The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-06-30

desire to bgeathe the fresA country ar, IN
company with three friends, on Susday AZ
terLoon, we started on our road to Clinton,
ola Greenwell Springs, for the purpose Of
attending the Masonic Celebration ct the
former place. On our way to the Springs,
we visited the Camp. where the soldiers
from the Garrison are sojourning-we
were kindly received and entertained du-
ring our short stay BY DR.. Hayden and
Lieut. Mullen, the gentlemen under whose
charge the Camp is placed. Greenwell
Springs, since my last visit in October
LAST have undergone thorough change,
and instead Of the rough and uncomfortable
accommodations, we have now a large
commodious, and agreeable hotel compris-
ing oil the convemiences and comforts
which can be furnished, as well as a spa
cious biliard-room, and ten-pen.alllv, ell
abling invalids to enjoy themselves in
healthy and agreeable pastimes. On Mon
day morning our party went to BurIing-
ton, to perform our duty as good citizen,
by depositing our ballots for Chief Justice
after which we started on our way to.
wards Clinton. About ] l o'clock we hal.
ted on Sandy Creek, at the residence o:
our friend George Reddin, for the purpose
Of giving rest to our easily jaded horses
We were kindly entertained by the old
pioneer during our stay. After long and
tiresome travel, some of our road passing
through the burnt pine woods we reached
Clinton. The Masonic procession was
large and imposing, and numbered about
one hundred and flty-after parading
through several Of the streets, with large
band of music in advance, the procession
repaired to the Methodist Church. where
an eloquent address, appropriate to the oc.
casion was delivered by the Rev. J. B.
Smith. After the address the procession
wendeG their way to the KilIian House,
where the host, Mr.. White, had prepared
a sumptuous repast to sustain and refresh
those whose good fortune it was to assist
on the occasion. But the most interesting
part ofthe proceedings was reserved for the
cool of the evening-the sound of music,
the rafting of carriages and the Court
house brilliantly illuminated, gave an idea
that some gay and festive scene" was
shortly to be enacted. About nine clock
the ball commemorate have never wit
messed, or similar occasion brighter and
lovlier array Of beauty than was presented
at the Clinton Court House on Monday
evening. The ballroom was crowded
ladies were there from miles around, from
the parishes of East and West Feliciana,
and the tasty decorations of the ladies'
dresses, and the brilliant regalias of Mas
ter Masons, Royal Arch, and Knights of
Malta, gave a coup d'ca which is not often
witnessed. That vast assemblage seemed
to be but one grand family party, every
one seeming interested in the welfare of
the other. The ball broke up about hal |
past one, and has left, have no doubt, a
deep and lasting impression on many bach !
elors, and perhaps some widowers present.
On Tuesday morning the Hon. John Per-
kins addressed the people Of Clinton, and
at p. NJ, the Hon. A. S. Heron. Our
party left Clinton for Jackson on Tuesday
evening. The license question resulted
against license in Clinton, and there are no
coffee houses, yet during our short stay,
we saw more drunkenness and fighting
than we have in Baton Eouge in one
man was killed-two had bro
ken heads and one broken fist. From
Jackson we went to Bayou Sara and then
returned home. The crops over the ex-
.eusive tract of country we have travelled
ook good and vigorous, we saw no bad
:rops-some are backward but look good
and there is no doubt, should the fall be IA
voIable, that usual average crop at least
will be harvested
A Nut for the Geologists.-Hiram
Dc Witt, of this town, who has recent
y returned from California, brought
with him piece Of the auriferous-
1uartz rock, of about the size of a man 8
ist. On Thanksgiving Day it was
brought out for exhibition to a friend
when it accidentally dropped upon the
1OOr, and split open, Near the centre ,