The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-11-12
The Changing World.

old aye of "Tbirty.' aud who has look
cd about him on the wayside, can hay,
failed to observe, Us he has Travelled al
to that period Of life, that every thing
is changing The rivers leave tlei,
worn out beds, the lakes dry up and
pass away, aud even the "eternaI lills'
so often poetically referred to, wash
down and melt away from existence
II has been proven beyond eavl that
even the fixed stars are not in reality
fixed, bnt are eccentric in their motion
and MS little understood as the very
orhitless comets themselves. Whether
II is poss'lie for any particle Of mat
ter in the physical universe to stand
still, is still an unsolycd problem.
We were very forcibly struck with
tho truth of these reflections on visit
ing in n Sunday evenings walk, the
front part of our respectable and time
honored city, u day or so ago
There is to be observed 1--WE are sorry
to say III general "easine ip,' which
gives the passing traveller on The bo-
som of the Mississippi. very bad inn
preston Of the beauty aud respectable
iiy of The Capital. We are told by
craftsmen, that in The middle Of the
river, n sand bar is forming Of consider
able extent, which must change The
current Of The stream, and alter The
entire physical complexion Of things
in this locality. The bar commences
somewhere opposite the steam mills Of
Capt. Dclarodarie on tho southern
limit Of the town. and runs up---bow
far has not yet been aseertained. A
party Of gentlemen we, learn purpose
taking souudings to know lis extent.
The Oldest inhabitnut will recollect
that eaying under the hill, has always
been a yearly oceurrance, but never
before this season has it boon 50 ganer-
al. 1t is n great misfortune indeed
that the original authors of the zig
nratiye plan ever laid off lots below
tbc bill; which might have been round
cl Of, into n beautiful and eommodious
Ianding, without q parallel on the
Mississippi. But as 1t is, so bo tt
The town will hardly be willing dur
ing the present century, to buy out the
interest below, and nothing but the
restless Mississippi, will ever eonsum-
ate the desired end, which we opino
will be at an early day, but when The
whole property will have past into
other hands, by heritage and all the
present liuing population will be
mouIdering quietly and peacefully to-
gothcr. in the back part Of the city,
uncared for and forgotten in the gen
oral shifting of things that will have
then taken place We cannot pass
from the landing, without making
honorable mention Of that beautiful
piece of scallold work, at the foot of
Florida street, conventionally called
'the landing There is sign board
sticking there to indicate the fact, else
it might be taken by persons unac-
quainted with "wharf architecture
for something else. 1t is an astonish-
ing, and somewhat remarkable fact,
that never yet in the misery econo-
my Of what has been called from time
to time the "Boari of Selectmen,"
have we ever yet had any public. work
(the street lamps excepted) Of any
public utility. Then may we in the
of our own ignorance, ask
why it is, that the industry and enter
prise Of the town il crippled by
anerous taxation. for mere child's