Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-06-05

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! Orleans directory. The information convey ed
is founded on personal knowledge of the
place and can be depended on as correct
New Orleans Is fiourishing city. aud sea.
! port OF Louisiana, OF which il is the seat of
| government the capital of The Parish of its
own name. The commercial metropolis. and
| the grand emporium Of the trade ct a greater
extent of rich interior country, than any other
| city in the world can boas, ot 1t is pleasantly
situated. % 81. n. LAT. 90 s. w. Of Green.
! wich ;92. % w. Of Paris; aud Is. 6 w. of
| Washington city 1t stands on the lett bank of
| the Mississippi river, l15 miles above the bar
at its mouth by the course of the stream, and
! about 80 miles IN direct line. The river here
is about 1850 feet vide, 20 fathoms deep, in
! the main chanael and forms a semicircuiar
! bend, ailording beautiful prospect--A line
| drawn from the upper part of New Orleans to
the lower, would cut the point on the opposite
or right bank. This bend in the river presents,
| from any part OF the Levee, a complete, lively,
and Interesting view of the buildings fronting
the river, and of all the shipping and other
| boats IN the harbour. Although the city is on
the Z. side OF the river, it is brought. by this
bend. to face nearly, TO the east. The site ON
which New.orleans stands, is a plain, with a
, descent of about z feet from the river, ter
mlnating IN the swamp in the rear of the build
lngs, to which all the water from the cutters
in the city, finds its way. New ORLEANS con-
sists ofthe city properly 50 called, in the form
of paralellcgraul, 1870 yards along the river.
and 700 wide backwards towards the swamp,
All the suburbs are more or less built on, aud
New Orleans is daily extended by the erection
ofbuisdings in the two extremities, and be.
tween the city and the Bayou St. Johns. 1t is
3 or miles long on The river, embracing all Of
the suburbs.
The history OF Louisiana is rectsl of all the
gradations from weakness, ignorance, and want
TO power, science and abundance. In Pc
cun'ary point of view, the purchase Of louisa
ma was master stroke of policy but its value
in political consideration is immense as il
must appear to every one on moments re-
Election. The exalted patriotism Of the citizens
OF New Orleans. and OF the state generally, dis
played during the late war, proves how worthy
they are Of the change. from despotic
government, to that of one founded en- reason,
humanity, and justice.
lie estimates the population at 10000; ell
thouge, by the census Of 1890, il was only
29.O0O, as IT was taken at an improper season
of the year. Ii has Roman Catholic church,
q chapel Of the Ursaline Nuns an Episcopal
and Presbyterian church, and the Baptist and
Methodist congregations hold meetings in the
school houses. There is also Female Or
phan Asylum, containing Al orphans; any
female child in rrartt, though not an orphan,
may be admitted by consent Of the board 1t
has a College, several Academies, 4 Lancas-
terian schools, and about so common schools
Among the professions, he enumerates "a very
great number of rcould- Be gentlemen and ladies,
or in other words, persons who have no appar-
ent business ss EE&
Washington city is distant. BY the present
mai route, ,233 miles -..,.
The extremely mild temperature of the
climate of Louisiana, and the cold which is
| much more severe than could be expected be-
| low lat. So, is phenomenon that has not yet
| been satisfactorily accounted for.
! Vegetable productions are the only deci-
! sive marks Of climate i; these afford ample
proof how much more temperate the climate
| of Louisiana is, than that OF similar ATTITUDES
| on the eastern continent.
New-Orleans is admirably situated for trade,
near the mouth OF noble river, whose bran
ches exend for tn Gus ands of miles 10 different
| directions, and open communications with the
various ports of the most extensive and fertil
| valley on the face of the earth.-TLe river
| in front of the city as crowded with vessels
| from every nation, ard boats from athous-
| and different places in the supper coun-
| try :" From Kentucky, Tennessee. and Mis-
sour from Ohio, and even from the upper
| Mississippi, Pehnsy lvania and New~York. u
| Louisiana, that, "bv repeated admessurement
| upon the best constructed maps, the Mississip-
| pi river and its tributary streams drain more
J than !. 400, 600 So. miles. If this expanse
was peopled only equal TO Connecticut, in
! 1910, or about 90 persons, to each squafe
mile, the aggregate would be 100000 l,
! cannot be rashness to assert, ii the present
| order of things continues to operate, that, at a
| period not more than two centuries distant,
4 m e l.
send the surpluss Fl uits of their labour to New
| Orleans.
New-Orleans, destined, from its topography,
its mldness of climate, fertility of soil, and
| inevitable connexion With sunGry states in the
| rear, to become the great emporium Of the
| western world, is surely deserving OF every aid
in developing her natural resources. The i'm
| mense revenue accruing to the United States
from the commerce Of New Orleans, lays the
general government under great obligations to
protect it. Business, as the cool weather adj
| vances, begins to increase, and strangers from
| every part of the Union flock into the city, like
| birds OF passage, to pass tie winter and a
way again in the spring among the influx OF
strangers are many young Yankees, all eager
to find employment
Every exertion has been made TO render that
city more healthy; the low ground in the rear
has been drained by diichng, and care is
taken to remove all nuisances' A cannon is
fiji ed at O'Clock in winter, and 9 in the sum.
mer, as a signal for all sailors, soldiers and
blacks, TO go to their respective homes, and all
such persons found in the streets afterwards,
without a pass from their employers or mas
tiers, are taken to the Calabaso, or city Prison.
it is also a notice for groceries and tayerns
with the exception Of a few respectable hotels
and cofiee-houses, TO be closed.
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