The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-11-15

New Orleans.
Correspondence OF the Herald.

asters on The sissppi-Description Of Mississi-
pi Bodts-Specie- Conon-Bank Defakatios-
| louisiana Courts and Judges.
| regret to announce the loss of another of our
beautiful packet steamboats,. The Luda, q light,
elegant and costly boat, commanded, and chiefly
owned by Captain Clark, and plying between New
Orleans and Bayou Sarah was run into by the De
Soto, Bayou Goua, and in fifteen minutes after
the collision, sunk to the bottom total logs Three
hands OF the Luds are missing The De Soto was
very badly battered, and lost one hundred and fifty
bales of cotton thrown of the guard by the shock
The Luda had just taken the place of the illfated
Clipper. In neither of these cases was there any in.
surance, and the loss falls very heavily upon the
Captains, whose hard earnings had been invested
i'll their boats
The Captain OF the Clipper was the oldes. CAPTAIN
on the river, and had accumulated q pretty fortune
| which was entirely wrecked in the destruction
| OF his valuable boat. The insurance companies
have suffered so much by steamboat disasters that
they have determined to insure no more. Most OF
these accdentsare attributable to care lessnese, in
| temperance OF the officers, an mpetuous rivalry
| reckless racing, DC. Some OF them grow out OF
natural and unavoidable causes, such as snags bad
| navigation, and conflicts IN misis.
But no man can travel in these boats without be.
ing struck with the cool indifference, and incautous
negligence OF their commanders and officers. They
seem 10 regard nothing but the increase Of their
and successful competition with rival boats. On,
on, rushes the boat over huge legs, leaping sapd
| banks humping tOrciblv against the banks, whilst
the captain enjoying his vine IN the state room.
the mate is asleep, The engineer noddng at his
post, and the pilot cracking his jokes with two or
| three companions IN the wheel house.
A boat wears and be comes old so short time
in navigating the Miss ssipp, that the only object Of
| the owner seems TO be 10 make much as possible
out OF her IN the short time before she becomes IN
sound. In five or s'x years boat is pronounced
onI aIths raff nd "A Lac.
| tow boat, or otherwise disposed of.
The steamboats, OF The Mississippi are, you are
aware, ssi eeneris entirely different from the boats
| which ply upon the Northern streams. They are
built like huge barges. the vessel being entirely sunk
in the water-so that you step aboard as on scow.
without ascending ladder. The cabin, running
nearly from stem TO stern, is elevated far above
the level of the water, and between it and the low
| deck are The boilers and machinery This arrange
ment Is highly favorable to comfort, elegance and
pleasure. There is abundant room-no annoy
ance from the noise smell OF the en-.
CINE, and On entire separation from the hustle
and confusion of working The boat. Instead Of
being divided into two separate apartments, with
impossible barriers. for the gentlemen and ladies',
pirceed OIL like sheep andgoats in Scripture, there
Is an elegant ladies' paror ,andstate rooms in which
husbands and wives so tar from being even Temporal
| rlly divorced may live az sweetly and costly to-
geiher at their own comfortable homes. The
bachelors too, not all thrown together pell nell,
but can select their room and their bed and their
companion to suit themselves, and have some little
privacy. ana tnen 100 tne IdTe w nat can qudl
that in variety, richness, and plenty? The boats
plying on the Mississippi, especially those between
points not very distant, such NatcheZ Vicksburg,
Bayou Sara Baton Rouge, NC, spread out tables
as richly and variousy loaded those for which
your renowned Aston has become so famous. Bad
| enough of steamboats,.
| Some $4,000 of specie have been added TO our
pile since wrote you last, mostly from New York
| regret to say that there has been fall in the
price of cotton since Monday, when the English
news gave it very favorable impetus. do not
know the cause. Not being in the "cotton line"
| cannot say how private advices tally with the
newspaper statements but this do know, that
purchasers are mons'rousy nervous and tmid. In
the mean time, the crep is SLOWLY coming in. and a
small one think it will prove. The following esti-
mate OF the probable production OF this year think
is a very fair and reasonable one:-Recepts in New
Orleans $50 600, Mobile 300 OOO. Savannah 24O 900.
Charleston 29O 900, Florida 10000, Virginia 10000
Total 1900 900 bales.
The commercial and financial world has been
much excited to-day and Yesterday, by report that
large deiacation had taken place in the Louisia-
State Bank This is of the long list of banks
in this city once deemed very staunch and sound.
and whose weakness first developed by the et
tort made year ago 10 resume specie payments
II slenaly failed, and has ever since sustained an
indifferent character. It is now well known that
one OF It's officers, who 10 connected with large
add influential Creole family, has disappeared, and
large deficit has been Uncovered IN his accounts
The exact amount is not yet determined, but you
may set It down at no very small lie will
take trip TO Paris, spend int winter In that gay
city, visit London, and return 10 New Orleans, and
retain Pierre Soule by fee of $500 to quash any
indictment which may be found eg inst him. And
thus he will, after short eclipse, emerge from the
cloud which surrounds him, and regain his position
in society.
Such is the process the fellow who robbed the CT.
tlzens' Bank of $4,000 is now undergoing. Either
OF these gentlemen would call you or any other no.
nest nan out to the ''fed of honor" if you were to
tread on his toes say =" boo" 20 him. The Gre
oles are generally a very henest and honorable
class OF men. but they have great fault they
will protect their own thevlng relations. Old Ca
uonge, the Judge OF The criminal court, whose great.
est luxury is to send starving dogs TO the peni
tentiary tor stealing pair OF shoes or loaf OF bread,
Won as soon cut cff his right arm condemn a
Creole 10 an infamous punls hRent.
Our law courts open 10 day, am re- Ioiced TO hear
With very light dockets; for justice is administer
ed here, the less we have OF il the better This is
the opinion of abe whole people. The judiciary Of
ne salaries, compared with The average profits OF
he lawyers. Every thing ia done here on locomo-
tive Irlnciples-in devil OF hurry. This won't
do IN the administration Of the laws; more haste
less SPEED" IA maxim we'll illustrated by The az
parently hurried aud rapid, but really unprugressive
administration OF justice IN our cours.
ORLkANoIs.
| Tue CI.cNNArI OBSERVATORY, AND Ex PRHsI
| DENT ADAMS The c-I-braioa OF the iayl OF me
corner stone OF this Observatory, took place with
Az due Pomp aud Circumstance on Thursday, the
" inst The weather was rainy. glo, my, and ex-
cesslvely unpleasant, notw outstanding which, how
ever the pageant and the ceremonies proceeded
The spot selected for the Observatory liz sngularly
appropriate and beautiful il overooks the whole
county around Beneath. repos.s the city with its
pile OF buildings lis school houses, its churches,
and It's canal beyond is Mill Creek valley, seeming
IN the distance ike garden spot on the other
side hes Fulton wnh its long If houses, and OF
beach, with Its line OF steamers and Tvs railroad;
south, the valley ot the Licking, dotted over with
farms and good-iooking farm houses, ana containing
he towns oil Cnvingtoa and Newport. separated
rom by The Ohio, which Ia visible for miles
above and De ow; and opposite on our side isstua-
red Mount Auburn, beautiful as any village of New
or Old England while The plain on which Cincin-
uaii stands, and the valleys connected with il, are
rncirced by hills cultivated to their tops aud look
log, 10 their gorgeous autumn livery with earhs