Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-08-29
Editorial Correspondence.
PARIsH OF IRsRyILLE, August 2Sth, 1856

| III inc OackgTouHu upon WnlcH TO resi- tn
eye and afford relief to the vision from thu
incessant dead level of the scene. Their
is almost everything else, as we find in on
little explorations towards the interior, tt
diversity and beautify the face of tb
country-even to limpid streams, "bab
bling BROOKS" occasional ridges, evergreen
and deciduous oaks and other tenants 0
the forest, the gay and glitteriDg mag
nolia and the sombre looking "funera
cypress"-but no mountain, no undula.
tons scarcely, no hill. A Rasselas, long
ing to scale the mountain mint to feas
his vision upon the delights of the "happy
valley" beneath. would find his desire un.
rewarded any where amid these coast low
lands. Unlike the delta Of the Nile, thai
of the Mississippi affords no such artificial
substitutes for mountains as those tower
ing pyramids which remain TO excite the
wonder and admiration of the modern, Of
they did of the ancient world. The near
est we can come to those mysterious relics
of remote antiquity, is in what we can
| point to in those tumuli of the aborigines
| known as "1ndian Mounds" sometimes to
be met with in out Of the-way localities,
mot unusually in the depths Of the forest),
themselves surmounted by the heaviest
growths of the forest, and affording but a
contracted scope to the vision. So that,
unless Zaccheus-like, one can "cIimb a
| tree" to secure an eminence sufficiently
| commanding for a far-reaching prospec-
| tive, there is little chance of satisfying
| ones "vaulting am bition" in that respect.
But, whittier am | tending2 find
have gone wool. gathering after noun
tains, mole hills and what not, and some-
what after the fashion of 1.-The mountain
in labor" my random essay | suspect, has
terminated only 10 sort Of ",idtculus
mms"-anything but entertaining to our
readers. Mahomet, failing in his invoca-
tions to bring the mountain to himself,
sensibly concluded to 60 tc the mountain
a hint from which take occasion to profit
by no further longing after mountains
where they cannot be had , onten ting my
self with the hope that may 90 ia quest
OF them at some future time, when so dis
posed, in places where the great Jehovah
has seen fit to put them.
On Friday of last week. accompanied by
d friend, crossed the river some ten miles
above this-landing at Plaquemine.
found that village, as elsewhere, dull. ]
was sufficiently compensated for my trip,
however, by the pleasure it afforded me Of
meeting with a few old acquaintanccs and
the making of q number of pleasant new
ones. Dropping in at the office of the
"South,n who should see there but our
old friend, Gen Louis Hebert He has a
hand in managing the editorial helm of
the "South," and "you bet" he does it WE'LL
| was not long in the office before Dr.
Ward, the proprietor and principal editor
Of the English side Of the paper came in,
and contributed by his atfablity and intel
ligence to render my visit to the sane
tum" one of great pleasure and interest
| next called at the Office Of the Pioneer"
and met there with Mr.. Haines who re-
sponded to my call for "the editor" |
found Mr.. Haines very busy at the types
and l therefore trespassed but for few
brief moments upon his time, particu larly
as was aware he was preparing his jour
nal to 60 to prest that afternoon. During
those few moments, however, | WAS treated
with that politeness which made me feel
that ] was welcome.
The immense dyke interseeting the Ba-
You Plaquemine is now more place o.
promenade than business. Since the late
rapid docline in the waters Of the Mississ-
ippi, causing drying up of the Bayou at its
mouth, and the sinking of the steamer In
gomar recently, some two miles below the
dyke, the important transit trade between
the river and the interior region of coun-
try, has, for the present, almost wholly !
ceased.
| observed near the inner landing of the |
uyke, NUMEROUS THUS OF ASH ana cypress, |
which appeared to be giving considerable
occupation to choppers and lumber man.
There is saw-mill, situated within con-
venient distance, being thus easily pro
vided with timber for saving.
Oh Saturday, went out to Bayou Paul
some four or five miles East Of this
the day at the residence of
Messrs. Jos. Porter and Felix Roth, and
having very agreeable time Of it. Those
gentlemen, who are among the most in
defatigable, industrious and deserving
citizens of this parish, have a fine large
saw and grist mill, which they keep in
splendid working order. Surrounded by
immense cypress brakes they have unsur-
passed facilities for obtaining supplies of
timber, but the demand for lumber is
everywhere too limited at present to ena-
BILE them to run their mill TO much ad-