The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-01-14
Correspondence.

D0unu down Tor tne CTesCeHb Guy. II
very fair sprihkling Of passengers
masculine and feminine, going-the
Lord only knows where, and what for
In the great moving panorama, mar
has little time to ask questions, and
mucl, less to stand still and study char.
acter; so bda-bores come in, and &C
out--trunks, valices, and hat boxes
and the man with the carpet bag, passes
us by, with nothing more than a pas.
sing notice. The sun shines bright
and the weather is mild and pleasant
but before we have time TO cry "lo
behold a fog-a thick fog, comes up
on us, and chokes up the way. We
are forced, either to lay over or run
the risk of being run over and the
latter being by all odds the most pleas.
ant, is preferred by our amiablc Cap.
tain, who does nothing but smile in
the happiest felicity the whole way. -
What matters il, after all, stherv we
are so we are comfortable ? What
matters it, how we go, or where we go,
SO we go--keep pace with things and
are not run over 7
There is no fog so thick, and no
road. so dark, that it cannot be cut
through and travelled over successful
ly; SO by running up backing out
going crosswise and sidewise, we at
length get IN /; not however, without
running into the stern, Of stern
wheel boat, and doing other special
and general damage. But we are in,
and the next thing is to get out Cab
Sir" Cab, cab, cab," "Have a
cab p Heretofore we set foot on
the sloppy shore, we feel the pressure
Of the times-"take you for a dollar
take you for four bits is the cry on
all sides. Its q matter of small con
sequence to US we come to 60, and
go to come again. It's too late to see
the fat woman, or the Mamoth Ok !;
50 we go home oblivious to everything,
save the lamp light, and the fire on
the end of a well spent regalia. We
rise early in the morning, because--it
is not fashionable; and 60 to the
market, because there is a freshness
about it, and a smell of the real tan
gible world about it. Here, we see in
the most vivid light, how much, really
depends upon the Opelousas beef, and
the quality Of the asparagus, that
comes over the Northern railway and
it does us exquisite pleasure, to think
how much of the wisdom, the intell-
gence and the beauty Of this mundane
hemisphere, depends upon the potatoe
crop.
When the sun comes up, as it does
eventually, land will continue to do),
we stalk forth to see the jew -gaws in
the shop windows, aud look about for
the shows Of remarkable things. DO
you know, Comet, that / think the
Original Shirt Depot, a humbug ?"
| am loathe to confess it--and thus
for the thousandth time run counter to
the received opinion but in honesty,
| must confess my honest and deliber-
ate conviction, that the Original shirt
depot" is humbug. The man there,
me with tape line, having
"eighths' marked upon it, and not
withstanding gave me shocking bad
fit, as the projecting corners, now Ia
boring to punch me in the eyes
abundently testify. But this is mat
ter of moonshiue, or in newspaper par
lance it is Personal" Let us to mat.
ters Of general interest, What has
precedence, is, the Great Southern
Convention. This great establish
ment, met again on Wednesday, May.
Or Lewis presiding; Jones Secty. pro
tenn. Mr.. Coleman reported suitable
persons to act as officers, Gen., Mira
beau 3. Lamar of Texas, as president.
Wee Presidents Col. Allen and Polk,
Col. johnson, Genl. Quitman Genl.
Polk. Col. Preston, Col. Pugh, DR..
Thos. Fean and j. B. Harwell. The
President appointed a committee to
wait on Gen. Lamar, and escort him
@ the chair. 1t was done. Genl.
Lamar rose and said he had been SO
Unexpectedly called on. that he did
1ot feel himself prepared to address
he Convention-that he would only
herefnre make n faw dasnltor,r .a