New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-26
NEW-ORLEANS PAST AND PRES
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streets, u lecture on New Orleans as it was and
New-Orleans 40 il is. He commenced by describing
the physical character Of the soil on which New
Orleans was built and the vast country oil WHICH II
was she natural entrepot. Its population, he tao'
was very mixed. The old French CITY sui re-
NAMED, the old cathedral, the old cbaeau1 and the
old people ALWAYS growing yellow on coffee But
how the American population lar eA'ecu'u 'lv 'Oi W
eign element. American energy nuu siarpou ~
tlis trade. and American enterprise had bweleu IL
10 its utmost In former days IL was the gayeS' Oh
Itbs osv. there wero very few churches and very
tsr, S1c:,nl. IN them Mr.. Osgood quoted some OF
49, ,r;fi al Secession deciara.ions-of Dr.. Parker,
line famous Secession preacher lie had lately AZ
Tended the magnificent church III winch Dr. IdrSer
used to preach. Its 5000 seas were mostly empty,
re CONGREGATION was scattered, aud ts deacons
had all taken the oath of allegiance. The last seen
of the Dr. he was taking the train for more
lcopgenial Government with The gun in his hand.
Mosi of the population had been devoted to money
making alone, intending TO 20 away when they had
achieved a comyetence. Ia the Winter J; was one
Of the mos, delightful places could oe Imagined
very lis. of the best Its vast hotels were
with the beauty the wealth, end the unligness OF
The South From the distant plantations came the
tbousard-bale widow. or the two hunted-oale
bslle or the heirees Of two thOuant barrels OF pork
They knew moi wha. they bought, aud the shop
keepers knew bow 10 take Advantage OF their lghof,
ancc. Along the banks 10y the stcsners three ana
four deep for two miles III front Of the clty. All
these were gone now. There was peculiar place
allotted for very peculiar thng-that sors oil cross
between "A Noah 8 ark and Roman tflteme, which,
ike all American, was made always 10 70 ahead and
never 10 20 back, the fiat boat Ii had educa cd IL
peculiar race OF men who had learned 10 regard the
river ~ their own, and VINO had now Soue dowh
under Grant TO see who should stop them. 10
this bright and mag uiRceut phase OF life there was
Il Odd
A. YOU uas sed by some Of these streets you might
see IN q large courtyard many blAck men hpu
women, some sitting, s0me standing, some ned
italng on their possible late, most wearing an as
pect OF slUd indifference. HEY Enew not uut thAt
molher and child III ght be separated; they knew
not but they might lie sold 10 a LaGrte. Beueath
ihe hotels were the auCtioneers. No man could
ever witness slave auction and come away from II
with ANYTHING but a feeling OF cetestatloD, WHO
would not DO despised by tie very devil himself,
even wnile he used hun. Beneath the life OF ga.
laniTy and esaurc OF the hotel was the ausussh
and horror VI the slave mart. The 81. Louis lloIei
once The grand slave mart, was now clOocd. Where
were The reVrlefs Lying STARK and htlh ON distant
tat;le-Ecds. But tie black inau low wnistied ana
saus JOHN Brown as he passed thai hotel Oh bis way
to we'll pa4 labor. Ga the OF or corner was Il Jew
sign IA sign with a stIange GoylCe- I've GH5oH II
was the ute OF u payer pubiished IN New-OTieans
by black men. In u window hlI1e way IOWA you
mghi see expOotd the portraits vi Charles ouWhcf
aha Wendell Philips. Al,
Tie mill. Of gods grind slowly bu. tn GRAD ezseed
irgn--."
A gentleman a few years ago gave Campbell, tie
great siave-trAder, commission TO buy hiIu the b Il
coschman he could get, wIthou. limitation IA 20
pIice. The MAJ who nad taken care o. IOrh lem.
Die from q colt was told by als MISTER III Ba!tnoro
10 take him - Canpbclie slayc-psn. lie drove
there; his master Went in and soon sent for him. a,
he went in IL one door hIsna5eT went out al another
He vyas aiken to New Orleans aud fUid for enof-
nous price. The VIE o. he man ~ whom be wds
sold tol! him lAiT OegOoJJ that Tor two years she
never saw auy thing 70 f.d a. was thai m.A. mil
hoLaire who took BJston friend 20 zee the s NE Of
New. u le2ns sid 10 nm, rs thoy raw n Lhnacicd
family gong away 10 Ia p.Aht-iioh, Al, have
lived mere since 1900 but sGch -'g Ls tuIs al ways
sickuns ne. orash will come some day; ma an
not last" TIE crash had come. believing cotton
vas KIM sic laG seeded HON corn, ina ner cJfses
had cone home to TOOs,. Sne psopheslcd that lhc
grass would grow 30 ugh 10 Buacway ana W all
street that YOU could no. Inll Church stcrple,
hut the grass tad grown before ID. dcoTs 81 tie CT
tom brOseIs III New-OTleAug. The blockade scaled
M New-Orleanl 81 hight that butter aud cheese and
-four and even the much Gel iscd Assacnusctr cOd-
fan dlsapveased. New-OfieaLs had reNtt known
POVERTY before, but tie crowd ta thronged The irc,
market that Batter opened was one Y! to most par
roaipg sights that he ever sGw. Lltle ca!lAa Ell
wanting All dAy, uuaole to get 10 ior4be tAroug.
There was cotton, cotton every Wbefo, bat not Il
,jece 10 wear. They had been very sure that
/ Newt. leaus could never be taken, pLyti IAN
who happened IN answer to Il lady patient, 20 by
that he did moi know bat tnat The Olih might, Witn
H. ,ureror resources, take IT. was waited upon b.
I,bs giialcc Committee that night, and told tA..l
he had been very unguarded, and That he had always
been coed citizen, Tut that Il he eve. si1 any uct
Thing again. they should loo obliged 10 drive hin out
Of Size city Or Ito understood tae or, aud suJ.
scribed $500. Mr.. Osgocd gave II thrilling pie
tnre of tue attack on The ioTo by fArra3ut.
Tie Varuua with her beautiful model, could yet 10
,seu above the tiGe-a Ia eAeDplar OI Vial ever
true man owed ~ his country. NcW'Oicdhr aWOkr
that morning 10 u lew sunset. Ihe telegraph an
uounced that light was gong on. Tia. mas what
they had been wanting. Ihty took them break aot
and went Telegraph olce, wne4e they lcaG noi
the facts as after another oi tc yenaes puss the
f,rs Then came the aw lul VISION OF Uncle Samuel
with bis tirch Inc road 70 Secesoia instantly
filed 1boussndsO vi nOgsneads OF sugur ana baTcs If
moases were oXp0sed on the cvec, and people went
Gown with baskcit, and aprons, aud jugs and got
their iil The cotton and Snps ana dry-dOcks were
sIl .et on ire. The feet came up Just at evening.
The whole city was out Oh TIC ie'ee. Tic cry Went
nm ssHurn tie city, " Burn toe city, when there
came On one OF the mOsc severe tIundeT-snCwers
ever kno WI which reut them all home. An oiic r,
v,boIn Farragut sent shore 10 notify one Of the
consuls, asked his way OF II GERMAN pHySieiau. ihe
,,si,ai, only pOinled tho way, but tie oiIcer had
bu. iust TUNED the corner when Tie phys rIan WAS
hyuiar 10 Il lginp-post. These were tic TeOpo whom
sn ATTEMPT Nyas made to cOAclliato. ILCA Butler
came Ills cyiI administration ia NCH-Orieans had
bean one OF BE grandest epsodes OF The var. lie
found ~. llOs, turbulent city upon earth, Il cry
ooyerned ~ thugs WHO went 70 the po!is with aXeo
on their shouidcss and pistols III their pOckets, n
INV whose Recorders were the heads OF organized
tnods OF a.sassins Gen. Butler Lad reduced this
.tte OF Things 10 Orcor; hc icf ~ as quiet Union
,onare Ut ~ O'Clock IA the day. Every man
,,t what one man said be mad. tint there
wns A single ego Tor Il single purpose there How
d., ha t,,K, IL .ael There Dds tIIoc murders
,,or. ,Vble he was there; there TWO or tbree
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