Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-31

The Chief Engineers, C0mvention~New
 Orleans as 1t strflxes n NorEherner-Its
 Sights of Interest-The Attentions to
 the FAremen.
 NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct 25.
 While you in the North are needing the furnace fire and the warm stoves. here in the Crescent city the weather is very warm. The thermometer is up in the eighties. To those who have never visited this city before every thing seems strange and novel, the customs and ways of the people are so different and the style and architecture of the buildings Most of the old buildings are after the French style, with large porticoes, yerandaa, or galleries as they are termed. A5visit here amply repays, even though short There are many different places of interest worth wis., iting-the French market, especially on Sunday mornings, the old Spanish fort, the West End, the Levee, the large number of steamboats arriving and departing, the ocean steamships the line of steamers for Texas, Mexican ports, the West Indies or South America, and sailing crafts from the small yacht to the largest ships The scene from the Levee is grand. The loading and un- loading of cotton, sugar and fruits is strik- ing siRht. This morning came the largest arrival of sugar at this port ever. known in one day. s ssasl s@E
 Other attractions to us here were: The drive on the shell road; a visit to the new cotton exchange, which is one of the finest build ings in the United States; ramble through the cotton plantations and orange groves, and the picking of luscious oranges from the trees by us from the nutmeg State. sail on the Mississippi river in one of the large elegant river boats is appreciated. One should not sruo kriy k0 Io afku Nf AlnSarc kh a river. The cemeteries are very grand and impressive. No graves are dug, but vaults are built, and the dead are placed in coffins on shelves within the vaults. The grounds are so low that no graves can be dug.
 The city is lower than the river. There are no cellars, much less sub-celIars, and there are no sewers. The sewerage is on the streets and running through the city to Lake Pom chartrain. The sewers are hushed by force of steam power into the lake every day. After dark but few people are out on the streets, which for city of the size of this, about 225, 900 people, seems funny. No la-' dies are seen after sunset promenading ex-. cept those who have been to the theater or some social gathering. Where the daily courts are held the streets are barricaded and no passing by teams is allowed during the court sessions. Every day we meet Connec- ticut people who now are residents here Among those we have met are Captains Wright and Lawlor, formerly of the Ninth Connecticut volunteers, General Rockwell and others. Capt Fanton, of Danbury, is here, and to. morrow night will present confederate flag to Louisiana guard. The flag was captured by the Connecticut troops in the late rebel lion. The event will be very pleasant one. ; The meeting of the fire engineers which is now in session is well attended, and the rep resentation from the North is good. Every hospitality and courtesy that can be given is freely extended to the visiting chiefs by the citizens and fremen in general, and the visit ing engineers are heartily enjoying their visit here We shall remain here this week until Sunday, when we intend to witness the grand firemen's parade in honor of the visit. 0rs A grand ball in their honor takes place this evening. The press of New Orleans, es- peciaIly the Daily States, has shown many favors for which we return thanks.