New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-11-25
7 ION THa baITITllofg AIL-Fl
New Orleans and her Merchants.

Nothing shows the uncouquerabe energy of the Amer
lean character in stronger point Of view than the de-
voted philanthropy with which the citizens of New Or
leans have combatted the ravags Of the yellow
the renewed activity with which they engage again in the
business Of commerce appropriate to the season The
life hope and happiness Of thousands have wthered
der the remorseless pestence but like the resouts sol
der who Ieform and advance in the very breath Of
the battery the merchants Of that noble city pressing
the great object Of commercial prosperity and maintain
ing their position almost u defiance of Nothing
daunted with the distinguishing characteristic Of their
they employing adequate TO phys
cal condition which surrounds them They providing
by drainage against the evils Of humidity They leave
the swamp. covered with the foliage which protects
from the mssrious influence Of the sun they
extend railroads into the interior thus promoting the
hygiene Of the city only by uninterrupted comuni
cation with fresh supplies Of provisions during the year
but enabling them to send their and children to
the green meadows au sparkling springs Of the
taus whenever the Epidemic threatens its fatal vista
ton In any other country. city ravaged New Or
leans has been would not for years perhaps it
would be abandoned, But the msfortunes which
have befalen it only to have animated the human
ty and fred the zeal of its citizens
But, not only has New0resns had to contend with an
unseen and irresistible enemy but at the time her
formidable competitors for the trade Of the Ohio valley
have been steadily pressing their progress into what
deemed her peculiar territory Already have four Of the
Atlantic cities opened condus of trade which, like the
Of her mighty river bid fair draw of large
portion Of that tradourent which has heretofore flowed
without interruption to her WAREHOUSES Already have
these lines competing amongst themselves begun reduce
the of transportation until the trade
progress has reversed its current aud poured out its mo-
But all this does not dsunt this energetic people They
have held survey of their They find that the
trade of the interior is larger than that whilst
much of the upper trade must inevitably seek the
duts which we have described. there will be still i'm
mense amount which nothing divert The value Of
the produce Of the interior exported through New Or
leans for the year ending 3st August hundred and
thirtyflur millions Of dollars 1t had readily risen
follows 1s49-50 500 sS7s74 1850. Sl06e24 0S3 1851
sl0S0570s 1S523 sl3I 33 1876 OF these the principal
items consist have said Of articles which
diverted by any competition. They cotton SOS 49,
42i sugar SIS i526ss molasses, s5 100000 Total S7s
S52.112.
Here is nearly eighty millions of dollars the product
the crcumiaceut country. We have not set down the
provision product of the Northwest and the tobacco
which NewOre' must always export that portion de
manded by our increa d trade with the Gulf South
ern Ocean Nor have taken iuto consideration the
immense transfer of productive labor from the Atlantic
States to Texas the inevitable development Of the
adjacent continental and nsular States all of which viii
find their mart and market 81 New0rleans
In the spirit of sympathy for the suffering Of this gal
liant city OF admiration for her labers in behalf Of thu
stricken victims Of pestence and of confidence iu the
result Of her energies acting upon the uurvaed and
iimitabe which surround her bid her God
speed There is enough in the bread valley of the Miss
sipp and in the expanding capacities OF the American
people, for herself aud for and if there
would never rejoice in the decline of community which
has maintained itself in conflict with every emmy
that against which the progress Of man make but
futile resistance.