Carmelite Convent, 104 Carondelet appointed governor in 1792, 25 fortifies New Orleans in 1792, 64 his schemes defeated by Gen. Wilkinson, 26 Casa Blanca, 189 Carrolton, 191 Casa Calvo succeeds governor Gayosa de Lemor, 26 is succeeded by Salado, ib. Catholic Cemeteries, 107 Cathedral, 92 Cattle, improvement in the breed, 56 Ceded to the United States, Louisiana, 26 Cemetery, Cypress Grove, 105 Catholic, 107 Protestant, 108 St. Patrick's, 109 Chapel of the Ursulines, 98 St. Antoine's, or the Mortuary, 97 Wesleyan, 103 Charitable Association, the Samaritan, 114 the Firemen's, 115 Charitable institutions, 110 Charity Hospital, 117 Church, Annunciation, 100 St. Augustine, 96 Christ, 99 St. Paul's, 95 St. Patrick's, 95 First Presbyterian, 100 Second do, 101 First Congregational, ib. Methodist Episcopal, 102 First Baptist, ib. Circus, the, 180 Circus Place, 182 Circus street Infirmity, 124 City Exchange, (St. Louis,) 157 Bank, 154 Hall, 134 Improvements, an anecdote, 68 Proper, its extent, ib. Prisons, 129 Clay, of a very pure kind, 57 Clergy, of New Orleans, 79 Climate of Louisiana, 45 College of Louisiana, 43 Jefferson, ib. Franklin, ib. Medical, 168 Colonial system introduced, 17 carried out, 21 Colony transferred to France in 1803, 24 Colorado ascended by La Salle, 15 Comedians first arrived in 1791, 64 become teachers, ib. Commercial advantages of New Orleans, 81 Commercial exchange, 159 prosperity commences in 1795, 25 Comparative speed of navigating the Mississippi, 80 Congregational Church, first, 101 Convent of Ursuline nuns, erected in 1730, 61 its description, 103 Convent, new one erected in 1824, 61 its description, 104 Coast, the, 31 Convent, the Carmelite, 104 at Grand Coteau, 44 Cotton, when first exported, an anecdote, 47 the quantity estimated for 1844, 45 opinions on the fluctuating price of, 48 its consumption in New England, 49 in England, ib. will present prices sustain the planter? 50 the produce of Texas, ib. lands, where the best, 34 Factories, 151 Presses, 152 Court-house, 133 Creoles their character, 73 Crevasse, in 1816, 42 in 1844, at Bonne Carre, ib. Crozat, Antonio, obtains an exclusive privilege, 17 Cuba tobacco seed does well in Louisiana, 54 Cultivation of sugar, 21 of Cotton, 47 of madder, 51 of silk, 53 of hemp, ib. of the vine, 55 of tobacco, 54 of indigo, 55 of orange and fig do, 20 Currency, evil of its depreciation, 19 Custom house, description of it, 89