New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-28
Especial Correspondence of the Republican. !
NEW ORLEANS To CHICAGO.
CAIRO, Illinois. October 19, ls.

ference of climate and of systems, indus
trial and other, than this the levee end
its burdens Of sugar and cotton, the long
stretch of alluvial swamp, the fields and
patches of cotton, with it's hundredfold en-
panse Of lands abandoned for their vanished
fertility or for want of adequate labor,
habitatiOns few, and often dilapidated, and
a sad want Of animation, either in the land
scape Or population-thess sre few Of the
objects which meet the eye of the traveller
by the railroad route through upper Louis
lana. on the left bank. and Mississippi.
The villages ar the stations on this route
afford fair specimen OF the country. There
is at each depot an immepse wealth Of cot
ton. There are stores and saloons Uitched
under the adjacent trees are many mules,
caparisoned and bestrode by the planters,
white and black, who have come to NtOwn"
to see the state of national finances and
determine whether TO ship OF hold on to
their cotton. Pass from these depOts, and
you plunge again into the sweet-gum forest
or the sad expanse Of abandoned fields.
There is along this line single industry.
It does not show the employment of the
people in producing any of those fabrics
which enter into the production of the sim
igle staple. The sole process is che ex-
change Of this staple for the manufacturers
Of other countries. The depot exchanges
its contents with the dry goods and grocery
store. This is all. As result, there is 10
accumulation Of wealth. Ths laborer and
the land are worn out. The product is con-
sumed and the generation to come inherits
the worn fields and dilapidated buildings.
or migrates to where che land pays
labor better This state of political econ
omy does not encourge the acts. economies
oy industries Of society. Hence. che vii
lagos are small. Che country houses and ap-
purtenances mean and unimproved. and a
general sta gnation pervades the whole line.
If we follow this cotton crop, we will see
how many fresides it will gladden. in other
countries where they employ the industry
of all to produce fabrics for the consump.
ton of those who toll beneath a Southern
sum- Much Of our own labor might be en-
ployed in the production Of these fabrics
also.
But landscape 40 dreary in which the
swamp woods is relieved by cotton patch
or an old field, and varied by man and a
brother riding with red topped boots mule
reluctant to the gallOp, offers too
little interest to the tourist. So he turns to
his novel or lunch basket, or composes him
self to sleep over the long stretches, which
really sadden the soul Of the true Southern
man comprehending the wan ts OF bis coun-
try.
COLUMBUS.
4 sufficient amount of sleep and other
consultations brings you through the wildel-
ness to a point where you are requested to
prepare for slide down the river bank to
the steamboat, which is visible in the broad
torchlight that CLEANS far below, and which
will carry you 20 Cairo. Corgratulatins
yourself that sou are on the uninterrupted
way 70 your destination. che traveller ION
Saturday, i. appalled, by learning that .he
piety of the Illinois Central railroad pre-
vents it from cunning trains on the
Sabbath norHiiS. He. therefore. with
the usual amount Of Internal profanity su:-
renders at discretion to Peter, highly col.
ored representative Of the hotel interest,
who conducts his victim in trump 70 the
office where he is duly registered as deni.
zen of the Egyptian city toy fourteen hoE...
CAIRO
A compulsory Gay over" OF fourteen hours
would not be calculated to produce emo.
tions of complimentary character, even ia
the original Eden. Cairo has been immor.
taliaed Sy Dickens as an Eden o! modern
times: perhaps. az the garden appeared
when occupied By the serpentine successor
9: our first parents. Cairo has improved
greatly since the day Of Mark Tapley. so it
is no. as great merit, to be jolly there now.
a. :hen. Cairo y now a city Of masn!i.
cent pretensions and possibilities. The
first duty Of its citizens was to exclude the
high water, by embankments. go that
it now wears somewhat the aspect of
stranded tlatboat. which has been caulked
and closed against the watero When one
views the immense cellarage of the city.
and the pumps to which all hands are
called 10 case OF leak. tha nautical
etfec: Of Caro- is greatly enhanced. Add
20 this the tressel WORK and embarked
streets by which the inhabitants commu'
nicate, and we have very peculiar
phase of American development. But this
skeleton city has great destiny before it,
Seated in the fork of the Ohio and Missis
sippio Connecting with the gulf and the
lakes by through rail, Cairo can combine
provisions and raw material. She can i'm
port skilled labor for the projection of these
component elements. She can distribute
these fabrics at home and abroad. Here.
then, are the materials for manufacturing
interest inferior to none in the world. Es-
pecially may it be expected that here will
be one of the ship yards of the Union. At
Cairo must the competition of our irsn
ship builders be organized, and here will be
one Of the great points at which the vast
products of the Mississippi valley will
be condensed into portable and exchang-
able fabrics. But the welcome whistle
sound and the compulsory visitors at
Cairo embark again on the railroad. For
the present, therefore, your readers Will De
relieved from accompanying them O.
The editor Of the Rochester Democrat
says: