New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-10
..nDla Of compsnions jumped on board q Canal

.onrle Of companions, jumped on board Canal
street car for transportation 70 inc meX'cah u .
Railroad. Twenty minutes OF lelsnreiy locoihollv'
accumulated ths, during which time we were sun
ieet 10 the inspection of female Confederate, WIZ
regarded us with pleasant Hibernian scowl as cue
nosiy removed to the opposite sea; on our a. 80
bony.legged girl, who singled disdanluI) LII a.
military cap OF ons Of the party, ana AN L11
Ereuehman miracle of ugliness, partlaii! sc
IN the perusal of the Gallo side OF nc D ~ -,
course Secession journal Having taken a.
the full value of the itde hVe,cen. P~ az New.
checks that form the principal currency VI ~ ,
Orleans we sightcd and ten minutes winning
brought us TO the town terminus OF tAe am oI
This is n mere shed, covering single traca' poi
dered on either side by IaSsd paH,saI son'hern
fsd relied confidently Oh the universal ooutner1
,;ca ~ running cars at least half an hour behino
he,, stored time forgetting that this one happened
10 be. lust now, III Northern hands OF course tne
looking locomotive and tendor in possession OF
tbaf,ack The cow-catcher OF the former pointing
sownward. But the locomotive had a head OF steam
on. and Capt Sawyer, Just then rldins up, was
good enough TO offer 1t as an express Ioi our spey
Accommodation. OF course we accepted WIN que
gratitude. ,.
and lord Of tie Mexican Gulf Railroad. When Gen.
Butler came bher and learned that the line De-
longsd TO an English woman, widow, whose BON
was in the Reoel army, he incontinently took poe
session, and inquired in that practical way OF his
OF Capt Sawyer: own it pay to run 1t :,
think so, General" "Then 60 ahead!' And the
Captain went ahead accordingly, and has been run
ming il ever since, the weekly einOluuie
of the United 81 stes Treasury OF from SOU to 4VV
shall come to KS Characters les presently.
We experienced some delay at the outset, IN con-
sequence OF our rashly yielding to the representa-
tios of one of our pdrtY-the correspondent vi IAe
Boston 1rapelier-asserting that he had had no
breakfast and wanted some ON obtaining PERMISSION
to procure which, he went to an adjacent restaurant
aud deliberately caused oysters TO be killed ana
Ito cot m
waiting his appearance. Oily q visit ana erer.
Cetic demonstrates effected it. Then we mounted
the t uGer, with convoy OF two soldiers duiy
equipped with musket and bayone;, and began our
Journey, the locomotive propelling us backward, ior
the depot is upprovided with switch or wneei on
which the progressive medium might turn hse't.
Not 10 exagserate, should say we accomplished
at least six miles an hour The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ST. Bernard, af.er the Parish-was controlled 6y
two lads aud fed with biliets OF WOOD IRON Tie
tender which resembled a large open sardine oox
with the near end removed, on the cages OF Whvl
we were percbed. Beside toel, iteontainsd supply
Of water ios our yropusve saint, as was evidences
by sundry Jets and Springs proceeding from tn'
leaky fore part. think it must have been OF thl'
identical locomotive and railroad that the historical
pedestrian declined to avail himself, because he wa
ia hurry Before we mad jOumeyed hall d mile,
fully conpTehended Capt. Sawyers preference ioi
horseback.
1t was very pleasant. however, jogging easily
aloug over the irregularly lad and ind1 rently re
paired seepers many of which hal tettled dowI
into the permanent repose OF rottenness under th'
bright, mostly, breezy morning. Our road la,
through perfectly level country, with the Mississippi
10 the right and succession OF sugar plantation
Oh tine lett, most OF them under cultivation. Ia
fan-iike palmetto bus. igrew proluSely about tl'
Little pools bordering the railroad, the frost
bitten leaves Of the shrubs and vegetation glare(
blood-Ied in the sunlight, aud not tree that we
passed but had more than it's quota Of long gray
bearded moss del endent from Its branches ana way
ing in tne WIND. Souherners profess to consider TIM
beautiful: l cannot thInk So 10 NE 1t has an OK
trelnely GTcary, weiIed effect, and Is irresstibIy
suggestive OF Inc old woman whose task in the nuT
sery legend Is q TO sweep the co5weos out OF tie
sky, having performed 1t III thorough but sloyeniy
manner.
On most Of the plantations the sugar crop ha(
been got III, though iii some cases We saw the cant
lying awaiting removal; here aud there q" killed
by the frost. This parish and those adjacent are
you know, exempted by President Lincoln from l..
operation o. his Emancipation Proclamation, henc
the negroes are supposed to remain III Slavery
Dome have however, run away, others continue
labor well Ill according TO their relations wit
their owners. IL fares badly with cruel {
mercenary master; lie Is TAIN 10 sleep with double
baTrelle0 gun al his bod-nead and revolver unde
bis pillow; to gnash his teeth Intellectually at III
deseTiiOn OF his serfs or TO br6e soldiers be
come slave-catchers. l wish 1 could add that the,
never dIogIaced themselves by consenling.
We observed some negroes at WORK III the fields
but not many, oddly attrsd IN old great-coats o.
blankets, with their heads swathed, mood fashion
insouluch that they looked like many sable monk.
Of La Trappe engaged digging their own graves
bot too indusinously. No Oveiseer was percepti.
bic, winch might account for the last Characteristic.
The planters houses stood generally at some hum
dred yards distance from the railroad, long garden
eet out with ornamental fruit trees intervening.
They OF no pretentlOus character consisting for
the most part oi.pan wooden teneents, .aore
than two stories in highl, and formally unitarian OF
aspect. Aijacen, Are beheld the negro cabius and
outhouses aud prominent IN the flat landscape tie
sugsf.uili with It's tall chimney. That appearance
OF eglec universal III The south that lis inhaDii-
ans az Iealy unc nscioos u IL, was y.sibie all
the buildings.
We have passed Camp Chalmette-an ex.Robel
one, displaying long trench or 90 AND some earth
wOrks-WLeD our locomotive becomes bhOrt-wlnded:
90 we stop 10 "woOd-up" at a saving APPARATUS
conveniently placed on Ne track, at which hall d
dozen ure working. They do not pause in tleir
labor or attempt to get ont OF tie way Oh IN
psarance--knOwiDg that ST. Bernard is perfect
harmless; mat lie woult land could ne run over
them Oh any account. Indeed, this railroad me- 4
claim to be unique, If but for the fact that no cc
dent has occurred upon IT, When Train gets of
tue rail, the passengers aght aud stop ithat il oil
account Tor the presence OF old rusty wreck Of
n cast sway locomotive which l observed lying by
ths roadside, by believing that il must baye been
purchased at considerable expense ard Transported
tbjheT, just TO contrast the hazards of other lines
with that OF the Gulf Railroad for the qualification
oil It's passengers.
q St. Bernard stopped, of course, the wood-sawyers
continued tnCr labOrs the special artist OF CheyIus
Pictorial got oT to sketch The same. our trelHen
Jsssed himseli Ak IN hand for illustrated imnor-
tahty, and there occurred an agreeable little pause
OF about twenty minutes. BY that slime the sardne-
box was filled, the saving apparatus othgingly
moved aside, aud we went GU again.
Shall speak Of Andrew jackson and the Battle
oil New Orleans for we are Nearing historical
localities think not, for this letter promises to be