The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-08-23
CORRESPONDENCE.
NEW ORLEANS, August 2lst, 1854

Dear C0met.--As the Summer
season draws to close, the denizens
Of this city, look with anxious eyes at
the hospital reports, to see what are
the prospects for an epidemic; and
for few day past, there has been a
good deal said about the spread ofyel-
low fever, which seems to have in
creased from few isolated cases, to a
large number, during the past ten or
twelve days. It would be a hard
case with New Orleans, if she should
be scourged with the "foul-fiend" this
season; but every chance is now
against the PROBABILITY of such an
exent, and certainly every hope of
our citizens is that it may pass by us,
for this time at least.
The prospect for busy CONNER.
cial season in the fall, was never bet
ter for New Orleans than now, and l
believe that no previous summer has
witnessed the continued presence of
so many of her citizens proper than
this, and there are too, large number
Of strangers coming and going, so
that instead of a general dizziness,
there is and has been a general ac-
tivity, on every side. In my last let
ter | spoke of the Jackson road being
uncompletcd, since then ION Thursday
last, the unfinished section has been
closed up, and a trial trip had upon
it as far as the State line, lightweight
miles from the city, and tomorrow,
(22nd) the trains will commence regu-
lar trips to and from that point.
This is one avanue more opened to
the trade Of this city, which promises
a largely increased business from that
region, penetrated by that road, and
as The Opelousas road vii! soon have
the connection with the Lafourche
complete, the Crescent city can truly
be said to be stretching out its arms
in all directions, and grasping the
country in her strong embrace. And
yet there are croakers about who cry
beware, beware of a general crash;
for as was the fate of the old Nashville
and New Orleans road. and the Ponch-
artrain road, and Mexican road, so
will be the fate of these two great
roads. This | can hardly believe,
and if the old Nashville company fin
ished lightweight miles Of their line,
it never would have failed at all. Well |
here are one hundred and fifty miles
of completed track, (Northern and
Western, with engines, cars and
equipments sufficient for the business, I
and it must be a rotten case indeed,
if the energies of both companies are
exhausted now, so that they can pro-
gress no further. No, no, the iron
horse has full sweep across the imme-
date swamps surrounding this city,
and it will 60 hard if he does not in
the next twelve months, penetrate to
the very heart of our sister city, Mis-
sissippi. There are now about five
hundrc d men at work upon the line of
the road between the State line and
Jackson, and as a large portion of
that route is already graded and re-
ceiving the superstructure, it is fair of
calculate for the early addition to
more finished track, and thus little by
little, will progress, until it is complete
to that city, even if Mississippi should
not help as much as she might.
There is general renovation going
On among the cofee-houses and ho-
5els here, anticipatory of the fall sea-
son. The St. Charles, is undergoing
Internal alterations and repairs, Don
llickock, is renewing the Pearl, and
he Phoenix is filing. up, and other
are cleansing and scour-
ng out, ready for the next campaign.
There is something going on in
Fillibuster quarters, that may come
o light ere long and cause an explosion
'ut they keep there movements 50
nd from almost every eye that it ,
S not easy to penetra'a their doings. =
The news of the success of the Span !
sh revolution seems to encourage
ONE of them, but | can't see any
,reat encouragement for Cuba, in any .
hing that has taken place in Spain, ,
# is likely to take there. The only :
lope for Cuba is in the sword and :
'ayonet, and when they are thor y