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

Episcopal and Mariners Church, and
new Catholic place Of worship are the
remaining conspicuous religious ediHces.
The French Theatre externally is BY no
means handsome, though the interior is
ornamental. The American Theatre is
in better taste. The prison frowns like
a building Of the inquisition upon the
passer by. A charitable hospital, par
ticularly necessary in this city Of stran-
gers, has probably sheltered more mis-
eI able objects than any other in our coun-
try.
The College is we'll endowed, but not yet
eminent for its learning. The Female Or
phan Asylum, and one fos the boys endowed by
the benevolent Poydras and several respect
able charities prove that the better feelings
of our natures are not neglected. library
for the poorer classes has recently been open
ed, but very little attention is yet given to
literature, New Orleanr being place to "stop
in," and make money to be spent, it lite il
spared in more congenial spots. To the nor
thern visitor it is at first shocking to see 80
little obst rvaace of the Sabbath. The thea
tres are open on the evening of that day, ma
ny stores make their usual display, and
bull-fght in the afternoon was till lately
common pastiine, while billiards and CARDS
were PLAYED as usual. The French popula-
ton, probably yet predominates over the
! American, and one half of the residents
are black or colorcd, exhibiting every
contrast of manners, complexion, habits
and disposition, the French displaying
their usual iondness for gayety, balls and
spectacles
Much gambling is allowed by law in Ii
censed houses paying large lax to the
corporation. There are often five or six
thousand boatmen here from the upper
country, and it is by no means uncom-
mon 10 see fifty vessels advertised for Eu-
ropean ports at the same time. In the
months Of FEBRUARY and March no place
in the Union exhibits crater amount oil
I business and activity, twelve millions OF
dollars has been estimated as the amount
of its annual domestic exports, among
the greatest items ofwhich are cotton,su-
gar and tobacco. Notwithstanding its re-
puta,ion Of being unhealthy this great
: emporium the west is increasing very
Fl rapidly, and its banking capital is COM
1 mensurate with the demands ofits extern
: ded increased commerce. Though ves-
+ sells are departing so frequently for all
y parts of the world, so great is the quanti-
lily Of produce constantly aT.i~-ns- s...s
S the market is sometimes glutted with
;. particular articles and corn, pork pota-
d toes, and four are sometimes SO cheap a.
d scarcely to pay freight down the river
,, The census Of 1880, gives this city
n population of 4s,45e inhabitants, which
has most probably by this time extend
) ed to $4,000. In the business periods,
l. ten thousand strangers would be tar
$ calculation as to the number who throns
i the numerous boarding houses, lodging
4 houses aud hotels. The moral effect OF
t "a visit to the young men OF the west, Is
v not Of the most advantageous characters
: many a father who entrusted his son with
y the product Of years labor to vcna IN
t New Orleans, has seen him return, stripe
!. Of his last suit by the sharPers and loose
2 characters, and many have never been a.
: BILE to reclaim them from the seductive
n haunts of vice which they here are temp
;. ted with. But there is little doubt that
e the habits Of the people are gradually un.
=. dergoing favorable change. and II IS OF
: vast importance to the whole valley oil the
v Mississippi, that the city should De emil
n ghtened, morally and religiousiy. On the
:. whole, the morals Of the inhabitants, VINO
v pretend to any degree Of se!f-respect' are
A. not behind those Of any city in the IN
,fl ion.
n Donaldsonville, 30 miles above New
ar Orleans, has a number OF respectable
o. houses, and is now the political capital.
10 Baton Rogue is Fifty miles higher up.
10 nleasantiy situated on bluff thirty Or
n forty feet above high water mark. The
:. United States barracks here. are very
ofIhandsome and commodious. st. Francis
:. Vile is large village, on bluff, one
i. hundred and sixty miles above New Or
,a leans. Madisonville is small town near
IN lake Pouchartrain.-A alexandria, on ked
%. River. seventy miles from the Mississippi
is central to the rich cotton planting coun
\ trv of that stream, and its tributaries, II
If has bank, and the usual variety OF pro
-. fessions of eastern villages. Vast guam
~ titles of cotton are exported from thl
=; Mace. Nalchitoches is eighty mile
~ above, and the last town of any size. TO
81; wards the South western frontier oil IN
No. Union. tbs the centre Of the SPANS
;,b trade into the interior OF the Mexica
~. States, and the great thorough-iare 10
~ travellers. Its the head oil steamoos
n navigation, and growing place. wnio
,Le will probably become some day the iarge'
~ town OF the interior. The houses col
TOD struc,,ed an hundred years ago, presen
81. fair sample of Spanish town. ana mi
Nv Standards still remain he e. som
,rd attention has been paid to internal IN
-a,r movements. but our limits do not perm
h. our noticing them particularly. ~
IN country being level, the roads are gene
allv GOOD. Ample and munltscent a
,ronria,ions have been made. 70 the q
- va rsrr.rnent Of comInoa school educauo