The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-03-25

CORRESp p ONDENCE.
NEW osLsAss. March 18th '5s.

this city, is one that Is shaking the
Crescent to i,s foundation with anxious
soicitule. Greek meets Greek, aud
the question IA not whence comes
the tug If war, - bit what shall be
done to qhVrh the dew uring element.
All Commercial Place is on fire
burning up and burning down = above
and below. Neither milk or water
will qupnch the Jvvouring element. I
The cause If this sad Catastrophe, il
said to be spontaneous combustion Of
the " Firnamentum " Of Messrs. Kirk
Jennings Il Co, in Commercial Place.
It would seem tha. they had large
quantity Of the fluid materials on
l,and-that when the expulsion took
place. the liquid spread like can'phinv.
setting every thing on fire, and yet mt
burning itself--the very ground is IN
flames spreading aud the firma-
mentum will not be quenchcd with
water it Is running hither and tlither
like Mercury. and will not be confined
What Ia to be done Il Is evidently
too late fur body Of scientific men 10
meet aud deliberate, since the world
may be reduced TO cinders before
conclusion could he arrived at.
What wa,niug to man, IL any por-
ton Of the mundane sphere, remains
nnacotchel 7 The curse pronounced
against Promethius for the petty lar.
cency Of stealing fire from Heaven. is
naw visited upon the legitimate de.
scendents Of that sin. Ring YOUR
bells--sound the alarm, turn out your
enginesl Kirk Jennings Il CO have
abscended and there il no man here
that knowe,h what the firmamentnm
Is, else a chemical anti'lote might be
applied TO 1t. The chief Of police is
out with the whole polite force in quest
Of Kirk Jennings Il Co. and their
agents-tbe presumption il. that the
firnamentum has burnt them up; tel
egraphs however have been sent; yet
no tiding = ponchartrain already be-
gins to boil aud stnoke~ihe crabs
and craw fish are crawling out Of their
holes in the back Of the city. the 6sh
in the river die---turn over and float
off 10 the gulf, What shall .e do
Think If II, ye sliivsring Northmen
The mud Of Louisiana is on fire, aud
gives out an intoerahle heat what
will it be, when the coal fields on
which your iniqu'ous cities are built.
shall begin TO smoke --------- The
Pelican Enyine Company No. 81 have
j'ist put up their machine. The Fore
man says It's no use squirting water
on that fire. No time to tass the
compliments Of the season. Here
there. or elsewhere above or below,
as the ca may be, ! am y"nrs in
the ****
HARD TINES -- Yes The Times are
hard--wood, in yery scant cords Is
worth four Dollars-~every thing high
III proportion, with no prospect Of
reduction in price. Money very scarce, ;
aud no body got dime TO pay an
honest debt What Is the cause Of
il 7 Do not ask. but go into the streets
and sec. Every body" is out with
his hands in his pockets, looking for
omehody else, out of whom to make '
something without any quid pro quo.
The fact is. that It is now as il ever
has leen, dishonest for man to have $
any honest calling of industry for a .
living A contemplate mushroom !
is growing up among us y
aided by the peculiar institutions Of I
ne country, and the race il getting q
laily more ctftminate. Hard Times l
Yes. the times will always he hard. !.
and tho earth remain uucultivated "a
ong as men, lounge about the streets, u
nd do nothing. The merchant may il
we'll complain that lie cannot collect y
his debts for the State il full Of con. !,
'nmers. and the producers are Grip
pled by taxation to support them. Q
Talk not Of Hard Times. when the I;
'onntry lies in its primitive wilderness S
',ate. and double fisted fellows loaf :.