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 The general appearance of New Orleans is imposing.   The great number of fine buildings, the dome of the St. Charles Hoel piercing proudly above all, the great Levee or embankment thrown up to protect the city from the inroads of the river during freshets.  On this Levee is placed the principal warehouses & Stores & in front of it the Shipping with the continual bustle of Merchants, their clerks, produce of all descriptions Carting about under the superintendence of Germans & Irish large numbers of Slaves of all hues from jetty black to the pale Mulato.
  My first visit was to the St. Charles the ? hotel of the South.  The interior arrangements are in a large scale & managed very well.   The exterior business is not in unison with the character of this sort of establishment.   The Veranda also the ? hours of the Exchange hotels are more in keeping & the latter are some fair Chiaro oscuro paintings.  Independently of the Hotels there are Boarding Houses & ? "Furnished apartments." and no want Churches & Chapels crossed out:  are in abundance for all ?/  The Banks  are fine buildings & the City ?