Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-11-02


and who had lost his sight thereby. He
had been to Philadelphia and received
free medical attention at Wills Eye
Hospital, and was loud in his praises of
the City of Brotherly Love. Best city
in the world, he thought.
Alabama is sparsely settled, and the
crops this year are inferior, especially
the corn. The stalks being about an
inch in circumference. On the train, met
farmer with family of eight who had
left their unsuccessful home in Ala
bama, and who were going to try their
fortunes in the Lone Star State.
Arrived at Mobile at 3 A. NJ, October
Goth. A band of drummers got aboard
at this point, and all the way to New
Orleans they fully maintained their
tribes reputation for tongue competi-
ton' The N. 0. g. Mobile r. r. skirts
tributaries of the Gulf of Mexico, and
passes through several small and pretty
watering places, past swamps of moss
covered trees and forests of spine UNI
brellas."
Ten o'clock A. NJ, Wednesday, Octo-
Der Goth, found your traveller in the
Crescent City, weary and dust covered.
Found New Orleans to be busy, as it al
ways is at this time of the year, espe-
cially if the crops are good, which they
are. The levee was lined with steam
boats unloading aud steamers receiving
the kingly staple.
New Orleans is probably more cosmo-
politan than any other American city.
Its truly Southern features, combined
with those of the French, German and
West Indian, rendering it SO. Popula-
ton, 10000 six daily newspapers. No
drainage. And some of the dirtiest
streets of any city in the Union. New
York not excepted.
Your correspondent found New Or
leans to have decayed since his last
visit there ten years ago. This view, it
seems, is held by great many residents.
The colored population were indulging
in strikes. The deckhands on the pack
cts receive $lOO per month and their
rations. This, no doubt, will look like
large sum to Northern laborers, but
labor is scarce here and employed at
high wages. The other day, the St.
James Hotel walters struck for more
glory in the shape of higher wages.
Their places were Immediately filed by
white girls, and the result is, that the
first experiment in N. 0. with girls as
walters has proved a success.
The writer remained in the half-moon
habitation two days, tie second twenty
four hours being partly occupied in the
enjoyment of luxury in the shape of
visit to Coup's circus. Saw the same
show billed at Norristown last summer,
and little did then think that would
view its mystic mazes in the Southwest
later in the year.
Excuse these tears.
Met French gentleman at the c.,
louisianian, who posted me in South
ern affairs generally, and who proved to
be very accommodating and obliging.
Together we had quito time. He was
of the opinion that the South needed
several installments of Northern enter
prise. Chicago preferred.
Your representative babe adieu to
New Orleans with the parting shrieks
of the good U. S. mail packet "Edw.
Richardson" bound for Vicksburg, etc.
A moonlight trip on the Mississippi !;
sugar plantations; cotton fields pass
ing boats; gorgeous meals; making
landing; firing the furnaces mosquit-
oes ponderous machinery, &c, &c.
At three o'clock voice at my state
room awakened me from my dream of
old.time steamboating and warned me
that Lonisianas Capital was near at
hand-and half an hour later the writer
was standing on Red Sticks Bluffs,
watching the receding steamer-and
watched by half a hundred of the col
ored population, anxious to carry his
baggage.
Such IS life
EDWARD WHITING, JR.
BATON ROUGE, La.
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