Delaware State journal, advertiser and star. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1832-1833, 1833-08-16

ledge Of the business, and is made prin-
}cipal boiler, is a person of as much
consideration among his fellows, and as
important in his own eyes. as the Presi-
dent, and very commonly takes the same
| liberty OF putting his Uet0 on such Bills
as he don't like. He keeps good rid.
ing horse, very probably sends to our
great Philadelphia ,ailors for his clothes.
and except in the boiling season is as la
~ and ignorant as native King OF Al
RIGA.
| Louisiana contains more slaves in pro-
portion to its population than any other
State in the West, more than one half
being in bondage, and since mild and hu-
name treatment has been substituted,
they multiply very rapidly, and the sub
ject is an interesting one to know what
will be the ultimate result. The great
farms sometimes have three or four hun
dred acres in one enclosure, in which
twenty or more ploughs may be seen
making their straight burrows mile in
length with surprising regularity, through
fields as level as garden.
] The prairie land of Louisiana is oil
great extent, beauty and fertility; those
included under the general name OF At
takapas, are the first which occur west
of the Mississippi, an the traveller e.
merging from the forest finds himself in
noble and cheerful plain, and feels the
cool and salubrious breezes OF the gull;
. and before Kim, spread out like map
is an immense tract OF beautiful country
, containing, in 1920, $4,000 inhabitants,
all sub.isting by agriculture. In others,
the occupation Of the people is that oil
shepherds, who number their cattle BY
thousands, The prairies have gentle
, and imperceptible slope to the waters OF
the gulf, and generally terminate in wet
+, m arshes, occasionally overlooked, and
!. covered with rank growth OF cane, in
n which reside multitudes OF animals
whose habits and customs have been lit
: tie examined. In some parts OF these
:, prairies, there are mounds or Islands Of
q timber lands, which look as IT planted
e by the hand Of man in regular order
e Beyond the Opelousas prairie little cot
/, ton is raised, the people subsisting b.
y raising cattle, horses and sheep. all {
r. which find a market at New Orleans
% Some years since, three men OF this re
l. pion. numbered more than $4,000 heat
:. or horn cattle, and 1900 horses ant
., mules. II is the Arcadia Of the country
10 where hospitality and good feelings re'gl
t. predominant
e New Orleans, to be accurately de
&c scribed, would fill good sized newspa
'f per, we can only glance at some OF ~
IS principal features. 1t is on the cas-
,f shore Of the Mississippi. in deep ane
% sinuous bed, so miles from the balizt
!. by the meander Of the river, and nlnet!
d in direct line; about 1000 miles oeio"
Of the mouth Of the Ohio and 100 below
!, he Mouth of the Missouri. Its about
t intermediate between Mexico and Bos
: ton, though the voyage to Vera Cruz
IL is made in a shorter period. The un
~ rivalled advantages this city possesses II
'e a commercial point of view are univer
re sally acknowledged. Very accessible
IN from sea, and yet well situated Tor de
fence; it has probably twice as much ex
tint of boat navigation above 1t as an
u other city on the Globe. Viewed iron
n the harbor, the panoramic view Is ex
G tremcly beautiful. A crescent OF man
a. acres covered with all the grotesqueva
p riety of Nat boats, and water crai.s
"a the mos, dissimilar descriptions 1ror
lie the distant points above, lines the uPpe
N mart of the shore. Steam boats arriving
We and rounding 10, or sweeping away
nc their far destination, cast their Ion
=: stream of waving smoke behind then
10 % Ships, briggs, schooners and siooPs' O.
NJ cupy the wharves, showing a forest
ire masts. The foreign aspect OF the stu
~" coed houses in the city, the massy quiz
d" ings of the Fanxbourg st. Mary' u
Dis hustle on every side, the yo.heave-yo'
g taken at one view III the bright sun, pr
W. sent splendid spectacle.
DIE l The city was formerly built OF WOO
a. but is now compactly constructed
yer brick. succeed with yellow or whit
VI and presents the appearance oil REM
os' mr. Spanish town, rather than an Anne
ON can one. The Fauxbourg St. Mary, no
no. ever, differs little from our Atlantic
'ise ties. The Cathedral is large bu'ldi
no of brick, 90 feet by 100, covered vi
va hollow tiles and supported oy ten
CO. t. lumns is an imposing fabric; IN
ou' inches and recesses are the hSnres
pro- saints, in appropriate dresses alter >,
rus fashion OF Catholic countries.
zee" walls are so thick, that though situa
nts. in The very centre of business, the
now ience within it is truly remarkable
Out S,enninr from the Lcvee street. {
ne rattle Of carriages, you find your
hn u in perfect stiffness. The dsaa slsep
eaos Meath your feet; you are in the mios.
no life. and yet there rsigns here perps
On Al TRANQUILITY. The Presbyterian Gnu
mol !, ~ hrick ani handsome ou.lo1nS'