The South-west, Svazek 1Harper & brothers, 1835 |
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Abaco agreeable American amusement appearance APPENDIX arrived ball bank Bank of Louisiana Bayou Bienvenu beautiful beneath bipeds blue boat breeze brick brig building café Canal-street centre character citizens coloured cotton courser Creole crowd dark dead deck distance door dwellings edifice entered extended eyes feelings feet fire floating formed French front gazing gentlemen green ground half head hour hundred ladies lake lake Borgne Lake Pontchartrain land leaving Levée light lofty Louisiana ment miles mingled Mississippi morning nearly negroes New-Orleans night noble northern ocean officer Orleans packet ship parish passed passengers phosphorescence piles plantation planter present quadroons quarter rapidly rear river round shot sail scene schooners ship shore shouted side slaves soldiers spacious Spanish square steamboats steamers stranger street stuccoed theatre tion tow-boat trees Ursuline vessels walk waves whole wind young
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Strana 54 - ... apparently for a similar purpose. From the centre of this group of stomachs depends a little cord, never exceeding the fourth of an inch in thickness, and often forty times as long as the body. The size of the Portuguese man-of-war varies from half an inch to six inches in length. When it is in motion, the sail is accommodated to the force of the breeze, and the elongated neck is curved upward, giving to the animal a form strongly resembling the little glass swans which we sometimes see swimming...
Strana 260 - The district courts, with the exception of the courts in the first district, hold, in each parish, two sessions during the year, to try causes originally instituted before them, and appeals from the parish courts. The parish courts hold their regular sessions in each parish on the first Monday in each month. The courts in the first district, composed of the district, APPENDIX.
Strana 267 - ... escaped the officers were " steady, men," these precautionary warnings being quite unnecessary, as every soldier was, as it were, motionless like fox-hunters, waiting with breathless expectation, and casting significant looks one at the other before Reynard breaks cover. All eyes seemed anxious to dive through the mist ; and all ears attentive to the coming moment, as it was impossible to tell whether the blazing would begin from the troops who were supposed to have already crossed the river,...
Strana 259 - New-Orleans, for the Eastern district of the state during the months of November, December, January, February, March, April, May June, and July ; and for the Northern district, at Opelousas and Attakapas, during the months of August, September, and October ; and at Baton Rouge, commencing the 1st Monday in August.
Strana 91 - China-trees, that still preserved their unbroken line along the river, we crossed Levee-street, a broad, spacious esplanade, running along the front of the main body or block of the city, separating it from the Levee, and forming a magnificent thoroughfare along the whole extensive river-line. From this highway streets shoot off at right angles, till they terminate in the swamp somewhat less than a league back from the river. 1 have termed New-Orleans the crescent city in one of my letters, from...
Strana 208 - Ingraham saw and heard about much violence. In New Orleans, "the rage for duelling is at such a pitch that a jest or smart repartee is sufficient excuse for a challenge . . ." What manner of men were these who could refer to an appointment for a duel "with the nonchalance of an invitation to a dinner or supper party?
Strana 263 - Subordinate to the department of finance were the contadors, treasurer, intenentor, auditor and assessor. Most of these offices were venal, or acquired by purchase. The processes were simple, but rigorous, and summary ; and many of their maxims of law seem to have been founded in the highest wisdom and equity. From whatever cause it happened, the yoke of their government always sat easy on the neck of the Anglo Americans, who lived under it, and they still speak of Spanish times, as the golden age.
Strana 264 - Under the colours of the South American patriots, they pirated at pleasure every vessel that came in their way, and smuggled their booty up the secret creeks of the Mississippi, with a dexterity that baffled all the efforts of justice. The depredations of these outlaws, or, as they styled themselves, Barritarians, (from Barrita, their island,) becoming at length intolerable, the United States' government despatched an armed force against their little Tripoli. The establishment was broken up, and...
Strana 261 - Salic, and named Louisiana, in honor of Louis XIV; in 1699, a French settlement was begun at Iberville; and in 1717, New Orleans was founded. The country now forming the state of Louisiana, was separated from the rest in 1804, and called the Territory of Orleans ; and in 1812, it was admitted into the Union as an independent state, by the name of Louisiana. GOVERNORS. Under the Territorial Government. William CC Claiborne, appointed 1804. Under the Constitution. Wm. CC Claiborne, elected 1812 James...
Strana 53 - ... be expanded or contracted to a considerable extent, at the pleasure of the animal. From beneath the body are suspended from ten to fifty or more little tubes, from half an inch to an inch in length, open at their lower extremity, and formed like the flower of the blue-bottle.