New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-12-31
our CITY

ness thorough fares exhibit an unbroken torrent
| Of vehicles, engsnea in the transportation q
goods and PROD ne while the banquettes, en-
numbered with piles Of merchandise, scarcely
afford pass way for the jostling crowds. Our
Port exhibits At either horn Of its Y Ores
cent an extended forest Of masts embracing
an unusually large representation Of the ship
ping Of all natons--while the intermediate
base is filled with the MODEST fleet of steamers
| to be seen in the. world These leviathans Of
our great internal sea, surprising in capacity
the largest merchantmen, ARE continually emp
Lying from their vast hosoms enormous qnanti-
ties Of the produce Of the soil and industry Of
the great Empire Of the Mississippi upon that
leEee, the characteristic feature of New Or.
leans, where, nearly within the compass Of
one view, you may behold the grandest ar
ray Of agricultural and industrial wealth
which any city ever presented Here are coll
lected the various products of q valley that
traverses every cline and produces nearly
every species of vegetable and mineral wealth
Here may be seen acres Of shogsheads of the
sweet product Of orr own e sunny South and
[of bales Of that great pacifcator which sup
plies with employment and food the starving
millions Of Europe; enormous pyramids Of corn,
-four, LARD, pork, whisky, and a hundred other
ARTICLES, sent here to be exchanged for money,
Tor for the rich goods. the luxurious manufac-
lures and products Of distant and foreign lands.
This scene Of wealth and commerce Of life, pros
lperity and progress, animates all beholders with
! glowing enthusiasm and gratitude, for the
our fortunes in so fair d valley by the banks of
d stream TINT alone, Of all the rivers Of the
world, 10 competent to the mighty task of trans
porting this vast produce TO the ocean which is
to bear it to distant lands. Nor should we for
get the blessing of this admirable location.
Of our city, which brings to her feet this rich til
butte Of the Great West Here is New Orleans, with
the modest Of roadsfeads in front, calm, wide,
deep river, which creates its OWE banks, and
whose current is itself propelling agent, equal
to many artificial motors, all safely land locked
and protected from storms and tempests; in our
rear, but five or six miles, is an arm Of the Gulf
of Mexico, which is already brought within less
than q mile Of the Mississippi, and through
which large and growing commerce can emerge
from our city freely and safely into the Gulf
And then, too, added to these advantages, we
enjoy cline Of greater equability and mild
ness than any other portion Of our own country.
Now. what else does N ew Orleans need to render
her the greatest and most fourishing city Of the
Union? Great she is, and still greater she will
be under any circumstances but to be what
nature intended her--to fill the full measure Of
her greatness demands other citizens more ex-
ertion, energy and wisdom with all her advan-
tages, she has her needs. New Orleans needs
populations steady, permanent, real population.
There no longer exists plausible reason why
she should not have such d population
4 The stigma of unhealthiness has been
removed from the character Of our city. Her
salubrity is now fixed fact. Tie time is |
not distant when great numbers Of persons
will flock thither from the rude blasts Of the |
North, to restore their impaired health and ar.
rest the ravages of disease. Besides, another |
valuable fact relative to residence in New Or |
leans is becoming every day more apparent, and |
that is the greater abundance and consequent
sheapness Of living here, over every other large |
city in this country or in Europe With the |
single exception Of rent, every essential Of do
mestic economy is lower here than in New York |
Or Boston. To bring down rents, and still further
cheaper the means of living in New Orleans, we |
need, firstly, a system of railroads, which can /
furnish rapid, safesand easy access to a high
country where our people may establish them
selves on small farms where they can live
heap and comfortable in summer, without seri-
us interruption Of their business, and from
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