Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-09

was uuu1 slave state ana thGt We are !
approaching the lauus whore grow The
rice, cotton and Caue. AM when we
reach san A ntoniO we arr on the edge
VI the great cotton belt, aud IN tne land
Of tue Aam1 and tue country full "
inteftuung historical incidents.
Ncar TINS beautiful city BE- found the
nO,od builditR, thv Alamo, oulebra OF
M the one where ls5 brave Americans
were butchered by tne MsxiCau army
under Santa Anna ON March o, 1885,
and hero ct the Same time Tell Col
Bowie aud David CrOVket-nUt a s0ui
was eparo4--aii dIt4-untl the Moor
was covered Will gore aud the remains
Ui tue brave baud that stood out
against overwhelming numbers lay 10
heap. On miesi0uB and other objects
we'll repuy the tourist VA stopping over
one day VA THIS Noted CITY, as iaf a.
statistics are necessary 10 convince the
foAutf, a wh0lo column could Uo pro.
duCUu 10 chow that Wu are now In the
heart Of one 0t tbs most attractive
! parts oil mother eafth--A region iull u
unduiope1 wealth and but sparsolJ
settled.
We must, however, hurry on, anu
reach tbs arEt city OF Importance,
Houiton, Pronounced YouN0n, the
center Vi immense resources,
uOtably cotton, while oil afJunu
W are endless piuea and cypress
/ forests. The MUxicans have disappeared
anI Ia their 1iead the negro race
swarm IN every place whore labor IL
| needed. Going eastward W. pass rico
| felis, auu father the lmmBnro cane
| helds, sugar mills, anu plantations
| with the rows oil white cottages TOO the
/ negroes employed nT0uuu the mills are
/ on every hand. Old iaghiUutu homes
embOwotsj In groves Of live oaks, with
the opipullos, or spaniah moss, naug-
/ iug irom the limb, give enc the Idea
/ tnat We have left the Interior and are
/ approaching the Gun OF Mexico.
/ Nearly everybody spunka French a.
/ well Ha Engiiun. The negroes live IN
/ ali h0ttn OF tumUlc.uuwn Huautics-atC
aoyof w0fruu about fashion platts,
/ ntUIs anu iulR uB they please, are iuli
u nOlic anu fun, aud seem 10 be hav-
iugn ueyef'Unulng picnic. just notice
la toe uNuulps Oh you pnta the lantanas
| growing Will, palm plants tuzt are
butuUl aud cared igr Ia our hOmOa Of
the ngrth with sO much care and utlen-
| zion,
At Morgan ely, on tho ArChaiblaya
fivur, or Berwick uny, is tue pier ifOm
whence start tho Morgan liueoi steam.
UrH Tor foreign pore, nud here aisO 10
tue point wntre the famous Oyst,fs Oi
tue gulf are canned anu shipped nuo
where the stranger can gol glimpse OF
alligat3H anu tue pretty gaGlgn near
the railroad depot Tor Wo atU now IN
the land where alliEulOtt lJat in the
sluggiah waters 0i tue act WORK Oayuuh
thai arc found oil along thU Cur coast
anu tne iauIu OF tho AcAiiaus, ANA
near The points where the Confederate
Hud Union armies met Ia dUaIly con-
lilct curing The war Tor the Union,
From tuis place on 90 Sew Orleans
the samo features prcvaii-csru, rice
peanuts anu other pt0luCiu arc raised
aud splendid bodies Of nuU timber are
abundant. The bills are l,it behind
al ~ Hat, NOISY anu close 70 the water
line. There Afo no cuilhtg In thia part
VI Louisiana. Graves aru built hbJvc
ground, anu mUst OF tbs houses
arc prepared for rlto VI
water. Tue air u damn; The rain
storms last from two ~ ,htcu days,
sometimes Ia torrents anu at other
times penetrating drizzio. Nothing
looks more wfetUhud than the forests
uung with tue wet dropping moss on
the trees ami all around the lcadon
skies, while the n0gsy earn ma .kes
you feel that there are some lnings
more enjoyable than lie IA the
swumTs.
A. we near tho Mississippi We feel
tenio VI roiiei after q continuous ride
OF four days and nights on the regular
trains, but u We were either drummers
or miili0nuires VIC could take the fam.
Gus sunset limited that makes tho run
Ia = little over three days. This train
10 tho acme Of railroad accOmmOdh.
ton, and makes about 500 miles every
day On the trip.
Our railroad Rides ends at Algloft,
opposite Ia New Orleans. Tue Train
runs ON 10 au Immense lrausier steamer
and, presto, we are INA the most unique
city Ia America. 40 could easily DO
converted into another Venice.
There arc sights aud scenes TO be-
tllytd hero that oaunOt be found
elsewhere. The grand old rlyeT, the
ththur VI waters, II about half mile
wide, ana the banks on each side OF ~
are lined With vessels Tor milos. Ocean
steamers pass up aud down through
the Jay Rud river crafts OF every Kidd
are loading aud unloading day anu
night. Thousands OF negroes arr hang
ing around tbs lcuves waiting ior "A
chance to work Rt twenty-five cents an
hout-A feast today, a famine iOm0T-
row, is their usual experience. |
watched for hours TO see 10 could 1nd
any well.dfeasud darKeys, but very
Tow were la sight. Their clothes were
VI every hue--the patches on them
never III harmony with the ground
work. They gather In groups around
the cotton bales and sugar h0gsh0ads.
They are full Of iun; they hold the
tort against imported labor You
may see two or tnfuo hundred iunulug,
Jumping and moving on and Oh the
steamers, with freight OF every Kind
the mate keep them earhiuR their pit
J lance. Aud don't they w0ti! IL was
q warm DAY anu iNe sweat Iau down
lively gs they rolled up the barrels ana
carried the boxes on aud Oh,
found the streets aud tho oil part
Of tho city very dirty and marrow aud
devoid Of architectural beauty. / was
disappointed in the mafkuts; they do
not compare At sil with san francisco.
e Oyst9n are cheap here, 81 pei busHvl.
IL 10 one Of the sights 10 geo tho tioaga
Of oyster boats At the levee. THIS iu-
/ dustry IN ia the hands OF ltalians. The
: rig OF thuir O0als conforms 10 the Med.
ilOfAneRn type, A perfect electric
street car system Ia adopted hofe-All
limos center on Canal street, While
, walking the street thought that the
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