, 1870-12-10

a come ont OF the waE br-etrett, atill ono :
meets tlsese eSeI-recust'ns ~ofda-.' Aoons :
o let ,
i home" bnt boarded. OF that everybody !
Iept Lca,dess. To very great e1.eht both
nay bs eaid to be tr.te. Comparatively ie" {
au,ilies IRE end to keep iInuse At all, that !
:. n compared with those Of other citles; {
They either lire quite OF the Nfotntshe1
,oor,a to let," ttat every Fhe1c abound, aud ,
aava tteir meal. r. Mt from rnIne neighhorng
or take up their quafte!s IN
.one cf the countless to,rting houses that
crc stem to thrive. and be kept, "a np-
ahere el.e. Will. thie has II sa5s neen ape
las it been 60 ralrah1a =. IoS+ AK tho 1ea,
sen. asd xuu ara EeneIalls told !oag aud
,srrex ipg tale Abont the uurtilabiaity and
Of tefvantB. While there may
10 much in this, as compared ri h other days.
tl.erc are, n IL evident 10 ev' n the mast cAs-
,1al observer, other AMI far more potent Eea-
tuts. These lie In the gaasral det:ay: in
uo.ld!y sense, Of the up1er and mit1ls classes
uf society aa known IN olceu times. With
ihe xas, the main fabric OF their wealth and
support xAs stricken down At one fell sHoop.
Al rule, their tins residences. their build
lngs, 10 lei upon the French pl,u, in apart
menfs, With here And there Il business house.
aud 4 comparatively worthless plantation. |
alone remain. To live in their former stsls |
of luxury and Independence - impossible. |
"a consequence the former na.ddlins
claaeen, in the desperate effort at comp1o.
mise between price and necessity, arc forced
10 hoi+s our the Eti.sle. s.Ao1,tne1ts to
let" and even to strike : btltnct sheet with
grim want by keersnv ;" fcF ooattlers Just
Tor coupanys s.ke." A. N old lidy expresses
il to me, While the rle CAN'T and iuxnriously
7u1nished mans,ons Of the former upper
xoudou, are rcttcd out. ,eM2y furnished, to
scme fezu2&e ''relie: af setter day.," that
etill manages to keep up eometl.'ng OF Al
T.. - tk p, -
ing honso," the former ptornetoE either TO-
3aspibg few rooms for family uea. or retiring
tn sc1ne mora private locality. where he lives,
At least, in comfort. il uot elegance, in fur
1ished roons, from the revenue, percsance.
derived. In the main, from rent OF the man
zion he has given up
Chiefly from 1hate causes, there arc, With
nut doubt, to-day, far more of arietocraeic aud
semi.1fiRtocfx ic t-oar1inE houses 10 New Or
leans than in any other city Of like size in
Americ1. ....
There are, naturally. proportionste num-
Der OF private fanalti-s tear board. instead OF
keenin,; bouee. Tnat thay ind i,, in the
main, full ~ cheap, and, considering tue gan.
orally superior reputation to wh'cn the board
InE houses Of New Oflesn~ are justly entitled.
~ cotnfortAbts 10 not iouot.
1t IL fruua these cauees, too, far more I
take it, than from ca'mai-rctAt decay, -
; tt.spger would naturally Conclude, thar ona
meets With 20 MANY comfortable Residences ia
every part of the city npou ~liv'l be saes those
xsuallF oninous worjs-To let From like
causcs, nrd the great abundance OF '- Fur
risAed apartments to let" tpAt0.e finds Fe1dy
st haiAl, for i reasons le sum, hotels do not,
IN tule, seem to thrive. Tho stranger. hud-
Ing in whatever focaIity he may caoose to TO-
cafe, finely Furnished room to 10 had hv the
day for the sun, OF ons dYlar, viii, ,irst-elA.s
eating tousee imme,i4te,y ts, instinctiveiy
ehuur the hotels -.
Es1,ecaally has this proved the case OF late
years. and never SO much so aunp1. Hotels,
in the rropcr nccen' xuce Of the term, ~ uu-
derstcod in tuch cities ~ Citctgn, may truly
be pGl1 to have perer exi-ted in Now Otleans.
To be aurp, in oljeu tin,rr. one heard rnuch
Of the fabulous ia CONNECTION. with tho Ct
CHARLES That 1t WAS the hotel, par trcelkence.
Of th,, South. unitr fia oid-u regime, il true.
1t. 1t ieati, 1l'ed the I'LL tor is clasa OF cus-
tomers, that here, for three mouttls OF the
year. enjoyed \ delightful chaugc from the
someuhas RIDER fare OF the old plantation
at holne." With the trcakiuS mp OF il. former
mnrihcent paiJoi =, ko~ere1. the glor! Of the
With Ill OF the other ro-calIel littt-clAas
houses, rave the old CITY iiotel, which alone
kert cpcu its doors during tho past summer,
and, an = consequence, seems 10 enjoy the
favoriti+m Of trAv1Ifer1 to-.1lv, it WIS long
clertrf to the public. On the :,3d OF l2st
nnutttH was again turo*u open, after being
ronsi lr1ably rubbed up. ard once more ~
Eume+. n OF old, to take the lead The old
it James, too. has aEuu dung its banner to
1he breeze WITH tho roet.
eaid TO- be without bn eis. though Ihe.aes
lost prestige remains to he seen.
