The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-21
AN OCCASIONAL LETTER FROM ST.
LOUIS.
pbis, Tenn.
Correspondence Of the N. o. Cresc.ntl

Correspondence Of the n. O. CRESCENT
ST. LOUIS, May II, 1868.
St. Louis is certainly a progressive city, but 1t
is long way behind New Orleans in all the real
comforts and pleasures of life. The amount of
business transacted here is very great, though |
find the business men complaining of the dullness
of trade, and terribly bemoaning the great falling
of in their Southern trade. An evidence of what
the Southern trade was to St. Louis, and what it
now is is furnished by the departures of steam.
boats for the South. Where there formerly were
two or three boats a day leaving for New Orleans
last week only two departed for that city, aud
not more than three for points above Vicksburg.
The economy and self-denial OF tbs people sur
pass anything had previously conceived of St.
Louis, and are carried to such an extent in some
clauses as would make citizen of New Orleans
think life was terrible punishment and it was
our duty to increase that punishment as much as
possible. The middle and poorer classes evidently
DO not know how to live, or else they have more
to contend with than can understand.
Real estate and rents are higher, much higher,
here than with you; consequently the houses are
constructed with view TO economy in the space
covered, in the business portions of the city.
There are many magnificent private residences
and grounds, however, Oh some Of the fashionable
avenues and streets, and great pride is taken in
them by the whole community.
The police department of ST. Louis ia metro
politaD, aud entirely distinct from the city authOr.
ties. OF course, there ia much opposition to this
system in the city, but it appears to work very
From a epOrl Of the police commissioners issued
yesterday, see that tue force consists of bat 26l
men, or about one policeman for every one thou
sand inhabitants, and, from personal observation,
] believe they are more effective in detecting
crime and bringing criminals to justice than the
450 policemen of New Orleans are with a popu-
lstiOn Of 200 coo. The expense is another great
consideration. For the last twelve months the
cost of the police department amounted to
1903 OO0 in round numbers, and one or two items
in this amount was for the payment of real
estate; the pay roll proper being $3.50 600.
The health of the city is very good at present,
the moTtuary report showing total Of only sew
enty four ceatbs for the last week of whom
seventy we're while and four black, aud but TWEEN.
ty-eIght were under five years of age.
ADJUSTMENTS have been poorly attended,
but next week will probably put the different
gers in better humOr than they possibly could
be tie passed week. The houses have been
terribly small at all the theaters except the
Varieties, which brought out the Enchanted
Fawn" IN most gorgeous aad expensive
ner Alice kDgsbnry closed sn engagement at
DeBar's, Friday night, (M'COol taking benefit
there Saturday night, preparatory to meeting
CobuTn,) and Monday night, the great favorite
in New Orleans, little Lolita, begins an engage
meut, which will be sure to fill the theatar
nightly, for she is very popular here. The
Olympic has not been doing much for a couple
of weeks, though Dolly Davenport is doing the
best lie can with the material which at present
Composes the stock. Next week he will bring
pOTsneOusly with the " Enchanted Fawn,r at the
Varieties, will be a very successful BILL think.
BrignOli and NJ me De La Grange will commence
" short operate season y Of tl1o nights at Phil
harmonic Hall Monday night, 18th Instant, under
the direction of Max SIakOsch, and assisted BY
several other celebrities. By the.wsy / noticed
paragraph in one Of the st. Louis papers yester-
day, which stated that Nine La Grange made her
debut in this country in New York some ten years
ago; il / am not very much mistaken, she was
one Of the prima dOnnas at the old French Thea
ter in New Orleans long before she was ever
known 10 the New York public. Il was in New
Orleans she was first appreciated and acquired
her reputation.
The races over the Lsclede Course for the
Spring season commence tomorrow. Much sport
Is anticipated, though from the way pools were
selling last night at the Southern Hotel there is
evidently scarcity of money among the turf
sports, OF very little confidence in the horses up
Tor the two mile heats, viz: 7dHgLefOOt, by Capt.
beard, dam by Yorkshire; jan Walker, by Mat.
Davis, dam by ST. Louie; and Chdpedu Rouge, by
RuTio, dam by Lexington There IS also 70 be
sweepstakes, race for colts and FLIES, 81. Old, in