New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-18
rItE EDITORIAL EXCURSION.
Pleasure Party Yesterday.

THE EDITORIAL. EXCURSION.
Pleasure Party Yesterday.
IN order to give the members Of the press
from Missouri and Kansas, who are now oE
visit South. a better opportunity to see
something OF tho country around New
Orleans, an excursion was projected yestei-
day. To carry it out, the revenue cutter
Wilderness was put in reGuisition by Col
Iector Casey, and placed at the service o!
the excursion party.
Between ten and eleven o'clock. the Ladies
and gentlemen comprising the excursion
party embarked on board the Wilderness.
They we're accompanied by Colonel Casey
and a few other gentlemen Of this city. the
daily press, as was most meet and right,
being duly represented. The steamer
moved checrily down the river. while the
cir was enlivencd with the music OF ke!lys
Customhousc band.
The company consisted Of the gentlemen
who comprised the editorial excursion party.
accompanied by :: number Of ladies'. their
relatives. Collector Casey. who did the
! honors o: the occasion, was supported by
| General jeff Thompson, General George A.
Sheridan, his brother, William A. Sheridan,
from Chicago, Mr.. Van Ornum. and other
| gentlemen belonging to New Orleans.
! As the boat passed down the river many
objects OF historic interest attracted the at
| 1ention OF the strangers. The battle
field of Ch:.lmette. the evidences OF ::
| S$r Ia all
closely observed and with the grateful
feeling of relief that the struggle was over
| The attention Of the eXcursonists turne'!
! 10 the beautiful little steamer which carried
| them SO pleasantly.
Tie sight was TO most Of them. very III
teresting. "a well as strange, Tor the uHy
man Of war is not OF the things to be seer
IN the interior country from whence :hest
| excursionlsts come. TIE officers oi tho
Wilderness paid the most courteous at'en
ton to their guests, and We'd with each
other in making them comfortable. We
| NAV here state. as ii part OF the Information
elected, that the Wilderness carries two
guns and 4 crew Of thirty-tive men, the 1ol
lowing being the names Of her officers
4. 3. Davis. captain: George Walden, mrs
lieutenant: Frank ii. Pulsiter, chief engl
ueer: George D. Rsamer, first assistant e1.
gineer; Joseph Severrs. second assistant en-
Ry the time the cutter had been duly II
spected. the party reached the Story plan
tation. about ten miles below New Orleans
on the left bank of the river. being situated
in the parish OF st. Bernard. Here the cut
ter laid up and the party landed t" max
an inspection OF sugar making operations
then partially going on i'll the nelghbor!n:
fsugar mill The overseer, MI Adoipt
IRENE, took great pains to explain ;h
severa! processes in the manufacture .
sugar ana molasses. Unfortunately. IN
grinding season was over, but the stranger
gained considerable information nevcrthe
less.
Re-embarkins, the party rroseede'
! further down to Grange Grove Plantation
where they had an opportunity OF obt;Anln!
an insight into plantation life. They ha'
also an opportunity to estimate the hosp,
able feelings and habits Of Southern peopl
FOR the hos. and his kind lady, although
totally unprepared for the visit OF som
!, four score people. yet contrived an extern
; pore entertainment most grateful to tn
. travellers, who when they took leave, ie!
as if thew had known their kind entertainer
several Years instead of one short hour
, The party embarked again. the cAtte
turned her stem toward New Orleans, ant
: : sped rapidly or. Meantime the party, thei
spirits exhlarated by the cakes and othe
, good things, determined to have Il gooc
| though :. drv tine. So General Jen lLOnl
son was called on for . speech. NcthiH
: 10th. General JEFF mounted the companio
hatch, ard III his usually happy style dre'
: , forth shouts Of applause. Mr.. n. ). Coll
, man, editor of the Rural H0rlG, st. Loui
. was next called for, who made q neat az
dress: in which. in the name of the party {
visitors. he expressed his high sense OF tt
courtesies that had been receited by II
| party during their whole visit.
General Sheridan was then loudly caiie
. for. and in response he mounted the sta
and delivered an address replete with con
i mingled fun aad common sense.
General Sheridan was followed by M
D Wilkinson. OF the st. Joseph's HerG.G, Nj
1 | souri,. who made !. few welltimed remark
:. By this time the cutter had reached tt
Q city 1t had been determined TO include
0 visit to the ice works and to the Millaudo
J, plantation as part Of the days proceeding
t but the lateness Of the hour prevented tn
SO after taking Il view OF the front OF I!
: city as the cutter slowly passed up tt
. river landing was finally made III Il
: neighborhOod OF the grain elevator. whel
Il the excursionists landed, the whole part
we'll pleased with the days excursion.
We learn that the ladies and gent.eme
e leave New Orleans this evening Oh the Jac
= son railroad. Our best wishes go Wi
J them, and we hope to have frequent excu
tons of the same kind as a means OF MAXI
;: the citizens of the common country a.. Il
q better acquainted with each Otner.