The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-11-20

0N DUAhb GTEAMEk w ". AUTHEA I
NEAR CAIRO, Nov, l6, 1866,
MEssRs. EpIroRs GATE CRY: In our last !
las it was lengthy We left of our scribbline |
abruptly with the shell road, without even
description Of same. The road derives i,s
name from being macadsmized with small !
white she'll, washed ashore upon the border |
Of Lake Ponchartruiu is about one hundr.
feet wide. and from constant use las it is tie
favori,e drive for the people of the Crescen,
city, the shell has become crushed into such
small particles, that they spin round the
wheels ofa carriage, causing one to stretch
out their hand TO see if is not raining The
road terminates seven miles from the city at
the Lake House, where magnificent view Of
the lake opens to the beholder, stretching to-
wards the Gulf of Mexico, studded here and
there with sasAng vessels and as We watched
them late in the evening, we saw the Mobile
steamer skipping over the placid waters. AZ.
ter drinking in the beauty of our surroundings
for an hour or more, and q stroll along the
shore Of The Lake, filling our handkerchief
full With the small white shells, that there
abound, the shades of night admonished us
We must DO vending our way back to the
city. 10 our return we passed Greenwood
cementry, upon reaching which,s funeral
pageant lined the road. Led by the sombre
hearse, with its waving black blumes, the
coanh lamps upon same lighted, followed by
large train Of carriages, with their lamps
hgbthed, striking us as novel and very inn
pressive sight, being the first funeral We had
ever Witnessed after night. We reached our
hotel (St. Charles,) in due time, passing
through Canal street, the walks or either side
Of theIstreet being lined. by the passing crowds,
and the stores llumined with gas lights,
with their contents arranged ia the most
attractive style, that the lady and gentleman
shopper might be the more readily attracted
In. Aside from the jewelry worn by the ladies,
which is very rich and expensive, diamonds
Astounding. the dress and tastes Of the ladies
are more simple than tina. Of our Northern
ladies, and their fashions. notwithstanding
the monthly efforts Of Madam Demoreste with
all her fashion plates, are fully one year be
hind the latest style.
Tho weather during our stay was beautiful.
but the balmy air, to one accustomed TO the
brac'ng atmosphere ofthe North, was onery-
ahns. having determined 10 wend our wav
homeward by the great Father of Waters -.
engaged our passage on the steamer from,
which We now write, thus fer having .
delightful passage. The "Arthur'' ia one Of
the floating palaces of the great "Atlantio
and Mississippi Steamships Co.'S" line. and
ID commanded by Capt. Il. G. Carson. nm.
OF the most popular Captains on the r,ver.
With the popular Ben. A. Cougar in the ole.
--both doing everything within their pove,
for the comfort and enjoyment of their ps,.
sengers. manking six day trip, in this d.,
Of rapid travelling BY rail, seemed short and
pleasant through their courtesy and attention.
Their steamer is the fastest boat on the West.
ern waters. and We have now passed everv
boat that started out ahead Of u, ~ uell a
ons, the steamer i,altic," that had twenty six
hours the start u y, Our time from New Or
leans to the Mrai Ctr, twelve hundred
ana sixty miles aiii be but little over six
days out of whicr we have lost eighteen
noan time ct N,rksbsrs, Memphis and
Cairo IN dischargng and taking on freight.
putting off At Mer,his alone s;x thousand
four hundred sacAa ,s corn, and opd hundred
hosshesds Of bacon, contributed ia New Or
, :, for the Destitute and ssde6ss people Of
western Tennessee and Alabama, .bout Tu..
Gambia and Huntsville.
nn route the sad havoc Of de - s,v,..
s Over coast, hns Bsyua 81. DIN.
$500 garden oftbs South, eeIso> "a
sassr plantations, ~iih a.. p.,.,;., 49,.
offs p'@n.srs si'- vill.s. ep.rs,, ~. go =
With sra'ei walks on The lsrr.r s,.-.-.;ss.
for their negroes, their ;mn ~.
hoases and e.stson gils, showing ~. -.s,.I
AMI taste OF THAR ownses, that H.,
iuxary. no longer grssts il eys-.n -
Seed fSr ther-sie1ts, ~ pAessen q -.
many Of them ~ sill chas;sR. Ia ,r.;.
ssesd is sess isvs I'D tlssss sSh~ ruips - .
hne dwelling, the blsckesed wsIls Of 4 .a..,
hoss" ssd coson sis. as8 tArih 81 psosoe,;.
~ nowhere. srsets ihs -. sThs coast il
hair index to the tov,s asd villaess tA.si;e
oethe banks Of the Mississippi from New Dr..
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