Year: 1866

We rather pitied some of the fair who were
tempted out yesterday. One with a small parasol,
who walked along under heavy shower, and
tried to look as If nothing was the matter, es-
peciay excited our sympathy. No amount of
gathering up nicely of skirts could keep them
from having generally bedraggled appearance,
and even when they were nicely gathered up, all
the trouble apparently was not over There was
"a suspicious glancing behind; and there was the
uneasy doubt which was only too visible, that
somebody miGit be looking at feet which some
body knew very well they had no right to see.


Having thus sympathzed and moralized as to
the difficulties of the situation, under protecting
shelter. we sailed forth and determined to wade
around little for ourselves.


We reached Canal street without any other ad-
venture than having an open umbrella, which was
carried like a lance in rest, thrust in our face.
The world was now before us: it was necessary to
decide to go in some direction; which? An out
ward bound car heading for New Levee street
suggested the answer; but it Immediately COM
menced raining cats and dogs upon our entrance,
and the rain was SO heavy and incessant, that at
one time We entertained the fear of being thrown
overheard as the disturbing Jonah.


They have been building so many car lines Of
late that we know little of this line shipping our
self around the capes and headlands of the Dau.
phine route, had hitherto been the only one much
known to us-swinging ottto the right at Rampant,
| and coming round with an easy helm, into Espa-
made: but We wanted to see the front Of the city
proper as laid out by BienviIIe.


We can't remember now, in recording our i'm
pressions, that we were much struck with any
| particularly interesting sights like most other
distinguished travellers. Where you get out of
| sight Of New Levee street. that has ambitously
thrust itself forward, the houses appear dingy,
but are still, apparently in good enough repair.
| The selling Of sugar, shoulders sides, and similar
delicaces, appeared to be here the correct thing.
Still there were not wanting those who had estab-
lished clothing bureaus for the sale Of clothes,
boots, hats and such like


The names Of the owners of this latter class Of
stores struck us as decidedly foreign and as we
had not met them in any advertisements that we
had read, we concluded that they relied upon that
transient class who are constantly arriving and
departing, for purchasers.


Through the shipping.and mist is seen Algiers


and between flows the lager-colored Mississippi


who has tilched from our poor neighbour the one


talent Of land she had and given it as batture tc


her sister, who has ten. But the levee from


which latter it is made, has duh appearance to


day.
:, Huge tarpauiins cover up under their immense


folds the various productions Which the Briarius
handed water god brings to our shores, and the


barrels and hogsheads appear to be taking siest;
in rows, like a detachment Of soldiers that hav,
only one blanket between them Some Of th
large gangs of hands that are generally busy
Sysiphuslike, in rolling up or down from or int


the boats their various freight, have crawled toe


under the tarpauulins' edges; aud the conclusio
. we came too was that if We were called upon
elect an occupation rainy day, that it pre-
d baby would not be that of dray driver.
d Our remaining impressions they the mos
e Interestingly We think will keep for another time