Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-12-13
NEW ORLEANS
Correspondence q, the yernou, Phoni1.
New Outp.xs 4

Mn. EDfToR The rule holds good in nsv,..
as in most other things, tina, po.h;..
Is so difficult as beginning. In order, tbcret,,a
10 makes good one, aud establish my ehar,,t.,s'
verncity, viii for the present follow Mr.. Cad
rind's prccept, and state facts
II is fact that New Orleans Is ci,v o,n,.,.
ing a certain number ofinhabitants; nathi.,er,
on a superstructure Of mud and the relies Of ant,
diluyian fatboats, lying between the Mi,sis.i,,,
river and Lake Pontehartran,-said ,up.r,,,n.
turo is not very solid one. as is shown bv III,
new custoin-house having sunk several feet ,,a
several thousand dollars to raise ii again bu,.s 4,
man may walk through the city without b,s,t;,-
through, though some have maliciously asser,.ato
could not II is n fact that the house. Ar, l.a,
without foundations; that the dead are buried ava.
ground that the omnibuses go by mule power Ana
almost everything else by Niger power; that IN.
city Is equally illuminated with gas, oil and d,,t
ness that, in hne the place is a mixture Of P.r,
Ro,terd IN and New York, yet unlike either,
is sui gsnerii-a medley Of mud, music, ol4.t,.
gism, proaigacy, and ancient bigotry, and 4, n,
the whole. an excellent place for any one via b,,
particular desire to sec fun or to get kh,ete1 q,
the head.
The long. dnll summer months are now p,v,i
and the heart Of the city begins to ,hrob again \,
thing can be on greater contrast than the dH.,,r,
aspects Of New Orleansiu Summer and in wr.,,
In the former its streets and wharves are alma.
deserted, and the few mortals Of ibs male So. vi,
lnger try 70 keep cool by sucking cob lens And
I playing dominoes. and find mere eris,ene. YER,
hard work, while the ladies dress Ia pyr.mH.
and deny themselves the natural pleAsur, Of beiD,
squeezed by forswearing eorse.s But how differ.
ent in winter. The wharyes are crowded with the
white winged messengers Of commerce, and tho
streets teen with busy life-s strange medley o,,l
tongues, climes, and classes-the millionar, and
the mendieAnt priests, and picvenders, pcopl. vbo
come here for change. people who come to ret sou,
and people to whom change ofAny kind would 4,
godscnd. AT is excisemen. and bu,,l. ".
have military displays and millinery displays, nan.
tillas and man-tillers. (euItSstors Of the human
G slAve-dealcrs) steam whistles. and whistles ior
want Of thought. theatres. operas, concerts, cir
cusses. mAsqucrade-balls. fancy pugistic eheoun-
tiers, and host Of other things which makes up
View Orleans in the winter. II is decidedly fast
city sr-tWo hours and half faster than New
York. Mer. time. which may account Tor the fact.
; The population is mostly Roman Catholic, and
now that the high holidays are approaching, may
be seen exposed for sale all kinds oipous relics and
pictures. Some Of the latter are not 50 decent a,
they might be- being principally passages from th
Live, Of the Saints, or that of"-Notrs dane d, sp
, doulsurs," or, "0r our lady nit seven dollan.
as heard q Dulehman translate it. There ar
some three. or four Caihedrals, two Of which. 81
Patrick's and St. Luke's. are 6ne glOOmy-lc-L.l
4 buildings.
0 Many foul murders are doubtless committed
this city. but in nine cases out often they p.
peirated in the theatres. witnessed an sggrau
ted case few nights since Ia which one Mr.. WI
q shakespsar, Of Stsra,ford-on-Avon. England, "
(: murdered by Mr. Crisp 4 Co. at the GAiety Tbeatr
4 The English theatres seem tobe allure here, B
: per contra, the French one has got the best 0pe
Troup that ever appeared in the city. While speA
ing Of theatres. here is an aneede,e: Mr.. B.
Bar, manager Of the 81. Charles, is occasionally
little tight, Il mean in the financial not jOv
Q seusc Of the term,) and some time since it v
Z thought that be did not have light enough on
subject s'More light, ;" Missed the newsboys in
4 gallery, and "more light" grovlei the old
i captains in the parquette, who come to sec As v
as hear the play. But in vain. Ben was inss
i quently. the manager and the audience Wers
y ionished BY the appearance Of some thirty 'usP
ious looking instruments pointed Of the stage. vb
!, on examination, proved to be alp ieIs'roPa, VII
$ the old salts had brought to see with. There '
l a war. row. and a lawsuit. but the best res
was an increase q light in the theatre.
: The election passed OF here much better III
. was s1pected-only a few being killed and so
two dol. quietly slung-shotied. The city VENT
a Fillmore by 5000 majority and force of gag-law.
d The day Of the democrats has passed ia this pia
= and the city has become orderly under its pr
L ent administration, that it may in time be as qui
- as Brattleboro' which. i am sorry to learn is
l. deayoriDg to rival New Orleans. Politics are d
g the american papers are making the best 9th
u Presidential defsat-the Courier, (the only De-
10 ocrat paper,) is jubilAnt and the Delta, ihe nj
IT Influential one) is preaching disunion.
| said in commencing this article twas difhe
to begin will now confess it's more 80 to leAVs
J. | have much to say. but will defer it for anOth
IT letter as feel have already transgressed pro-
It limits. ! an meanwhile. yours II. W.
,e On lhe 18Th ull., the dwelling house, bari
le and oul-buildings belonging to Solomon Steel
IL ESQ.,, Of Sianslead, C.E., were entirely co
:; sumed by Ere. There were nine buildings
~ all, the barns filled with hay and grain. l
err family barely escaped with their lives, lO'l
re all their clothing. There is reason 10 soPP'
y the fire TO have been the work Of an ineend