Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-08-15
For the Gazette and Comet
PenciIings ola Journey into Texas.


Left New Orleans by the Harris 81 Nor
gan Transportation Company. There ar
two routes. The outside by steamer al
the way to Galveston, and the INSIDE rout
part of the way by rail to Berwick's Bay
eighty miles, then by steamer to Calves
ton, very pleasant route. Passenger
going by this route, cross the ferry (orpo
site Jackson's Squaro), to Algiers, ther
take the cars to "Brashear," Berwick
Bay.
AT a. M. found myself on board The
ferry boat, with some sixty others, witt
the necessary APPENDICES for travelling
bound for the land of promise. Having
crossed the ferry and all got "stowedt
aboard the cars, a few minutes there
when the Iron Horse snorts and blows
and away we go leaving the city, glitter
ing under the rays Of dazzling sunlight
with its towers, minarets and eteeples as
Of an ancient city filled with the luins OF
q hundred years, yet glittering in the pride
CT the glare and paiut of modern art, with
all the evidences ola prosperous commerce.
Gong from Algiers to Berwick's, part
| Of the way passed through low, fiat, rich
| looking country, Of alluvIal soil, and the
greatest part under cultivation. There is
but little cotton planted in this section.
| sugar-cane and corn are the principal pro-
dncuons. Tile cane il considered a fair
crop. There Is great breadth Of corn
planted, but ii does not look as well rs it
does IN your parish, and many places here
has proved failure. After going forty
miles West from New Orleans, the aspect
Of the country changes. There is but little
under cultivation, and many places COW
cred with water, and has been inundated
to the depth Of from ten TO fourteen feet.
II IS not conceivable how the inhabitants
managed to keep above water, the houses
all beng small and have only one story,
yet they appear to be inhabited. 7 he
people who would settle il such country
must have had great fancy to swamp
and 'prarie boys" or have thought that
the world must be very small, when ii
could not afford them a better location !
have heard Of, but never saw the Louisiana
swamps before, and on looking on those
the most prominent thoughts in my mind,
were, that should wish to get away from
them in the shortest possible space of time.
Arrived at Berwick's Bay at . p. NJ,
and stepped on board the steamer Nor
gan" en- ronte for Galveston This is the |
best steamship in the line, with jolly |
good set OF officers, using every effort for
the comfort OF the passengers. It is very |
pleasant sailing on the Gulf at this season,
it was smooth-wlth gentle breeze. Ar
rived at Galveston next morning at A
NJ, going through from New Orleans in
twenty five hours.
Galveston appears to be "a prosperous
city, but on account of the yellow fever
raging there, | did not larry, but passed
on. Trade Of all kinds is dull, and people
Hro leaving the city by thousands. Every
car and boat is crowded to get away from
',o 'oEof' IL mas no" become epidemic IN
the city, beng sixty and seventy five
cases daily, ana on the increase. Took
rail to Houston, fifty miles N1rth from
Galveston Cong from Galveston, passed
through +" 'sHei PRAIRIE resembling in APP
psa'1'S" me western Pr"if'es of Illinois
'"'. ''"- ! mere Is put iittle under cult
n Ant
I''1''''' ''' '''""o IN heads OF cattle,
.an,. hn ,,," . ~ % , counted 1y 'h'"-
''''' I" : :" =" a . houston inc co"n-
woodland groves and rural residences, and
-ich in agricultural productions. Arrived