The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-05-14
A DAY IN NEW ORLEANs'
The French Market-ReV. Dr.. Pal.
meT- Sunday Amusemenls-Lake
POnchartFaln.
NEw ORLEANS, May 4, 1s68.


day is the great market day Of the
week. Rising at A O'Clock, we ac-
compauied Bob Lodge TO the market,
and the scene was indescribable. It
must be seen to be realized. The
market is situated near the river, in
the old or French part of the city.
e As we approach the market, which
stretches for several squares, our at
tention is first arrested by a number
Of Indians seated on the pavement,
each with a small stock Of roots,
herbs, vegeta bles, &c, &C., put
up in parcels, for which they ask
a picayune. Then come a few French
and Creoles with half dozen half
grown onions on thin piece of wood,
which they offer for picayune. Here
we enter the meat and fish market,
which is very extensive and is sup
piled most abundantly with beef, NUT
ton, pork, squirrels, rabbits, &c, and
with fish of almost endless variety,
from a shrimp eat-f Sd Of eighty
pounds weight. The odor is of course
hardly as delicious as night blooming
cereus, or cape jessamine. Coffee
stands are interpreted throughout
the meat market, where we are invi-
ted to take a cup of coffee, which Is of
a very superior favor. Crossing a
narrow open space, we enter the veg
etable and fruit market, which is al
so very extensive and most prOfusely
supplied with sweet potatoes, Irish
potatoes; full grown beets, onions,
ra6ishes, peas, beans, lettuce, cucum-
beTs, strawberries, blackberries, cur
rents, bananas, plantains, pine apples,
lemons, oranges, etc, Gd tntajtuBl.
The entrances to the vegetable and
fruit market are garnished with pqul-
try plucked, with the exception of tb e
tail feathers, but not drawn, and are
hung on the hooks by their heads.
The sight is sufficient to make any
Christian man abhor chickens for all
time to come. t.tI4, Il
Another department of the market
Is devoted to clothing, millinery. and +
dry goods, and the several, depart +.
ments are fanked with pot plants, flow
ers and shrubbery. The market is
densely crowded, and every body, /
even the negroes, talk French, as a
rule, though they can al. tell the price /.
Of vegetables, &c, in fair English. I
Leaving the ma ket, we pass through I
Jackson Square, where IS the splendid /
jackson equestrian monument. The I.
square Is beautifully Ornamented 7
with shrubbeTy, fruit and flowers. in /
Guiding many Of the rarest plants In |
full bloom. Here are magnolias, with |
their grand wax-like bloom, white as
the Alpine snow; orange trees, with |
ripe oranges aud the fruit Just form !
ed; cape jessamlnes, with their rich /
perfume; banana trees with their broad |
leaves. and a thousand other species !
s. OF flower and plant. On the west, I
across the street, Is cathedral, where /
perpetual worship is observed 1t /
contains some of the finest paintings, /
we are told, on the continent. Next /
to this is the famous calabOose,r a I
gloomy looking building, reminding /
US Of the pen portraits of the French /
Bastile. In 1t are held the municipal I
courts. The streets In this part of the /
city are very RarrOWs as are also the +
~ sidewalks. A large majority Of the.s
shops are open, and IN some of them I
business seems to bequite lively. We !
pass by several bird stores, where
an mannpOf birds, ma ny Of them of /
the most beautiful plumage, are offer-5
ed for sale. They have also Guiana .
pigs, white rabbits, white mice and
Brazilian monkeys, for sale For a I
SUOu otuBiuB mOCklLlE DlIu, III 4 COIL
mon cage, they ask the moderate price i
of SO. and $40 for a talking parrot.
Here we saw pairs Of love BIRDS /
with beautiful pea green plumage and /
red bills. Ii they are separated for a
single hour, we are told, they die of /
grief What remarkable example /
OF constancy.
We avail ourselves of the opportu-T
nifty of hearing DIR. Palmer preach. /
He is one Of the most renowned /
ministers of the Old School Presbyte- +
rian Church IN the South, and did |
E more, perhaps, than any other man In /
the South, t. further the cause of the /
rebellion: The effects of his disloyal /
deelamatlons are visible 10 the habil- |
lments OF mourning worn by almost |
every lady IN his congregation, and /
by the vast number of widows that at
tend his church. His church. which
stands opposite Lafayette Square, is
very. spacious and elegant, and is so
admirably ventilated that. notwith-
standing the excessive heat of the
day, it was comparatively cool and
comfortable. The grand auditorium
with the gallery, is capable of seating.
we should think, over 5000 people. 4
and on this occasion, being com
muni0n Sabbath, was well filed.
DR.. Palmer is a much younger man I
than we had supposed, being appa.
rently not over forty FIVE, rather 1
above the medium height, with but