The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-05-28
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eli Is concerned, that body having
passed the ordinance submitting to the
people, the question of subscribing in
aid Of the Mobile aud New Orleans
Road. The more the Mobile road is
examined, the better satisfied one be-
comes in its utility and Importance
Thank God, the days Of tnlhing are
nearly numbered in Louisiana, and
the days Of netion, are fast taking
their place Herein is true wisdom,
| il Ill the Southern States. nctton, &c
Tim. acfiou Nor can New Orleans
do too much, nor labor too fast, nor
hn too active il behalf Of The railroads
Had the South stirred year or two
earlier and gone TO Wo,h instead of
conrentioHs, the great stream ofsonth
ern travel, that is this year pouring
through ST. Louis, Chicago, Michigan
aud Ohio, those hotheds Of abolition
fanaticisln might now be going through
Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia to
the North. Why then oppose such n
work as that to connect the Crescent
City with Mobile and all the Gulf and
Atlantic seaports eastward But never
fear The citispas Of Now Orleans will
now put their seal upon this road to
Mobile aud it will 'go head And |
ain glad to see your proposition to
convert The Clinton plankroad into n
railroad. May it never fail.
In many things upon which the
"Rcform Council has been called to
act this far it has come fully up to the
hopes and expectations Of its friends
and instifies their expectations Of still
farther good impartial legislation.--
Heretofore under the old party yege-
mes, no question could he preached
in council, but what it must be first
trimmed, and tuned, and tinkered, SO
~ TO meet n party complexion. This
state Of things has now passed away,
and men aud measures are now con
silered in reference to their character
and influence without regard to this
OF that party This is seen and felt
too, in every department Of the city
government and especially in the i'm
proved police. In lny last | mention
cd my having seen letters from Mexi-
co which gave gloomy account Of
Santa Anna, and his prospects before
the walls Of Acapulco. Yesterdays
steamers news from Vera Cruz con
firms these accounts, and farther state
that Santa Anna after several vain at
tempts to carry the place by storm,
found it convenient to retire with his
force towards Mexico again; but that
before he had gone far he was over
taken by the Alvarez army and the
whole force cut to pieces or dispersed,
Santa Anna himself barely escaping
by having sense enough to proceed
lis army n day OF so in advance Of
their retreat The wooden legged
"Napoleon Of the West" is a famous
racer, in fact be never was beaten in
q fair race, where be got few hours
the start At San Jacinto, he not
oniy ran WE'LL but he proved TO be a
dexterous climber, being found in the
top of huge oak. At Buena Vista
he took an early start and distanced
his pursucrs nj Csrro Gordo he beat
Gcnl. Shields time by an hour; at
Churibusco ho got the lead of 1lar-
ney's troopers aud he was twelve hours
out Of Mexico before Scott was aware
of his disappearance, in fact Santa
Anna is one Of the 2:4O's and no mis-
take, and as if he was born to good
luck no matter how battles may be
decided, he will reach his capital just
in time to meet commission from
Uncle Sam, who is authoyIzed to hold
over tho redoubtable Bombastes Fur
ioso and one legged racer, Mrs. Guth-
ries official aeceptances for ten mil
lions of dollars. This in consideration
of his signing away u bit of rocky
worthless land, that even beasts and
birds of prey avoid as they would q
burning desert.
! told you some time ago of a body
being organized here, whose purposes
and movements though being some
thing after the Lone Star Order, new
ertheless were bound to keep their nc
tinns and intcutinu rs imneuetral bic To