The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-05-23
Description of New Orleans.

New Orleans, city, port Of entry, and
seat Of justice Of Orleans parish, Louisi.
ana, is situated on the left bank of the
Mississippi river, about 100 miles from its
mouth, l,663 miles south west from New
York, and ,438 miles from Washington.
The city is built around bead in the river,
from which circumstance it bears The so.
briquet Of 1.-The Crescent City," The site
inciines gently from the margin of the
river towards the msrshy ground in the
rear, and is from to feet above the
level OF the river at the usual spring fresh
cts. To prevent inundations an embank-
meht or level about Is feet wide and six
feet high has been raised, ex ending 100
miles above the city, and TO Fort Plaque
mine, ID miles below it. THIS forms a
delightful promenade. In conselue
Of the change in the course Of the river
opposite New Orleans, large quantities Of
| alIuvium, swept from the north, and held
in suspension by the current, are deposi.
ted. New formations from this cause in
front Of that portion Of the quay most used
Tor the purposes OF commerce., have been
so rapid that il has been found necessary
20 build piled wharves jrtling oul from so
TO 100 feet into the Mississippi. The evee
here has been gradually widened, so that
an additional block of warehouses has
been recently erected between the river
and the city. The old city proper, orig
inally laid out by the French, is in the
form OF a parallelogram, 1920 yards in
width. Above this are what were for
merly called the faubourgs of St. Mary,
AnGunciation and La Course; below, Ma.
rigny and Dopnois and Declouet; ard in
the rear, IRENE and ST. Johns. Lafay.
cite, formerly under separate govern.
ment, is Immediately above the CITY.
In 1886, New Orleans was divided into
thiee municipalities by act OF the Assem-
bly,, each with distinct municipal powers.
Again in April, 1859, these and Lafayette,
with the iaubourgs and other dependen.
cies, extending from to miles along
the river, and about miles back TO Lake
Ponchartrain, were consolidated under
one charter, the city assuming the debts.
The streets Of New Orleans are OF con.
venien, breadth, well paved, and usually
intersect each other at right angles. Ca.
nal street is the broadest, being over 100
feet in width, with a grass plo. in the
center about 25 feet wide, extending thro'
its entire length. Most OF the buildings
are constructed OF brick, and are gener-
ally low, except in the business portion,
where they are usually five or six stories
high. The dwellings in the suburbs,
many OF them, particularly in Lafayette,
are surrounded with spacious yards, beau
tlfully decorated with the orange, lemon,
magnolia and other ornamental trees
A basement. about feet high, constitutes
the only cellar, as none are sunk below
the surface on account Of the marshy
character Of the ground. In different
sections Of the city are a number OF public
squares, among which may be mentioned
Jackson Square, formerly called Place de
Armes, occupying the center OF the river
front Of the old town plot, now the First
District 1t is ornamented with she'll
walks, shrubbery, sta'uettes, etc.. and is
much frequented for recreation. Lafay-
elite Square, in the Second DISTRICTS finely
laid out, and adorned with profasion of
shade trees. Congo Square, in tie rear
of the city, is also handsome inclosure.
Sayings Of Horace Man.
AS he was going in,o one OF the dormi.
he said TO some students : "There is no
air TO- night, unless you sing one."
"The truth is before every one. But
10 tell lie which cannot be found out, is
TO invent cover large enough TO cover
itself" r..... =. ..
"No fun is honest which is not fun for
both parties"
""A~man who would be guilty OF so
mean thing, would for one shilling ex
hibit shark which had eaien bis father"
"If you want to paint your faces all
over with tracks, then you have but to
harbor vicious thoughts but if you want
to be good looking, be good"
"a noble life is but the development oil
a single thought"
On being asked If he believed in the
fall Of Adam, he replied, "Yes, aud no,
only in the fall Of Adam, but in a perfect
succession of cataracts from Adam all the
way down"
"ln the great number Of conversions
the stomach ls the last member which is
converted ; and while the soul is wholly
sanctiied. the stomach often remains q
heather barbarian"
GLOW foolish for a man to sell hi:
brains for the sake OF pleasing little
place in the bottom Of his mouth not two
inches square %
At meeting for the redemption OF the
J college, he said, "My young friends,
have seen more good gold tonight than
have ever before seen in all my life, and i
it were all my own, / would give it all tc
make one of you good man or good
woman" ...
His last words in the college were,
"We shall never all meet here again"
. Upon the day of his death, he said to
, the students, "The most Of you have
always been gooa since you have been
, here. aud cannot tell you how much
thank you for il but tell those few poor
. thougbtless boys. that would willingly
die thousand deaths like this 10 MAKE
any one of them a good man."
Hia Last words un0n aarlh xuara g1Mou