New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-09

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Galveston presents ; ehatze a
The eye In every dirsetisn = ysu - 49,
| tie widely expanding prairies, With ~
purpline indentations q heavy forest tn
bsr. While here and there, n I'll @irections,
arc visible herds Of browsing cattle, horsea
and sheep.
The green grass 10 up, enchanting the
passengers, while cranes Of every hue (order
grallatores) arc ON the wing, or buaiiy ec'
gagged in RECALLING themselves with the
bounties of nature; or the droves Of depart
ing Wild geese (order palmipedes) are shrek.
ing their farewell notes to the delightful,
genial home Of the South, where they have
been spending their winter, and going
North to their arctic nursery for the season
Of their courtship, marriage and incubation.
They wind their noisy course at considera-
BILE elevation. to avoid tho hunter, ~ well
o. to overlook the prospect in searching for
maneuvering spots.
The sweet fields are in fine preparation,
and good stands Of strong, vigorous corn
everywhere give promise Of early industry
and heavy harvests Of this great and inn
portant material Of individual wealth and
independence. m
Cotton is planted, and recent rains over
this entire region furnish hopes Of an early
stand.
People are working cheerfully and
heartily; the sound Of the blacksmith's
hammer and tho hum Of his bellows fall
upon the ear in symphonic harmony, lull-
ing the senses and inclining the serious
toward God with gratitude for his manifest
blessing in saving us - q nation.
Many new ideas are afoat in the country
in regard to railroads. The Pacific rail-
road has as many ''acclamatOrs' as it Is
likely to have bends.
This great national enterprise should be
on an "air line" from New Orleans to it,
terminus on the western shore Of our conti-
nent. This would shorten the road, save
in wood and iron, promote safety of transit
for passengers and freight, secure greater
speed, and avoid friction at the curves.
The grade Of its bed should be laid with
reference to the excavations and filing mp
the hollows by embankments.
To save one hundred miles by an "air
line road" would be of untold profit and
advantage to parties who will deplore
every deviation from q direct course AZ
loss of time and an additional expense upon
them. The idea Of starting from New Or
leans by the Mississippi and Red iivers to
Shreveport, and turning ''away down South
in Dixie" to suit everybody, carries the con-
victiOn that in oar country there u yet no
of intellect, NO expansive
genius to grasp the rein and run out this
paramount public work with justice to the
subject.
There is NO ''tide of emigration" here
from Europe to build it, and Texas and
Louisiana are behind the times in relation
to the influx. There is tide in the affairs
IF men, which taken at the flood, leads on
10 fortune" Look to it, 70 savans, who are
the horses in the chariot Of |
The tsalus popnli suprema lex est public |
'afety should be the supreme law, appears
,revalently in rising ground here. The &C
ivity and vigilance Of the State police curb |
he turbulent with an iron hand, thanks to |
Almighty God and Governor Davis! u
Would that it was 30 in Mississippi, at |
Bay St. Louis, where saw man with
lrawn pistol, trying to shoot his step.
mother! Say nothing Of tyranny! nothing
4 onnroce;ouf rh;Io oroo<rr>s 1;bo <l,o.o
re upon the earth. Honor to the magis-
racy their ictors! and their fasces!
LAYON MACDUFF.