The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-07-30

that would sta'tle him not a little, j
We are to suppose him to be serious
, in his jealous opposition to the Asso
ciation Our friend is exhausting his
strength il beating The air, in fighting
an enemy, which is, to great extent
an imaginary one. And another fad'
Is, his warm defence Of The rights and
privileges Of aliens and adopted cit
izens. is labor lost OIL that crowd.
Said an influential, old and wealthy
adopted citizen, q native Of Cork, I"
to crowd of gentlemen who were
talking over this subject few days
ago. i 60 that ticket and hope they
Uhe k, Ms J will carry out their plan
il il is what 1t is represented to be by
the Courier, for | had rather live un-
der American Laws than Irish laws,
and 50 had every lrishman in Ameri-
ca." ! have heard fifty Of them say
4 the same thing in substance, and al
the same time ASSET that they (the
lrish) were blarneyed too much by
men and parties who wanted their
votes The fact is, that demagogues and
partizans may rave and rail, as much
as I hey please, The people are taking
an interest III politics now. and the
man who wishes to sacrifice himself.
has only to make himself NOTORIOUS,
and he will be gratitied The moment
the ballot box comes round again
That is one Of the lines. and il is not
alone at home he is watched, but in
his seat at Washington, Mt Raton
Rouge. in the Council, any where
where his conduct shall not square
with that Of the gentleman and The
true American, he il spotted --
Have yeu ever known such q lnll il
the word. in the South : Let any
prominent man now hluster, and blow
the accession OF concession trumpet.
and lie won't blow it q great while. ere
the people will put him aside. and rut
some one else in his place. The
shout and cry. and howl about the
Know Nothings being opposed to
Catholics. down on foreigners. and
death on the rights of citizens is the
merest bolderdasI. Write it, opposed
to mixing Churel, and State, down on
illegal voters, and death to demagagues
aud you will get nearer the mark.
We had to day another glorious
shower cooling and tempering the
air to delightful temperature The
Jackson Railroad is finished to the
State line from above the Pass, as Is
also the draw bridge there. which is
said to he one Of the most beautiful
specimens Of mechanical skill in the
world. Il is said that one man can
swing the bridge open or shut, in one
minute and half. 1t is between one
and two hundred feet long There is
a mile or two Of rnlaid track this side
Of the Pass which prevents the rum
ing of the locomotive, from the city
to the line, "a miles,) Thence TO
jackson ia seventy six miles.
IL Arrangements, are on foot for
another Ball at Grecnwell. The wcath-
er is rather umrruritous for such ozer
else, but away in the green wood shade
of that lovely locality, in an at,nos-
phere perfumed by the magnolia, and
made mellow by moonshine and mu-
sic were we "mtdieine man" we
should prescribe it as an antidote to
eobwebs in the imagination, which is
the cause Of more than half the ills
that flesh il heir to. We hope that
the young ladies will have their eight
materials" in readiness.
AN INSANE CELEBRAr1oN,--Atth the
Insane asylum for New York at Utica.
the inmates had celebration on the
4th Of July Of which tho papers con