New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-03-22
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that three very important Southern institutions we'
simultaneously inaugurated, two hundred and thirt.
eight years ago-if Bancroft the historian, be autho
ity on the subject In the years slaves wer
J, first introduced into the colony Of Virginia in 1872
the first crop Of cotton Of which there is record wa
grown in Virginia in 1921 the first written coonia
II constitution was ordained and established in Vii
= rinia,
4 It ia. indeed, remarkable coincidence, that tn
estahsbment Of these three constitutions, slavery
the cotton trade and constitutional statutethe ver
basis of the national prosperity of the South shoul,
I have such chronological identity. And we predic
that as they were born together SO will they de-
they ever do The slave labor institution will 60,
It came, few months In advance, and the crush
State constitutions Of laws and statutes will follow
quickly, hand in hand with the downfall of the cot
ton and other agricultural and commercial interests
introducing the nation to era Of anarchy, of indi
vdual, social and political distresses. The fact O.
mutual dependence, however, but increases the sta
bty of the whole, and though it would render theil
destruction more disastrous totality it at the
| time removes all danger Of such occurrence.
/ New Orlenus Pacific Rn,l,ond
| People Of New Orleans and Of this part Of the
world generally should recognize the probable pos
sibility" which exists Of New Orleans being in con
tinuous railway connection with the Pacific ere a
! great many years have passed. The distance from
New Orleans to the Pacific is not SO great as it is
from New Orleans to New York, via the Grand juno.
ton in Tennessee, by three hundred and thirteen
miles, or about one.fourth of the whole distance
The whole distance by the route between the two
great depots Of the United States is 1855 miles
from New Orleans to Guayamas, on the Gulf of Cali
forna, 1,S4O miles. OF this distance 237 miles are
between New Orleans and the Sabine river, partially
traversed already by the Opelonsas Railroad, with
| which the New Orleans and Texas Railroad" ESQ.,
caled seeks junction at New Iberia 100 miles are
between Houston and the Sabine river, to traverse
which the above road is now in process of construc.
ton; 80 miles are between Houston and Columbus
and road in course of construction is closing the
gap $50 miles are between Columbus and San An.
tonic and road connecting them is in course of con.
struction; 1913 miles Of road between San Antonio
and Fort Clarke are chartered 22O miles from Fort
Clarke to the Rio Grande are chartered /; from the
Rio Grande to Guayamas, on the Calf of California
the terminal link, the distance is $50 miles through
Mexican territory the right of way having been con.
ceded.
Thus it will be seen that the possibility Of travelling
from New Orleans to the Pacific BY this route before
the small bows of the dav become men amounts To
very papable probability, There are hut four HIM.
bred and fifty miles of road which is not within the
territory Of the United States and not in the hands
of chartered corporations 80 richly endowed Inv the
State Of Texas that construction NAV be considered
guaranteed. One hundred and thirty mi,es os ,b;s
road will be in operaton nv next Jnne and mncb ~
that length is so already,
The Mexican portion of the road will traverse the
States of Sonora and chihuahua. not great WAYS
below the international boundary line-a norton of
the country to which the finger of manifest destiny
points as the proximate plunder of this exnansive
nationality. The track will he less than two h,ndred
miles south of the Gadsden treaty line which cnts
off MesilIa Valley from the STATE ~ sonor.
It no longer seems chmerical snecn,ation n ta,,
about a road running across the American continent,
for the statistics Of pubic enternrise make M ~
bbt SO astonishing as that nrasented hv tho r.road
records of the country. The extent Of road bnt n.
creases in constantly accelerated ratio and tho ra;1
road building department Of business enternr;se Ia,
long since been established as one of the great Levitt
mate interests of finance and industry and its onero
tons are become consistently systematizad 7, iaso
the whole extent of railroad in the JTnited states
was but 1912 miles-in 1859 it il % 93s miles !,
Within wear past there has bee, enongb ~ ;lrood
built in the United States ia twice r.. verso Tho die
lance from New Orleans In the Pacific coos, ard :.
is not therefore, absurd to calculate that before
many years enough will be built in the rpbt dirac
lion to bridge the continent When the road bv tbe
above route is completed. the traveller can stem
aboard the cars at New Orleans and on tbe evening
Of the third day see the sun sink behind the If
The Pacific, ayipr the shore ut his feet II will ba
shorter quicker trim than hence to New York hv r,;l
BY near DAVIS travel, OF coarse. when n,aced in
his connection Na, or,oo, ill L. a. ..-, |
California as well as all the countrv tho ann,
nercial capital.
'sThou day beyond to morrow haste thee opw
Fistic Enthusiasm
In the Northern States has abated from the violent
urore with which it ragged when gnited by the
ieenan Morrissey event, and has assumed conser.
'atiye form. The chief boxing schools, wherein the
manly art was nculcated, have been the gymnasiums
q which sparrlng was the principal exercise, and
hey were looked upon by the moral community as
aunts OF the wicked. But the aspect of the matter
J now changed and the gymnasiums have been taken
nder the patronage of the clergy. The other night
he proprietors of the "Orienta Gymnasium at the
orner Of the Bowery and Bayard street, New York,
ave an exhibition of the proficiency of their pupils
the art of learning to Gravel their MUSCLE aud
the close of the exercises Rev. John F. Krebs, DID,
ne OF the spectators, delivered address, somewhat
nf han akSo l