New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-07-30
orE or Tg1n cnrAr GULF CITIES.

orr or THE GREAT GULF CITIES.
~. .s.p..pd q ! r i constituent Of empire,
and this ~ South possesses IL ~ Gull Nnicn '.ys
n the enhr,ce * lie vast end fete regions ~ the
net Of which IL glowing waters dash and sparkle
With he yery lie d ccnscous importance great
vshicIe = comerce. Il Il Of more benefit than two
y tbrea Niauwipps and Dozen railroads, aording
n avsisbl,ties for he circulation o. trade and Inn
parting buslns vitality 70 a the territory about It's
borders Already this watery domain Of ours is
thictly populated with the mariner class and It's
hsoad expanss Il whte with the sails Of myriad ships
engaged ID the great foreign trade which Gibbs and
lows in and out through the straits Of Florida, or In
the ooastng trade which keeps up relations Of neigh
by familiarity with the various nationaties which
have. for the present, territorial representation
upon the borders Of this, the American Mediterra-
nean,n which gives to the South an extent Of Gulf
coast about equal to that Of the Atlantic coast OF
the country and far exceeding the length Of Pacific
coast which pertains to it ia the West.
This Gull, then, ID the wide avenue by which the
produce Of the Southern country will be sent abroad
to consumers, and BY which wealth will be returned
10 uait 10 proper and peculiar sea, every square
mile of which an early destiny predicts will be, as It
were. under the direct Jurisdiction which controls
coast waters 10 surrounded and locked in % twill
be BY our possessions Upon its borders will spring
up proud ctss located 1t the most eligible points at
which commerce can concentrate from the teemlng
surrounding country and already the localities OF
some Of hess spots Of ustrous futures are indicated
BY he accumulation Of population and tho character
Of commercial importance which they can BOAST.
6uch are New Orleans and Mobile but these are not
A1a FIR ma
Of The crowdIng surplus Of production which is every
wear becoming more enormous, and every year seeks
! market ftpn producing sections more remote and
less convenient 10 these ports. New exporting cen
ten mus BE- created and II they cannot have rivers
% feed 10 diem the food Of commerce, as New Or
leans and Mobile they must be the disemboguing
points d railroads. by which will pour down to the
outlets they supply the agricultural wealth Of the
prolific interior.
One Of these creations Of necessity and eligibility
Galveston which chiefly drains the country below the
compass Of the farreaching arms Of New Orleans to
which, however, it is in great measure tributary
The country beyond the reach Of Mobile, to the
East, has felt the need Of an outlet, and It is
already buaily supplying the demand. The in
terror suffered for some convenient market to which
II could cheapy get it, cotton and other produce !;
sacola hut river BY which II could be attained and
the only and very good resort beside was rail
road. This the demand Is furnishing itsn progress
and in few months the FESTIVE and vigorous COM
MERGE Of the South will be gushing through yet
another channel to the Gulf ocean and from the point
Of it, outlet extend Its briarean arms to clasp the
hands Of all cities Of the civilized world in commercial
amity and communion. l. M
The reader who has any knowledge OF the agricul-
tural and general business status Of that southeastern
section Of the South viii agree with us that the neces
sity for other means Of communication between coast
and interior than exist is every day more urgent,
and the chorography Of the country clearly indicates
that Pensacola Bay must be the coast point, as being
the best and most readily attained harbor. These
inalenable advantages secure to Pensacola future
Of importance. place in the catalogue of the great
Gulf cities-for, though less than some, she will be
entitled to place in their category, as belonging to
that galaxy Of the Gulf cities which will be the prin-
cipal ports Of the South
This article is suggested by paper published in
DeBow's Review, for July, taken from the cores
pondence Of the Charleston Courier which describes
the city Of Pensacola and its environs gives sats-
tics Of its present commerce and refers to its prob
able future. The harbor Is described being most
commodious and beautiful, as is well known, with
bar over which ship drawing twenty-five feet Of
water can pass without touching The railroad to
Montgomery s in progressive condition, and there
Is every probability that within less than two years
1t will be completed, and continuous rail connection
will then exist between Pensacola and New York, a
distance which can be accomplished in little more
than three days-or from New Orleans to New York
MA Pensacola in about four days. OF course the