Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-11-28

THE ASSANEssIc ROUTE, A ROUTE OF c0MfoRT-rnE
TIoN-A TOUR TO THE sOuTnwARD-SEw ORLEANS, orr
LOUISA COUNTY, LOUISIANA, THE EDEN OF AMERICA .
Messrs. Editsrs Having Just returned from
Southern tour, and as many Of your readers may go
in the same direction, allow few lines in the col
of your well read journal to say word to
the readers thereof who may be on southern tour.
When we travel we like all the comfort we possibly
can obtain therefore we call the readers attention to
the Annamessc Route, which embraces from VIII
mington the Delaware Railroad to Crsfcld, and
thence the splendid A No. sea-going steamships
the City Of Norfolk, and the Lady Of the Lake,
through ADnamessc River, Tanger Sound, across
a short run of Chesapeake Bay to Fortress Monroe,
thence through Hampton Roads and Elizabeth River
to Norfolk and. Portsmouth, Va; the run both
ways from Crisfeld to Portsmouth, Va and Norfolk
and return to Crisfeld is made by broad day light,
thereby giving the passengers chance to all Of
interest," such as the beautiful Chesapeake Bay, the
Capes of Virginia, Fortress Monroe, the Rip Raps
Hampton Reads, sewall Point, Craney Island, near
which the famous Ram Merrimae ended her exist
ence &C. This portion of the route being made b y
day it avoids all possibility of collisions on account
of darkness. In addition by the Annamessic Route
you save some 10 hours time, the Annamessic being
the only route making close connection all the way
the other lire having lie over IL hours at Atlanta
Ga. The route via Airnamessic lis to Crisaed by
Railroad, Steamer thence to Portsmouth, Va, thence
Railroad to Weldon. Wilmington, N c.. Kingsve,
S. c., Branchvlle, s. O., Augusta, Ga, Atlanta Ga,
and Montgomery, Ala. From Montgomery the pas
senger has the choice of the Railroad Steamer to
Mobile by what is known as the Mobile & Cheat
Northern Railroad via Pollard, or from Montgomery
by the Steamers plying the Alabama River (the seem
cry on which is equal to that the udson) between
Montgomery and Mobile. Having arrived at Mobile,
you have ef the finest hotels in this country to
sojourn in the event you desire to remain at Mobile,
viz: the Battle House.
The route from Mobile to New Orleans is one OF
pleasure indeed, bsing made on one Of the floating
palaces Quilt here al Wilmington by the Harlan q
Hollngsworth Co.. Of the Morgan U. $. Mail Line
steamships, leaving Mobile every afternoon, trayers
ing the waters of Mobile Bay, Grants Pass, Missis-
sppi Sound, Lake Borgne, and Lake Pontchartrain,
you landed safely by daylight at the like end of the
Pontcharlran RAILROAD, four miles ride over which
places you in tho city of New Orleans where If it is
comfort you scek in the shape of hotel then drive
to the St. James Hotel, in Magazine street. This
house has, within the last year, passed into new
| hands, and is now and will be kept equal to any
house in the Northern States.
The route to the Eden of America tas it is termed
by Longfellow in his poem, Evangeline or Tale OF
Arcadia the fair opelousas country, where arc now
produced the finest oranges In this any other
| try is via the Opelousas Railroad, daily at S A. NJ.
| from Algiers opposite New Orleans for Berwick's
| Bay and thence by steamers Of tn Attaeapas Mail
| Packet Company, up the Bayou Atchafaaya, and
Tcche, for FRANKLIN, New Iberia, st. Martinsville
opelousas, vermillion and Callasiou Country. Any
information respecting this Eden of America may be
obtained by application to Col. Daniel bennett, Eli
tor of the Planters Banner, Franklin, La or Messrs
Price, Hne and Topper, % Caronde'et street, New
| Orleans. As the people of Delaware are given to
fruit growing and as we know Of some who have now
gone for that country with view to culture of the
Orange, we say that there is great opening Ia thai
country for the raising of Oranges which is destined
to be one of the most sure and profitable crops thai
one can depend on. We knew Of parties, whost
crops last year brought $4,000 So much for thu
Louisiana country west Of the Mississippi anu Of tht
Bayous Atlhafaiaya and Teche which country doe'
not overflow, and is healthy as the State of Della
| ware. Now for Texas. The route from New 0rlean.
is via the Morgan U. S. Mail Line Steamships daily
either via the Mississippi river to Its mouth ant
thence by the Gulf Of Mexico to Galveston, in som'
thirtyeght to forty hours, via the opelosas Rail
road to Barwicks Bay, and thence inland passage b,
the Morgan Line of Steamships to Galveston in som,
| twenty -four hours from New Orleans. The hotel II
Galveston is the ISLAND City the only first class hous
in Galveston or Texas.
Reader, We have given you sketch of a route w
have traversed and should you be on the tour sonth
ward preserve this. Yours, TOURIST.
Wilmington, DEL, Nov 9th, 1861.