The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-04-02
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leal cts, which cost 50 much time and
- many lives 70 take g years ago.
Tire uveT has len it, a. Grants canal
Wouid have LEFT Il thad Il been = sue
cosl, nsnked riverWaEd byfa long
waste % sand. The river has al last
broken through THAT familiar tongue
% land lying In front OF the city .nlak-
ing deep wide pathway fof steamers,
''runnlng BY the guns Of Yicksburg"
Wouid now be no trouble 81 all. As
our STEAMER passed, The city iit with
thousand gas lights on The hiIlsldes,
Appeared on 90 our len. and was not
nnlike a cushion o. Jewels On its bril-
liancy
AZ NateheE our steamer makes q
four honrs' stay, and we are allowed
the muci-,lesired privileges Of wander
ing about ihe quaint streeis Of this
very oid city. Here We see 81 sbund-
ancs signs of coming spring. The
gardens are Hlll of rare flowers. and
handsome shrubs, aud trees line the
wniks Our passenggEs take carriages
AID are driven here and there. Is II
ssits their fancy. a fhe esthedrni fs |
one o. the sigh5s Efaving Natehes
both under aud on the hIIl, we pass
thfonEh a country which Is Tast being /
relieved nj the n0noiony of dense
f,Ie=is, and were toe season further
advanced tWhich is universally ad- |
miiied q be- month behind time) /
sonae Of the views wonld be positively /
charming Tine weather Is now bet /
ter. Pruraenudes upon the upper 4
deck aud chats in the warmth Of the /
great smoke stacks. are becoming
vefy popular. The slow and meas
ured pufs from the escape pipes is
most cheerful music. At Baton
Rouge we lsnd in the night time, and
car view is an early morning one.
81 Doualdsonville THE home Of Ex-
President Taylor We remain several
hours, and are allowed another long
land excursion, which proves very
delightful From Natchez % New
Orleans eighty landings are made.
These lower river places and planta-
tions are supplied almost entirely BY
steamers. -. Louis -four, up-river
eats aud 50. Louis pork are the main
articles in cur cargo. one does not
realize the height and depth and
length and breadth n this vast cargo
until he has been On one or two ex-
plOring expeditions. He returns each
time more and more paralyzed az its
vastness. The steamer Is a vast float
ing warehouse-larger than the larg-
~ land warehouse we have ever
seen.
The passengers have now become
well acquainted, and are members Of
4 vast fsmily-pretty well attached to
zach ether. The richest young lady
% "a. Loais who is French and arIs-
tocTatic) smiles benignly upon the
farmer from Missouri, who is styled
Interrogation Point" - from the
number Of questions he asks. He
coaversss on a high key, and In early
morning and Al the midnight hour his
voice r. the lTst and last 10 be heard.
We are now approaching the end Of
our journey. The pilot is no longer 7
required At night 10 take his bearings {
frnm che government lights recently q
established on the various points. c
Tho river il wide.very deep and SEEM {
ingly rapid We have left the "bluRl q
country" The river now resembles a
the Rhine between Bonn and Cologne a
The never-ending levee on each side 9
us from miles and miles OF Il
NAT territory, making up the richest
aud largest plantations Of the South. &
The houses sre al Of the old-stvle, g
architecture. Hardly a plant. G
stioa house is without its colonade. 7
TIE Captain points out one house d
30 Widow Randolph which q
oSsi S55. 90 and the furniture Of which n
Il valued al $500. 900. WIS purchased Ia Of
Paris. Sugar rehneries are numerous p
md costly, but the sugar cane IL Civ
ne place % the cotton plant all along re
hcse shores. Cotton Is King: there q
e no gainsAying that. And still with p
u the wealth this soil brings. good te
sanitation land is worth ouly SIS per gr
ere. IA
Early Friday morning, we arise to al
Ind cur steamer at the lesee OF New pc
lrleans. The last 20 miles run is I'd
made in the night time, and hence ex
Re lose with regret many charming OF
liver views. As the last 100 miles In
surveying has been through & char eq
cteEisticly "Frenehyn country, 80 an
d the Crescent Ci,y-from the tirst OF
ding ashore-we sre almost startled ed
y successive Parlslan views. From poI
anal Streei-which Is almost a boule- Ne
ard in the day time and positively vi
be In the night time-to the old Ca teL
ie,ifal % -. Louis and the old ian
fench qusrier and iis market, French tai
SEES and French airs are nearly a. gre
aumon as on Champs Elysee. at IN
ctre Dame or in the Latin Quarter. wa
nd as Partisan life is 30 popular Fol
ith nearly all Americans, 50 81 the cerl
French air, CT New Orleans attract oul
e 10 Ncrthern visiiors. Nearly ali eve
them say, "T would dearly love to In
axe my home Ia New Orlesns.n sta
lch day We run across some old trse
hiding Of quaint architecture, which tlon
Is palace On the old French days, "
q sheltered a dethroned monarch,a cd
.iinguished exile, o. some dlslin- iect
ishea family Of the old regime. nor
%. W. Cables delightful papers al
ne handy as a guide book among oeei
sse old, narrow streets and rickety com
Ildings. had been advised to shdl
L the French market for a cheap, ieet'
u breakfast. did 60. Ny advice WsF
''avoid the French market for eat. hon'
p,lgposos." II IL the diriiest place oasi'
earth. co there 10 see the hustle. -ou
shifting scenes Of all kinds Of traf. thln
and the curious people that c0D- 'i'
gata there; but 60 not there, my --ot
nd. fot a clean meal. Ifyon must ven
,e your French coffee ard ffne o,-a. tne