Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-03-04
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AusrtN, fxxAs, February 18th, 1850.
MissRs. EptroRs IL left the crescsnt city on
the morning of the 9Th, for Abstins via the Nor
gan line Of steamships railroad, and stage. The
morning wab clear and the air chill, as boarded
the ferryboat opposite the jackson square. The
bell of the old Cathedral near by, chimed slowly,
and welrdly and the hum Of the etowded French
market, just down the lsses, atcse dfeainily upon
the air. There Is much of the quaint and pecu-
liar In the style of architecture in this portion Of
the city, and consequently, the locality II the
great focus Of attraction to strangers who wander
about in niagy manner, seemingly stunned by
the utter nrongraiy Of all that pertains to sight
and soiind
imagine that many of your readers would
stare, could they once behold the horn Of tleoty
as 1t exists In this latitude. Fancy bananus by
the ship load oranges in vast golden pyramids;
and tocoanuts In piles resembling those of cannon
shot and shell in an otdban5e dbpot. Then cast
yorF eye down long rows of brass coffee-boilsrs,
wherein bubbles the fragrant Mocha, or the DELI
cate chocolate, that favorite beverage of all true
Creoles. Reflected from the polished surface of
the brass, Is the ever-swaylng crowd thai resort
| to this place for the purpose of purchasing sp-
plies, or TO while away leisure hour in coiitern-
plaion oil the ihinite variety Of articles market
able and otherwise.
Hank the clang of the bell, and the scream Of
| the steam whistle All aboard for Algiers! We
are off!-8oatlng padding across the muddy
waste of the Father Of wa.ets." row We gain
the cars, and roll ott'' for Brashcar city, eighty
| IDENTIFY cosmopolitan--are fond OF strong con-
trasts for pointer dogs settlers, negroes, ceoies,
| aud Anglo-Saxons, are crowded into tue cars,
coniusedly. To add to the interes. Of the scene
there is a dog.aght going on In the middle Of the
car, and oaths Ffeneh iargon, tubacco slnukc,
the smell Of villainous Louisiana rum, and The
yelps OF NANCY ours arise confusedly upon the
air. At last the dogs are separated, and +" order
reigns. In Warsaw"
We apcea on, tic locomotive shreaking demon
iacally at unfortunate "robert-taied" cows on
the tracks, and the wheels OF the car CHATTER In
high glee at the antics of the cattle as they
plunge into theipuddles at the track-side. Wcarc
running through miles of sugar plantations Level
rs barn floor with the wthercd cane leaves on the
ground and vast columns OF steam nrlsiug from
the sugar mills. Oranges CLEAN from theintenslty
of the green foiageiand vast live oalts boom ihro
the mist lit is becoming cloudy, like clouds
which appear to roll along the surface OF the
Garth.
The dull rattle of the cars lures me on to seer
i wake with a starts this reality these som
bre Shades of earth! We are passing through {
cypress swamp. Long trailing masses of Span
ish moss sweep downward from the Expresses TO-
| ward the surface of the stagnant waters, ant
white and blue cranes flap silently through the
dim aisles of this devils abode-this verltablt
slyx. Again, we rush across vast savannas whert
tall yellow grass waves like a STA OF dead gold
not sign of life visible, save solitary buzzart
wheeling his sombre flight through the dim mis-
OF the coming storm.
We reach Brashear city and board the steamer
Josephine, for Galveston. Night settles down
and we arc upon the gulf-not Of perdtion-bu
of Mexico; although hear sea-sick passenger
say, "perdition seize it," Gus hover restlessl,
In our wake as we plunge on into the fast increas
ing gloom. to the music Of waye-plash and wheel
| whir A passenger Ia grilnbling because he |
forced to pay three dollars for the passage of hi
dog, aud an extra fifty cents for a bone for thu
aforesaid brute. DOG on 1t, you orter give hin
seat at the table and bunk TO sleep In, ut sncl
aprice, he excllims objectingly; but n propose
to cast his canineship upon the waves-hls oar
upon the sea, caused the owner of " that valuabl
pup" as he terms him, to produce the request
stamps and few extra curses, and then senc
reigns, and the storm-clouds rain, also.
Wrapped In my reflections, and an overcoat,
coil myself upon coll CT rope, and watch Til
phosphorescent CLEAN Of the waves till lat
hour, when retlred-lullcd to rest by the Emu
sic of the deep
We reached Galveston at seven a. m. the mex
day, and boarded the steamer Whitelan, (sugges
ivy huuie) lor houston. Inc ram ieli III .orIents
and most of the passengers applied for admissio
to the bar, which being grantedth them, they ''prae
Used" I'LL late. II wae n case of water rs. pine
top-case for the latter, on payment of costs. Or
| through the weary day eaa faiio,sine nisht
past the even memorable battle-ground of Sa
Jacinto, where a handful Of Texans routed an
ruined an army of Mexicans, under Santa AIMS
In 1886. Dawn found US at Houston, and ID
night saw Us, 'as through glass, darkly," +;
Brenbam; one hundred and twenty-five mile
distant from Galveston. The country from Ga
weston to BRENNAN is fiat, wet prairie, for II
most part-sparely tettled, and extremely uni
vitiug. ] will write again. soon, detailing how "
rode, walked, swan, and crawled through sea
mud in order to reach austin. Meanwhile, / n
main, Yours, KALEIDOSCOPE.