The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1880-02-20

b. self by saying u was magnificent In IT,
> splcndor, wonderful IN IT, conception and
; suprcmcly ludicrous in IL prcscniation. But
A the i0y thousand strangers lcoke,i on with
admiration, evidently under the impression
that ca little frol'c now aud then is relish.
7 ell by the obacg men," u il said that the
d exhibition cost SlS7 800, hut New Orleans
+. can afford Il. Her visitors left at least a
/. million Of dollars in her Golfers, some Is.
/. innate two millions
I, Among the many places Of interest that
| visited while In the city, was the French
u Market, which Is one Of the most extensive
J. and comprehensive any where. The sales.
J. people are almost entirely foreigners, with
v here and there m Indian squaw retailing
q Gumbo at Eve cents Cor a small measure
4 full. There are a great many coffee stands
in the market, where pretty fair meal, in
GLIDING an extra strong cup of coffee, can
E be had for ten cents. The market nov is
e supplied with all the fruits and vegetables
that will ripen here in June, which are
sold at comparatively low figures, nice red
strawberries bringing bat FIFTY cents a
quart.
/ The levee at New Orleans presents an
animated appearance, aud thousands Of
men are engaged in unloading aud re-
shipping cotton, sugar, molasses, &c. A
Mississippi River steamboat came in,
day or two ago, having 1894 bales Of cot /
: ton, weighing 500 10 the bale, on her, and
nearly all the boats are loaded to the
guards with il. After being compressed
this cotton is packed in the holes Of the
ship here and sent to Eng land and other /
points
As all the region round about New Or
leans seems to be held mp from a vast gulf
by few feet Of earth, il is almost imPossi.
bic to dig grave, therefore vaults, made
for the most part Of brick on top OF the
ground, are prepared for the final resting
place Of the human bodies Of that section.
Some Of the vaults, owned by the wealthy,
are built at a tremendous cost, are models
Of mechanical skill and give the city Of
dead an appearance OF magnificent gram
deur.
The Legislature was in session as drop
ped into the old-time looking Capitol and
saw the mobgrel crowd at work, or at least
in session. There we're Frenchmen, Dutch
men, Irishmen and dozen or more 'na-
gursn in the bodies, but they seem to get
along together in a smooth an pleasant
manner, and looked as happy and contented
as the average law maker who gets good
per diem, and draws mileage as he travels
on free tickets.
While ! was returning through Mis-
sissippi, | fell into conversation with {
literary looking gentlemen, who proved to /
he Mr.. J. c. Derby Of the firm Of Appleton ,
& Co, the great New York publishers. lie
informed me that he was writing Hon. JET /
ferson Davis memoirs Of the .ate war, and /
was then en- route to that genteman's res ]
idence TO remain a week or two. lie fur
Their said that Mr.. Davis was to meet him 5
at the depot, and IL | wished to look upon h
the President Of the late lamenied South n
ern Confederacy, that an opportunity !
would be presented. ! was glad enough Of
1t, and when the train pulled up at Beau !
voir, | was in readiness to be introduced q
to him. lie received me in a most cordial !
manner, but the usual greetings were hard )
ly said before the engineers bell warned US
to get aboard. The old gentleman has y
changed greatly since l used to see him ,
during the war, at Richmond, Va. Then ?
the tide Of affairs seemed running in his u
favor, now in the sunset Of his cheokered
career, when he would iain prepare ito II
to pleasant dreams" the hell-hounds Of the a
Northern press continue TO pursue him OF
with death-like vengeance, never letting
IN opportunity slip to Willy and abus
md uncertain, and as he moves about, NJ
Gaming on his long staff, il is easy to see
hat he will not remain much longer on
'arth to afford his traducers subject ON -
which to vent their spleen. lie is at pres ne
mt living on the 6ne plantation bequeath- tn
d him by Miss Dorsey, and his entire fam co
ly consists Of his wife and nephew. ne
AT Mobile, Ala, ! took steamer down
he beautiful bay on which that city is sit Al
lated, and after a voyage Of fifteen hours, po
nto the Gulf OF Mexico and round up an
Bay, was landed at Pensacola, ur
Ia. This city possesses by far the finest wi
arbor on the Gull, and is destined, before
ANY years, to become one Of the most inn re-
ortant shipping points in the South. Now trs
he imports are few and the exports mostly rec
on6ned to lumber, but as the railroad -
ihieh runs is to form a part Of the ito
* Nashville 4 q. S. r. r., with pei
direct connection with the many impor- us'
mt points to the Lakes, its advantages ten
re at last to be utilized. Even at preient YET
is the livelis~t place Of the size sal
e know Of. Ships from all parts Of the
orld we're there loading with the excel Gin
mt yellow pine lumber, which Is 80 plen- era
ful in Alabama and Florida, and which eau
Is heretofore been hardly worth the cut the
ng. The large ships from Norway, Italy, vi
reece, Spain and many other ports, that doV
me for this lumber, bring nothing, and mo
e forced TO "hold themselves down" with the
nd and stone ballast, for which they tue
We TO pay a. cents per ton to have il UNI sm'
lded. | saw one ship from Scotland CAP
LASTED with dne lot of excellent steam thei
Al, which was being disposed of at 90 \
hts ton. Thint Of that, ye who paid
cents a bushel not long ago. The sail
Of the many ships were a show in them 'uh'
YES, representing, as they did, SO many :,
tions. l was curious TO know what pap
cunt Of money induced these weaihei- "e'
ten sons Of toll to entrust their lives to
innumerable dangers Of the deep, and :. =
informed that Italian sailors are glad o. "
Jet 20 cents a day, English e2 los per