Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-03-28
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{ That paper wassinleaided to give an ac
count Of nay recent visitto New Orleans
: including the sanitary council, tn.
Exposition &C. but was cut short by 1
Il violent inflammation Of the eye when
had given an inadequare account O
the sanitary council and everything
else had 10 be deferred / now pro
coed with the other topics.
Il The jonrneyfrom Nashville to New
Orleans is not amusing; tina. part OF il
.. which might have interested one, viz
the coal and iron districts of Ten
, nessee and north Alabama. were
passed, going aud coming, ut night
The rest is an inconceivsbly monoto-
nous stretch OF pine woods relieved
| by glimpses of shipping at Mobile and
of the gulf cost on the way thence to
New Orleans. Having been wearied
out with it myself, will not infiict it
upon my readers.
| The city of New Orleans rs less
changed in appearance within the last
forty years than any American city
I am acquainted with. Some attempts
/ have been made at sanitation, fear
very inadequate ones, but the attempt
is a symptom of good augury. The
canal which gives its name to the
principal streets is partly covered in,
and the rest appeals less obtrusively to
the olfactory sense, than in former
days. Some of the principal business
streets have been paved and the open
cutters on each side are flushed with
fresh water every day, but as soon as
you get beyond the central portion,
you meet with the old style of streets,
the middle part of which is a mud
pile thanked ON each side by green
stagnant and odoriferous ditch, all the
refuse of the houses being piled on
the mud pile afore said, ia all its I'M
sightliness. am not blind to the vast
difficulties in the way of sanitation
there, but believe they are not insu-
perable, and the good people will have
to try again.
The st. Charles hotel is as unchanged
as the city. Stepping out of it in
Nov. 1871 and into it again in March
1885 everything was as familiar as if
only day had interviewed. The eating
is good and always was, the furniture
is, 1 believe, identically the same 1
used at the former date. The colored
walters are rs stylish, but not quite as
civil and attentive as then, the com
pany rather more varied, the Southern
planter being absent or having changed
his type.
The Exposition has the disadvantage
of being FIVE miles from the city, while
the city is too many hundred miles
from everywhere. 1t is certainly of
immense extent and contains objects
of interest from an immense area, for
this reason alone feel myself to be
utterly incompetent to do it justice, as
the business which took me to the |
city engrossed SO much OF my time, |
that had less than day to give to
the whole of it. can only select
certain departments in which l felt
specially interested and give my inn
pressions OF them.
In the principal building nothing
seemed to me so striking as the BIexi-
can exhibit. This had been made to
appear veritable part of Mexico;
rocks and soil have been piled up and
alOes and cactuses including the cochi-
neal cactus had been made TO grow in
the interstices, and other bizarre spec
linens of Mexican vegetation spread
overhead till one had to forget that
one was north OF the tropics and sur
render to the illusion. AS to the gold
and silver ore and other mineral tres
ures, they were of much interest, but
the living tableau OF Mexican scenery
absorbed more of my attention.
The Tennessee exhibit contained
many objects for Tennesseean to be
proud of, but needed guide to tell
me what to look at. The varied speci-
mems of marble required no guide,
their beauty attracting the eye at
once, and the iron and copper ores
were interesting both in an economic
and scientific point of view. must
here point out a great error in the
system OF labelling, it is not peculiar
to the Tennessee exhibit but extends
to almost everything of scientific in
terest. The label almost always is limi-
ted to stating who are the exhibitors.
Now two-thirds of the interest OF u
mineral or geological specimen de-
ponds upon knowing exactly WI hat it IL
and especially where it comes from.
To the general observer it is OF very
little interest to know that the speci-
men is exhibited by Messrs. Blank,
Stupid and Co.
In the government building was
most interested in the exhibit OF the
United States Geological commission.
Besides minerals and fossils this con-
tains views OF mountain scenery in 5
water colors and numerous photo,
graphs of different tribes OF Indians.
The department of Fine Arts Was Il
disappointment to me, a few very fine
specimens in the Belgian department
nearly all there was of high J
art especially two paintings by Benz.
Constant, one of these representing
the hour OF Siesta in an oriental serag- !
Ito was wonderful for richness and 9
harmony OF coloring. The best Eng !
Iish and American artists seem to have
severely ignored the exposition though 9
here is one sea view by an American, 5
Il have unfortunately lost my cata- )
ogue and forget his nancy which !
am disposed to estimate very highly, it
grey sea and sky, the sur
lace of the sea being stirred by brisk Il
breeze and on limited portion of it a 8
yleam of Sunshine falls with A dazzling .