Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-01-29


leans. re gent Of France during the minority OF
Joui, XIV. cannot here d. scant on It's his
tory. but sincethe purcase by President 'eter'
son in 1903, It's astonishing increase IN weai'h
and population has been attended by CORES
pontiing influence of the Anglo American race.
Indeed, il has during the present year pare'y
escaped ACKNOWLEDGMENT, arising from the OPP
nosing influence of American as they are cal
led and French interests. a bill Tor convert>
;nr The whole into two cities, 10 be called thu
Upper and Lower City, actually passed The
house Of representatives, and was thrown gu,
in the senate only by one or two woes. IN Feb
ruary last. Immediately after this defeat, a
bill was introduced by the French memb RS
themselves, for re-organizing the city govern
men, in which many Of the measures objected
to by the American, were removed, and 'heir
Influence in the city councils greatly increased
This measure has restored harmony tor thf
presen, but it is easy for the impartial spreia-
t,r like myself, To perceive th,t Gallo inhu
ence must at no distah, day succumo under the
wcish Of talent, enterprise, and population an
nually rolling in from the northern states Of the
Federal Union, and as the neighOoihood oe-
Comes he althy, which will be in proportion as
CIVILIZATION advances, it will prob 'bly Tor some
time 10 come continue 10 augment The poPuia>
ton.
New o leans proper is in the form OF par
aleugram l4oo yards long by The SIDE Of Inc
Mssissi pi, and 700 yards back from The river,
but he ground occupied by buildings on inc
Upper Far bnurg slone is OF extent greater
thar the city, and IS constantly extending UP
the side of he mighty wafer. The lower Nau-
bonrs is about two thirds he size OF the Guy
proper, AID is understood 20 be not increaslng
TIE whole Is laid out in streets, crossing each
other al right angles, fifty to'ses, or AHout 10Y
yards apart, and forty feet vide II Is sur
rounded by street nearly 200 feel wide, plant
ed wI.h four rows of the Occdcn,s Plane tree,
or American Sycamore, and is truly dellsh'
ful ramble The front side is OF coursr bonnc>
ed by he river, on he raised bank OF VIII CHI
called he Levee, busy scene unparalleled TOR
variety and interest in any part OF the world
with which | am acquainted. is continually
passing. Let us pas, down il from the south
srn ext entity OF the Upper Fa"bourg. to the
northern limits Of the city proper For Inc
frst mite along the coast Of the Mrssl 'sipp,
A. boats or a. ks fo' m a continued line. Their
cnn EMS for sale are saves, timber. Planks,ho'-
,es TT and lean cattle, sn,ep hogs, (the a,
nerican, call all swine hogs alter they are
grown all sorts Of domestic poultry, and va
r Gus kinds Of larg- and cumbrous materials
Til, motley collection Is succeeded by Inc
steamboats,, which are, during he busy months,
always in great numbers. During he third
week in April last, I counted .thirty-ninr. Ahey
lie with their bows on shore co,e % The odnk,
and even project III upon II side by side ihere
are very few Of Them small, many are o! three
am, four hundred tons bardeh.' All are good
II !3o7rs, OF afks, IS hIch, Ike the
ak rf old, are filed with limos, every clean &
IN lean Thing: fruI's, dried aud green, poia oe =,
hogs lard, honey, salt, sailed butter, indian
corn, meal from It OF three or four kinds,
wi'rai II 'ur, whskey, tobacco, onions, hams #
bacon, nu''o" and ,enison, sailed beef and
pork lead hav, blades tha. is, the lea,es) Of
the indian com In bundles, (the best fodder
thai can be grown J saddles, harness, and last,
bot not least, cotton bales. OF the Sc have seen
on the Levee and its les, as many as. if piac,
ell side by site, would form conrinued line
Tor one mil- IT. length. Mex come, the ship
ping, first the sloops, schooners, and briggs, hat
are confined 10 the Gull Of Mexico, then the
line OF mighty castles that have ploughrd the
atanIic, carries us far below the limits Of the |
cry, and the vast crescent is terminated by
Tour or 1--we steamboats,, employed in towing up
and down the Mississippi the los miles be
tween the city and the Gulf IF Mexico. The
Val lous articles discharged from these vessels,
ana lying Tor sale on the Levee side, deies all
In one place vast heap Of
oranges, pine apples, and bananas, fresh from
me grove OF Cuba, scent the air with the IT fra
france; close by, is pill" Of Yorkshire paving
tone, exactly like that which is the ornament
u our market Dl ce side w,lks; contiguous is
arg' OF logwood and mahogany. and at a sh ,rt G
Is'ancr, vast mass Of COS kic-shelis brought :
n ships TO coat over he sides Of the Levee. ,
here are probably along this line no, less /
ha1 h''v booth, for oysters and grog, as many
tails for the sale of shoes, shr,s, and many i
'her clothing, not emitting stockings, which !,
Ike certain well known razors, were mad. ra II
Ter for sale than for use. Close by are the :,
W markets Of ORLEANS proper. The first, q
rhe DIES beucheries HANDLES is perhaps two n
indred feet long AMI thirty fee, wide, a nea, ii
c'i"n, one story high, the roof supported bv II
liars, which form twenty five arches on each h.
de- his is generally well supplied with all e,
mis- OF meat. moi however Of the very first qua a,
y. The price depends much on the state of n
Ohio river, though one thousand miles dis n
Mt. lake one example: wen down on nv -.