New Orleans daily crescent., 1856-12-15
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Ueb 0rleans Gully Crestent.
MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER Is, 1856.
To our Readers Abroad.

In more than one respect New Orleans realizes the
fate Of the simple hearted, humane individual who
found half frozen viper, put it in his bosom and
warmed it into life, only to be stung to death by the
ungrateful reptile. Some justification may be fouad
for the wiper for itony followed the instincts of its
nature, which were, as is illustrated by the fable, Of
the ineanest and lowest order, known only to the
meanest and lowest reptiles. 1t only knew how to
sting or try to sting, and naught of gratitude. This
Jstcaton, however, cannot be plead in behalf of the
Ne" orleans Vipers, who, drawing support position
ife warmth and everything else they possess from her
bosom, strive to in iect their venom into her veins
poison her whole system, and bring upon her the
worst evils that possibly afict commercial me-
tropolis.
But New Orleans is not destined for the fate that
OVERLOOK the man who warmed the viper into life.
ohe possesses an ntdote which expeIs all the posons
oi all her V!pers She will grow and prosper, and
prosper and grow despite the mpotent stingngs of
her unsratenl moral reptiles. This may be very url-
satisfactory to the vper but it is einently pleasant
to all who possess an honorable or a bieh-sou1ed
emotion.
It's said and promulgated that New Orleans is going
down, that her real estate is depreciating in value
that her business is declining and that her career ID
from bad to worse continually Human vipers never
sought to palm greater falsehoods off on the public
as we will proceed to show by citing unquestonahIe
facts Instead of going down. the career of this city
is onwards and upwards. a few weeks since we
demonstrated in the Crescent that more public and
private buildings had gone up within the previous
year than within any year before. As to the alleged
depreciation Of real estate the entire fasity of that
statement malignant, atrocious falsehood-
can be proved by referring to the Assessors returns
given to the public few days ago. According to
those returns real estate has advanced million and
half over last years returns and the total increase
on all descriptions of property is more than three
millions So far as commercial business is concerned
the Misrepresentation is more wickedy false il
possible than that in regard to depreciation of taxable
property. Our last years business surpassed all pre-
Vlous years. Our exports were twenty-five millions
otsdoars greater than before our imports were fiat
terlngy augmented: and every department of trade
commerce and industry, displayed large aud hand
soneiy remuneratlve augmentation. And, to conclude
there every prospect that the transactions of this
year, lS56-57, will show most encouraging excess
over the transactions of the commercial wear of
lS55-56.
We spread these intsputable truths-these actual.
practical truhs-before readers abroad in order
that they may not, unrefectugly, become the dunes
OF the vlpers whose Elsehood and inglatitude has
thus been exposed. Here, at home, where all the
facts are known, the efforts to impoverish and bring
obloquy upon New Orleans, are hardly dignfed with
a smile OF contempt.