Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-08-16
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LETTER FROM BELOW.
Nrw optrArs. August 14th. 1850

NEw ORLEANS. August 14th. 1880.
Dear C,met Wv here people go TO, who
travel by boat bshoovss ne no. 10 Inquire.
GO they have, since Capt. Noah's time go
they do now, and go they will, no doubt,
until the very clock Of time runs down,
and all water craft lay mp forever. II
would form an interesting chapter for the
collector Of curiosities, could we discover
Of each of these men, women, and children
from chalk white to India ink. the rea-
son for going where they are going I;
what they are going for; and when they
expect to be back. Did you ever travel on
this A number one fast passenger packet,
"Burton" I call her "number one" not
because she wears the odor Of fresh paint
and vsrnish, runs fast and has her furni-
ture done in brown linen but because she
has clever Captain, and my excellent old
friend, Col. Jeemes Flower, commands the
office, and for the reason that his assistant
wears good natured smile in one corner
of his mouth regslis Of the Lee Aagelos
brand in the other end, In most elegant
and approved manner. Even the bsrkeeper
partakes Of this cleveruess head stew
art knows preachers. and the press gang,
intuitively, and | make no doubt the
chamber maid does her part.
One fact must strike the occasional trav-
eler, on the lower coast, in very forcibly
way there is an awful amount Of ANAL
gamation going on in this lower part Of
the Mississippi valley. The graduation
from chalk TO cheese color, and thence on
down to burnt lumber and ivory black il
so gradual that it il getting to be impossi-
BILE to tell which Is which. Presently. ev-
cry white man will have TO carry certih-
cate of his birth with him, in order to
prove his identity, and obtain his status.
Do you know yerv pgtert feet iH.s9f"tr
them are wealthy, industrious and peacea-
BILE citizens, who understand their position
in the scale Of society, and play well their
part. Many, indeed the largest half Of
them are well educated intelligent planters.
and large slave owners. Their sympatbies
and interests are with the government
aud society under whose laws they have
protection, and none understand this bet
ter than they. Did you ever land at mid
night, at the long wharf, In the very
bowels Of this great monster--tlm City o
IT not, you have yet to experience sen
sation OF dresriness and death. powhere
else to be met with. Look down on the
picture. The half-gone moon does not
shine In this, as any other atmosphere. It
wears sickly hue. The descending dew
OF heaven docs not bring from the earth
the odor of new mown hay, and tho per-
fnme of modest flowers but cash. corn.
cotton, and crime--pork, and all tina,
Western and Northwestern produce which
goes to make up the endless round of trade.
Is, as redolent of perfume at mid night ms
midday. Stroll off towards tho market.
and hear the voice Of the old Cathedral as
1t tells, in the sepulcheral voice of diving
time, OF half-past three in tho morning
look at these fat, round butchers, MS they
wake mp at their stalls, and commence
again, the hacking Of flesh, to appcase the
canine appetite Of man, and say, If Won
'sn, that this IL not a material world.
warning us to beware of shallow poetic
thoughts and fancy imagery. will they
never finish tearing down and building. |
iP-raking and scrapingi viii tho gut
ers never bc washed out, and the side
walks secured down 1t seems not, for AS
he night leaves us in it's slippers Of list,
people rush to and fro with brooms, and
buckets OF water, and the daily securing
commences again-which was begun a
entury ago, when tho foundation of the
ity was laid.
Will they never get Poydras paved will
hey never reach the apex Of tho Custom
iouso, with anything more durable than
Breckenridge Aagl These are questions
or the generation after us, to ask. The
rade is good and the health of the CITY
ever better. 1t has no new feature ex-
ept, that of wash-bas shaped cork hats.
rhieh all the light headed have been ad-
ised 10 wear to save their brains from
ddling in the suns rays. As before Com
now and forever. Yours PoINs.