. The Southern states of North America: a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland . apparently incom-prehensible yell, yet brings crowdsaround him; on his clean block liesthe pompano, the prince of Southernwaters, which an enthusiastic ad-mirer once described as a just fishmade perfect, or a translated noon the clamor ceases,the bustle of traffic is over, and themarket-men and women betakethemselves to the old c
. The Southern states of North America: a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland . apparently incom-prehensible yell, yet brings crowdsaround him; on his clean block liesthe pompano, the prince of Southernwaters, which an enthusiastic ad-mirer once described as a just fishmade perfect, or a translated noon the clamor ceases,the bustle of traffic is over, and themarket-men and women betakethemselves to the old cathedral, inwhose shadowed aisles they kneelfor momentary worship. \ .. tt ^ ^ - —*i»«e^=^^ Ixf- % > ^^ ^nl Si %. r «fcM- ll W ^~^ ^*s ~^_^5iJ^^v 1 H jftji J ^ras ^fK 1 ^flR, 1 1/ ^^^J^l- JR^ ^^py^\f^h -r ^^P^ 1 wl«U \ -- ^Mi- ^Ml I^Im ; ^^^^^^HS^^^^ ^^te^ ^S»i«*^*^^Pfe- *- cf^^f^^^^^ r^ ^ *^^^^^\ ^^^ ^^ ^ ~-^ btout colored women, with cackling hens danglingtheir brawny hands 4 IV. THE COTTON TRADE—THE NEW ORLEANS LEVEES, COTTON furnishes to New Orleans much of its activity and the sinews ofits trade. It stamps a town, which would otherwise resemble somedecayed but still luxurious European centre, with a commercial aspect. Amer-. by the levee. leans and Frenchmen are alike inter-ested in the growth of the cropthroughout all the great section drainedby the Mississippi and its rush eagerly to the Exchange toread the statements of sales, and rates,and bales on hand; and both are intensely excited when there is a large arrivalfrom some unexpected quarter, or when the telegraph informs them that somepacket has sunk, with hundreds of bales on board, while toiling along thecurrents of the Arkansas or Red rivers. In the American quarter, during certain hours of the day, cotton is the onlysubject spoken of; the pavements of all the principal avenues in the vicinity ofthe Exchange are crowded with smartly-dressed gentlemen, who eagerly discusscrops and
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