Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-01-20
LETTER FROM THE souri,

New ORLEANs--CoTToN AND BUSINESS
RATHER GLOOMY Look-MoBILE-MA MAINE
| MEN-PIsToLING ON THE STREETs-MoNT-
| GoMERY--CHRIsIMAs AT THE CoNrEDER-
| ATE CAPITAL-ANDERsoNvILL
MACON, Ga, JAN s, 1874.
| To the Editor of The Journal:
We found, when we reached New Orleans,
the same city we had seen in the wartime; ;
the uniforms were gone, but there was not
the life we had hoped to find in this, the busy
season of the year in the cotton trade. The
levees are piled with the precious freight,
each marked with signal to indicate its own
ership, by little flag stuck in some bale OF
the lot, and while we were there the champi-
on loads of the season and the largest since
the war were brought in by the steamers
"Natchez' and ''R. f. Lee" huge bale Of
cotton wrapped in sacking and suspended high
up in front, with the number Of bales in the
load marked upon it in large black figures
ornanented with a blue ribbon streaming
from the corners, indicated to all corners the
57ll bales of the Natchez, as she approached
the wharf mountain of cotton bales; and the
newspapers declared her the party to whom
belonged the silver cotton hook to roll the
champion bale to the shore. TWAS but few
days, however, before the r. f. Lee came
down with over 6000 bales, and the glory of
the Natchez was eclipsed by brighter star.
The same heavy, gloomy looking custom
house fills its square of stone, yet unfinished,
the windows open, and dark, and forbidding
There is, however, an air of solidity about it
which will not be unpleasant when it is fin
ished. The post office now occupies one
front which has been nicely fitted up for that
Dr Tnl; arG 70 ,orlx
Of Waldoboro, in Maine, who escaped cap
ture from the sons of the South in war to be
made prisoner in peace by one Of the daugh-
tiers of the Crescent City,a n active member of
the Board of Health and the School Board
and attended with him several exhibitions or
graduating exercises of the free schools of the
city. They were certainly very creditable to
all parties interested Several other Maine
men are in the city in various positions, and
so far as | was able to learn are performing
the duties to which they apply themselves
with credit and satisfaction to the people.
Notwithstanding the pleasure we enjoyed
with DIR. Clark and his accomplished Ia
dy and other friends and the many
pleasant business acquaintance we formed,
we left New Orleans with regret that lit
tie more than a decade should have wrought
such a change in the spirit of her people, and
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prosperity IN cl'y 80 favored IN posi'ion'
standing at the very gates OF me great high-
way OF the commerce OIL the oouth on It's way
to the sea-
An evening fioe OF lew hours along 'he
low lands bordering the gulf and Lake Pom
chartrain, mueh OF the tlihe on treslie WORK
above the marshes ana amid trees laden
heavily WIN the 'one pehlant masses OF
'eathery moss brought US 10 mobile. Al the
way stations ana at intervals along the route
were orange orchards ana the incest and
freshest specimens OF TINS iruit, all the more
delicious for ripening on the trees, Is offered
at the rate OF TWO ana three tor dime while
apples are retalled at very much higher
price. We found at the " Battle House
the famiiiar lace OF +. N McGowan, Esq
formerly OF Gardiner, long time steward on
the line OF steamers through the sound to
New York. Every body who knows Frank
is aware that the table under his manageme Mt
will be supplied with the best of the season,
and that the traveller viii be made comtorta-