The register. (Monroe, La.) 185?-1861, 1860-04-26

Letter from New Orleans.

a1car Register Our "Trip down from your good
town, was u delightful one Itcould NOT well
be otherwise, as it US enlivened by pleasant
company and beautiful scenery. BY the way,
you Ouacbita people do NOT seem to get the
proper value on your beautiful riysr and
ceantry. They are both unsurpassed. the
river. especially. as in quiet beauty with many
a fold it winds its smiling way through the
lovely Northwest of Louisiana Il TfH1& Us
On boarding the good steamer McRae, we
found that Capt. Tobin had vacated the cap
taincy and that our good friend Copt. Len
Moore had the boat in cbal gc-the Peerless
I-having bcsnrold.s This csangc-wiii~ br no dts
advantage 10 tlebeat Or 70 thetravelling pub
lie. Capt. Moore is in every way worthy sue
cessor Of our excellent friend Capt. Tobin. Mr..
Wilbanks still preslles in the Office, and the
other officers Of the boat remain unchanged.
Yesterday was q gala day here. The whole
population and very many strangers were glad
to devote the day in an ovation to the memory
Of Henry Clay. the man WHO "would rather be
right than PRESIDENT He was certainly Oft
encr right than most Of our public men nova
days, and it is no cause Of pride or rejoicing
that he was never President. Unfortunately
| we did not reach the city in time to participate
| in these patriotic exercises
by all accounts, however, they were superior
to anything ever witnessed in tho Crescent City.
The Military, docai and other,) the Masonry,
the Fire Department, the citizenship, &C., were
out in Overlooking numbers. Business was sus-
pended and everybody gave mp to the generous
ceremonial. The procession was for numbers
numhcrless;" and wherever it wound its length
encd way, were found the beauty and the Jou-
Inets Of this beautiful city. II must have been
an inspiring sight Canal street is still fes-
tooncd with flowers and aasssin brilliant dis
play, and Is now almost as much tirrongcd by
admirng spectators as 1t could have been yes
terlay All the exercises went 3off happily.
Mr.. Hunts Grafton is spoken Of ss a clear, To-
gical, apprcciatiyc aud eloquent discourse. The
statue itself is very Rnc. New Orleans NAV
we'll be proud oft; and the excellent artist.
Mr.. Hart, must have felt bis heart throb will,
joy and exultation wien the flag which yelled
the statue was removed and the great work Of
art was revealed amid the leafrning plaulits
Of the assembled thousands. Those plaudits
clearly manifested how strong a. hold Harry
ofthe West" still has on the pa6lc affections
The likeness is very fnc-tcstimony to its
trnthiulncss being given by personal and life
long friends Of" The great commoncr" We're
VIC in a''closely critical mood, VIC should say
that either the statue is not sufficiently clcva-
tod Or its proportions are on too large scale,
tits gigantesque. A similar fault is to be found
with the equestrian statue of Gen. jackson in
a public square of The city. We are the more
sorry as all our notions of Mr.. Clay are those
Of the orator-casy, graceful, facnt-which The
heavincss and magnitude of the statue cffcctu-
ally destroy. But let us admire the cxccllcn-
ccs rather than quarrel with the defects of this
grand work Of American art, remembering
John Randolph sbalfapologctic, halcccnsuring
remark, "Nothing human can BIO perfect
The annual convention Of the confederation
OF the Young Mems Christian Associations is
now holding in this city. The name is very
long, but it isa good thing Notwithstanding !
There are about two hundred delegates, gather
Cd from I'LL portions Of our great country, and
iraternally consulting about national interests
M religious MATTERS. I shall give more full
notice Of this important Body in my next letter,
when their proceedings will have been conclu-
lcd. -,.... -r........ .....,,
The politics of the city seem stagnant; there
IS Is the customary hull that prcccdcs storm. If
tue storm shall be proportional to the calm. il
Will be fearful one One thing is certain
the conviction seems to be a growing one that
the next Presidential candidate must be
Southern man. This is WE'LL and is of itself one
Of The hnppiest angurics. With amy good
Southern man at the helm, We shall, for the
present at least, be safe.
il ....4 ~ Yours, &c. W.
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