New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-29
Monopoly Of Texas Travel.


We were just engaged in writing rather
complimentary notice Of the efforts made
by the Morgan line of steamers between
this city and New Orleans to continue
facilities for transportation. when we were
informed that the price of passage to New
Orleans was increased from SIS to- S25.
We doubted the statement, but were assured
by Captain Fowler, agent OF said line, that
such is the fact. The time between Gal
weston and New Orleans is about twenty
eight hours. The charge Of SlS has been
complained of as being an extOrtiOn; but
the people of Texas are used to these hard
ships and cease to complain at even absolute
extOrtion in great many instances. 1t is
claimed by the Morgan line that in cOnse-
quence of the quarantine, which prohibits
the bringing of passengers to this city, they
have right to increase the fair from this
point, and that the people of Texas must
suffer the hardships Of the quarantine so
long as it is kept up. Perhaps there is no place
in the United States where such enormous
prices are charged for passage and freight
as are charged by the Morgan steamers on
the gulf. There is no part, we believe,
J. where the fare will not average one dollar
per hour for travel ON a Morgan steamer,
unless it be what is called the ''Outside
route" from this city to New Orleans, which
is slightly less. Perhaps this last increase
leans is "fair," considering that we suffer
every other way from quarantine. Morgan
has the monopoly, and no one can complain
in justice against mOnopOlies. How far
Mr.. Morgan can justify this increased ex
tortion, or how far he cares for the views
of the people OF Texas, We can not say,
but we are inclined to urge the building of
some one or more of the railroads now in
process of building, as an outlet from this
scQrv 81 RI w
PEELED to submit. 1t may be ''all right"
and the people may deserve this tyranny
in a business view from the hands of a line
OF steamers that has grown and fattened
off the labor of Texans; but individually
we desire to see a better state of things eX
listing, and we see no hope save in the
building of railroads. Let us have an out
let at any cost. 1t is not so uncomfortable as
what we now suffer.
The New York World mOralizes OF the
recent arrest of the notorious Mcfarland
while beastly drunk in gutter, and says:
Having begun by homicide and proceeded
through the intermediate infamies of pub
fishing his wife's love letters and making
market OF his domestic wrongs to such news
papers as chose to buy the story of them
the pleasing Mr.. Mcfarland has now arrived
In course at his final degree and is at pres
emit undergoing incarceration for drunken
ness and disorder. The moral of his career
is really an impressive one. 1t shows that
the way of the transgressor is really hard.
however the speciousness of advocates and
the sympathy of jurors may seem to succeed
in making it easy. If, even in New York.
you kill your fellow. men for espousing the
. cause of the wife of your bosom, whom it is
your pleasure to Brighten and fog, YOU are
not, to be sure, exposed to any danger Of
judicial punishment. But worse thing ia
likely to happen unto you, as worse thing
has happened to Mr.. Mcfarland 1t is
true, as the German poet puts it:
"That vice is hurtfu unto man;
In virtue lies the srlrest plan"
Men who propose to themselves to per-
fOrate their neighbOrs, relying upon the i'm
punity extended to Mr.. Mcfarland, are ad-
vised to consider his subsequent career and
to consider with themselves whether the
pleasure of killing their neighbors does, after
all, compensate for a prOtracted cOnfine-
ment, the necessity of trying to make them
selves ont lunatics, the lOathing OF every
body, and the final fate of breaking their
heads against lamp posts and being sent to
Blackwelfs Island. The criminal business
of the injured husband has been very much
overdone, and now that it has become con-
temptible and ludicrous, as well as OdlOus,
there is chance of it's ending.-New York
W0rLd.
The Cleveland PloindcGler has this niue h
in connection with the recent tragedy there:
1.-The innocent child, pretty little girl, re-
sembllng both her parents, knows, nothing
OF the disgrace of her mother, nor yet Of the
terrible revenge taken 10y her father. She
remains with her grandparents, and will
doubtless be brought up by them. Mrs.
Galentine, homeless, and apparently friend
less, appears to have no apparent abiding
place. Since the tragedy she has been wan
dering from house to house, staying
lodging. At no place has she remained
long at time, as she was welcomed no.
where. She has been fed and lodged only
from motives OF merest charity, and now
she has fed to some unknown RI eeat where
she is perhaps stranger. She no longer
visits Ter husband in prison, and has only
had one intorview, which lasted couple Of
hours. with him since his arrest"