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A SCENE AT NEW ORLEANS.

New OnLr,N,, MARCH, 7. Many |
events are constantly occurring in this city
of New Orleans, which. if one possessed
competent faculty of description, would
be sources Of unceaslnG interest to all who
are fond of the wonderful, both in nature
and art. THIS city is certainly most re
markable one u part of every thing Is to|
be learnt, as almost every thing is to De
seen here. You see people of all coun
tries, and you hear the language OF all ma.
tons. In their public marts all Is confu
sion and uproar; at one time you would
imagine yourself transported to Damascus,
at another to Grand Cairo, and so on tot
every region Of the globe; for OF every
species it seems part, both fish, flesh, and
fowl. And what is strange, they appear
to move together in much greater harmo-
nv than one would be induced to believe,
from the tradition of olden times; for, we
are told tina, when the Tower of Babel was
constructing, a confusion of tongues pro
duced total arrangement Of operations;
bu, here, they exchange. bay and sell, en-
gage in all SORTS of traffic. with Greeks,
| Albanians. Chinese. Indians. and ALL
Trosue Tyriusue nullo discrimine agetur.
| This foreign association is TO me source
of continued interest, whilst their various
manners and customs tend to keep up that
spirit of adventure, which one Is sensible of
almost upon his first entrance into the city
The buildings, too, in the Spanish and
French parts of the town, of SO many DIFF
ferent shapes and constructions, form no
small share in The sum total of my tour OF
observation. When sometimes a foreign
looking dome, with dark trownng pillars,
heavy balustrades, and gothic windows,
meets the eye, a species OF romance nsen
sibly creeps over the spirit, and the mind
recnrs to the Interesting legends as desert
bed by the fellcltouS pen of IRVING, and
without much effort, we imagine ourselves
walking in the streets Of Rome, NJ lan. OF
Madrid, listening to the lay Of some wan
derng minstrel, as he sings extemporane-
ously of the glory OF by-gone times.
discover, during my short stay here
that there is no city where the inhabitants
!, are more sensitive in all affairs of honol
than they are in this; and can readily
imagine that, among the concourse Of 81
; many nations, every mode of settling ;
personal difficulty is resorted to, according
to the usagcs Of the various countries from
: whence they come. My attention wa
somewhat directed to a notice Of this fact
;; from having been witness Of most in
teres,ng combat which took place here
> few days ago This contest was on horse
> back, and believe it was the first instanc
of the settlement Of personal difficult
: after this form that has ever occurred il
this country. But you must understan
o that this is very high.thoughted people
y the French more especially, in their no
9 tons of honor and courage; and believ
y that the spirit of chvalry, if it exists to
r great degree in any part of our country
S enters very considerably into the compost
ton of the insignes jupenes here. Til
If parties belligerent on The occasion to whic
n | refer, were French and an America
o gentleman, both natives OF New Orlean:
If They fought with broadswords, and reall,
It if you had been witness of the scene
l. the period of The middle ages would hav
r. been brought to your mind, with the tou
N nament aud the lists, and all the glorio,
Or panoply Of chivaric warfare. IT'S trr
!. the knights were not clothed in all the
- NOR in which the gallant gentlemen we