The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-04-09
CoRRE0P'O NDENCE.
Nrw OaLrArs, April Ord. 1854.

DfflT CONtet a-~--NkffS FSu W."
taking fight among The uppe
spheres Of latel I fear 30, for d
Saturday evening last, between seve'
Or eight o'clock, a luminous body
very ike a Comet. appeared 10 til
Western sky, to the terror Of old wo
men, and wandering "old fogies''
watched it for some time, bat sudden
" recollecting that I had that morn
ing aeen yourself IN bodily shape
and apparent good condition. stridint
up and down like other mortals, | con
ciuded that the Heavenly wanderer
then shooting atbwart the sky, mus
be some important intruder. that hae
taken advantage Of your temporary
absence, tn cut up eapers to the won
derinefrt Of terrestrial beings Comets
are the to,ewaruings of terrible times
and great changes. at least that is the
opinion Of great many human beings
who live to see many in their day
and generation but do not see the
revolutions and changes portended.
Had this Comet been seen just be.
fore the late election in this city, there
il no telling what might have been
predicted. But the election is over,
and the country is saved, SO all who
arc disposed to read signs and won.
defs In the tails Of Comets, n,tst giv,
i wider range 10 their fancy, than OH
own country.
On Sunday there were two pleas
urc trips made upon tho New Orleans.
jackson, aud Northern ypilrond, ex-
tending up as far as MIR. Kenher' $
plantation, some ten or twelve miles
from the depot The work On that
road is now being pushed ahead as
fast MS means and circumstances will
permit, aud it is confidently expected
that the cars will be run as far as the
State line, by the middle Of June, if
not the first. About twenty miles
Of The track have been laid. tie dis
lance to the State line being about
eighty five miles, leaving only about
sixty miles to lay down. the road bed
for the whole distance, beirg nearly
completed. Should DO epidemic visit
us the coming season, BY the middle
OF summer, our citizens will be enabled
to flee to the piney-woods regions at
any tune, to enjoy the pure air aud
cooling breezes Of that portion Of our
State aud Mississippi.
The Mobeliaus have invited Mr..
Fillmore and party, to visit their city,
which he has accepted, and will leave
here in day or two for that place,
The ex-President intended when leav-
ing home, to extend his visit as far as
Havana, but the Black Warrior affair
having transpired. provoking as it has,
! feeling Of unfriendlioess all around,
he is undecided about going tlither
ust now.
There has been so decided nm i'm
provement in both the department and
activity Of the police since the cleo
ion, that one could almost wish for
'uch an event to take place every little
while. Storms accompanied with
hunder and lightning. often do won
lers by way of clearing of, and puri-
,y'ng the atmosphere.
The new Vera Cruz steamer Gins.
Morgan, has been put in line, and is
row making regular trips from here.
The persons arrested tho other day
'harged with the killing of Mueller,
AVE had their examination and been
discharged It will be a
ing while before all the facts known
this affair will be made
,ublic. There are those who know
f one movement by the inspectors Of
he election Of the Seventh Ward,
bat is any thing but creditable to
hem. tits boldly charged that lists
{ names had been made up from the
cad list Of last summer. and put
mong the registry papers Of the polls,
I'D after it was announced that but
inc hundred and thirty.two names
ad been taken. the additional votes
) the amount Of. five, or six hundred,
'ere put in by the commissioners, who
an off with the box. bei.l# It
People who die with the Yellow