New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-08-02
TRAVELLING coRREspoN DENcE.
Special to the New Orleans crescentl


Mr.. Edttor-I am getting forward on my jour
ney so fast and behind in my correspondence so
much that am afraid that shall never catch up
to myself. My last was from st. Louis, where 4
spent three or four days very pleasantly, renewing
old friendships and revisting some hallowed spots
to memory dear. The destiny of St. Louis is on
wards and upwards Cup the hill) It is bound to
be a great city, and, no doubt, in time, will be
| next to New Orleans, both in size and commercial
Importance Some very fine buildings are being
| erected-churches, hotels and splendid dwellings,
mostly Of white marble, and beautifully carved and
designed. One large hotel now going up on Wash
4 ington avenue is of this material, and, lit is said
will be the largest and handsomest building of the
| kind in America. At present there is no really
| good hotel in ST. Louis The Planters is the best,
but in that there is room for great improvement
1t has not kept up with the spirit of the age. The
rides and drives around the city are very fine, and
| show the vast strides it is making towards be-
4 coming the capital of the West. Hundreds of ele-
| CANT and unique dwelling houses, with pleasant
| looking grounds attached, green lawns shady
| groves and well laid-out gardens and orchards,
meet the eye at every turn of the road almost, and
exhibit the wealth as well as the good taste of the
| citizens. Considerable attention is being paid to
/ the cultivation of the grape and the manufacture
! of pure wine. very much enjoyed drive ont to
| the place of an old German gentleman who makes
and sells Ills place to visitors very fine article,
and derives quite good income from the same.
| 1t is not of that kind of wine which the Good Book
4 has reference to when it says g Look not upon
the wine when it is red (this wine speaking Of
is not red) when it gveth its color in the cup, for
at last it bieth like serpent and stugeth like an
4 adder.
i The city railroads are a great source of improve
| ment to St. Louis the ears-long and low, only
/ ONE step into them-run in all directions for miles
/ and carry out of an evening, Sundays and ho-
days, thousands of fheatoppressed citizens to cool
and shady retreats, where they can enjoy an hour
| or two of innocent and rational pleasure. At the
| termination of each road there is park or some
woods, where the people can be entertained at a
small charge. In the Public Park no spirtuous
liquors, not even ale lager is allowed to be sold
nothing but the light wine spoken Of above, or
something equally as innocent and wholesome;
and by-the-bye spent a very pleasant hour at
one of the parks on Sunday afternoon, listening to
the soft melodious strains OF a fine band of music
i of some twenty performers, conducted by the
4 gentlemanly leader--and my good friend Mr..
i Wadauer of the St. Charles Theater, and which
is a source of great attraction, assure you
| There was military eacampment going at
/ the fair grounds and which was to last week. Il
i visited it once or twice and witnessed some of
Il their evolutions, marehings countermarehings and
l reviews. The companies were not numerous, but
for first attempt of the kind it very satisac-
! tory and received high encomiums of praise from
all Glasses of people, The most attractive feature
Il in the programme of entertainment 10 me- was
the lighting up Of the vast amphitheater (sad to
| contain 30 900 people1 with thousands of Chinese
| variegated lamps of all colors and shapes, and
hung at every point La the center Of the arena
musicians, while above the long of seats was
platform which went entirely around the build
| ing and open all sides; this was crowded by
the youth and beauty of this great city, who came
to enjoy the pleasures Of the mazy dance, grand
ball being given by the military to the citizens in
honor Of their first eneampment. assure you
i such sight cannot be seen in any other place out
| side of London or Paris. | was astonshed and
| delighted, and it goes to show that some things
can be done as well others, if we do live out in
the Far West, There was no rowdyism, no drunk
| enness no pistoling or cutting, knocking down or
dragging out amusement for the qualification Of
| few bullies-nothing of the kind-allWa courtesy,
| kindness and goodfeeling.
Rut it would take all my time and all my paper
| to descant upon al the pleasant sights and enjoy
ments seen and realized in that hospitable city:
suffice it to say, departed with many regrets, at
o'clock in the morning for Chicago, my next point
| of travel, which place | reached about o'clock
same day. Nothing of interest occurred during
the trip. The country through which passed,
looked very green and beautiful-mostly immense
prairies covered with tall corn, golden cared
| wheat, new mown hay, or rich pasture land-vil-
lagos, or towns, at every few miles, with all sorts
of romantic names and the inhabitants thereof
seemed to be all on the moye-trayeling backward
and forward by the cars in regular stream. We
are certainly the most immgratory people in the
4 world, constantly the go; starting off some
/ where all the time, verifying the command to
/ push on, keep moving such Is life! we push
| on and push on, until after awhile we are pushed
1 Oft, and are moved out to where - silence reigns
supreme.n
/ Chicago is still unfinished. The streets are all
higglety pigglety: now you go np, up, up, and
now you go down, down, down. You must keep
your weather eye open, if you don't wish to break
your neck or back, or something Of that sort. The
| fremont House appeared to me to have moved off
| and taken up its locality in some other spot, and
now, instead of going up stairs, as of old you go
down stairs, and such "a getting up stairs all over
the city you never did see. Take few City Halls,
/ two or three City Hotels, some blocks from Canal
4 street, and for the balance some small onestory
ahanties, and mix well together, and then set
ii them down promiscu0usly, and you have Chicago
4 perfect, as it now is. The people seem to be di-
4 vided into two -tcket-sellers for lines of
4 travel, and travellers. Iwothrds of them are rush
& ing about with carpet.bags in their hands, either
just come from some place or just going to some
place. You don't see the same face twice. Now
you see 'em and now you don't; like Professor
81 Blitz's tricks, one, two three, presto, gone.
The weather there was abomnable, SO raw and
chilly that you felt more like sitting by fire than
anything else, and thick clothes and shawls were
4 in great demand. There were no amnsements CO.
ing on, except Sighor Blitz and his learned cana.
ries, the theater having closed the day before ar
rived Gas perceived by the immense yellow post
ers) with complimentary benefit to its worthy
manager, Mr. McVicker, by the whole strength of
the company. Carpenters, seene-shifters and call
boys, the performance to conclude ESQ the bills
expressed it) with athe glorious old comedy of
the Stage Struck Tailorn Who struck Billy Pat
tefson!
found abundance of fine fruit here. Cherries,
black and red currants do. and white, raspberres,
ern fruits also vegetables of every kind, and in
great prouson. You see but little fish at any Of
the hotels out here, and there is not much variety
in the cuisine department in the way of meats and
fancy dishes; however, that is not matter of com
plant, as the palmer man lives the more healthy
he will most likely be, and it ii not much quail.
Q ity as quantity (provided it is good and sweet
that hungry traveller cares about to greet him at
4 his journeys eHd.
The further | travel the better am satisfied
! with the city and home where my own lot Is cast.
! II may be prejudice on my part-it certainly is
7 preference, aud very strong at that-but have
not seen any place that think begins to compete
with New Orleans in any particular. We certainly
have the finest looking people-den't blush, no.
body-to be found anywhere. The Western folks
! have stumpy look, small nndersize, look as if
they wanted rolling out, while our Southern boys
| are generally tall and well made There is some.
Thing wanting about the people here, they lack
that flash, the e0ntn,e fdu touch that cur cit.
izens possess III 50 eminent degree. Then our
climate! The delieioas Senth breeze, 50 soft and
balny. laden with the perfume of orange groves.
te say nothing of same other perfumes not quite
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