Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-05-13
Letter from New Orleans.
BurLERTHE BEAsr"-20,000 PERSONS
DYING WITH RUM.
NV ORLEANS, May %, 1870.

NEw ORLEANS, May ID, 1870.
Nix. EDITOR IL know of nothing
more pleasing, liie-inspiring and really
elevating than the pres mt season OF thu
year in this magnificent country. 1t i
constant suggestion OF youth and wher
was not youth the very sweetest of hu
man conditions. The ihrobs of new
life stir even the pulses ofage. The sot,
balmy breezes bear a perfume and thu
eye gladdens at the fragrance o
summer flowers, but the exchange o.
chilling winds for perfumed breezes has
the delight of dawning pleasures.
Passing along the crowded thorough
fares one meets variety but it is the va
riety of every day. The housemaid
sings merrily from the dwelling and the
milkman's bell mingles with its music.
The din of traffic and the hustle of trade
sweeps by in unvarying monotony. The
crowds that are met at every step are
Just the same as yesterday, and will be
tomorrow. Fashion tiaunts in silken
garments and poverty offers to the pass
err by its contrast. There are faces flush
ed with hope, and faces paled with de-
spair The sunlight plays wantonly on
jewels glistening in its rays and flashes
in the tear drop wrung from want.
The most tastefully laid out and kept
public park in thecity, is Jackson Square
in the centre of which is the jackson
monument, with bronze statute of
Gen. jackson mounted on his charger
upon the top Of it. Gen. Butler is the
worst hated man in the world by the
3" silver spoon" rebels. When command
ing here hecaused to be engraved in large
letters which cannot be erased on the
aforesaid monument, to make the mem
DRY Of its author complete, THE UNION
MUST AND SHALL BE PRESERVED"
There are but few residents Of this
wasteful city upon which fortune smiles.
A lady who opened small milline E
shop here some years ago, has now re-
tired from business with anincome, from
rents, of $4,000 year Her husband
who peddled with basket on his arm
10 years ago, now has store with $780,.
600 worth of goods in it, few other,
show the same thrift.
This is such lovely and beautiful
country that its people are largely from
the wasteful and proAigate of all cline.
and countries. The general estimate
was that 10000 strangers from Chicago
Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, Mem
phis, Vicksburg and other up country
cities, come here to join in the festivitie
of Marei Gras. In day or two after
| saw it published in one of the city pa
pers, that certain retail cigar shol
sold 1924 worth Of cigars on that day
all at retail. There are doubtless, 100,
retail cigar shops in the city, and a
many retail rum shops. This gives yol
an idea of how they are supported o
they could not exist. The city-raise,
boys, apparently all smoke from TIL
time they are "knee high to toad un
til they are men and their noses and ia
ces are in full bloom brandy blossoms,
My estimate is that there are 10000 t,
10000 men and women in the city, who's
faces indicate they are dying with run
There are five theatres in the city, al
open Sunday evenings the same as wee
days. Ten gambling houses, and nc
less than so lottery offices. The ciga
rum, theatre, lottery and gambling shor
know no Sabbath.
The State Fair has been held the pa,
ten days neal the city, and both Sabbath
horse racing, fire engine racing and con
petitions have been the principal attra,
tions.