Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-02-11

NEw ORLEANS, La, Feb. 9Th, 1869.
laid over In Jackson day longer than in.
tended to-thc "inteigent contraband," whose
duty 1t was 10 awaken me, having oversight ,nd
thereby failed to call me In time for the train.
managed to Kill the time quite well, at the State
Library located in the State House. and pcruslng
a copy of Sully's Memoirs, was much edited by
learned opinions delivered by former Mississippi
judge, who was "toasting his shins" at the stove,
and at the same time, doing" copy OF Macai-
ley's History of England Ee the judge, gave IL
as his emphatic opinion, that Henry the Eighth,
was ga mean cuss, and ortcr hcv bin lynched
dog on EN- y also, that II he the said Henry, had
"tricd to come any Of his tricks on him, he'd
have gin lin II lift he hadn't counted on" The
Judge deplored the loss Of n iavorltc volume
oil his, " The Swamp Doctor aud "'lnwed it
he'd blu kcriied off durin the war by SOME durn'd
yankee"
Well, GA Wednesday morning | reached the
Crescent City, ria. the New Orleans and Jack
sou K. r., and Immediately put up ut the ST.
james, where | now am. The country for the
last forty miles OF thcroute was level and swampy
The cypress, swamp-marle ash, and WATERFOWL,
NlHptN WIN gray fHduisl-iuusS, cuuL III Tue
view on every hand. On sped the train through
II forest whose sonlbre depths seemed Ill only for
a prelude 10 an entrance into II Stygian domain
But at last We emerged from the realms of gloom
and silence, and then burst on our sight, the
" Crescent City"-the city of the orange and the
magnola-thc city Of gaycty, where all is new,
and strange and delightful.
took stroll this morning In the French mar
ket, where | heard a dozen tongues spoken ut
once. where saw the varied productions of the
world exposed for sule-whcre the shrill voice of
the French creole blended with the softer one of
the Spaniard. and that of the ango-Saxon sturd-
lily rose above the din. Oranges, bananas, pine
apples, cocoapu,s and other tropical fruits lay
piled around in confusion, while parrots and
monkeys chnttered, aud the OdOr of piles Of every
variety OF fish afase upon the air. The brass tanks
oi coffee vendors shOue NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
the passing throng, and their owners voclicrOusy
proclaimed their presence. indians. Mexlcans,
French, and Spanish creolcs, Germans, Portuguese
Americans, EnGlisbmen, all, all, in one busy,
crushing, llototis throng, perneated with good
nature passed endcssly onward while |, the only
idler In the crowd, driited, waif upon this sea
| or humanity.
New Orleans is fast becoming rival Of Chicl-
90, in the grain trade, and the amount of cotton
received, thus far, this season, iscxceedinrly large
Money is abundant, aud the pavuments are COW
cred with goods in process Of shipment. The
direct trade with Europe increases daily, and for
uCilH hulusSCu from tle trade
ul TINS season. Since the war, the merchants Of
New Orleans have lost very heavily because of the
| failure OF the cotton and sugar crops, but now,
| all is prosperity.
III notice vast number Of lottery offices in the
city, and they are thronged The people OF New
Orleans are iuvctrlate gamblers, and to humur
Them and Al the same time increase the revenues
OF the State, the legislature has legitinizcd lot
| teries 10y license, ind money flies like autumn
leaves, only the leaves in This city are gree0-
backs. took my stand near the Clay statue. on
Canal street, to-day, to view the cre0lc-bcautirs
who wore out en- muSse and In the most brilliant
toil lite. First, let lnc say something in regard
u the word creole. a creole is any person born
| in America Of foreign parents; but the term is
more particularly applied To those Of French and
| Spanish parcntage creole Is entirely free from
culuIed bic cd, aud the creOles of Louisiana, are,
as class, tue most exquisitely beautifully people
| in form and feature to be fund in the world.
| The majority OF the women Of New Orleans, W, ar
shoes less than No. . in Size, and saw several
to-dny-fully developed women, of noble proper
tons, who wore misses shoes. 1t is pity, that
as a rule, those who possess small feet should
also possess, small understandings and 10 this |
mean no pun, but are giving utterance to n verit-
able TACT. If the feet are small as rule, the
blaln is small in proportion. Therefore, lei thosc
with good sized "hOofs," envy not those who
wear small "bulcs.r
| saw blondes aud brunctts-he beautiful and
the erlcefu in llmitless numbers. to.dny-saw
| sparkling eyrs-eyes wherein lay Love in ambusl,
-eyes OF blue aud OF mdEight darkness hair OF
gold, oil auburn, aud of raycn-hue forms Of
| grace, . in beauty's curve-nes moulded and
faces whose beauty haunts me even vel. Al
these saw, and mot the half were vet told -
but space fofbids longer letter / will write Won
next from Austin, Texas then, ho for border
land and ii gallop DER the emerald ltairies.
VIII write yun at times, so your renders NAV he
enabled to look through
| Your kALllpOs,opr