The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1859-09-14

splendid promise 4 tim" 5 Development.
Imu.t bring thu epistlc TO a close. as fear have
already w,ared your PATIENCE hut ia conclusion let
me say may enJ,y many more picnic parties Ifthey
all are 10 pass of pleasantly A. the one AZ Colonel
Jo-,ian'S Mil. LII.
New Orleans Done by an EngHshman.
Charles Mackay, whose book Of travels
in this country + just now causing a bare
" perceptible ripple upon the reading
mind of the pubhc-thus pictures New
Orleans:
The most prominent public building in
New Orleans Is the ST. Charles Hotel, an
edifice somewhat in the STYLE and appear
ance of the Paace Of the King OF the
Belgians at Brussels. During the twelve
DAYS that our party remained under its
hospitable roof. il contained from seven
hundred to seven hundred and fifty
guests. and its great entrance-hall. where
the gentlemen cOngregate from nine in
the morning till eleven or twelve at night,
to read the newspapers, TO smoke, TO
chew. and. let me add, to spit. pre-
scented a scene at hustle and animation
which can be compared to nothing but the
Bourse at Paris during the full tide OF
business, when the aVdHcrS and the agents
de changc roar, and scream. and gesticu.
late like maniacs. The Southern planters
and their wives and daughters, escaping
from the monotOny of their cotton and
sugar plantations. come down to New
Orleans in the early spring season, and
as private lodgings are not to be had, they
thrung to the ST. Louis and St Charlie,
Hotels, but principally to the st. Charles
Il. .s,f, Ip1
tv and gavetv, and endeavor to make
themselves amends for the secluslon anC
WEAKNESS of winter. As many as a hun
bred ladies Ito say nothing OF the gentle
mem sit down together to breakfast-th,
majority of them in full dress as for al
evening party, and arrayed in the full
| splendor both of their charms and o
| their iewelry. Dinner Is but a repetition
| of the same brilliancy, only that the la
| dies are still more gorgeOusly and elabo
| rately dressed. and make n still create
display of pearls and diamonds. Ate
! dinner, the drawing rooms offer scene I,
which no city in the world affords paral
| lei - - Onurt of Queen Nah
whi e some OF the fairest
| wealthFSr, post beautiful of tn
South, minglinCHEue Republican equal
tv with the chance wayfarers, gentle o
addressed. clean or dirty, who can pay 70
a nights lodging or a days board at thi
mighty caravansary. To rule such he
tel as this in all its departments, from tn
| kitchen and the wine cellar to the treasu
nv and the reception-rooms, with all il
multifariOus array of servants, black an
white. bond and free, male and female
to maintain order and regularity, enforc
obedience, extruie or circumvent plunC
erers, interlopers. and cheats, and, alloy
all, to keep strict watch and guard owe
that terrible enemy whO'is always TO b
dreaded in America-Fire-is a task d,
handing no ordinary powers of Admins
tration and government, but it is on
that is well performed by the proprietor
Messrs. Hall 4 lliidreth. Their monste
establishment Is a model Of its kind, an
one of the sights of America.
So much for the in door life of Ne,
Orleans Its out door life is seen to grea
est advantage on the levee. where steam
boats unloading their rich freights of co
ton, sugar. and molasses from Mississipp
Arkansas and Tennessee. and of porl
-four. corn and whisky from the uppe
and inland regions of Missouri, Illinoi
Ohio, and Kentucky, present panoram
that may be excelled in Europe for bust
and life. but not for picturesqueness. Tn
river can scarcely be seen for the crowd
steamboats, and of shipping that stretc
along the levee for miles; and the lev,
itself is covered with bales of cotton an
other produce. which hundreds of negroe
singing at their work. with here and the
an lrishman among them, are husily el
gagged in rolling from the steamers an
depoSiting in the places set apart for ca,
! consignee. These places are distinguis
ed one from the other by the little fla
stuck upon them-hagS of all colors, az
| mixtures of colOrs. and patterns an
! here the goods remain in the open air, u
protected. until it pleascs the consigne
to remove them.
New Orleans would seem, at the fir
| glance to overflow with wealth to such ;
extent as to have no room for storage.
The street pavements actually do servi
| for warehouses, and are numbered wi
> barrels of salt. corn, flour, pork and III
lasses, and bales of cotton to such an e
tent as to impede the travel and JUST
the belief that the police must he eth
p, very numerous and efficient, or the pop
I lation very honestly disposed. The doc
of Liverpool are busy enough, but the
Is no life or animation at Liverpool at
equal to those which may be seen at I
T levee in the Crescent City, The Fl
1 open space, the clear atmosphere, the j.
business and alacritv OF the negroes, t
> countless throngs of people, the forests
tunnels and masts, the plethora of colt
and corn, the roar of arriving and depa
4. ing steamboats,, and the deeper and me
g" constant roar of the multitude. all co
f bine to impress the imagination with '
:. ions of wealth, power and dominion, a
> to make the levee as attractive to t
philosopher as it must be to the mercha
and man of business.