Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-02-25

paired, when he seeks a new field
for his labor. st. Charles street
to CarroltOn-a distance of seven
miles-is known as the garden district
and right well it merits the name; here
Is collected the wealth and culture ol
the city; broad level street built uI
with fine residences, surrounded by
beautiful gardens and green lawns dot.
ted over with fig trees, maguolias, and
citrOn interspersed with every variety
OF evergreenS cut into beautiful designs,
and elabOrately laid off grounds with
flowers blooming all the year and bOr-
dered with orange and plum trees. The
business streets are well paved with
bOulders or granite, the latter being
laid down in blocks from one to two
feet square; this pavement is almost in
destructible, but owing To the smooth
surface affords horses no foothold and
renders heavy hauling very difficult
These streets are for the most part
rather narrow, and al this season are
crowded with drays heavily laden with
the products of the South. Canal street
is the principal avenue, and Is perhaps
one OF the must picturesque thorough
fares in the country, nearly, II not quite
two hundred feet Ill width, it extends
from the river TO the cdnal-a distance
Uf i've or seven mileS;--in the centre OI
the street is an elevated plateau, prob
ably eighty feet in width with two
rows Of trees, their limbs almost inter
lacing extending over half its entire
length; upon this plateau are laid fouI
lines Of street railroad with grassy
plat dividing them, and on either side
OF the elevation is carriage way sixty
feet wide, bordeIed by broad pave.
mentS-or banquetS as they are termed
here. The blocks are for the most part
four to five stories in height with at,
tractive fronts and wide verandahs, liz
some cases bordered with neat railing
and ornamented with gas chandeliers
such are favorite resort for the beau4
and bellies who Assem- BILE in the evening
to sip ice cream and watch the thrOng,
of gay promeladerS below. The Clay
statue and the fountain adjacent are
erected on this avenue, on the plateau
opposite Magazine street; here all pub
lie displays are made, and political
meetings held. The enaelte which .
few months ago overthrew the present
State government, broke out here, anC
many of the houses still bear the marks
Of the canister shot which the police
employed t. clear the avenue; for days
after pools of human blood were seer
on the street. Four U. s. men-of-wal
al arln rlx
opposite the city, their guns com
manding every avenue, and severa
regiments of regulars are quartereC
throughout the city to maintain order
The shipping extends along the city's
front for fifteen miles; the flags of every
nation are floating in the breeze-anu
the eye wearies at the endless forest o.
masts. The sugar landing in the morn
ing when the packets are diSchargins
their freights presents spectacle wit.
messed in no other city in the world
sunshine and sugar will attract negroes
as it does lees, and here thousands are
collected of all sexes and ages, with an
empty purse as happy as millionaires;
some are employed as deck hands roll
ing hOgsheads and barrels from the
steamers; some as draymen carting il
away, others weighing and sampling il
while very many stand around in
groups dancing, boxing, singing, and il
opportunity offers, slyly sampling d
barrel of molasSes wherewith to soy
a loaf of bread. The women are squat.
ted about on the boards selling fruit,
attending coffee stands, or scraping OF
the levee, the molasses that escapes
from the barrels and selling il to re-
tinerS. Three immense sheds have
been erected for the reception of the
sugar and molasses, and here the
brokers are collected with augers and
gougers displaying the quality of their
stock TO the numerous purchasers. The
cotton and produce landing likewise
presents a scene of great activity, and
even the tiatbOat wharf is taxed to con-
tain the western produce that the boats
are discharging. Ohio apples, potatoes
and hay, to my surprise, commands
higher prices at home than they are Of
fered for here. We spent an hour
pleasantly and profitably in witnessing
the artificial method of manufacturing
ice, which is carried on here very ex-
tensively; the establishment is now a
complete success, with capacity suf-
icient to supply the demand of the
city; upwards of 100000 tons have al
ready been packed away for summer
consumption. The ice is made from
condensed water which passes into
sheet-iron mOulds, that are surrounded
by pipes containing AmOnia; freezing
ensues in few hours, when the moulds
are dipped in hot water and the solid
ice withdrawn.
Our first Sabbath morning in the city
was spent in visiting the famous
French market. As we passed through
the narrow streets in the quarter where
it is located, the. shops were open and
business was progressing without re-
striction; the market which covers
several blocks was crowded with a
heterogeneous mass of humanity,
French, English, German, Chinese, In
dians-and last but not Ieast-negroes
were offering their produce and wares
to the thrOngs of purchasers; inviting
coffee stands presided over by polite
Frenchmen were invariably the first
place visited, and from thence we pass
ed to stalls sroaning under their weight
of tropical fruit and early vegetables ::
green peas, onions, radishes, beets,
carrots, new potatoes, cabbage and
caulitiower was presented to our
astonished gaze, and picayune would
purchase days supply of luscious ba-
nanas or oranges; fish in endless variety
were collected on stands fanked with
baskets.of crabs and Holsters; schrimps,
crawtish and oysters were cheap and
plentiful and all kinds of wild game
could be had in abundance: the butch
ers offered their meat and poultry in
the neat and tempting manner for
which the French are prOverbial, i'm
macnlata covers concealed the rIlIla