The People's vindicator., 1881-01-22
Letter FrOM New Orleans.
New ORLEANS, Jan, s 1881.
TSpecial to the VIND1CATOR.]

After two weeks OF extremely cold
and uisagreea' ic wealth +. our militia
~ were favored with Il bright and
glorious parade day. Though, Git
b4ing Saturday, and r,any Of tn"
rank and file couldn't leave thpir
bu5inessD enough turned onr to rc' .
der it. n.l'iluut spec'"cI'. The
galleries on Canal street VIZ It crowd
ed with ladies and children, and the
streets through which the procession
passed were a moving mass Of hu-
manity. r. reminded oil citizens OF
ante-be!!um days, when the whit
aud colur"i veterans Of the mo- t
glorious and signal victory ever re-
corded in history were won't to honor
the anniversary.
at 3 O'Clock, Gov. Wilz, in full
uniform. accompanied by his staff, AS
brilliantly attircu as himself, review
eh the troops. Adjatant General
Beaulegard, alone, appeared in ci'i.
zrns' dress, but, OF. course, attracted
considerable attention. It would
seem inviaious to particnlariza the
several commands, but the Cont.
nentals, in their tlashy uniforms,
who were the guests Of the Louisiana
Field Artillery, attracted marked al
tentiot. They are IN independent
Company, not belonging to the mill
tia; nevertheless they are always to
be found at the post OF duty. under
their gallant Captain. Wm. p cree.
For perfection in drill they have no
superiOrs, the majority OF them being
veterans of the late war
The recent severe weather has
been extremely disastrous to theatri.
Cal managers. Even the deserved
favori,es, Fanny Davenport and An.
ME Pixley could not draw houses. I
question il Sarah Bernhardt would
have been more successful, though
our citizens are on tue qui vlve to see
her. A committee has been sent
from Mobile to request her presence
in the Gulf City when her engage.
ment here closes.
Vast are the preparations being
made for the Carnival celebration.
A tlotilla OF nine steamers have been
placed in the Red river trade for the
purpose Of enabling tue loyal to wit.
ness the attractive spectacle. The
handsome Bell will doubtless be the
flag ship. as his higness, the Duke Of
Grand Ecore, will be in command,
and by his influential position at his
Majesty's Court, will be enabled to
secure recognition for all visitors.
That We may be vouchsafed agreea-
bic weather is devoutly to BE- wished.
There Is another reason, however,
for putting so many first. class steam.
ers in the Red River trade. The en-
tire commercial and moneyed inter-
est Of this city and the Red river val.
ley are petitioning Congress at its
next session to give US semi. weekly
mail between this city and Shreve.
port by Red river steamers, and we
are glad TO learn that Postmaster
General Meynard is giving the mat
ter favorable attention. It will only
need an effort on the part of our Con.
gr"ssMen to secure the desired re-.
suit.
The future business outlook is
cheering, though the recent bad
weather has had g depressing effect.
The sugar interest suffered consider.
ably, which cannot fail to increase
the price.
The V1ND1CATOR is daily getting
more popular here. and it only needs
activity to get it into the best bust.
ness houses, few OF which have Eot
suffered from the recent disastrous
weather. The new city administra.
tion promise numerous financial re.
forms, one Of which they have ac-
compllshed so far, in letting out the
city printing at fabulously low fig.
ure-l5 cents a hundred words. The
contractor is entitled to your cores.
pondent's sympathy. J. +. s.