The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-05-22

W. people at the Capital are - much
interested u lhs progressive lsbdsncy
Of shinss, down in she Metropolis. a.
the people there, are Themselves. We
like 10 hear, that they are cutting
along swimmingly with their affairs
because, IL is both directly, and indi-
recitv 10 our interest. The regular
to,es, there whiel, stand .sill and de.
II criticism, are the Artesian Well,
The Great Squirt and The Custom
House. The local Of the Crescent as
a self constituted committee OF one,
has just been to enquire into these
things. and ke reports thus:
Having recently been asked by
several persons how The above ,enow.
"a Institutions are gdt'ihe On. wa yes.
ter,lay took the trouble TO look after
them. tea n2+N
The Custcm-1fohse stands in tho
same old spot, and is pretty unch in
the condition Of The house that tho
Arkansas Traveller wanted 10
stop at-not rooted over because it
did'ut need it in dry weather, and
because it would be an ugly job TO
roof it in wet weather. Externally.
it has made no progress for six months
past but the high-la|utin railway is
as stauueb AS ever. Internally, every.
thing ia sl,roude.l IN mystery. The great
derrick changes about with the weather
occasionally. and bermeticaly sealed
labors slsnlk in and out daily beneath
the " No Admiitance" signs. We have
heard it in'i'nated. that the present
pause in operation. there is oweipg to
indeeision at Washington as to wheth-
er the building shall be completed as
y Custom 6ouse, Or converted into a
Malakoif 10 keep the Costa Ricans at
bay. in the event of their wipiug out
Walker and his band, and coming up
here after our booty aud beauty
At the Artesian Well. operations
have been going OH as briskly as ever,
though the well is no deeper now than
1t was last fall. The two buck mig
gers are ms stoical, and the little mule
as rotatory as ever all being in good
health The losing Of n bucket snd
the SCATTERING Of sections Of tubing at
The bottom, having been the great
causes Of delay Mr.. Mclaughlin.
who superintends the work, does about
as well, we believe, NJ any one else
could do, in the absence Of a profess
ional borer. Tho work, as is general
ly known. il under the exolusivasnan.
agemept Of a committee Of the Board
Of Aldermen. The we'll yield. Creole
water slow y-say about bucket-full
a minute. Altogether, the we'll il not
80 we'll as it promised to be some time
ago. aE
Al to the Steam Squirt. we were
credibly Informed that tho reason Of
her recent seclusion, is her contempt
for franc.boose fires, and uopayed
streets. and the suburban districts gen.
ally. She did put her head out Of her
crib. few weeks ago. when there VA.
= fire across the street from her. Her
reason for not coming all the why out
aud squirting. on that occasion, she
assure, ns, was owing to her drivers off
on a.pree, and 80 her horses refusing
TO be driven by anybody else. She
asserts, however. that she is all right
now. and only waiting for big Gre in
some eligible locality.
A resolution, offered by Mn. Sre.
rnENs, Of Georgia, was adopted'by the
House Of Representatives, on the 18th
inst, asking Information from the Sec.
rotary of State respecting customhouse
regulations Applicable to American
cotton IN the principal commercial
the amount oil cotton cxpor.
ted, aud the aggregate amount VI d.
ties derived therefrom, etc. also, the
amount Of cotton manufactures i,npor-
ted into this country for a period Of
FIVE years; aud such other general il.
formation concerning the cotton trade
as could be furnished, This i, adult.
ted to be subject Of great Interest.