The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-22

signing himself "Woodsman,' says 1
: few things in reference to this place
and vacinity, which crave, and arr
about to receive our especial attention
The writer, though be signs himsel
"Woodsman," is not, as will be seer
by the sequel, back woodsman, but
. man who has seen something of city
life, is skilled in the fine arts, possess
ed Of few scraps Of history, and fag-
ends Of poetry, and can, when it pleas.
es him, to affect critic, act the part
charmiugly well. 1t is very evident
that he has seen q thing or two, else
where. u....
The first thing that strikes the at
tention Of this graceful writer, is the
Capitol. In his critique, he says:
| "As the French say Of queer men,
the architecture is bizarre 1t is un-
ique here in this country. There is
one mark Of art about it as seen in the
distance and from the river; it seems
to be without foundations, and to grow
out Of the ground it stands on, as nat
urally as the heath like eminence it
occupies. This feature and some 9th
ers are Gothic, but ! have never vet
met any one who could tell me what
the style should be called az a whole.
With its towers, four in number, its
fantastic windows, and gingerbread
work generally, it reminds us Of the
house that Jack built. and with its
new white stucco, it is either bur.
lesqe or imitation of those old castles
that were in the brain and days Of
good Don Quixote, and upon which
young school misses cxpend no small
amount of dullness and crayons.
1T seems to grow out Of the ground
Where the devil else, sir, would you |
have it to come from 1--WE beg the
gentleman's pardon for using his Sa-
tanic Majesty's name in vain.) Though
it be in appearance "a castle, it is not
altogether in the air, but a mass of
stone from Quincy, and bricks and
morter that have cost the State over
100000, if the author is at a loss to
know to what style Of architecture it
belongs, we can inform him that it is
Gothic" it was designed by James
H. Dakin, Esq, who was one of the
Of the old St. Charles Ho-
,el. building that has never yet been
out-equalled on this continent, for sym
try and beauty of design. The same
great Architect has left other monu-
nents of II is genius-the design Of
It. Patrick's Cathedral on St. Charles
treet, New Orleans, was from the
land Of James II. Dakin. ;
That the Christian Advocate's cor s
is lamentably ignorant on t
his subject, is Transparent; if he t
we're not, he would certainly be more r.
haste in his condemnation, of build c
ng that has not its superior in this I
ection Of the Union-not only in
eauty Of external design, but inter a
al arrangement; for the purpose for I
'bich it is designed. c
But enough of this the building is t
here. and speaks for itself. We ex-
ect no one coming from a distance, who 4
as ever seen any other State House, /
} say good word in criticism on c
lis subject. We had as soon expect e
1e we'll bred man who has been raised il
the lap of luxury" to work his jaws t
YER the viands set before him, from il
ONE, and not complain of the poven- o
er, and the miserable cooking. n
In reference to the town itself the n
hristian advocates writer says: a
"Of business, there appears to be e
tile; the back country is poor, I'M tt
roductive, and for the most part un-
Still It lives and grows