The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-05-05
Southern sketcIseS.--Ne.a.
BAr0S ROUGE, La, Feb.


FL. Journal:-The ears u1on which We
travel this Lake Ponchetraine railroad are
10 larger than our baggage cars, and not half
50 nice. This road runs through cvDresS
swamp for three miles anl then We suddenly
came upon a snip Of dry ground halt & mile
vile. Here they have orange orchards and
vegetable gardens. The orange trees we're
very tail ct large oranges, and looked very
eat4eiag. The remainder ct the rag, q dis
taacc Of ahnu. NV miles, We were joined bv
tie cypress swamp. The ground is covered
with water, but the timber Is very large and
stasds thickly. This swamp affords large
quantities Of wood. and the means employed
II g. i out IS rather amusing. They eut
s:na bitches down into the swamp. aud into
these are put small Skfs that hold less taan
a = arter Of cord OF wood. Upon these
the wood Is conveyed 10 the railroad. or -
the road next to the city. l am no Yankee
bI. [ think could make an Improvement on
this way OF doing business.
We gotto the lake At noon. Hare they have
= very good looking hotel, but it was not
their hour for dining, 50 got nothing To
eat. From there We proceeded to an ea.ing
house. and inquired llr oysters bat we were
sen still further, and on our arrival at .His
las place, We found the saloon full o.. drank
traia time, and alIhou sh hungry, we returned
To tic city not regrejting that we hal made
The trip. but not anxious To make II 4 second
time
While in New Orleans, We visited the
French market in which are offered for sale
The Productions OF all parts Of the world
i i situated near the ship and steamboat
laa.ln,. Here We saw people of almost ali
nations. kindred aad tongues. Thousands
board Il the market house. paving only for
what they eat, and get sleeping accommoda-
tons in doors and ont, As they are able ta
afford it.
We left New Orleans Jan. eth. in the
evening. anI had pleasant trip TO Bagor
Rouge where we arrived next day at noon.
That evening / saw Luximon Roy, the Hun
doo prince. OF whom many OF your readers
have some knowlenge. He was delivering
course Of lectures on Hnloostan. the Holy
Ind. etc. From his bills, | learned he " As
in ial.e daring the late war. He represent
Cd that he was wealthy, and that his proper
" hal all been coniscated NV presence
and that Of another Indianian. who knew ot
his @herea5puts during the progress Of the
war ia India, produced a change In ais course
81 lectures. He got into a muss with the daily
papers, which could think or say nothing
worse Of linn than that he was a Yankee IN
disguise
sunday. Jan. 3oth--We attended Meth
oiist Church this morning and heard a good.
plain sermon. The congregation was small,
and the house only about fourth full.
and 10 the sermon was paid bat very little
attention. The discourse lasted about half
an hour. The women did all the singing
In the afternoon he preached to the colorcd
people The house was full, and oHly ab5nt
;.
a bow, Of hearing good old man say, while
4epsosing h, congregation for their c,ldaezs.
that If he mad a good Amen corner. he
esalI preach a ia h1u,snI times better. Vine
TIER the Ees rty 'Amcns' Of this colored flock
Va tbe cause or not, the min stcr preached
much better sermon ,hau ia the morning.
3i8 i with greater ease and with much more
ia and energy | was telt the next j Y
thai the reason why he prcaehg 30 mach
better t. the c3iored than the white church,
was. that il was easier 70 preach 10 people
wao h.,i religion than to those who had none.
Ills Iext was lie 9Th verse Of the Oh chap
ter d l,t Samuel, Get your Bibles and turn
Ia It aad read it. We concluded that he in
tended i for the whites present, Tor why lie
Should take such text II preach 10 con
are5a ION OF slaves. Is m m,Ie than We coalI
t-H Alter tap close Of the meeting. an oh
calored man arose aud said that they would
hold class IN the basement. We went down
with them. expecting other whites to do the
sane. bua in that we were mistaken. W.
We the only ones that remained There
were about one hundred cJsrei p = that
remained in the room. Tuey were divided
iato >5x or seven classes, all Of which Were
conducted at the same time. The meeting
was opened By singing hymn which the
OH man READ u them without b7oh. 1ne
tBa last lines were