New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-12-24
DAILY CRESCENT
A Texas Caravan.

1t may astonish many Of readers IN remote and far
away localities to read Of here They histo
ricay and geographically the idioyncrases Of another
land and another climseparated from ours by wide
and deserts by differences Of language habit custom de-
scent and education Bat with some slight differences
In unmportan details have here In the streets Of New
Orleans almost weekly, large picturesque
real and rs romantic any that thread the Lbyan
Desert make paths through the wdernsssss Of Arabia
We have the essential and plastic components We have
the great controlling features What needed to change
into exact smtude to thoss Of the old
world might be readily accomplished BY Substitution Of
camels for mules and wild Arabs for equally uncouh
looking negroes-by abolition Of wagons and carts
addition Of more pack animals But the change would
add nothing to the poetry pctufssqueness Of these i'm
trains Of travel which, starting from Alabama Geor
sa Mississippi their long and devious way towards
the and almost unexpored regions Of Texas There s
rich, romantic colorng about them which fails to
attract notice There something in the sunderns
Of oil old ties aid friendships in the leaving Of home
esdeared by many associations and the starting forth
upon journey through lands hones-through
forests plains and praires rivers and rvulets
over meadows and mountsins-whch cannot describe
as Cooper has described paint with the pencil Of
painter And there is something Wild strange snterpri-
sing almost pstriarcha In the great sprocesson ITSELF
which, pushed by the augusta don thus branches
forth with the sesame spirit Of colony in the days Of
Rome seeking hearths other riches, and greater
freedom for growth.
We attracted by Of these great caravans tho
other day taking its way rivsrward and westward through
the roar and hustle Of Canal street First an
immense drawn by four large mules-ths nearest
wheeler Of which ridden by big negro who managed
the team. The filled with trunks and bundles
and packages the heir-looms of the family and
some rendered valuable for preservation BY We
could not divine The mules large sturdy fellows
who walked Of with their load though II sport
Then came smaller wagon, drawn by two mules, but
covered like its imposing predecessor and quite evil
IDENTIFY the thing in miniature Out Of the covering
In front and proruded the heads Of juve
nile negroes and underneath lashed couple Of
looking bloodhound neat twohorse carriage driven
rather plethorc copy of Uncle Tom and occupied
the females Of the family followed the lesser wagon
looked like gem amid the rougher conveyances around
it, like oasis in large desert like picture in dry
book; like ray of sunlight in cloudy day-like some
thing finer sweeer. more pleasant feminine comfortable
and home like than any thing else by Two thrs,
stawart negroes followed the carriage foot leading
fox hounds and vorite dogs Of lesser worth After thes
six eight other of varying size drawn b,
from two to six mules and peopled with negroes lik
notes Il the runbeams.' The vans were all curiousl,
gotten up and curiousy attended Buckets hung at thu
end of each rifle .protruded its grim mouth here
hoe handle there fastened along th,
sides ropes and rope ends show at each SALEM
point how necessity had been the mother Of invsn
ton There two three led horses and the head
the family and those whom took to be and rela
tivss rode such specimens of horse flesh should b.
very happy to straddle.
The filling up Of this sketch not able to give
Ouroutne rude and rough the picture itself Blu
the picture to be and studied and woult
afford fne opportunity to the genius Of good painter
The negroes seemingly enjoyed the thing much AM
else and cracking continual jokes with thei
s4ble brethren and sisters the sidewalk :" He, Di
nah there" says good looking fellow to sbon!
beauty by, we're goin' to Texas Come along
| you want to. This child sr'nt married.
Jordan hard road to trabbel old hoss amt 1t
| cries Juba on the pave to Barney in the saddle.
Don't you wish you could trsbbel it-hey." was tn
| response
And so with noise and laughter, and high hopes an
ssut hearts, the proceeded towards its far
Destination to richer soils broader fields clearer sky
extending the bounds of civilization pushing forward tn
| odtposts Of the nation. May success 60 with them.