, 1860-03-26
THE NEW ORLEANS EXCURSION.
ESPECIAL Correspondence Of the Pscss and Tfbune.]
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fSrecM Correspondence Of tic Tscss md Tfbune1
New uRLxAr3, March Ii, 1850.
To stranger who has been accustomed to
believe that tho Mississippi runs to the south,
mud that New Orleans is situated on the east
bank OF the riyer, 1t The points Of the compass"
arc here more difficult to understand than wc
hare ever found them anywhere else. Every |
body knows how unpleasant il il to By =" lest"
in u strange city; to hare the sun stubborn|y |
refuse to rise in tile east, as thut homes. und
very respectable old uninnry is accustomed To
do i'll tho land lrom Which wc came, tn guard |
against ail mistakes, on arriving ut the ST. |
Charles Hotel On Wednesday night, nbcut le |
O'Clock, VIC went into tho sa:cet, found f'thc
d,ppcr" without the least trouble, aud although
thr North s.ar WAS hid in the haze down
towards The horizon, we we're sure that
VIC were fac,ug our Northern home aud
decided where to look for the sun when he
should next make his appearance. Promptly
at the hour, there he was, bright and glorious;
but VIC were not little bcwi1dcrcd 10 see tue
ships and the steamers in the same direction,
and OH going 10 tile lsvee we found the Missis-
sippi sweeping by in his majesty, aud there was
no m;staSing the direction, for the river Was
running duo nurtl. To us the sun rose il the
east, and the north was in the right place, but
the conclusion was irresistible that the Faith
or cf Watcrs'-begyns the old patriaEchs par
| don-lad been on SLENDER" and so indeed
he was, and the prospect Of his making his way
straight" is b.; no means aattcriug.
/ So set has be become IN his crooked ways,"
| md so we'll hare the people become reconciled
10 it, that &c doubt whether my one would vote
for . change. It requires map, md not little
exercise Of the Judgment, to get ones bearings
| correctly ut New Orleans. The river sweeps
By the city almost in the precise form of an %
| and IS it is situated in one Of the bends, its
maine, the " Crescent City" is both appropriate
| and heautifuf.
1cTcc. We had studied somewhat carefully the
Valley of The Mississippi; we kucw that some
twenty thousand miles Of river navigation
poured the wealth Of half The continent into The
lap Of New Orleans; but VIC mast confess that
the pa3orana before us exceeded our capecta-
t:oas. Looking from cur stand point at the
foot Of Market street, some two or tl.:ee miles
wilderness OF masts aud the pines Of steamers,
aad upon the broad levee, scuttcre1 everywhere,
lt'cs e cotton, hogshcads Of sugar, bacon, and
rolling freight Of every variety, dry goods
boxes, drays, and duskies mingled in endless
confusion. But little examination shows
1hat there is no confusion abont it, fo1
the boxes and bales aud barrels are al
nj f,.,rr r7~n Io1fr
ing OF each, and sending them to theil
owrers, or consigning them to The holds Of ship.
and steamers. Steamers land near tie ceptrt
Of the city the ships lie along the iescc above.
and b:lo,:, its cnt.e length i'll front of the city
being something more than fso 1uilss. Sons
i;le. Of tlce1tent ef tho commerce Of New Or
leans nsay be obtained from the fact that she la
already received from the LIS: cottcn crop, tw,
Il millions Of bales. worth, IN round numbers, OH
> hundred millions cf dollars. As this staple al
: ways commands the gold, ore need not be toll
Why, in this city at least, ">cotton Is king" II
> have not the figures for the amount Of suga1
- 'nolasses, bacou, iopr, and other products. bu
u The commerce Of New Orleans is conducted On
scale Of gigantic proportions.
le And get New Orleans, with all this vast trnfi'
is, in population, very little, if any larger tha
u our ovn city. i hundred and fifty to seTcnt,
J {ive thousand Ia all we hear3 rlaime3 asresiac1
y population. In the winter, during the actis
Season, there are scveral thousand more, who
u business or pleasure attract to the Southern III
s. tropolis. Aud wby--hlthough one Of the oldt
s' cities Of tic continent, and with Lcr unrivalt
H. Ind Eo,r f3r3n