The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-04-09
1CoRRE S PoNDENCE
New ORLEANS. April 1st, 1854


perfect squeeze! Everybody is on
his way to the "Crescent," and every
body has his wife in company with
him. Children in the travelling world
belong to nobody, The babies only ex-
cepted; they have their anxious par
ents to look after them, lumor them,
get sugar plums for them, and hold
them up to the gaze of the adults, that
all the balance OF mankind may see
how infinitely prettier and smarter
tEey are. than other babies. Such
dedglings as begin to venture on their
legs, have nurses in number, varying
according to worldly circumstances"
as all things else do. 1t has always
been q matter of wonder to me, where
SO many people go to, and what they
go for; but this is no time to speeo-
late-the world is eseentiallya ''going
world" and if a man step to enquire
he why aud the wherefore, he must
either be left behind or be run over.
The Bella Donna is jammed and
it is inedly Of all manner of people.
That many Of them are sporting gen
tlemen on their way to the races. is
quite evident, from the number of todd
tricks" they are showing other gen
tlemen, who if they have ever seen the
Elephant, have never paid the admis-
sion fee; and all knowledge of natural
history acquired without the cost of
experience, il not worth counting in
the sum Of human Intelligence. So
much card playing have not seen,
since the advent Of low pressure boats
"upper cabins in state rooms" A
gentleman at one table, who from the
number of small bills before him,
seems satisfied in his own mind that
he is good player, has to get out at
the interesting town Of Plaquemine.
He evidently regrets this, because his
hand lis in.' and his luck excellent-a
man who would not "brag' on "four
nines," and ''see BETTER" to a good |
round sum, should never take brandy |
straight, or turn the Havana In his
mouth at an angle of forty-five. Our
Plaquemine man does "the judicious"
in sight Of the place Of his destination
he not only stakes what he has
won, but half as much more but sor-
ry to say that in all manner of bragg
ging the man who holds the 'strong-
est" hand wins, and according to
"Hoyle" "four tens are "better' than
"four nines,' and SO the Plaquemine
gentleman gets off with barely enough
Of the "needful' to pay passage.
More additions to the cabin pas
sage-more ladies. Will the gentle
men give up their berths to the ladies
They will. and there is rivalry among
them in this feature ofgallantry. The
gentleman de facto, and the gentle
man blackleg, one and all, are willing
to give place to the ladies' This is
a distinctive mark Of the American
character-one that he will manifest
itself any and everywhere. ef
At this present moment, nothing
is of more Importance in the press,
and among the people, than the mat.
ter Of the late municipal election. =
There is visable everywhere, a smoth-
cred Indignation in the order loving
citizens Of this city, that will be fos-
tered, until the ballot box is purged,
from the disgraceful and Outrageous
frauds perpetrated on 1t. All, lament
the tragical affair on Monday last, but
all at the same time are willing to pal. I
late, if not justify the proceeding.- {
The city government has arrived at !
a point in its history, when violent ]
means must be used, to check a NAL :
ady, which uninterrupted, would most
certainly lead to an anarchy most fatal I
to the city, in its consequences. There I
is no remedy in the law, and nothing i
to prevent an ignorant foreign rabble I
illiterate and "on sale, ITO be bribed [
to perjury. How can we wonder then +
that the ballot box, should be seized i
and its contents scattered to the winds |
when a District known to possess only +
700 voters polls 400 votes9 All
kinds ofappeals are made to the mob
the reform movement represented :
as anti Catholic, and the busy en- I
of danrarous reiioinn ara {