Year: 1874

OUR NEW ORLEANS LETTER.


Conference and Compromise" Boys in


Blue on the Observation-Disclosures,


Business, etc.


New ORLEANS October lst, 1874.
DEAR CHIEF:


This has been q stirring week
compromise has been the order OF
both day and night; conferences have
been innumerable, and at last a re-
suit has been arrived at. Of course
l am now talking of the big political
conference which you doubtless know
all about if you have scanned the
daily papers. The words 9 confer
ence" and compromise" just at
present, are par excellence the two
most fashionable Of the English Ian
guage. Your correspondent was on
the way to the place where his land
lady lets him sleep, the other night,
when he caught, or rather saw, a
young gallant kissing fair maiden.
The scene was terribly suggestive of
the old song, the "Good-bye at the
door," as it occurred on some steps
in close proximity to a door. Sud-
denly words Of violent Indignation
were uttered by the maiden the gal
liant for a moment seemed confound-
ed, but very soon the magic word
" conference was waited on the
night air, quickly followed by its con-
frere compromise" Your cores
pondent continued to wend his weary
way homeward feeling sure that the
threatened war between that young
gallant and that gentle maiden had
indeed been compromised"


Our river, at least the portion of
the Mississippi we are wont to call
ours, contains enough men of war to
entitle this port to he called a naval
station. A pleasant afternoon, and
4 promenade down Canal street will
show numbers of handsome officers of
both army and navy, who in their
neat undress uniforms and by their
gentlemanly demeanor attract the at
tention and admiration Of all, the fair
sex especially. They mingle freely
with the people and it is notorious
fact that in conversation they avoid
the remotest mention Of our political
troubles, or expression of individual
opinions. A "large sprinkling" of
them are to be found at the theatre
nightly except Sunday. Your cores
pondent noticed on Sunday evening
last that there was not a single naval
or military officer in the theatre:
though they had largely patronized
it through the week previous, and
since.


Apropos of the theatres, the Acad
emy of Music played to very poor
business through the entire engage
ment of Sheridan g. Mack's combina-
ton, who were really a deserving
company, and gave show fully up
to the standard of its kind; yet
strange anomaly, Haverly's Minstrels,
one of the poorest troupes-with a
few individual exceptions-ever seen
here, are drawing good houses.


Business in the city is terribly be-
hind hand and Carondelet street looks
nearly as dull as it did at midsummer.
The great political juggernauntal
car which will continue to roll until
the coming election is past, has more
to do with our local business stagna-
ton than any thing else; and this
metaphorical* juggernaut will crush
quite as many victims as does its
Indian namesake. A stroll around
town reveals the fact that fully one
fourth Of all the dwelling houses in
the city are for rent. The question
naturally arises: What has become OF
our population7 I answer, there is
not a day but what the said popula-
ton is decreased some going West
ward to Texas, some Northward, all
bent on getting to place where the
expression of an opinion not coincid-
ing with local majority will not en-
DANCE, their peace, perhaps lives.


Since the close of the conference,
the possibility Of a peaceful election
is freely canvassed though it is gently