve that any other place in Louis
ana would witness the saline anloulk o.
business aud activity If there we've
equal facilities for the accommodation
OF trade.
Build railroads and build plank
roads to connect Baton Rouge with
the east and west and every inlano
Town around it; and that Gig would
soon rival New Orleans in every ele.
ment Of. substantial greatness and pros
peri,y.
There arc vast number Of stores
and residences still unopened, aud the
little curd 80 rent can be seeh
at every door. on many Of the streets
above as well as below Canal street.
Although amid the noise and COR
fusion il almost every street, one casl J
,orplts that New Orleans has recen.J
lost over thirteen thousand Of her In.
habitauis yet the close ob5er.er ca
detect sgns Of u disposition anone
many of the citizens to run no more
risks ike the one from winch they
have just escaped.
Very many families are selling on
their furniture with the intention oi
"g'ing to boarding as they say, buI
really to remove from here permanent
AT The frs pporiunl'y This go
is throwing hundreds Of goodhouse'
in,o The mllkct "lor rent" Rent.
Tor good lusiness ioca Ms aic hig
but one can eet very good dwelling
in plesanf stree s, or f0rui.bel iopIa .
al a price hat nigit 10 Command icad
cn.t.m, hui Tor which there arc yer1
fsw enquiries. Bnt Of this III mJ
next.
Politics has taken fresh start lae
Is, aud both parties are buckling o,
heir armours for the fray. am no
very wei posted il the d'ings OF Il he
bnt from niI | can gather FROM ID
friends Of boil, be tickets, there vii
he . decided and s'rorg eifor' mad
by thr Wlissto carry ihcir Logisla
i've candidates rs well as the nomi
nccs for he city Offices.
There isa spli, among The DEM
Gratis; disgust at events and doings 9
he Administration ut Washington
II of which help their opponents i
November. l'alily the Stofr, is sal
which ever party wins There are II
amusement. yet to enliven the even
ing here, but as Dan Rice is coming
we may ere long have he great Hippo
drome, if nothing else, to drive ava
ennu and dyspepsia l..
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