Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-01-28
EDITORIAL coaassPomo
NKw ORLEANS, Jan. 10, 1870.

lille writing Of an interesting letter. The
si,ustiou wss . novel yet pleasant one.
The exemption from s-s-sickness ~ss un-
usual among the Passengers. Even the
th-stricsl Manager recovered In time to
do Justice to n hearty breakfast; and Fri
day morning found US steaming up Atcha-
fJaya Bay through a fog which was not
heavy enough TO dispcl the bopc of sn
early sight Of the land
After leaving tue Gulf, indeed before We
rcach the Bay, navigation ia rnthrr trraeh-
erous, and soupaings have to I've made.
For many miles the course for vessels IL
marked by q double row Of stakes with
sea grass tied sronnd their tops.
Ileft my berth n little while before day
light, greatly 10 the relief Of my roon-
mate, | imagine, and when went out on
deck I found the Steamer moving about in
= very singular manner. The lighthouse
Ut first in front Of us was soon left behind,
~e then had it on tine right, again Oh the
left, and in front Of US again. On inquiry
| fonnd that We had failed TO make the
channel aud were in dangerous waters.
The Captain with his glasses were stand
ing by tn. man At the wheel, and his sail
orr at the bow Of the boat we're keeping u
sharp lookout. The novelty Of the situa-
ton, the fog, the salty fresh breeze, the
..f h., S.,t for
getmilness of any po-sibic danger. soon
one Of the sailors sighted n stake right
sbram" and in y few minute. the relieved
expression Of Captain and sailors indIcat-
ed that the ship was in familiar waters.
Steam WAS put on and We rapid, moved
past the stakes toward Morgan City.
Til. first sight Of the Louisiana coast
was had = little after sunrise, and 10y 10
o'clock we were lying along side the wharf
IN Morgan City having made the voyage
from Galveston in about twenty-five
hours.
II 10 reasonable to expect that an editor
from the pine-hills on salt water Tor the
first time should find many items of inter
est With which to umnse or instruct his
readers, but the truth in that "mly under
rare andexcepfional circumstances does the
voyage from Galveston To Morgan City
possess any incidents worthy of special
note We saw no living creatures except
the gulls that followed lis from the point
Of our departure to the place Of our d--ti-
uAtion.
Life on M ocean steamer on u long voy
age il quite different from the same life
for the short period of twenty four hours.
Imagine n trip mp the Mis-is-ippi river on
one Of our palHtial steamboats, and y"u
will havean idea of " hat our "trip WAS
like. The sea air develops I'll, appetite to
remarkable extent, and Oh board the
Arnn-as the means of gratifying the desire
for food were amply snificmnt. There was
no har on board and the passenger who
had provided himself With a pocket flask
before leaving Galveston WA decidedly
popular. Lager beer aud wine could I've
had ut the table, hut no one except Cap
selves Of these liquids? This Captain, 10y
the WAY. WAS the gentleman who occupl'd
the berth under me. found him quite All
agreeable gentleman, cosmopolitan III his
tastes and habits aud pnss-s-cl of most
intelligent ideas with regard to our couu-
try and institutlou-N
Morgan City at the head If Atchafaia,a
Bay WAS for n long while the terminus IT
Morgan'r Louisiana & Texas Railroad. and
has grown to he a place ~ about twenty
live hundred or three thousand inhahi-
tanis In stroll Of All hour over the
town w f"uyd it to be rather pleasant
village with an uncertair future, uucrr-
tain because dependent upon the Railroad
Ia very great extent The depot,
whnr,cS and warehouses connected with
the railroad aud -trainrr.line are enormous
structures. An immense freight and trans
por,ation business gives employment to a
Hnihh-f 81 r+r-"hs.
called on Mr.. Woodcock, the editor OF
the Review, and found him to he "A live
JOURNALIST with advanced ideas. His re-
crptinn aud treatment of III was most
cordial At | o'clock We took the train
for New ORLEANS. 1t WAS our first sight 81
lower Louisiana, and many of the scenes
were possessrd of remarkable attractions
Thiuk Of flying through swamp AT III,
rate of thirty miles an honr and yet M,
disturbing the alligstors. These gentle
men were numerous along one part Of thu
road, and seemed to b~ well used To thu
| sight Of the train.