Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-09-04
FORMING HERALD.
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 4, Is3s.
II In morning paper yesterday (remarkable fol

II In morning paper yesterday remarkable for
It's slolidity) there some sublimoy superlaiive
nonsense relative 10 the Atchafaaya Rail Road; and
amongst other momentous statements this occurred
"By this way the cotton of the Opelousas country
will reach New Orleans in October and November
instead of February, as is the case. A constan,
supply OF fine cattle will also come TO market by this
road"
Now, 10 all who have ever travelled as we have,
over the Atchafayala contingencies the Bayou
Sorre-Bayou Pigeon, Grand Lake, Lake Chcot the
Bayou Teche, the A,chafayala Bay, the Black Ba-
you &c-,he above statement seems the very qunt-
essence OF nonsense. For the great grazing coun'
try lies south OF the Opelsusas, and not in any way
near the line of the contemplated rail road from OPe
iousas church 10 Point Coupee. Thousands and tens
OF thousands of the finest cattle are annually brought
from the immense prairies that lie between the Bayou
Teche and the Sabine river, las we'll as from Texas
as far as the San Trinoad) to Saint Nartnsvlle
thence by the COW boat TO the Bayou plaqnemine,
and by land TO New Orleans. These cattle are all
preferred to those from Missouri, Illinois, Indiana
and Ohio; because they travel but very short dis
tance by water; If necessary they could go the entire
distance from st. Mariinsvillc to New Orleans by
water and then GO much quicker than by going round
the contemplated rail road line to Point Ceupee. So
that il is perfect nonsense TO state thar the laying
down the rail road from Opelsusas church 10 Point
Coupee, viii afford any extra facilities for sending
beeves to the New Orleans market Why in point of
fact the contemplated line of rail road will pass
through a tract of country in which II would be ex-
ceedlngy difficult TO find Fifty head of cattle together
at one time, along the entire route.
Again. with regard to the cotton of the Opelousas
region being sent to the New Oreaas market earlier
by the ra road, than by the present route. Can any
thing be more ridiculous than this statement? Why
the entire years growth of cotton that come from the
"Opelou.as country" could be disposed of in New
Orleans on the Levee in a few hours under ordinary
circumstances. The cotton, also included that comes
from the adjoining districts of Lafayette, St. Mar.
tins, 81. Mary's, the Plaqsemine, the Atchafalaya
Bay Plantations, &c. &C., is comparatively unmpor
tant when compared to the sugar crops. If rail
road were laid down for any particular purpose, it
should be for the purpose of bringing the sugar the
New Orleans market. And we hardly know how il
could be brought quicker than IT now is.
We have no less than eight excellent steam
beats running between the sugar and cotton panta-
tons and New Orleans at one time. The Monmouth,
Teche Ajax Velocipede, Corco, Planet, and two
Others whose names we do not remember al this
moment, All running between the "Opelousas
country as the sapient writer calls it and NewOr
leans.
Moreover we have seen sugar and cotton taken on
board these steamboats, al the plantations and land
ed and sold on the evee at New Orleans all within
the space of Sc hours and yet the learned writer
talks in way induce some TO believe that i. requir
ed SIX msnths accomplish this instead Of SO hours.
Nay, we have helped to roll hogsheads Of sugar ard
bales of cotton on board a steamboat the Ateha-
faaya river, and have landed and sold the same in
New Orleans within thirty hours. How ridiculous,
them it is for persons 10 attempt TO write about
tiers tina, they totally ignorant Of The fact ls
that the rail road if laid down on the contemplated
line, terminating AT Point Coupee, opposite Bayou
Sara viii benefit not more than SIX schemng specu.
lators But the fact of the matter is that there is
certain bank in New Orleans called the A,chafalaya
Bank, (Which the southern people had little or no con
.fdence in and the Recorder of the Second Munici
paty, Joshua Baldwin, was its President He made
of his official power as Recorder, TO circulate the
notes OF the Atchafalaya Bank; the shin pasters Of
the Second Municipality were issued there, and by
this and good deal more Of such manGuvrng the
notes were circulated they were always. however, re
garded by the well Informed with Suspicion, and in
the general panic, this was one of the first banks to
burst up. Whether the notes are redeemed now or
mol, we nave not usdru. AHc SomPaHy Wv
tanned their charter solely upon the stipulation, that
they laid down the rail road within certain tme;-
for this object the company was chartered by the le-
gislature of Louisiana with banking privileges. They
obtained their charter built their bank paid ior IT IN
their own notes sent abroad their trash in the shape
Of promises pay" and seemed for time al least
"a think no more of the rail road.
Bet, they al last found We presume, that Time
who trps ap the heels OF the soutest would lay them
fat on their backs If they did not present at least
appearance Of complying with the terms at the char
ter and now therefore, VIC hear that the Atchafala
Va rail road j. 10 be laid down. Psgh! Whether i
is ever begun or ever finished scarcely SIX persons,
we believe cares one cent Its benefits, If II ever con-
fer. any can never be felt by the present generation
but unfortunately the evils conferred by the bank have
been felt by thousands.
suxprRLaSp, THE PsTRoT.-We stated some shor
time since that this genius had been act a, liberty by
beng hsnished, on giving security. Since then, we
learn that the Law officers Of the crown in England
had declared his trial and ctsn Illegal, conse-
quenty that set him at Liberty sans oeremorie. Now
we learn from the Torsn,o paper that a fail pardon
has been granted him and he has been Get a, liberty
on that ground. tie is lscky to be set at liberty
three times for doing nothing.