The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-04-13
CORES POND ENCE
Nrw ORLEANS, April 9th, 1854

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engendered bad passions for the time ;
T the result has been already most bene-
fetal, By way Of string up officers,
police, and the council to . state Of
activity most eommendsble, and It
continued from henceforth, will meet
the highest expectations Of the re-
formers. The Council at ito setting
on Tuesday evening last, passed an
act. giving TO the voters Of New Or
leans, the opportunity to say yea or
nay upon the question Of the railroad
bond and subscription tax, and what
is more, they located the polls at the
engine rooms and school houses; thus
removing them from the doggeries or
groggeries, where some Of them have
been held already too long.
On Tuesday evening next the old
council vamouses entirely, and the
new one steps in their places. If the
reform ball keeps on, we shall see
wonders ere long. By the by, l see
that your city has had the good taste
and sense to re-elect J. K. Dufrocq to
the Mayorality. Long may he wave,
and 80 long as he waves the Mayors
baton, may your goodly city prosper,
even if it be one thousand and one
years. hope the very few votes cast
for Col. Millette is not an indication Of
his unpopularity, for I had supposed
that "Pete" was about as popular a
man as could be pitted against the in
vincible J. r. d. The fact is; / sup
pose that your citizens, could not dis
pence with Col. Millett's services at
the wharf; and without any badanage
in this, l will say, that more trusty
faithful man has not been there these
many years. And long may Pete
wave.
In connection with all these reform
movements, there comes news from the
North and East Of the elections in
New Hampshire, Rhode Island and
Connecticut, and if we are to believe
the reports, that old coon, the Wing
party, that was so dead not long ago,
has suddenly come to life again, and
threatens to pitch his enemise into
the grave where be has been slumber-
ing SO quietly. Our Democratic
friends will have to kill him over
again, that's certain, for Cooney is a
sly rogue, and when he is down on
bis back. apparently cold and stiff,
his peppers are upon you, and the mo-
ment you turn yonr back to him, he
is playing "wigglefnger," with his
nose at you. There will be many a
hard fought battle yet with Cooney, /
before the "fierce Democracy" succeed
in killing him; don't you think SO! ,
BY the arrivals from California and ,
Mexico, we have very interesting news
especially from the latter country. {
in state Of open rebellion I
against the government of Santa !
Anna, while from the more northern l
departments there come nothing but |
disturbances and tkreatenings Of pro- S
The delay of our {
Senate in ratifying the Gadslen treaty {
md thereby Withholding from Santa {
Anna, the wherewithal to pay bis ar ,
MES for fighting his own countrymen, I
will hasten the dissolution of the pre- .
'ent order of things in Mexico. NV t
dea is, that our government will be 9
wise in rejecting the treaty, and keep v
ng the money, for it will not be many
months before we can have all Of S
Mexico for the asking; and we need 9
good steam navy, just now, and that t.
will cost us money, first to get it and n
hen to maintain it properly. ?
The ex-President and his party had
} brilliant reception in Mobile on 9
friday. Z
Yesterday there was made the fast =
st time on record, over the Metarie ~
'ourse, by the horse Lecompt of :
The heat was a four Il
nile one, and Lecompt won it by max. Il
ng it in 1925. 1888, and "a, which n
eats the best time Of Boston, and all y
he celebrated horse in our country. y
There have been of late several n,
res in this city which have origina- 81
I'd in incendiarism, and several n
mes very secretly, fires have been h