, 1869-04-13
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans Before the War.
lis Present Condition and: :FatRre
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lis Present Condition and: Fatsre
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Proposed Improvements In
Navigation.
The Grain Bqamz':
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Tns city II Now orsesns u TIA Rev 1atk at mo
6d,tn and etwAys mukt b. Mobile And Gkivas-
sah, 6a, Annah and Charleston sre points Of COZ.
siderable trade; hut they arc Insignificant compared
With tho Crescent City. Tia popuiatitu Of Mobile,
the chief rival Of New Orleans Il, peEhApa 4a,ooa.
while that Of this city u 9o0,0od. Before the war
the staples Of the New Orieans ttate were cotton,
sugar and slaves 1t was the grtst slaEe market
OF the South. It VAS n Pre- e-eninen1 Ior1H human
chAttei h41e ~ Chicago Is for her hornet cxssle
hu&neAa The surplus nfarpes of Virginia Mar.
ia1ai md the Caspttnas, Kentucky and Tennessee
here found purchasers from ali fssts oI the South
we3s- In those days, healthy, uhle~oodled hscks,
nnd SentceL cotneiF qnadroons brought aaonlsh.
Ing prtcea-ine former for purposes Of lAo;{ snd
the Latter for purposes pf lechesy. tTso tiltIaas
Of aalea Of cotton came down the liver % this
for Waa EPccpIated In and gambied orer IL corn II
In Chicago, and exported to Europe ae1 New
Eu7tand; 100000 hoKshaat& ar suTas and
aO,0oo barrels Of nolAssea, produced in LOUISIANA
xete exchanged here for slaves and supplies FOR
the Plantations Millions ol bashe.s Of con md
millions Of foandA af pask oAuae dpwn tns river
tEen the Teat, which *ere ao1d u tie nban.era Of
The Gulf ssateas to b used food for ther taaqr
stock Those VERT The halcyo1 daJa 9, ,be
oilgarehJ, znd the carnival times as New Orleans
The exports Of this pott before the ra1 e1ceetcd
those Of New fnrk, md tho imports we're second
only to that city. The banking capita, waa greater
than that Of Boston Or Philsdeiphia, and Only H.
feFtor TO that Of New Toff. But ustru3ps 10 the
arch-tempssr. John Aidel, Eew drieaas pla,ed
mat11y into rebellion asaltst tho Uniou, and rsked
,har wealth 1nd ablenod1ed white ucn on The tszae
ot tho struggle She erected powerful for1a 70
guard The !tTer near the passes and thsex up !lzea
Of vass tssthwofk walls around the city reared by
slAsea madrr The ,lashl Bapu1azait snaussssed
1890 -Soung maa At .tew preans 11i
marched them to Shiloh to ar.est the tnyaxou
ct the Northern Gotas under Graut,
while other thousands manned . the chain
fo5sA and ness which disputed tho
passage Of the river With the Yankee war-sh1ast
led ty the intrepid FarTaelt tIhese wor9 were
deemed wholly trrutueranIe, and shocking WAS the
hpTror and overwhelming The AruaHenaens xfhen
the gallant AdmlrN anchored his war Feet In trpht
Of the city and Buffers Amy marched On ttore
and tpot possession. The Sew York el tue Ssush
raz IN the nrasp ef the Yankees, neyer Ia h< m,
lsnarkhca. Cnder the blaze Of battle and The
torch OF ciyt. var the commerce Of Mem Ori.,ns
wtlte4 swzy. .HtaYerI mas destroyed: tue pro}uc-
ton If cotton 9ut sugar tn the terrtturT tthh,srr
to tho city teaaed during The wxr: and for,wo
years fser ths collapse of the rebellion ste repts
Of these saapaca At It'll port wase comparatively
insignificant. Crcvasscs In tba lesres oSerno~ea
nearly Ill Ioutstsna, and Destroyed the caue cop:
ihe worm and Goods destroyed the cotton and
corn crops ut the 'up-cdnntr5- Tho wrath or
Henysn seemed to scourge the rebels long after the
torch and smosd q thA uniou axuAea hsd been
stared and, 70 czoNn AL cane eoppes, s,yohnsoaz.n.
