New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-01-23

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lating the introduction of African hands from The
|neighboring island of Cuba, then under the same
Jurisdiction with Louisiana, they were preparing
the great rise which business would undoubtedly
assume the moment that the country should be
transferred to the active population Of the North.
ern States, and the Louisianians themselves be
freed from the lettering colonial yoke of the al
ways suspicious and jealous Spanish mother coun-
try. Hence, when after the cession in 1903 had
taken place, the introduction of the African sable
hands was stopped by order Of Congress- This
interruption in q stream Of labor force then actl-
ally in full operation, caused some temporary halt
in the forward movement Of the agricultural en-
terprises around the city True, the planters were
permitted to go to the other slave States and there
recruit their farming hands, and planters from
Maryland, Virginia, and in fact from the other
Northern States, in nearly all of which the instit-
ton Of domestic African slavery or servitude had
still been preserved, came with their farming
hands to the territory of Louisiana; but for tho
Louisanians themselves this was rather ahazardous
undertaking. In the first place they did not know
the language of the Northern people, consequently
could not venture upon journey amongst them
for the purpose Of buying slaves next they could
mot communicate with the northern raised negroes,
On account Of the same difficulty of the language;
but the greatest difficulty Of all, in the way Of
procuring the necessary plantation forces, with
which they had been supplied from the island Of
Cuba, in close proximity Of navigation, was the
great distance by sea to the Atlantic States, where
only mart was open for them in this respect.
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it were, in the landed improvements around the
city and this difficulty was only partially removed
and gradually overcome BY the arrival Of num-
Der Of immigrants, colored as well as white, from
The island Of Cuba. These immigrants who were
permitted to enter the country with their slaves,
IN opposition to the express laws and acts of Con-
gress, proved very great accession of forces,
both physical al well as intellectual, to the city
and environs of New orleans.> All these people
coming from . tropical climate were accustomed
TO the culture and raising Of the staple products
OF the country sugar, rice, tobacco, maize
etc. They were mostly former residents and inhab-
itants from the Island Of ST. Domingo, and speak
ing the same language with the ancient Louisian-
tians, were at once at home in their new abode and
upon footing of anlicable relations with their
9hospitable hosts From this arrival in 1907, - and
., we may date the many local improvements
which were then undertaken in and around New
Orleans, of which we shall mention at present but
few. new theater was erected in st. Philippe
street, in which d company Of actors performed up
to the time that a new andsplendid one on Orleans
street in ISIS took away the patrons from the
former comedians.
When wetirst arrived in 1916, we took it as an
undoubted sign that we had not left the precincts
OF civilized society, when leaving old Europe and
coming to America, we perceived at the street
corners the posters uncing theatrical perform
ances in this half barbarous country OBJ we had
imagined it to ourselves. Indeed, the glare Of
THESE hrst announcements gave our juvenile feel
jugs then, q most nexRected, consolatory impulse
In 1872, was erected Immediately in the outskirts
OF the city proper, the building constituting the
orleans College, out of which nursery have arisen
number of Louisianians justly esteemed for their
intellectual capacities. This institution was front
ing on vt Claude street, then just laid down upon
the new town plots, behind Rampant street
also an undertaking which proved the desire OF
extending the limits of the citizens residences The
new college, however, for number of years CON
tnued to remain in q most isolated position, for
being surrounded by an almost unfathomable mo-
rass the people were 10th to make their residences
IN this noisome neighborhood. What number of
cart loads Of cotton seed it took to fill up finally
shis dismal looking spot, it were hard to tell at
last, however, Improvements were pushed beyond
this site, and then it was found necessary to deol
lsh part of the college building in order to open
ursulines street beyond st. Claude, and hence to
this day may be seen the two extreme ends of that
ancient building on either side of the above men
ton street and the intersection of ST Claude One