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                                          New Orleans                                                         86
 The appearance of the 'N.O. ' from the River is imposing; 100 Miles from its mouth  the imments number of buildings, the ^ ?one of

St. Charles hotel peering proudly above all; then the Levee or reimbankment thrown up to protect the city from the inroads of the mighty Mother of waters, when there is a whe? in the river - on the ^ levee being placed the stores or Warehouses, & a prmt of it the Shipping. I arrived just as the busy season was closy?, still the continual basth with principal streets and towards the River gave me some idea of the extent of business transacted in this City - now the chande