The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-04-27

Gentles-5n one, and all-with m,
without meana. now is the hour 70
you to come forward and let the uni
ted voice. Of the capital be heard. Thi
morning at n o'clock in the Hall o
the House Of Representatives, a meet
ing isto take place at which we hops
to have full and decided expression
Of thespublic' will; in reference. to the
branch railrosa to connect us with
the great commercial emporium.
1t is needless for us to stop to con.
template the benefits that must at once
accrue to US, and the profit, to more
than doubly repay the amount Of our
investment in this great enterprise.
They occur TO- every rejecting mind,
and need no mention. The question
is, what will the branch road cost the
present generation and how is the
amount of stock to- be raised !? $780,
600 is the estimated cost; how is the
amount to be raised? Can we not cal
culate with certainty as follows:
The city Of Baton Rouge ............. 5000. 900
Parishes Of East and West Baton Rouge. 100000
Constitutional amount the State may take 10000
Great Northern Railroad Company go. 10000
Total, 100000
The object Of the meeting of our
citizens this morning, is to say, what
the Capital will do; and to appoint
committee to attend meeting in New
Orleans shortly to be held, whereat
hey my be able, to say that Baton
Rouge is ready and willing to do what
she can, and let it be known in fig
ures. Our fellow-citizeus Of New Or
leans have on more than one occasion
expressed their willingness to aid in
this important work, and now, we feel
satisfied under such favorable auspices
as the times afford, the work will be
soon undertaken. Then we shall
have no farther complaint from our
city contemporaries, that they cannot
find competent men to leave their
business. to represent them in the
General Assembly-then we shall
have an everlasting quietus to the
question Of removal-then we shall |
have country residences along the
road, easy Of access to business men in
the dull summer months-then may
the Emporium be furnished with We.
getables produced by home industry
from our own soil-thcn gentlemen of
East and West Baton Rouge, Livings-
ton and St. Helena, the enhanced VAL
ae Of your real estate will more than
repay you for the Investment
W-Our friend Mr.. Peter Sherer of
he Mansfield Advertiser, has very
vell-writen article, in recent num-
ger Of his paper, on the new spiritual
philosophy, in which he combats the
ditor Of the Caddo Gazette, who is
charitable enough to say that lie be- .
'eves' much of the support of the
lew doctrine may be traced, TO "mor- ..
i'd imaginations and nervous tenn ,
ornaments" There is much more i.
ruth in it, than is drempt Of at this ,
eriod.s; and coming time will unvail
he hidden mysteries into which a few
ray rays Of light from human intelli- E E
ence have entered. i
The pious horror, expressed by i'm s
ieus prelates, and their edicts, to pre- = =
ent the members of their flocks from :.
ping in pursuit ofthe truth ; are big
oted appeals, intended only to excite
'quiry. The beauty of the christian q
ligion, gains its strength from spirit ~ "
Il philosophy, and the commission n
expounder Of the new light, the N
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