The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-07-20


 There are A great
 many just as pretty places ia 51/ this section of Louisiana and 4 sf% opportunities for many more. &1 Among the many places of inter est in and about tho Crescent ~I( City, many of them rich Tn his .t S. toric associations may be men
 toned The custom house. Xii French quarter. French market, SS9a Jackson square and statue. VI French cathedral. Chalmette.
 with its cemetery of Federal
 graves and the monument to
 Andrew Jackson. the hero of the battle of New orleans. the Hotel Royal, tn whose parlors there have teen given receptions to such distinguished men as Henry Clay, Martin Van Buren and Andrew Jack son, the Lee monument and the mon ument which perpetuates tho heroic deeds of the brave LouisiAnians who died in the Confederate servIce, the Clay and Franklin statues, the houte in which Jack. tried for contempt of court, 2l9 and s2i Royal street; West End and Spanish Fort, and other places Of interest Tn the city {. down the MIssisstppi river. and out upon the shores Of the Gulf of Mexico An4 Lake Font chartrain. But the average peri son, in review. ing their pleasures of sight. .seeIng in New orleans, will be the most impressed with the cemeteries; which. owing To the system of intramural burial, are among the points pos sessing infinite interest to strangers. Ger taInly. they are very attractive and very im. pressive, and are at once absolutely unique and beautiful; and, as one views these miniA ture marble palaces, arranged with wide ave nues between. and shaded with stately mag al ha .N.. parts newer and moro appropriate meaning. Then there is the run down the jettics, with the panorama of plantations to be seen upon either side of the MssissippI river. This is one of the most popular excursions with all who visit New Orleans. The trip down is made entirely in daylight. The boat leaves the wharf, generally, at half-past nine. and reaches the head of the jetties at half past two. The run from there down to point below Port Eads occuples about an hour. After the steamer gets we'll into the narrow lane of yellow water of the south Pass tourists crowd upon the upper decks and clamor for a sight Of the Jetties, and can hardly realize that the swift rolling river Is flowing between two deep walls of willow and rocky mAttresses, but which are hidden entirely out of sight by the water, save here and there where a stray will. low switch. dipping and tiltlng in the wind, marks the line of the mattresses Nowhere in the south is the scenery more thoroughly southern and more truly characteristic than between New Orleans and the gulf Below Cnalmette. where the Union nag floats over the thousands of grassy mounds. the planta- ton houses become larger and finer, and the negro quarters become miniature villages. Some of the finest and wealthiest plantations in the state lie below New Orleans, as we'll as hundreds of orange groves. where thousands of the trim. iff-looking. glossy -leaved trees are set out in nice precision.
 The creoles of New Orleans and the sar- rounding delta are handsome. graceful. intelligent race. of decidedly Gallic type, though softened in features. speech and
 rriage. and somewhat relaxed in phys