New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-25

A secDnl cfcFetse, aud one Tar more g-I-4lt 70
SIP than saves, has been opened here. The
rain comes down. " not from one lone cloud bat
rs If thousand cisteras had been stove 10 al
once. 10 halt an after shower commences. the
streets are navigsble, the hack horses sP!ashing
their slow way through the food, carrying home
lew drcnched aufortunates 1t Il pleasant, when
one is comfortably housed. 70 look o0t on this fat
prospec, Of right-sngled foods, aud see, as I did
yesterday carefully dressed pedestrian, 10 at
tempting T. leap across the deepest part, roll over
and disappear from sight under the muddy cur
rent After standing a hali-hour, the water be
gius TO drain of toward Lake Ponchartrsin but
there are many level spots where II stands I'll
carried away By evaporation. The unvar! ing 4
ness, and loose moist character Of the soil On
" hich the city stands, is evidently the main cause
OF the epidemic 4 hich visits 1t. These rains SO
ate Ia tho season, are exceedingly healthy, ano
should they last mach longer the Inhabitants nope
70 be entirely exempted from their usual vista
ton Of the Yellow Fever A peculiar character Of
the disease here is, that after having it, one may
safely visit the West Indies aud Mexico during
It's prevalence there, while person coming here
from either Of those places is liable to take it a
second time.
The city has been entirely free from Cholera FOR
several weeks. As near as can learn the greatest
amount OF deaths during its visitation last Winter,
was IS daiiy-a mortality about halt that OF st
Louis. Here, as else where, proper attention T.
diet, clothing and exercise, never fails 20 secure
good general health. The unparalleled facilities
tor drinking every thing else mixed with Miss'-
sppi water, and the relaxing, enervstIng effects
of the climate too FIRE uently tempt Northern men
into habits which predispose them for disease, and
have no doubt many deaths BY Yellow Fever are
attributable to this cause. Daring the present
season the liauor and tobacco stores seem 10 have
all the business shoat Smoking is universal
practice ana permitted every where. except IN the
omnibusses, which, however, instead OF the pro-
hibiton " not allowed % contain the modest re-
anest. Please smoke not The currency In use
more truly national than that Of every other part
| Of the / nited states. Every thing sells by dimes
| and halt dimes bits and " picsy unes, being %
| the same value and as Tor copperimoney, nave
| not seen the first red &c I.
| Mountaineering the present cessation OF busi
ness and the deserted aspect Of the submerged 10
cslities, we have lived through four days stay
| with rs much pleasure and profit as c0ula be ex
pected. The little clear weather We nave hsd has
| been employed IN rambling over the old French
| snd Spanish quarters, riding on the Lafayette
abroad or driving out the Shell Road 10 the CEN
| etery, where the dead are burr above ground.-
The long raius conhne us to the ample por,ico Of
| he ST. Charles reading the daily press OF the
| r mon. And better lounge than this pOrtlcO. or
| a more comfortable place Of soiourn than the Ho-
IL itself cannot be found this side OF the Rocky
/ Mountains l. IS the most imposing eaihce Ia the
citV us MAGNIFICENT dome = little less than 81.
| Peters first greeting the traveller ON his approach
| During the Winter season the house employs $50
servants and at all times the attendance Ia prompt
| aud faithful Commend me to the 1t Charles ioF
| A breakfast It's choice variety Of light and uour-
shing food, cooked to perfection, Will often be a
| tantalizing remembrance 70 me, when living on
mule steak and acorn bread in the Hofede Sierra
| NeUadd
| the French part Of the city is unique and inter
| esting. All the enterprise and innovation are
| confined 20 the American Muncipalltles which
resemble the business parts Of our Northern cities.
| The curious one-sioried dwellings with jsousle
aud tiled roofs, of the last century, have not been
| disturbed in the region below CanRlst. The low
| houses where the oleander and Grape myrtle still
| look over the walls, were once inhabited by the
| luxurious French planters, but now display sue
signs Magazine de Modes Au bon marche
| or Perrot Coiifeur' S1me of the more pretend
| ng mansions show the porte c0chc and heavy bar
| red windows of the hotels OF Paris. and the com
| mon taverns with theirsmoky aspect and the blue
| houses that fill them are exact counterparts OF
| some have seen in the Rue 81. Antoine. The
old SQUARE or Pidc, Il ArmeS, fronts on the levee
| At it's head stands the front OF the Cathedral
| hanked on either side by the Calsboise aud City
Court all in the massive, but not ungrsceu sly ie
| e architecture, which came In vogue under Louis
| XIV. The body of the Cathedral is torn down,
| and wOrkmen now employed IN building q
PRISON AZ its stead and the front, with It's veners
| ole tower and rer shing appearance Of antiquity
will remain, hiding behind It's changeless face lar
different passions and darker spectacles than In
IL. Tka - VII
| shells, and bordered with sycamores and maeno
iss. When | visited 1t, about 40 save-women,
with high black hats on their head. were employ ed
IN scrsping away crop OF grass and weeds
| which had sprung up among the shells.
| The direct effects OF Slavery are less noticed
here than in any other Southern city. The color
ed population is, apparently not more numerous
than in Philadelphs, and their mere physical con
iiton. as far az / could Judge from what | saw IN
the streets, is favorable The horrors Of the sys-
tenn are more strikiDgly shown on the plantations
| and in the Slave markets. One OF our passen-
| gers showed me the card Of 4 dealer whom he
visited / need hardly say that the charitable
| feelings with which be was beginning 10 regard
the institution, were entirely put to flight BY what
he saw and heard. The card runs thus
| ELIHU csEswELL, DEALER ~
| SLAVES
| VIII keep hand during the Summer
and Fall large and wcil-seeced assortment OF slaves,
| Low PkIcEs
Nv time obliges 10 clos this hasty letter,
| without mentioning some other things which have
struck me during our stay. The Falcon sails to
| morrow at 10 A. NJ. with about $50 passengers Ia
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