The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-01-15
CORRsP OND EN- CE
The Crescent City-by Piecemeal.

from you dated Jan. 4th, come to hand
last evening. Though better late than
never. | confess that | felt before re.
glowing it, that you had been to blame
in not writing; but if it take Uncle
Sam eight days to deliver letters be-
tween New Orleans and Baton Rouge
a distance Of $50 miles, | can very
easily account for any delay that may
hereafter happen in such matters It
is swift business surely lover the left
to be able to deliver =. NJ. 0enl.
Canlpbells bags, 1870 miles in eight
days. But what's the use for ls to
complain 2 ! once---pot long since,
sent you large bundle Of late Eastern
and Northern papers, and have in vain
looked in the Comet for an acknowl-
edgement of their receipt. They have
got tangled somewhere, among the p
NJ GEMS bags, and are resting by
the way | suppose. They will be in
teresting, peyy, when you get them,
as all the news they contain, has long
since been before our readers, and is
forgotten by this time This is an
encouraging state Of affairs very Mr..
Collins don't get but about a million Of
dollars annually, to carry the Atlantic
mail from New York to England, and
the various California lines from New
York, get between them, about the
same sum but who can be SO unrea-
sonable as to expect for moment,
that Uncle Sam can afford to give any
thing towards furnishing the river
borders of twelve States of this Union,
those mail faculties demanded by their
great and growing interests. Who
cares for the people Of Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri,
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Ten
nessee and Western Virginia, SO long
as Collins and Law and Vanderbilt,
can get their hand deep into the Nation
al Treasury
The late cold weather has raised
the price of coal to an exhorbitant fig
ure, when we consider that the supply
is ample, though spectators try to
make the impression that coal is very
scarce. True, there is not an over
plus on hand, but long before what is
now on hand is consumed, there will
be large arrivals, which are daily look
ed for, and hourely expected.
The California news consists chiefly
of the exploits of one VIM. Walker and
forty-6ve companions, whose exploits
in Lower California seem mere like
farce than a series of actuel occurrences
How could sdne man expect to
overrun, conquer end hold under sub
lection. with only forty-five tnen coun-
try eaqu | in extent to Virgiuis aud
Texas put together So contemplate
force would excite the contempt only,
pf the weakest and least warlike peo-
Iple in the world, and if we are to cred
bit all we hear about the movements of
parties in California, the advance of
Walker upon the peninsular must have
been more in the capacity of a scouting
party toa larger force to follow, than
as the first division of an army. But
whatever may be the result Of all these
movements upon the Pacific coast, you
will see that VIM. Walker has sudden
ly and with but little trouble won
LASTING fame and title. Can't he
say II was the President Of Califor-
MIA ?" 10 be sure he can; therefore
in speaking Of aim in future must we
not say "ex-president Walker Aye,
aye, cheaply and quickly indeed are
honors, fame, titles and glory won now
a-days. Several ex .fillibusters Of note
are preparing to leave here, and OTTER
their swords to the Grand Turk Of all
the Turkies. Wonder how the legs
of true-born Yankee will feel encas-
ed in wide and flowing by-forks Of
pair Of genuine turkish pants ? Col.
A. Y. Sloo is in town, aud is prepar-
ing to leave in a very few days for
Tehauntepec, there to meet force
already sent forward from New York
to commence the work on the Great
Tehauntcpec Railroad. The late ex-
traordinary rise in the price OF coal, is
attributed to Spectators who just be-
fore the recent cold weather bought
up all that was in the market, landed
or ahoat. and thus took advantage of