The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08
GOOD WORDS Fer THE RAILROAD.

GOOD WORDS Fer THE RAILROAD
i Thomas A. Adams, the venerable
President of the Crescent Mutual In
.surance Company, has written, from
his summer, resting place, the follow
ling letter to President Wheelock:
WARM SPRINGS, YA.,l
August 90, 1875,
Z. B. Wheelock Esq, President New Or
leans. Pacific Railway Company.
/ DEAR SlR-I have before me your
welcome favor of thirteenth instant.
My letters from home advise me OF
the action Of my trustees in relation
to your praiseworthy enterprise.
The action Of the noble Crescent
| in connection with every enterprise
whose object. is to benefit the State
or city covers many bright pages in
its history.
| II the enormous shrinkage in val
lues Of its investments have increased
1.-THE caution ofsits trustees in such
subscriptions they have not lessen
ell the desire Of the board to do its
full share in substantial encourage
ment to such objects as your yalua-
bic company.
Everything which tends to rapid
and cheap transportation should re-
eeive the fullest aid and encourage
nent Of all our citizens. / am conf
dent if every bank, Insurance compa-
my, merchant and real estate owner
should donate every dollar of earn
ings for two years to come, to aid in
the completion Of your railroad, ten
years hence they would all acknowl-
.edge.it was the best paying invest
ment they ever made. But amid all
the noble liberality and public spirit
of our citizens, especially our mer-
chants, there clusters this fatality,
their longing to see an Immediate
personal benefit.
The grand fact that New Orleans
as q city will be greatly advantaged.
receives not its appropriate valne
with us. You never hear that rs an
incentive to the venture, and yet
Just this thing has built up our Eas.
tern and Western cities. But con-
fcss this great apology is with US
want Of means" We are now, per-
haps, learning lessons Which were
never taught US before. We may
have known that Industry is limited
by capital" and that capital is the
result Of saving" but we gave little
heed to the one and no thought to
the other. Economy" hardly found
q place in our lexicon. A change
has come over theaspirit of our dream
Let us look to it that we avoid the
other extreme; that in escaping
scylla we arc not wrecked on
Charybidis.
You have a rich, excellent working
direction and need nothing oil my
humble efforts, but / extend to you
my best wishes and such pecuniar,
aid as may become me.
Believe me very truly yours,
THOMAS 4. ADAMS.
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TiIR new Editor Of the Gazette,
in his Prospectus, says it is apub-
lisllel at Alexandria, Louisiana, by
one Of the old Cane river stock, no
ted for bis bravery in looking into
the bottom Of q glass, through Il
straw, without hinching, for the sum
Of $3 per annum.o
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THG remains Of Joe Connaugh-
ton, whose death VIC notice elsewhere,
were brought here for interment, on
the G. Il. Darfee, Monday evening.
lie was buried yesterday evening ut
4 o'clock, in the new coored Mctho-
dist Cemetery in Pineyille.
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gUBscRIBE FOR
M TIE DEMOCRAT
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TIM preliminary trial Of j. D..
Mccoy, at Colfax, resulted in a bail
able case. The Court {iynd tho bnnfl