The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-03-19

have said nothing III reference to th
bill, which has for its object the con
neotion of the Capital Of The Stat
with the great commercial Emporium
The main reason why we have no
done so, is because we have deemed /
bootless expenditure Of time to nj
purpose All we could say, has long
since been anticipated, and where W.
are so intimately Interested In d mat
ter, we fear that our readers will dis
e6ver that after all, we are governed
by that great motive power, alone ''self
interest" Though IL be humiiatlng
indeed, to acknowledge it, it is never
theless The fact.
The idea Of being connected to New
Orleans by railroad, and being able to
take bittefs and a cigar, after late
dinner aud get ''in" before the "green
enrtain' rises, Is something very pleas
ant TO think of, and all the energy Of
our mind and body are pre-ehgaged
in any such enterprise. This work
would put a quietus to the removal Of
the Capitol-open the farest por-
lion ofihe State to a ready market, and
''pay" with any management, hand
some revenue. Thus the interest Of
the whole Florida Parishes would be
directly united to the Northern road,
aud the citizens of the Capital, shake
hands in perpetual amity and peace,
with the citizens of the commercial
We are living now under
a liberal Constitution, one in strict
consonance with the spirit Of the age,
and az a railroad to New Orleans is in
question we shall not stop to ask is it
in the abstract n Democratic meas
ure.' The Peopie have just sane
toned the instrument under which we
are governed. and are alone to be Of
feeted by its operation then as such
Is the fact, 1t is neither meet or proper
That we should question them. I'M
Ter the new order of things many
great works have been undertaken Ia
1itterent parts Of the State, to facili-
ate navigation, and devslope the re-
sources Of our great State. Can there
,e anything Of more Importance than
he union Of the Capital with The gem
'rous and expanding heart of the En-.
,orium' We opine not; and we
hink our city friends should take this
,laih matter of fact view Of the thing. |
The country has said twice, within
he past few years that the Capital
must not be the Commercial Empor-
this stand, the example Of
very State in the union is before us.
suppose 1t Is removed---the next
hing that will follow, is n Convention
nd another Constitution, and another,
nd another disturbance Of the "organ-
, law to throw every thing into con-
nsion and ruin us all individually and
effectively. There is nothing Of
,ore importance--viewed in the light
{ economy only, than this bill to con-
ect Baton Rouge, to the Great Nor
1ern Road, at the nearest point. Fig
res can be adduced to show that, in
ependent Of other advantages, the
tate will save in ten years, ten times
10 amount of the cost of this short
iece of road.
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Charles Tenno AofFman, the well
nown American author, is now IN
innate of the Pennsylvania State Lu.
atic Asylum, near Harrisburg. The
harrisburg Herald says : Mr.. Hof-
ian was brought here some weeks {
nee, from one Of the Maryland insti- ,
,tions. Although at times he ap-
ears dreadfnlIv excited vet n raw of