Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-10-21
From q New- leans paper.
NEW ORLEANS.

tits certainly mournful for traveller 10
dwell among the mountains Of Pompeli, on
erculanem, and of Rome, There, ne
feels at all, he feels among these wrecks Oh
past grandeur, that he has nothing a to'ai-
iy different sensation possesses the mino on
entering an American city. In these, man
beholds what he can contend with. and what
he can accomplish, when his strength Is not
checked by the arbitrary will of desPot-
New Orleans, the wet-grave, where the hopes
of thousands are buried, for eighty years the
wretched asylum for the outcasts OF France
and Spain, who could not venture one nun
dred PAGES beyond its gates without utterly
sinking TO the breast, or being attacked oy
allisators, has become in the space OF twenty
three wears, one of the most beautiful cities
of the Union, inhabited by 100000 persons
who trade with half the world. The view Is
splendid beyond description, when you pass
down the stream which is here mile oroad;
rolls its immense volume Of waters In oea
above 600 feet deep, and as if conscious OF
its strength, appears to look quietly on the
hustle of the habtations of man. Both Its
banks are lined with charming sugar planta-
tons, from the midst of which rises the airy
mansion of the wealthy planter, surrounded
with orange, banana, lime, and fig trees me
growth of climate approaching to the torr'a
zone. In the rear you discover the cabins OF
the negroes and the sugar houses, and Just at
the entrance of the port, groups OF smaller
houses as if erected for the purpose OF con-
cealing the prospect of the town. AS soon
as the steam boats pass these outposts, New
Orleans in the form of a half moon, appears
in all its splendor-tbe river runs Tor dis-
lance of four or five miles in southern d.
rection; here it suddenly takes an eastern
course, which it pursues for the space OF two
miles, thus forming semi-circular bend. A
single glance exhibits to view the harbor, the
vessels at anchor, together with the city, ST.
tuated as it were. at the feet of the passenger.
The first object that presents itself, is the un-
couth backwood's fiat boat. Hams, ears OF
corn, apples. whiskey barrels are strewed
upon it, or affixed to poles to direct the atten-
ton of the buyers, Close by, are the rather
more decent keel boats with cotton, furs,
whiskey, -four. Next the elegant steamboat,
which by its Kissing and repeated sounds, an
nounccs either its arrival or departure, and
sends forth immense columns Of black smoke
that forms into long clouds above the CITY,
Farther on, are the smaller merchant vessels,
the sloops and schooners from the Havana,
Vera Cruz, Tampco; then the briggs; and
lastly. the elegant ships appearing like for
est of masts
Considered in commercial point Of view,
the situation of New Orleans is, perhaps,
without rival on the face Of the globe: Al
though 100 miles from the sea, its position is
peculiarly fayeEase f8T6aaBRiy 'g a&oy. and
Standing on the extreme point Of the long.
est river in the world, New Orleans COM
mands all the commerce of the immense ter
ritory of the Mississippi. being the market
pointed out by nature for the countries water
ed by this stream, or by its tributaries-a ter
ritory exceeding million of square miles -
on may travel on board steamboat of 800
Ions and upwards for an extent of 1000 miles
rom New Orleans up the Red River; $500
miles up the Arkansas river; 5000 miles up
he Missouri and its branches; 1900 miles up |
he Mississippi 10 the Falls Of St. Anthony;
he same distance from New Orleans up the
illinois; 1900 miles to the north east from
New Orleans on the Big Wabash; 1900 on
he Tennessee; 1909 on the cumberland, and
300 miles on the Ohio up to Pittsburg.-
thus New Orleans has in its rear this I'M
nense territory with river 1900 miles long
the MissourD besides the water
which is about to be complet-
d between New York and the river Ohio;
he coast of Mexico, the West India Islands,
nd the half of America to the south, the rest
f America on its left, and the continent of
Europe beyond the Atlantic.
PROSPERITY OF BOSTON.