Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1845-06-12
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE AGE.
Point Coupee, May II, 1916.

Mn. EDIToR,-l spent several days, re-
Gently in the Crescet City. The warm
weather, together with apprehensions Of an
early visit, from yellow Jack" have in.
duced great numbers, to close their bust
ness and leave for more healthy regions
Those in the City, who have had the yell
low fever, are rather facetious in their re-
marks, upon those who dare not encounter
it, A distinguished member of The Con-
vention, the other day, when the question
of Suffrage was upon the taps, proposed TO
make having yellow fever an Indispensable
qualification to entille man to a VOTE
What few remarks he made upon his prop
ostlen, were founded as he said upon dis
like to "birds Of passage" Ibid not learn
whether he succeeded in eli'ecting a con.
quest of the views of members to his own.
When the he,lth of New Orleans shall be
radically improved, there is nothing to pre-
vent its becoming, If not The first, at least
the second City in the Union. Under even
its present disadvantages, nearly one hall
of the Commerce Of the Country is carried
on through its port. The valIy Of the Mis-
sissppi, rich in every variety Of product
Boosting an almost innumerable number Of
large and navigable streams, watering i'm
mense tracts Of land, the fertility of which
cannot be surpassed upon this Continent,
or indeed upon the globe, is bound to carry
on its almost unlimited trade, through the
City which is its most natural outlet
When all the mighty region watered by the
Mississippi and its branches shall be settled,
and New Orleans boast its half million Of
inhabitants, it is useless to speculate upon
the political Importance, this part Of ouI
noble ConIederacy, will assume. 1t is ev'
idcn, however, when that day arrives, New
England will possess but little numerical
strength in the Councils Of the Naton.-
Her political power by the over powerinE
weight of the South West, will depart from
her, like the strength of Sampson, wheI
shorn of his locks. Should her interest,"
chance to conflict with the interests Of 9th
err sections, hers will be sacrificed or made
to yield to those, with which they are sup
posed to lar. For it would be ascribing toe
much magnanimIty to the majority, to sup
pose that it would surrender its own view,
of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, to advance those o
the minority. 1t is to be hoped however
that in present time and in coming time
10 conflict of interest will be experienced
between the different sections Of the coun
try, and that Patriotism, that noble incen
tive 10 public virtue, will prompt all heart
to act without any thing Of sectional feel
ing, for the common glory aud common
good. While in the City, visited the
hall, where the Supreme Court holds il
Sittinrs. 1t is embelished with Busts o
Judge Marshall and Judge Martin. Ii
1913, Judge Martin who has long been at
hicted with blindness, visited France tt
seek relief. Prior to his departure, The
Bar Of New Orleans, gave him a dinner
He raciprocated the compliment by pre-
senting them the bust Of Judge Marshall
They requested that while in France, he
would have his own taken. He consented
and it now adorns the room where by hi
consummate ability exhibited for perlot
of more than a quarter Of century, he
has established the reputation of being ont
Of the first Jnriss o. the age. During thu
course OF the thirty two years, he has heIt
a seat upon the bench, he has won lauyel'
which will grow greener, the more his ju'
dicial judgments are read, and the deptI
Of their legal ability understood. His de-
clsions are marked, for the cIearness ortheir
Argument the proioundness of their Log
c and the chasteness OF their Language
Judge Martin has now nearly reached the
limit of his earthl y career. That revered
head, crowned with judicial honors, stored
with wisdom Of the past and the learning
of the present, must soon mingle its dust
with that Of the mighty dead. When that
solemn event shall happen, Louisiana will
lose the Father Of her Judiciary and the
ablest of her Judges,
The Mississippi, the pagan q"iris, is
low and still falling, In consequence Of
this and the partial cessation of business,
a large number of Steamboats, have gone
into summer quarters. Flat boats also with
which it is usually covered, have mostly
disappeared. Those Of your readers who
have never seen Flat boat, would be sur
prsed to witness the crazy craft, the Yves.