The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-04-16
CoHREsPoND ENCE


tile result mas been aTeauy U0s1 DeHe-
fetal, by way Of string up officers
police, aud the council to state oil
activity most commendable, and il
continued from henceforth, will meet
the highest expectations Of the re-
formers. The Council at its setting
ON Tuesday evening last, passed an
act, giving to the voters Of New Or
leans, the opportunity to say yea or
nay upon the question Of the railroad
bond and subscription tax, and what
is more, they located the polls at the
engine rooms and school houses; thus
removing them from the doggeries or
groggeries, where some of them have
been held already too long.
On Tuesday evening next the old
council vamouses entirely, and the
new one steps in their places. II the
reform ball keeps on, we shall see
wonders ere long. BY the by, | see
that your city has had the good taste
and sense to re-elect J. Il. Dufrocq to
the MayoraIity. Long may he wave,
and SO long as he waves the Mayors
baton, may your goodly city prosper,
even If IL be Que thousand and one
years. | hope The very few votes cast
Tor Col. Milette is not an indication Of
his unpopularity, for had supposed
that ''Pete' was about as popular q
man as could be pitted against the in
vincible j. T. D. The fact is; I sup
pose that your citizens, could not dis
pence with Col. Millett's services Mt
the wharf, and without any badanage
in this, | will say, that more trusty
faithful man has not been there these
many years. And long may Pete
wave.
In connection with all these reform
movements, there comes news from the
North and East Of the elections in
New Hampshire, Rhode Island and
Connecticut, and it we are to believe
the reports, chat old coon, the Wing
party, that was so dead not long ago,
has suddenly come to life again, and
threatens TO pitch his epemise into
tlie grave where he has been slumber-
ing so quietly. Our Democratic
friends will have to kill him over
again, that's certain, for Cooney is a.
sly rogue, and when he is down on
his back. apparently cold and stiff,
his peppers are upon YOU, and the mo
meut you turn yonr back to him, he
is playing "wigglefiuger," with his
nose at you. There will be many
bard fought battle yet with Cooney,
before The ''ferce Democracy succeed
in killing him don't you think so?
BY the arrivals from California and
Mexico, we have very interesting news
especially from the latter country.
Aeapulcois in state Of open rebellion
against the government Of Santa
Anna, while from the more northern
departments there come nothing but
disturbances and threatenings of pro-
The delay Of our
Senate in ratifying the Gadsden treaty
and thereby Withholding from Santa
Anna, The wherewithal to pay his ar
mics for lighting his own collntrymen, /
will hasten The dissolution Of the pre-
sent order Of things in Mexico. My |
dea is, that our government will be
wise in rejecting the treaty, and keep
ny the money, for it will not be many
months before we can have all Of
Mexico for the asking; and we need
good steam navy, just now, eand that
will cost us money, first to get it and
hen to maintain it properly. |
The ex President and his party had
. brilliant reception in Mobile on
Friday.
Yesterday there was made the fast
,st time on record, over the Metarie
Course, by the horse Lecompt Of
Mississippi. The heat was four
nile one, and Lecompt won il by max
ng it in 7:26. 1888, and "a, which
,eats the best time Of Boston, and all
he celebrated horse in orr country.
There have been of late several
Tres in this city which have origina-
ed in incendiarism, and several
ines very secretly, fires have been
discovered just in time before they
'eeame uumanagable, aud in such