Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-01-11
COrrespOndenee Of the Eaton Democrat.

New ORLEANS, Dec. 23d, 1854.
DEAR DEmocRAT:-Yesterday l received q
copy Of The democrat" 1t was q stranger;
it was the third number | have received since
September, and presumed that the ten letters
| had written were either not received, or
thrown aside as useless rubbish; consequently
| had laid aside my pen, aud determined TO
cease my feeble efforts TO post up your readers
on the ups and downs OF the people Of the
Crescent City.
Our col' weather has fairly set in, and with
It has dispersed the plague, Yellow Fever
But, in its slead, We have the Cholera in its
worst folm. Many of our most worthy c!tl-
zsnS have been taken of suddenly friends
with whom | have spent the evening, the first
new Of whom | would hear the following
morning, was an invitation 10 attend their fu-
neral. The DenizenS are more alarmed now
than when We had the Fever in IFS worst form,
and no WONDER, for it has not in a single case
as far as | have heard, yielded to medical
treatment; and what makes 1t still worse, the
poor of our city are in q wretched condition.
Provisions are very scarce and high; fuel is
scarcely to be had at any price, and there is
no demand for labor. Business, perhaps, was
never so dull at this season of the year, as it
is now. The RIySrs are all as low as they
can possibly be, and no prospect of q rise
Our business houses, that all supposed TO be
worth their hundreds Of thousands, are falling
every day, END ruin Stares the entire CONNER
clal community in the face. God avert the
calamity! Private Banks are failing one after
another, until there are but a few left. Thou
sands who have considered That they had
enough for The winter stored away, have been
shocked 10 learn that The %favorite Bank IN
which they Lad deposited their little all, had
tqtted. So 1t is with your humble correspond
emf, who yesterday could say, have sufficient
10 brave The StoTm-let it blow. This nom.
ing the whole Of my earthly wealth amounts
10 eighty cents, all told. Well, you will re-
member the old saying that you and |, when
boys, spending our odd dimes at old moth.
er BrdntS, often repeated, when We found
ourselves broke: "Bttter luck next time"
So it is now. We have the battle of lille to
fight, and we may as well 90 through it man-
lully, and then we wills see whose viii be the
victory. The weather Is extremely cold, and
II we are to judge you by ourselves, you must
be fast froze by This time.
There are thousands OF the trading commu-
nlly who go strongly for daming your Ohio Xiv
er, and fear f;om their expressions, they may
mean TO d-n 1t, TOO! Our Winter Races are
over on The track De Orleans. In my last, !
sent you the tables of the time by the best
horses on the American Turf. Lecompts
time was not equal 10 that made at the State
race IN April last, but it was such time as no
other horse IN this continent can make.
Our City Fathers have determined to pur-
chase a Fire Engine, which no doubt will do
great service, as our city is badly supplied
with water, and | have no doubt it will be a
saving in the expenses of the Ere de parlment
As 1t is organized at present, it costs The city
over nifty thousand dollars a year to sustain
the companies, but | must say that, in no city
IN his country do the fremen deserve more
praI Use Tor Their a!moS: Superhuman exer,ions
IN eXilnguishlng that awful element, (when it
attempts TO become our MASTER than the fire.
men OF this city. But, old Eel, | have travelled
much since you and | were boys, Lu! IN no
place have | found o fire company so vel Of
gained, so active, and SO perfect in its move
IaenlS, os our old Alert, cato be useful our
alm.") Those were the halcyon days ofourUoy-
hood, when care pressed not its marks upon our
browS; when our only troubles amounted 10
mere insignificance. But how much of real
NV " ' We JUN octH S!HCt mat lllilt, ana
how have our hearts sank within us? Where
are our loved companions of those days?-
Scarce any live but you and l.. / was adding
up The list OF the departed The other day, and
II told a fearful tale. That we are but NOR
tails we know, but it is sad TO think of those
brave and n'ble spirits, of our early ~nssocia-
lions IN The palmy Gays Of our youth. All
gone-and you and J., almost the only ones of
That handsome corps, left to represent it,
Peace to their ashes a tear for their memory.
But, enough Of this.
The Markets are very dull in all things ex-
cept Cotton, which is active and in good de-
mand. Produce of all kinds commands fair,
and In many cases, high prices. In a few
Gays | will send you a fall statement of our
markets and the ruling figures.
Yours, SIDNEY.