The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-05-02
New Orleans Correspondence.
New ORLEANS, April 9

A. H. SANDERS. ESQ.
Dear Sir:-l have now been in this city
over five weeks, and with the best inte n ton
of writing t0you often. have actually fail
ed to write to you at all. But what would
YOU have! Just remember have had a
good deal of business 10 see to: then when
little leisure did occur, there was the city
all alive with novelty to attract ones ntten-
ton, and the more especially in my case
seeing that had a companion who properly
claimed my service in showing the variou:
attractions OF this most attractive city.
II is nov rather late to dwell upon wha
has been going forward or what we have
seen. Never before was New Orleans sc
crowded with strangers visiting for pleasure
or on bus:ness-as from the LIST OF Marcel
until within week past. AS a consequence
every device to amuse and relieve visitors
of any surplus change they might hav :
was in full and active operation. Theatres
OF every description-opera, tragedy, come.
dy, farce, horse theatres, concerts, monkey
shows, panoramns, cE-sn grinders-were
standing forth IN every direction, and all pat.
ronized as were never show before.
Then came the races, drawing hither thou
sands Of the sport loving people from this
great races they were, too! For time. two
Of them were never equaled. TIE first of
these was a contest Of four miles and repeat,
between the Louisiana horse Lecompte and
the Kentucky horse Lexington, (both sired
by Boston, in which Lecompte won, making
the two heats in the astonishing short time
nutes and 3S seconds, and closely pressed
L.. III a.. Al
a three mile heat between Arrow, another of
Boston's colts, and Little Flea, by Grey
Eagle. Little Flea won the first heat in 5
minutes 23t seconds; Arrow the second and
third heats in 5 SO and 5 AL, winning the
race. ] doubt whether the celebrated Seim
could beat that, thouah noted for wind a nd
bOtt' m. For particulars ask Phil. men,
ton these particulars thinking they will in
terest some of your readers, who enjoy the
sports of the turf. ---
In the midst of these exci.ements Mr..
Fillmore arrived, and deserved!y attracted
and received much attention. His reception
by the city, and by citizens in private way,
was alike creditable to entertainers and the
entertained. The truth is, Mr.. F. is i'm.
mensely popular in the South, and his pleas
ing and transformations manners were well
calculated to strengthen The favorable OPT
nioEs which all entertained of him. 1t is to
be hoped a time will come when such men
will once more occupy their proper position
present, Nov is the millennium Of the hnle
great third rate politicians and three cen
whlskey demagogues, are too much i'm the ms.
cendant to expect a speedy action of the
"sober second thought" which, as Mr.. Van
Buren, said, will finally operate and BRING all
right.
The immense crowd has now disappeared
and comparatively tie city wears a ouiet
look. Yet the hustle of business gees an
and new ccmer would see no signs of
want of stir and activity And indeed ex-
cept New York. no city in the Union is So
all aliue as New Orleans 1t seem. IN mat.
ter little whether the staples which flow in.
to this market are high or low. a certain
movement of them has to take pIace-,bey
for the most part, must be sold here. and tho
eternal hustle goes on.
The movement in the local retail and iii.
bing trade has BEEN unusually large New
Orleans supplies largely to the merchants of
Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana
and country merchants of those Sta,es
catching the spirit Of the times, have invest
ed freely, leaving a rich tribute to the mer.
chants of this city.
Just now there is good deal of distrust in
the minds OF many, growing out of the prob
able effect OF the European war upon the
staple OF cotton upon which the prosperity
Of the South SO greatly depends. IL is now
much depressed. and ehould prices 60 much
ower' serious effects may be experienced.-l'
Sugar too, the other great Southern product,
e low, and though it cannot be expected to-