The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-23


Il 81, coo the rolden oranges ripe upon me
ireea cf sylnlnesfsea shape, With their facn
so,isne. How like tree OF Paradise u
deems. I ate the fruit Just plucked IRON
tic tree. ID was prc1 onnaly happy IN TINS
land oil the orange, the myrtle, ana cane.
We were approaching the Mississippi river:
We 7,asses Che first Held OF sugar.elsase ieVes
sa,y. and I said, This is the mos. auSurlaDe
crop I,cyer saw upon tue earl n.
Thumscring on OYER bridges sSfd Wa ileA
and through marshes and Wilds OF fefdtke'
suddenly the
CRANE MIsslsslpYI ASD THEN MY soRbh -
hurst unon our vision! That was time
m sensation aud for eager eyes. hhey
wer,, nut upon acsiye duty and were ineYer
alloued rest until T landed 10 she specio'us
halls OF the S..3
ST. CHARLES HOTEL &
q nloee of,ioy aad recruitment forithe ira
rai,er which j wish to say is more so my
liking than any public house ! ever SO.
:iT1rned in save the New York Hotel Kept
nv EVANSTON. ,Eut that bears 40 comparison
to the st. Charles In spaciousness ana arcn-
itecture. ,,:o;o
itilat OF the river as 1t rolled on, on, without
leasing. so irresistibly and with the majesty
.sfimisht, with q depth OF 100 TO ISs tee1, as
m sweens by New Orleans. How it. must
have reioiced the heart OF !.
. ~. DE SOTO,
,shnt. heroic lsscoverer, as be behold 1t after
:k;s long strap gle through the gofest ana
through swamps of the Gulf. She Mlssis-
sippiwas his
~. GREATEST Joy AND HIS GElSW E. i
He saw it first in 1541 or thereabouts, ana
txyas buried IN it in 1912, think Il do not
remember. My friend, DE- SoTo-or ratner
he would have been only that he dlea litsie
too early--had thus most unfortunately
brief career after the chief event OF ms iue.
Hetiled of ysshsw-feyer and was sunk an tue
middle OF 1.-THE Mississippi ut midnight 70
keep the knowledge OF bis death IRON Tue
soldiers. pick up this interesting Dit OF
history before my day In ofder 10 1--WE
something ne,o 40 my readers. DE soTo.S
mode of burial became far too fashionable
in the second and third decades OF this aen-
tury. There were more people sunk TO the
bottom OF the Mississippi By explosions and
snaes than the hero ever. dreamed could DE
nossible. II hisillustrious shade still iiGgers
about the Mississippi that shade has not been
solitary the present century.
THE MISSISSIPPI CURRENT.
The current OF the Mississippi is unlike
that OF other great rivers. When one is'is
into it he encounters undercurrents thai
,entanele him nightly, and give him little
chance of rising again. And one VINO
Studies it little is not surprised ut the great
Loss OF life that used to attend steamboat
accidents, When I,frst beheld the ever
flowing river sighed for chance to leap
into ITS waters, but after little reflection
announced nv determination to postpone
TINT pleasure on the present OCCASION. L
was not ready then to join my friend DE
SoTo.
NEW oRLEASs CAME INTO EHE UNION
in 1908. when, with the State Of Louisiana.
il was ceded 10 the United States under the
administration Of Mr.. JEFFERSON. Inc
city eos,ld not wedi get out Of the State II 1t
had desired it, aud has since illustrated the
same indissoluble union with the State by
being held in subsection, together with her,
by our dear United States Government,
;.... TUE CITY. .;:,s-#...
But am dreadfulIy rambling. 1t IS OF
New Orleans Unjust say few words:
will saw il is the most remarkable. aad At
certain periods of the year most ENJOYABLE,
CITY in the United STATES. It's streets are
broad and extend parallel with the river for
d length OF twelve miles. Its public build
incs are ine-nany of them models Of archi-
tecture-wllile the commercial blocks show
fine warehouses and great activity; Mills
equestrian statue Of Jackson stands IN
Jackson Square, and Hart's Clay, similar to
that in the Capitol Square at Eichmond.-y yet
very much enlarged, .Sraces one or. the
spaces in the centre Of Canal street. The
points and things Of interest; are lnnumera-
ble. Were to undertake to recite them
Z should make long and Wearlsome letter.
and provoke alamount Of E'cusslr@."
These are the new town, tue old or Freach
tow1,5 the suburbs, public squares, the
cemeteries, the drives-particularly the re-
1narkeJle Shell road, the finest way in Amer
ics-the lakes, and the;everythng. shali
not undertake them. But shall say that
New Orleans is 4 town whose civilization is
excellent and whose public character Is
elevated. Her charities. are admirable for
number and efficiency. The Howard AS.
ISOLATION for its heroic humanity in time OF
yellow-feYer has become world-renoWned.
But there are other institutions whose
deeds are less known, but which deserve
the gratitude OF mankind.
THE PEOPLE OF NEW ORLEANS.
Socially, the people ofsNew Orleans are
emincntly courteous, frank, and hospitable.
Towards the close of the eighteenth century
and at the beginning OF the present it was
held alternately by the Spanlards ana
French.
MANNERS STILL BIASED BY THOSE OF THE
EARLY SETTLERS.
And there are still seen III the manners
and tastes OF the people the polished and
unvarying polteness peculiar to Welibred
French people, intermiXed with the grace
full pomp of the Castilian. l thought | saw
bit OF feather peeping over sample Of
lace work in the garb of some chcvalicr now
and then. The ladies took care OF their part
of social dignity and amenity: for have to
say, after the experience of lol these many
years, that nowhere in America have felt
called upon 10 render more entirely the
homage OF my admiration Of the grace and
discretion ST the genter sex than in New
Orleans. And, say What the world may
about the popular vices and immoralitieS Of
the Crescent City, declare that during my
stay there saw enough to justify me III be-
lieving that New Orleans is
AN ORDERLY AND CIVIL CITY.
The people are generally kind and obi
gins. You are met with smile all the
time, aud the grasp Of the New Orleans
band is ever cordial, imparting through an
electric current the temper of the heart,
! which is ever geneI Gus and tractable.
THE PLAGUE AND THE WAY IT Is BORNE.
New Orleans, as all know, is city that
has had frequent periods OF great affection,
and has Just passed through one Of the most
terrible character. 1t is my opinion that
her familiarity with suffering aud sorrow in