The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-03-10

Posr OfFIcE DEPARTMENT, Feb. 2, 1853.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE
New ORLEANS, La, l4lh Feb. 1853.
Friend ALFRED.
Next week close my visit
to the "sunay South" and turn my Wander
ing footsteps toward .Iowa." am wait
ing solely for the opening Of navigation
and time hanging ratbe. heavily on mS
hands has induced me to address you; be.
iiesing that you might be interested 10 :
few despitory remarks from fellow citizsa
this far from home, about country and
place where be il pow nearly al ent!r.
stranger.
Thug. here seen to 90 adversely L
What would q frst suppose; yesterday,
took stroll t:roegh respectable appear.
log part or the city wien met funeral
procession. and what struck me forcibIy
was the speed, every thing under q trot,
laughing and talking going on quite brisk
iy, and if had not seen the coffin, should
have thought it marriage parsy.l Their
dead are placed above ground;2 the graves
are decked, If graves YOU can call them
with flowers; the mos, fragrant and gay
by the BY pleasant custom New Or
eans does things differently from any
other part Of lie world that have seer
and If Orleans is right the balance Of Tie
world must be wrong.
The drum beats for al auction. tha
cannon fires for S o'clock, Inc Fire Engiues
arc propelled BY horse power through the
streets: gigs are yet in use; sidewalk:
are called banquetts; you dine at 3 O'Clock
visit the theatre after the play las com
moaced, sport white kid gloves, q white
ives, and large cloak; ladies' -four their
faces So thick that there is 20 telling their
natural color; old fashioned plays are dis
icaFded and II you are any wiser OF wha
ne ptot Of The play was, aflos going 10 heal
. fashionable piece, yon arc snar': women
prGmcaa aade the stresss bare beaded; ever
hing smokes Il cigar and nj all places ane
ines, 10 an omnibus, market or promen
ade; every thing is in full blast on Sunday
churches, theatres, len pin alleys, thinkers,
horse races, drays, carts, carriages, pedlars
Itailors, ministers, devils, thieves and pick
pockets; you have il all hsre, 10 beaulifu
array ard well mixed, eating and drinking
being the chief pas'ime from 3 ?. nj
INIT! ! A. NJ following.
Alordi Gras. (callsd mofte gravy literal
meaning Fat Tuesday, the lst Tuesday
before Lent, the custom of celebrating this
day may have been for wise, Innocent or
good purposes; though hardly think ii
ever was designed for prufiigacy aud de,
bauchery. This time honored day | wit.
messed and it certainly would have been q
q edit toany bcdls!n above or below ground
Ill the DISCUSSES i'm lginabie were called
into rcquisi;ion, aud in some portions oi
tIe city the men and women changed
dresses and travelled the city al large, on
foot and in carriages-it was rich. On
Canal ST., the widest aud most fashionable
street in this goodly city, two parties met,
when pel,ng of mud and dornicks con.
meneed. One old lady soon had her two
story bonnet knocked 10 and her false curls
scattered-and as she ran By me noticed
she were boots and bad pair Of mustaches
pasted down. In another direction might
be seen true daughter of Eve swearing
that she was an honest gal and no one
should throw stones at her; that the Gala
boose had no terrors for her, Nc. Tie
skull smashing then commenced; they drew
rom their under clothing short clubs and
when these descended on the head OF some
luckless chap he dropped, aud the blood
flowed freely. These scenes were kept uP
through the day, and responsibility, from
necessity, had 10 keep close housed. saw
MIR. g. Fory yesterday, he expressed him-
self pleased at the calling OF the pedag que
In the South, even here they reverse mat
iers, their hours school being from A. Nj
10 3 p. NJ. during which time they are not
permitted to leave the school and pla,
ground; too long for any youth to bo kept
from eating visited their public schools;
they are good and well disciplined; with
good teachers.
The climate here is delightful, though cN'
pasure Of the ritzsns induces mans dIseas,
gs and bgiuas on death lron consumption,
Ggsess Sc, alihoaeh the c innate Is the
'scape goat to bear The sins Of tae people
The whiskey alone drank ia Orleans would
destroy the health OF the ahabitants oil the
best climate in the world.
Resp. your friend,
v~r J. II,
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Our friend may possibly have mistaken the us