Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-05-29


interior. not from two nor three great rivers
hut frum many rivers. flowing through re,
eions not settled at all, or but sParseiy se,"eo
any where, but nov. yielding SO MUCH tfsIe' a"
moi afraid to hazard the prediction that Ne"
leans must be the greatest comnercia, CITY y, ''e
world. The field on which the merchant IS :"
acts most magnificent. Fifty fcs fhoasa,d m, a
81 internal water communication, II Is said. seeks
a ven, for its trade at New 0reans-a trade from
a great variety OF attitudes, with agreat variety
| Of pro,Iuc tinns,-c from lands unsurpassed
in fertility and administering every thing 10 inc
wants or Injuries of man. Think OF this, anu
run your eye over the map. and remember ''a,
vast norton of this country we oil New England
should yet call quite unsettled, and say u err
IN my calculation.
!. There is the Red river, the trade OF which goes
to New Orleans, up which steam boat this year ear
has gone as far as Cantonment lOwsoh' iIoo
miles-4OO miles above which there are settle
ments, all along this river there are new
plantations, many of which are The r'ches' 10 'he
world, fertile ia the sugar cane ana COTTON, anu
in almost every thing which the industry oil man
sees fit TO cultivate. An individual has just IN
Turned me, that in February he arrived there from
! Tennessee and planted with fifty negroes ana
that when he left, his cotton was up, coVer'n!
two hundred acres on prairie. and was then
promising h,m fertile and valuable crop
There is the hrkansaw river, the trade ct
which must go 10 New O.leahs, na,Isable at
times BY steam bats 900 miles. as an inlor-
med Arkansaw Is vel but partially settled, but
the extent of the river is $500 miles.
There i, the White River, nayigabe tor steam
boats from 400 To 500 miles. and Tor Keel boats ooo
miles. lis course is 1900 miles.
Thea there is the Dam, naviaable to Pitsburg,
1000 miles from News Orleans b. water. where
nearly all of the principal steam boats on the
Mississippi are built. the Oilo with all Its tr'bu'
tari,s,-wi.h the Tennessee, nasigabic al tunes
to Knoxville bv steam buats, meanderln9 through
the best parts of Tennessee add the lines, ter
ri,ury IN Aabama,-with the Cumberland. navi-
gable as far as Nashville by steam boats.-and
many other na,isable more or less, pnurIns
their treasures ultimately iato tue Father OF Wa.
ters.
Then there is the immense Missouri, with its trl-
there is the Illinois. with boat nayiga-
ti0n for 500 milcs-Rn,k River, ha>isah!e 900
miles.-ka,kaskia $50 miles, with many others,
which any eye will note on map. And now
to all of tnem NAV be added the mighty MIssis-
sippi itself, navgable by boats to the Falls OF ST.
Anthony In short. there is a continent above
New Oreans-a worM nf itself, with streams
as useful for trade as the srea, ocean. SINAI!
sk,f or flat bnat. that cannot stand wave oi the
ocean. adventures in safety from the cold North.
with its ice and SHOWS, to the warm south, with
its sugar cane, irs olives, and lis oranges!
Nor is there in tbs Union such fed as New
Orleans for enterprise -enterprize Ut all sorts,
frum the connter aud the desk, 10 the bar and the
pulpit. Every thing is new, III chaos as 1t
were-ju,t advancing to form and cnme'iness-
Moral courage acting rrndentiy and cautiously,
aud thus wInu,ng that influence which moral
courage aided by ability and prudence always
mus, have. will here find glorious theatre for
action. There is hardly such place in the
world for an upright. energetic, industrious and
brave man, no matter what his occupation.
brnre man. l say. fur courage ia such a society
is necessarv-bui do moi mean the bravery that
sets at defiance pow der and ball. and re, klessv
rushes into danger,-l don't mean the bravery
of the bull and the bcar-for | leave such bra
rery to the pistols of the duelli.ts, and the horns
and tusks of brutes,--but do mean the bravery.
the moral courage. which dare think, speak and
act for itself, ii necessary, even IN the teeth OF
Public Opinion, always acting with care aud ex
eeeIling cau,ian, aud delicate respect even tor
the errors of others. And Public Opinion will
ultimately honor the man who acts thus from
honorable impulses, for Public Opinion IS ever
scanning With an eagle eve the motions OF men;
and ever errinx, ever wandering as 1t Is, 1t ul-
timaiely awards justice eight times out Of ten'
wherever il Is due.
A Divine. not bisotted norFana'ic. might do
wonders here for tine cause Of morals, IT he had
that ability which commands an audience. and
makes even churchso p!easure,-ior the
church and pleasure grounds are here rivals on the
Sabbath. A Lawyer. travelling at times beyond
his suits and his writs. would fad here ample
range and seopr for action
Ca the Whole, strange as many tiings appear
toa stranger. have been most 'greeaoiy deprs'
cd of many of nv pre- formed opIn'ons ct New
Orleans. lhare j. not much more vice among
,hnse whose opinions are, valued, than in many
other cities + obabIy there IS no more, tor
here it takes no trouble to con ceal itself, as in
other places There is far more society and Tar
better society than report led me to expect.
have been here bat short time. but long enough
tn 6nd men and women with mluis as we'll stor.
ed as in any par, Of the Union. Literature, 1t is
true, Is here but in the Blossom; literary institu.
ntia