New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-20

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n led swift sailing vessals until she began to play
y The steamer game which has hopelessly dsfanced
lr US. We must meet her with the same weapons
n TWENTY-FIVE million of dollars ought to be put
\ into ecean steamers in the United States within
Il i've years, and during that time TIE investment
would secure the couRtry ten times the amount of
IA trade A third Of that amoHnt ought to be in-
vested III steamship lines csntering at New Or
!. leans: and New Orleans will never be what she
. should BIZ The great tropical mart Of the Western
II Hemisphere until she has proper steam marine
v for making her SO. Steam not only diverts trade
into it's channel of Intercourse, but it makes trade
where none before existed.
!; We find, in the u s. Treasury Report, statistics
of the trade Of Cuba with the United States which
Il show the astonishing results Of steam communica-
ton In 1856 the year that the mail steamers were
first introduced, our total trade with Cuba imports
and u ports amounted ID rs 2s2 s95, and iii 1868
this trade had risen to S4l 64s 037. It was nearly
trplcd iii eight years! Doubtless, the trade of
Great Britain with the Spanish American countries
I exhibits an even more striking ratio of increase
for the necessity of steam was even more urgent
/ between countries so distant than between such
| near neiglbors as Cuba and the United States.
Gould our trade with Mexico be Increased as that
with Cuba has been, in the same proportion to
population, ii would amount to over two hundred
millions OF dollars. We have heretofore alluded
many time and oft. to the misdireeted energy
with which Government almost Invariably expends
ifs energies in doing what it calls with intense
selfsatisfaction, fostering commercial relations
II expends millions of dollars in opening Japan =
at the antipodes when right under It'll nose here i'll
the Western " orid there are q score Of fields of
action which ought to be :. opened, and il opened
would be found to contain ten-fold more of COM
mevciaf advantage than Japan, after the trade Of
which Democratic Administrations have been on
such wild goose chase amid the enthusiastic con
ordinations of their constituents, who are evidently
surprised and gratified at their doing anything
at all.
Guns HIGH ScHooL.-The final exhibition Of
the Girls High School, and the presentation Of
diplomas to the graduates will take place at The
the schoolhouse on Clio street to-day, beginning
1t 10 o'clock. The graduates will read number
Of fine compositions, and sing number of sweet
songs. The occasion will be highly interesting.
and pleasure to all who go.
we must mention the very handsome compli-
ment paid by the High School graduates, few
days since, 10 their Principal, Miss Il. a. Perry, in
view OF that lady's intended resignation of the
Miss r. took her seat at her desk in the morning,
she found before her handsome ebony box,
which, upon opening, she found had within it d
rich and beautiful pitcher and sugar-bowl both Of
silver lined with gold. The following note, signed
the present:
sss 4 fsInIs. HaeH School, 81
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csiys ihe hox and its cnne which offer
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.THE YousG MHs's SocIErY BALL.-Ths invita-
ton committee Of the Young Mems Society balls.
fhe last Or which balls takes place 1t Odd Fellows
Hali tomorrow night will meet for the last time
this evening, At the ball office ID Odd FelloWst
Hall. Il will be the very last chance Of procuring
ladies' invitations.
na-Judxo Edward Rawle will be sup
ported Associate Justice s Tho Supreme Court for the
pred term Of Judge cols, resigned
Riertion Monday. February 20 1850. jas 1pts
na-yFe arc authorized to announce Adam
BEATTY Eaq candidate thu Office Of Judge the So
the Second Bistrict eli tho vacancy
soned by the resignation of Jadgc Cole ia2k 1ptcs
~ - Ffacne1s n1sslss VIII PC uppor.eI ioF
Associate Justice o. ths hnpFse of tc term
y sndge no's, fes'gnea- $500.
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