The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-01-07
aanvuHsiona and ssamies.

| tot op H'"f'y ph''fRo, ~ iF Hvb dStthlStl
ing That panic may be created il
very short notice, and on slende
ground work
The whole human family seem /,
have been worked into such state 0
nervous irratability by civilization aut
refinement, that mere rumofs are mag
nified into terrible fact and olninol,s
realHy and Oh its being breathed in
The streets, the community is shaken
into intermiitant fever. It would seelal
n matter Of impossibility for The world
10 get along-(at least that portion
dependent upon The will Of pan) -
without so,ne panic mohied, OF mor-
tuary commercial or political We
have got SO accustomed 10 panies, That
we despair Of ever living long enough
to see the world without ons. It is
either fire, famine, food oI pestilente !.
there is either too nntl, n,1hay nfloal.
ot not enough. The steam in tho 10
connective of progression, ia either too
high, or loo low and when We are
no' N danger Of explosion. we nre on
The mi iFre. to hear n Hue collapse.
which is equally diaasterou4. No sea
son eah now rass over us. without
bringing sone hind Of "sa"afire pan
ID = aud whether the cause ia real Or
the effect is the same. teo
pie begin to soa'ter at the approaoh Of
midsummer as though, life were given
hy lease, and deatl, to be war1ed off
and avoided by aigst. Indeed, is
there a plentiful lack Of true christian
iIy i'll eucl n state. Now, we hardly
get rid Of one panic, before another
comes tripping in on The heel Of The
lasI with indecent haste. and man is
hther and thilhcr, to for
sake his friends. and not unfre1uenfly
relatives. and leave them to die Of
neglect This fact iH sufficient 10 war
rant all manner Of ills from the hand |
# Divine Providence. and ws marvel
'of, that there il war, peatilenco aud
hnlne for they are tho Legitimate
,Ilsrring Of such condition Of aoce
y.
Now, we have n commercial panic
Thousands and thousands. We arc
old, have been thrown out Of employ
nent in our own government, and
leath by starvation is already com
,lalnhd Of. How ID this How Ia 1t
hat IN land like tllis4--rieh IN ngri.
ultural resources that famine ia
of II mny be attributed
o troubles in tho East, but this is not
ho real cause; on tho contrary h
ounter effect should be tho result Of
+. No. there are other causcs: active
gents at work, centeralizing mankind
nto communities Of crime and folly,
nd until there il d thorough and radi-
al change in The mornl aud social con.
|ltlon OF society, pnnlc may be ex-
'ected to succeed panic, until the very
nundation of society itself is broken
'p.
We are indebted to Gro. J.. BnI-
mt Chief Clerk Of the Treasury De-
'artment for the following statement
# the condition of the State Treasury
N the 3 3lst December 1854.
Balance II the Treasury ON the sist December
,seeipts Ss;i during the year 1854
|
2,575,704 20
disbursements during said period. ...1 ,s45,b7B Sd
5alance on hand. d.....................73o,1 o,1so 81
consisting Of General Fund. 49,. .&347 ,12s Is
I'LL Tax Fund ........................6 60, ,97h 05
OH .bS,hD4 81 |
Internal Improvement Fund nd...........ls,G ,Gt7 30
eyee and Drainage .......... 1913, 40 III
rec School Accumnating fund .....,..G,3t2 30