The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-26
LETTER FROM ST. LOUIS.
Special Correspondents. of til. New orl.an. Cr..o.n.l

Special Correspondents OF the New Orleans Crescent
s-. ST. LOUIS, July %, 1868.
1t has rained quite hard ell the morning, in con-
sequence of which the atmosphere is several de-
grees cooler than It has been for "lo, these many
days. People breathe more freely this morning
and go to their work with more alacrity than they
have evinced since the commencement Of the
heated term in fact everybody seems instinct
lively to feel that permanent change has taken
place, and that such quantity of "cussedness
as we have lately experienced in the shape of
weather will not be visited upon our devoted
heads again this summer at least.
/ noticed a st. Louis telegram to the CRESCENT
of a recent date that on certain day whisky
and the heat had killed twenty persons" Truly
SO; there Is little doubt that all stimulating drinks
in such &" Outlandishly hot weather are ex.
tremely injurious, and large percentage of those
whose deaths have occurred here this summer and
been attributed to sunstroke, spoplexy, etc, has
been directly superinduced by the excessive use
of alcoholic drinks. The weather had something
30 do with il Of course, but that alone would not
in all probability have caused tie death Of very
many who have shnffled of this mortal coil" In
hot weather people must necessarily drink, bot
why drink that which will only tend to produce
greater heat in ones system and at the same time
fail to quench thirstl Lager beer is probably a
more heating drink than brandy and whisky, while
Rhine wine in my opinion, lays over them
All in heating ones "innards." / have tried all
the drinks in use in civilized communities, and
must say that for q cooling and refreshing drink
iced buttermilk carries off the palm; 1t also rem
ders one sleepy, which is great deslderatum THIS
torrid weather, and one may get "full as goose
of it and still not see double" most annoying
condition 10 be in.
GEORGE Marshall, ESQ.,, a well. known and talent
ed member of the st. Louis bar, died suddenly on
the evening of the 2lst inst. He was a native OF
Tennessee where his mother now resides, but ht
had lived in this city for the past twenty years
MIR VIM. p. Scott prominent boot and shot
merchant, formerly of the firm of North Il Scott
died on the same evening. Mr.. Scott was genial
Whole-soued gentleman and leaves many warn
friends 20 mourn his loss.
Business still remains dull, but nobody is disap
pointed thereat as nothing better is looked for til
The opening of the fall trade then We shall lool
for something 'hefty."
The following New Orleans guests were booke
at the hotels yesterday: Planters'-A. j. Ooer
Southern-C. H. Sheete, H. w. Montgomery, h
W. Fairchild, G. l.. Chsffe and wife, NJ. Vredermey
er, Miss A. Myer. A. d. Pickens and wife, A. Bel
tel, A. il. Stuart, b. Robinson, L. j. Bright.
The landing has not presented very animated
appearance lately owing to the extrems heat an
the lull in business, still there is "a little suthin
doing every day. The Lizzie Gill left last evenin
with engagements below sufficient TO fill out an
will be followed by the Continental on Saturday
The Pargoud will leave this evening. The BIZ
marck arrived Tuesday night with good trip
freight including ESQ head .'TeXicann cattle. Sh
and the Mole Able will both clear again DeI
week Among the boats first due from below al
the Ruth, Pauline Carroll and Commonwealth.
We are still without amusements, but are pr
missed visit from Skif & Gsylord's celebrate
minstrels on or about the 3Oth inst.