The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-28
A TRIP ON THE MISSISSIPPI.
A BOAT LOAD OF NoTABLEs.
ditor New Orleans Bulletin:

Editor New Orleans Bulletin:
| The steamer Carrie A. Thorn, Chas Thorn,
master, left New Orleans on Saturday, Au
gust 21st, at o'clock A. NJ, under specia
contrac. to tow some barges to the Alexandris
Landing at Carrollton, and took the barge
Vevay in tow. Landed at Kennerville and
took one hundred and eighty-six passengers
for Red River, and also another barge. Our
passenger list was such that am con strained
to make some little mention of it farther than
merely stating numbers. I handle the list
with a feeling of timidity lest should unin-
tentionally intrude on the feelings of some OF
the bright guiding stars of the present gener-
Grafton, among whom we find the Hon.
burgess" person of gentle birth and quiet
mien, but sent to the Penitentiary for his
natural lifetime to atone for wrongs, the
character of which are more consistently
whispered than put in print This gentle
mans gentle helpmate is in the State Peni-
Tertiary. as being an accessory.
"Tbou art so near, and yet so far"
The next important passenger grazing our
decks is one Hon. Gusiave "Bordelais," quite
q quiet and disni6ed person, of high culture
and Of distingue appearance, being of French
nobility, who bears sentence for life of hard
labor. 1t was whispered that he had taken
considerable sums of wealth that did not
"
robbing A. Rocherau & Co., and, too, having
some little business connection with another
" French gentleman" Mr.. Berth.
also formed the acquaintance of Mr..
Young, whose charge is better whispered than
put in print, but who is sentenced for life in
the State Penitentiary. For this person I
was sorely moved, he being evidently q
Christian man and q gentle, tender youth of
about sixty summers. We also had among
our distinguished travellers Mr.. Ratcliff, who
was sentenced for life for only killing one
man. There were others of equal celebrity
and renown, whose acquaintance failed to
form. Not, however, but that they were
guests of Capt. Thorn, but owing to the fact
that, in keeping with some fastidious ideas of
our guests aud friends, such as Major James
and Capt Sanchez, apartments more extern
sive and less luxurious than Capt Tnorn
could offer were arranged on an immense
floating palace, where their hours for sweet
revelry could be INDUCED in without fear of
intrusion, and where the grandeur and ele-
gance to which their positions entitled thea
could be arrived at with more certainty All
precision.
1t was on this account that failed to enjoy
many entertaining hours in their august pres
ence, and claim their acquaintanceship. Be-
side those officious friends accompanying our
guests had kindly but foolishly arranged men
with sundry fire arms that would insure their
lords against the intrusion that would natu-
rally follow such distinguished persons in
their tour through the country districts
These gentlemen were going to spend the
in North Louisiana under direction
of their various physicians, who had also ad-
vised little manual labor each day, and the
railroad being in want of labor these gentle
men consider it an honor to lend their labor
to the furtherance of such an enterprise, and
to spend q few hours each day on
the grading. :.
These persons, in some instances, showed
quite GOODNESS, and although everything
was offered by Capt. Thorn and his crew to
The advancement of their comfort-lttle hos
FATALITIES that, although simple, were heart
felt-these strange, austere people seemed to
disdain any effort, turning coldly away to
their elegant apartments with that proud dig
nifty only seen in men of high principle and
noble blood, and their proud, austere indif-
ference was a living rebuke to US all. We
landed in Alexandria on Wednesday, 25th.
and as the proper arrangements had been made
Tor their reception and facilities for travelling,
,tc., we bid them adieu. We should all have
received tokens of remembrance but for the
act that they we're rudely persuaded to aban-
Ion their palace and seek the proper exercise
rom their past several days sedentary life.
With prayer unheard, and a tear unseen, we
ook our leave and arrived safe in New Or.
cans, making good time down. Yours res
"CHEcK."