The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-05-30
sNATCHES BIZ THE WAY.
By UNCLE YVES.

Having p.ssed over Mississippi, Alabama, Ten
nessee, and up into Kentucky, gives me pleas
ure to write that the planters, as general thing,
are delighted with the prospects of the coming
crops.
The tobrcco planters OF Kentucky and Iennes-
see are not 90 badly injured as they supposed,
and are straining every muscle 10 raise the
larg6st crop ever produced. The plants are in
excellent condition.
Wheat in Kentucky, though badly damaged by
the late freeze, will produce fair crop, owing to
the reasonable rains, which brought it out much
better than they anticipated.
Indications all over these States at the present
writing give tokens Of a splendid harvest. The
fruit crop is failure here.
| NASHVILLE AND TENNESSEE.
The two leading features in Tennessee are the
educational interests and State immigration.
| Standing at the capital. it would appear from .
| casual survey as if Tennessee is designed to
swallow up the principal educational matters OF
the South.
have all conferred in this State with their great
| univer- ities
The Baptists have located their university at
Knoxville; the Episcopalians WI h their SCUM.
ern University at the Suwanee Mountains, their
L
The Presbyterians, with their leading uuiver,;
| sity at Clarksville, devising liberal things, ana
still dplomatng to secure tina. .rIs , sedd' Dr.
Palmer, OF New Orleans. And by no means 1ne
least though the youngest, the great va11elDl'
University at Nashville of the Methodist Church
south, seems to be leading the van, navins
| already secured famed and honored names
worldwide in reputation, that will make 1t al
| assured success.
These universities are bound to make pro
found Impression upon the State and give to the
| country master minds and leading spirits.
The Legislature took hold Of the immigration
movement with business hand, and Gov. Por
ter has placed s man Of brsin-power and nn
doubted honesty at the head, Col. John Moffat
who is straining his mental energies to flood tht
State with capital and skilled labor.
Her agricultural board, with Major Killebrew
the head, is attracting marked attention.
SUPREME COUNCIL Q. F. OF 7.
The annual session Of the Supreme Council Q
the United Friends Of Temperance has jus
closed it's session at Nashville, represented D.
delegates from Indiana and Illinois to California
Though only two years old they number from
forty to fifty thousand members, ana ncressi ,a
D supreme Primate. The benevolent feature Il
this order is what gives it popularity, permanent
: and success.
0 RAILROADS AND NEW ORLEANS.
n From re cent developements made, growing GU
OF Tom SCOTS visit to Mexico. New Orlean
e NAV now come boldly to the front and place her
1 self in direct communication with the projects
Mexican Pacific Railroad from San Antonio
. eighty miles to LAREDO, on the Rio Grande, an
q thence five hundred miles to Mazatlsn. on tn
\ Pacific coast making a conDectionA ight hnndre
;. miles shorter than Jay Gould's Union Paclht
and fianking Tom SCOTS Texas Pacific over tn
. barren plains, mountains and deserts.
With such q prize in full view, will the mer
chants only talk and gas until bold nanciers ste
n ia and reap the benefits by directing it to othe
:. cities? ST. Louis will not be idle. The time
ripe for action and delay will be criminal to tn
e commercial interests of the city.
"a Mexico has nad her heart set on this rou'
y from Laredo, on the United States line 500 mile
70 through one of the most productive countries
IA the world to Mazstlan.
The Mexican Congress meant business vine
10 thew granted q subsidy Of s15, 900 per mile bui
" to the international Railroad Company Of Mex
= co: and that company have already commence
y | work from Mazatlan to Durango.
This +. ute runs through rich, fertile liant
= where cotton is planted only once in five year
= and producing bale to the acre. It is almost
10 level plain the entire route. Will the busine
:. men OF New Orleans seize this golden opportur
tv and ally themselves with this great Mexic,
y Pacific Railroad, or will they hesitate viii
ly others bear off the prize?
:. Brains and money will win here. We shall q
D. what we shall see.
~ NASHVILLE, May, 1875.