Inn businees point OF yiew, the city car
Rcayce be said to have improved since the war
Drco she was truly the tn.strors OF tue valley.
II would eeeua Is though her glory. IN taiA re-
spect ut Least, VIE OH the vAue. In older
times sl,e literally comnsule1 the trade
I+ittlt'. Indeed, Of the psocuc's Of the loxel
Valley OF tho Mi.4is~i.ii at,l its tributaries
came forward i'll the rror-. on consignment
TO fAr;ors. through whom, III return. were for
Nardtd the vaet supplies for = section o
cauu!-J that Has literally nstion OF is.elf.
EndeE the new sSsts m Il labor all this hA
CHANGED. Tie crop that WAS f,.rnerly for
Wsrd-d hero on consignment. nov comes for
ward ~ the properly Of the country tner
ckant, @bn+ III tDru. 9'nr snr1 i-bcd tbs sup
1,!ied. An imtncuse inl nd trade has there
fore .ptnpg uIc; st The expense Ct the mer
: OF tcufse all this has had 4 telliug effect o,
9hc general commercial pr. spcti,y Of the city
Nor s!S tho mcscnant- eecn to be making Ii,
le8st .tn-ille effort to reeorcr thAt tvhic
they have lort. Eonu1pu rense would d;ctAt
.&he usl.inG cut OF the avenues of tszds i
every di1rctlt n. that the country merchant
At lest should come 10 Now Orleans to bnl
Unfortunately howcver the merchants hei
ae*.n 10 be in the main decidedly one-id<
men. With them "' Cnttpn in Hing and Ne
Oilcans his court /: sTqo-Coiton mMst cor
10 N.w Orleans for = ma.kct> and New o
leaus mnAt ~ Eattlt OF NECESSITY fnruis
1be suEp&:es.
ThrTe arc eonc things howcre1 relativa
- tins snGj'ct, thai ne tvitls. I 10 the uost es
1:a1 q; server: Fr.t. Nov Orlo1as h.., tn
mot II :iouS extent, lort the retail trade u
once cnjoved. IN that the tem,lie. OF tn. pll
tfrs 10 not speed their ~intcFp here as
- older times. S.co1sd. That rhe has lost Il
cent ol OF, and direct trade With, the p,autc
of tho lover Mtski.-ipri and its tributaries.
.lst tho cotton no ieaecF comes here ~ Il
property of the plaoteIH 1t A1I, but ~ that
- the merchants al tue inland towt
TLins. Ihzt. wtile the cotton rt
4eek- a market here, it is
Ft,ur h. Tnar, wbils the mec1<ass Of \,
{)rte5rs are sitting in comparative iilene,
sucking their thruhs and dAuluinS the II
kec. for their mi fo+ tunes in tho nAst- tha
Of :, Louis. Louisville, and Cincinnati, I
fast >apriug tl.ei. trade ~ supr!les. IEa'
ar}sncnt 10 river or rail in the valley, aod )
meet With tffummera in aluudAuce, tn
each Of Tho th,cs toxos / have named. I
none ftom New O,leaps- St. Lousa, Il
1la.;: tetu ax,kens"g from her own ie
oi Jackets in ail the various arms Of the Il
er Ms-eisripli: thus invsd.t with impun
the .:eA 6slds Of tlade hishe; to monopolii
by New O.iesnr-
Ile main trouble with the merchants
New Orleans i, tirst, as l have stated, 4
1hcy are one-idc% men. ard. rerona, they
3orE 70 An era Ct the pact Such thing
l.HnEi.E thcmte elves ur 10 tho standard
enetEv requisite with the times seems ont
the question.
st. l1ou'h tr making strenuous nYfnrts to
vert the gts!ts trade Of the urpcr SIi-sissi
down the river ty ba.se-. Ouo # her
necessities su The undertaking. ~ II sesm
me. is TO import and install It, New Crlsa,
sclare of merchants that arc n 10 the nm
say, ruch ~ are found in Chicago. Yonr -
shapt OF New Orb aas il far 100 rnnci, +
lcnea with cotton cn the hrsiu 10 cyor
,.cend to such tuvll u attere ~ tue crsin /,
.pf ti,e upper Mtseiss,rpi. Governor Warn,
!. ,ixited with all The apathenas Of
damned, for fsvoiiug sr iHtue of State n
11ilt.ads; AID get. without doubt. whas
his merits Or tefneIit. in other respect
however much Of the fupd mns b. stole
70 tl,:irg he did Que { I tho bcsr possible II
for J.oui.iAua end New O.leanr. EAilr
will, Of necessity. bring in theif trim
Of xide-awake nrh: mto ~hors vision 1t
extends beScnd t.l. of oct on. Snrls
itwou1d seem ia scarcely 10 be found Al
tho merchants OF New Orlexua- Ht-
LcaN In tho Sngsnnw valley
Yrt,<n fhs S1r.,dsc f1irh EH$fTp-ias Dire,