The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-01-10

/ ss1irvaiSsE iTCauS5, gives Uii5 EuJ0iieJtiOmo
OF London end O2t3rd street and Regent
street; there are memories Of Havre and
Marseiiles to be obtained from the Old
French Qunrters ihere are buildings in
jackson Square which remind one Of
Spanish American travel. fancy that
the power Of fascination which New Or.
leans exercises upon foreigners Is due no
less 70 this peculiar characteristic than
i 70 the tropical beauty Of the city itself
Whencesoever the traveller may have
como, he may find in the Crescent City
come memory o. his home-some recol-
lection of his Fatherland-some remem-
brance Of something he loves.
New Orleans is especially a city Of
yerandas, piazZas, porches and balconies; !;
| and the atranger is liable TO be impressed
with this fact Immediately upon leaving
the ioyee. All the streets in the business
portion Of the city are shaded with broad
piaEzas Of wood and iron, which cover
the whole sidewalk; and on the main
| streets, such as Canal, side awnings of
canvas are used, so that during the hot.
test portion Of the day the sun cannot
cause discomfort to pedestrians from any
possible direction. The front and also
tho back windows Of most private houses
have balconies OF every story up to tho
roof; and in the old French quarter
these are often multiplied and superim.
posed in the most picturesque way you
see them right under the angle Of gable
ends, jutting out from queer corners, in
fashion half medieval. They are often
aung with large pieces OF cloth or carpet,
or etuffs brightly dyed, especially above
the Franch dry goods atores; and thua
d-aped the effect is quite odd and pleas.
ing. / find much to CRAFTY an artists
eye 10 this quaint, curious, crooked
French quarter, With it's narrow streets
and its houses painted in light tints OF
yellow, green, and sometimes even in
blue. Neuttal tints are common; but
there ore great many buildings that
cannot haye been painted for years, and
which look neglected and dilapidated as
we'll as antiquatcd. Solid wooden shut
relieved by walls painted chocolate coIor.
or tinted yellow have pretty effect, and
Few houses in the quarter are without
them.
A stranger cannot avoid being also i'm
pressed with the solid character of the
[ streets here throughout the business por-
/ ton OF tine city. They are raised like
causeways, and are usually either level
! with the sidewalks or above them, being
separated from the curb by cutters OF
great depth and breadth. The street
pavement consists mostly of square
blocks of stone set diamond wise; and
this pavement 10 almost everlasting. 1t
is very handsome and clean looking, and
am told that no other pavement can
resist the wear and tear of tho cotton
traffic or.the undermining effect of the
rains which loosen bowlders and roll
them fftm their beds.
Most 9f the finer public buildings must
/ have btsn erected ut o time when ex-
pense va. :no least consideration in the
construction of an edifice. They are
generously and beautifully built; yet it
| is sad 20 see hat many Of them are fall
| Ing into decay. Especially is this the
case in regard to the old st. Louis Hotel
Y now the State Housc-with its splen-
did dome, frescoed by Casanova, and lis
grand halls. To repair it would now re.
guire an outlay of hundreds of thousands.
II has been outraged in manner worthy
of Vandals; soldiers have been harrack.
cd in it; mold and damp have written
prophecies of ruin within It. Hither It
was that the great planters OF the SOUTH
dwelt IN the old days -hen they visited
New Orleans, and under their rich pat
ronage the hotel prospered we'll, till the
war swept away their wealth, and for o
time at least ruined New Orleans.
doubt If any Of the groat hotels here are
now doing we'll.
The st. Charles, with It's noble Greek
facade, is the abandonment of these. From
the entrance of the rotunda looking out
ward and upward ut the vast Corinthian
columns, with their snowy futed shafts
and rich capitala. their antique lines of
beauty, their harmonious relation to
eac.: ether, the sight is magnificent.
find q number of nobio Greek facades in
the city; the City Hall, tho Methodist
Church, on Carondelet street, and other
structures nigh. name, are beautiful,
and seem to illumine the streets With
heir white splendor. This elegant, gra-
ciops architecture appears adapted to
this sky aud this sunny cline; and, in
deed it wss under almost such ak7 and
such Gun that the Greek architecture
ives born.
But, after all, the glory of the city is
In her Southern homes and gardens. I
cannot do justice to their bearty. The
streets broaden there; the side.paths are
bordered nth verdant sod as soft and
tnick US velvet, and ovorshadowed with
magnolias; the houses, mostly built in
Renaissance style, are embowered in
frnit-hearing trees snd evergreen gardens,
where statues and fountains CLEAN
through thick shrubbery, cunningly
trimmed into fantastic forms. Orange
and zig trees bananas and palE,s; mag
nolias and myrtles; Expresses and CO.
dars; broad leavGd, monstT0ss;;ss- Towering
plants in antique urns; herbs with leaves
shaped like ancient Greek sword blades.
and edged with yellow; nhrubs exotically
luxusiant,. ,earing blossoms of curious
forms AID squatoEial brilliancy Of color;
and flowers 80 rich of hue, 60 sweet, so
fragrant, shat they vary the varied green
with O th 0nsand tints, and make the
tapid air odorous with drowsy perfume.
And you can walk through this paradise
hour after hour, mile after mile; and the
alr only becomes yet more fragrant and
tho Grange trees moro heavily freighted
with golden fruit, and the gardens more
end more beautiful as you proceed south
wardiy.
Color and light and bright contsasts-
those warmly picturesque effects which |
artiats seek to study in, tropical olimes- |
may be studied In perfection OF the |
French Market. Tie markets Of London |
are less brightly clean and neatly er-
ranged; the markets OF Paris are less |
picturesque. It consists of O succession |
CT huge buildings, extending for nearly
quarter Of mile, and covering m erea Of |
eL.elae G...r s.nssea Oh Aha Hnntrasta nf |
color. the tFOKiical pictsarasnueness of n |