New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-07-20
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1858

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WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1858
WHICH WAY WILL THE CITY 60
Which way and how far Shall it expand
still upward, with steady progress, as it has
been going on for the last forty years Shall
it move still onward, till the suburb Lafayette
eclipses the suburb st. Mary-till Bouligny and
Greenville outspeed Lafayette and overshadow
1t with their steeples and towers ana with the
smoke of their commerce-and, spreading thus
shall it continue till it has eclipsed all known
bounds, even as st. Marys muddy suburb has
eclipsed the grandure of the old city and made
it but an outskirt of its younger rival o.
shall it progress in a direction downward, along
the high grounds of GENTLY, where no en-
croaching waters sicken us with marsh, wher,
there is ample scope and verge enough" tC
found palaces for hundreds of thousands; OF
down among the scattered habitations of tn,
Faubourg Marigny Or out among the expresses
until the storehouses and habitations of the
&c merchant princes" shall be washed by the
waves of the Lake Look what the river i.
doing and what the railroads will do, and then
determine which way will the city go. Along
the margin of the river, in Lafayette, Jefferson
City, Bouligny, and dozen other towns in en-
bryo, even to Carrollton, lots have been laid off,
houses built for the modest residence of the less
aspiring, with here and there princely dwell
ing, embosomed in shadowy grounds and orna-
mental gardens, until the country for miles is
dotted with the white fronts of pleasant homes
Close after these, commerce pushes its wharves,
wheels rattle over stony payements, where but
. little while ago focks roamed over the un.
bruised heritage, and ships line the shores,
giving to these suburban localities the unwonted
air of working day existence. Here may
be seen the sure workings of the law of pro-
gress, and here the owners of the soil fatter
themselves that they will build up a city that
shall rival Tyre in the extent of its commerce,
in the number of its artizans and in the cunning
of their handicraft. Why not But the city is
still moving in other directions. The expansive
force that fills the great centre, operates out
wardly in every direction. Towards the Lake
by the New Canal, there is strong impulse of
progression. There alone is commerce sufficient
for miniature city; and along the banks of the
canal warehouses and factories are springing up
with an astonishing rapidity. Near here is the
terminus Of the great Northern Road. Crossing
40 it does the Metairie Ridge, the ridge is rap
idly being bought up for building-lots, or for
purposes Of speculation. Along the iron track,
on the shores of Lake Mauripas, and further out
in the silent forests, among groves of magnolia
n pn nil vpof bt,p 11o.l
from heavens own alembic, are vast tracks of
highlands, where the Spectator turns his eyes
with the view Of profit, and where the toiling
citizen fixes his hopes of country seat and
rural retirement. Here lots are being pur-
chased, and buildings designed, to be in readi-
ness by the time the first whistle Of the locomo-
tive awakens the ancient solitudes But not
alone in these quarters are the evidences and
hopes of progress. Mobile is to be Joined by
iron bands to our great metropolis, and the
depot is to be on the GENTLY Ridge, somewh re
in e"Old Third. Then no, for the opening hopes
Of this old, decayed, and much neglected region
Its elevated lands, stretching out along the
banks Of the Bayou st. John, needing no levees, |
nor no laborious filling up by acres of carted |
dirt, as is the case Sup town." will 90 up to |
their ancient estimation, and its municipal ex. |
istence may again be acknowledged by the body
This road will make the Third the centre of
new trade. Extending along the elevated ridge
towards the debouetment of Lake Pontchartrain,
honest thrift may find space for reaing cottages,
and aristocracy foundations for dainty dwellings
even here. Crossing the Rigolets, dashng out
INTO the healthful regions of South Mississippi.
md skirting the airy shores of the Gulf, new
boundaries for pleasant habtations will be placed
n easy reach of the city, and new avenues Of
'scape opened up to the steaming citizen, where
ne may find relief from toll under the shelter of
lis own vine and fig-tree. There, then, along
his newly projected railroad, in the direction
# the sold Third is another point whereto
population may expand and, looking at the
uture effects of this late enterprise, we NAV
veil ask &c Which way will the city go'"
The Opelousas Road is another feeder" for
he " Old Third" and opens yet another refuge
or pent up residents who pant for the delights
the fresh country air. Already is the shrill
whistle Of the engine heard to resound upon
to track, and yet short space, and trains of
airs will be dashing out into the sayannas of the
Attakapas Trade will flow in by this new ar
cry. The diminutive pilie of Algiers will feel
he premonitory throbbings of a growing power.
new suburb will be added to the great metro
oils, and other seaside resorts brought within
few hours travel of the thousands who will
eek their refreshing shores
Looking at these facts and these new eyiden
es Of an accelerated progress, of increased pop
lstion, growing commerce, added sources of
rade, and all their concomitants we again ask
Which way will the city goi' where shall
70 plant Terminus, the footless deity, and who
hall mark our limits"
The TEHuANTEPEc RouTE-Judge COHkliag'S
reaty.-The Washington Union, which speaks
in matters of governmental policy.