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Nav ORLEANS, July II, l-ia.
Mess. Grady McEbak.
The Falcon made the South ives. Pass on san
day evening last, IN 81 hours from Havsns, and
reached this city on Monday noon. We find 80
passengers for Chsgrss s~ siting our arrival and
consequently shall not leave until Friday morn
iu-. the 1854 TINS sIves ample time f,r those
who lke myself, visit the south Tor the sr.t time
u earn something OF this great emporium OF the
Mississippi Valley. The steamship Isihmus len
| before We arrived, aud Capt. ScheDos. who ex
pecteA e. tsSe charge OF her during the passage
vi return By the land roGte rae Clucinnsu.
The steamship Alabama reached here late Ca
Monday nighi. ssh uit. la addition to the intel.
,ence which appears Ia tire morning papers, |
earn from her passengers that the Isthmus s
now quite healthy. with the exception OF Chaerss.
where there are some cases OF lever and seue.
TIE Oras runs about 30 miles up the Chsgres
River. leaving but short dNtsuce - be performed
| b, canoes. She will soon be superseded by the
new steamer Gen. Herran, which will be in run
ming order before our ARRIVAL There are enough
mules at Crscus 10 carry 500 persons across
This Intelligence has a cheering effect upon our
passengers. many OF whom rely upon going on IN
the July snd August stesmers, notw outstanding
every ticket tor sale IN TINS city hes Jug sine,
been spO.cd Of The flax after the ebb OF the
hrst wave toward Cali'ornia has not been at all
stayed by the ate spocy phal accounts from the
Land ct Promise. Nesry al Of ths el1S, 900 IA
gold. brought 10 Pauams by the steamer Chile.
was consigned to Eng ish houses The necessity
OF establishing a branch mint Ia san FRANCISCO ls
very strongly urged by al returning CalIi0rnians
We were detained IN Havana Is hours, part OF
ina ffsfa.. ha.k
ly enough sea-breeze TO rustic the splendid palms
on the hills beside The boats which brought
Us W ater aud vegetables ere attended by Cuban
soldiers IN white uniform, " no guarded against
al contact " ith us. Hall naked slaves, with the
broad. coarse features OF the natives OF Congo,
worked at the pump, but even they suffered the
rope end or plank which had touched us, to drop
in tho water before they handled il. The Health
Oihcer. paying his parting visit. stated that
the deaths BY Yellow Fever were IS daily, almost
entirely among tho foreign population. Ose of
tho passengers whom took on board pro-
noguc.s this statement an exsggerston, and as
the Havana papers are silent on the subject, we
have no other means OF Judging.
On the way hither We lost two IT our crew
James Morren. a fireman. OF Troy, and Lew
Mcdonnell, cook. of New-York City. Both Of
these deaths were caused by imprudence in eat
ing and drinking, during excessive heat The
iormer was buried IN the GUY on the morning OF
ascending the river and was brought up 10 the
city for ntcrmen,. Our Cholera patient, Mr.
Brownello OF New Bedford, has entirely recovered
the rest OF the passengers are in good health and
spirits.
A voyage across the Gull is the perfection OF
seatraveihg. After our glimpse OF the Cathedral
here Columbus lies buried, and second salat
under the lrowulne walls of the Moro. we ran out
on It's sheet If brilliant blue water. specked VITA
whte-caps that lespcd 10 fresh north easter -
The waves are brighter, the sky softer and purer,
and tue sunsets more mellow, than on the Atlantic,
aud the heat, though ranging from -. n % IN
the shade, IS tempered by steady and delicious
breeze.
Before catching sight Of land. cur approach 70
the Mlssissippi was betrayed by the water.
Changing u a deep, then muddy green, which.
even Is or % miles from shore, rOIis ts stratum VI
fresh water over the bed Of denser brine, II need
I'd no souudjngs 70 tell OF land ahead IL ls said
that several British ships war, in lel5 lay on
the coast three months. replenshing their water
! casks from the surface oil the sea. The light OF
| the South Passwas on our starboard At dusk. Inc
arm OF ths liver we entered seemed 50 wide IA
the uncertain light, thai, considering II as one OF
| five my Imagination expanded In contemplating
the size OF tue single food bearing in its tnrbid
waves the SHOWS Of mountains that look on Ore
gon the ice ct lakes In Northern Minnesota aud the
crystal springs that for a thousand miles gush from
the western slope OF the Aeghsnies. When
morning csne, my excited fsnci.s seemed com
pletely At fsar. | could scarcely recognize the
Father a Waters in the torturous current OF brown
soap sudr a mile in width. flowing between for
ests OF willow sad cypress on one side and
swsmrs that stretched 70 the horizon on the 9th
er. Everything exhibited the rank growth AMI
speedy decay Of tropical vegetation. The river
was filed with floating logs, which were driited
all along the shore. The trees, especially the cy-
press. were shrouded IN gray moss, that hung ~
long streamers from the branches. and at Intervals
the fallen thstch OF some deserted cabin was
pushed from its place by shrubbery and wild
vines. The island OF Barataria was not more
than ten miles distant, on the west and vas In
formed that many OF the plantations near the
mouth of the river were first made by Lshttes
men
Near the city, the shores present rich and cul-
tivated aspect The land is perfectly Hat, but the
forest recede. and brosd fields Of sugar cane NOW
about three iset IN hight and maize In ear. come
down 70 the narrow ieyee which protects them
from the food. The houses Of the planters. low,
Dacouied snd cool, are buried among orange trees
acacias, and the pink blossoms OF the Grape nyf-
tie. The slave butts adjoining, Ia two parallel
70 49,, have sometimes small gardens attached,
but are rarely shaded b. trees. Large gangs
we're &C work among the cane fields, as we passed
Az the English Turn, several miles below the CITY,
noticed tho plantation OF Dir. Benjamin, wnlch
Suffered greatly from the late creyass. The Jack
son battle-ground the uext point OF interest," SHOWS
little trsce Of the days work that gave us fresi
dent for eight years. Jsckson's and Psckenhams
Headquarters may still be seen, with some signs
Of an embsnkment near the leyee, the held itsen
10 as fat as a chess-bOard.
This 10 said ~ DO the daest and bealthiest sea
son ever known in New Orleans. The Cholera
has entirely disappeared, and the Yellow Fever
il retarded By the rains aud iDundatl0ns. All the
fashionable residents have left for the North. and
the city seems deserted can imagine that du-
ring the gsyesy and hustle OF the Winter season
it IN sy be pleasant place but was not prepared
% fad il % rough, Unfinished and dilaPidsfed IN
appearance Or entirely liieless 10 all that makes
the life Of Southern cities. The effects Of the IN
andston are sell perceptible in frequent pools Of
standing alter 10 streets and gardens, and the
stencil arising from thousands OF drowned rats
Judging from the shower We had yesterday, the IN
habitants could not have suffered much from tneii
recent drigge. Torrents 0f water poured through
the streets. sweeping The sIdsw AXIS IN many pa
ces. One VI our passengers, seeing street com
gietely flooded, inn0ceatiy asked native whether
that was psrt Of the submerged district why,
no." said the man, with Q stare OF utter assonish-
ment 'strs only ratrtag :" The rooxhness OF the
streets deies description; the cobole-stone OF
Chatham Ct is sm0osnest Rgss compared 70 it.
sqch three miles joitiDz | never had, as from
the Falcons pier a. Lafayette City 70 the Sc.
Charles.
We have all the Summer fruits here in abun-
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