A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . n killed and six wounded. A mistaken impression prevails insome sections of the Union, in relatir)nto the moral character, and healthfulnessof the climate, of the Crescent city. Butwhile not free from those evils incidentto all large and crowded populations,still, in proportion to its size. New Or-leans is as free from vice as any othercity of the Union, while scenes of vio-lence and bloodshed are not more fre-quent than in some northern cities. Theyellow fever is but little more to bedreaded than those pulmonary com-plaints which year
A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . n killed and six wounded. A mistaken impression prevails insome sections of the Union, in relatir)nto the moral character, and healthfulnessof the climate, of the Crescent city. Butwhile not free from those evils incidentto all large and crowded populations,still, in proportion to its size. New Or-leans is as free from vice as any othercity of the Union, while scenes of vio-lence and bloodshed are not more fre-quent than in some northern cities. Theyellow fever is but little more to bedreaded than those pulmonary com-plaints which yearly sweep away somany thousands of victims at the as to the dampness of the land, thatis yearly becoming of less account as thecultivation and second soil more andmore dwindle away its evil effects. Forpersonal safety, men, women, and chil-dren, are as secure from insult or injurythere, at all times, and under all circum-stances, as in any city in the world. Baton Rouge.—This town, the capi-tal of the state, is one hundred and forty <: a 2!. j M 1 446 DESCRIPTION OP THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. miles above New Orleans, on the leftbank of the Mississippi, standing chieflyon a plain elevated about thirty feetabove the vv^ater, except the businessstreets, which are on the low groundalong the shore. The public buildings are the court-house, state-penitentiary, United Statesland-ofiice, a college, an academy, threebanks, and four churches. The popula-tion is about two thousand five hundred. The college was founded in ] 823, andhas four professors, one thousand vol-umes in its library, and about fifty stu-dents. Steamboats communicate dailywith New Orleans, Vicksburg, &c., andstagecoaches run to New Orleans andSt. Francisville. DoNALDSoNViLLE, ninety miles aboveNew Orleans, stands on the west sideof the river, at the point where the LaFourche fork leaves the main stream. Galveztown stands on Bayou Man-chac, and is in the village of Iberville,at a short distance from the plac
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