The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-07-30
CORRE SPONDENCE.
New ORLEANS, July Goth, 1854

of this month, we have had thus far a
most delightful summer, the weather
remaining all the time Of an uniform
temperament neither too hot nor too
moist or dry. Sickness too seems to
have entirely avoided N. Orleans
thus far; | mean sickness ofany other
kind than that ordinaria|ly here in the
most healthy seasons of the year. This
is in striking and most favorable con-
trast with what we hear, is and has
been the case in the higher attitudes
Of our country, in the great cities and
on the public tboroughfares of the
north and east 1t is Byron | believe
who makes old Mazeppa say thine at
last brings all things even,' truth no
less applicable to the physical than
the moral and political world. and one
which | feel sure will yet apply in re-
gard to the comparative merits as to
health of the two extremes of our
country during the summer Seasons
The clearing up of wild lands, the
draining of the lowlauds,, the cultiya-
ton of the soil in more hardy products
and all the necessary improvements
useful and ornamental, will eventually,
in my opinion permanently subdue and
it may be totally eradicate the thou
sand and one causes that hitherto in
our warm climate, have been most
productive of epidemics and general
bad health. This has been the case
in other countries and | know not
why such should not be the result here
in Louisiana. Then instead of flee
ing away to some northern retreat to
escape from dangerous diseases and
epidemics that Turk and riot in our
midst in the solar season, our people
will remain at our near home aud re
ceive our northern friends that may
come Mther to enjoy the more genial
air of our southern climate.
In the Sunday papers (23d) there
is an interesting account of the say
ings and doings of Nessel1odc" whose
advent in B. Rouge created some
commotion few weeks since The
lesson though somewhat notifying
one to some of our well bred and kind
hearted people, will be both lasting
and useful. Real Lords and Dukes
and Counts and Mobiles do not travel
in this country to any extent without
being properly heralded and with such
company and credentials as no one
could refuse to accredit.
AS a people, we are too frequently
imposed upon or allow ourselves to
be imposed upon by great names and
high sounding titles, an imposition that
could easily be avoided without ex-
hibiting either boorishness, want Of
respect or common civiIity to all. As
an illustration of our gullability with
high names, l will relate a little Cir
cumstance that / witnessed few years
ago at Erie, Penn. The U. s. Gov
ernmcnt had recently raised from the
bottom of the harbor at Erie three OF
the British vessels that were taken by
Perry in the battle Of Lake Erie in
1913. The whole fleet after the bat
tie, was taken into the Erie harbor
and most all of the vessels were scut-
tied. The Queen Charlotte one of
these Just raised, had been got up to
the dock and the work Of repairing
her was going on. Her riddled hull,
broken bulwarks and splintered decks
were objects of curiosity and every
body wanted to go on board and in
spect them all. The great annoyance
these visitors gave the workmen, at
last induced the commandment of the
port to put guard on the vessel and
refuse every one from coming on
board The order was rigidly en-
forced without respect to person. One
day couple of bloods from Cleveland
arrived at the hotel where | was stop
ping, and the subject Of the Queen
Charlotte was bro't up, when they
we're informed that visitors we're pro-
hibited from going board of her,
one of the young men instantly offered
to bet ten to five" that he and his
: companion and all the ladies' of the
, hotel could 60 on board the vessel and
within an hour. The bet was taken
and the parties at once set out for the