New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-16
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
yYrc,s GREAT SOUTH.

The attention Of tho public has already been IA
vsrably directed to portion OF TINS WORK WINS
passing through the successive numbers OF e"fe'"
Uoufhly but in tho present volume the matcria mas
haen entirely rewritten and rearranged, numerous
additions have been made. and moro eoInpiete inlof
nation supplied, forming an authentic anu Si"su-
tary interesting collection Of facts concerning VIC
social aud political condition OF the southern StA'os
Ybe work is the fruit of an extensive series OF jour
nevs in the South and Southwest during the
year 1873 and part OF 1874. In which the autnor
.csomnanied nv several artists Travelled moro than
HoOo miles, visiting nearly every important city ana
town. and even penetrating into remote mountain
regions heretofore seldom explored by northern
travelers They wore everywhere kindly received
nv the Southern people, and enjoyed the most ample
facilities for gaining correct impressions OF the eoun
try. UPON WHICH after suffering the terrible ealaml-
tics Of tho civil war; the dawn of better day Is
breaking
One Of the earlier chapters is devoted to tho
French quarter of New-OTleans. OF which the hvely
pictures by the author present O remarkable con-
tras to the social features of the population that
claims an English descent. The houses are all of
stone OF brick succeed painted the windows OF
each story descend 10 the floors, opening upon
handsome and airy balconies protected by iron
ratings; quaint dormer windows peer from the
great roofs the massive street doors are largo
enough to admit carriages INTO the stone p2Veu
courtyards from which stairs communicate Win
the upper apartments.
Sometimes, through n portal opened by sionuc,
darkhaIed orgateyed leon daipiiest blossoms
purple and red and white cleaning from vhes clanpet
them sfiewn with petals; bosquets, green ana synme
rcal uxurisnt hedges. arbors, and refugees trimmed
fusion OF poach and apple bosssms the darx green OF
the magnolia: in quiet corner the rlen go" Oh e
f1a lei
the ramstS the eSiaPaa mas Of DSen ThG Se
door closes. and your paradise Is IoS "hhe
From toe balconies hang idly Tapping in the breeze,
bttje natnted tR rlacards announcing Furnished
Apartments to renti" Alas! In too many of the old
mansions you ushereo by grayfaoed woman eiaa
10 deepest black little children cnGng jealousy
her skirt. and You instincyey nots by hGr manners
war pity and think Of tse malntudes OF these
grdy-faced women; OF Tie numbers OF tAeso sheh''
NOV and then too knock a: the pOrter's lodge will
SftV redoept Of garlic and new VINE and
voice person. How cheerny she retsls her mis-
poez saitS ca! Augusta Confederate, Of course
and is yea bat the pa Sso ass /" 70 high Kew
whhe the Young ncsress-tne honsemala-stahas ahy
listening 70 her MISTRESS Fieneh reryoasiy pSnsl1g
her broad, corded bands.
MIR King was greatly struck with the movement
and vivacity Of the New-Orleans markets, which
present none of the repusve features that so often
make a visit to Tho sources Of life" In more
Northern latitudeS, prominently dlsa.Ieeable
task. ...
more picturesque than anything else appertanlng 70
indeed clean combodtous and always well stocked. But
they another and especial Charm 10 the tAYee
eounorparts Europe. The French market at sunrise
Sunday morning the perfection OF viysoions trauS
In gazing upon the sceae, readily imagine him
cell in some city beyond the seas From the stone
houses, baconied. and fancifu IN roof and WINDOW
HoCf % INN nd
yus their dro paols with monsieur the hsa dealer
laughing madame VINO soils littis pies of potatoes
ranged shelf Ike cannon balls at an arsenal, or
ebaering with fruit merchant, while passing under
long Aaugag OF odorous bananas and pipespples
and beside heaps Of oranges whose color cSStiasts
During the nersng hours OF each DAY, the markets
D,s, n and ont Of o. the long passage. in endless
threngs bit in sss tse s'S. are
be may wander for months in New Orleans witnOut
meeting them elsewhere Thers 's the zen savage lace
ISL blood still golig there is the old French mar
spS the SanGanaa weund about Ter head, Just as oao
may fad her 10 this day At tho Hales C.ntTales IN
renewed in Of her srandcbiidrea; there Is the
plantiveioOkDg sician woman, who has boen bullied
mes a. she sod oranges; and there her dark, Zero
tous looking husband who handles his cigarette as If no
were straugLBg n enemy.
In long passage between two Of the market BALD
lngs where hundreds u people pass hourly ss silent
put before her and with eyes dowEcas as II expecting
Entering tic clothes market, one ands lively GalMe
versions Of the Hebrew female tending shops where AL
articles labeled at such extraordinary low rates that
tbe person who manufactured them must have given
tbem away; qusveriag old men, clad In rusty black,
1ho cell shoe strings and cheap cravate but who have
hardly vitality enough to keep the flies OF from them
yeS not o. Shpg On vaUIs
inFs Of the fresh sailor a. ever had Got1sm
nd dsIoe., who ook aaegors You if you venture to
Insist that apv article IN their steek IS not Of ines
fabric quality and hsarse Voioed debsucbed Creole
reaainS for pTrcGasss sOmetimes. too beautiful
superby nodded che adjusts her knittiug
AND from each and every one OF the markets sue noise
rises such thousand currents OF patos Of French Of
Eugnsh, of good,natured and gu,ural negro accent.
and seller ever come to any updorstanding at ALL
Then there are the flowers 81 "a marvellous bargains
modest knots OF whO roses glorious orange blossoms.
eameas red roses tender pansies exquisite verbeRas
liza In its season AN these be had in the markets
for trivial sum. Sometimes. when Havana a
Broken open aud then it Is treat to see swarms Of
African children lowering about the tempting piles
In the Winter months the markets are crowded with
strangers before o'clock every morning. Jaunty
maids from New England stroll in the passages escorted
young men, swelter in their thick garments made
70 be worn in higher ATTITUDES. Willis NewYor or
Boston ladies sp cOfse in a marketstal, groups Of
sreamy-eyed NEGRO girls surround them and curlousy
sean the details Of their toilets. Black urchins grin
conhdingly and seLclt aims Us the blonde Northerner
ssunters by Perchance the BOstoDian may hear sill
very voice. whose owners face Ia buried IN the depths
of a suu.bonnet, exclalm: There COCA d regular
Yankee"
sailors too. from the ships anchored in the river.
oromepade the long passage ways tho accents OF
twenty languages heard and the chdl!ke. comical
French Of the negroes rings out above the camor.
Wagons from tho country claer over the stones; the
drivers sing cheerful melodies pterspersed with shouts
of caution to pedestrians they guide their FESTIVE
horses through the crowds Stout coOred women, with
sacEling hens dangling from their brawny hands.
Gravey parade tue long aises the fshmonger tutors
ap apparently ncon prehensiho YELL vet brings crowds
around him. on bis clean block lies the ponpan0. the
prince OF Southern waters, which enthusiastic ad
Ssirer described jast fish made perfect"
stranslated shad."
Tosards noon the csmor ceases the hustle OF