The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-12-05
Obj 1lailD Lon}tt.
BATON Rotor. HaDEU +. 1850.

BATON ROUGE ..t.t.3l )EG 3. BbG.
y Tar FRrstbEffs Mrzsaer To eli,
s,terprising frieuls Of The .Hatoeate are We
indebted for 81 full synopsis Of the pfes-
DENTS Message The Crescent CitY itepF
,s not ahead Of The Capital, ia this respect
Our neighhors deserve credit, and The
thanks Of the community for getting out
she document 30 coon
60
A Coon WonR. We notice with
pleasure. that such repnirs ere being
made on the rool Of the Capitol, as
will 1t least render il Hater-tight for
The present moment The work is be
ing done under the superinten1enee of
Sergeaht-at Arms, ] II Pefata. and
we feel satisfied that be will not leave
the work half dpue The building has
50 long been in n leaky condition. and
90 much has been said 70 no purpose
IN reference to the matter. That we
we're about to suggest . private sub
scfiption among our citizens to raise
funds sufficient to protect the proper-
ty Of The State, since it is here IN our
midst, and each citizen Of the place
feels d degree Of pride and response
bility in the matter The roof IT the
building wants complete and thor
ougl, repair The little SIX BY nine
abortion Of sky light designed 10
throw light il the fotunda should be
taken cut, and enlarged to the dimen
sion Of the openings through tie see
ond aud third floors When This is
done land there is no doubt the com
ing Legislature will do ~, then, that
exquisite work of art from the chisel
Of Hiram Powers, 'the Father of his
Country" should be taken out Of The
Noise boz on the north side Of the
building and placed where The artist
intended It to stand. The "pagola"
will serve very well for lager beer
or smaller cake shop perhaps the
State might make profitable business
arrangement with our friend and fell
low citizen. Aunt Lizette. who would
no doubt be willing to divide The
profits that might be derived from il.
as Coffee Stand There could only
be one regret, should an order issue to
tear down the pagoda. This would
be, that the name of the late Governor
Of the State, which is frettel into The
iron steps, might be lost to posterity
TINS IMPERlAL.--lt is good to have
war Of words on hand, with aome
one all The time, to furnish subject,
whereof an original item may be made,
daily. This motive carries The Comet
out of its orbitleas orbit occasionally,
and we run against things, just to see
what they are made Of, and satisfy our
own curiosity. When the imperial at
Greensburg came into existence, we
went out on voyage Of this kind. II
seems that the editor did not under
stand the spirit of our article in refer
ence to him and his. SO he got mad,
and has been biting his thumb at us
ever since. In the last number Of the
Imperial before us. some one therein
says: |
The Baton Rouge Comet is "pitching y
NJ 10 its confreres OF Red Stick for hav- t
rg appropriated a portion of its matter :.
without crediting It Now. Mr. Comet, :
hold right still, while we talk to youa u
title and i may be that we will quiet you
,n this subject
There are two reasons which actuate
to Withhold the credit that Is I
lue 70 papers from which they copy. The &
irst is a scarcity Of original matter, com =
1ined with an unscrupuous disregard Of Il
'ne of the leading virtues and the second
B, the discredltahe SQUIRE 81 the matter ii
question, Now we do not wish to he IN "
lerstood as a disparaging the creditabihty
Il the Comet, but This we do sav-that we y
have every confidence in the honesty Of i
he papers referred to by the Comet; and
'urther, that it was not from any scarcity G
II original matter that caused them to +
commit the act What really pds the