Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-02-18
LIFE ON THE LEVEE.

AT the present time there is probably no portion
of our city pulSing with fuller life, a more rest
less activity, than the Lcvce Among its wharyes
lie moored
The oak leyiathans whose huge ribs make
through storm and tempest many fair voyage
hther or hence, innundating shores with the
wealth of another and far away continent, and
bearing back, in repayment our best compile
ments Of cotton and tobacco. Intermingled, in
terwoTen with them, like some strange cooring
in the warp and wool OF an Oriental weaving, are
the stately steamers which voyage further through
the heart of the nation than their ocean rivals in
the open sea, and import from home, produce
stranger to OR skies than the growth of Genoa or
France,
1hc business, the hustle the noise and excite
mcnt attendant upon all this island and ocean ma
rine is unimaginablc To- the Impractical eye
It scents chaos more confused than that from
which this little globe was disentanglcd. 1t is,
however more regular and orderly than on almost
any other spot. Different as the various employ
mcuts may be- and clashing as some of the inter
csts arc, there is vet the system and method req
uisite to success The doctrines CT fcIe-knowl-
edge and preordinarion prevail here, however they
may fare in the Hartford or New Haven plat
forms.
a ship from Uarve is d,c lrging her passen-
gers at pier :. They numerous enough to
populate q very respectable town, and strong
enough to both found it and till the tide fields in
its vicinity, The great stum!> fraus, and the lit
tie, fyaucns with ships bread in one hand and
babies in the other, wander and wopder along the
Leyce. One clearinghouse keeper, learned in
High Dutch and low barncy, is telling the broth
crs and husbands Of the comforts and chcapncss
Of his Staatdt Laus. Another boarding. keep
or, not learned in either Dutch or German, is dill
igcnty piling in both women and baggage into
his cart, leaving the mascaues to follow at thci"
leisure. Here a couple OF good, old souls who
parted perhaps forty years ago are now uncXpect-
cdIy re united. There couple of much Young
cl hcartsare very cxpcccdIy engaged i'll kissing
Sic truaScit
just beyond the IIarvc slip commences a long
row of other ships lying for the most part two
deep, and now loading with cotton for Liverpool
Uarvc, and elsewhere. And all along upon the
Lcycc which lank' them is the hustle and actiy-
ity of great business. The dravmen shout to
their mules and the mates shout to the dray-
men, the rollers swear drcadtuliy at one anothcr,
the captain damns the stcvcdorc and the steve
dorc damns the scrcwmcn. And thus, in noise
Hnd rumut, the good ship gradually ILLS her
broad sides, until the very rats are troubled for
room
The Lcycc isnot mouopolizcd, however, by ships
diocharging passengers from Harve, or loading
with cotton for Liverpool. To this fact the long
array ofmajc'tic river steamers, stately and ell
c-ant 50 unique and picturesque in appearance,
and bearing in their hosomz such treasures of
commercial rtalth and human life combined with
the clements Of ghastly destruction, first bear wit
ness. Other witnesses are to be found in abund-
in the vast piles cf salt and box Notifications
U9gehCads Of sugar and mclasscS, boxes are to be
found in abundance in the vast piles Of salt and
box tortihcations. uogshcads of sugar and mo-
lasscs boxes of tobacco, tierccs of beef and pork
travelling shipward; boxes of fancy goods and bar
rcls offaucy drinks, travelling landUard, add their
strong testimony. The levec is ovcrlcwing with
the various commerce of all countries in process
Of trau>hipmcnt. And for this very reason the
Leycc is to the city precisely what il Is geographic
cally. TO be sure uburban anc immatcral but act
ca!ly, pccuuiariIy, the very centre and being Of
New Orleans, the most attractive Of all portions
to the business men and citizen, the best expo
ucnt of its rank and the trucst index of advance
ment.