The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-05-16

RctAt savAss.~@M Marty years aso--be
FIRE Vie elegant tnatket down m BOulsvat,
steeet, was elected, md before, shs tnssnifi
cent dssiyh u i cry Hall, wss eeasslveA
IN I'D gentlemen, " tho Aams u l,saatgsft
ELI! Beasfssfd, had Ill that pottios 81
tcwA==whieh mskes his asn,s immortal
in eotn field. by and by, when II wa,
found that the Mississippi never ovet step.
ped the bounds II ptcpsiety ~ fat, ~ h
overflow the sfotesaM corn field, the ides
seised Besutgatd, 10 make town of IL,
and sell 1t OUT in small potstoe patches 10
The people. He pulled his hat ever hls
eyes, in order to keepin the ides, and went
Immediately and had a map made. The
etieihsl wss copied, befyte The moths
walked ~ with " and ecpy, WA t,sde
of the copy and 80 IN down, until we get
to MI. Gilps map, glazed copy Of which
with bir,lsseye view ol the embtsp city,
now adofns The wall If our front Office,
On this map, we And a spot marked Royal
Sq"sfe." In the eentte Of this--y,, one If
the early plans We have .een. !. 4 faded
blue dab Of paint ovet which il written
church j" showing that IL was the design
Of Besvteustd 10 have such 4 building Oh
that spct. In Justice 10 his memory, We
may cay Vie not his fault If the church IL
mot there, for one day-he died Beaur.
guard, with the characteristics foresight Of
t',snklnd, imagined that he could re the
day, when Red Stick would he a. large a.
Paris itself snd 10 thinking, thought,
that should there ever 10 fiet Ut a tsvo,a-
ticn, that Royal Square, would be a fl
place fot the people to fight in. 30, sfie,
The plan was made, he took The ruler, and
drawing his pen disgaaelly through -four
squares, adjacent 10 Royal sqaate, said i'm
peftively p" let thrte be streets here, lead
Ing into Royal Square, and IL was 40 az.
ref9ingly. People bought pstehe. If ground
u all imaginable shapes, and with an eye
'c'ely directed 10 the wish ii fesu,gsta.
relative 10 the ma, net u getting into Royal
sgtste ~ aforesaid.
Since the day of Beautgst.I, the ground |
rag been surveyed, and te-sutveyed, snd
he pins, have been taken ap, and meved |
ut and In, by different surveyors, In c,1e,
|ss much AZ anything else) to show that
heif ne edles have been t,v.y 10 tho role
han those who have gun. before them.4-
'till, with al this shifting the main ides Of
'eaufsatd, hss been preserved, md the
ttsets are there running. inse Royal Besur-
ard Square ~ originally intendedn
This history cf the Square. has been
eer'ed t'erestsry, In order 10 get ii the
rue position Of things. Mr.. Gill's map !,
e'cte us, with al the gloss Of vsrni.h and
'esh paint which II originally had but ".
nd Royal Square marked up into lots 90
y 100, when the fact Il that there are mn
'ch lots there, and The sooner The heirs II
'ea"rgafd, get rid Of this faljseious idea.
he bettet fot themselves aud the city n
'tge. No title can be given 10 a feee~ Of
hat ground. ior tis both sacred AMI dear
, as, a." Royal Square" III. said, that
eautgard ssid-when he was shout 10
i've up the ghost. +" that a church must be-
uilt there in twenty Ave years or the pto.
erty should revert 10 the heits.D Suppose
did what IL 10 become At the stsests
'st'e EXPRESSLY to run into IT.. They can
os be closed up without interfering with
" dearest rights Of the people"---" The
ght to get out" Then, the idea Of hsv.
" streets TO lead ~. where, IL positively
's''fd and Ridiculous. W. would ask Mr..
III, to give ~ a reason, Tor cutting up
oval Square into lots, but the fact Il GU
dead. The Common Council, should
'quire into this matter, before whist il
rmed--" innocent third rafts' ore suck. F..
| in.
-sl@@-=-zeA@ee@=.-ez--
PErRfriEp MAN.--Nioe years ago ,
man died Of dropsy, and was buried
Midd'escx. Vermont, and II being !
to rsmovs tho corpse 10 ;
omfret recently. the body was dis. /
tered and found 10 bsvs become nor.
ct stone. a. hard a marble and not !.
the least altered from the appear. I;
ice Of the man 1t his death. The