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Show EMIGRANT'S GUIDE. that -the country could !'>resent, <~nd without observing any · stated r~ giruen, he enjc•yt>d almo t unin~E>rrup~ .d heal.th. . This ' uhject has be~n mentlut1ed m detail, from the certamty of its importance, and fr~m a conv·clion, th:.:~t those who wjJI most need the precRution are tho::-t lo whom ~he oeG('Hsity of usin~ it is un~nown . Men frorn the 'no~thern, and m ny parts of the middle states, and , indeed, lrorn some o/ the hilly and mount~inous part!-~ )f the states of VirginiJ, the twn Carolinas. aud Georgia, cannot be made to dread an enerny whos~ attacks toey never felt. The rohu:;t, healthy, full habits, of must of the young men of all those places, are precisely the fou upon whlc·h the bilious fevers of the south are supported. And of :~ H the various causes that sap and destroy the humail frame, waiJt oi. r~st, and exposure to night dews, are 'the most dangerous ~nd destructive. · The rude mattress and check curtain, with thick Russia sheeting te~ters, used by the Louisiana boatmen, would save thousandg of lives. The whole materials of a bed, constructed in this manner, wou\d not e~ceed, and possibly not amount to twenty dollars. They are made of all sizes, and of all kinds of materials, from the coarsest to the finest ; are of every kind of workmanship, from the rudest to the most elegant, and are expo~ed for sale in the shops of New Orleans, and every other town, in the places where they are needed~ Any person from the northern states, intending to remove to, or visit any p;ut of Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texa.s, below 33° N. lat. would find it f?r ~is benefit. ~o ~o to New Orleans, or Mobile by $ea, and to arnve m those Cities as late ::u~ November. There is no imp~dime~t, arising from winter, in visiting any part of the country. Heavy rams seldom fall before January, and often not so ear~y in the season: !he whole country can be examined with safety and cornfort, dunn~ No-.'ernber, December, January, February, and ~arch. The s1ckly season does not commence before August ; June ]S ~he mos~ h~althy, and September the most sickly month. · The~e Is, mdeeu, .. no season known alJove 40 N. lat. answering to t.he wmter of Louts! ana, .nor is there any so pleasant. J t is, l~owever, the Sf_:ason m '\"inch fewest persons visit the country. The far greate:<)t number descend the MiEsissippi in spriHg, and return in summer, m oruer to escape the dangers of autumn. ~raJers, I?erchants, Lo;.thnen, and sailors, may, from the nature of th ~ 1r rfSJ?echve fmployrne~ts, · b~ in a great degree forced to pursue thts routme.; but persons mtcnumg to settle, can Lc seldom under ~_ucl~ ~1 cess1ty, a?d. arc less excusable iu exposing themsel res and famtlle~ to useless nsk. · The orJinary expe~1ses of travflling Jo u~t g1catly vnry, in dif~ ferent parts of the U mted S~atcs, in a gi\·en clistance ' but there is , great a~d es~cn~.ia! difference iu tim~. \Vl~ere stea·m·boats, go~d auJ . convenJCnt fernes, a!lJ st~ges, are established, the rate at which a t r~vcll~~ can aJvancc is m.uch accel.eratcd,. but his expenses are in Jaopor.ton to the convemences Wtth whtch he is provided · and ~hougb he can proceed on biii way with more celerity, he cannot pa·!.i~ El\HGRANT'S GUIDE. from place to place, with much, if any less money, than by the old fashion ' of riding a good horse. .... . Except by water, tbere are no public conveniences yet establish· ed in the Mi:3sissippi or Mobile countries, for the convenience of traa veJlers ; they are obliged to provide themselves the means of trans .. portation. Horses, of all prices, are constantly to be procured in New Orleans and Natchez. A medium price may be about eighty dollars. A stage was some years past established from New Orleans to l3aton R:ouge, but discontinued, from. want of sufficient encouragement. Most persor.s .rt::turning from New Orleans to the western and northern states, cross lake Pontcbartrain to Madisonville, aRd thence by Natchez. A new ~oad is now opening from Nashville to Madi .. sonville, which will obviate the necessity of passing by . Natchez~ and also save eighty or an hundred miles travelling. Nearly the whole of this road will be over high, dry land. The distance upon this new route, from New Orleans to Nashville, will be about 480 ; l y Natchez, it is nearly 600 miles. ., • |
