The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-05-14

Ga the 30th OF April we determined TO visi,
New Orleaus and do the Great Worlds Exposi-
ton. Boarding the p. N. train we reached
New Orleans in time for breakfast next morn
ing, and were assigned to pleasant quarters At
the residence of Captain B. T. Walshe, the aha
BILE aud efficient Chief of the Department of In
formation. Saturday morning we started out to
see the Grand Exposition-and II is indeed grand.
After five days of sightseeing we were ready to
render our verdict The Exposition as whole
10 gigantic success and Florida, considering the
small amount appropriated for an exhibit, makes
very crediable display indeed. Every time we
entered the Florida Department we found Com
missioner Sebring on hand, ready to receive and
entertain visitors, conduct them through the de-
partment and give them information as to Flor
ida her exhibits, resources, attractions, &c. BY
his gentlemanly department. genial manner, po-
lite attentions to all, and earnest application TO
his duties. General Sebring every day makes
friends for himself and the State he so faithfully
represents at New Orleans. Throughout the
Exposition and the city, wherever he is known,
Commissioner Sebring enjoys the confidence and
respect of ALL and they do not hesitate to express
to Floridians esteem for their Commissioner and
the untiring zeal with which he ALWAYS works
for Florida, and he has recently and very prop
erly been dubbed " Florida's Advertising Bu-
Teau"
Mrs. Ellen Call Long, Commissioner of The
Florida Department of Womans Work, has a
fine display, over which she presides with the
dignity and grace becoming The true and worthy
lady that she is. Mrs. Long is also Jealous and
faithful in her department, dcservedly popular,
and is doing a good work for Florida at New
Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS
We spent one day in seeing as much as we
could Of the city and adjacent points of interest
We went first to the United States Barracks, at
the southern extremity Of the city. On our re-
turn we visited the French Market, the Cathe-
dral, jackson Square, Custom House and the
L. s. Mint. Entering Canal street We boarded
the steam cars for West End, tuvorite resort
on Lake Poncharrain, passing Greenwood and
Mearie cemeteries of which q correspondent
writes:
Half way TO West End are Greenwood and
Metsirie cemeteries, which truly deserve the ap
pellation "Ciies of the Dead" They are ar
ranged in avenues lined on each side with hand
some vaults which look like little houses of
marble. Scarcely any one in New Orleans
buries under ground if able 10 own vault. Al
the entrance of Greenwood Cemetery stands
pretty Confederate monument. In Metarie is
beautiful mound and vault dedicated to the army
of Tennessee, on the right of the main entrance
Going up one OF the avenues one comes 10 two
other handsome mounds one dedicated to the
army OF Northern Virginia. surmounled by an
elegant shaft on top Of which stands statue OF
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Washington Artillery of New Orleans, sur
mounted by the statue of private soldier.
Across an arm of the lake, four miles from
West End, is Spanish Fcrt, another delightful
resort, also reached by rail from the city.
There ale many handsome and elegant resi-
dences in New Orleans, surrounded by beautiful
and well-kept grounds.
ST. Charles street. extending from Canal street
to Carrollton, beyond the Exposition Grounds,
eight miles in length is the fashionable thor
oughfare of New Orleans. On this street are two
tracks for street cars, on each side Of which
wide and splendid drives for vehicles, made of
solid asphatum nearly the whole length of the
street, and work is progressing TO extend these
to Carrollton. When this grand improvement is
completed ST. Charles street will he enc of the
most magnificent boulevards on the continent
an honor to the enterprise and public spirit Of
New Orleans, and justly the pride of her people
There are number of other magnificent public
buildings and beautiful squares in the city. In
the latter are statues of Jackson. Franklin, Clay
and Lee, the last mounted on tall shaft high
above the tallest buildings. In another square
is a statue dedicated to Margaret, poor Irish
woman, who amassed large fortune and be-
queathed it all to public charities.
New Orleans Is truly beautiful city, and her
people are polite and courteous to visitors and
when we turned onr face homeward we left the
Crescent City with many regrets.