The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-04
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NxW ORLEANS. February. 28s 1874
On TharsdSy afternoon LIST 81 hal. past
2, .in company with eight OF tsn, srisads,;
~ departed from Colutnbia, vin the
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta Rail-,
road, for. the Crescent City, to Witness
the unusual sights attendant Upon Mafdi
Gras. The route was what is known as
the 'Short Line" uia Atlanta and West
Point. Ga, Montgomery and Mobile.
Ala. At nearly every station, the crowd
OF passengers was added to. until, upon
our arrival at Mobile. thirteen cars we're
found necessary to transport the throng.
The roads are nearly all in fine order
Orleans and Mobile being regarded the
best in the Union. Everwhere there
were evidences OF high water. The Ala
bama River, at Montgomery, was so far
out OF it's banks, that steamboat was
moored several hundred yards beyond
her usual "tying up" place; while the
lower part Of the city was ten or twelve
feet under water. On the. Mobile and
Montgomery Railroad arc q series OF
bridges and trestles twenty-five miles in
extent-from Tensas to Mobile-and but
| recently completed. The railroad from
Mobile to New Orleans runs along in
full view of the Gulf Of Mexico for many
miles. The scenery is grand. At half.
past O'Clock, We rolled into the depot
upon the levee-just Atty hours from
Columbia; the return trip, however. is
fully six hours less. Notwithstanding
Me immense crowd, our party-embrao.
ing four ladies-- obtained comfortable
quarters at the old st. Charles. This
monster pile Of white ~ arble retains its
old prestige. and is regarded Tho hotel OF
New Orleans. Here the champion boot
black holds forth. His name is-well,
he answers to Mike. Pat, Jim and Peter
cleaned and polished si1ty-fve pairs Of
boots and shoes in one hour and ten
! minutes. On Tuesday-Mardi Gras-he
netted 500 from his skill in manipulating
the blacking brushes.
South Carolina is we'll represented
here. Among those who are combining
business with pleasure are Dol. John B.
Palmer, Messrs. Herman L. johnson, J.
L. Seibels and James Gillespie, OF the
Southern Express Company.
Saturday evening, after brush up
and light supper, We repaired to the st.
Charles Theatre and witnessed an ad-
mirable representation of Macbeth" by
Mrs. D. p. Bowers and company. Sun
day morning, of course, wo presented
ourselves at the French Market. The
long low buildings are filed to repletion
with fruits, vegetables, hsh, fowl, meats,
flowers, orockery, dry goods-in fact,
nearly everything one can call for. The
inevitable cup of strong, black but de-
iioious coffee, with puff biscuit and
bit OF garlicky- prepared, jelly covered
head cheese and saussage are disposed
OF. followed by several bananas and
oranges. A Georgia cotemporary thus
poetically refers to the denizens of this
world in miniatures:
"Here you see all compilations Of the
human race, from snowy white to sooty-
the African, Frenchman and the Spanish
gentleman, Of Irish or American CROSS;
OF Shanghai and Bantam-olosing up
with one chief, four squews and three
children of full-blooded Choctaw In
dams. l have seen nothing hs yet which
30 excited my sympathies as these chill
dren of the forest. They sat in the
cool, bright sunlight near the banks of
the great Father of Waters strangers
in the land Of their fathers; poor, sur
rounded by immense riches, and misera-
bic ontcasts where they were once mo
narchs of all they surveyed May they
be comforted in their wretched nese, in
the midst of abundance and luxury, by
the Great Spirit they sec in the clouds
and hear in the thunder and Storm
And then through Jackson Square,
where. amid tropical plants, fruits and
flowers, half hour is pleasantly spent.
In the centre of the square is u monster
bronze statue of the hero of New Or
leans-General Andrew Jackson. Di-
Esos'J opposite the square are the Cathe-
dral and the First and Second District
Court Houses-venerable looking piles OF
brick and mortar. Early mass was being
celebrated in the church, and we stopped
for few minutes to witness the oeremo.
MES. A ride in the one-mule street cars,
hotel ward, breakfast.seek is the next
move. Here, by-the.way, we desire to
record the fact, that no American city,
we believe, can compare with New Or
leans in street car accommodations
Canal street, by common consent, is the
fer,nimi Of the various companies cars
At the mouth OF each street, which inter-
sects with this great commercial artery,
is line winding around the corners,
and thence away in any and every oon-
ceivable part Of the city. After doing