, 1860-03-30

q very considerable portion Of Nortlcrn Mis-
sssir,i, aro within thirty-si1 hours Of Chicago.
and tllerv cau bs nc question tEat, with propr
cxerlion, our merchants and manufactures
can command C large trade from that region
The time should not be distant when mcr-
chants from along this New Orleans limo Of
railway visited Chicago as regularly as our
wholesale jobbcrs now visit tho seaboard
Bui TO attract trade from tho South is not
the only benefit VIC may expect from the open
ins If this now Southern route. We shall
very soon find ourselves, and to our mutual
advantage, largo purchasers from tho states
south Of the Ohio. 49,
First in importance. we must buy their cotton
and manufacture il into all kinds Of cotton
goods for Western and also Southern consump-
tion. Our renders have not forgotten tho large
shipments Of cotton that hare been made East
through this city within the last few months,
nor the demonstration furnished through these
columns that it could be manufactured proit2-
lily in this city. : -
Then, also, early vegetables, peaches aud
other fruits could be raised south Of The Ohio
with great profit for this market. In fact,
time and space would fail lis to mention all the
ways In which the opening Of this new line Of
railway will contribute to tho prosperity both
Of the country north and south Of the Ohio
river. Before the Illinois Central Railroad was
built, Chicago had scarcely any more connec-
ton by direct trade with Southern Illinois than
she has now with Turkey or Timbuctoo, and
it was gravely asserted that being north and
south line. it could never do much business.
| In every instance where re met freight trains
going eiher way, there wero two running in
company, and every available place Of standing
roo1a for freight trains at Cairo was fully CECIL
pied. Who would dare to estimate the busi-
ness Of this road when the country along the
line is fully developed?
We have only room to refer briefly 10 tho
importance Of this great North and South lire
Of RAILWAY in promoting social intercourse and
mutual good feeling between the different sec-
tions Of the Union. Let the people Of the
North aud the South ,ningle more freely to.
gether and know each other better, aad all the
seoseless rawlings Of the n'ad-caps at Washing.
ton will soon be hustled forever. Mutual re.
spect, abiding confidence in tho integrity aud
charity for the opinions and tho motives which
actuatc each, would be tho natural result The
"irreprcssible aikger'' would, tits to 10 hoped
| gradually aud surely siuk cut Of sight, and II
tho progress Of events Lis chains would fall Of
50 quietly that no oro would hear their clank
ing:
The change in climate and in scenery which
4 rido Of two days makes is truly wonderful
The traveller passes literally from February Il
juno, from the ice-bouad North 10 the balm,
air and blooming grange groves Of the South
When the pcstilenco spreadsits dark pal! ore
tho South, the.peorle there can in a few hour
! escape to the shores Of Lake Michigan, o
! rusticate among tic lakelets Of Minnesota
Indeed it is impossible to estimate tho com
mcrcial importance Of this road. New OF
leans, the City Of The Gulf, is now connecte
: directly by railway with Quebec and Por:lau
: on the Northeast d Distance Of more. tha
I two thousand miles; with Chicago, and wit
Lacrosse, three hundred niles hence to th
NortE-Wcst on the Upper Mississippi
whole generation eau scarcely begin to ind
Q cate tho national importance Of r fact SO Eut
+ gestiye and. Elr-reach;ns in its ir1ucnce-