The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-07-23
CORREsP ONDENCE..
Nsw ORLEANS. July 14th. 1854.

| Wh1e WIZ pipSuNdiHE o'c NHSs sHu ssF
the sun has resumed the "back track
towards the tropics and the line, W,
may escape any further intliction 0
extreme hot weather. Our city still
preserves its excellent good health
notwithstanding an attempt to get III
panic by the rumor Of yellow fever
After a most searching inquiry. aftel
Yellow-Jaek, he Is no where to DC
found, the tninor having its origin
In the fact, that three or four cases
that were bro't to the Charity hospi.
tai, which had the appearance Of incip-
lent yellow fever, and were go spoken
Of, but which turned out to be some
thing like Cholera. This city is the
healtlliest place Of its sine in the world,
even though midsummer be Upon us
in all Its frey order.
! There was a person seen mot on
horseback, q Ia Jones) travelling leis-
urely down st. Charles st., yesterday
evening, whose face and figure very
much resembled those Of the illustrious
Nesselrode who sojourned but recent
" among the good people Of Baton
Rouge. My redhairea friend of the
Crescent, forgot, or mistcok the name,
and wrote Il Count of Gnisnobs,' 7
though otherwise bis notice Of the
simple private traveller is first rate
Walker, of the Delta, thinks that the
Counts possessions lay adjacent to
the Lake Of Colno.' but that pre-
sumo is mere conjecture, and a wicked
insinuation to prevent the Count from
carrying off some lovely Pauline"
from among his lady acquaiutances,
Of which circle OF friends, the editor
Of the Delta is said to be rather ieal-
GUS. A sou Of the Ttussian Minister
to the Court Of st. Petersburg. would
be serious rival Of the beaux, among
certain circles. hence the wicked in
sinuation that the Count Is only anoth-
or Claude Melnotte, in disguise. What
right have we poor Yankee pumpkins
to doubt the genuineness Of every be.
whiskered go called Lord, Lady, or
Prince, that pokes bis humbugging
phih, into society here, only to swindle
his way though the circles Of the "up-
per ten.'
The news from Europe confirming
the rumors of the evacuation Of the
Turkish Territory by the armies Of
Russia, has ca,,sed a great sensation
here, or rather 1t has caused more
talk and discussion, than all the other
events Of the war put together. The
battle and slaughter under The walls
Of Silistaria, proves that the "siek
man" which Nicholas has been trying
to doctor up, was not SO very danger
ously III AZ he was supposed to be
but rather like the Kentuekian who
had the fever, and in describing his
symptoms, said he was "grey warm,
had right smart Of pain In his head,
and was getting powerfully weak pret-
ty fast The news too Of the great
frauds il the issue of railroad stocks,
BY the schuylers and other parties in
New York, is having its effect upon
this market and well it may. When
men like'the honorable, spotless, high.
toned, manly Robert Schuler, falls BE-
fore the wiles Of the tempter, society
may well exclaim, "who is without
this sin.' ......
knew Robert well. | loved him as
a friend, honorcd him as a man, and
would have sworn by him as the en-
bodyment Of truth and chivilry, and
the tidings Of his fall come heavily
upon my heart, reluctant intruders
to my mind.
Our own great Railroad Companies
will see the necessity Of having, at all
times fres~acccss to the Books and
Registers Of their Directory, and the
oftener those books are scrutenized,
the better and safer il will be for ali
parties concerned.
, The 4. terrible slaughter, upon the
Baltimore J, and ssasquehana railroad
on ths Al inst, Of human tlife, is
another =. Of those bloody occurrances
mat will continue until Railroad
Companies are pecunearily liable for
injuries to life and limb Of their GUS