The Republican journal., 1910-12-15

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Vulnerable negroes and mules it's popula-
ton. Small flags of every known color
and imaginable shape designated the diff
ferent lots of freight. Side by side
with their bows against the levee were
steamboats, unloading or loading for the
upper Mississippi, the Ohio, Missouri,
Red and Ouachita rivers, and for the
numerous streams and bayous about the
lower river. The ringing Of bells, the
sounding of whistles, the calliope OF
steam piano, the choruses of the colorec
deck hands, the rafting of drays and the
braying of mules were among the babel
Of sounds that broke upon the ear.
At 5 o. M, the usual hour for departure,
[ have seen at least fifty boats leave the
,evee for their different destinations.
Below the landing was landing for
small craft from the lower coast, lug
gers, manned by Portuguese, Italians,
Greeks, etc., in picturesque costumes
and laden with fruit, fish and produce OF
all kinds. Then came the ships, moored
sometimes three or four abreast, and
above the steamboat landing were more
ships. come to load cotton. Those were
the DAYS when cotton freights to Liver
pool were penny 1.-TWO cents) pound,
and some of our Maine ships paid for
themselves on their first voyage.
Canal street, the principal boulevard OF
the city, is nearly 200 feet wide, with a
grass plot Is feet wide in the center. 1t
divides the old or French section Of the
citv from the American, the latter con-
tanning most of the business houses. II
YOU walked down Royal or Charities
street, which are at right angles to
Canal street, you might easily imagine
Yourself in Paris. Down Chartres street,
past cafes and very Frenchy groceries
one storied, green shattered buildings
with roofs of red tiles-past the little
garden in rear of the dingy brown cathe-
dral. few PAGES to the left down Or
leans street and you stand before the
Theatre d. Orleans, two stored build
ing of reddish brown stucco, with row
of gas globes across its rudely orna-
mented front. U.der one portion of the
front is the Cafe d. Orleans, where the
bearded chorus singers meet to drink
eau sucre or light wines and play doml-
noes. The theatre is not large and seen
in daylight was dingy and unattractlve
looking, but when filled at night the
scene was brilliant one. For many
years this was the only place IN the
United States that maintained an opera
company each season. At the opera you
saw the elite of the city, the ladies' IN
full dress without bonnets or hats and
sparkling with jewels. The gallery was
divided into little compartments seating
four each and at the rear was row OF
boxes with latticed fronts, ensuring COM
plete privacy to their occupants. The
New Opera house, then in its first sea-
son, was also in the French section.
Above Canal street, on St. Charles
street was the St. Charles theatre, the
home of the blood and thunder drama,
and the Amphitheatre, chiefly patronized
by the juveniles, while on Gravier street
was the Varieties, devoted to the legiti-
mate, and in which appeared all the
noted artists of the day.
Opposite Royal and leading from Canal
street is St. Charles street, up which is
seen the white front of st. Charles
Hotel, which at that time had over one
thousand guests. Farther on are the
Amphitheatre and the St. Charles thea
tire, with museum opposite. The next
street back and parallel with st. Charles
street is Gravier street, where cotton
factors Commission merchants,) buyers
and brokers congregate. Between Camp
and St. Charles streets is Lafayette
SQUARE,, WIFI It's SIlduc CI0Co, AAuCA WA1ASAA
are comfortable seats for the weary.
On one side is city hall and on the other
the Odd Fellows building of Quincy
granite, from which Maine man, Hon.
Edward Pilsbury, lifted heavy debt
during his three terms as Grand Master.
In the French quarter, fronting on the
levee, is Jackson square, in which is a fine
equestrian statue of the old hero. The
square is filled with trees and shrubbery
and is a favorite resort of the people of
the neighborhood. Facing it is the
French cathedral. Lower down, on
Esplanade street, is the United States
mint, and just above is the French
market, before mentioned.
The city is drained by open cutters on
each side of the streets, in which green
and stagnant water is often seen. A
heavy rain flushes these cutters and the
water finds its way into drainage canals
in the heart Of the city which lead
through the swamps to Lake Ponchi-