which Aned tAla toots1h people win yaln hqpes oi
practical restoration OF slavery. On
tna country thur =. AFFLICTED S.by tbc
rayaces of ,war... .fcsnae tna.,,s
~,xoryns famine and copnerbrrhf.n1 -ye1x o,f,,,s
dependcd for trade and susteaaucc' The n,u,.ta-
ton 6ss f,v.tw b.tosd Win nove+ty ant. ~, ro-
six yearx thers ast t,e1n sx1.,d- etr1oot, ,rtth
hpnrttntcv Al,no-t ~ ~ rTnn~,4rht,,,,., n.
h.en ala m, un1er ,nc sne1sfTs ~ s1ar.,.rs
haIntuers No western .rau can cnucetyn or h..
Neyc The overwhelming a1teat of uhese str-a;rs,.
rcnt erccn,tans an,, .s,es. .wrrr 1hn y,ar h,cr.
M ,he r,rons c1r..es nt hrsint.a r,c1 ooa }anr.
er. II, IN, ctv ow,d he fncrchunts md rnannrac.
trreyx Of ths Exaeeru tsatcs mdre than a hnnfred
and dfsf millions Of doIi4,x for goods purchaktd
m, time and n,yacccs On c,ston and suca,, .Tha
err.,uer. hare te+n rof,ec,ynp .hrs~ dch.a rr.r
.i,r. Eut,ar ,.naeS1 neta ~ 1se9 E+r .,r,,,cr+~
nc,t,ed for lhsse northern t:,7<,,ts wan tn MI
sold to he plautcrs. who. IN urn. faiied ID NV
th.rrf,r. AMI the remainder rns ;,yeztod IN ~
e,,rlan nY uftar.1 thn fa,not ~, fn.r srxr :,
fn,m ths vrvsew tf1r rra,,fy ran nj, so,6~ 5dc.
Of the otltnree Of brsiueas In New {rteans and ,he
subsequent prnstratiou Of the eommep:tai cla.tes
aud the bankruptcy Of everybody, including he
bauA4 nhn iec& that the population. in \ cre.,
,neAsarr sucesstcd fo. two Of three Yesra m ths
military and naval dIsbuIscmeuts OF the Fedora,
Government.
la 1856 lhe,o rss produced LII the South a n.r.
,(a1 crpn Of sfaton and i stfu, rno, or e.o. v1th
considerable cum fur lood, These pru1octe so3,1
nj high pIlces, aud mostly found tac!z ma,se,
here The upae Of New Orleans In lii; sctaaly
rrpfcsen,ed two hundred millions al dnlI.rI mi
pcopJc tuce more befa, 10 rc, on tnc,r fect TN
crppg .,e Mississippi Valley delivered Il, Aus city h
1sss so1d for s14s oo, md M soods purchased
io exchange ttezrfor and dtststhutc, ID the iu,e
tior. AMOUNTED to m equsi suln for the needy
cou,atr4 bought xuppllcs to the full extent OF ls
ssles Of produce. the cane planters OF 1oulslaca
dsuTsrrd In thi4 market ooo hosshcads Of sasnr,
ard llaeoo barrels Of mo1assea, fspm the crop Of
1875 aud have received therefor 49, 600 IN goods
and Crrettackt 1t may well pe inlAetned thas
she4 fecl happier than they hare Ut say klur
| since tho, voted for secession Ia 1850
Aattnk due allowance for ret rtnter and a
bscknsI sps1rt It is The opinion Of sAa noat care
s,s fnxri,auts thas 100 op noRaheads 81 eusar and
10 90 barrels Of molasses riu be ..maao y lu
Itsds,aus this year, &n6 ind uis.tet b1 Snw H.
Ieana This "a exclusive D! ii, the sacch.,4ne ths,
xj,lbc consumed on thr pl,uts,1on. ana ,irra n,
biarka hatc became ~, i,,nrar. rhsy r.n ~,
tnv.r M ,nn,s.s+x :. vs{s- to,.s. tcrsa,1 ~.
~ thry: arr r.r1 to,d NJ .rd I'M. 49, ,,ha,
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