New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-05-05
yo5.. YEII. No. 43
Sketches from the south and yest....xo Il

-kctchc- from the south and West No. ID
Dpa,sge from Aer- 0reaa'-1atoippi Seeaery-Coul.
P1gE0ns dc Tnags- Woodn0a-A WreetU.
Correspondence Of Inc Tribune
II. Lovrs, APri 20. ls4s
Having resolved on leaving New Orleans. we
took from morning paper list Of boats upward
bound and sailed forth upon the Levee to look
az the accommodation" oil Of which were ad.
vertised IS splendid reelection was soon
made from four bound for this place and although
the best ere Indifferent compared with Northern
steamers. We were well supplied with the crea
tore comforts An able and polite Master and no,
anything % indicate the recklessness which ia
generally attributed to the conductors Of boats on
this River
la leaving New. Orleans by steamboat for the up
per county. the city appears better than from any
other position. The high dome Of the st. Charles
Hotel, and the window boarded tower Of St Pat
ricSs Church, are long 10 view, as our course
changes from south west to north by Lafayette
City.
/ The hfstsix hours from New. Orleans gives one a
fair sampled Mississippi scenery Jar This place,
unless It Is that ia the upper country the swamps
are more dreary, with fewer inhabitants, and oc.
casionaly sand-hil the front Of which having
been washed away, has left the bluffs which
are a grea, breakn upon the monotony, and eager.
/ y looked a, wonders.
! OF all places Ia the world calculated 10 make
men social l believe the Mississippi is mont
ard here that the travellers attention is soouest
turned upon the companions Of his voyage. We
/ bed left st Two O'Clock p. NJ and ere night fall
had conversed with several. The first Was per
son more than ordinarily we'll dressed, possessing
igId Of humor aud general Intelligence he hal
/ been miner At the Upper Lakes, spent Winter
! Do Havana and the lastln Mexico. For a time the
chain Of conversation ran smoothly on. but the
/ Inks became disconnected and the harmony was
lost revealing his character. 10 is hardly ueCe8sa-
~ % say that on the morrow be bad doiied" the
/ haOiiments OF the gentleman and taken place &C
the card table.
The lordly planter whose negroes count hun.
dreds end acres thousands. " as among the number
10 from Louisiana, be would rejoice that he was
not born under the Influence OF superstition and
blgotry, bot that he enjoyed the foil rights OF cItI
zcuship. With free liberty of opinion and cOnsci
ence yet, look in upon ms especially
if from the interior-and with all his blessed priv
eges scarcely the FIRST elements of civilization are
o be- found Inhabitants of most of the upper
states were there also with their pec1iisriucs 70
geiher with a numbered that class Of men without
n " local habitat or name, unless 1t ~ that oi
fat boat aud rats men. They were returning from
" Orleans where they bad disposed OF their trult
and lumber, and were returning % q lOgcabu
some where. TO make their wives and ch Idren hap
py with the comforts of life which, IN the sim
picity of their habits, is more essential 20 their
happiness than uxurios, although far short OF wnet
an Eastern man would consider necessary for the
/ same.
The morning following our departure from New
Orleans Yves Sunday the sun rose without
cloud 10 dim It's rays from the orange groves
So. 4.
- us on the gentle breeze, which not sufficient
10 ripple the surface Of the mighty River whose
bosom we were borne, and which, by the genius OF
an American, IS made the base Of power which
speeds on our way. A no time could the trsv
eicr find more 20 render the scene pleasant and all
rith one accord were enjoying IL upon the guards
watching Tor the various incidents which ere caIcu-
lated 70 attract the attention of the stranger The
process Of woOdng up IS one OF the iirst the
passenger is made acquainted with The steamer
approaches dreary shore without anything u lu-
oicate that civilized man hsd ever set hrs foot upon
10 for many miles above or below, save the wood
Pile and small cabin Of the rUdest description
The terms usually agreed upon before the boat
touches the bank, and when Il does, fifteen or
twenty hands throw on board from twenty 90 fifty
cords At q price varying from 81 20 %, for which
| the w0odman pockets hrs money and seems hap
/ nv man. although cut of from the wOrd-Fave 10y
/ his patrons-Nith but one or two companions ex
cept the bear and catamOuut aud that worst OF an
t1rnents the musketO-the last receiving the great
est share of his attention Such is the e of the
/ Nississippi woOdman who suffers indescrbab.e
hardships Hnd prlvstons for the love OF gain. and
gets IL Freight and passengers are taken from snd
lelauywhere upon the snore-or coast as MS called
/ here-most convenient the steamers moving up
with perfect safety against the soft banks, "hlch
1 are but little above the guards
Ia one instance we approached peculiar ooS.
ing craft made fast 90 desOiate shore which from
/ the peculiarly Of her construction, elected many
/ inquiries from tho passengers OF " " nat sne
! forl' From the answers 90 which, Welearned mat
! il was a wreckng vessel and that We were to re-.
ceive from her some freight which had been saved
| from vessel recently sunk. Scarcely had We
] cleared from this and al had resumed the usual
quiet when, seated alone upon the hurricane dech
| / found myself approached by one OF the lchsbod
! Crane species Of whom the first glance was soih-
Gent TO suggest the idea that he had by the appli
cation OF steam or some other power, been reduced
/ 20 n space too narrow 20 contain anything pertain
! ing 20 another existence Closing his eyes to a
! degree which would hardly admit OF one ray ol
| Heavens light, he inquired;
! Acquainted in these parts Mister
Answering him in the negative. he probably con
cluded that was DESTROYS OF gaining Information
! and therefore went On 70 say that he was born on
/ The River and had been on it ever snce-the last
| twelve years had becn employed as a wrecAer,
and OF late IN securing the cargo OF the Iowa Whico
was run into and sunk by the Declaration. where
we had lsst stopped. Ga inquiring Of him how Tar
/ he could go down in a diyingbeul he told me that
at eighty feet hefound it mighty close breathing
that the volume Of atmosphere occupied but one.
ha' the space it did on the surface. The teabeil
rang and as | turned TO leave him, l could DO. for
bear the reflection that the extreme pressure be
had been subjected 20 had done much toward az
resting his natural development and that there
were native.born Yankees at the South as well a.
Down East q H. "
S. Loms-Tls Lereo-Uppsr Mississippi Keokak-Naa'
600, and is Temple.
No Ill GALESA H.. April 25lh, 1915.
st Louis. unlike New Orleans is situsted high
no ON the west bank Of the Mississippi snd extend
ine with rs suburbs about FIVE miles In length ana
one wide containing population oisixty thousand
number by far exceeding any othercity Of It's age
Yet notwithstanding It's rapid growth 1t IS evil
IDENTITY healthy one rs indicated by the durab'h'
~ and elegance Of its public and private buildings
and the thrifty business ke appearance prevalent
everywhere. The streets are At right angles, with
the principal ones parallel with the River and mum
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