The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-27

few things il reference to this i laot
AMI vacini'y, which crave. and IRE
about to receive our especial attention
The writer. though hp sgns himself
"Wuolsman," is not. az will lie seo.,
hy the sequel, hack wrolsman, but
man who has seen something of city
lie. is slillnl in the iiue arts, possess
"a nf q few scraps nf history. and fac
ends Of poetry. and can, when il pleas
es him, tr affect critic. net the part
charming|y well, II Is very evident
that he has seen n ding OF two, else
where.
The first thing 'hat strikes The a
tentrn If this graceful writer, is tl,n
Capitol. II his rtttiYuc. he says
"As the French say If queer men.
the architecture is hi -dtfa u is un
rlun horn III this country. Ihnra Il
one mark nt art about II As seen in he
distance and from the river il seems
tn 30 without foundations. aul ~ urpw
out IT the ground il stands rn. as nat
urallv "a the heath likn ennn,re If
occupies This feature and some 9th
ers are Gothic. bui | have nnypr ypi
met any one who could tell mo what
the st,ln should ha called as whole
With lts towers, four IL un,nlor. ~
Iantas'i" windows. and ainger-hrpnl
work generally, il reminds us Of the
house that Jack built and With lts
new white stnrcn II is either bun
'nsqe on imitation Of those old rastlas
that were il the brain and dave If
good Don QuiSote. aud upon which
Young school misses exronl no small
amount # lnl'nr4a anl urayuns.
II seems to grow ont ot the groYns
Where the devil else. sir. would YOU
hhN' ~ W i''iit ii'i NNt IVY lHS
gentlemana parton for using his Sa-
tanlc Majesty 8 name IN ya,n.) Though
Vt he III appearance "a castle. it Is moi
altogether in the AZ, but mass Of
stone from Quincy. aud bricks and
mnrter that have cost tho State over
*3no. 900. if the author is nj a loss tu
know to what style Of architecture It
belongs. we can inform him that il is |
Gothic" il was designed hv James
II l'alin. Esq. who was one If The
Architects. Of the old st Charles IIo-
TEL building that has never vet been
out oqualled on this continent. for sym
etrv and beauty Of design. The same
great Architect has left other n,onu
ments Of ! il gonius-the daeign Of
st. Fatrick's Cathedral on st. Charles
street, New Orleans. was from tho
hand of James II. paku.
That the Christian Advocates : COZ,
respondent ia |amontahlv ignorant on
this suhloc,, 's Transparent if he
were not. he would certainly 10 moro
chaste IN his condemnation. of q build
ing that has not lts auporior in this
section Of the Union not only IN
beauty Of external design. but inter
nal arrangement for the purpose for
which il ia Designed,
Eut enough Of this the building is
there, and speaks for itself We eS-
reet no one coming from distance, who
has over seen any other State House,
o say good word in criticism on
his subject We had as soon expect
he we'll bred man who has been raised
u the lap of luxury to work his Jaws
,ver the vlanls set before him, from
home, and not complain of the poven-
ler and the miserable cooking ]
In reference to the town itself the :
Christian advocates writer SAYS;
"Of business, there appears to be
title; the back country is poor, IN :
productive, and for the most part un-