The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-04-08

We learn from Daily Crescent, that
the Odd Fellows Of New Orleans in.
tend to celebrate the anniversary Of
the introduction of the order into the
United States--26th inst. The Cres-
cent says: The various Lodges and
Encampments will turn out in full
regalia, ard march in procession
through the various streets. As there
are between two and three thousand
members in the city, and as all will
make 1t point to turn out. the spec
tacle will be the finest ever seen in
New Orleans since the dedication of
Of their magnificent Hall, opposite
Lafayette Square, some years since.
We fervently hope the Odd Eel
lows may have fine day and a fine
time that a cloudless sky may smile
upon the occasion that refreshing
breezes may prevail throughout the
day. and that all thugs may eonspire
to make this noble anniversary pass
off without all incident to mar its at
Effectiveness or its enjoyment. If there
is an Order upon the face ofthe earth
which commends itself to the good
wishes Of all, which should receive the
appreciation Of the true and
just. which aims only to do works Of
charity md righteousness. which
inculcates the best Of precepts, which
teaches naught but Friendship, Love
and Truth, which provides for the
destitute, nurses the sick buries the
dead and cares for the widow and
orphan, it is the Independent Order
Of Odd Fellows, for truer and nobler
brotherhood never existed since the
sunlight of Christianity cast its first
CLEANS over a benighted world
In tho evening a grand ball will be
given at Odd Fellows Hall. This
will undoubtly be the most brilliant and
affair ofthe season, for the
Odd Fellows, independent Of all out.
sidera, posses the zeal, ability and ma
terial to make It so. The ball will be
given, we are told, under the auspices
IF the Directors Of the Odd Fellows
Hall Association" aTa
We notice that the city papers are
complaining bitterly Of the defeat in
he House, of a bill which passed the
State Senate, appropriating $50, 900,
out Of the swamp land fund for the
purpose Of bulldog a levee near Car
folton, to protect New Orleans and its
snvirons from inundation. They np-
pear to forget that every inch of the
property ; and consequently, excluded
both by the letter and the spirit Of the
lct of Congress donating the swamp
ands. from the benefit of the donation.
That the act passed the Senate, and
would possibly have passed the House
we're it not for the management, of
which the New Orleans papers, com
plain is no. proof either Of justice of
he bill, or of a spirit Of envey or in
ustice on the part Of those who caused
is defeat. 1t was opposed on princi-
pie by many members from the coup-
ny, who otherwise, would not have
lad the slightest objection to see the
,ity participate in the benefits con-
erred by the act Of Congressional
Coupee Echo.
The SEA-WAGon.-Just the thing
on the Mississippi and its Tributaries
It Mistime This is the name ofan
invention, the cavcat for which is al
'eady filed in the Patient Office by
dr. Fulton, of new Jersy, and which
8 to be, Unsuccessful, nothing less than
steamship propelled on rollers or
wheels that are to go over the water
Instead Of under it. The wheels are
our hollow cylinders, of boiler iron,
ir tight, and forty feet in diameter.
These are to be strengthened by means
f compressed air, forced into them
y an air pump attached to the min