Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-08-01
\ LETTER FROM NEW ORLEANS.


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L LETTER FROM NEW ORLEANS.
NEW oKLEASs. La, July 9S, lSGs.
Editors Memphis Appeal;
YeuT correspondents " Gumbou Fav-
ing, as 1t seems, subsidized "untiI the ad-
vent Of cooler weather, y have conclu-
ded to try nlg hand at describing, in this
ram mbling sort Of way, my Impressions Of
sundry things which have recently fallen
\ under my observation In this sunny lat
4 itude.1 r
Formerly, people spending the sum-
mer months in this city were regarded
/ by their friends elsewhere as very much
In the same category with those who
passed the hope banishing gates, so
grsphically described in DanUeis Inferno;
| but the Radical malignants have 30 sue
eessfglly turned every upside down
I in this portion OF the country, that the
very climate is effected by their presence
and lahors, and thus ne have been hav-
/ ing the July temperature of the White
1 mountAins, while all over the North the
4 prevailing heat has riyNlled If not ex-
ceeded thst experienced ca the Isthmus
| of Panama IN the dry season. II the
| presence Of the caTpet-saek gentry pro-
duced these climatic effects only, l should
u
/ them heartily, for the general health of
| Tie city is surprisingly good, and the
weekly mortality less than ever before
known at this season, being tout OF
population exceeding 225 coo souls) less
than an average of eighty or ninety in
dividuals, and of which more than one
half are children under ten years of age z
Should future seasons resembl this, we
shall doubtless be edited by the emigra-
ton of h0rdes of Northerners Fastening .
to New Orleans in August to escape the 4
baking heat Of their own less favored .
regions, for here they would almost in
varisbIy enjoy cool nights and deliciOusly
fresh Guli breezes by day.
I wish it were in my power TO convey
to your many readers anything resem-
bling so accurate idea of the gay scenes
transpiring on Sundays, amid the joyous
crowds who throng the half hourly trains
OF the Lake POutchartrain Railway, or
Mississippi river excursion steamers. 1
have never seen elsewhere anything ap-
Oroaching the good nstured abandon of
The masses, or the mingled courtesy and
bon hOn1Dlts which chRrseterizes the de-
pertinent of almost every individual OF
either sex or age. The pleasing traits
are OF course in a great measure attribute
able to the large proportion of French
and Germans composing the parties of
excursionists, with the former OF whom
politeness Is the predomlnsung instinct
the world over, ss sober, orderly depOrt-
ment Is the characteristic Of the latter
eyeFyyhere and en- all occasions. The
voyage across the Lake on the eOmmo-
dious low pressure steamers is also ex-
agreeable, and s day in Man
deville, Louisburg or Msdisonvule, 8
most pleasing and heslthful RELAXATION.
10 Rll these villages there are well Kept
French restaurants, Snd the bathing and
fishing are really nne.
LAST Sunday, at the PODtchartrsin De-
Dot, in the city, most lamentable acci-
lent occurred, by which young married {
adv of the highest social position was
rushed to death whilst attempting 10
ITEM from the platform on a moving
rain, and her husband lost q leg in try q
ng 70 rescue her from this dreadful fate.
Is it not wonderful that people will con- I
inue to be thus rash after the innumera- q
DE warnings afforded by the sad fate OF 1
10 many victims of similar thOughtless- |
less? =
Oa Saturday of last week two young /
Srenchmen, scarcely exceeding twenty 2
,ears oS age. and moving in the best !
Creole society, had an apparently trifiDg L
uisnn5erstaDding, which, however, cul-
TlinAted in q fatal duel, a few miles ke- L
ow the city. The wespcns selected a
we're double-bs bsrreled shOtguns at forty I
,sces, and on the second fire one of the d
oB1katants was mOrtally wounded and
lied the same afternoon. Both these
7oung men were eK-soldiers OF the Con-
ederate army, and the victim had been 0
distinguished for courage even in that {
peerless company OF heroes, the Wash {
A al1o loaf n
leg in the service. It is said 0 recon-
iIistion was effected between the duel {,
as before the death OF the wounded u
nan, and the survivor expresses the
.eenHst regret and reRlOrse for the mel n
pcholy occurrence, which could probs- ri
lv have been easily arranged II the
econds had been older or more expert L
need men.
| cannot say 1 am particularly i'm "
ressed with the beauty OF the Creole II
aides as q class, though occasionally IN
ss the city below Canal J
treet is rather indignantly termed, 81
ace is seen which fingers long snd pleas 81
ngIy in ones remembrance but no.
where on earth are pretty and tiny ieet o.
more universal or more admired IMAM o.
ere. In South America the Spanish 81
Americsn bslles have long been sup d
oSe0 10 possess L1s AoHOPOlJ "
reatest Of feminine beauties, hut doubt pl
{ Lima or Peru can produce more ex- ci
uisitely formed or petite pedal extreml-
les than one may see any pleasant al =,
srDoOn on Royal or Chartres streets I'D =
MIS- same Crescent City. In other local
les where the ladies were not so blessed Dl
4 this particular, or with shoeipakers so 10
erfeotly artistic.I was no admiFer OF the u
hort walking dresses now in vogue Ie
nj here 1 admit they are desirable, and
le fashion not III adapted TO the wear OF
rs. Au reUOGT. AUNT Betsy. e