The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-26
CORRESPONDENCE.
Nrw ORLEANS, May 2lst. 1851

me for some time, quite under the
weather and hence [ have nottent yon
the news, "aX of the news" "the very
latest and important, and authentic
news" Of late. But Richard is him
self again" and my "grey goose quill
has got into its old motion and aeill
write-so here goes. Passing up
Charities street, yesterday, I was not !.
little startled to behold u figure well
known to you and 0Baton Rougeans
generally, the no less % parsonage,
than your worthy chief magistrate Of
the Capitol City. But what change
was there--I had to look twice to as
sure myself Of tho fact that he was the
man, he has so altered in size and
looks. lie told me he was here under
treatment, for a painful disorder ofthe
throat, and the seeming great exer-
ton it cost him to converse, is evil
dence of the severity Of his complaint.
| to-day took a run over The Pontchar-
train railroad to the Lake end, and |
was surprised to see the perfect rush
Of people going ''over the lake" to
one or the other ofthe watering places
bay St. Louis, Pascagoula, Pass
Christian, Biloxi, Ocean Springs, &c,
DC. Old ladies and young ladies, SER
vspts, and children, dry goods and
ponies, beds and bedding and all the
paraphanalia Of house keeping GRAINED
and jamed together, all abound "over
the lake. One family. / noticed, todk
along their own "milk establishment
in the shape Of d good looking "short
horned" COW. That is an addition to
household affairs, BY no means unim-
portant, and ! rather like the idea,
don't youl Pure Milh, not chalk and
water, with fresh fish, fresh oysters
and all the edibles, so plentiful in the
country, is not to be sneezed at
Really the prospects now are if things
60 on at this rate the goodly Crescent
City will be depopulated ere long,
leaving but few behind to the mercy
Of pestilence or war, if either Or both
should come.
Speaking of wargreminds me that
we, that is, Uncle Sans people will
very soon he up to their eyes in blood
with Spain. and that Cuba, SO long
coveted and so dearly priced will be
ours. Whatever may be the result
Of Mr.. Soule's negotiations at Madrid,
there will ere long be need Of some
such disturbance to divert the pub
lie mind from the question that is
just now eScitinaso much bitterness
Of feeling, and open enmity, at Wash
ington. Disguise the fact as we may,
there is foregone conclusion in the
minds of a very large majority Of her
Northern brethren, that they can and
'oiW get along, without any farther
spread Of slavery in territory now free.
have opportunities for perusing pa
pers from almost every nook and cor
ner of the free States, and / confess
hat never saw so much unalGmity
Upon any one question, as tlere is
against the repeal Of the Missouri Com
promise. The question abstractly
considered is right, but is it proper, is ,
t absolutely necessary for the South
know something Of the feelings of
he Northern people myself, and | be- ;
ieve | can say that nine-tenths Of
hem would rejoice tomorrow to see a /
peaceful separation of the Union based l
pom the line Of slavery. Why should c
his feeling be pushed to the extreme
or mere abstraction, Pigment Of
mere question Df law? Z
VouS verrons.
Matters here in the city are rather :
uiet just now, although % do occas-
,nally have a bit Of a row just to keep !
1e hand in. You will SCI that our n
Iayor has made a list Of appointments f
mong our citizens to meet and con- :
n with the Baton Rougeans in re- =
ltion to your branch railroad to con- n
ect with the Great Northern Railroad.
have heard but one opinion here re- a
tive to that bit Of road, and that is s. $,
ecidedly in its favor, and hope you "
i'll get it. CT
The weather is getting to be very s.
arm, but as yet the health of the city d.
as never better, indeed there were te
Wer deaths last week (only l8l than B