Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-11-06
New Orleans

The increase of New Orleans in population
wealth, and all the other elements of prospect
ty, for the past quarter of a century. cannot b.
regarded otherwise than truly wonderful, Will
it practically demonstrates the untiring energ,
and industry of the American character, aidet
by the adventurous and thorough-going spirit
of all nations. In spite of almost annual cpl
demics-an odious but extremely unjust mora
feputation-the cost of living greater than il
any other city of tho United States-and the
sectional nature of its former municipal gov
eminent, bringing in 4 numerous train of op
~pressive evils and drawbacks to prosperity
(enough not only to have retarded tho growth
but to have destroyed the very existence Of q
city, New Orleans has become, not only in
commercial but in many other respects, 4 me-
tropolis eXcelled in Importance by few others,
in our own land, or even in the world. The
singular advantage of its position with respect
to the immense valley Of the Mississippi, rem
dering her 4 Queen to whose glory and power
regions various in climate and unsurpassed fer
tility are necessarily tributary, is sufficient to
account for this otherwise most extraordinary
prosperity. And yet, who does not perceive
that New Orleans has reached hardly a 1.-THE of
the size, population, influence, wealth and 9TH
er resources of which it is capable? If, not
outstanding the adverse circumstances men
toned, such has been its past progress, what
may not be expected when these evile are re-
moved?
1t cannot be denied that New Orleans has
relied too much upon its own natural advanta-
ges, and been slumbering while other cities
have been attracting to themselves by artificial
means a very large portion of its trade. But
she seems at last to have awakened from her
slumbers-and a new era has opened in the
pages of her history. Her separate govern
ments have been consolidated into one, and
now she possesses the strength at home and
the responsibility and position abroad which
unity alone can secure. The climate has be-
come increasingly healthy, so that it now COM
pares favorably with any portion or any city of
the United States, and we have no doubt that
its epidemics will soon be only a matter of
history.
A few years more will cover the whole space
from Carrollton to the Lake, and from the Lake
to the River, with splendid avenues, magnifi-
cent parks, noble public edifces, and the dwell
ings of a wealthy, busy and enterprising pop
~ulation. Already the evidences of such an ex-
tension strike the eye and reveal a splendid flu.
ture. When united to TIE Ohio by the railroad
now in the course of construction, and when
the interior of the State, and perhaps Texas,
Arkansas and Missouri, are bound to her by
the same means, and pour into her lap their
rich agricultural and mineral treasures, yet
hardly developed-and when the Tehuantepec
route is built and in successful operation-the
of her growth will be augmented a
fold. Her natural and artificial advan-
lagos will be unsurpassed, and cannot fail to
make her one of the most magnificent and
cities of the globe.
New Orleans has but to be faithful 10 her.
and prosecute her improvements and en-
with vigor and unconquerable perse-
'erance, and a destiny awaits her which even
Ter distinguished sons but feebly imagine
visit to the city impresses us more deep
y with the truth of these views: New streets
out where swamps and pestilential vapors
leld undisturbed possession spleudid rows of
buildings rising as if by magic, at once a
proof of progress and the best de-
Of public ornaments; the palace-like
lotels, which are unsurpassed in size and splen-
.or, convenience and accommodation the null
lplied facilities of locomotion the increasing
and variety of the goods and wares
f all kinds which dazzle and delight the be-
Older, and almost irresistably tempt his peck
is when full of the "needful y its most ad-
system of public schools, which are
in number and usefulness every wear,
nd exerting salutary and e~levating influences ,
pom all the relations of society--all, are plea
ing indications of the prosperous present and
lorious future for the Metropolisof the South. 4
Remarkable Feat Of an Engine Man.-A
arts correspondent of the Washington Repub-
relates the following occurrence as having :
ken place on the French Northern Railroad.
is an example of the advantage that some
mes arise from meeting opposition with a bold =
ont: {
The passengers upon the Northern Railroad 4
'rrowly escaped destruction some days ago.
large cart, laden down by the weight Of an
block stone, had become fastened in