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


er Bella DONNA crowd, jam.
perfect squeeSe! Everybody is Oh
his way to the Crescent and every
body has his wife in company will
him. Children in the travelling worlt
belong to nobody. the babies only ex
cepted they have their anxious par
ents to look after them, humor them
get sugar plums for them, and hole
them up to the gaze Of the adults, thai
all the balance Of mankind may see
how infinitely prettier and smayte,
they are, than other babies. Such
fledglings 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 matter Of wonder to me, where
so many people 60 to, and what they
60 for; but this is no time to specu-
late-lhe world is essentially "going
world,'' and if a man step to enquire
the why and the wherefore, he must
either be left behind or be run over
The Bella Donna is damned, and
it is medly 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 "odd
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, is 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 is in, and his luck excellent-a
man who would not "brag" on ''four
nincs," and "see BETTER" to good
round sum, should never take brandy
or turn the Havana in his |
mouth at an angle Of forty-fve 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
cling 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
If the "needful" to pay passage.
More additions to the cabin pas
sage-more ladies. Will the gentle
men give up Leir bertbs tothe ladies
They will, and there is rivalry among
hem in this feature ofgallantry. The
gentleman lie facto, and the gentle
nan blackleg, one and all, are willing
o give place to the ladies. This is
. distinctive mark of the American
that he will manifest
tself any and everywhere.
At this present moment, nothing
S of more Importance in the press,
md among the people, than the mat
er ofthe late municipal election
There is visable everywhere, smoth-
red indignation in the order loving
itizens Of this city, that will be fos.
cred, until the ballot box is purged,
rom the disgraceful and oatragous
rauds perpetrated on it. All, lament
he tragical affair on Monday last, but
II at the same time are willing to pal
late, if not justify the proceeding
he city government has arrived at
point in its history, when violent
means must be used, to check a NAL }
dy, which uninterrupted, would most
ertainly lead to 40 anarchy most fatal
D the city, in its consequences. There ]
, no remedy in the law, and nothing |
o prevent an ignorant foreign rabble
lliterate and ION sale," to be bribed '
0 perjury. How can we wonder then
bat the ballot box, should be seized
nd it, contents scattered to the winds