The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-29
Special to the New Orleans Crescent
GALVESTON. TEXAS. Oct. %, 1868.


not of an adventurous turn, did not abandon ais
tranquil chair at your editorial council board 70
seek recreation and health in the far-off wilds Of
Texas with any considerable degree of enthusi.
asm. He confesses tc lingering fondness for
the fesh-pots of a New Orleans winter. He
loves the Opera the Varieties legitimate, and the
Academy of Music. He likes to read the morn
ing CRESCENT while it is as fresh and moist his
breakfast napkin. He prefers the mild and regu-
lar tonsorial Offices Of Parsons to the aboriginal
barber Of the Texas frontier. But 1t was his fate
TO 60 to Texas. Everybody said he needed the
trip; that II would be fine one-fne co untry-
fine hunting fshing-very heathful, and not
dangerous, considering that we should be accom-
panied from San Antonio by the strong escort of
cavalry deemed necessary to the security of COL
Walker, army paymaster, who visits the extreme
military outposts for the purpose of difasing
greenbacks among the boys in blue watching the
gentle sslvages on the western frontier of the
State. Such unanimity Of sentiment was not to
be dsregarded by poor, jaded journalist who
had delved for five consecutive years without
let-up; and so, early on the morning OF the 2lst
IN tie lsn u With on board s s sns
U. s. mail steamer Morgan. Capt. Talbot, bound
for Galveston and 1ndianola.
PLANTING, RTC., ON THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI.
Whatever may be said or whatever may be true
of the law and order tendencies Of the planters of
Louisiana in general, it cannot be denied that
those along the Lower Mississippi are raising
cane" A. Head will pardon your correspond.
ent.l The writer was delighted to witness the
long reaches Of the glorious sacchsrine plant on
either side of the river. Magnolia plantation, In
particular, promised q wealth of sweetness hardly
exceeded by the crops of old times. The old
Empire Parish of Plaquemnes lay slumbrous
nj its
rice fields, whence rose innumerable stacks of
the great staple OF the parish and where it may
remain for years with far less liability to, damage
than after the grain is separated from the straw
watches the market and supplies it when it is at
the best. Scattered along the shores are the cot
tages of the oystermen. While they have been
busy raking up the shelly deposits in the bayous
taria Bay, their wives have planted orange trees.
which now embower their homes and yield
revenue.
A STIFF BREEZE.
We encountered very stiff breeze after getting
fairly into the gulf. Although Captain Talbot
seemed to regard it 10 the light of zephyr, early
evening found Us deprived Of all ladies' society
upon the saloon deck. Your correspondent took
a chair, rigidly closed bis jaws and Contemplated
the bounding Deep" 1t was not cheerful
prospect. He thought he would take turn on
the deck and then turn in. He had no more than
to say no thing of dinner, was sacrificed. Memo
ries of pleasant odors of poultry and pastry from
the cuisine of the Morgan failed to charm. Nay.
the thought became positively unpleasant. Have
purstr, CODY. mo! | thank you; nor any
pork, either"
IA life on the mountain wave
The man who wrote it was green"
No desire for breakfast the succeeding morning,
and not much solcitude for dinner, until a steam
lafa IF hrnr. nht IN
the attentive steward revived in some degree the
natural gustatory longing.
TREATMENT ON BOARD THE MORGAN.
In this connection it is only Just to say that the
attention bestowed upon passengers on board the
Morgan is rather that to be expected from gentle
from the sslaried attaches of steamship. The quiet
and gentlemanly manner in which the comfort of j
MUTgapT Is is
pendent remembers the faces and forms of these
attentive gentlemen as those Of the same terrible
beings with whom he travelled as q boy, who
loftily rebuked his juvenile and green tendencies
and gave him fictitious geographical data in
response to his thirst for Information. Now he
is as old as they are, and they have ceased to
snub him.
on BOARD CHAT OF A CALIFORNIAN,
ETC.
Your correspondent espied q pan of oats in the
pastry room, and asked the cook IL he took his
passengers for horses. He deigned to give no sat-
isfactory reply or explanation, but rather insaney
broke out into the refrain. {" Where oats, peas,
beans and barley grow" leaving his questioner
in deeper mysticism than before.
Among the passengers was hard.looking con.
sumptive from Iowa. Rough, uncouth, sckly,
alone. He hopes for restoration of health in surf
bathing at Galveston. II that fails, he may push
on to San Antonio and breathe the dryer air of
that latitude. But he has pet theory of cure |
which he may have to try as dernier resort. He
believes in whisky. He never knew passionate |
lover of this beverage to die of consumption. He
knew man up West who was several times |
snatched from the verge OF the grave by good |
SPREE. The poison Of the still seemed TO over |
come for the time the poison of the disease, as
The bite of viper might neutralize the venom of |
\ mad dog.
Another passenger was a California Forty. |
Miner" now on his way to close up cattle ranche
u Texas. Not long before the war he met Gen. |
Grant and the three Dent brothers in California. |
The latter had rancho out there. and Grant
was visiting them. He knew the general init
nately. and played euchre with him on numerous
occasions. Strange to say, he was not considered
emarkable as euchreist, or in any other res
3ect. On occasions he imbibed to hilarious de.
yree. He was fond of dancing, and one Of the |
occasions in point was at ball. One of the
Dents, lawyer, who is now on the Atlantic side,
md truly loyal, was violent secessionist 10 Cali
ornia, and spoke in public on the stage accord
ngly. The Forty Miner came East by the way of
'ait LINZ, met DIigudin lOunR III rdlner lntlmatc
business relations, and learned to be a great ad
nrer of his business talents. Brigham has fine
we for horse or mule, and selects them from |
rowd with rare rapidity and discrimination. He
laid the Californian $1,000 for two-year old colt.
lie never haggles at price when he is suited.
brigham has recently revealed new prophecy of
oe Smiths. bat II b suspected 70 have emapated
rom the fruitful brain Of Brigham himself. II il
bat the North and South are to have another ter
ible war, and when they emerge from it they will
q so nearly in the condition of the Kilkenny cats
hat the saints" will rise,in their might take pos
ession of The reins of government, and bless the
hole people with polygamy. The Gentiles com.
ose nearly half the population of Salt Lake. and
ave introduced some OF those institutions so much
eprecated by the saints, and for which poygsmy
recommended by them as q sovereign antidote.
% much of the chat of the Californian.
A beautiful little rice bird alighted upon our
eek yesterday, and went to feeding upon our
les with charming self-possession and confidence.
Tread crumbs were thrown to him, but he scorned
be simple diet, and went on with flies, of which
re had number to spare. He presently left us
Or the upper deck 10 expatste in an extempo-
lsed garden Of orange and banana trees and other
emi-tropical shrubbery going from Louisiana to
eauf1fy some pleasant homes of refinement in |
lexss.
GALVESTON.
We reached The beautiful little city of Calves
on at reasonably early hour this morning hav-
az crossed both bars without delay 1t is your
correspondents first visit to the Island city, and
oh /