The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-22

Iaps needless to preface any remarks
upon this interesting subject, hy say
ing "that every man is not naturally
an architect" Though every one de-
string to build. may be able to say
'rtot they want" yet f4w-very few
Indeed are here. who know hote they
want II This fact is hourly demon
strated III h- alterations and additions
that. are daily being made o to new
buildings. We hold, as a pure mat
ter Of economy. that however few and
scant the materials are--however
small The house is to be--and What
ever purpose it may be designed for,
that m Architect should be employed
70 draw out plan, and il possible
superintend the work. A house is
not valuable because it has half mil
lion Of bricks in it it is valuable on
ly in proportion to its fitness for what
it is designed. 1t is really painful to
an order loving eye, to see clumsy
gable run into the street, neither
plumb, level, or square.
AS many Improvements are now 60
ing Oh in our city-many new build
ings going NJ, il substantial brick and
morter, landlords canuct guard too
strongly against abeF'ions in architec-
ture, if they look after their own in
forest. We are called on, to make
these remarks from the fact that sew
eral buildings have lately been erected
in business localities, without either
form OF order. The large brick build |
ing now going up on the corner of
Third and Laurel streets, is a crooked |
fact illustrative of what we say. Il is
neither plumb, square or level, and is
not calculated to endure more than Il
wind and rain. OK course q
man has an inalienable right, to build |
whatever form of house he chooses
The common interest that all feel in
improvements, made within the limits
Of our little city, renders this subject
a matter of public importance.
A DISAPPOINTED PoLrr1CtAN-M Many
Of our readers, no doubt, remember
that Mr.. Wood, while Governor of
Ohio, several years ago, resigned that
honorable position in order TO accept
the Consulship at Valparaiso. Much
wonder was expressed at such stoop
ing from high honors. and the more so
as these foreign appointments are
looked upon as a sort OF exile, and the
fact was known that the Governor had
anxiously sought the appointment
He has now resigned bis post and
come home, and the secret is out. -
The Governor was under the impress
sion, created by newspaper reports,
hat the Consulship at Valparaiso was
worth in the fees of office over $40
300 a year, whereas he has found out
by experience, that in the year 1853
hey amounted to only 1924. No
'ortune to be made there. -Ameyicun.
His ANrEcEDENTs. One of The
most expressive phrases lately intro
luced into political discussions. in
reating Of the last action of a politician
II his fitness for an Office for which he
s proposed, is chs antecedents The
1ast of his career is examined. and his
,laims are tested by what he has been,
md not by bis promises for the FL
IRE The past in mans career is
eal there it is for his eye and The
we of others, but the future is all con-
octure. DO our young men consider
enough the application Of this matter
0 the business relations of life Prom
ses made by q young man will avail
title if they are not supported by ibis
nteccdents," by what be has been
Business men do not like to take the
isk which IS annarent bY such recom-