Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-04-17

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ci,n IS ~. uuG with wider and more uni
form streets, and better taste as to style
in buildings, and is the most attractive,
so far Us Ye had opportunity TO observe.
In this part OF tho city is located the st.
Charles Hotol-the most magnificent
building we have ever seen. 1t Fas
thron3ed with visitors the evening Of
our visit. We were somewhat disap-
pointed in seeing so few negroes in this
southern metropolis. All tho walters az
both tho st. houisa and ST. Charles Hotels
are white, as we'll as at some other Ho-
tells at which VIC stopped on our tour.
Took our departure at n o clock A. NJ.
Feb. 81, Got into crowded ferry boat
at the foot of ST. Ann street, opposite
Jackson square ina few moments we
had crossed the Mississippi Sriver, dis
embarked and took train for Brashear
City-(the ferry-boat rail road and Gal
weston line Of steamers known es the
Morgan line are all owned by the Same
partly. This train hid eleven passenger
coaches, all crowod t; the fun, when we
started; got rid of ofanumber of the pas
sengers at the stations on the way. This
road, like the one 1t described, is all
that could be,desil in a rail road. At
Bayou des AllemalA,., we noticed a wo-
man padding a canoe all !. me. Between
this place and. Bayou Lasoua che ara vast
sugar plantations-smeo Of them in good
course of preparation for planting cane,
seed whilst others lieas yet fall0w, At
iTenehame this road gives OF a branch
Of twelve miles to buma-herc we had
pointed out to us sugar plantation of
three thousand acres,which had recently
been sold for one hundred and forty five
thousand u45, ,OOoJ dollars. The cane.seed
and stock on ithe premises were included
in the sale. Small Plantations, without
sugar houses, and txtures) are worth
from fifteen to twent dollars per acre.
wepassed Tigersvile on Bayou Black,
and other places q less note, before
reaching Brashear Ciy, on Berwick Bay
IA low n,arsl,y place-buildings inferior,
and was described to lsas we went along
by humorous gonte9,m!ssns as ga place
Of two or three house and Ave or six pig
pens stuck in the md." On. our way
hither, Ex Judge, TX Governor Baker
who was Governor c lower Louisiana
under appointment f Abram Lillcoln
sat Just in rear Of US. He is stout thick
set Sonhsematn of sevaty Years. He rer
sides near Rrashear dFy. Reaching here
at at 10 q 'clock m. took oassaga in Steamer
Whitney. and were II for. Galveston at
l O'Clock PM. with .bout one hundred
passengers. we hada smooth sea and
pleasant trip-no sd-sickness.. AS we
hove IL sighto Of aalsston ali We're anxr
ious to get glimpse..f the City. AS the
channel Of approarhwas ''Gsircuitous, we
had q good view oit. The distance
from Brashear City Galveston is two
hundred and twentyniles. We anchor,
| ID az 8 o'clock A. M2Sth, dissmbarked
and proceeded at ono to to Dapqt Of Hem
lerson, Houston &rexas Railroad to
take acco,nmod4tior train for Houston
which NJ did iats o1ock, expecting to
btop'ln Galveston opur return, ,-conse-
qaaehtly can say nldling Of it, except
that hat il is located on deep sandy soir
Soon after emergingfrom the city, we
| crossed a bay two nles in width. and
upon its Northern b.ch noticed sonte of
Gen. ,Msprudc- Conilerate earth-worl1s.
Fora, considerable Stance above Gal.
weston are vast plas Of sn unnOuulltlyated uulltly
prarie, with nothingupon them to greet
the eye but gfseul gssfherds of cattle
here and thers graEis' now and then
dead carcass, and 'ocsionally cattle efdri- /
| yefs mounted on ess-fed ponies, all I,
.bSoctsa ibid sparreed:i iTexap ;seH style. wa
,sSssssa crossed San Antoniond HIArriabals Ral
Road at Harriabprg;;A About here weno-,
tc6t ts5me abort tleaPine gISwtE. We