New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-07-19
FROM NEW ORLEANS TO NEW YORK,
RREspoNDENcE OF THE CRESCENT

New YORK, July 10th, 1856
Dear Csescent--As you open this quietly at your
desk, New York may not seem so far distant, but
attempt to take your individual corporosity from
New Orleans to New York and you will find it no
easy task .
I left you on the Fanny Bullitt determined to try
the Chicago route the passage up the Mississippi
was as usual the same never altering banks, and the
same tresome sand bars the only place landed was
at Memphis, where / found the stock of cotton to
amount to bales so any enterprisng pecu
lator could easily have onopolized the market Upon
enquiry I found that all the crop was in, and the
country all round completely exhausted of cotton.
We duly arrived at Cairo and found a pretty fair
hotel with landlord willing to accommodate, which
is a great thing. Unjust however, tell you of a new
dodge. thought was up to most things in travel
ling, but certainly got new wrinkle here. Having
secured my room, | took turn round to see what
there was TO be seen; upon going back and asking
for my key was Informed that fifty-four (my num-
berg had gone to bed-heing pretty well satisfied
that was not in bed, made further enquiries, when
found that IN enterprising genius finding all the
rooms full had boldly walked up to the clerk and de-
manded the key of fftyfour-the clerk supposing it
was all right, had given it to him, and it required
little mild eXpostulation on my part to get him out;
so if ever you are in want Of room in future in
crowded hotel just walk to bed and lock yourself init
The next day, the fourth, went on to Chicago The
railway is through the center of the State and spcn
did lands it does open up with double market
either the South by way of the Mississippi or the
North via the railway. The engines, buildings, etc,
were Of course all decorated though do wish peo
pie when they make flags would take the trouble of
making the American flag correct. Hardly one had
the stars and stripes correct some being wrong in
numbers and some in arrangement, while some inge-
nious maker in one town had supplied flags with red
and blue stripes! We had the train crowded with
way passengers going to different points where the
speeches, ETC., were to be heard. l amused myself
with filling little child of six with ginger bread
the contest between the love of ginger bread and the
fear of spelling a new dress, was interesting.
At Chicago the route passes into Canada oyer the
broad gauge line, which is splendidy managed-wide
cars with plenty of for your legs, is comfort
and then they run SO steady. Another thing, they
give you plenty Of time to eat, and the bell rings
three minutes before the train starts there is oc
easion to choke yourself with the last mouthfu
Arrived at Niagara, stopped g day at the Clifton
to recruit. Niagara is just usual-a great crowd
of visitors working hard at doing nothing and fight
ing time as well as they can. The chief shops OF
stores are for Indian goods, some of which are very
pretty and oil very dear; though fancy the Indians
that make all the bead-work, ore poor girls at sh
ling day in New York
Left Niagara by the New York Ceissral and got
left behind at Syracuse looking after something fol
the inner man. I did not, however, regret the sia
hours detention, for it gave me an opportunity O
seeing what was the traffic the line, whichis beyond
anything had any idea suppose that during the
six hours waited there at least twelve trains each
large as two engines could draw. passed through
bound from Buffalo to Albany; and the though
would come into my head, and has been there eve
since, when the Jackson and Opelousas railways hav
similar trains, what will be New Orleans That W,
shall it sure; at least, for one, believe il
and shall stick to the Crescent City.
! I got here per the Hudson River railway yer.
comfortable, thriving splendid scenery, each poin
Of the river as we ran across it giving a differen
view of the Hudson.
leave for England in the Canada, and will mex
address you from sTe ancient towne of Litherpooe.
i G.