The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-22
4rrEx Fh9n ALABAMA
The t'Hy Of efIoucrs Coal Mines on d
q dy"rri6r River. d
Wore Direct toaI supply for Sew orleans
Law Against Commercial Travellers.

III. bd,ddcrm- This charming city is
situ@tsds et sthes sast l,satusft the " srrior
river. and is ono OF the most beautiful
places IN tic South IT "a Ibid oft with
innthe,hntida1 precision. its wide streets
CROSSING ut right Angles, ana plated
with triple tttws ~ wnter oaks, whose
denst ftlihec aIfot,I shade from ono end
Of the city to tho Other. III the hottest
wea' her. and prevents the radiation oi
private fesiJ,incts tirt' latl,e and elegant,
surrounded with beautiful Grounds,
planted, with f1te choicest sbfnbbery.
Here, iu these lovt1y gfp}lnds, may be
seen the rurcst roses and tanit1ias. the
nespi'us, magnolia aud Jasmine, with
it, wtoafh md sircnmetS ~ golden bios
lons sceniing itht .iit with It's rich
odors, and looking in
THE BRIGHT .IsVIITYt,IiK gststAaHINE
like huge clusters IT gofdcn fligrec
work saw once u vine IT nsitline
completely enwrapiing magnolia tree,
whose iarge white iiDwers wcre resting
on u miiss Of thc golden jHsmlhe
blooms. the white nagnolie on The yeI-
low ias,iIine. isMtned like d fttge pearl
SGT III the richest gbltEnI iIagree work
witt, here ana I here u spray of' bronn,d
mahogany green leaves inteftncing
prove it's beiu,ties UHEvervthing about
these homes iidicateI tasttFand culture
The city is situated on h high bluff
bank. overlooking the little - 4.Tt
F. u cry or NokrupoRr. H
on the east bank Of the river. whose
commercial Importance is scatcely in
farinr to TINT df Tneka lbcran. it's more
pr'trntious rival Here are the Falls OF
the Warrior. and barrier to steamboat
navigation nbove Httds point, until the
slack water itnprdVtments ard com
plrted. which will fits uuHa s4d fHf'H
y.l tNAvtaSftox 10 Tttt adAb MrNtH g."
themselves r IL IL said tint wleii this IL
done. steh lnbp,,ts citn tir up IN the
banks of the river and fo,l BE shoveled
into them from the inittcs themselves,
many of which IRE washed by flh river.
and whose rich deposits form tho very
banks of the stream, Steamboats, and
Imrges ean thus b. HhtleH With little cx
penso and the coal flelivered MT Now
Orleans cheaper thar ~ amy othet
routes The mines of eoHl ana iron hte
inexhaustibe and will ri DYE ono Of Tho
grpatest resonr'ss Of Central Alabama
TIVE st.AtAMA AEp tnsTrlSboGA RAILnoAp
GOld Stnnt's Railtoad'') passes by this
city and now terminates at Meridian,
Miss. New Orleans Is lis prospective and
ultimate terminus, and your citizens
should bend their energies 10 aid in the
rapid extension of tho ,rohd from Merid-
ian directly I'd New, Orleehs. The dis
lance from Mctidipn to New Orleans by
an mir LIND is about 40 hitts. atros; the
southeastern angle of Mississippi. along
tho head Of Lake Popte CHATHAM and by
crossing the lakc oif'lfiic work, Tho dis
tauec would be considctably shortened
The extcusiBn Of this road direct to New
Orleans would pour into Your market
the heavy cotton crops OF Middle and
Northern Alabama. and the corn and
wheat from East TeDnneaee and GeOr-
gia. aud open up direct tr,poie between
the country around Chattanooga, Clrve-
land. Knoxville, Gadsden, Alfalfa, Tus-
cGlposa aud Eu!aw. (which is now divert
ed from Ms by the circui,ous routes Of
present lines Of thilroa1s and which en-
tail vexations delays in shippinRto and
from New Orleansa and impose exorbitant
aud pfohibitdry rates Of freight, all Of
which discriminate against New
Orleans In favor or other places. For
instance. the cotton TINT IL shipped
from Birmingham and Tnskaloosa finds
its way to Mobile YbY this route, via
Meridian. because it has to pass through
Mobile to get to New Orleans, and the
Mobile md Ohio Railroad gives such
Inducements TO ship 10 Mobile rs utterly
to prohibit its.shiprhcnt to New Orleans
Now, If this road, uthe Southern md
Cincinnati, should be extended 10 New
Orleans from Meridian they could ship
direct All it's freighta, cotton, corn.
wheat, hay, coal andiron ind its vaIus
able lumber upon through bills OF lad
Ing. without let or hiudrance from my
other company. The original bond.
holders have possession Of tho road at
ILLS time and are preparing 10 put it in
flrSt- class order, as well as tn extend Il
direct to New Orleans, This would
shorten the time to Washingtoh aud
New York by several hours and give
straight line 10 through freight and
mike Il the best paying. road III the
South. Tie completion ii ~ .',as Y
THE CINCINNATI 4sourHrRs HstrHOAD
TO Chattanooga will necessitate, the,
extension Of this road from Meridian
to New Orlcansaitan early day, in order
to give y short through litfetd Ill poitts
North, becatlse you lnay consider ii m
Notwithstanding fact that heavy freiefts
aud travel demand the Shortest and
straightesti lines, and WHIP always take
them IN preference to circuitVus routes.
Why cannot Newp Orleans. give aid and
comfUrtto alondholders nnl erconr-
age n route thnt will 1,blIr Into hor lap
La, THE BICitTHADF or aTtBsMN, .aoicd
North aebrgia and Last Tennessee. Ill
OIL. which is, now tliVered from lis to
other more enterprising tnarke cts. New
Orleans isrnot II greed Yatna ket, wret
sho has to pay for j.. She seems willing
to share, cyeb now, her crippled trade
with all other markets. and to wait with
Incidence the surplus cotton to find it's
way to her, New Orleans Is not like
Qlivor Twist she does not want piore -
she seems so we'll satisfied with what IL
left OF the pickings that II Is useless tb
try TO get more trade Ihe impression
prevails that New Orleans il too lazy to
be oven greedy of tr,ltlo and too
lazy to make an effort to hold Whit she
has. IT she will but arouse herself and
grid about her her strengthgshe will
come up all hight yet she is not dead
"blIt sleepetll''.r tho sleep Of indoIence
aud indifference Sire should be- i1r, and
doing, for while sFe sleeps Others are
working. mia b. ae4aK .a-lt re DHIl
The Legislature of Alabama has lust
passed .f .E'7hN flfstTEtfT tlrt'Hf ~
A LAW TAXING COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS
fifty dollars ifoEs the, State and $25 for
each county in which they ssell goods.
This law IL y great mistake, and has
been. over. and over again declared un
by thegSuprenhe Court Of |
the United States, as restricting and
levying. u tax upon the commerce be-
thn Statou (ian3rsge, oil