The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-23


broke, the wood kings lowered sloft unframed.
War withits hot and fiery breath had scorched the
fertile valley. The comfortable quarters that erst
were wont to resound with the jocund laugh or
quaint chantings Of happy. contented 6sld hands.
are now deserted. And the once lordly proprie-
tors, where are they' Gone too. Returning 81
roof trees shattered in very truth and their hearth
stones literally broken up. So they were forced
to abandon their lands and strive elsewhere TO re-
trieve their losses. Bnt we were reused from the
mournfnl contemplation Of these scenes BY the
The BANQUET.
Entering the neat little cabin We found the
tables temptngly arrsyed with snowy CLOTH giit'
terpg CRY Btsl and all the other customary Access
sories. Deployed along the line were heavy de-
tachments OF bottledup veterans-not a. all IKE
b. B.. VOC know-but generous and good. There
was squfdsfrom light battery k-rug, sundry re-
tanners from Chateau Lsfitte. and the musketeers
of Burgundy. Such was the line OF Bottle; but
we charges sEd carried it. President Seger COM
msnded ore flank, Capt. Upper the other. The
rstions were dome foil justice TO and voted equal
TO Victor's. At the close or the feast, In the
natural order of things,
Toasts
Were proposed. President Seger took the initia-
five BY calling on Judge Whitaker, who made
few remarks in his usual happy vein, upon an en-
teprise which they had all so much at heart, VIZ;
the completion OF an allrail route TO Houston.
He closed BY proposing . The Speedy Consum-
nation Of the Enterprise and called on Capt.
Topper. who acknowledged the compliment paid
him, but begged leave 10 observe that he feared
greatly that the Attakapas Mail Transportation
Company, which he had the honor to represent,
would remain az its initials read, an M. I. (empty)
Company, unless they got railway very soon.
We n % that
it had been his good fortune to visit nearly every
Other Portion o. sas State tbs was aus y Efs s
himself more on his present tour than any others
that he had taben-for he said such cOmpdgn0ns
de rOydge, anC such general surroundings are not
TO be met every day. He alluded 10 Texas
called the special attention OF the mayor OF Hous-
ton, who was along, to what be said, and then pro-
ceeded as follows "Wefwant the State of Texas;
selfish in us per hsps, but need it, and think
we ought to have il, and we want 1t. We want
your grain, your cattle, your beet and hogs-in
word We want your trade. have been vested
with the power, probably accidental, but at any
rate il has been placed in my hands and will
use il. ] now have before me, awaiting my ac-
ton, q bill subfidiziDg company TO build road
TO Houston; there is also another bill subsidiziDg
another company to build road to the same
place. Now, If one company does not build the road
i will sign the bill for the other There are around
this board some who differ from me in politics, bat
my desire for The regeneration of Louisiana Is as
great ana sincere as theirs. The only difference
being the measures that might be adopted by me TO
carry out that object might not be considered by
them the most direct, or might be regarded as
lees feasible then schemes Of their own. OF one
same end.n Capt. Taper then called on Gen.
Thos. L. Price, Of the Union Pacific Railroad.
The remarks OF Gen. Price were logical and to
the point. He gave IL as his opinion that the
true route to the Pacific lay through Houston.
He spoke Of the great benefit to accrue to Louisi.
ana by carrying out this idea, and enlarged at
length on the praciicability Of the scheme. He
said, IN allu6ing to the Mobile and Chattanooga
Railroad, and the Central Transit Company, that
there was no fear that these two roads would con.
fct; for, said he, in Missouri are two railroads
one on the north bank Of the Missouri river. and
the other on the south bank. Did these two roads
conflict? No They even connected, running
into funnel, as II were, with the road Of which
he was managing director. Gov. Warmoth then
rose and proposed, The agricultural prosperity
Of the Tecbe," calling on Gov. Baker to
respond. Gov. Baker responded briefly aud pro-
posed the Merchants of New York" Mr.. Ave-
rill responded that there were none more ready
with purses and hearts TO aid any Southern enter
prise than were the class which be had the honor
10 represent. He begged leave to propose "the
mutual good feeling North aud South" DR.. South
worth then rose and proposed the health Of Capt.
Seger. This gentleman In response stated that # b
he could have had bis desire this road would have
been extended far into Texas long ago. Then re-
verting to the remarks OF Mr.. Averin he mentioned
rs peculiarly appropriate, to the subject under
discussion. our State motto which he would sug.
gest the sentiment of the eyening-"TJnion. Jns
tice and Confidence" Drunk standin91 Jndoa
Whitaker then proposed the Merchants Of New
Orleans" and called on Mr. A. ID. Grief. Mr.. Grief
responded in few well chosen remarks. He said
that probably no class were so directly and vitality
interested in this road than the commercial COM
munity OF which he was member aud that there
fore, they Of all others wished it success. Mr..
Topper then called Oh Mr.. Darlington. president
Syracuse and Oswego Railroad, who gave the sen
tinent, "0ur country, our whole country and
nothing but our country" Judge Robertson was
tten called for. The judge began By
land Of the Teche; the land so sweetiy
sung by our Northern bard: Longfellows Acadia.
1t was the beauty Of this section, he said, that
prompted abe poet to adorn the English language
with that delightful lyric Evangeline. But said
he, let turn from its beauty to its var resources
There are the Avery salt mines of ALMOST immess-
urable capacity. Develop them, be continued
and we shall then see the Texas packers well
supplied. Pork enough will be put up in Texas
to supply the entire South. Then you must got
your railroad ready. From this the judge ad-
yerIed TO the wonderful discoveries in Cslcasieu.
How that oil had been found, after that stratum
of sulphur as pure az the best Scilian sulphur l40
feet thick. and beneath that again a stratum of
alum had been penetrated to the depth of 40 feet.
The judge then alluded 10 the other minerals Of
the State, It's COAL copper, eto.-spoke of the iron
mountain OF Texas within easy access TO New Or.
leans foundries. COL Dean was then called on
and in few well turned phrases, spoke Of the
prevailed, and expressed wish that by the united
efforts of ell parties the State Of Louisiana would
soon be on the high road to wealth and power.
BE concluded by calling on Col @. W. Carter OF
Houston. Col. Carter rose and said:
" The American people had taken DR.. Franklin
rather than Jesns Christ their teacher of politi
cal economy. For Franklin's proverb, Save the
pennies and the pounds will take care of them.
selves was meagre and superficial when con-
trasted with the philosophy of the Great Teacher,
He that viii lose his life shall save it, The one
conserved, the oiher both conserved and pro-
duced The true idea was not to save the pen.
MES that the pounds might be preserved, but
invest the pennies and produce pounds. Another
radical defect in the practical philosophy of the
South was It's estimate and uses ofcredit. Credit,
individual or corporate, was the most effective
and available fo.Il of capital. Uss was not
only legitimate but necessary condition of its
growth and development What was true Of indi-
viduals was equally so Of the State. While her
credit should be eompactly organized and judic-
iously used, nevertheless use and vigorous use
was its greatest necessity and its best protection.
II was not TO be considered as q waxen doll to be
inclosed in sh0H case for its protection, or to
be admired and. looked at, but was q strong
worker and should be sent forth into the fields to
aid in developing oil the industries and values of