The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-06-16
LETTER FROM NEW ORLEANS.
HEAVY RAINs--THE oPErousAs RAILROAD
BASE BALL-NEws, &c.
NEW ORLEANS, June I'd. 1850

l. FRIEND DEMOCRAT THE "dry smell
h has broken up the Heavens weep and L
a Earth smiles swallows u up fast, for it W
|. indeed very dry, This puts ME in mil
!, OF story" In the old county, mud
e "ffen called "clabber," Il Scotcl, phrase.-
: Katie was very little girl. only thr,
. years old. but her mother, pious and e,
e emp'ary woman, had already taught h,
! many of the leading questions in Cat
chism. She had two brothers older tha
| herself, and as "full of mischief ms an en-
J Is OF meat" and they often took Katie o
and improved on their Mothers lessons.
The result of their teachings appeared on
evening, when the Rev. Mr.. Met
called to see the family. He called Ka,i
to him, and while petting hr head an,
playing with her cu"ls, asked her severa
questions "Who made you Katie" "Got
did SIR" That's a good little o;rl " 70
piled the pleased Minister. "what did he
make you out off," swell, sir, Ma saws i,
Was dust," replied the bright little eirl.'
"bnt it would have bloom away, so it mus,
have been clabder." Last night the rain
came down in perfect torrents, the lioht.
ming flashed forth in vivid sheets. and neo,
alter peal of thunder rolled through the
SKY. Then it came on to a blow, and we
had something lik" hurricane for while
we were very glad to see the rain, as the
aust had become almost suffocating.
SERVANTS
Although our cityis full of negroes II "a
a o'ihcult matter for family in moderate
circumstances, to get servant. IF Won
listened 10 these "ebony angels" we would
nave a woman to cook, another to wash
and iron. another to scrub and do odd i,bs
another As house maid. &C., to the ppmhsr
OF twelve or fifteen to each family and
each one at wages Of from fifteen to twsn-
ly-hVe dollars month! A lady friend re,
MARKED to me the other day. Il am hall
he time without cook now, and very of |
en have t." 60 to work myself to prepar.
'oos overwhelmingly, I've got Char.
er Oak cooking stove, if had not this IN.
invaluable stove, I do not know what l
would do" The number OF Charter Oak
toves, sold by Rice, Brothers & Co., No
~ and 81 Camp street, and SOS Magazine
tFeet. is surprising, yet still the people
ONE Tor them. The same stores are well
lied with foreign and domestic hardwar.
tools, Japan d ware, &c.. Be-
nd are as handsomely arranged as anv i,
ne country.
oPELoUsAS RAILROAD.
AS my readers have heard the Opelousas !
III road Was bought by Mr.. Charl,s Nor. i
'n' Tor two million and fifty thousand dol. q
rs and quite discussion has been poinp e
since as to wheth,r Mr.. Morgan 3 rel,. Il
'ns to the commerce Of our city have
'eh beneficial or not. We want a rail
al TO Texas, and have been some fifteen Z
ars building eighty miles of the road &
q have don" that in such q manner a. to u
Tue corporation irr"trievably in debt y
T. Morgan held large share of this in. y
o'edness, and, after waiting for years for I"
me active step to be taken by the mon
men Of our city, to pay the debt of the y,
49, lie steps in and claims his own 8,
'ulo not any other business man have al
ne the same! But an effort was made III
Tue iast moment to save the COMPANY a. a,
getting new subscriptions to the stock : y,
Mr.. w. 5. Pike saws that if Mr.. Nor. in
"'nld have waited thirty days longer sa
required amount would have been rails. ne
Yet ne goes on to show that he did ~ ~
take dollar Of the new stock; and mr.
'er owned but len shares of the old flu
ok in his life! 1t seems to me that ,b;s an
lou very fiattering showing for a lead vi
, puohc spirited man. who is looked up tb
rs captain in all great movements tiff
want the road to Texas and if MIR. ex
Ryan Will build it, he is the man we ed
IT. Those who talk about the great IT, ~
eflt that the road will be to our civ IL,
immense trade it will brlug, the iucal.
'ole profit it will yie.d to the builders In
YET iaii to give a dollar to support w,
'oeas' are not the liberal, public spir. de,
men that the present crisis demands. 90,
Morgan proposes to put the section Of IN
ROAD now owned by him in perfect or. oor
and furnish one-half the amount 70. W.
I'd to build the remaining distance to w.:
'ne-and some men cry out, "oA w.;
monopoiist" But why have thew %"
'eie so long2 Why have they allow. gu.
he road to get in debt ? Why do thew WI
raise the money to put the road en'
ugh' without Mr.. Morgan? Talk does 'r''
pay. New Orleans wants men who Ma
aHd II her hundreds of rich, and then.
8 OF well to do" mer, eau do NOTHING T
Or than describe the benefits that the prot
would bring, and lament it's uon.com. heal
on by all means let US have Mr.. Nor. the
road even if it should be wholly his thin
orleans to Sabine river! nat,
BASE BALL. beal
! Sunday / Witnessed n. g.. ther
nome and home match, between the p'"
Lee and Southern Base Ball Clubs S Sne
he championship of the State. The ,v;vo
ma he.