Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-03
TRAVEL ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.


CORRESPONDENTS THE JOURNAL COMMERCE..
New ORLEANS, APRIL 9, 1851.
For the twelfth time have traversed the entire length Of
the Ohio its confluence with the Mississippi and the hl
ter noble river has borne me the same number Of times safely
to the great Crescent City, where single glance from
the steamboats, deck behods the produce Of empire.
Piles upon piles waiting for shipment every section of
the habtable globe.
What glorious sight What happy contemplation
How proud am in knowing myself member of the Anse-
rcan Union. Yes, hardly years have passed
since whipped nation and fed another. Both Me1i
and Ireland have like the better for IL and
they do. Dissolve this Union Let any antunionisi,
however sangune aboard steamboat at Pittsburgh, and
New Orleans watch the inseparable connexioo,
the ndssolubIe ties the paerna and aterna regard, the
trade and other countless interests that he must
all binding together the slave and the free States and be
will excaim, "inpossibe I" .@.
The boats usually we'll loaded, both with freight and
passengers and the average price actually higher than 1t
few years back, although traveller from any other
part of the world appears astonshngy cheap, and indeed
ii is Mississippi boat is much the same It
takes great many miles with heap Of comfort, and
gives great deal for little money Il but from
and hreequarter per mile all found, two
and half dollars per day live steamboat for the long
routes It takes from nine twelve days from Pittsburgh
this city, according the speed Of the boats. Distance
near $500 miles.
have often wondered why Hudson river had no such
boats as used here and the Western waters Any
traveller who knows will say he has genuine socal
comfort Mississippi steamboat" costing S25, 00o than.
be has Northern boat costing 500, ,O00 Whyr Be-
here the freight goes into the hold and the lower
deck with the CATTLE and the cabin passengers occupy The
clear clean upper deck, take their food in light airy hail.
and sleep, ,chout extra Charge in sate-oons. There the
thing is reversed The passengers and sleep in the hold
often gorgeous certainly, bu, still hole or holJ,"
pay extra considerably and have state room not always
well ventilated. Were steamboat man, would fdghten
Of these Commodore Vandebilts with boat or iour
Of them, with one-founh their capital
Every thing is discussed during the ten days passag and
am happy to that every year discovers rsona en-
ioymen There less poker and brag playing for heavy
stakes and whist and euchre for fun and cgas less
vinstun for ten (aye, hundred) dollars corner ana
more Of the game for the honor Of winning and s
smiles Of the fair partners lockers The boat hasevsy
variety OF passengers At the great depot OF the mining ana
smelling region the "iron masters at Cncsn-
natl the pork packers Louisville the hemp grower AZ
Madison, Indians the cpn-grower; Cairo the hostrul
turist ard so on 10 the planter, merchant gentle
man, and politicians.
The tremendously increasing trade Of New Orleans as
tou,d me eyery time arrive in the city, and now more
than aver Ocean steamships added to the ss oil
this ,,eahost city The river and gulf are ssrumu-
latng beyond all Precedehs
The Mexican and Texas trade s adding daily to ,hs
svals and departures that with the natural but wonder
fol increase Of the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio. and ArkaD-
sas river traffic flowing the city. Nev Orleans has and
resping advantages equsled BY city in our blessed
Unon, excep, New York.