The Shasta courier., 1858-08-28
soufhern Resourees---soufhern Conn

Tie Boston Iosts in concluding one Of its in
terestfng articles o. Southern commerce, says
"a few facts will show that the southern peo-
pie are beginning TO appreciate their advantages.
and that they can become independent Of north
ern ports and ships. if they hare sufficient mo-
fIyes 70 carry on their Own commerce in their
own ships and in their own way, as certain agi-
tators and traitors in the North seem determined
+ they shall have. Look for a moment at the
+ great commercial importance Of the city Of New
Orleans. II is the greatest depot Of agricultural
products IN the world. fTbe levee Of New Or
leans Is one continued landing place or quay,
: four miles 10 extent, and Of an average breadth
! Of one hundred feet Hundreds of long. narrow
RATS or fat boats, with the products Of the up
per Nissizsiryi, pour out their contents upon
the quay. The State Of Kentucky and other
southwestern States send annually more than
10000 head Of horned cattle to this market
Here is boat slowed with apples, inferior
enough in quality, cider, cheese, potatoes but
ter chickens lard, hay--coarse, the rank growth
Of a virgin soil, all offered for sale in the mass
or By tie lot. Pork-alive, in bulk, in barrels
fresh, sailed, smoked, Of all sizes and conditions
the corn-fed fatness Of Ohio, the lean, acorn
growth Of l!linois. Were Judaism to prevail,
where would be the greatness Of Cincinnati p
Flour from Virginia and Ohio, old and new,
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most tickle in price. Cotton from Arkansas and
Mississippi, lumber from Tennessee, whiskey
from Missouri, tobacco from Kentucky, twice
fouadered, twice drenched, To be here dried
cured anew, disguised and repacked, close the
list! New Orleans has spread over twice the
area it occupied twenty nye years ago. Swamps
have been drained OF, avenues opened, whole
lines Of streets bu:.i up, stores and warehouses,
bearing the burdens Of the mighty west, which
sends its teening products down, increasing in
quantity and value every year stand where the
cotton press or the shanty stood, on the out
skirts, where the river ran, in those days, and
along the cmbellished streets tail churches and
public buildings rise as monuments of the in
creasiHg wealth Of the city. And the progress
Of Mobile has been about as astonishing. The
merchant who made the first shipment Of corn
fro that port is now living and engaged 10 busi-
ness. The first vessel loaded with cotton he had
to send to New Orleans, to get 400 bales TO fill
up. Six hundred thousand bales are now an
uualIy shipped from Mobile. The exports Of
spirits Of turpentine from Wilmington, n c.,
showed increase in 1851 Of over COCO bar.
rcls, and those oflnmber Of 200, 900 feet. Pea
nuts also exhibited increased shipments. The
shipments Of -four from Richmond, Va, to South
America, during the month Of December 1857,
amounted to 3J2i9 barrels, the value Of which
was about S2j0000. And we learn than an ar
rangement has been made whereby Virginia is to
enjoy direct trade with France. The arrange
ment has been entered into with the Orleans
Railroad Company, by which line Of steamers
~ TO be run between San Nazaire, at the mouth
Of the Loire, and Norfolk, in Virginia Thus
wc see, from few facts, that the south has a
trade, and every facility TO make it as large as
she pleases. For a number Of years she has
held annual commercial conventions for the sake
Of bringing back the trade Of a former day to her
own ports, and, if possible, 10 elevate the COM
mercc Of the south as much as her agriculture is
now elevated. II is true that very much has not
yet been done, except the making Of speeches
and the passing Of resolutions but always dis
cussion precedcs important action, as in the case
Of the war of the revolution. Once arouse our
southern neighbors on any subject, or in refer
ence TO the accomplishment Of any important
enterprise, and they will not be found wanting
in the energy required to bring to pass great re-
suits. We cannotbut conclude, therefore, wheth-
cr consider the wonderful commercial ad-
yantages Of the Southern States, or their ancient
success in trade, or their unwillingness to be
served by those who abuse them, their late
commercial progress and conventions that The
future is to show quite extensive and -four
ishing commerce on the waters of the sunny
South.