The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-02-05

Of Louisiana, should be- reminded that
the acquisition OF Cuba is an occur
renee by no means improbable, and
may be neayer at hunt than they
may suppose, from the present quiet
that reign upon the Upper surfaces Of
passing events.
Without discussing the merits Of
the question, morally or politically !; !
may be permitted to say that the su-
gar interest Of Louisiana, notwithstand
Ing the "Pooh, Poohs T, to the con
trary, will be most nearly and vitslly
effected by IT, Can any one doubt 1t
I do not say that every sugar planter
will be rutned by it for such a thing
could not happen with those who are
solvent, and have surplus OF capital,
but all Of our planters are not thus
comfortably conditioned though, they
are all industrious. intelligent and
frugal in the generality Of their trans
actions. Now | have beard It repaat-
edly asserted Of late, by those who
ought to knew the facts, that sugar
cannot be produced in this State, for
less than g cents per pound, and leave
the planter anything for his crop
The growing scarcity and cost Of fuel
will ere long be most serious item in
the cost of sugar making, and this
together with the almost immediate
doubling Of the sugar crop in Cuba
will bring on a trying time fof those
Of our citizens engaged in the business
Of sugar making in louisiana can-
not elaborate this subject in the short
space Of letter, TO you, as it ought TO
be; but without Wishing to foretell
or prophesy ruin OF evil IN any shape,
to any portion Of our people, | throw
out these observations TO catch the at
tention and arouse the thought Of onr
Legislators, and planters, whenever the
creation Of new debts and consequent
increase Of taxation. is proposed, no
matter for what the object ofsueh debt,
and especially for an expenditure at
tendant upon the removal Of the CAPT
tai or for objects equally useless and
unealled for.
Steamboat Geovgia Burnt -
Several Livey Lost We learn from
the clerk, who arrived up just as we
were going to press, that, AT / o'clock
last night, as the steamboat Georgia
was coming in at the Lake end Of the
jefferson and Pontchartrain Railroad,
she was totally destroyed by fire, and
TINT several lives were lost, and many
persons badly injured.
The Georgia had a large number Of
passengers ON board, and fear is en-
tertained that the destruction Of hui
man life may be great.
The boat Is a total loss.-Delta.
A CArITAL IpEA,---It Is proposed,
on some Of the Western railroads, to
furnish "Babby cars for tho convent
ence Of those travelling with these ap-
pendages, as well as for the comfort Of
travellers generally. The cars will
be oonmodius, and well supplied with
cradles, babyjumpers, rattles, sugar
candy, milk, paregoric, and other
sedatives and conveniences; M expe-
rienoed matron, with both wet and dry |
nurses, will be always in attendance.
Babies will be checked through, and
parents may rely upon every attention
being paid TO their comfort In case Of
loss, the company bind themselves to
get another as good in it's place 10 such
cases the stockholders being individu-
ally liable.
--s-4Na--z
Louis NAroLEoN.---Mr. GEORGE
N. SANDERS, writing from London, to
the New York Heyala, says:
''Louis Napoleon is preparing for
war on the grandest scale. It is known
that he will have, by curly spring, an
invading army ofseven hundred thous-
and men fully equipped The active
part taken by all the Northern courts,
especially that Of Austria and Russia,
in bringing about the Bourbon fusion,
has deeply excited Louis Napoleon.
He sees in the success Of Nicholas, the
re.cstablishmcnt Of the Bourbons in
France. Hence, notwithstanding his
present apparent friendly relations, or
rather pleasant coquetry, with Austria,