The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-29
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Baron 6ouoE, Jan. ii, 1910.
The Journey of Gen1H Taylor to IVass,ay.cn-
appearance of Bafox Rouge Tie Lsg,siata~s--
The Cholera, &C.
General Taylor leaves this p ace ahou: me l5t,
inst'' on his way to Washington. He will stop n
Gay OFT at his plantation above Natchex. and
then proceed up the rver to Vicksburg. where be
mas promised to make limited stay. 10 excb.noe
greetings with his fellow cltzens of that Mace :
lie does not intend to make longer stav tb,,
few hours at any other place this side of Nashville
and from the latter city he will proceed uu the
Cumberland river to Frankfort, Kentucky. From
thence he will go to Louisville. His business he
tween the two cities will detaln him for week.
or perhaps ten days. He is compelled to 20 to
Frankfort, and yet he would doubtless avoid il If
possible, as there will be grand caucus held there
OF those wings OF Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee,
who are ambitious to direct the measures of his
administration. He will there be beset, likewise.
by swarm of office-seekers; and already his
whole time Is occupied, not in readlng--tor that
would be a task utterly imposs be-but IN re-
celvipg and gancing at bushels of applications Tor
out much ceremony
rs AL Louisville he will probably fix upon the
scarcely be known before his arrival In Washing
ton lie Will probably not arrive In the latter CITY
before the 9th or 18th OF February He is wholly
adverse 70 display, and he would be glad to dis
Pense with all the ceremonies of the inauguration
except such as are absolutely necessary If such a
thng were possible. have every reason to believe
that this disposition to simplicity not affected,
There Is really nothing in this village (tor 1t ia
nothing more.) worth describing. After fitting
about from point to point, like troubled spirit,
he Legislature has, at length, determined that in
uture its sessions will be held In Baton Rouge
and as there was no house large enough to contain
halt the members, they have set about building u
State hOuse, which is to be flashed at some In
definite period. The building, as far as 1t has
gone, Is not without some pretensions to architec-
rural pretuness, Il will not say beauty but it
fronts on part OF the RIVER than which there can
be no spot more proifcsof mosquitoes and yellow
fever. The decree of the Legislature constituting
Ia!on Rouge the seat OF their august labors. has.
as il by magic, evoked from small chaos OF BRICK
and mortar, small hotel called the Harvey House,
in honor of Doctor Harvey, one of the old army
surgeons who resides here. The III Arney House
hss white and some what pretensious exterior and
has been since 1t ten cubits from tho fou
ton the wonder and admir- alton the people Of Baton
Rouge fsnciful portrait Of what Doctor H.rney
might De, II ne happened to be else hangs
over the mantel piece Of the dining roem These with
the exception OF the barracks the only bulldogs
IN baton Rouge The houses built In what should
be sorry to cali the French style they ara the most
execraby uncomfortable little nts ever invent
ahead OF them In comfort But they are ueverthsiss
called French houses, and the American dwslers In
them execrate them every time they feel their moon
venience, which IL about hu ndrsd times q day
The gArr consists of the barracks are built
at the end Of the main street Of the village and Ia,
arsenal which ia behind the barracks latter we're
originally built In the form Of pentagon but sids
which intercepted the view Of the has lately been
n s were FOR par
appearance Of peace establishment. The buildings
Of the arsenal are laid out and in the
guar contrast to the quarters Of the officers gar
ri.on and especially to those Of the ocer,
which are now occupied by General Taylor.
The climate Of the place the very worst have seen
In the United States, always excepting that OF New
orlssns Il sltsrn.tss between rain, fog aud sutry
agency In favor Of its spead ana prevalence sad be-
evs In no place in the United States except New Or
leans has been more fatal 1t is true that time
after its FIRST appearance 1t partially dspsed by
few days Of cold weather. but has returned with the
crease. Several, too, who died on board tho boats
ascending the river have been In for burial and
one man who came down the river his dat boat sod
who died after few hours Illness taken In aud
buried With Masonic hon In house on tho
outskirts Of the town, Ave deaths have taken place
dsmpnsss Of the situation although is is real
y difficult for any one place to be much more OK
Those who have lived here ell their lives declare they
have never seen such weather In Louisians The
consequence of this state Of the visible
n the appearance OF everybody one meets. bag
gard weary look Of asstuds and de biity is universal
The place affords amusement, and the state Of the
weather preclsdes the possibility Of taking exereos
Should the weather continue at present. the morta
ty here must be very great, IS no constitution
long withsan nd the inroads of such atmos phsre.
loaded, as 1t Is, with seeds Of epidemic disease
1t 10 no matter of prise that the cholera should
bav" made is 6rst grand attack tho population OF
New Orleans. Indeed, should have been astonishsd
" 1t had not swept of the large number thAt fell VIC
Tins to Its ravsges. The city all unguArded
in the Of fruits vegetables The tables Of the
hotels grosned under dozen different kinds Of fruit,
and the streets wers lined with stalls hesped With the
luscus sospy banana the aoidous creole orange and
the tempting over ripe apple, orumbng to decay
There had been, for weeks incesssut ssrnstions Of
rain and hot burning sunshine and the air filed
with fetid exhalations from the miry streets. The
tronoirs were reeking with Shiny mud and riding
ever the pavement Q sensation similar to that
one must experience in being tossed in q blank
ct. oncs rode down from the Vsraudah, (ths
best hotel in New Orlsansl to the levee, distance
Of about half mile, and found 1t wholly i'm possible
to preserve anything like decent composure As the
driver whipped down the street sudssvorsd
open carriage cab) but the thing WAS mprsctcabls
braced myself well rs could, to resist the iuoes
the vehicle crsshsd through inDumerabIe rats but I
was throw Into 30 many absurd positions was forced
to execute so many Iudicrous oontortions aud gri-
maces, that had to laugh outright aud the driver
sitting before me- although better accu,tomsd to the
thing jerking about after such strange fashion
that ne appeared TO be afflicted with the st. vttus
dance
But besides all those pred,sposng causes Of disease
j have mentioned, the unaccouu abIs pauio which
seized the people contributed than all to give
the epidemic an easy victory The places OF smuss-
ment deserted the drug stores ~dsd and
almost every body orc met was exaggerated % n
pbor bag. Some armed tnemseves with sssaooti-
de-, imagining. not without reason, that thsy thereby
rendered themselves upspproachsble by parsons,
whether infected or disinfected. Thus between the
mud and the matsria medica. the city exhibited "ths
Iapkett compound Of ,inanous smell that offend
ed nc stril." NJ
WASHINGTON, Jan ~, 1849.
The Eighth Week of the Session.
The eighth week of the session brings us still q
little nearer to some proceedings In the actual bu-
sness before the two houses.
In the Senate, on Monday, there was pretty
aff.o h,,f ba ILL IL