The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-07-01
The Resources of East baton Rouge.

never been subject Of enquiry. How
many resources Of wealth lie hidden
| in the bosom Of the earth, undeveloped
vet remains to DO told. That they are
yass--of boundless extent in tho en-.
tire valley Of the Mississippi, is ad
mitted, and still, people will go and
come; break up in one place and mi-
CRATE to another. in The hope Of find.
ing some spot Of earth, where they
may be relieved Of the labor Of plant
ing the seed Of gain. Yes, raise the
cry Of "Gold" ,rell us that gold has
been discovered on the Techefuneta, in
the bottom Of well, and people will
mash one other to death to get there.
Old men as well as young grandE-
Their white.heads will crawl on their
hands and knees, 10 get single grab
at tho glitteriug ore.
The figures are at hand, to prove
that the Parish of East Baton Rouge,
is full of gold there is not single
square inch that will not yield at least
an ounce. The gold Of true wealth
which cannot be purchased with sill
ver, is blended with it, as a kind Of
quartz alloy. Go work the mines, it
is an honorable calling, or else anuncle
Adam" was engaged in dishonora-
BILE business. Cannot agriculture be
made attractive, if other branches of
industry cannot? Cannot the farmer
teach his son that it is an honorable
calling, and his daughter that she
never looks SO sweet elsewhere as in a
bank of yiolets, training them with her
own fair hand ? Or must society ever
be cursed with crowded cities of fes-
tering humanity, whilst the balmy at
mosphere of the country invites--nay,
wooes man with plaintive song TO
''come and be ricb," "come and be
happy
The inviting banks of the beautiful
Amite, afford boundless mine for
industry and enterprise to work, and
obtain the purest virgin gold There
is water communication to point d.
rectly East of this city, from New Or.
leans, and the finest pine lumber can
there be had. When the timber from
the land is exhausted, then the land
itself may be used for coming purposes.
About sixteen miles from this city on
tie river Amite, Messrs. Osgood &
Co, OF New Orleans, have just COM
pleted aud put in working order an
80 holse power engine, working a
brick machine, capable of turning out
daily, 100000 brick, equal to Balti.
more or any other make. We learn
that they sent an agent up the Pearl
river and other streams East Of us, to
select good location for such works.
The agent obtained samples Of the
clay of several localities, and tried it
by scientific tests at Baltimore, and
the clay of their present locality was
pronounced the best. The clay is ia
ken up into the machine, perfectly
dry and the brick turned out, are the
frmest, prettiest and smoothest, we
have ever seen.
On this subject, we should like to
know what has become of the snag-
boat "Amite," built expressly for keep
ing this river free from Instructions
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THE LATE FAILURE IN China
The London Times says: A state
ment published by the assignees of the
insolvent estate Of Messrs. Nye, Broth
ers 4 CO., American house in Hong
Kong, shows that the affairs of that
concern are in far worse condition
than was generally supposed. The
liabilities are declared to be about So